The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-12

| =, INV i'o'Si'llouS were placed IN
me Governors possession for the pur.
pose OF notifying him and not for the
urposc of getting legal or moral ad
vice
me whole error Of the Governor
/ as explained, was his expression.
lcel confident that he was under the
Impression that the people did otcare
Ior campaign this summer and that
| nc acted Tor the interests of the pco.
PIE. 1hlS Is another question that he
mas assured me. His action, therefore,
was inspired by II high motive. But
unfortunately he ovcrstcppcd his
bounds ami he did it upon his own re-
, sponsibility.
"lic has made a second mistake in
| replying TO Senator Tillman's reply.
ms letter was given out by the GOV
'rn"r Wednesday afternoon ami an
pcaicd III the afternoon II papers of that
uiy. The mistake is not to be fuu,d
III the DO " OF The reply, but from the
iact that II does not compolt with the
lynIly OF the oilcc of Chici Executives
to cnler into Il public controversy with
any olhccr or citizen IN The fashion
mat he has. | do not denv that IL
would have been cmincntly proprr for
him to have written Il personal letter
To Senator Tillmau embodylnp The in.
formation that he wished to impart,
ana lhrn, II Senator Tilman so de-
sired, he, ami not the Governor, could
have given the letter to lie rublic.
"Iherc are, OF course, scvula news
"l The Governors original action. but,
there can be only one right one. | con-
s!dcr that the only reply necessary r.
the Governor to have made, upon re-
cvipt OF the letter of resignation of the
Senators, was that they had duly been
a:cd into his hands. From this it
is clear to see tha' do not believe
the Governor has the right to saw
whether or not II primary snail be held
in an off year. Such question is II ,t
!" be determined by the Governor ac-
c"r'inS or rejecting the resignation OF
United States Senator.
"a point TO be considered IN this
connection is the Governors relation
To the State Democratic executive
committee. His relation to that body
Is the same as il private citizen and no
more. Therefore, at the present, it
could he possible for The executive
'mmilic" tn "r Ter Il primary, the
& Nrin"r's recent action to the con.
lrary. Ihi', inw yer, Is highly i'm
probable. b, licvr that If the eXccu-
tive committee desired To take action
IN the matter IL would, us matter of
eXpcdiency, consult the Governor be-
fore acting.
"lL IS apparent also that either Scna-
tor Tlllman has made n mistake in
r"I lying To The Governor or else Sena-
tor Mclhurin has fallen into ci.or.
Undoubtedly, from what | have said
O. the subject, 1t is clear TO prcsuppose
my opinion on this question. 1 do not
c'Iticlse Senator Tiliman for replying,
but | hold that his views are not
wrong. In other words, agree with
him, as | said al the outset, in that the
GoVernor traDsccndcd his authority in
declining to accept the designations.
"Scnator Mel ,urin has made a
mistake similar to that of Governor
McSwccncy in the announcement that
he Is willing to Withdraw his rcsigna.
n0n; that Is To abide by the opinion or
decision of the Governor. IN this he
Is aL fault. But Senator McIaurin
might say that he made this declara-
, ton in view OF the advice given by
McSwe' ney as citizen and not as the
chief officer of the State.
"Bolh Senators made a grave mis-
take and showed little wisdom in re.
signing as they did. 1t is clear to my
! mhnd Hat they did it without retlec
ton. AS the expression goes, zone
made the bluff and the other one call
ed it. B Jth claims the honor of having
Gale the bluff, that is il it IS an honor
he SENATORS are morally rcspon-i ,.,
10 the people and legally response ,l,
10 the Legislature. Therefore IN RI
signing they shattered both moral an
legal obligations. believe, as m u
other pc pie do, that there was NOR,
personal animOsitY in the move than
high conception of duty.
"a great injustice has been don
Governor McSweency by a report t.
the effect that he was in conspirac
with Senator Tillman. 1t has beef
said that the Governor came to al
, understanding with the senior Sen o
; that il The designations were subm l,,
he would knowingly transcend his au
: lhoriiy aud refuse to accept them /
order ID enable Senators ! lima an
E Mclnurin to gilt il out i,cXt summer
r and in that event the Governor wnul
b resign in favor of Lieutenant Govern,
i James II. Tillman, who in turn woul
: appoint McSwccncy TO fill out TIL
short term and then appoint his uncl
# Ben Tillman, to his old office. Alon
J. with this report was Il statement th
y the hot reply of Senator Tillman
II tho Governor was only blind ar
y simply a pait of the scheme. This
n cruel injustice 10 all parties concer
- ed aud ! am glad that few regard Il
ID rumor as anything moie than idle talk
n While upon the subject of "rumor