The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-28
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riders" Roosevelt accepted Then the fistic
encounter between Senators Tillman and
McLaurin in the Senate caused the Presi-
dent to withdraw an invitation extended to
Senator Tillman TO dine with Prince Henry.
srapbed the President pro w;pa tho in-
vitation to him to deliver the Jenkins
sword. Major Jenkins Immediately refused
newspaper severely criticised the conduct
of Colonel Tillman. particularly in private
act, signing himself Lieutenant Governor
of South Carolina" as he did in his mes
sage to Roosevelt. A brother of the editor
invited the President to deliver sword to
Jenkins. This was accepted, and the pre-
sentation of $500 blade was the feature of
the Presidents visit to the Charleston expo
sition.
When the gubernatorial campaign opened
to the State and its editor on the stand
For several weeks the paper took no notice
of him and then began vigorous CAM
paign. At Gaffney, S: c., Editor De Camp
of the Ledger. local paper, resented Till
mans criticism of an editorial, and in
which he called Tillman "a liar, gambler
and drunkard" De Camp made this charge
Editor Gonzales. De Camp told Tillman he
could prove him liar over his own sigma
ture. and, going to his office, returned with
had convicted Tilman of his charges and
was responsible at all times. Tillnlan did
I'm sarcastic manner. From that time to
the end of the campaign the State repro
duced the editorials from newspapers in the
dorsed his candidacy. Several condemned
him in much more severe terms than were
ever used in the editorial columns of Mr..
GonZales's paper.
about the last week in August, Mr.. Con-
zales wrote a leading editorial explaining
solely as a matter of duty; that it hap
pened the State possessed more informa-
ton as TO his character than any other
paper in the State and it was necessary for
some one to take the initiative and show
Tillman up, as he had literally lied him.
self into Office two years ago." 1t was I'M
bal attacks, but his course was prompted
by sense Of duty to South Carolina.
LAST REFERENCE.
On Sept. 3, over hundred days before he
was shot, Mr.. Gonzales made his last ref
erence 20 TiIlman. This was in reply TO
statement in another paper that Tillman
said if Gonzales would call him liar,
gambler and drunkard TO his face he would
resign the Office he held to resent it. To
this Editor Gonzales said he had no de-
sire for the melodramatic. That it would
be flat and stale to repeat the De Camp
performance; that he was very well satis-
fed with the result of the election, and
that certainly he had no grievance. That
was the States last words.
1t has been reported that Editor Con-
Zales accused Tiliman of Incorporating
funds belonging to the Confederate monu-
ment at Edeeheld- This is an error. The
| lady president of the association wrote
letter to the State for publication, saying
that Tillman had collected money from
| number of persons. including $50 from VIII
liam c. Whitney. for the fund, and would
not hand 1t over. Mr.. Gonzales declined to
publish the letter because the lady didn't
wish to sign her name. The president of
the association then to the State
Office and repeated the story i'm person,
saying that she had been to Tilman SOW
eral times and he had put her off. Subse-
quently this lady resigned her Office with
| out collecting the money. The Gaffney
Ledger having heard the current rumors,
made the charge against Tiilman. The
| State, In commenting on the matter which
YVES then mentioned for the first time. asked
| II the money from Whitney had been paid.
| Tillman produced kilograms on the stump
! from the president saying that he had