The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-23

and senate, AID in the governors Of
ice. Dy Richard l. Manning.
Manning voted IL 1902, as senator
when DILL was introduced to proh-
bit trusts, against the bill and for
the trusts. See Senate Journal, 1902
pages 462 and 412.
At the same session, Q902), when
the railroad relief bill for employees
was offered, he voted to kill the bill
and against the interests Of the en-
ployees. See Senate Journal, 1902,
pages 262, 276 and 504. By voting to
kill this bill he voted to prevent the
family of the railroad employee who
vas killed by negligence of the rail-
road, or its servants, from recover
ing any damages from the railroad
corporation.
At the same session, when the
senate was endeavoring to repeal the
charter of the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical company, trust throttling,
or attempting to throttle, the farm
ers of South Carolina, and which At
torney General Bellinger and his as
sistants we're fighting with all their
power, Mr. Manning voted against
the bill to suspend this corporation
and against the interests of the far
ners and lsboring people. See Jour
nal, 1902, page $50.
In the session of 1900, Journal,
page 206, you will see where Mr..
Manning voted against the child
labor bill and against the interest of
the cotton mill employees.
In 1906, Senate Journal, page PIG,
as senator, he voted against the bill
to prevent strikes and lockouts,
which was introduced to meet emer-
gencies and to help the cotton mill
employees, thus voting against the
laboring man and in favor of the cor
poration. If this bill had been pas
sed and allowed to become law, the
many strikes which have occurred,
under his administration, in the cot
ton mills could not have taken place,
and labor and capital would have
been working together in harmony,
and the lives which have been lost
on account of the riots caused by
these strikes, would have been say
ed. Hence, to himself and his col
leagues in the senate, can he lay the
blame for the strike which have
taken place during his administra-
ton.
He also voted against the bill for
ten hours in cotton mills-see House
Journal, 1892, page 35S. When this
bill, to limit the hours of labor in
cotton mills, was up for discussion,
Mr.. Blease moved to strike C-. -.
after South Carolina in Section /,
which was-"Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall be construed
to prevent any of the employees in
the aforesaid manufacturing estab-
lishments from engaging to work or
working such time in addition, not to
exceed one hundred and ten Q10)
hours per annum, as may be neces-
sary, to make up for lost time" MIR.
Manning voted to leave that proVisO
in the bill, which, as every cotton
mill man in the State knows, NULL
fed the law, for this section was used
to impose upon labor and to force
them 10 work just about as many
hours per week as they had worked
heretofore.
You will find that in the session
Of 1893, House Journal, page 1856; al
so in the Senate Journal Of 1900,
page 365. he voted against separate
coaches for the two races, thus Tot-
ing for white ladies to be thrown in
the same coaches with negro men.
1t will thus be seen that this man,
who was the president of bank in
Sumter, and director in many other
large corporation in this State,
on every occasion, as senator
and representative, voted against the
interests of the laboring man and for
the corporations, and he is today the
candidate of corporations and their
officers and attorneys.
In addition to this, he was in the
Sheppard convention, which met in
March, 1892, as delegate from Sum
ter county, which convention de-
nounced Ben Tillman's administra-
tion in these words: eve pledge our
selves to the most rigid economy in
the administration of the govern
ment, made more than necessary by
the misfortunes of the people and the
impending deficiency in our treas
ury, resulting from the unwise man
agement of the present administra-
ton" At another place, in speaking
of B. R. Tillman, their platform said:
'fWe submit that the course of the
head of our present administration,
both before and since his election,
has been unwise and unjust" And
this platform goes Ont is too long
for me to quote it all to you-in de-
nouncing Tillman and the reform
movement in no uncertain language
Now, Mr. Manning claims to be a
friend of the farmer and the labor
ing people. If so, why was he in
this convention denouncing Tillman
and the farmers movement in such