Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-21
TILLMAN's CRITICS.
The Fiery Senator Evidently Exasporate
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The Fiery Senator Evidently Exasperated.
NlciJus,y Roasts the Press
New York. February Ex-senator Till
nan wri.es as follows TO the eIitor OF a
New York paper:
Wash .ngson. February ll.-My uniform
rule haa .ueen to treat criticism win sIi.
| cuCe. break that rule now for "A pur-
loso' and MAT IS 10 challenge those VINO
have found so much TO condemn In my
recent sftech In the sentte to a tTidI DC
| fore Tho Jury OF their readers, In which |
can have at ltnHt Il show OF justice. The
HAY "a GIo t tSe eSN NEW PIX 'f P5s e no a.
tea. anarchist; the World has used the
wYordi "blq .hersI!n!t,s" !he raiials,ph A
and the 81. Paul Globe says This fellow
brings TO the senate the unsavory record
he made In his State. a character tatIoocd
| with dishonesty"
| These are few OF the elegant nhrases
| employed by the polite editors of some OF
| the leading newspapers as applied 10 my
| ref. They have not read my speech, they
dlre not pubEsa It In full, and basing
| their criticisms upon q few gnrbed eN-
| tracts In which ] use strong language to
! express Indignation and contempt, they
ask tie people 10 render verdict against
me as coarse. brutal, ignorant black
| guard.
| All the words and phrases which occur
| In the speech to which they take exception
do not exceed dozen. They neither add
10 nor take from the arguments and fncts
as presented. Not single one OF them
IS unparhmentary, and frequently In The
senate language as violent, coarse and
brutal has been uttered In the past by
dozen men whose nance are written high
In our country's history.
II my language was unparliamcntary,
why did no senator call me to orderi II
the charges were untrue, why has no uen-
ator answered them. and why do my news
paper critics not attempt TO answer thom1
ls i unparliamentafy and Indecent TO tell
the TRUTH Are we sunk to that low estate
that falseho5d and treachery and official
ishonesty can not be mentioned without
celilne down an avalanche OF abuse aud
SANDER What other senators have wills
Tered ~ Ong thsmselves have spoken
cloud and In plain words, What a major.
10y VI the people have thought and felt.
This is the sum OF my offending. aud the
hirel.nE editors and reporters who now de-
grade the so-called freedom OF the press
to 30 despicable a level may Halter thoil-
selves that they create and control public
opinion, bUi the thousands OF letters that
have poured In on me from every quarter
OF the Union, and mostly from the NORTH.
and from men IN every pursuit Of life,
have given me assurances that the scales
Nc, failing from .he eyes Of III, ,hs peopl:
sweet and wholesome sound.
The Amsri,a an people as whole-the
great common peopieIloVe the truth aud
thieves and towards. II is large mass 10
move. but the leaven ls ut work and tho
issue Is Joined an3 the result WI pc
individually concerned. and as Tar as my
speech Is concerned, | care nothing for the
abuse neApol on me anu CT+tlSh
for directing attention TO my utterances.
When my facts and arguments have been
disproved | VIII apologize. Until then ue.
cef:cy demands that mon who abuse me Tor
speaking the truth should let their readers
see II OF Judge Tor themselves or reserve |
their eplthets for mel OF their KIND. who |
dread the truth and love cownarfice
n there is no need for REFORM reform |
,,lil moi come. II ! represent nothing but
ignorance and anarchy, why was ! elected /
,,ovcrnor OF South Carolina twice by such |
maJorities2 For four years |
ms executive fought and was abused by |
eorporatiohs and their hirellng newspa-
pers Why did my State send me TO the |
senate by vote Of l3l out Of 100 In the
general assembly? During these Tour |
Years the state advanced In material
growth and increase OF taxable values
more rapidly than In any previous period
IN liz history. II spent half million dol.
lars In the erection and equipment OF
TWO OF the largest colleges for Industrial.
technical and normal training In the
Souih, one for each sex. And the consti-
tutioual convention. with which had
rreat deal TO do. fixed constitutional
'axes SO as to double the tree school
fund. The saloons have been banIshed
from the State. while three-fourths OF
the people, " not moro, nre firm sup
poiteis OF the new method OF handling
II These ii facts. which are history. can not L