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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
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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
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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
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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. !
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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.
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* THE GOVERNOR'S RACE. * I
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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.
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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.?
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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
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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.
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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.
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