The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-09-18
SENATOR rILLMAE'S ADVICE

SENATOR TILLMAE'S ADVICE
The delay in the investigation
which is holding up a declaration
of the results of the primary OF
August 81, and postponing a
second primary for those Offices
which we're not filed by nomi-
nation at that time, is causing
a GOOD deal of discussion and not
little restlessness. The com
mittee is being severely CRITICS
ed by the Blease people and is
not wholly escaping censure
from the other element. In this
connection, a letter written by;
Senator Tillman to John Gary
Evans, chairman. of the State
Democratic Executive Commit
tee, which. has been made public
here, is interesting. The letter
follows:
Trenton, S. c., September -,
The Hon. John Gary Evans,
Spartanburg, S. c.
Dear John: I have seen in tie
morning papers the protest of
the three Blease members of the
subcommittee appointed by the
State committee. 1t is sensi-
BILE, judicious, patriotic utterance
If you do not exert your influence
| to hurry things up and stop this
dawdling and fooling about, the
whole committee will be forever
damned in the estimation of all
decent people. What is worse,
the Democratic party will 60 to
the demnition vows. White
men will not tolerate any such
impudent tinkering with their
rights.
We had better have 10 years
of Blease than to have the negro
brought back into our politics as
the balance of power between
our white people. Unless all
signs fail. that is evltable.
Neither will the people of this
State stand for counting Blease
out without justification. Already
valuable time has been lost, and
the more delav before declaring
the result of the primary the
more angry the people become,
and the more ready TO vote for
an independent or for the devil
before they will tamely submit to
have their will nullifed.
DELAY IS DANGEROUS.
It was all very we'll for white
people to cheat negroes in 1876
and 1873 and even into 1880, but
white men will not tolerate hav-
ing other white men cheat them.
You are responsible in the eyes
of the people for the tinkering
that is going on now, and every
day you are losing friends by it.
There is absolutely no justifca.
ton for the dawdling and delay
that has already taken place. 1t
seems to be the intention Of the
sub committee to continue indef-
Iinitely. The Bleaseites have
shown remarkable selfcontrol.
They are watching and the peo-
pie are watching, too. have
enough faith in the people of
South Carolina to believe that,
w. lie it will be a bitter dose to
haze Blease as Governor, they
had rather have him 100 times
than to have Moses / a man
Hike him.
If the entire committee does
lnot meet with the Blease men,
bers of the committee Monday
and begin to investigate where it
lis necessary, I see no earthly
power that can prevent Blease
from running Independently IN
November and sweeping tn e
State, for a great many Jones
men do not stomach cheating or
|any such high-handed proceed
liugs as are going on.
| do not like to haye the ap-
pearance of meddling with things
which do not concern me, but it
is of vital Importance to me and
to every patriotic South Carolln-
ian to save the primary. But it is
of more vital concern to save the
Democratic party, and as sure as
you are living the unity of the
Democratic party is very much
in jeopardy right now.
Very Respectfully,