The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-08

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ifor business yesterday Mr.. r. I. Man
4 ming briefly addressed the meetlng
HE said that, as he expected shortly
Ito remove his residence from Sumter
he felt constrained to say few WORDS
lin way of farewell to his friends ana
#tIfe-time associates, and he did SO
with a feeling of profound sadness and
regret that the relations OF so many
years standing would now be severed.
Since his twenty-first year he mad
been an active member OF the Demo
cratic party of Sumter county and had
| been a member of every county con-
vention, he believed, that had been
held during that period. He said that
while he would live elsewhere he eX-
pected to continue his business inter
ests in Sumter and his heart would
be here always, and that he would
retain his membership in Ward club
as long as the party rules would per-
NIT. In concluding he expressed his
sincere thanks for all that the Demo
cratic party of Sumter county hao
done for him and for the unyaryl:,g
support he had received from the
Democrats Of his home county. !.
Mr.. Manning then offered the fol;
lowing resolutions:
We stand for the enforcement OF
law and denounce lawlessness, radl-
ca1ism and Bolshevism.. We stand
for restoration of peace and return
to normal living, and to this end We
demand the ratification of the treaty
Of Versailles and the covenant OF the
League of Nations, with such reserva-
tons as will make clearer the purposes
aimed at, but which will not nuliify
nor require its re-submission. We
would regard the rejection Of the
treaty and the League OF. Nations as
national disgrace, making US a quit
ter in the midst of world struggle
It would proloag the unrest and dis
satisfaction of a world now torn by
turmoil and abnormal conditions.
We stand for a national foreign
policy that will put the United States
in the forefront as a leader in rela-
tions with other countries in all ques-
tions making Tor freedom, liberty, JUS
tice and righteousness.
Without America the great world
war could not have been won; with
out America justice and peace cannot
be maintained in the word.
We stand for a wise, reasonable and
just settlement Of the issues between
capital, labor and the public. recog-
nizing the rights of the public as par
amount to those of either capital or
labor. We stand for justice to labor.
but demand an honest days work for
an honest days pay.
We stand for a more equal distri-
button Of taxes, so that the burdens OF
taxation as result Of the world war
will be borne equally by all in pro-
portion to their means.
We stand for more work, greater
production and greater economy In
national affairs Work and save should
be the slogan in order to reduce the
high cost of living.
We condemn the inaction and par
tinsanship of the present Reppblica:
majority in Congress, which has fail
ed to pass the great reconstructlve
measures now demanded by our coun-
try and which they solemn!y promised
the people at the time Of their cleo
ton.
We heartily nedorse the admins
tration Of President Wilson. That ad-
ninistration has put into effective op
Grafton greater and more farreaching
constructive measures than this gov
ernment has ever before experienced,
and the beneficial effects Of which will
be more and more felt as the years
pass.
We endorse. the action Of the Am
erican Legion in South Carolina and
in the other fourteen Southern States
standing for the relief of the injured
and the dependents of the slain and
injured but oppose the bonus to che
uninjured. the well and the ablcbod-
led. believing that money reward
would be unwise and would tarnish
the lustrc of the uneXamplcd heroism.
Selc-sacrifice and service Of those who,
in this crisis. have saved the world
| r,a,rkind and civilization.
,Thr last paragraph above WITH
drawn, after discussion.l
Mr.. II. C. TIaEnsworth moved that
the resolutions be adopted by a viv.
vocc. The motion was seconded.
Mr.. George d. Levy said that he
! heartily endorsed the resolutions
with the exception Of that having ref
erence to the American Legion. but
| this he could not support for the rea-
son that the American Legion was 9
non bipartisan and uon-political organ
iZation and the effort Of the neInbcrs
is to keep it out of politics. consc'
auently the members prefer that nc
reference be made TO it as an organiz-
ed body by a political party. Per
sonally he was opposed to the pro
posed bonus and therefore not antag
onistic to the sentiment of the resolu
ton. but he felt that the resolution
was not in line with the policy OF thf
Legion to keep as far away from po
litics as possible.
Mr.. Manning said that nothing wa: