The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-09-11
IIZLuAN TO BLEAES
SENATOR CALLS ON The COVER.
NOR TO ACT The Man
GIVES Him GOOD ADVICE

NAs AE GItEa uUGD iaD sVA
Draws Contrast Between Tiumanism
and Blcaseis1n, and Shows the Dir
ference Between the Two-Thauks
Old Enemies Without Whose Aid
he Would Have Been Dereated.
The following letter speaks for it.
self:
Hon. Cole L. Blease, Columbia, S. c.
Ny dear Sir:
While the returns from the pri-
mary election are not complete,
enough is known 10 make it certa. =
that you and l are Reelected to the
high Offices We now hold.
In every way possible 20 uhave
tried to make my old friends among
the people believe that you a-e the
! representative of Tillmanism, and
therefore entitled to be my political
keir.
Permit me to explain briefly the
difference between Tilimalism arc
Bieaseism as understand them.
Tillman:sm means genuine democra-
cy, the rule OF the people-of al tae
white people, rich and poor alike,
with special privilege and favors to
none, with equality Of opportunity
and equality Of burden to all. 1t was
so understood by the Tillmanites in
1890 and 1892 and it is so under
stood b. them still.
Bleaseism on the contrary means
personal ambition and greed for OF.
dce-the Office to be used not for the
welfare OF all the people and the
State, but Office for "Dlease and his
friends. None other need apply
While Tillman as governor did not
hesitate to pardon constable BY
telegraph who had been unrigh-eous-
ly punished by the liquor element in
Charleston for raiding Chicco'
house, Tillman always tried and die
administer the law equally and Justly
as he understood it. He had 10 IA
vorites and tried to obey the will OF
the majority Of the people even II
those counties which had Vote1
against him. He refused appoint
nlents as trial justice to some OF his
bitter political opponents, but the!
| mad not been elected at primary
but were nominated b, ais poIitica.
enemies in the legislature.
Tlllman in Washington he's never
asked whether man from Soutt
Carolina who has applied to him fol
a favor, for promotion or for protec
ton was a Tillmanite or an anti
his only purpose being to try to dis
cover whether the man was trust
worthy, honorable and clean ant
would make good If he got Tillman'!
! Endorsement.
Sticks In Right Way.
I believe IN sticking to my friends
governor, but / want to stick b.
them in the right way and not n ths
wrong way as you have sone. Agar
Ti,lman said many harsh and bitter
things on the stump because he wa:
tantalized and howled at worse thar
you have ever been, but he always
tried to tell the truth, and never un
der the greatest provocation did h
threaten to make anybody "swea
blood" or indulge in indecent speech
olackguardism or vulgarity on tn
stimp. 1t Is not the business Of :
governor nor ought it to be permitted
70 him to threaten his constituents
The law is for he protection of ev
cry man and not for a governor
friends only.
The one thing which gave Tillmal
the most concern was dealing will
petitions for pardon-the life, deatl
and liberty Of the poor whetches foI
whom the petitions were fled. Bleas'
IS charged with selling pardoI'
through his lawyer friends and shar
ing the money. Governor, you know
whether there is any shadow Of rea
son or foundation for this. I do not
but for your own fame and gooG
name as we'll as for the good nam.
OF the State you ought TO clear thi:
charge up. You can not afford Il
treat it with silent contempt, for i
will not down that way. Tillman wa:
iccused Of grating in the dispersary
but no proofs were ever adduced OF
could have ever been produced. HI:
most effective defense was that those
who charges him with stealing woulc
have stolen if they had had the same
opportunities as he had.
| Blease is charged with having vot
ed IN the legislature as lawyer for {
fee rather than as the legislative rep
resentative Of the people. l have no
examined the records and cannot sa!
whether or rot this is true. Others
can determine for themselves ant
convict or acquit you according K
the evidence. When the question
was asked BY the infuriated Tillman-
ties who felt that they had been be,
rraved by their old leader, What in
iuced him TO do this?" some Of then
in their rage shouted che has beer
bought. Who in South Carolina
knows what the price Of e Tillmar
IS? IN Washington where he has
worked for the last eighteen years
for the State and nation he had op-
| portuHittieS almost innumerab!e tC
90: money for ofIicia! action. When
he was in charge OF the railroad rate
bill, where there were hundreds OF
millions and even billions Of dollars
worth Of property involved and g
slight change in the law, which Till
man could have aided to obtain
| meant untold money for the railroad
interests, no one ever limited nor did
anyone ever believe he was approach
able as briDe-taker II has remain
ed for some crazy South Carolinian,
drunk with Blease!sm. to hurl this
suspicion at an old man lowering on
the brink the grave, a man whose
purity in private lie and whose pur-
itv as servant OF tho people has
made him above suspicion.
Had a Dream.
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