The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-09-04
'IlElsE ANSWERS TIllMAN.
SECOND CHAPTER IN DISCUSSION
OF TkLLMANISM VS. BLEAsE-
NNlt ISM.
0overucr Bridies HIS Bitter Tongue
when Speaking to senator But on
IN Ex Psrte Showing Makes
strong and Pia lsiblc Defense of
Ais Course In Recent Csmpsign.

=. - NouFSe IN ftccent Campaign.
Columbia, Sept. 1.-Gov. Blease
this afternoon gave out the follow
ins open letter In reply to Senator
Tllman's letter printed In the Sunday
nswspapsrs:
Hon, b. n. Tiiimsn. Trenton. S. c.
Dear Sir: Your letter. In this morn
,ing's News and Courier and the CO.
iumbia state. has been carefully read.
and q bot adds to the efforts which
have already been made by the news
papers and others to discredit the
people OF South Carolina by charging
them with dishonesty and injuring
theea BY holding shem up to the world
shak hsr government Is selfish I'D
coe.apG However. I shall say v-.>-
ing harsk In repsy thereto.
The newspapers have abused sas
mex wilfully AMI risliciously. and
afpor my inausurstson. they had bill
Introduced which give them un-
!, United power In ,:hsir abuse of can
o1oa&ss for publ, offices. vetoed
tI>aa In and sucreedtd In having It
rejocted. Since then. no act Of mine
has met with the approval Of the edi-
oosA but on the contrary. every sug-
eeot&on OF mine--svhether 1t be for
ne hsse interest Of the sykts or not
has been fought and sneered ut. The
fesur has been that great injury has
ossn dsns ~ the state by the news
papera The people inside of the State.
knewtng that the newspapers were
>publishing what was untrue and that
)thsy we're unfair. have been made
(rpagsr for me.
Daring this campaign have been
meer mslisiousiy ii,d on. Ny speeches
l,~ve b<en misco.,strued. distorted
Qn1 nusts OF sentences which used
tovs hoen published which have made
QF0soK that said things which 1
- Ry--for Instance: '.ro hell
t(ftoas 80 vtax us&d by
me In this way-Ji,nes said that the
separate coach bill was unconstitu-
ticnai. said that n there was any
thing In the consultation which forced
the white ladies OF South Carolina to
associate with negro men. then to
he'll with the constitution. and ss4ry
honest white man In South Carolina.
whose mind Is not diseased. viii
thoroughly agree with me In this
statement.
4 said. at another time. that n
Dwss defeated for reelection by the old
Haskeliite crowd that would make
them sweat political blood meant
that when 1 said q and mean Il
now--not by par6 oning criminals
which you seem &C. have dreamed
with your eyes open or by any other
] maiadministration Of the Office Of gov
crnor. but strictly In a political way.
Now. you see SIR. IL these two SEN
tences had been published In f.u
none would have hse a right to have
complained.
The last session of the legislature
fought me bitterly and unjustly-
Zones. having been brought out for
governor. remained In Columbia prac-
ticaIly during the entire session aud
directed Its Affairs for selfish interest
and not for the best interest of the
people.
When the campaign first opened.
she and his friends pitched II not on
measures or principles. but on me and
my personal character. Jones charged
me and my friends with being an
srchists and charged me with being
crook by protecting criminals and
otherwise. I, too. made many speeches
before the opening OF the campaign,
but never referred to Mr.. Jones at all.
Al Sumter. In my opening speech, I
did not He followed. and his har-
aneue was bitter against me. and
from that day until the close OF the
campaign he never presented a single
reason why he should be governor
Of South Carolina. but took up his
time abusing me and ray friends ard
trying TO explain the miserable record
ne made "a legislator and Judge.
AT Bishopville exposed his record
and. after that speech was read BY
the people Of South Carolina. Jones
might as we'll have retired from the
race. for he never had IL look in from
that time on.
conducted my campaign On
high plane. but having been most Sc
verely criticised. lied OF and abused.
j struck back and in TO uncertain
Terms.