Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-24

acquaint US with these facts to the
end that proper action may be taken
against the party or parties charged
If, however, your purpose Is to include
the whole committee in your charges,
I want you to be fair enough to write
me to this effect plainly and specifi-
cally.
Respectfully yours
(Signed) ]. B. Park.
Senator Tfaman's Reply.
Trenton. Sept. 16, 1912.
Mr. ]. B. Park, Greenwood, s C.
My Dear Sir: have just received
your letter Of September IA, and am
surprised and shocked" too, to use
your own phrase, to see how you have
flown off the handle at nothing. I
made no insinuations or charges
against the committee. only stated
plain facts as understand them. The
Jones men are doing the talking now
| as I know, for there are very few
Bleaseites around Trenton. I have
| cast no imputations against the COM
mittee or any Of its members, but
can't you see, my dear sir, that with
Mr.. Stevenson in Atlantic City and
the whole machinery of the Demo-
cratic party stopped, people on the
'qui vive" and honest men wonder
ing what Is to happen next, that
was justified in what wrote? Re-
member that Mr.. Stevenson was the
leader of the "anti-Blease" forces in
the last legislature and was very Sc
we're in his criticism Of Gov. Blease.
Do you suppose that the Democrats
who voted for Blease do not recall
this and that they are not watching
to see "how the cat jumps?" At the
leisurely gait the investigation is
going, or the socalled investigation, for
nothing has been done so far as the
public knows, 1t will be year or two
before the result is known. When you
recall the legal election Is about six
weeks Off, you can readily see that II
we are to have a second primary, no
tice ought to be given as soon as pos
ucdi JOucS tdihii6
every day, wondering what the COM
mittee means by wasting so much
time When wired Chairman Evans
urging investigation and punishment
Of fraud, did not expect to start ma
chinery which would run year. A
man can 'go slowly and carefully"
without stopping and doing nothing.
Recollect the primary election has
been over two weeks and more; a Sec
ond primary has been ordered in all
the counties and is over with, that
the nominees for the county offices
and legislature are already known. Is
the people are considering whether
these are the legal nominees Of the
party or not? And II so, why the votes
for state nominees are not counted
too and the result declared? The
question will present itself to even
the dullest intellect, as to how the
same voters can legitimately and legal
ly nominate members of the legisla-
ture and yet fail to nominate state Of
fcers? Then there are so many state
officers who had no opposition, and
other officers like United States SEN
ator and railroad commissioner who
are undoubtedly elected in the last
primary. All those things ought to
be taken into consideration in making
the committee hurry. Don't you see
that 1t was absurd in Judge Jones to
protest the vote in every county in
the state and 1t only lends color to
the suspicion now getting deep-seated,
and disseminated that the whole
scheme is to count Blease out? The
only way to prevent this idea from
taking deep root Is to hurry up. None
want, and least of all do not want, a
sham investigation; nor do I want
anybody counted out. That Is all I
wanted to say to ex-Cov. Evans. have
not the slightest suspicion that there
is any member Of the committee who
would stoop so low as to count any
body out; but what said was to call
the attention Of the members of the
subcommittee to the feeling among
the people and to justify that feeling.
In other words, wanted to hurry
them up and bring things to a con-
clusion. A wrong conclusion would be
better than to dawdle along like the
committee Is doing now. Dismiss from
your mind, my dear sir, that I have
made any charges against the commit
tee at all, for my language does not
warrant any such conclusion. II you
feel that I have gratuituously insulted
you, most humbly apologize. for such
was not my purpose. I am naturally
blunt and frank and go straight to
the mark when have anything to say.
I have never willingly or knowingly
used language to conceal thought. l
have merely acted as spokesman for
the people, and from my experience
felt that I could speak as I did with
out being misunderstood by sensible
men.
1 enclose you a clipping which came
in this mornings mail from the
Deutsche Zeitung, which will give you
some insight as to what Is going on.
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed) B. r. Tillman.
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