Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
TAE flLLMAN lNsuLf.
The State Aroused Because jlm TIlIman Signed
His Name Officially.

Charleston, s. O., March i. The tele-
gram sent by Lieutenant Governor Till
man TO President Roosevelt withdrawing
the invitation recently forwarded the
President to present q sword to Major
Micah Jenkins on the occasion of his
visit to the Charleston Exposition, has
called forth the most bitter denunciation
in this city. To-day it was stated by a
close personal friend of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Tillman in this city that Senator
Tillman had directed that the invitation
be withdrawn.
In an ungnarded moment tho Eieuten-
ant Govertoris said to have diyuleetl
the fact that Senator Tillman felt the
sting when his invitation to dine at the
White House was withdrawn and In a
spirit OF retaliation he conferred with
his nephew. the result of their confer
eDce appearing In the dispatch sent to
President Roosevelt yesterday.
While Lieutenant Governor Tillman
acted without consultation with other
members of the committee who had
raised funds for the Jenkins sword, the
fact that he signed his dispatch as
Lieutenant Governor has lefta reproaoh
this denunciation is all the more severe.
The sword presentation was only minor
detail of the Presidents visit to Char
lesion, and committees will be sent to
Washington to assure the CHIEF Execu-
tive that the work of the Tillmans was
arbitrary and in violation of the senti-
ment and feeling throughout the State.
Roosevelt Not Disturbed.
Washington, March, 1.--If the nephew
of Senator Tillman, who is acting in the
dual capacity of Lieutenant Governor of
South Carolina and CHA irman of n popu-
lar subscription committee, expected by
means of an insulting telegra m to disturb
the peace OF mind of Theodore Roose-
welt, he will be disappointed.
The telegram of James III. Tillman was
received at the White House and was
laid before the President. 1t told him
first that the committee thanked him for
accepting the invitation to present a
sword to Major Jenkins of the Rough
Riders. In the second place it told him
that some of the subscribers to the sword
1und wished to have the President with
draw his acceptance.
President Roosevelt received MANY
other kilograms from Charleston during
yesterday, and IL he had been disposed
| to lose sleep on account of the Tillman
communications his mind would GER
tainly have been soothed by these mes
sages. Every one of them was a warm
expression of loyalty from prominent
citizens or organizations and a round de.
| hoO oLiiy VI SIOV-
ernor Tillman, but of his uncle. They
assured the President that they deplored
the whole Tillman business, no less OF
the uncle than that of the nephew.
Governor McSweeney sent the follow.
ing telegram to President Roosevelt in
connection with Col. Tillman's telegram
| columbia, February 2S.-Theodore
Roosevelt, President, Washington, ID. G..
u was my intention not to have any ything
! 20 saw ahDnt fla talauron, cont yr,, hr
the Hon. James I'll. Tillman, withdraw.
ing the request for you to present the
sword to Major Jenkins, but as undue
Importance and publicity have been
attached to it, beg to say that the tele-
gram sent you was not authorized by the
State, and the Lieutenant Governor did
not speak officially for the State or the
people in his action. His telegram to
you was purely a>personal matter, and
neither the State nor the people should
be held responsible in any way for his
attitude. M. b. McSweeney, Governor"