The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-09
HITS THE FARMERS.
BlEASE TRIES TO FORCE THEN
TO VOTE FOR RICHARDS
some DIRTY POLITICS

SOME DIRTY POLITICS
eGovsrsor Tempts Manning Farmers
With Bait to Catch Them for Rich
alds-Win Cali special Session
6nis II the Democrats Vote for
the ks:lroad Commissioner:
S The political sensation Of the cam
paign is 4 statement issued by Gov
srh6r Blease following the conference
s6f Biease supporters, which was held
Id Columbia Wednesday. The state
insnt is accepted on all sides as an
attempt to fr1ghten or eoerce the
farmers into voting for John G: Rich
ards, the Biesse candidate f5r Cover
nor. II they viii do this the Cover
nor promises to call special session
OF the Legislature to consider the cot
tot situation. If they do not he in
Z Inmates that he will refuse to call
such a special session.
Dr. Wade Staekhouse, the presi-
dent Of the South Carolina Division
OF the Southern Cotton Congress has
issued a statement strongly condemn
iig the governors attempt to make
political capital out Of the farmers
extremity and bulldoze them into
casting their ballots for the candidate
he is trying to elect as his successor.
Or. Staekhouse explains that no spec
fai session of the Legislature is want
ed unless all the cotton States co-cp-
crate in the matter of reducing cot
ton acreage next year.
Governor Blease's Statement.
The full text 4 the Governors
statement isSas follows
"If the white Democrats OF the
State endorse the resolutions ofered
by Major Richards in conference
held in the Governors Office yester-
aay. and which are published in the
morning papers and so signify os
their casting their votes for him IN
the primary on next Tuesday, shah
af once issue call for the General
Assembly to convene@in extra session
for the passage of such laws as are
called attention to in that resolution.
If the white voters OF the State do not
agree with Major Richards IN his po-
sition on this matter think VIII De
absolutely justified in concluding that
they do not want an extra session Oh
the General Assembly at this time. |
shall. therefore, wait before passing
Judgment in the matter upon the re-
turns of the primary next Tuesday.
- DR.. stackhouse's Statement
The Governors statement was
made public Thursday afternoon and
was very much discussed. THURSDAY
:. night, DR.. Stackhouse, who is at the
head os the organization which is try
ing to find some relief for the cotton
producers of South Carolina issued
the following statement:
..My attention has just been calieo
to the statement Of Governor Biease
that If the white Democrats OF tne
state viii cast their votes for MAJOR
richards on Tuesday he will be austl-
fed in concluding that they Wish an
extra session OF the General Assembly
called for the purpose Of carrying eut
by legislation the resolutions onereo
by Major Richards in a conference
: held in the Governors Office on Sep
tember 2.
.eThe most important and the ma
ior part Of these resolutions was IN
accordance with certain resolutions
adopted the night before at meeting
OF the South Carolina Division o. tns
southern Cotton Congress at the JET
: ferson Hotel, which meeting was at
tended by representatives OF thirty
one counties in the State, ana tue
great majority Of them elected at 1ne
ORGANIZATION OF the county divisions
of the South Carolina Branch OF the
southern Cotton Congress. a mum
aer of other gentlemen interested III
the welfare OF the farmers were pre-
sent. including Mr.. E. D. Smith.
j. ..The particular resolution referr-
ing to the matter of legislative acton
was as follows: That the presloen'
of-this Convention and the executive
committee thereof are hereby aP-
nointed as a committee OF this body to
memorialize the Governors OF the COT
ton producing States calling upon
them. to have their respective Leslsia,
tures enact such laws as they couio
constitutionally to validate and MAKE
effective pledges for the reduction o.
the cotton acreage next year. or oy
any other mean bring about TINS re-
suit.
y A Foolish Proposition.
"k is: absolutely foolish to call the
legislature of South Carolina TO
sether for the purpose of enacons
laws Of this nature without the CO.
operation of all the cotton produc'ns
states. There will be no sense IN
calling upon and forcing the farmers
~ South Carolina to reduce the COT
IN, acreage if the other State snouio
continue to produce at the old rate
This matter was thoroughly discuss,
I'D bafore the resolutions were passeo
and the original resolution "nlcl
was amended to read as above MADE
no mention of other States or Cover,
nors, but only applied to the State o.
South Carolina, and as stated after
discussion this was found lmpracti',
able and the resolutions as lnolcatec