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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Published Every Wednesday by The Press and Banner Co. WM. P. GREENE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, -MARCH 22, 1916. COOPER AND THE MILLS. Some of the papers of the state, in order to find something against * " - ** ^ uie canaiaacy 01 mr. cooper, ore wc victims of vain imaginings. Some days ago the Columbia State had an editorial on the attitude of the cotton mills in the upper part of the state towards Governor Manning, insinuating that these mills were interested in the candidacy of Mr. Cooper. Some of the weekly papers in their re-hashed editorials have charged f this openly. Nothing is further from the truth. That some of the mills had cause to complain against Governor Manning during the past summer, must be admitted by every person who believes that the constitution and constitutional rights are not to be waived by the Chief Executive. jsut ine people who are interested in these mills have little to do with politics, and we doabt whether they have ever voted for Mr. Cooper, or that they will be enthusiastic for him now. Governor Blease has announced that while labor has certain rights which must be respected, capital also has rights which must be enforced. One of these rights which he has in mind, we are forced to conclude, is the right of a cotton mill to sell its product after it has paid its employees for making the same. Therefore, the mill men have more ground to look to Governor Blease than to Mr. Cooper if they are voting to secure protection for their rights, because he has pledged himself to do the right thing about capital and towards the mill owners. The papers which are trying to in jure Mr. Cooper by making these charges against him, which are trying to prejudice the people against him on these unfounded charges? will find when the fight gets on in earnest that the dissatisfaction with Governor Manning is among people nearer home than the cotton mills of Uie riCUUXVllt OCCUVll* And if we are mistaken in this, these papers should consider that Governor Manning will hardly be able to beat Blease and Cooper both in the first race, and that in the second race with Blease, he must look to the Cooper vote to elect him, if he is fortunate enough to be in the second race. If he expects Cooper's friends to vote for him, the Governor's friends will do well not to appropriate that brand of politics, Which they call "Bleaseism" in an effort to defeat Cooper. Mr. Cooper has announced that he will make the race on his own merits. He will do so. The Governor's backers will do well to do the same thing. V BRANDEIS AS JUDGE. The American lawyer is nothing if not conservative. He may be ultra conservative. He will find fault with his brother at times, but when it comes to public criticism of an other lawyer he is "slow to anger and plenteous in mercy." The members of the bar in different communities are long suffering?too long suffering in many cases. And when a respectable number of the members of the bar where a man lives, and where he has practiced his profession, are willing to say that he is not to be trusted, it will be found that they speak the truth. They may be prejudiced; they may look at things from different angles from other men, but the American lawyer does not question the integrity of his brother lawyer without good grounds, certainly not in an important matter such as his confirmation as a member of the court. When, therefore, certain members of the bar of Boston went before the Senate Committee and Said that the appointee of President y Wilson was unfitted for the bench, and that he was not to be trusted, it may be safely assumed that they spoke the truth> On top of this comes seven ex-presidents of the American Bar Associa tion, some republicans, some democrats; some northerners and some southerners, and ask that Mr. Brandeis be not confirmed, urging that he is unfitted for the duties and high responsibilities of the bench. Who recommended Mr. Brandeis anyway? Why was he appointed? Was it to please a certain portion of the people of the United States, the socialists, the labor unions, or somebody else? Was the appointment made for the purpose of securing votes in the next presidential race? if it was not made for this purpose, then why was it made at all? c No man has yet been named a i member of that Court we believe j when his neighbors believed he was j ^ LWa frnof fliof nut IU ue u usifiu. ii v uvuv MaM. the time will never come when such a man will be confirmed by the Senate of the United States. The courts are the last resort of the poor and the rich alike in the assertion of 1 their rights and the protection of < their liberties, and an appointee } should know only the law and the , constitution. He should not be a < vote-getter. 