Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-06
TILLMAN ATTACKS DIAL.
Senator Thinks Laurens Man Has
Showed Much lngratitude.

senator Ihinks Iaurons man mas
Showed Much Insratitude.
Spartanburg Herald.
Trenton, s. c., September 3.-Sena-
tor Tillman on yesterday received by
registered mail notice from Mr.. N. b.
Dial Of Laurens, that he had entered
protest with the State Democratic ex-
ecutive committee against Senator
Tillman being declared the nominee
Of the party. When asked II he had
anything to say, the senator replied:
II am surprised Mr.. Dial shows so
little appreciation and has so little
comprehension Of the ethics which OBJ
tain among gentlemen. have not
spent a dollar on this election and
have not paid out any money at all
except the $3.50 assessed by the state
Democratic executive committee. do
not know the exact grounds upon
which Mr.. Dial and Mr.. Talbert are
contesting my being declared the nom
inee, but presume 1t Is on some fiimsy
technicality too trifling to be noticed
by sensible men.
II am now willing to let the people
of South Carolina know what manner
Of man Mr.. Dial is have not made
any facts known heretofore because
do not fight that way, and was con-
tent to let the people Of South Caro-
lima judge us on our merits. Mr..
Diafs son, Haskell, was given the ap-
pointment by me to the United States
naval academy some six or seven years
ago, after a competitive examination
held in Columbia. This was quite a
surprise to Mr.. Dial, because, having
been a Haskellite and an anti-Tillman-
ite, he did not think I was liberal
enough to give his boy cadetship. I
never made inquiry as to the boys
politics or those of his father, as that
is not my way of doing things. He
won it and I gave 1t to him and he en-
tered upon his duties to be educated
by the government for a career as a
naval officer. At Annapolis he got in
sary to mention, but had to exert my
influence with the navy department to
keep him from being summarily drop
ped from the rolls, which I did very
cheerfully. little later on, for an
other offense, he was dropped.
Young Dial's training at the naval
academy was such as made 1t easy for
him to stand the competitive exami-
nation for assistant paymaster in the
navy, which I obtained permission for
him to do, and helped him to get the
appointment to that position. A year
or two after he had been in the service
as assistant paymaster, he again got
into trouble on account of shortage in
his accounts and laid himself liable to
courtmartial, dishonorable discharge
and Imprisonment for embeZzlement.
interceded again and exerted all the
influence 1 could command to prevent
his dishonorable discharge and to
allow him to resign. Again and again
pleaded with the secretary Of the navy
to look over the shortcomings of the
young man and not to disgrace the
family by giving him a dishonorable
discharge. I succeeded in getting his
permission to resign after his father
had paid up all the money he had mis-
appropriated, amounting to several
thousand dollars.
MY friends who know these things
have felt aggrieved that Mr.. Dial
should have offered to oppose me at
all for the senate. The people have
passed on that to my entire satisfac-
ton and hope to his. But l do not
appreciate and I do not understand
how a man. knowing all these things
as he does know them, can stoop so