Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-11
THE SPEECH AND THE LETTER.
Significant Comparisons Showing SEN
ator Tillman Just as He Is.
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SI0nlrCanI SoHPdTlsoHo S"S""S
ator TiIlman Just as He Is.
Newberry Observer.
We have not space for extended no
tice of Senator Tillman's speech In be-
half of his baby" at Edgefield on
Saturday, but will call attention to
some discrepancies between that speech
and his letter to Mr.. Higgins.
l. We quote from his letter:
"I am bound to believe that the pres
ent dissatisfaction and desire TO oe-
stroy the dispensary comes from the
well-nigh universal belief OF the peo-
nile that there is corruption in Its ad-
ministration and because the last leg
islature failed to take any action other
than to appoint a committee to inVes-
gate"
In his speech he says: "The ons-
Taught on the dispensary is led by my
first bitter political opponents'-in one
case attributing the opposition to the
dispensary to a belief in its corrup-
ton; in the other attributing 1t to op-
position to him-thus attempting to
give the question a political turn.
2. In his letter he says:
Unless public opinion shall drive the
legislature at its next session to some
reformation which will purify the at
mosphere there Is no possible doupt
that all elements of opposition to the
dispensary, aided by many or lts old
friends, will combine in the next elec-
ton and kill the system. l do not nes-
itate to tell you frankly that If 1t has
become and is to remain corrupt pol
itical machine, as Is charged, l canno!
defend It and will not do so, but Will
join the ranks Of those who seek 10
kill It,"
In his speech he says:
"I now say that If the legislature
now in power does not at its next ses-
sion change the law so as to REFORM
the system, l will undertake, II l am
living until next summer, to fight FOR
a legislature that will reform It,"
which is altogether a different thing
And he might have added If that leg
islature failed to reform it he would
vote for another; and so on ad infin-
itum.
g. In his letter the senator agrees
with the people in their opinion that
there Is corruption in the administra-
ton; in his speech he appears as their
defender.
From his letter:
THE people believe there is corrup-
ton and a great deal of it. Very many
things go to show that this belief has
.,oo5 otinn In faoto
From his speech:
There has been talk almost univer-
sally of the sudden wealth or evidences
of much money being in the hands of
two high dispensary officials. One OF
these Is living and can take care OF
himself. The other Is dead, and his
friends, among whom / count myself
one, desire to have the truth known and
his memory cleared from what we
believe to be vile and malicious SLAM
der. 1t ought to be easy to find out
from the banks and the records In the
clerks office whether there Is any
foundation in fact for these oft-re-
peated stories. Mr.. Herbert Evans,
chairman of the board Of dispensary
directors, Is the living man who Will,
l am sure, gladly welcome the most
searching investigation into his finan-
cial condition, and the lamented H. H.
Crum is the other. His friends will,
know, thank me for giving them the
opportunity to prove how false and
infamous are the statements which
have been sent broadcast about his
large estate. Then we have reports
that Mr.. Towill, another director, ac-
cepts a very fine horse from some
whisky man in Kentucky as present,
while Mr. ROykin the other member
Of the board Of directors. was drum
mer for some one or two whisky houses
before he was placed on the board
So one man has received the present
of a horse and another used to be
drummer for a liquor house.
Why spend thousands Of dollars for
an investigation anyhow?