The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-11-07
DECLINES TO ACT
AS TLLLMAN ASKS
NeLACRIN WILL NOT APPEAR on
THE HCSTINGS.
Declares "PitchfOrk Bens' Cause Ex-
GELS the Personality of Its
Founder.
Editor The Herald and News:

day, | hardly knew whether 10 lauSh
or cry; cuss or pray. l expect h5tle
OF all is in order.
He hits Blease with a meat axe,
pitchforks me, ignores Smith and spits
in Simm's face.
1 am not going to let myself loose
(if can help it,. The situation is too
serious, for from the way l feel and
he feels, we'd be fighting in a pair of
minutes and let South Carolina go to
the devil as we did before. I will
-, acknowledge that I have new
er been able to get entirely over an
early affection for Senator Tillman. I
have said hard things myself, but /
don't like to hear other people say one
word against him. II had conquered
and had him down, would never have
rubbed sand in his eyes. His letter
is distinctly offensive: Johnny is
smart, but he is bad little boy, he
sassed papa. Papa is sorry, but
come here Johnny, hand me the brush,
now get across my knee, papa is going
to spank you, but if Johnny is
good the balance of the week, he can
go to the movies" Saturday. l feel
like saying damn, but I'll say "Bless
the Lord
That letter discloses why couldn't
get on with Tillman, why Latimer
couldn't, and why he and Smith can't
agree. An imperious 'wiIl that brooks
no opposition. 1 could get on with
him now, I'd laugh at him. 1 used 20
take him and myself too seriously.
I will say, however, that God never
made a man big enough to talk down
at me. My record in the senate needs
no defence. have done the "penance"
of the Every nearly great man." who
was too far ahead of his time. have
suffered the bitter fate that comes to
all advanced thinkers. After "pitch-
forks" are forgotten and dung heaps"
plowed under, the State warehouse
idea with agricultural products as a
bankable asset will give me a place
in history, where foul slanders and my
own weaknesses are forgotten. God
has been good. do not need an Of
fee for my name to live When Cole
l.. Blease stood UP before 5000 people
and said he is ''good man, he would
make good governor, he has been
badly treated by the scurrillous poll
sicians of South Carolina he made "a
personal friend that will last him af-
ter the miserable bootlicks and syco-
plants have turned on him, like those
who used to lick Tillman's hand and
at his bidding drove the steel into my
heart and are now ready to drive. it
into Tillman's for the favor of another.
Senator Tillman has served a great
nurpose, he does not need an Office
to perpetuate his fame, but he is a
man, poor weak clay, same as L. In
us both is that imperishable spark,
that after death has washed the dross
away, will shine clear and bright. Why
should he still seek to dim the luster
of my star? envy him not the faint
est ray of his own. rejoice in all
true greatness, and sorrow in what
is little for are we not all MEN.
God must judge between us and the
balance he strikes shall be for all eter-
nifty. long ago forgave him, mis- let
ter shows he has never been able to
do that
God does not expect repentance ex-
cept from the near" great. Life is a
pose of SO per cent. The world is a
stage. My sense of humor saves me. 1t
made me laugh, to see how utterly the
public .niscontrues the true character
of both myself and Tillman. 1t is the
joke Of the century.
Tillman's pose from the beginning
mas been bluff, brutal honesty, "Pitch-
fork Ben" ~Give 'em hell and rub it
H." He oyerplayed his hand a little
Down underneath lives the most astute
player of the political game that ever
dealt a card. The only man witbnut
college training that 1 ever knew with
classical education. Under that
roughness, exquisite literary
tastes. A giant mind that has! read
digested and assimilated the wisdom
Of all the ages, and applied it to prac-
teal politics. Beneath bluster is the
, subtle genius of Tallyrand, he has
made every man in South Carolina
vote for him one time or another I
laughed with him when the Gonzales
e-oIaronIv voted for him lac+ cunoDoorS