The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-06-04

llth' - toV satisfactory, ana That |
,;rnnot have 1t published. shall, there
Tore, be obliged il you will make your
OWN statement to the public on the
subject of my retirement from the
University.
ours respectfully,
w. j. ALEXANDER.
ALENANDEE'S EELOINDEH.
Prof. Alexander Wednesday gave to |
thr press the following reply to the |
statement Of Governor Tlllman in let |
trrS, but more especially 60 the second |
the one submitted for publication. but
;lS unsatisfactory:
AS Governor Tillman has at last pub
liShed the entire correspondence be-
tween us 1t IS due to him and to the
public that | should explain why the
statement that he submitted to me for
in lieu Of the letter that he
refused TO allow Inc to publish was not
satisfactory. One has only to compare
the w" papers to see why the one last
Wril'"n Was unsatisfactory, but it will
not Ir amisS TO set forth The principal
reasons explicitly. This Shall do as
DrltllN as possible.
fnSt. Governor Tillmhn in order to
MAKE "llI Il case has manufactured his
la"t$. by such II PROCESS amy case
whatever could Ec made out. He says:
men the trustees met on April ~,
1911 Il ni"JOrly rcpOl and minority re-
port hh" hrru prepared suggesting Il
r!An "l rrOrRaniZt,iOn.' This is true.
lie proceeds.
"M hpH !T th,~ Mc "hui,x whirh
H"h H"I" Wtt' "hDijNh,I0nN lie A,ttiics
Nrh''" "'i "hi'd ip "ih.r rhtSmS."
This is not true. and no one ought to
know hrttrr that it is not true than
HoNrrnnr Tll!mau himself. Both these
I'r"ri| were published, both were sub
mn lrd TO every member Of the board
Tor 'htlr careful consideration, both
were u"Vht less closely examined and
drrrlN pondrrCd by Governor Tillman.
both are now accessible. Let Governor
llilman show that the majority report.
which is the real report Of the eXccu-
1--WE committee, abolished my chair: on
III" contrary, II WAS proposed to that
coiliUlllor cas- the minority report ne.
crSHarllN lmplicH) to abolish my chair,
as we'll as to do u number of unwise
thlnES, and the proposal WAS drliberatc-
ly ltctrd 10y four out OF Il committee
OF nVr.
Mr.. May!irlh, in presenting the report
OF lhr executive committee, spoke for
every member of that committee but
oAr Wl"n ne reported that the chair of
l"2l" and rhetoric should he retained in
It's integrity. That Mr.. Clark lmprac-
tNr3hl" scheme embodied in the minori-
~ report had very little influence with
the board is evident from the fact that
nearly every one Of his characteristic
recommendations was rejected.
Iurlh% both conferences and the
Ten Gays that INTERVIEWED my religious
oplhionS ar" the things, and the onlv
'llin%|. tiIat Will "cVrntually sever nv
"hh'cti"n with the college," that Will
"rau>r men to cry ont for my dismissal, >"
! t'r, etc. After the whole thing is over
II 'urnS ont that both reports OF the
rN"rUli iN" committee recommended the
abolition Of my chair, and that such
''"H!I'loh was 4 inrCgonc conclusion
from the beginning. Are Governor
li!mAn and Mr.. Jones 81 put to il TO
make oul Il cas-" lur themselves that
Inc '>prAkrr o! the House Of RrrrcSen.
lAl!NtS inEM diStUrt and cariclture
lArtS uull thry uJ not know them
serves, ;.Nd that the Governor Of the
STATE mast Manufacture them out Of
til" Whole c!uth:
Second, is the editor the state has al
ready pointed out, there is a fiat con-
trad!cunn between the whole spirit
ol ttt lrSt paper and that Of the sec
oMI. "l.o"king here upon this picture
'''''' VII 'iltI. III tllt llFSl 'lnp frank
aNoWal OF my religious views will iney-
l'anly sever my connection with the
college,: III the second those views have
ho' hlng TO dO with my removal.
IN the first my views twill ca Use men
10 cry out for my dismiSSal;" in the
second GoNrrnor rillman "cannot see
amy ground for the cry Of religious in
lolrranc" which has been raised.'
In III" first | am warned to "cypect
pcrSrcntion and sorrow as my lot" in
thG SrroI!h "you and your co-religion-
ISIS nave no cause for complaint that |
can Srr.'
lilt enough; no vcnder of patent
mrdlcInrS could get up Il more striking
contrast OF "hrlore" and "attcr" taking
than our Governor has done in these
TWO papers. such evasion is unworthy
"l hlm. Had received his second pa-
per before pcnnrd my letter Of NAV
- rould no; have written "vou have
Dr'n frank aHl Straightforward in YOUR
Wholr course III the matter" For " lille
| was writing these very words. and re-
lolr!n& ihat ! could write them, the
HnVrrH"r WAS utterly changing his
policy. ". J. AIENNNDrr
Qua int HclirIous Rights.