Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-28
wALlowINa IN DISGRACE
Sen. Tillnan Rs-iterates His Charges
Against General Assembly.

Washington, Jan. 25-Declaring that
1T Is the hit dog that howls" and that
some of the rocks he threw had hit
certain railroad lawyers in the general
assembly Of South Carolina and start
ed them to yelping, Senator Tillman
today issued another interesting state
ment regarding matters In the legisla-
ture, in which he says:
II have read with much interest In
yesterdays South Carolina papers the
Rembert resolution offered in the house
and passed by 1t, calling on me to pro-
duce the evidence in support of cor
ruption in this legislative body have
also seen statements in the papers OF
what this and that senator and men,
Der had to say about the matter. Some
and objected to the publication Of my
reply to Blease in the Journal
"All Of these things have amused
me very much, because I remember
having used an expression long ago
which Is applicable to this case: 1t is
the hit dog that howls' I threw the
rock in the discharge Of my duty as ]
thought, and, behold! the railroad at
torneys in the general assembly began
bowling at once. Why? They must
be hit: that Is, they must feel under
suspicion and are bowling to attract
attention to their patriotism and supe-
rior virtue. Their indignation is pa
thetic,
Now let us see what I have done
In the letter to Mr. Bailey. written last
August, just before the primary, and
In the answer to Blease spoke In gem
eral terms about the general assembly
and the way II had been Influenced bv
the railroad attorneys inside Of It and
out Of It. My warning to this general
assembly is certainly permissible be-
cause wanted to put II on notice that
the people are looking and watchina
and expect them to do better than their
predecessors.
mo member Of the house as I can
see, has any right to complain at all
except few old ones and there are not
MANY Of these. The holdover senator's
In the legislature are the only mer
who can be legitimately aegri-ved
And thev ought to beware Of trying to
defend their predecessors unless the
are able to prove that those predeces-
sors In their votes have not been in
f1unced by Ben Abney and other rail-
road lawyers.
This Is not the first time I have
criticized the legislature about railroad
matters. nor is It the first time that
state senator's have criticised me for
my utterances. It Is not the first time
that Senator Tillman has "insulted'
the legislature, nor will It be the last
II he lives long enough and It keeps on
doing as 1t has DONE The people OF
South Carolina will retire any man
they have selected for office when thev
come to believe that he Is corrupt or
corruptible. At least that is my be-
lief.
"T have boasted in my lectures In the
north that there Is not enough money
in Wall street to buy South Carolina
and I believe It to be true. still be-
lIeve II to be true, but public morals IN
the state have rapidly grown bad In
the last ten years and am coming to
doubt whether my boast could not be
made and sustained. We will see the
temper Of the general assembly by It's
action in purifying and protecting the
primary. It has the opportunity to lift
the state out Of the slough Of desmond
and disgrace In which 1t now wallows.
VIII II do It?
Until the senate passes the resolu-
tion, will not answer II officially and
will not have more to say until I hear
further from Columbia"