1 AN ENDORSEMENT. ! i , The re-election of Mayor Gambrell < by the democratic voters of the city, * for that is what his nomination means, may well be taken as an en- t dorsement of his administration as c the chief executive officer of the city. * No one had anything against his two young opponents. Both of them ? were born and reared in this city, t and the people of the city, we feel. I sure, would have been glad to help { them in their aspirations to serve the y city, but for the fact that they felt i called on to approve the administra- * tion of the present mayor. * During his two terms in this office z many improvements have been made, i especially in the electric light and water plants. We hope that the council will continue to make the necessary improvements so as to make our plants the best and most * modern of their kind. Especially do ( we favor the extension of the present t White Way Lights until the whole ] town is lighted in this way. It will be an economy in the long run, and ] the Btreets will be all the better lighted. | We hope too that these two plants will become in the next two years a j source from which the city will re- t ceive some revenue. The city is 1 getting sadly behind other cities in . the matter of improved streets and } sidewalks, and we should be looking t after these. But we must cut ex- 1 penses, and increase revenue in order to build streets. The city council ( woll do well to look to this end. t WE WILL MISS YOU. Last week's Lancaster News car- ' ried the announcement-.' that Miss j Juanita Wylie would retire as editor , of that oaDer. and that she would be 1 succeeded by another Managing Edi- I tor soon to be selected. Miss Wylie has made the News one of the most readable of the county i papers. She conducted the editori al department with ability and good ; judgment. She always writes to ; the point, and she has opinions of her own, which she expresses forcibly, but courteously. 1 As the only woman editor in the ! state we part with Miss Wylie with , regret. But our good wishes go with her always. * * * THE GOVERNOR'S RACE. * I * * Some people are claiming that friends of Mr. Cooper are trying to discredit Mr. Manning. We have not heard any discrediting but if it has been done we know well enough woe WAf ^nno Wlfll' Mr. Uiav AW YT UO 11VV UV<*V ?>?VM ? Cooper's knowledge and sanction. Mr. Cooper is not that manner of man.?York News. Cooper For Governor. The announcement of Hon. R. A. Cooper that he will be a candidate for governor" in the primary this summer was no surprise to his numerous friends in this section as they were aware that he was receiving messages from all sections of the state urging him to enter the race. Friends and supporters of other candidates are trying to discredit his candidacy, but his friends are united in their determination to have him win and their fight will be felt throughout the state. It will be well to keep your eye on Cooper.? TT __ T"> _ xl. /-II i.l. < Jtionea ram ^nrumcie. Cooper's Candidacy. No one questions the high character and correct purpose of Solicitor R. A. Cooper, who announced last week that he will be a candidate for governor; but there are many that would vote for Mr. Cooper,under ordinary conditions who sincerely deplore his entrance into the race. Mr Cooper represents practically the same things that Governor Manning does, and if elected will give the j state much the same kind of adminis- , tration that Mr. Manning has done, i If the Laurens man had been gover- ( nor the past two years his course in | every matter that has come up would j i * * i- 1 5 J i.! 11,. proDaDiy nave oeen lueiuicuii; mc same as Mr. Manning's. There are 1 some of Mr. Manning's faction who j are displeased with his administra- 1 tion and want a change; but the ma- ; jority of those who have solicited . Mr. Cooper to make the race are not in our opinion real bona fide friends and backers of the faction to which Messrs. Manning and Cooper belong, , but men who hope by precipitating a bitter fight between Manning and Cooper to see the other faction walk i off with the prize. All of which renders it very advisable that the 1 friends of Messrs. Manning and ' Cooper not become highly excited, conduct a friendly and harmonious t campaign, so that there will be no ! faintheartedness when it becomes ne- I :essary for the friends of the loser I ,o rally to the other's support in the lecond primary.?Chester Reporter. Cooper In the Race. As intimated in The Journal a few J lays ago, Robert A. Cooper, of Lau- j ens, will be in the race for governor j ;his summer. Following a conference ] >f his friends last night in Green- | vood formal announcement of his candidacy was made. He declares ;hat he has been urged, besought and j ;ven pleaded with by men in all secions of the state for the past six nonths to offer as a candidate and I ;hat he has finally decided to yield x> their entreaties. The entrance of Mr. Cooper may I >r may not be followed by other en- I xies. There had been a rumor in circulation that Dr. John G. Clink- I tcalep of Spartanburg, might enter I he lists but Prof. Clinkscales has lenied