The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-08-03
STATE CANDIDATES HERE.
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up. said the governor. Mr.. Manning

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| up, said the governor. MIR. Manning
SAYS he has had between four and
five hundred applications for pardons,
and he has extended clemency in on
ly As cases, and only two of these
have been absolute pardons. The
good people have come to respect the
law, and the bad ones to be afraid
of it, he declared. Out of the $780,
900 appropriation for enforcement of
the prohibition law, the governor
said he has found it necessary to
spend only about $4,000. If, how
ever, it is found at any time that the
local authorities cannot handle the
situation alone, he will spend every
cent of it in enforcing the wishes of
the people.
Blind Tigers Kissed Manning.
The blind tigers in Charleston
Tuesday Kissed him, declared Cover
nor Manning, while the good people
applauded him. He stated most posi-
lively that if he is reelected there
will be no relaxation in his law en-
forcement programme. He believes
that a majority of the people of
Charleston are with him, just as he
believes a majority of the people of
the State stand with him on this mat
ter.
The governor then went at length
into the affairs of his administration.
He told of his work in refunding the
State bonds at saving to the people
of $4,000, and saving hereafter
of $4,000 annually, and of securing
the State loan at the lowest rate of
interest on record, two per cent. He
discussed the inequality of taxation,
and told of the efforts of the State
tax commission, one of the admins
tration measures, in seeking to elimi-
nate these discrepancies. He also
touched upon several other matters
pertaining to the administration.
Why is Cooper in Race?
The governor stated that two years
ago he and Mr.. Cooper ran on al
most the same, identical platform.
Had Mr.. Cooper been elected what
would he have done? Would he have
enforced the laws as Manning has
done? Would he have signed the
insurance act and approved the pri-
mary law? Would he have called
out the militia when asked to do so
by the mill owners Of the Brogon
mills, and would he have used the
militia at Charleston? What would
have been his attitude in regard to
the board of conciliation, the State
hoard of charities and corrections,
the 60-hour law, docking bill, week
ly pay bill, and the State Hospital
for the Insane? What would have
been his attitude in regard to en-
forcing the liquor law in Charleston?
He said that he did not mean to go
into personalities, but that he thought
the people of the State were entitled
to know Mr.. Cooper's position upon
these matters.
The State Hospital.
Governor Manning told at length
of his efforts to bring the State hos
pital up to better standard. When
he was first elected he said he visit
ed the hospital, and the conditions
he found there were appalling and
nauseating. He found waste and ex-
travagance on every hand, the pa
tients were ill treated and not prop
erly cared for. He invited the legls-
lature to view the institution, and
one visit was enough for the law
makers, and the measures he advo-
Gated were passed, and the reforms
made. He was baked, however, by
being unable to secure the man he
needed for superintendent on the sal
ary then paid. DR.. Williams was
earning $4,000 a year in the prac-
tice of his profession and he would
not consent to accept the position for
less. The legislature had adjourned,
and rather than allow the conditions
to remain unchanged for another
year until the Legislature would meet
he supplemented the superintend-
ent's salary by his personal note,
which he exhibited, for about $4,000:
This note he paid out of his own
pocket. 1t had not been repaid to
him, and he would never ask or &C
cept payment of the same. The fol-
lowing legislature approved his &C
ton, and fixed the salary according