The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-06-13
AN UNOFFICIAL
CORRESPONDENCE.
Senator Ti111nan and Governor
McSweeney Exchanging Com

p1imcnts.
Senator Tillman sent The following
reply to Governor McSwccncys letter
relative to tho designations. lie opens
new phase Of the questions Involved
by suggesting that the Senate itself
might take up the matter. lIs letter is
as follows:
TKENToN, s. G., June 3, 1901.
His cxccllcncy, Miles IL. McSwcency,
Columbia, $ G.
Dear Sir: | am in receipt Of your
telegram In which you say Il under
stand Senator McLnurin's letter to be a
withdrawal Of his rcsignatiou.' and
have read that w0rthy's communication
in which he giaciOusly consents, at
your request to hold on to his commits.
sion as United States Senator and con-
tinuc to serve the State as he has done
in the past to the best Of his ubilitv,
This leaves me one of three alternatives.
TO appeal to the Democratic executive
committee TO take the matter up and
determine what the best interests of the
party require TO be done; to appeal to
the Senate itself to determine the uurS.
ton as to whether a resignation from
that body to take effect al some future
time is binding; or withdraw my own
| resignation. There arc no Drcccdcnts
on this subject, because in the hundred
aud twenty five years Of our uNtionnl
lllc, with more than two hundred rcsiu.
nations from tho Senate, no Senator has
hitherto been willing to occupy tn.
dCspiCablc attitude now assumcuh hy Sen.
ator McLnuIin and forced on me. an,
certain OF one thing. that the executive
of State has no authority to decline n
resignation that has been rendered, nnd
| ! am equally certain that had your rx
ccllcncy confined your action within
| legal bounds that your appOintccs wuulG
he seated in the Senate when that bod,
meets in December, and hold their scat,
| until the Legislature should act in Jnnu,
AIRY. My chief rcgI CI is that | am forced
by your action TO engage in what tn,
outside world will consider Il game Ct
| opera hOuilc by withdrawing my OWE
| resignation after Senator McLHurin's an
diEniticd and pucrlc action, bat the pur
pose for which it was rendered has beer
thwnrtcd by Senator McI.nuriu,S pre-
| CipitOuS ACCcItaucc OF executive advice
| Bob Acres has been Outdonc for once
AS have already said had no muiiy,
or purpose in rcsigning except t" fore,
| McLNurin and there is nothing TOR mt
TO du but accept The situation aud with
do 50. Yours respectfully,
B Il TllLMAN.
Governor McSwcrncy made the fol
lowing reply to Tillmnn'S previous letter
and says he will accept an unC0ndii0na
resignation from Tillmau, if he desire
to resign:
COI.UMEIA, =. G., June ).
Sir: Your letter of June lHt has bee
received. have carefully noted it's cDn
tents and the most CiurilHb 9 view Whic
| can take ut it Is that it was written /
the hCa, Of passion aul without dll
consideration. | note That You say VI;
| have tanSccndcd !" my authority al
that the Governor "cauuut compel u men
Der OF the United States Senate 10 hul
his commission aud exercise the ian,
tinn5 Of THAT Uilicc,' il he chooses TO Su
render it, My sole purpose in rc.urnin
[ the designations WAS - ask You GCull
- men to consider calmly and thorough
. the consequences fer the pcnplc "i win;
4 | Judged to be II ha,ty act, and what V,
=, admit to have been \ hN$Iy 0C', aud
i must confess that | am SOmrN hat su
priSrd at the tone Ct; your answer t. n
request.
= considered the course which ! too
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" of the prOE'r Of South t%ruIlnn and
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