this, saying that he expected o support Governor Manning for rejection. I Unless there is a decided change in I lentiment and additional entries in , .he race the fight for the office will i irobably be between Manning and j hooper. Both are strong over the < itate and are good campaigners. It I vill be a clean fight, however, for | leither is a mudslinger. It is to be toped that there will be no bittertess engendered in this campaign luch as has been engendered in forner campaigns.?Spartanburg Jourlal. Coopar'a Candidacy. The announcement of R. A. Cooper, >f Laurens, that he will be a candilate for governor this summer has :aused considerable talk and speculaion. What are his motives? What will be the effect of his candidacy? a he going to run with a real hope of ilection this year or merely to get in ine for nomination in 1918? Some people seem to resent his enhance and assert that he has no right x> be a candidate this year. That is irrant nonsense. He has a perfect -ight to be a candidate and doubtless i number of people are glad tnat he 5 going to exercise that right. Hut, how will his candidacy affect ;he outcome? At this stage, that is nerely a matter of opinion; He made i splendid race, two years ago. He j ivas not generally known throughout I ;he state at the start. This handicap j was accentuated by the fact that circumstances compelled him to be absent from the stump while the campaign party was in that section of the 3tate in which he was least known. Unquestionably he made a remarkable race, when all things are considered. While he missed getting in the second race by a narrow margin, be was regarded by the rank and tile of both factions as sure of a bright political future. By running tnis year he may realize that future or may put himself in the political discards. In 1914, Mr. Cooper was not very definite in his campaign speeches, except as to the supreme necessity of restoring "law and order." Upon that issue his utterances were specific. In announcing that he had yielded to pressure brought by his friends and that therefore he would be a candidate this year, Mr. Cooper made no definite statement as to what would be his platform, but promised such a statement later. That statement will ho anraitoH witVi nn small interest, for upon it will largely depend the size of the swathe he will, cut in the campaign this year. Manifestly Mr. Cooper cannot cAniprilgn along the same lines he did in 1914. As we stated that fall "law and order" is not and cannot be a live political issue except as against re-election of a candidate who is alleged not to have properly upheld "law and order." We have no idea that Mr. Cooper will attempt to raise that issue against Governor Manning. Whether one agree or disagree with the stand Governor Manning has taken, there can be no question of the fact that he has taken a definite stand on important public questions. For Mr Cooper to defeat him, it will be necessary for him to convince a majority of the voters that Governor Manning's position on public questions is wrong, or that he, Cooper, is better able to put through the policies the governor advocates, or offer a platform more acceptable to the Democrats. In any case, he will have to so state his platform as to show that he stands for definite policies and leave no doubt as to just where he stands. There is one other aspect of the case. Some of those who urged Mr. CooDer to run did so because they | fear that Governor Manning cannot defeat ex-Governor Blease, who has announced that he will seek election as governor this year. The Piedmont does not believe Mr. Cooper can commend his candidacy if he base it on that plea. A candidacy on that plea alone will simply divide and weaken the forces in the Democracy that are apposed to any return to power of exGovernor Blease. Prof. J. G. Clink- | scales, who was a strong gubernatorial candidate in 1914, was also urged to run again this year, but flatly refused and just as flatly endorsed the administration of Governor Manning and promised to do all in his Dower to secure re-election of the present chief executive. Unless Mr. Cooper should win out this year, this :ourse will give Professor Clinkscales the advantage in case he cares to run in 1918. The gubernatorial race this year ivill be very interesting, but definite ideas as to it cannot be formed until there be a more specific statement from Mr. Cooper as to his platform. ?The Greenville Piedmont. Early to bed and early to rise isn't bad?as a theory. A man has no use for the pillmakers when he's lovesick. Some men are like doormats?useful chiefly to be walked over. But the man who shines in society seldom shines in his business. j nmiiuiuzraiuzii^^ New Lines c Men's and B< Cuvnieninnre [J JL U1 llloiiiAifto j J ScHtOSS TULTIMORg n 1 j ROTHES || Parker ???? Spring Op Yon are come and im millinery. ( cannot be ex style, quality Pntn p ? with us, we ' make it plea as profitable, * \ Mrs. Jas. 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