The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-04

ISSS oIO uuS dG01Ol.
have been a political friend
of the governor. and it is with a
bleeding heart that I pen these
lines; 7 have not always agreed
with some of his political acts or
speeches, but whenever I dis
agreed with him | frankly said
so and gave my reasons, my
differences of opinion did not go
to the extent of "a parting of
the ways" F" and [ clung to him,
but since he has been put to the
test, and has failed to measure
up to the standard of his pro-
LESSONS can no longer accept
his leadership. because, he has
demonstrated to me, that regard
less of his professions, when the
crucial time comes he cannot be
relied upon I am sorry, sorry,
sorry, to make this acknowledge
ment, but truth demands it. So
far as i am concerned, even
though he finally decides to ap-
prove the Act, his dilly-dallying
icourse has robbed him of any
credit for it. His delay has pre-
vented the advocates of the
measure from going to their peo,
Pile to disabuse their minds OF
the prejudice that may have
been created by the fallacious
arguments put forth by the an
tagopistic press, it has prevent
ed full arrangements being made
to get the necessary election
machinery to work IN the farm.
ling sections, and too, some Of
his closest friends from the up.
country, evidently with his ap-
proval, joined with the represen-
tatives of the Big Interests, to
delay the passage of the Act as
long as possible by bringing on
1.-THE most disgraceful scenes
that has ever been witnessed in
a parliamentary body-not even
in the days when the Radicals
had power, when the member.
ship was composed Of negroes.
under the control of unscrupul-
Gus aliens on pilfering bent.
They called it a flibuster, but
it was more like a drunken brawl,
accompanied with fights and bed
lam. A parliamentary flibuster is
necessary at times, but it must
be conducted with reasonable,
logical and germane debate, but
when it is conducted as it was in
the House by all manner of dila-
tory motions and roll calls, and
incoherent and irrevelant mouth
ings, often bordering upon riot
and violence, then it is not a
tilabuster, but an insult to an in-
telligent electorate, which I have
no doubt will be rebuked by
the people regardless of wheth-
er they favor the bond issue or
not.
The bond Act does not meet
with my full approval. I wanted
the purchasing feature to remain
in it, and I believe had it re-
mained, and had the legislature
eliminated the planting of cot
ton for the year 1915, immediate
results would have been obtained
therefrom, but it was impossible
to get this. and the legislature
did the best it could.
Hon. John L. McLaurin was
elected state warehouse commits
sioner, his election came to him
unsolicited and a surprise. He
was endeavoring to have elected
another. but, the general assem-
bly, forced it upon him. Mr.. Nc
Laurin will assume charge of
this work and endeavor to get it
established in spite of the OBJ
stacles, relying upon the reg
ular session remedying the de-
fects. I believe if he can secure
the necessary authority the
warehouse proposition will be a
boon to the cotton growers.
Through an oversight the time
for the appropriation Act to go
into effect was omitted, but later
remedied by a subsequent Act,
and up to Saturday night the
governor had not approved it,
thereby preventing the members
from getting their pay immedia-
teIy which was embarrassing to
many.
The withholding of the COVER
nor's approval from the bond