The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-08-19
MANNING, c.. WEDNESDAYAUGUST 10; 1914
REGULAR SPEECHES
SENATORIAL CANDIDATES MAKE
ORDINARY CHARGES
EXPLAINS CURRENCY LAW

EXPLAINS CURRENCY Law
Smith Goes to Work Showing Farm
I ers How New Bill Will Operate
| Labor Leader Apologies to Sen
ator for Fighting Smiths Immi
| Siration Position.
| Approximately 1000 person!
heard the senatorial candidates al
Marion Thursday. There was nc
semblance of disorder, each of the
four. speakers being accorded re.
spectful and attentive hearing.
l.. D. Jennings was the first speak.
er. He launched Immediately into
an arraignment OF the governors rec
ord, which was characterized as the
"dirtiest ever made by white man
in any white country" Mr.. Jennings
said he had heard of but three men
who would vote for the governor this
year who didn't support the governor
two years ago. These were an editor
Of a Hampton county paper, John P.
Grace of Charleston and John G..
Richards.
This canidate dwelt much on that
phase of the public record which
tended to prove that the governor
was always on the side of those who
destroyed womanhood. In criticising
the governor for pardoning Emerson
Mr.. Jennings said he would have
signed the petition for Emerson, too,
on the condition that he take the
governor out of the State with him.
In the discussion of the "mock
trial. of D Eleanora Saunders the
chief executive was charged, with
writing the resolution condemning
this woman in advance of the trial.
Mr.. Pollock asked if the governor
nor's refusal to appoint Democratic
party nominees to Office was strictly
in accordance with his principles as
evidenced in his denunciation of Has
kellism.
An auditor reminded Mr.. Pollock
that Judge Haskell had opposed Sen
ator Tillman.
EYES," the Cheraw candidate, re-
torted, "and B. R. Tillman hopes to
God that we defeat Cole L. Blease,
and we're going to do it.
It was pointed out also that one
Of the governors co;onels ran for
the legislature from Marlboro coun-
ty on the mixed Republican ticket in
1880. On election day, the speaker
pleaded, the people should go to the
polls and vote like men and not as
cattle with rings in their noses, pull
ed onby some political machine.
Senator Smith got a rousing well
come from the Marion people as he
arose. They cheered him to the echo
when introduced and persistent'y in
sisted t!:It he keep.cl 1eaE!ng wien
h ,ine limiehad beei reached. Far
mers had Clipped in AMI purchased
a gold-headed cane for the senator.
This was presented by Col. John c.
Sellers, who said he had been com
missioned to say to the senator that
they were proud to have farmer
in the United States Senate, and that
they knew he had "kept the faith.
By far the major portion of the
audience was composed of farmers.
Senator Smiths explanation OF the
new currency law, which provides
that cotton shall be accepted as col
lateral, has doubtless not fallen on
more willing ears. Senator Smith
explained that he would probably go
to Washington to assist in the tight
for federal relief in the cotton sit
uatiol:.
He wanted the money which would
enable the farmers to hold their cot
ton placed in all the banks, both
State and national, and the cotton to
be stored at home. He did favor the
plan of having it shipped away and
nlaced in bonded warehouses. The
senator did not believe in the re-
striction of immigration. He want
ed aliens shut out altogether.
The speaker said that he had
letter of apology from the leader OF
one of the large labor organizations
OF the State, in which this officer &C
knowledged that he had been mlsln-
formed when he urged that the Ia
borers vote against Senator Smith
because of his attitude on immigra-
ton.
The governor was the last speaker.
He directed most of his remarks at
the i-Bleasites, saying: I've
come down here to rub it in. he
made his accustomed attack on SEN
ator Smiths record and urged his
supporters to be on the alert the day
of the primary to prevent another
"steap.
"What's Pollock and Jennings run
ming for?" asked an auditor. The
governor replied, "Well, my friends
YOU shouldn't mention those names
in decent company; I never do, I've
never heard either of them speak
and never expect to. I've never been
on the platform with them. When 1t
comes to putting myself in a place
with blatherskites pouring our black
suardism to get Office never notice