The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-17
CAPITAL CORRESPONDENCE.

down to It's Work more faplo1y
than at the beginning Of this ses-
sion: usually the first week IS
taken up With oiling the machln-
cry and it generally takes the
FIRST week to get matters III shape,
but this time the members mani
tested a disposition to get busy
from the beginning, with the re,
suit that ali Of the elections for
Judges are disposed Of. leaving
onlv few other Offices to be I'LL
ed, these will probably be dis
posed Of next week.
The TINES several weeks ago
intimated that there would be
considerale trading done in the
judicial elections and its opinion
has been verified for have never
seen more logrollipg and dlcker-
ing than there was in these elec-
tions, however, all OF the men
chosen are good men and l be.
lieve will serve the State well.
Hon. Eugene 3. Gary had no op-
position for the Chief Justiceship,
properly so, because he deserv-
ed the promotion on account OF
his seniority on the supreme
bench; there was no opposition
to the present associate justice
Woods and he too was elected
without opposition, then there
was two places to I'LL upon that
bench, one to I'll the place made
vacant by the promotion Of Judge
Gary, and the other to FIJI the
place for the additional member
as required by an amendment to
the constitution. Tie Hon. r.
G.. Watts was elected over Hon.
T. B. Fraser for one Of these
places, and for the other place
Hon. T. B. Fraser was elected
over several candidates. for the
position, among them being
Judges Gage and Prince. | voted
for Watts but I did not vote for
Fraser. I did not support Mr..
Fraser because regarded Judge
Gage better qualified for the po-
sition, personally, I regard Mr..
Fraser a man Of very high char
acter. but l have never thought
him made up Of suitable material
for a Judge. I sincerely hope he
will be able to prove himself a
broader man than many who
have been thrown with him think
at this time.
The election Of the Judge of
the second circuit, who by the
way is to hold his first court in
Manning resulted in the selection
of Hon. Hayne Rice of Aiken. a
son in law Of the late Judge
Joseph Earle. Mr.. Rice defeat
ed Senator Bates Of Barnwell.
.l1;s ,6,..s24 rs a surprise, be-
Gus waS 1ae consensus Of
o.niclHa G:341 3: es would win, as
re Say,l4 Is. = a walk, but not
w:si.S..,:.:.li.Izr Ee.teS received ali
OUT three votes in the senate
from those who knew his worth:
the manipulations Of the po!it:-
cal traders defeated him, l have
never seen a man take q defeat
in better spirits. The filing of
the place made vacant in the
fourth circuit by tue elevation Of
Judge Watts was the most excit
ing contest of the series Of races,
the ballot resulted in favor Of
Thomas H. Spain of Darlington,
over Mr.. Edward McIver. l vot-
ed for Spain and so did Messrs
Reaves and Richardson, Mr. Nit
chum was not present at the cleo
tons. The contest between Nc
Iver and Spain on the first ballot
after being delayed by the tellers
for an unusually long time was
a--oi7 --o'.-i' - h,,t -, the second
5a long lead,
y s nal votes
,...,. - what was
y-E-s-;.,.s..5: les on the
part OF some OF the lellers who
were accused of holding back the
announcement to give the Mclver
forces time to drum up votes, /
know of a number who voted for
Spain on the second ballot that
voted for McIver on the first. l
am sure that Mr.. McIver had no
part, nor did he endorse any un-
fair tactics, and had he been elec-
ted as a result Of sharp practice
he would have declined the com
mission, we regard McIver a man
Of high character, one who would
not countenance triclzerv even
though it resulted in his favor.
Thomas H. Spain. the successful
candidate, is q son Of the late
Maj. A. G.. Spain: who was we'll
known as one Of the best lawyers
in South Carolina. and be bas
handed down to his son his aoii-
ity as a lawyer. [ have known
Thomas II. Spain for nearly forty
years. and his election to Judge
ship was indeed one OF the most
gratifying experiences | have
had since entering public lie.
The other circuit judges whose
terms had expired had no op-
position We're reelected With
out being unde: obligations to
the leggers about the general as
sembly.
There has been nothing Of i'm
portance that has come up so far