The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-29
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Clarendon favors the PROPOSE
tion to change the rules of the
democratic party so that to
qualify a voter in the primary
he must present registration
certificate and tax receipt be-
fore he can cast his vote as a
free white man. We do not be-
lieve this county favors such a
proposition, nor do we believe
the voters of this county are
willing to endorse the PROPOSE
ton to abolish the state cam
paign meetings.
The matter of candidates for
the United States Senate or for
Governor, is not a matter for
consideration at this time, and
it would be folly to attempt to
draw such divisions, because,
the conventions do not nomi-
nate; the proper time to con-
slider candidates is at the pri-
mary. We read in the news.
papers that this club sent a
Blease delegation, and another
sent an anti Blease delegation,
this is nonsense; the delegates
to a county convention have no
influence whatever on the re-
suit of primary as has been
demonstrated time and again,
therefore we say. when the
county convention assemblies
the injection of faction politics
into it can only result in irrita.
ton, and, so far as we are con-
cerned we should deplore any
such action.
The only matter in which we
feel interested in, is that which
we have mentioned above, and
we are satisfied the majority of
the voters, regardless of whom
they will vote for in the pri.
mary, feel as we 90 about this.
If 1t is possible to do so, we
should like for Clarendon to
select candidates for these high
positions free from antagonism,
let each and every man use his
own Judgment, and above all
let US all accord to every man
the right to do his own voting.
We are heartily tired of the
chickering's and strife that has
been cngendered in the past,
there is 40 need for it, and it
should not be. Factionalism
may have been necessary at
one time, that time no longer
exists, and we are glad of it.
The day has come when intelli-
gence, rather than excitement,
should guide the voter, and so
far as we are able to advise we
shall adopt such a course.
There are eight delegates to
be chosen by the county con-
vention to go to the state con-
vention, this body will have
very little to do, it is largely
formal unless it undertakes to
restrict the primary, then per-
haps a fight will be precipitated
and, even if those succeed, who
are seeking by indirect methods
to eliminate a considerable num-
Der of voters, by placing such re-
strictions as will inconvenience
the voter, they will awake
to realize that they have not
accomplished their ultimate pur-
pose, because, the very element
they would disfranchise will
qualify themselves and be ready
with a stronger determination
to vote; their leaders, if We may
call them such. will see to it
that every white man allied with
their side of a division is reg
istered, and that he has his tax
: receipt. There is only one
change in the rules we should
support, to wit: requiring the
basis of representation from the
clubs to the convention to be on
the vote cast in the preceding
primary instead of the club
rolls as now; this would give to
each club the actual representa-
ton in the convention it is en-.
titled and no more, and if a
member of the state convention
we should endeavor to have
such rule adopted.
Let no one lay any JUNCTION to
his soul that the state or county
conventions IS an indication Of
tho rosult Of the primary. ne