The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-10
COCHRAN And ADAMS Send In
RESERVATIONS
At PRESIDENTS Request
Tillman and Smith Still Far Apart on
Successor Of District Attorney
South Carolina Delegation Declines
to act as Arbiters.-Attorney Cen
eral Away.

The resignation Of District Attor-
ney E. F. Cochran, Of South Carolina,
has reached the Attorney General OF
the United States. There are no new
Developments so far as can be ascer-
tanned in the deadlock between Sena-
tors Tiliman and Smith as to the ap-
pointment Of successor to Mr.. Coch-
ran.
Senator Tillman recently proposed
to leave to the whole South Carolina
delegation the function Of deciding
between Thurmond and Weston, but
this suggestion was not accepted, the
reply being that the delegation had
turned this Office over to the two Sen
ators and that they should work the
matter out for themselves.
Both Of the senators seem deter
mined to stand by their man and
both have pleaded earnestly with the
President. Senator Smith seeing him
Wednesday Immediately after his ar
rival at the White House from New
Hampshire.
There is an impression that Thur
mond was about to get the nomina-
tion, when the junior Senator declar-
ed himself and brought matters to a
standstill, temporarily at least.
The South Carolina delegation IS
working in behalf Of ". D. Gaillard,
Of Charleston, who is candidate to
succeed Commissioner Putnam as the
head of the lighthouse bureau Of the
department. Mr.. Gaillard is himself
in Washington.
Adams Resigns as Marshal.
In accordance with a request from
Attorney General McReynolds Mr. J..
Duncan Adams, for twelve years Uni
ted States marshal for South Caro-
lina, has forwarded his resignation
to the department Of justice. Mr..
Adams has been in Greenyille with
his family for the past several
months and announced his resigna-
ton there Thursday morning.
The resignation is to take erect
whenever the President shall desig-
nate, and it. is thought probable that
this will be about the 1st OF October.
The letter from Mr. McReynolds
merely stated that conditions have
arisen which make me think it desir-
able to make some changes in the
government offices in South Carolina,
and I will be glad is you will forward
your resignation, to take effect at
such time as the President shall des-
ignate."
Marshall Adams term would not
have expired until March 1, 1915.
Mr.. Adams said Thursday that he
had formed no plans for the future,
but that he might probably make his
home in Greenville.
Who will succeed Mr.. Adams is not
known here, but it is believed that
Mr.. J. L. Sims, Of Orangeburg has
been picked. Mr.. Adams term would
have expired March 1, 1915.
Attorney-General McReynolds Away.
Attorney-General McReynolds is
not in Washington, and is not expect
ed to return until next week. 1t is
presumable, therefore, that nothing
will be done by the President this
week as to naming successors to Dis
trict Attorney Cochran and United
States Marshal Adams, both Of whose
designations have been received at
the department Of justice in response
to Official suggestions that they
would be appreciated.
No change is apparent in the status
Of the struggle between Senator'S Till
man and Smith over Mr.: Cochran's
successor. AS it looks from a tree,
the senior Senator is powerfully on
the aggressive, with the junior Sena-
tor maintaining a determined de-