The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-11
THEY ARE PULLING WOOL.

hned to the opponents o1 Ille
institution, lighting has begun
among it's advocates. Senator
Tillman issued manifesto, in
tended to rally the hesitating,
and make the strong stronger,
but as is characteristic of him
he must play to the galleries: in
doing so, he trod upon the toes
of the chairman of the suo-ln-
vestigating committee Mr.. Lyon,
who has manifested disposition
to turn the light upon the dis
pensary transactions regardless
of consequences. In reply to
Tillman's affected impatience at
the committees delay in acting,
Lyon intimates very strongly
that the delay is caused in part
by the present effort to investi-
gate Tillman's statement with
regard to the early rebate mat
ter and Of whiskey concern pre-
senting to Tillman when gov.
ernor, a piano.
Now Tillman is ':surprised
that a gentleman" should make
such a charge against him, and
that he could have found out who
bought and paid for the piano
by inquiring at the piano dealers.
Tillman says with regard to the
rebate Investigation Il said
nothing about returning any
money, for I never received any.
If the books do not show that
any money was ever paid they
certainly will not show that any
was ever returned" :"
It seems clear that Senator
Tillman will never be able to
clear himself from the suspicion
of being the original CRATER,
even his own friends are accus-
ing him, and still he does not
make a convincing showing.
Did TiIlman steal the peoples
money: The Investigating com
mittee should not stop until
they have, solved this question.
It ought to be defnately known,
and if he is guilty Tillman should
be made to disgorge and suffer
IMPRISONMENT. A thief is a
thief, whether he be a United
States Senator or a hen roost
artist. If Tillman did not steal
the many thousands of dollars
that should be in the State treas
ury, he ought to be rid of this
suspicion, and not continually
harassed with the accusation.
The thing haunts him where.
ever he goes and it breaks
the force of his in Huer e
abroad. Who got the rebates?
Tillman says he permitted Hub
bell to take them for the cour-
tesy of extending to him line
Of credit. Lyon says he wants
to see if this statement is true
and we suppose he finds it TO
be true, that Tillman gave away
the peoples money without any
authority. Of law, he will recon-
mend that some action be taken
in the courts to make Tillman
put-this money back into the
treasury where it belongs, and
where it can be used for public
school purposes. s15o,ooo would
help the public schools Of this
State nightly. If Tillman had
no right TO give it away, and it
belongs to the State, the State
should have it,together with ale
gal rate of interest from the date
of the transaction to the present
date.
Ever since we discovered the
fact that the books of the dis
pensary do not show any rebate
credits during Tillman's admin
istration, we have been wanting
to know why thisis so: the State
was entitled to these rebates,
and they not showing on the
books. Tillman gave no heed nor
any explanation when we clam
ored to know why this transac-
ton was not on the books. For
several years this question was
continually in the public prints
and nothing from Tillman, the
people grew restless at his
Silence. but he went on his way
without Offering to give an ac-
count of his stewardship. Atlast
Hubbell, the head of the whis-
key trust died, and then in a
public speech in the town OF
Manning for the first time Till
man gave the public his expla-
nation of the rebate matter. He
said he gave the rebates to Hub
bell for the courtesy of extend
ing to him line of credit, and
it is this statement that Lyon
tells Tillman he is investigating.
To us.it begins to look as if Till
man IS betwixt the devil and the
deep blue sea. If Lyon finds
that Tillman did not give Hub
bell these rebates he has cot
him, and if he did without au-
thority of law, he has got him.
Either way the Senator is
in bad fix. Lyon is a strong
dispensary man, but he is honest.
Beware Of 0iltments for Catarrh that Contain
Mercury