The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
INVESTIGATE THE OTHERS.

tNFESlEGAtE IaE V40CNS.
It is amusing to watch the &C.
ton of some people, those who
get extremely tickled whenever
Senator Tillman gathers up his
pitchfork and throws mud in
somebody else's back-yard-a
common past time with him when
the galleries are full. There IS
no man in theUnitedStates more
skillful in the art Of hurting dam
aging insinuations than Illlman,
for instance, not long ago he IN
sinuated that Col. John Bell To-
viii. formerly an ardent young
mems christian association man,
and church officer, later a mem
her of the State board Of dispen-
sarv directors, was bribed with
a biooded horse, given to him by
a whiskey man, this pleased TIL
mans friends very much, and
without any further evidence,
they were willing to convict 10
will on Tillman's insinuation
alone, but when J. Fraser Lyon,
in reply to one Of Tillman's char
acteristic insinuations about the
dispensary investigation, gave
it out that the committee was IN
vestigating d rumor to the effect
that a whiskey house presented
Tillman with a piano, also they
were investigating the matter Of
rebates which are not satlsfac-
torily accounted Tor; it is not at
all pleasing, and Lyon IS being
mathematical by Tillman's
friends. 1t is all right for Till.
man to insinuate wrong-dolng
against others, but he shall be ex.
empt from such, regardless OF
strong circumstantial evidence.
Lyon astrong advocate of the dis
pensary and a supporter Of Till
man is on the committee to lnves-
tigate the dispensary. He does
not seem to think his duties are
confined to every man who had
ANYTHING to do with the dispen-
sary, except Tillman, but he has
taken it into his head that he
must also investigate Tillman's
part in the transaction. A rumor
reaches him that a whlskey
house presented Tillman with a
piano. Lyon tells Tillman he is
investigating this rumor. Till
man refers him to a piano dealer
and that piano dealer says
that Tllman bought a piano
from him before the dispensary
started. This may be the same
piano thatrumor falsely charged,
and it is the same piano, unless
another piano can be discovered:
If it is the same piano an alibi
has been established, but Lyon
also said that his committee is
Investigating the rebate matter,
to ascertain if Tillman's public
utterances, and sworn testimony
is borne out by the facts. Till
man said he permitted the re-
bates to remain with the whis,
KEY trust, and Lyons committee
is trying to find out if this is
true, and if true, the authority
for giving away so much Of the
peoples money.
According to some Of Tillman's
followers Lyon is a traitor, be-
cause he was a Tillmanite, and
does not stick to Tillman right
or wrong. If Lyon should find
that Tillman did give away the
rebates as he claims he did. what
is to become of the matter if he
had no authority to make this
Gift? Should he find that Till
man did not give away these re-
bates amounting to not less than
$3.50, 900, but the whiskey trust
paid them to those in charge of
the administration at the time,
what is to become of the matter
then? VIII Tillman's friends
who will hear no argument
against him, want to cruelty Ly-
on for unearthing the evidence?
Tillman did not take long to
show up a piano transaction, but
years have. passed since he and
TraSler went on that liquor buy
ing expedition to the West, and
still no satisfactory answer comes
to the question 'FWho got the re-
bates:" Lyon may bring back
the answer, but it is not with the
consent of a great many of Till
mans friends, they do not want
him investigated He is sacred,
investigate all but Tillman. The
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