Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-14

ThLMANy :AsHAsissiD, a non sTATE.,
Says South Casoiinsas' i $Fs,is n as,iss Fla,
hssihng sh las Dsass q q iisss y sss3 q !.'.S
Washington, ugs o. ena ton
Tiiinan t4asy t4aa VI ~ u 3 statemenI to tis
press, regarding the campaign 5ini
South Carolina, said. ~; y 4 s;SS5;
Many teiegrams and letters have
come to my office SINCE the publieaS
ton of my letter to Mr.. Sims, ands{f,
deem 1t both necessary and proper,
under the circumstancesStf for me to,
make a statement 20 the press. In
that way alone can l prevent mis-
takes being made. and having words
Sand ideas put into my mouth which
are not warranted. 6ts3 81
NssI3 have not written any letter
which was intended, or could be let
ultimately used as Jones campaign;
literature. l have desired to mains
tain the attitude of neutrality In the
Governors race which l announced
at the beginning. have never be-
lieved United States Senator ought
to take an. actiVe8part In the nomina-
ton for State offices. What letters
have written were penned In the hope
r F..
charges and countercharges were
being hurled back and forth, but in
stead of producing that effect, 1t has
seemed to increase the bitterness,
and lam. resolved that l will not per-
init myself to be drawn intp this
tight further. a& 81
NJ Garolina's Time of Need.
n ~ 4 Sam in&Washington discharging
the%duties OF my Office as Senator
from South Carolina as well as Gmy
health and blighted strength will per-
NIT While my health Is steadily i'm
proving, have no hope of It's becom-
Ing sufficiently restored for me to do
any speaking in the campaign. God;
knows wish I could, for II there ever
was time when the people needed
clearness Of vision and sound advice
1t is now. could speak what Isican-ss
not write, and do It with more force.
and effectiveness. s}3
Among the public services which,
have rendered South Carolina COLI
slider none Of them more valuable.
than the aid I gave in the establish2
ment Of the primary system for State
offices, with the county-to-county
campaign. When rightly us dsthis
glatteriis great educational ,l0rce In
instructinga the people upon many.
quest tionsss and ! sbri figtlig item
face to face with the men who are
seeking their votes. / have been sin
cerely anxious that nothing should be
done to impair the usefulness Of this
educational agency. Instead of our
candidates discussing great public
questions and teaching the people,
the meetings have been little else
than vulgar quarreling matches, in
which blackguardism, vulgarity, OBJ
scenity and abuse, almost without
limit, and all manner Of filthy
speeches have been allowed to pre-
dominate. The States good name has
been dragged in the mire to the dis
gust and shame of all right-thinking
Carolinians. Patriotic citizens must
take council to get her now to lift
these meetings back to a high plane
and make them the great educators
they are intended to be.
VIII Not Dictate to People.
Judge Jones ought to have been
content with what I said and stopped
there. He had no right to incite Gov
ernor Blease's friends to lombard
me with kilograms and letters, by Of
fering one hundred dollars reward
to any one who would get me to de-
clare Blease or Duncan was eminent
ly qualified for the Governors office
do not feel that 1t Is my business to
dictate to the people of South Caro-
lima AS to whom they should elect
Governor. If could have done that,
John G. Richards, Jr., would be Gov
ernor now. .
81 am naturally frank and blunt
and somewhat impulsive. Therefore.
in writing to friends in South Caro-
lima, ] have not been on the watch,
lest some phrase in my letter would
lay me under suspicion Of being
Bleaseite, Jonesite or Duncanite.
For instance, some days ago, In writ
ing to a friend in Marlboro, | said:
Sensible men will never weigh Sena-
tor Tillman and Governor Blease in
the same scales. If the fools do, it
is not any fault of mine. I said this
in the same spirit in which | said,
NO sensible man in the State believes
that Judge Jones Is in favor of social
equality. Just as no one but q fool
will consider Judge Jones as being in
favor OF social equality, so no one
but fool will regard Governor
Blease as the only representative of
Tillmanism, or its best exponent.
There are hundreds OF Tillmanites in
the State who are better exponents
of both than either Jones or Blease
or Duncan.
Ashamed for South Carolina.
81 do not sec what that has to dc
with it anyway. The issue is. or
ought to be, integrity Of purpose,
patriotism and ability; cleanness of
character, high ideals; capacity to
lead the people and show them the
best Way to 90; courage TO execute