The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
Anderson. S. c., Dec. II, 1901.

I hereby certify that | was book
keeper of the State penitentiary from
about the 18th Of January, 1890. until
the end OF Col. w. \. Meals admins
tration thereof except about two weeks
in Januarg. 1898. The penitentiary
furnished mules. tools, seed and COM
mercial fertilizers and labor for about
twelve acres of land for Gov. Tillman
during the years 1894, and a lso fur
nished from time to time wood, coal.
vegetables. and one car of brick. which
was shipped to Trenton. and other
articles for which payment was never
made in whole or in part during my
connection with the institution, OF my
knowledge.
| was instructed by Gov. Tillman
not to open account with him on the
hooks. r. G.. BurriS.
Applet also produced a paper show
ing that the whiskey trust had al
lowed rebates of from five to ten cents
per gallon. He took his seat amid
hurrahs for himself and for TIllman.
SENATOR TILLMAN's DEFENCE.
Tillman's reply and defense con-
sumed about three hours and only
''shreds and patches" Of it can be
stated here. He was only an humble
senator from Washington. He had
never felt as large as some persons
and hoped to God he would never feel
as small as some persons will. Naugh-
ter,) You would not hang a dog on
what this man has brought much less
convict me. (Applause.) He asked
who sent these pitiful attacks on his
character to Appelt.
Tillman declared that there had
never been a more pitiful peterlng
out of a great hurrah than in this ex-
hihition of Appelt's. Yesterday"
said he, while riding on the train 1
saw a remarkable incident. Going by
a negro cabin I noticed black cur
dog going full tilt to catch the engine.
Of course it did not catch it because
it did not try. but l want to ask you
what would have happened if it had
caught the engine. Uaughter) 1t
does seem to me that McLaurin's
henchman is very much in the condl-
of that black cur. He has gone about
this dirty business in 4 way that in
dicateS that he was afraid, but that
he dared not stop until the postotlicc
at Manning had beentlled.
Il want to make this man a warn
ing. If there is anything rotten in
one it will come out in him and not
when his hairs begin to grow gray.
For 81 years 1 have had a clean re-
cord for personal and civic virtue and
there is no honest man who is not al
ready satisfied with that record. |
am going to make Appeltism by
word and a Kissing as long aS there is
any record of it in this State" The
senator took up Appelt's questions
categorically; answering the first he
said that he was the father OF the
primary in South Carolina.
,. Under the party pledge we have
a man who signed it, who has voted
with the Republicans in congress since
1900, whose vote against Bryan: and
whose every action stamps him as a
3. OF course | believe in free action
within the limits Of the party. At
Gaffney l tried, as a member OF the
Democratic executive committee, to
expose McLaurin's treachery, and
since then they have been hunting for
rebates and potatoes. Oh, pshaw. it
is waste of good soap to shave an
ass. l feel disgusted that / have had
to travel all the way from Washing
ton to come fere to wash off the dirt
and filth and manure that this man
has been spouting.
i. The senator said that by pre-
tending friends Applet meant that
the people of Clarendon were not
manly enough to vote according toi
their convictions. but that they re-
.eived their orders from Tillman. lie
had not been in Clarendon for eight
years and did not personally know 20
men in the county. 1t is good
thing for me that l came here to
wake you up from your lethargy and
keep some people from making asses
If themselves. |
We have omitted that part of Sena-
or Tillman's speech in which he
pleaded for the solidarity of the State
Der ocracy and discussed State politics
n this issue, but it will be published
n our next issue.
lie had not come to attack McLau- !
in. He could easily hit him between
he eyes in Washington. He was wait
ng on the committee on privileges
md elections to report that resolution !
alling on him to produce the proof Of
lis charges against McLaurin. They |
Jared not bring in the resolution be-
,aDca he cOul0 DrOYe every solitary