The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-09-04
TILLNAN TO BLEAES
SENATOR CALLS ON THE COVER.
NOR TO ACT The Nan
GIVES Him GOOD ADVICE

GIVES him GOOD ADVICE
Draws Contrast Between Tillmanism
and Bleaseism, and Shows the Dit.
ference Between the Two-Thanks
Old Enemies Without Whose Aid
he Would Have Been Defeated.
The following letter speaks for it.
self:
Hon. Cole L. tBlease, Columbia, S. c..
Ny dear Sir:
While the returns sTon the pri-
mary election are lot complete,
enough is known to make it certain
that you and are Reelected to the
high Offices We now hold.
In every way possible 70 uhaTe
tried to make my old friends among
the people believe that you are the
representative of Tillmanism, and
therefore entitled to be my political
keir.
Permit me to explain briefly the
difference between Tillmanism and
| Bleaseism as l understand them.
Tillmanism means genuine democra-
cy, the rule of the people-of all the
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 TillmaIites In
1890 and 1892 and it is so under
stood by them still.
Bleaseism on the contrary means
| personal ambition and greed for Of
| fce-the Office to be used not for the
| welfare of all the people and the
State, but Office for "Blease and his
friends. None other need apply"
While Tillman as governor did not
| hesitate to pardon constable by
telegraph who had been unrighteous-
ly punished by the liquor element in
Charleston for raiding Chicco's
house, Tillman always tried and did
administer the law equally and justly
as he understood 1t. He had no IA
yorites and tried to obey the will OF
the majority Of the people even in
those counties which had voted
against him. He refused appoint.
ments as trial justice to some Of his
bitter political opponents, but they
had not been elected at primary,
but were nominated By MS political
enemies in the legislature.
Tillman In Washington has never
asked whether man from South
Carolina who has applied to him fol
a favor, for promotion or for protec.
ton was Tillmanite or an "anti"
his only purpose being to try to dis.
cover whether the man was trust.
worthy, honorable and clean and
would make good If he got Tillman's
Endorsement.
Sticks in Right Way.
I believe IN sticking to my friends
governor, but / want to stick BY
them in the right way and not In the
wrong way as you have eone. Again
Tillman said many harsh and bitter
things on the stump because he was
tantalized and howled at worse thar
you have ever been, but he always
tried to. tell the truth, and never IN
der the greatest provocation did be
threaten to make anybody "swea'
blood" or indulge in indecent speech
blackguardism or vulgarity on the
stimp. 1t is not the business Of q
governor nor ought it to be permitted
to him to threaten his constituents
The law Is for he protection Of ev.
cry man and not for governor:
friends only.
The one thing which gave Tillmar
the most concern was dealing witt
petitions for pardon-the life, death
and liberty Of the poor whetches fol
whom the petitions were flied. Blease
is charged with selling pardoEi
| through his lawyer friends and shar-
ing the money. Governor, you know
whether there Is any shadow Of rea-
son or foundation for this. do not
but for your own fame and good
name as we'll as for the good name
of the State you ought to clear this
| charge up. You can not afford tc
treat it with silent contempt, for 1t
will not down that way. Tillman was
iccused Of grating in the dispersary
but no proofs were ever adduced OF
could have ever been produced. His
most effective defense was that those
who charges him with stealing would
have stolen if they had had the same
opportunities as he had.
Blease is charged with having vot-
ed in the legislature as a lawyer for a
fee rather than as the legislative rep
resentatiVe of the people. l have not
examined the records and cannot say
whether or not this is true. Others
can determine for themselves and
convict or acquit you according to
the evidence. When the question
was asked by the infuriated Tillman-
ties who felt that they had been be-
trayed by their old leader, What in
duced him to do this?" some of them
in their rage shouted che has been
| bought. Who in South Carolina
knows what the price of a Tillman
IS? In Washington where he has
worked for the last eighteen years
for the State and nation he had op-
portunitties almost innumerable to
get money for official 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 a
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 bribe-taker. 1t has remain
ed for some crazy South Carolinian,
drunk with Bleaseism, to hurl this
suspicion at an old man lowering on
the brink the grave, man whose
purity in private life and whose pur-
ity as a servant of tn. people has
made him above suspicion