The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-11-13
TILLMAN SUPPORTS SMITH
SENIOR SENATOR SCORES GOV
IN REPLY TO McLAURIN.
Declares States Good Name Would
be Hopelessly Stained if Blease
Should be Sent to Senate.

Washington, Nov. Sin reply to
Senator John l.. McLaurin's letter
Senator -Tillman makes the. following
statement:
q have just read McLaurin's re-
ply. There are some things want to
answer. He says I rubbed sand in his
eyes 1 had no such purpose. 1t is
not chivalrous and generous to do
such a thing, and think have some
chivalry and generosity in my ma
ture. I simply told the truth. That
is ALL
"He says: That letter discloses
why 1 couldn't get on with Tillman,
why Latimer couldn't and why he and
Smith can't agree Latimer and I
never had any clash at all, and Smith
and never had one. We have simply
been unable to agree about patron
age. That is all.
Going to Aid Smith.
Il want it distinctly understood
that when l said I for the first time
since I denounced him on the floor of
the Senate believe he has at last be-
come patriot and wants to do the
State all the service he can during
the balance of his life,' I did not
mean I would under any circumstan-
ces support him myself, for I am 60
ing to do all can to re-elect Senator
Smith. While Senator Smith has
made some mistakes here, he has
been loyal to the people of the State.
He deserves reelection, and our peo-
pie will make a fearful blunder if
they do not send him back to the
Senate. He can do better service
hereafter than he has already done,
for he has learned a great deal, and
is just beginning to understand the
Senate. Blease can do nothing for
the State, because he abused Presi-
dent Wilson before he was nomina-
ted, criticised him for his Mexican
policy on his last trip to Washing
ton, has shown absolutely no loyalty
to the Democratic party and would
necessarily have no influence with
the Administration. -.
Wilson Due S. c. Support.
While our people are, not so
crazy for patronage that they are
ready to bootlick Woodrow Wilson
or anybody else, they do deserve to
have a man here who is loyal to
Democracy, and from Blease's past
record and his selfish ambition, l
would not be surprised at anything
he might do if he were sent here. The
Democrats have majority of only
seven votes in the Senate now. and
the possibilities are that this will
dwindle rather than increase. But
whether it does or not the President
is entitled to loyal support from
South Carolina, for South Carolina
had more to do with his nomination
than any other one State.
"Blease has shown that he is not
broad enough and high enough to MI
a seat in the Senate with credit to
himself or anybody else. How would
the people of South Carolina like to
have a Senator who recognizes his
friends?' Had I pursued that policy
the Gonzales brothers never would
have voted for me last summer, and
a. great many other old political an
tagonists and personal enemies
would not have voted for me.
Send Loyal Man to Senate.
This may possibly be my last pub
lie utterance. But if it were, and ]
could speak to the people of the
whole State in one meeting, | would
emphasize their duty to support the
Democratic President by sending him
a loyal friend to the Senate. Wood
row Wilson grows bigger in the es-
timation of the Democrats here and
the people of the United States every
day of his life. 1t would be criminal
to do otherwise than increase his
Democratic majority. We do not
want a Riddleberger or Malone from
South Carolina.
Another thing: The State ware
house idea with agricultural products
as a bankable asset originated in the
Ocala platform. The scheme to have
the State place it's credit behind the
farmers and lend them money to
finance their crops is good one, no
matter who originated it. I hope to
see it worked out in a practical way,