The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-07-18
TILLMAN AGAIN WRATHY
HE SAYS BLEAsE is WRONG.
Governor Made at Henderson
viIle-Criticises Governor.


Washington Special to Charleston
News and Courier, July 17.-Refer-
ring to affairs in South Carolina,
Senator Tillman said yesterday: al
notice that Governor Blease has
broken loose again. He makes a
misstatement, to speak mildly, and
feel compelled to correct him. He
went to Hendersonville the other
day and in telegram to The Column
bia Record he is made to say:
Senator Tillman ruined himself
with the people of South Carolina in
Just the same manner when he went
about lecturing instead of remaining
in Washington and attending to the
business in the senate
Il have lectured very extensively
throughout the country, but never
neglected any senatorial work to do
1t, as The Record will show. l do not
recall ever having left Washington
while the senate was in session eX-
ceeding half dozen times to deliver
lectures. Then 1 went to nearby
points which / could reach after the
senate adjourned for the day, deliver
the lecture that night and return to
Washington the next morning 1
have received offers time and again
to lecture while Congress was in ses-
sion, but 1 always declined 1 could
have made tens OF thousands OF dol
lars had believed it right to do so.
SUBTLE AND CUNNING.
Governor Blease has recently
done two things about which | want
to say something. 1 have been
amused at the subtleness and cum
ming he has shown in getting out of
the militia muddle. He double
somersaulted instantly, and was so
anxious to comply with the require
ments of the war department that he
telegraphed his acquiescence to the
the secretarys demands. The mail
was too slow for him
Another thing the governor has
done recently is the letter he wrote
to the supervisors of registration or
dering them peremptorily to register
all white men. His exact words are:
Let no white man be refused
Il have examined the law careful
ly to see just how the supervisors
ought to go, and take the liberty
OF advising them to obey the law, the
strict letter of the law, and register
only men qualified under the law
who will take the oath required.
That oath is as follows:
I do solemnly swear Cor affirm)
that I am a male citizen of this state
VI lllt Onlltu oJdltS, IndI am
21 years of age or more, that have
resided in this state for two years,
and in this county for one year. and
In the polling precinct in which I ap-
ply to be registered and in which /
will offer to vote If registered for
four months, and that l have not
been convicted of burglary. arson.
obtaining goods or money under false
pretense, perjury, forgery. robbery,
bribery, adultery, bigamy, wife
beating, housebreaking, receiving
stolen goods, breach of trust with
fraudulent intent, fornication, sod
omy, incest, assault with intent to
ravish, miscegenation, larceny or
crimes against the election laws
MIGHT CAUSE ILLEGAL VOTING
'T am very anxious to have all
white men who can take the above
oath register, and thus be able to
fulfill their duties as citizens. But
1t will be a fearful blunder and
crime for anybody in South Carolina
TO lay the foundation OF give excuse
for the house of representatives or
the senate of the United States to
throw out senator or congressman
elected from South Carolina because
OF Illegal registration. The Repub-
licans are not now in power, and the
danger is not as great as 1t once was.
But even a Democratic senate and a
Democratic house cannot afford to
tolerate anything smacking of illeg-
ality or fraud.
"The law as II stands now requires
the people to elect senators by direct
vote, and / do not want to see South
Carolina jerked up for illegal voting
Until we get our primary law amend
ed by the legislature so as to remove
all possibility of the charges of
fraud and bribery in the primary,
we cannot afford to take any chances
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BLEASE.
"If Governor Blease will exert
himself to see that the legislature at
its next session passes a reasonable
and just law to insure honest and
fairness in our primary, all will be
well. / want to emphasize this, and
say 1t with all due solemnity.
IF money buys the next senator
ship In South Carolina, as it may do,
and as 1t is charged II has done in
the recent congressional race in the
first district, / will feel compelled to
object to the seating of any man sent
here with tainted title.
II join with Governor Blease In
urging our people to register While
1t may be straining a construction of
the law in any other than a general
election year for supervisors to go to
places away from the court house in
each county, i can see no harm in
that. They are permitted and can
go to any place they see At for the
meagre salaries they receive. But