The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-05
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REVIEW OF The MATTER

SeloCceQ weston Tor DlStrlct ACtOr-
ney and Sims for Marshal, and if
President Wilson Names Others He
VIII Have to Reverse McReynolds.
The Washington correspondent OF
The News and Courier says "as 1t be-
comes obvious that there is little
chance of tho early adoption Of legis-
lation to give the State Of South Car
olina two full equipped Federal judi
cial districts. the pressure upon Pres
ident Wilson to go ahead and ap-
point the successors Of District At
torney Cochran and Marshal J. Dun
can Adams steadily increases" The
correspondent then goes on to give
the following review Of the matter:
Some time ago the department Of
justice signifed to the incumbents
that the Administration wished to
have in their positions men who
would be In sympathy with its poll
cies, and that for this reason the res
ignations OF Messers. Cochran and
Adams would be acceptable. The re-
quest was promptly complied with
in both cases, and it was naturally
thought that the nominations Of
Democratic successors would be made
within . few weeks.
Prompt dispatch Of the business
in hand was unQuestionably the in
tentiop of the President and the At
torney General. But for the trem- a.
dous fight made by Senator Tillman
when he learned that the President
was about to nominate State Sena-
tor Franh H. Weston for district At
torney, it is likely that the Attorney
Generals recommendation of Mr..
Weston for that place and Of Editor
J. L. Sims, Of Orangeburg. for the
marshalship would long ago have
been sent to the Senate with the ap-
proval Of the President.
Learning what the recommends
tions of tho Attorney General would
probably be. Senator Tillman noti-
fed the department OF justice OF his
withdrawal Of the endorsement Of
Mr.. Sims, thus leaving. that gentle
man without any positive senatorial
backing. and proceeded to concen-
trate all Of his strength and influence
behind the candidacy Of his friend,
J. William Thurmond, Of Edgefield,
for district attorney. Senator Tillman
informed the department Of Justice
that as the senior senator he claimed
the right to choose wh'ch CT the two
POSITIONS shorld fall - hin. an1 that
he would take the district attorney
ship and relinquish the marshalshtp
to Senator Smith.
Senator Smith however refused
to acquiesce in this arrangement, de-
clarins that he would adhere to his
original agreement not to oppose
Sims II the latter should be nominal
ed. Attorney General McReynolds
recommended Weston for district at
torney and Sims for marshal, and the
President was just about to nominate
these two men when Senator TILL
man impassioned protest, reinforced
by powerful influences by no means
confined to South Carolina, caused
tho president to egree to delay
while an attempt was made to get the
Senators together by plan to create
another district attorneyship and
marshalship.
''In the opinion Of the News and
at the beginning this plan for two
districts never had much chance OF
success. 1t might be put through the
Senate pretty easy. as both Of the
South Carolina Senators favored It;
but over on the House side the situa-
ton 10 different. With all the argu-
ments In favor Of a new judicial dis
trict, 1t Is a long and tedious task to
induce Congress to agree to it.
when Chairman Clayton, Of the
House committee on the judiciary,
wrote to Attorney General Mercy
nolds for an opinion as to the merit
Of the Aiken-Tillman bill. recently
introduced and published in the
News and Courier. the reply was dis
tinctly unfavorable. Mr.. McReynolds
expressed tho view that the bushes
expressed tho view that tho business
Of the State did not Justify the estab-
lishment Of the proposed new offices
| at this time. While there have been
two districts IN South Carolina theo-
retically since 1928, the law has pro-
vided Official machinery for only one
and that condition is apt to contin-
| ue for some years more.
"Now, what is President Wilson
going to doe Suppose Messrs. Coch-
ran and Adams should follow the ex-
ample Of their two Republican coll
leagues in the State of Pennsylvania.
whose resignation had been submit
! ted on request. and insist on retiring
without further delay? Such con-
tingency would be embarrassing to
the Administration.
"Talk Is beginning to be heard
again of the possibility that the Pres
ident will try to cut the Gordian knot
by nominating a third man for dis
trict attorney, IN spite Of the known
agreement Of Senators Tillman and
Smith that the formber would en-
dorse Thurmond and the latter would
endorse Weston. and that both would
stand for the confirmation Of either
Of these two who might be nominal
ed, but against the confirmation Of
any dark "horse" If the President
nominates cly other man for district
attorney than Weston he reverses the
Attorney: II he nominetes any other
man than Weston or Thurmond. he
encounters the agreement OF the Sem
ators to fight a dark horse AS to the