The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
SERIOUS CHARGE.
TEE LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATE
ING COMMITTE ORITIOIsED.
1t Is Assorted That It rs O Political
Machine to Defeat eenator

SA0ChAnO w Ool0bG E6ubLOT
Tillman.
Mr.. w. w. Price, the Washington
correspondent OF the Columbia Re.
cord, sen6E the following TO that
paper:
The legislative committee appoint
ed to investigate dispenBary affairs IL
fast developing into mere adjunct
of the machine In South Carolina
that is trying to defeat Senator Till
noAn was the important statemen,
made here Wednesday by prominent
man from that state. 1T is Too ap
pareDt for even the most opaque mind
to remain ih ignorance, and there is
much feeling In the state among the
senator's friends."
Then the South Carolinian, who
has been an intimate friend of Sena-
tor Tillman for years, went on to say:
L suppose the leaders of the outfit
have come to the conclusion that nc
body In the state has sense enough
to see what all this means. / do not
know worse example of apparent in
tentlonal desire to involve Senator
Ttllman In trouble than has recently
been shown. 1t is getting 80 open
that 1t begins to look as IL the whole
OBJECT Of the committee was to find
some thing that would hurt the South
Carolina senator. OF course theY
can't do this, as there is nothing to
find. Why doesn't this committed
handle the important and kn0tty
affairs they have In hand-the illegal
purchases Of supplies for the institu
tion for the last two yearsp l do not
believe that drop of whiSkey has
been legally bought for the dispensarj
In two years. Yet / don't see any
profound effort to get busy on this
subject. If this committee was 80.
pointed to make an impartial investi-
CATION and leave personal and politi-
cal bias out of 1t there is plenty Of
room for q complete change OF p:o.
gram.
While this new outfit that Is try
ting to come into power In the state is
bitterly hostile 10 the dispensary It's
whole game is to involve Senator Till.
man II possible, no matter whether 1t
has to be done by dirty insinuations
about piano purchases or any other
7ay. Well, imagine that before
the senator and his friends get
through with some of these chaps
there will be something doing.
THE game the people Of South
Carolina want to watch now is the
little one Of bow we are going to set.
tie up the question Of these illegal
payments. This is full of more possi.
biIiGies bl1&n ali Une trips to Cipcinna.
I'll and elsewhere to find whether
Senator Tillman returned rebates
thirteen years ago. It's funny how
earnestly some OF these people are
digging after matters thirteen years
old, yet with what ponderous slow
ness latter day affAirs are being gone
into. Isn't 1t strangt?
The next | gislature. IL 1t repre-.
sents the voice Of the people, as be-
lieve 1t will, may take q new tack at
tho Investigating business. do not
wish to go into details nov, but l
should not be opposed to blanket
vestigation, taking In everybody
aud everything right on down to the
present moment That might bring
out some interesting things"
The statement is made that Sena-
tor Tillman's friends In South Caro-.
lima and out are writing him letters
indicating that there iB getting to be
disgust In many quarters with some
of the present methods and that there
Is not the confidence there was some
time back.
do not know anything about these
matters except what l hear. / dc
know, though, that people coming up
from the state, both friends and op-
ponents Of Senator Tillman, rather
agree In the idea the prime object In
some directions seems to be to hunt
The earth over for matter that may
injure Senator Tlllman, no matter
what the expense or how 1T is done
The url lfloation Of the dlspensary. 1t
is & >lared, Is simply secondary af
fair. Anything to get Tlllman II
trouble" was the way another Soutl
Carolina man put 1T.
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