The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-03-28
Especial News and Courier1

Washington correspondence of the
News and Courier this morning there
was mention of another sensation
about Lieut.. Gov. Tillman and one
of his rulings in the senate. An out
line was given of the matter and the
statement was made that permission
had been given to publish the cor
respondence. It appears that the
letters were held at this end of the
line. The matter will be conspicu-
ously printed in The State tomorrow
on the front page of that paper.
The State will say: The following
appears in the Capitol Chat Column
of the Washington Post on Satur-
day last:
Interesting correspondence has
been passed between Senator Frye
and Lieutenant Governor Tillman, OF
South Carolina, the result of which
may make another chapter in the
political history of Tillman's State.
Lieutenant Governor Tillmsn, when
bill was recently before the South
Carolins Senate, decided that a mo-
tiea to indefinitely postpone the con-
siderstion of certain bill was not
debstable. Issue being taken with
his decision, !e wired to Senator
Frye for an expert opinion. Mr..
Frye replied that, although Jefer-
sons Manual was silent on the sub
ject, the motion was debatsble.
when, however, Governor Tlllman
later referred to the matter he as
serted that Senator Frye had sus'
tanned his position. A doubling
South Carolina editor wrote to Sens-
tor Frysto know the facts, and Mr..
Frye answered that Governor Till
man had not quoted him correctly.
At that point the matter rests It is
expected that the South Carolina ed
itor will make Senator Frye's letter
public, and then it will be up to
Governor Tillman to explain.
The doubling South Carolina
editor" was the editor of the State.
We were preparing to have the doc
uments in the case engraved in fac
simile for reproduction, but as the
matter has leaked out in Washing
ton, apparently through the Presi-
dent of the United States Senate, We
shall not further delay publication
of the evidence we have in hand.
This evidence proves that Lieu
tenant Governor James Fl. Tillman
deliberately and formally spread
upon the Journal of the Senate OF
South Carolina statement he knew
to be false, such statement being
made for the purpose of decelVing
the Senate on an important question
touching the rules of that body. The
chain of evidence is complete and
cannot be broken.
The State there takes MP the news
paper accou nts, which led up to the
decision of Lieutenant Governor
Tillman, and from the daily report,
published February 5, takes this ex
tract:
When Mr.. Klbler's bill to make
domestic fowls subject to the pro-
visions of the general stock law was
reached, Senator Henderson moved
to indefinitely postpone the bill,
Senator Graydon also wanted the bill
killed in the interest of the prosper
ity OF the State. At this point a
rather sensational episode occurred;
Senator Shepard had been presld
ing when the debate on the question
started. Lieutenant Governor Till
man came back in the chair, while
Senator Grsydon was speaking, and'
after taking the gavel, interrupted
Mr.. Graydon and stated that he was
out of order, under Rue IA, and (on)
the ground that motion to indeh-
nltely postpone is not debatable.
Senator Gray don replied that his
understanding of the rule was very
clear, and that he would appeal to
the Senate.
Lieut. Governor Tillmsn began to
state the question of the appeal
when Senator Barnwell asked to