The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-04-06
TILLMAN ISSUES MANIFESTO
TO CITIZENS OF THE STATE.

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Two Important Topics, The Whfskey
Question and Party Control State
vs.. County DispenSary-:-R Review Of
Situation to Date.
Washington, March 31.-Sena-
tor Tillman issued the following
address to the people of South
| Carolina:
Fellow Citizens:
| 1t is only from sense of the
higi6s highest i,66h n%bliG IS d@tY that feel
this time. Burdened as am
with national concerns nothing
but obligations to the people in
duce me to take upon my shoul-
ders the additional work of di-
recting your attention to matters
affecting the State alone. But l
have never felt or believed it to
be the wish and intention of the
people of South Carolina that my
election to the Senate should
cause me to lose all interest and
concern about home affairs. /
was a citizen and taxpayer before
l ever held any office at all and
I will be citizen and taxpayer
after / shall cease to heia-9n1ce;
Therefore, II ;s ,,,,, ',,.ind mn;nt nf v;aMd
i!hpl92lfeeFto ne to take no interest and
hafe no thought about what is
going on, in South -Cas.Ali,.5If II .f
have received a great oeai VI
advice recently from the news
papers of our State - the effect
that | should attend to my duties
| in Washington and leave others
to discuss and direct affairs at
home. The common trend OF al
of this advice is that | should
discuss national questions IN the
coming State campaign, be re-
elected to the Senate, with or
| without opposition, and not stir
up strife. l am warned and
threatenesa4 shbsoeuQld should ! not not n heed ed
this &c with my usual framLness 49,.
term;ne ~ the whole question. ]
have never sought to dictate &c
the people; I have only told then
the truth as l see it, gwen my
on;nions for what they were
Worth, and am always willing
to abide by their action whatever
: that NAV be. 1t is so in this IN
, stance. 1t gives me no conceIl
that my return to the Senat
r NAV be ieopardized. There ar
: things more to be dreaded tina
: the loss of a seat in the SenaIe
j. one is the loss of my own sell
:. respect. l have been trusted b
+ the people of South Corolina an
i beyond my deserts, nave ea pee bee
chosen as their leader anu pe. e..
D. f ffn1Iowed loyalty. Now, II aI!' s
i'd 1Siiome To- vaers should from selh'
xe 10 +;ves ;ves betray their confiden
d. and allow ambition 10 olaM IT.
ne a aside from the path OF duev, ~
Ic- would deserve and expect TO
a ; "o;ve their contempt and punlS
of St ant at the polls. /, thereto
@ scorn all suggestions OF coWar; var;
lot non-interference in State am aian'
Ter The people know me TOO WIia ~
ro- hn fooled by the assertion ina
&C. ;s G nv desire to boss or dict
70 for ny NV sole purpose is to g
$50 ~ 4Iaro ihe benefit of my exp
est ence and knowledge any y, W
such advice as in my luogm 81,
the will will be conducive to the Pu
r in ,vnlfare. Then will abide en-
orn: s,,liv hv whatever canclusion
,ize, lumy a.y zach us "Teach the pc
each and and trust the people" -. was 80 ,
erson's motto; teacn tne n, pH
I. and trust the people is equaIi.
. do a,otto and that is all that
rt of nttempt to do at this time.
te Of THE RESOLUTION OF 1885,
r the SIXTEEN years ago there '
'olk's onnInt;on in South Cal
, the r,'Sh;ch cave the common P
nfor- of the state for the nlSC t;oo VI,
rnlnS its history InaI ISSoS ~
ounty was their due ana maue ~
Com reality the masters oi ou a q
prizes affairs. The OLD ilng ""s 9
prize, thrown; the primary bo
third which gave every man 'o, ro
each: moor and humble an eaI@ Lo
nd six with every other maj MAJ. ~ ~
details rich and high follower, v, y.
will be e+ote constitution gave uo "