Evening journal., 1901-06-06
Scored by the Governor Of
South Carolina
WITHDRAWS HIS RESIGNATION
Senior Senator Says That He Was
Obliged to Follow Action Of
Mr.. McLaurin

Senator Tillman that If he still wash
es TO resign and will send to this Of
fee and unconditional resignation /
will exercise the authority and power
vested in me by the people" This
means that the governor will accept
Senator Tillmans resignation If 1t
shall be formulated on that line.
In his letter to Senator Tillman Gov
ernor McSweeney says:
your letter of June 1 has been re-
ceived. have carefully noted its con
tents and the most charitable view
which | can take OF it is that it was
written in the heat of passion and
without due consideration. note that
you say that | have 'transcended my /
authority, and that the governor can
not compel a member of the United |
States senate to hold his commission |
and exercise the functions of that Of
fee If he chooses to surrender it,. And |
that you decline for the present to
withdraw your resignation. Had you
read carefully my letter addressed to
you and Senator McLaurin you must
have seen that did not express any
desire to compel a member OF the Uni
ted States senate to hold his commits
sion and exercise the functions Of that
office if he chose to surrender it.
MY sole purpose in returning the
designations was to ask you gentle.
men TO consider calmly and thoughtful
ly the consequences to the people of
what judged to be a hasty act and
what you admit to have been a
hasty act, and must confess that l
am somewhat surprised at the tone of
your answer to my request. consid
cred the course which I took in this
matter to be for the best interests of
the people OF South Carolina. and an
responsible to them alone for my ac-
ton, and furthermore, l still believe
that my course has met the approval OF
q majority OF the citizens of the state,
nor do consider them unthindng citl-
zcns, but men who know and recognize
as fully as any people on earth the
rights and duties and responsibilities
of citizenship, and who do not need
the services of any one to tell them
their duty
"Your insinuation that have been
1mportuned' to await the convenience
of any present or would-be aspirants
who are are not just yet ready. for
various reasons, to enter the contest
brought on so Unexpectedly, and that
for this reason my action has taken
the direction it has, is unworthy of a
man holding the high commission
which has been given you by the peo.
pie Of South Carolina and deserves no
notice in this connection. However
1 may say for your benefit that alone
am responsible for my reply, and will
give account for the course / have
taken to the people who have honored
me. and not to any one individual.
with due respect for your opinion,
think have as high conception of the
Office of senator and its powers as you
or any other citizen Of this state, and
you must have known that the brief in.
terview to which you refer meant that
l would simply meet the responsibility
and perform my duty under the condi-
tions If you still wish to resign your
commission, and will send to this Office
an unconditional resignation. will
exercise the authority and power vest
ed in me by the people"
Senator Tillman. protesting against
the governors right to reject the SEN
atorial designations, has withdrawn
his resignation. In his letter to Gov
ernor McSweenoy Mr.. Tillman says:
q am certain that had your excel
lency confined your action within legal
bounds rappointees would be seated
In the senate when that body meets in
| December, and hold their seats until
the legislature should act in January
Ny chief regret is that am forced by
your action to engage in what the out
side world will consider a game of
opera bouffe. by withdrawing my own
resignation after Senator McLauFiE S
undignifled and puerile action"
Moulton Released From Custody.
New York. June Cit was learned
yesterday that Richard Hayden Moul-
ton. the young man who attempted to
shoot May Buckley. an actress, about
two months ago in a Broadway rath-
skeller, was indicted on Monday last