The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-03-22

CfCICS 10 du already SGFOllS udu,
whose chances of success are
conceded to be even otherwise.
Nobody can hope to cut Blease
below $4,000 in the first primary.
Now Manning can start eff
with $4,000, a personal following
that hell and it's imps can't shake
loose from him. In addition he
has the prestige Of Office, the
present dlspensation of patron.
age and the hope of same in the
future, and prestige of the sec
ond term precedent. He has as
political allies the friends and
benefciaries of Clemson, Win
throp, Carolina and the Citadel,
besides the most influential part
Of the press. While it is true
that Manning has become un
popular as a governor, still it
must be remembered that with
Blease in the race the old divis.
ion again appears, and neither
Bleaseites nor ants will throw
away their votes, and fritter
away their strength to any great
extent, because of personal
friendship or secret order afilla-
tions.
Now it is safe to say that Man
nlng cannot be cut lower than
$4,000 in the first primary. That
makes total of 100000 out of a
possible $4,000 and leaves a
balance of 900 to be devided
between Cooper, DesChamps and
Duncan.
Out of that Duncan should get
his usual 1000, and DesChamps
about 5000, leaving Cooper 35,-
600 as fond memory of what
might have BEEN" Under these
conditions, in the second race,
Blease would get $4,000 and
Manning 1900 of this vote
which would swell Blease's vote
to $4,000 and Manning $1,000,
giving Blease a majority of 5000
over Manning in the second pri'
mary.
If by any chance Cooper should
shove Manning off the Christ
mas tree and get the $4,000 and
Manning $4,000. thus putting
Cooper in the second race with
Blease, then there is nothing
surer than that Manning's 25, 600
personal following will go in a
lump to Blease to wreak Ven
geance upon Cooper which would
swamp Cooper in the second
race. On the other hand should
Cooper by any possibility root
Blease out and get into the Sec
ond race with Manning, then
hell and high water couldn't
keep the Bleaseites from scalp
ing Cooper in the second pri-
mary.
Of course we understand that
Mr.. Cooper's friends expect to
perform miracles with the aid
"Shrlners" and "Baptists" aud
"personal friends" But don't
forget it, the fact remains that
Mr.. Cooper is considered by the
friends of G. A. Smith and J. G..
Clinkscales as having been the
expert operator of the 'limina-
tor" in the joint interests of him
self and Mr.. Manning, with the
understanding that if Manning
should be chosen that he, Coop
er, was to be the heir apparent,
support Manning for second
term. then in 1918 receive Man.
ning's support in return.
We have talked with numbers
of Mr.. Manning's strongest sup
porters, and that seems to be
their understanding also, and
many of them go further, and
say that Cooper thinks that Man
ming is weak and that ne Can
come in and win. Let Cooper do
ss..e right thing, support Man
ming for reelection and we will
support him next time. If he
butts in now and roots Manning
out, we will slaughter him in the
second race. And they will do
that very thing.
Then there are the friends OF
B. \. Morgan of Greenville. We
heard many of them say that
Cooper laid down on Morgan
in the second race and he will
get paid back when he runs for
governor.