The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-09-11
MANNING,S TASK.

The election of Richard l. Man
ming, as governor, by such an over
whelming majority, is cause for gen.
uine rejoicing. 1t means complete
reputation of Blease and his policies
which has brought shame and dis
grace to South Carolina, at home and
abroad. 1t means the redemption OF
| the state from the reign Of the dem
agogue and strife-stirrer.
The new governor, Mr.. Manning
has wide experience In public affairs
and is conversant with the needs of
the state. He is a man of irreproach-
able character and of the highest
serious RESPONSIBILITIES resting upon
him. The reign of Blease has come
to an end, but the causes that gave
rise to lit still remain, and the most
important task to which the new
governor should address himself is
the removal OF the cause. Senator
Tillman, just before the first pri-
mary, in his farewell address to the
people of the state, dwelt upon this
phase of the matter, when he said:
"Blease himself is a mere symp-
tom. The real fever is bigotry poll
tical intolerance and social injustice.
call upon you, my fellow citizens.
you who know and claim to want
better and higher things. to broaden
your SympathieS. Treat
your next door neighbor with little
more consideration. Though he live
i'm a hovel, though he never saw the
inside of a school room, he has the
same right to vote for Blease that
you have right to vote against him
and YOU have no more right to ques-
tion his motive than he has to ques-
tion yours. Learn that great truth,
act on it to the uttermost and my
word for it. Bleaseism will disap-
pear and it will not disappear until
you do learn it.
The Columbia State, in timely
editorial, the morning after the elec-
tion of Mr.. Manning, made the fol
lowing observations:
"The nomination of Mr.. Manning,
however, is but the beginning of the
real work that is to be done in South
Carolina. Let us not imagine that
there are no wrongs to be righted, no
to be effected The call is
urgent that affirmative ana construc-
tive progress be entered upon in leg
islation. We have problems to solve
that too many have ignored in the
past. Within half a century the
state has passed through an indus
trial revolution that few have dis
cerned and many men who have been
in positions to lead have failed to
~
THAT the laws should be executed
with justice and in mercy is neces-
sary-but it is not enough. Legisla-
ton must be adapted to new condi-
tons and when the strong body of
men that has been elected to the
general assembly shall convene next
January it must be ready to go for
ward bravely and promptly.
"In South Carolina there are At
least rs 900 white wage earners, that
is TO say. white men who are not tie
owners OF real estate and who de-
pend upon the toll Of their hands for
a livelihood They have not been
represented in the gov
ernment Of the state and unless the
Manning administration does recoE-
nizc their needs unC accomplish
substantial for the i'm
provement Of their economic condi-
tion ii will be a failure. Mr.. Man
ming was nominated on platform
pledgng him to support specific de-
mandS of organized labor and those
pledges he must cooperate with
workingmen TO carry out. We
would as we'll recognize the truth
that in government and the acces-
sories of government we are quar-
ter or half century behind the
times in South Carolina. There must
be nawakening. If men of sagaci-
ty and influence do not perceive their
duty and respond to il with unselfish-
ness, soon or late we shall have gov
ernment of a worse type than any
that the state has experienced.
But if Mr. Manning's administra-
ton is to be asuccess he must have
the cooperation OF all of our people.
We should all dedicate ourselves to
the task Of unifying our people.
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