The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-05
BROWNING IN THE RACE
UNION COUNTY MAN CONES OUT
FOB GOVERNOR.

Gives HIS Platform Which Requires
Registration for Voting In Primary
Tax and School Reforms.
Lowndes J. Browning OF Sedalia.
in Union County, announced Thurs
day that he would be candidate for
governor Of South Carolina In tho
Democratic primary next summer.
Mr.. Browning has been in public life
in South Carolina for a number Of
years, having served three terms In
the house Of representatives. He was
chairman Of the ways and means
committee during the session Of
1911-'1z. He was not candidate for
reelection to the house in 1913. Nr.
Browning has been farmer all his
life and is at present president Of the
Union County Farmers union. Hs
was president of the Union County
Fair association for two years, de-
clining reelection.
Mr.. Browning issued the following
outline Of his platform:
81 will be candidate for governor
in 1914 In the Democratic primary;
Summarized briefly. my platform ID
as follows:
First. Every white Democrat
should be allowed to vote, provided
he will qualify himself to maintain
the action Of the Democratic primary
in the general election. No man
should be allowed to participate In
the naming Of State and county
ticket as Democrat and then sup
port some other party in the general
election for president and vice-presi-
dent, as was done in 1912 by certain
alleged members Of tho Progressive
party.
Second. I believe IN the ther-
ough reform Of our financial system.
II properly regulated, the personal
property tax can and should be elm
mated. Under our present system,
citizen can not hide his household
and kitchen furniture, his live stock
il farmer, his stock IN goods II
merchant, but he can and. very ire
quently does hide his personal prop
erty IL it is principally invested IN
mortgages, stocks, bands and the
like. This tax should be a tax on
income and thus you will reach those
most able to pay and those who re-
ceive the greatest protection from
government.
"Third. shall advocate a thor
ough reform Of ou-sehoof system.
The constitutional school tax should
be made a State fund instead Of
county fund. Thus the richer eoun--
ties would aid the poorer eounties,
and all the children OF our State
would receive, equal benefit. Each
school district should, a. at present,
be allowed to supplement this State
fund by local levies for their individ-
ual benefit. The State. however.
should guarantee that each school
should run a certain period AID II
the present constitutional seheei tax
does not raise sufficient revenue for
this purpose, the State levy sheald
be increased.
Fourth. believe IN thorough
reform and simplificatioR Of our 1u-
dicial procedure, whereby Justice may
be obtained in reasonable length Of
time. I am surs that tho present
congestion for our dockets could bs
relieved, were there q commission Of
three, whose decisions would be Nnai
as regards all damage suits. This
would be hard on 4 few lawyers, but
it would benefit greatly tho poor ea-
ployees who bring such suits AGAINST
comnorations. provided the decisions
Of this commission bs final.
Fifth. I shall advocate tie en-
foreement of all laws On the statute
books. II they are good. the State
will reap the beneat. II they are
bad. the necessity for their repeal will
be more quickly realized.
"sixth. Some candidates profess
to ignore the fact that two political
factions DO exist within the Dome
cratic party Of this State With equal
instice they could DENY that the sun
IS the 1uminarv Of the de1. I belong
70 that wing Of the Democratic party
Of +his State which believes IN rep
resentat;vo form Of government
founded on the PRINCIPLES Of our State
and national constitutions. and am
onno..d TO "hoss rnIs' as s1eun1ffaed
nv Hnerta IN Mexico aad various
'hosses' in this and other ststss. I
am the candidate Of no ehess' nor
anv newspaper. but ana aakins for
+he Office Of governor on nay record.
believe that the execntive. lesis1a-
tive and judicial denar+ments Of our
government are sur~sHe IN their re-
snective anherea. Tha authority OF
one should not be e1croached upon
bv that Of another.
"There sre numerous minor re-
forms that 7 might mention hnt thfs
IN hrief outlines ina prinrin1ss Bnou
which shall aef the supon-t Of nv
nartv a. q candidate for Sovarncr IN
the Democratic primary IN 1914"
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