Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-10
CANDIDACY OF Mr.. MANNING
Editor Applet is Reminded of Forty
Acres and the Mule.


The followers Of Hon. Richard l.
Manning Of Sumter, have organized
Manning club for the purpose OF
boosting him for governor. At their
initial meeting in Sumter, Monday
night a committee was dispatched 10
Mr.. Manning's home to bring him out
for a speech Mr.. Man ming responded
outlining his campaign and his re-
marks were received with enthusiasm.
But there are other candidates in the
race for gubernatorial honors, each
and every one of them feel confident
of being selected by the majority; the
people are exceedingly fortunate this
year in having good material, and
plenty cf it, to select from, therefore,
there is no need to grow red in the
face when discussing the quahtica-
tions of them. Mr.. Manning has been
before the people before, and we nave
no doubt If he fails Of election this
time, he will be before the people
again. Just what effect the organiza-
ton of clubs to boost candidate Will
have on the voting masses remains 10
he seen: it is our opinion, the cheers
and the noise manufactured at the
county seats for candidate, Will go
but a little way towards securing
sufficient number of votes to seat hlIh
in the executive chair. 1t takes some
thing which appeals to the judgment
of the masses, and the masses are not
usuaIIv attracted by buttons, badges,
and hot air artists.
In his reported speech, Mr.. Manning
believes that the small land holder IN
the country or town should be exempt
from taxes, in order to encourage
home building, and the ownership Oh
their homes by the poor:
We heartily agree with MIR. man
ning's solicitude to have the poor man
axem pted from taxation, and place the
hnrden Of government upon the large
property owner, in other words, re-
iieye the poor and make the rich pay
but II Is an impossible theory, ana no
one should know this better than MT.
Manning However, such a platform
would furnish some material TO enter
tain the masses at campaign meetings
and in years gone by, before the adop-
ton of the free school system, IL Is
possible such an enticing theory Wouiu
made the boys throw their mats into
mir and hurrah for the speaker.
Should Mr.. Manning's poor man ex-
emption idea be possible, South caro-
lima would be the most poverty strlck
en- state in the Union. Everybody Wouie
plead poverty, and everybody "ouiu
ask to be exempt from taxation as !.
is. the poor pay in proportion 10 Wna'
thew possess, their property is Vlslele'
and easy to reach by the tax gatheTer'
but the rich, with their hidden wealth
invested in all manner of ways. escape
the tax gatherer, thus forcing the bur-
den of taxation upon those less Tor
tunate. ,zo
We rather like the ring Of Mr.. Man
nine's declaration when he said, II m
going into the race singlehanded ana
standing on nv own bottom, nor am
7 swinging to any mans coat tail;
Snoken like a man. We wonder II
there is a candidate in the race VINO
will admit that he is swinging TO any
mans coat tail? Or is there a man
in the race who will admit that ne mas
ever attempted to swing on any man
coat tail. now or at any other time?
AS stated at the outset, the peopie
have excellent material to select from
and. when the candidates get pefore
them this summer, provided the New.
and Courier does not succeed In or
ganizing it's political newspaper trust:
they will be able to judge whlch Oh
the number of good men they desire
10 be their chief executive, and whetn-
or or not the land tax exemption lol
the poor bears any similarity TO the
forty acres and a mule proposition OF
wears ago.-Manning Times.