The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-05-15
MANNING, S. c.. WEDNESDAY. MAY lG. 1912
BLEASE is WRONG
A GREENVILLE MAN CORRECTs
GOVERNORS STATEMENT.

Says the Farmers and Mill People
Had Big Majority in the County
Convention.
To the Editor Of The News and
Courier: a Columbia dispatch tc
The News and Courier Of May s, ap,
pearing on page 2, column 1, under
the caption, Judge Jones, 247;
Blease ST." Governor Blease, in
speaking of the various county Dem.
ocratic conventions, is quoted as fol-
lows In speaking Of the Greenville
il is almost entirely city delegation
Convention as follows: I further
notice that in Greenville County
and from reports there am satisfied
that the country people and the mill
people were not fairly represented n
the Convention. It was this conven-
ton plan and just such schemes as
was done yesterday by certain peo-
pie that brought about the Reform
Movement in 1890 and swept Tillman
and his followers into Office and the
old liners out"
The Governor is so grossly wrong
in his conclusions as to the Green
Vile County Democratic Convention
that justice to the country people and
the mill people who were delegates
to the Convention, as well as the city
people, demands that the statement
be corrected.
There were some 400 delegates to
the Greenville County Democratic
Convention. OF this number 106
were delegates from clubs within the
city OF Greenville, the balance Ct
900 or more being from the county
and the mill clubs. The delegates
from the country and the mill clubs
outnumbered the delegates from the
city clubs three to one.
When nominations for delegates to
the State Convention were declared
in order 27 names were proposed oe-
fore motion to close nominations
was made and passed. OF the 27
nominees put before the Convention
13 were residents OF the rural dis
tricts and the cotton mill villages.
One Of the nominees Is the superin-
tendent Of one Of the largest cotton
mills in GreenTille.
With 400 delegates voting, 100 Of
whom were from city precinct clubs
and 900 from rural and mill clubs;
with the names of 27 nominees to the
State Convention before them, 13 Of
them residents Of rural and cotton
mill districts-with these conditions
prevailing the vote was taken and a
delegates elected, six Of whom are
residents Of the rural and mill dis
tricts.
Wherein is the truth OF the Gov
ernor's assertion that the country
people and the mill people were not
fairly represented? They were in the
majority by 200; one man less than
one-half Of the nominees were from
the country and the cotton mill dis
tricts, and six OF the "A delegates to
be sent to the State Convention are
county people and mill people. AS
matter Of fact. three-fourths Of the
attendance at the County Convention
were the very people whom the Gov
ernor claims were not fairly repre-
sented.
If Greenville Is sending Getty
delegation" to the State Convention,
as Governor Blease asserts, the peo-
Die whom he claims we're not fairly
represented are responsible for 1t,
for they numbered 800 to the 100
delegates from city clubs.
There was no nominating commit
tee appointed to place nominees for
the State Convention before the
County Convention. Any member OF
the Convention was at liberty TO
nominate whomsoever he pleased.
The Convention was probably the
most harmonious ever held in Green
vile, and not once was the name Of
either Gubernatorial candidate spok-
on In the Convention. There was no
scheming to elect as delegates to the
State Convention supporters OF
Judge Jones. There were no lines
drawn between Getty men" and
country people or mill people.
The board of trade, city ossaniza-
ton, but one watchful OF the inter-
ests of the entire county, served re-
Ireshments to "city people, country
people and mill people" alike, and at
the conclusion of the repast express
sions Of gratitude rang from the
throats Of number OF citizens OF the
rural districts and the thanks OF the
Convention was extended the board
OF trade through resolution pro-
posed by a resident Of one section Of
the county and seconded Oy several
resident. of other sections and unanl-
mously voted upon in the Affirmative
by the 400 "city people, country peo-
pie, and mill people present.
The interests of the city people, the
mill people and the country people
of Greenville County are cenented
together in bonds that cannot be sew
cred by the Governors evident at
tempt to array class against class.
Respectfully.
L. N. Glenn
Greer vile, S. c., May 9, 1912.
Entire Country Under Water
Practically the entire country be-