The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-12
TIL IDAN IS Mad
HE GIVES OUTASTAIEMENTT THE
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The following FROM Senator T;}Ir1au
was published ia TIE State recently.
TAa serator ii submitting il, says that
copies OF i lad been sant 20 all th5
Elorniug papers II SAGth C&rol;na:
I have nearly al6ays ignored the
slaaders and falzah1oGs which have
from tine 70 lin @pFearSG IL lie pa-
pefs in South Caroljaa which have oD
po:ed ne since | have b5o1 in subtle
lie. Icspnot cGrrect al of tae safe.
aents or notice lhan, bgcaUsa it Is 8
waste OF tice anG mos: o: my f.iands
kaow them 10 be false. a. ior ny
ereol;es thay believe them bsc2use
they csn see nothing gooa il me an&
love 10 feed their haired ol any food
that keecs i alive. depart from this
rule IL the presen: in,t2nc9 because !:
involves personal and family mat
ter.
In tee Columbia State OF Yesterday,
the fcliowirg editorial appeared:
''SELFISH, NOT FIENDISH
Senator Tilinsa Is reported to be .
very sick man, but it i: said that vhep
tee possibility o. his brother Georee.
oscoming g candidate for governor.
vas suggested he managed t. say that
be would tske the tield against him II
health permitted. T2s evident hat
rzd B. R. Tiilm2n bears his elder
b.other 6 hatrea Thicl led him to oo.
pose. fnct defta: him ioc congress, is
something i9ndish. Acanpaigu with
two Tilluars IS star actors would be 6
record breaker for forGc;.E.-Spaftan
burg Herald.
The Herald IS uniu:t 10 Senstcr
Tiiimsn. He does not hate his broth
er Gsorge, a0S it was net haired tnst
Influenced bis course in the consr3s
sional campaign Of 1892 Itwas msae.
~ selishnsss. He was afraid that
Talbert would run against hin for
governor and cause his defeat, so he
turned him into Georges preserve
not to defeat George, but to get hiro
out OF his own way.
So now, when be threatens to run
against his brother icc tie governor
ship next year it does not imply ha-
tred. It means that he considers the
perpetui:y OF the dispensary necassa
ry to keep alive the iactional Issue en-
which he relies for Re election to the
senate in 1900. He voaId not objsc.
to Georges election ifit did not inter
fere with his ovn plans. But as it
surely would do this, he is prepared 10
sacrifice Brother George as he did be,
fore.
80; course Re has no rotioa otrun
King for governor himself, for ne will
rot let 90 the senatorship on any
chance whatever. He only means that
he will put up proxy for the Office If
he cannot Otherwise disturb the peace.
We are net eli sure that the success Ct
Ellerbe OF Guasi prohibition aad
unity platform woula not BE quite as
offensive to him ss that OF his brother
on straight license platform.
'Watch!''
Both Of these editorials are the dou-
bic distilled essencs Of falsenood and
"fendish" .naligni:y.
I have not seel Mr. J. B. Hussey,
the correspondent Of The State in this
city, during my illness or since ny re
covery, except to pass him on the
street and bow, and I nave ssid moth
ing to him shout South Carolina af
fairs, and I have not SAID to him or
any other person a word ab0us oppos
ips Geo. D. Tillman for governor.
What I have said 7 will repeat, that I
will stump tie state, ii need be, zext
summer IA behalf OF the dispsnSary
law, and that without regard to who
may be il the race as candidates. |
propose to stand by the Law IN the
senate and in tae state; not to keep
alive the fational ISSUE" but because
l believe it is the best solution OF the
liquor problem. I don't rely On fac
tional;sn" to re.elect me, should o.
fer for re election. I did not create
faotionaiism in South Carolina. n. G.
Gonzales and J. G. Hsmphill ars its
and they famed the emhe!s
Of the fight in 1890 into flames in 1892,
and their undying hatred for nas
comes from their retirement SIS rulers
il cur state affairs.
Now, IN regard to my "hstred fer
my brother George" and my aiding
Iii. Talbe1t 70 beat him for congssss
il 1892"
Every Leading refcrner n the SEC
ond co1gressional district kuows it is
untrue. Not 3 scintilla Of evidence,
oral OR written, exists Or ever existed
to show that I assisted Mr. Talbert.
was absolutely hands ctf.' - and thst
at my Brothers request. Mr.. TAlbert
ran for congress, as he had right to
do, an5 Was eleced. he received no
advice O. aelp from me. Every we'll
posted man in the Ssate koows why
George Tillman was Gefestsd, except
possibly himself.
TIE treacherous Spaniard who
makes the charge OF betrayal and IN
bro:herly conduct against me, only
ad7er:;ses his own depravity and
Hlackness OF heart.
Talbert could no mcre have bestan
ne for governor than Sheppard did,
and no one knows it better than the
man who makes the assertion to prove
my "selfshness." If these editorial
really want peace" in
South Carolina they had better leave
me and my family relations alone and
pursue the policy OF bamboozlereGt,
which is their last trick in state poli-
tics. If my retirement is the cnly
condition OF "pssc9" it cannot be
brought &bou: By lying
B. R. TILLMAN
Washington, Dec. 81, 1897.
3 Bt6ow's Deadly D eds