The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-16
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In Columbia we wefe sent Ito Ohioka:
maugaE Park and then to Jacksonville,
Fla. We Thought that Brooke "A r1my
Corps, in which we were first pu {, was
not to get into the fighting and
through some influence ut Washing.
ton, the regiment was transferred to
General Fitzhugh Lees Army Corps,
which we understood was going to be
sent to take Havana. 4.
After the war with Spain was at
an end, felt that it was MUST to the
priyates Of my regiment, who had
volunteered to get to the front, and
who had given up lucrative positions
to accept the governments pay of sI3
or BIG q month, to keep them longer in
the service. Many of them were mar
ried and had left their families.
II did not care to take them over
to Cuba to make roads as though they
were in convict camp.
For this Mr.. Gonzales criticised
me very seriously, and said after my
appointment as colonel of the regi-
ment, that was tying to keep the
men from being mustered out, while
l was in reality doing all I could to
have them mustered out, SO that they
could return to their homes. He was
always very bitter towards me. He
criticised me and tried to have me
courtmartialled. Old George, ne
gro, who had gone to the regiment
with me, was the pet OF the regiment.
l gave him very fine pistol. Some
little negro boys out there had stolen
it while he was down town. took
the negro boys down and gave them a
good whipping. Mr.. Gonzales then
attempted to have me courtmartialled
and dismissed. I was arrested and
brought before o magistrate and the
case was dismissed. He took the mat
ter up with the war department and
the adjutant general of the army dis
missed 1t because he said 1t was moth
ing but malice. l was mustered cut
in October, 1898.
was much abused and criticised
by Mr.. Gonzales editorials in connec-
tion with the organization Of an In
dian c!mpany to go to the Philip
pines.
Before come to that want to
say there had been considerable hard
fighting between a number of the Of
iicers of the regiment and myself.
We all agreed however, TO make
friends before we were mustered out,
SO that we would exhibit to the state
our regiment before we separated and
went to our homes. The hard feel
ing was caused by the position took
that it was unfair to the enlisted men
to keep them longer in the service
when there was no chance OF their
doing any fighting.
In reference to the Leech Lake
Indians referred to by A1r. Gonzales
in his editorials he had said was
trying to keep the regiment in the
service after was promoted. That
was untrue, for Immediately after<my
discharge I tried to enlist as a private
q i,s'AEsf.hEe,ssSrsgl ne entsco ommadea hgSsC u.
", ..unn j. Bryan, OF N ebraska.
IS When the Spanish war veterans
organization was effected in Washing
ton | was elected junior vice -cumman-
der-in-chief and at the second election,
when General Miles was made com
mander-in-chief I was elected senior
vice-commander-ch my opponent
being General Joe Wheeler. i.
II was criticised by MIR. Gonzales
and vilitied. The Leech Lake Indian
editorials were brought out by my e.
forts to organize company OF Nez
Perce and Chippewa Indians for ser
vice. in the Philippines. "A number Of
Indian chiefs were then in Washing
Ton where ! was. The army officers
opposed the organization Of this com.
pany, fearing tie Indians might learn
our mel bods Of warfare. President
Mckinley told me frankly that he was
afraid the Indians might get to scalp
Ing over there. The president and
my father served in congress together
and were quite friendly. Mr.. Con
zales had me pictured editurially all in
var paint and feathers as the chief of
the Chippy-mupks and ground-hogs.
He 'idiculed me quite considerably on
that point, if you can call abuse such
thing. On the day after 1 was
elected senior vic, -commander-in-ch CHIEF
Of the Spanish War veterans, the press
dispatch announcing 1t was headed in
the State just Poor Miles,.
THAT brings me down to the un-
fortunate time l entered politics.
The first time l was in any political
place was in 1900 when I was elected
IL delegate to the Democratic national
convention at Kansas City. Subse-
qncnt to that l made canvass for
Lieutenant governor and was elected"
How were you treated by Mr..
Gonzales during that period?" Colonel
Croft asked.
II think thuse editorials are a pret.
ty fair sample of it," the defendant
answered.
Il presided over the senate in 1901
and 1902 and very few days in 1903 !"
"llave you ever given any reason
for the statement made by Mr. Gonzales
that you were a traitor TO you uncle
and tried to defeat him when he ran
for otlicc?" Judge Croft asked.
THAT is absurd. Absolutely un-
true" Tillman declared. ''The man
knew it was false when he wrote it.n
You have been charged with treat
ing the senators as school boys and
with discourtesy. Have you ever
given any cause for such charge?n
asked Colonel Croft.
II have not Intentionally" Tillman
replied. IF l had do not think the
senate would have passed unanimous
ly resolutions thanking me for the
manner In which presided"
When asked whether or not there
were any prior editorials rejecting on
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