The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-03-06


Governor If he refused to send in
these appointments, but this was
all stuff it amounted to nothing
more than the expression Of sore
ness. it was childish in the ex-
treme, and it had no more effect
uron the senate than water drop
ping on a ducks back. Senator
Waller is an excitable individual,
and his dislike for Blease is a sub
ject for jokes; it was CALLING to
him not to have his way, and he
would have sent Blease to the
penitentiary if he could, all be
cause the governor would take
his lawful time to send appoint
uents to tha senate: N the case
of Greenwood county We under.
stand that IN. senator and some
Of his delegation are at variance
as to their appointments, the
senator waiting one man, and
som, of the delegation another,
Notwithstanding this condition
the senator gets angry, and
would, if he had the power, i'm
peach the governor for not lg-
norins the House delegation and
listening to him.
The session Of 1912 will go
down in history as one Of the
most peculiar the State has ever
had. and it has opened up Il
whole lot for the people to think
about. Taxation cannot be de-
creased as long as we have men
in the general assembly who have
more regard for partisan politics
thar. they iIave for the welfare OF
the masses. and there can be no
progressive legislation as long as
there is q purpose to tear down
those in power f1r the advance
n.ent of those seeking to get into
power. IL other words as long
as the outs" have {. strong force
in the legislature the ':ins" Will
be prevented from legls'at!ng in
the interests of the masses. This
was so before 1890. and not until
Tillmau got u legislature which
would be fair to him could he ac-
compiish any of the reforms he
promised. Blease cannot accom-
plish any reforms with any an
tagonistic legislature. He may
veto every measure it passes and
they can pass them over him, his
pruning knife into the appropri-
alton bill was in the interest of
economy, out the opposition
would not have it so. Il Judge
Jones is elected over Blease, IN
order to do anything he will have
to have a legislature which will
be insympat!lv with his measures
therefore We say, If an admins
tration fails to carry outit prom
ises it does not imply that the
governor is to blame, but the
blame must be placed on those
who have the voting power, and
use it to obstruct, in order that
the governor may be discredlted
with the masses.
We regret to see condition
which makes it necessary FOR
candidates for the legislature to
have to say whether or not they
are in sympathy with this or that
candidate for governor, but the
opposition to the present COVER
nor has. in the up country,
brought about this condition, we
think it will spread throughout
the whole State, candidates for
the legislature will be voted for
as Blease or Jones men. A can
didate who is opposed to the poi.
icies Of Blease will be supported
by the opposition to BIease, and
the BIease men will be opposed
by the supporters of Jones. We
hope this same yard stick will
not apply to the county offices,
bat in the excitement Of such a
campaign we fear it will be
the case as it was in 1890
There cannot be TOO much
stress laid upon the people guard
ing their intel ests in the May
convention, care should be taken
that no delegates are sent to the
county convention who favor a
restricted suffrage in the prl-
mary, there is an element back
ed by the cotton mill and other
large interests who is very deslr-
Gus of cutting down the primary
vote so that it may be confined
to the towns and the cities, but If
the masses are aroused we do not
think the effort will succeed; 1t is
our honest judgment that what
is known as the "Cltizens Bill
has something to do with the Ell
fort to getting the Democratic
convention adopt a rule that no
one can vote in the primary who
does rot present his tax receipt
and his registration certificate
the same rule as is required OF
negroes when they offer to vote
in the general election. We there
fore caution every white man
who does not favor such a restrlc.
ton, to watch his club meetings
and see that none who do favor
the scheme go to the convention.
Since our return home from the
oener9 assem- blV we have receiV-