The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-05-27

vote, but it does put him in
position to exercise a white
mans right if he wants to.
This enrolment has no bear.
ing upon who a man will vote
for, no white man should lose
the opportunity for the exercise
Of his right as a man, tits a duty
we owe to our fellow man that
each and every one of US should
act as a committee to urge our
neighbor to get his name en-
rolled, and, we suggest that as
soon as the necessary books
which will be provided by the
State committee arrive, every
man of voting age, and those
who will become Of age before
the general election in Novem-
Der hunt up = the secretary of
his club, and not stop until he
has signed the book. and then
give such aid. as he can to get
his neighbors to do likewise.
Under the new constitution all
of the old club rolls are abolish
ed. which is the best thing the
convention did, and the voters
are required to join clubs in their
club districts; there will be no
more duplicating of names on
several clubs. and no more cor
railing the members of clubs
that had already elected its del
egates, to vote in a club about to
elect delegates, as was done to
our personal knowledge; this
sort of repeating and duty work
is done for by the new rules,
and we are glad of it.
The political fortunes Of no
man or set Of men is of as
much moment as are the rights Of
Individuals When an individ-
ual is armed with all of the right
of citizenship he is a full and
complete man, it is his privilege
to exercise this right or not, as
he in his judgment desires: but
when he does not so arm him
self, either through neglect, in
difference, or wontoness he must
not afterwards complain If he
finds himself in the Inundated po
,sition We imagine a convict
must feel when seeing his neigh
bors exercising rights the law
has taken from him.
So far as purifying the pri-
mary is concerned we doubt if
the new constitution offers any
better safe guards than the old,
because, there is too much pow
er vested in secretaries. and if
they are disposed to do so, they
can prevent many of those who
are not allied with them in pol
itics from qualifying and too,
there is too much room for ma
chine manipulation, those in con-
troll of the party machinery can
if they so desire hold on indef-
nately, but as we said in the
outset the practical operation of
the new order will have to be
seen to know whether the con-
veution acted with wisdom or
not. We will say this however,
a large proportion of the mem.
bers of the convention was dis
posed to be guided by patriotic
motives, and when the written
request for enrolment was pro-
posed many of these would have
supported the proposition had
they not blinded themselves in
caucus held by the leaders Of
the majority in the Hotel JET
ferson on Monday night. Sew
.eral arose on the floor and spoke
favorably Of amending the CON-
mittee report so as to provide
for clause to allow the secre-
tary of a club to enter a voters
name upon written authority
from the voter, but the extreme
element who are determined to
eliminate the rural vote as far
as possible would not consent
and held them to the action of
the caucus, but Notwithstanding
this a few of them prompted by
their consciousness of right
voted with the minority any
way.
THE PEOPLE DEMAND FRANKNESS
The sneech delivered bv Sen