The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-09-01


the "despot" Tillman and his friends.
Now, Mr.. Manning claims to be a
friend of the farmer and the laboring
people, If so, WY was he in this con-
vention denouncing Tillman and the
farmers movement in such terms as
l have quoted to you, and as can cas-
lily be verified by the records?
Mr. Manning, when ne was senator
from Sumter county in 1902, voted to
compel all parents or guardians to
send their children or wards to school
"a bill known as the compulsory edu-
cation bill, introduced by Senator
Raysor, of Orangeburg. Mr.. Brice,
the senator rom York, moved to kill
the bill. Mr.. Manning voted no."
thus voting for compulsory education.
Now he says he favors local option
compulsory education because the
people as a whole are not ready for
compulsory education. Yet, II years
ago, when they we're very much less
ready then than they are now, he did
not vote for local option compulsory
education, nor did he vote to leave it
I to the people whether they wanted
it or not, but he voted to force it on
them. Another artful change in this
corporation candidates political lie.
He is most assuredly subject to
change, for he was one of the State
dispensary's most bitter and active
opponents wien a member Of the SEN
ate, but after going to Washington
and holding a conference 18th Sena-
tor Tillman, he came back to the SEN
ate, and all at once became the great
champion of the corrupt (?) dispen-
sary, falling on his knees and holler
ing, in order to become governor, Il
am now friend Of the State dispen-
sary, I am now a friend of Ben Til
man, whom l have denounced public
ly and privately, am now disciple
o. Tillmanism, and an upholder of
the dispensary.' concluding with those
beautiful lines,
81 am consecrate my all to thee,
Ben Tillman and tae State dispen-
saree.'
] Wien Mr. Manning was member
! of the house of representatives in 1893,
bill was introduced to change the
legal rate of interest in this State
by reducing it, which was a bill in
| .avor of the money borrower, the poor
man. When motion was made to
kill the bill, Mr. Manning voted to
kill it, and against reducing the rate
of interest which the banks were re-
, ceiving from the poor man. Thus
again he shows mis- interest in behalf
of the corporation-he being a cor
poration director and corporation
president-by refusing TO vote to re-
duce the rate of interest, which would
have been Of great assistance to the
Door people-taose who nave to Dor
row money. This will be found on
page 334 of the house journal of 1893.
Mr.. Manning and some c. lis friends
argue WITH great force that we should
stand by the nominees OF the Demo-
cratic party. This is correct, but
| when Mr.. Manning makes this argu-
ment, he should remember that he
himself did not do so when he was
such a bitter enemy and opponent OF
one 3. R. Tillman, wnom he has since
learned to love. In 1894 Governor
Tillman and Senator NJ. C. Butler were
candidates FOR TIE United States SEN
ate. The election was to be held by
the general assembly, as there was
+ no primary at that time for United
| states SSudIOI. DuI IL was StS~AAs S~AAA
distinctly understood that whichever
of these gentlemen received the ma
iority of the votes in this primary was
to be the United States senator, and
that State senators and representa-
tiyes were morally bound to support
the nominee. However We find ID
members Of tie general assembly elect
ed that year in the same primary tnat
Tillman beat Butler in, violating t2eir
obligations to the Democratic party
and refusing to vote for Ben Tillman.
the Democratic nominee for the SEN
ate, and among these Is was one Rich
ard I Manning, then a member of tee
house from Sumter county. he re-