The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-09-10

and it took considerable time to figure
up an account, owing to the large
amounts handled and the different
rates of exchange with the different
foreign countries and to his inexper-
ience. some doubt remained as to
whether he owed anything. 1 made
things warm around the department,
and q short time after that l noticed
some rather prominent officials were
dropped from the roll. l do not know
that this was the direct result. After
remaining in the State a short time
the boy's health became so bad that
| sent him to hospital, where he has
remained ever since, his life being
despaired of at different times. I
would like to ask Senator Tillman, or
the public, if anyone could have done
more than did? Would gentleman
have done less? Senator Tillman
seems to think because he gave the
boy this appointment to Annapolis
that l am under obligations not to
oppose him for office. When did the
senatorship come to belong exclusive
ly to him? Neither did 1 know before
that he is comforting appointments to
official positions to keep from being
opposed L was of the opinion that
the position belonged to the United
States, and that they were distributed
through our senators and congress
men.
Senator Tillman states that he asked
the clerk of the senate to notify me
about my expense account. This is
the first 1 ever heard of that. 1 re-
ceived letter from the clerk dated
August p, in which he did not men
ton the senator's name. Besides this,
in an interview from Senator Tillman
dated Washington August 22, he stated
that 1 had "No status" in. the race.
This was published in the South Caro-
lima newspapers and I received in
quiries from the various sections of
the State and it was reported general
ly that 1 was disqualified. Certainly
Senator Tillman's interview was the
cause of this report being circulated.
If he had wished to correct it, he had
ample opportunity to do so.
1t seems to outrage the senator's
feelings very much for me to even
aspire to office at all. I was notified
during the campaign that Senator Till
man would attack my sons conduct,
either before the first primary or in
the second one, in case 1 was in the
race. His lackies and henchmen were
spreading this report in different Sec
tions of the States Of course, you
know what my reply was, Senator
Tillman is following his old tricks by
trying to attract attention from his
own record to that of a helpless, tu-
bercular patient, On his back, 5000
miles from home. What answer has
be to make to the questions Governor
Blease asked him the other day? What
response does he make to the charges
Col Talbert made against him from
one end of South Carolina to the 9TH
er? Why did he vote for Lorimer?
What explanation has he to make of
the charges of his neighbors in having
government employees supervise and
work on his own plantation? Prob
ably the people would like to hear the
reasons he had for investing his money
out of his beloved State--in Georgia,
North Carolina, Oregon, and perhaps
other States.
If Tillman, or anyone else, knows
anything dishonorable, in my life or
character, they are at liberty to pub
lish it in every newspaper in the State,
every day in the year:
At the beginning of the campaign, l
stated that l would have nothing
whatever to do with the gubernatorial
race, and l steadfastly maintained this
position, and what l am going. to- say
now is without reference whatever to