The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-05-01

His Defence Against Appclt's Charges.
Should he Pledged to Abide by Party Platforms


dealers to fight, who said that the die
= pensary would be failure, and throug
, the kindness of George IIubbcll, of tn
Mill Creek Company, who had faith il
him, he got the supplies and he waivct
the right of rebates so as to get th'
: necessary credit. The State did no
pay for its liquor for year or two
after it got it, and by mixing cologne
spirits with two stamp liquor tho
amount of the rebates was absorbed
and this cost the State $l 35 per gallon
This, Tillman said, was the purest
cheapest whiskey that the State cvel
got. He emphatlcally denied any re-
bates. He said there was no proof
and that time and again efforts had
been made to get proof against him
which did not exist.
AS to thc penitentiary charges, he
showed that he had paid for every.
thing, or it was given to him by Col.
onerl Neal personally, who had per
| feet right to give him whatever he
pleased, and that tho report showed
that the State had never lost anything
by him. And that he himself called
the attention to the oats purchased by
him and to his failure to pay for some
on account Of not being able to get the
bill. He stated that if he went to
stealing, it certainly would be for more
than il few potatoes, tomatoes, etc.
Relative to his connection with the
Sabi G Oh and Marketing company, he
stated that he was simply gambling;
| that Lockwood, the president of the
company, was friend of his who had
gone to Texas, ana that he had always
fought the Standard Oil Company.
When Lock wool went to Texas he
| offered to take him (Tilman) in as q
| stockhOldor and 'rillman invested
81 200, all of which he now believes
he has lost, and that it was after he
had gone in the company that his
name was used as a director. The
company was organized in New Jersey.
This company, he said, was amcnable
to the laws of Texas and that he, as
Senator, had nothing to do with it.
AS Senator, he of all men, would not
advise the people as TO choice of can
didates this was his chief objection to
Hampton IN 1890. He said that the use
OF the frank was not prohibited in
Washington, and it was not violation
to send message from Washington to
Manning, S. g., and that he did not
deserve any blame. He did have
frank, but was not to be bought by IS
or $40 work of kilograms year, and
no vote of his would ever show that he
had been bought by his telegraph frank
and he did not use the frank in the
State. He presented a letter from
Burrss that he did not instruct him
not to charge articles to him bought
from the penitentiary.
Upon State and national politics and
the duty of the Democratic party in the
May convention, Senator Tillman spoke
as follows
There is matter of deep interest
| which will come up for discussion and
settlement in the coming May conven.
ton, and as | am the repl esentativc of
the Democracy of this State upon the
national committee, it may not be im-
proper for me to express my views or
it, and to inform you as to the senti-
ment and feeling Of the Democrats in
Washington on the subject. The DEM
ocratic party in South Carolina has oc-
cupicd a peculiar position for twenty
five years. The whites are in the
minority in this State, and under The
reconstruction dlspcnsation there were
some thirLy-iivc thousand moro negro
than white voters. The consequence
was that after the overthrow of the
carpet bag government in 1876 we
adopted system of party government
and the white people of the State were
educated in the employment Of poliLi-
cal m athods that obtained hardly any
where else. We have had an " i'm
perium in imperio," or a government
within government. Democracy has
meant white supremacy, and Republi-
canlsm meant negro equality. The ne
ccssity for white unity overshadowed
the other considerations, and the Dem
Ocrata of the State were taught that
submission to the will of the majority
and loyal support Of the nominees of
the party were paramount to all other
considerations. Hampton taught us
that an independent was worse than a
radical. Like all of his actions and
utterances IN these trying days, that
advice was the very essence of wisdom
and patriotism. His clear judgment,
which was his most distinguishing
characteristic, saw the danger to the
State of Democracy split into factions
and appealing to the colorcd vote.
And | take this occasion to say that no
other living South Carolinian more
willingly or gladly pays tribute to his
leadership or has a better realization
of the invaluable services to his people
and the State rendered by this great
man in '7G.
1t was only after the revolution Of
: 1890 that there was anything like free
dom of political uttcrancc and action
The convulsion which brought this
about also brought with it an attemp
l on the part of those who were in Tho
, minority to withstand the popular will
= and some of those who had been mos
clamorous for party regularity and sub
mission TO tho dictates of convention
IN selecting candidates bolted and ra,
Judge Haskell for Governor. Th
= HASKELL movement was based largcl
:. on personal opposition to me, and thcr
! was never any question in regard {
It tho loyalty of those who supporte