The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
DECEPTION WILL NOT WIN.


DECEPTION WILL NOT Vim.
There was sent out from CO.
LAMBDA a report, first published
in The State, to the effect that
there Will be an effort made il
the coming State convention to
stop the county to county cam
paigns, and the maker Of this
report intimates that the forces
supporting the governor are
back Of this movement. It IS our
opinion that the supporters Of
the governor will be found fight
ing with all Of their strength
against any such inovation, but
when We consider the editorials
in The State and the News and
Courier, aud the Columbia cor.
respondence OF the News and
Courier for several years past,
we mast believe that the forces
behind the movement are the
opposition TO the goyeror and
not his supporters. is the news
papers opposing him would
made their readers believe. We
remember distinctly that when
an effort was made IN the last
State convention to change the
rules of the Democratic party
there was hot d more staunch
defender Of the present rules
than the present governor, then
q delegate from NewberrE the
county which has always mani
tested the greatest confidence IN
him regardless OF the efforts Of
the daily press to discredlt the
man.
We have no doubt there will
be an effort made in the conven
ton to restrict the voting
strength Of the primary by plac.
ing a provision in the rules for
the exhibiting Of the tax receipt
and the registration certificate
as a requisite to vote, but surely
the opponents Of the governor
Will not have the hardihood to
intimate that the governors sup
porters favor such g monstrouS
proposition? 1t Will not surprise
US at all to ind the opposition OF
the governor resorting to any
means to accomplish their pur-
pose-the ends justiies the
means seems to be the motto Of
the element who are hide bound
in their prejudice: they dare not
fight fair, they will not be just,
and by their methods they hoist
themselves by their own petards.
The masses Will not become a
party to a palpable injustice, al
though they may not agree With
the governor the newspapers are
fighting, but when they discover
the man is the victim Of base
misrepresentation, and the news
papers are the vehicles Of vitu.
Deration then the masses lay
aside their differences and move
in solid phalanS to the rescue OF
5he prosecuted.
To attempt to miSlead the puo-
lie into believing that the sup
porters Of the governor are try
ing to change the party rules so
as to restrict the voting privilege
in the primary, and to cut out the
county to county campaign
should not deceive any, because,
not only in the conventions. but
in the legislature the supporters
of the governor, and those who
were not the governors partizans
but who believed in keeping
the rules OF the Democratic party
so that no white man should be
deprived of his vote, foughtevery
effort to place upon the statute
books legislation looking to this
end. and the "Christensen Bill"
being regarded by the governor
as the entering wedge for a re-
striction OF the party rules was
by him vetoed, and his veto Was
over-ruled in the senate by one
majority, had there been all of
the senators present his veto
would have been sustained by
several votes. Therefore we say
the opponents of the governor
will not be able to use this CLUB
for their benefit as the record IS
directly against their contention.
and when they intimate that the
governors supporters are en-
deavoring to do these things it IS
q brazen piece Of low politics and
deception.