Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-11
TILLMAN oID.NoT MEAN IT
Only Wanted McLaurin in the Field to
Beat Bjease

ed In the Charlotte Observer OF Sum
day. having been sent by the Wash
ington correspondent Of that paper.
and Is as follows:
Il have Just read McLaurin's reply.
There are some things want to an
swer He says 1 rubbed sand In his
eyes I had no such purpose. It Is not
chiyalrous and generous TO do such a
thing, and think I have some chival-
ry and generosity in my nature. / sim
ply told the truth. That is all.
HE says: That letter discloses why
I couldn't get on with Tillman, why
Latimer couldn't, and why he and
Smith can't agree Latimer and Inev-
er had any clash at all. and Smith and
have never had one. We have sine
ply been unable 70 agree about patron
II want II distinctly understood
that when said 7 for the first time,
since I denounced him on the floor OF
the senate believe he has at last be-
come q patriot and wants to do the
state all the service he can during the
balance Of his life,' did not mean
would under any circumstances support
him myself. for am going to, do all
can to re-e,ect 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 people VIII make fearful blunder
IL they do not send him back to- the
senate. he can do better service here
after than he has already done, for he
has learned q great deal. and Is just
beginning to understand the senate.
Blease can do nothing for the state.
because he abused President Wilson
before he was nominated. criticised
him for his Mexican policy on his last
trip to Washington, has shown abso-
lutely no loyalty to the Democratic
party, and would necessarily have no
influence with the administration.
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 q man
here who Is loyal to Democracy and
from Blease's past record and his sell
at anything he might do II he were
sent here. The Democrats have ma
jority Of only seven votes In the senate
now, and the possibilities are that this,
will dwindle rather than increase. But
whether Il does or not. the president 10
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 I'LL a
seat In the senate with credit to hin-
self or anybody else. How would the
people of South Carolina like TO have
senator who only recognizes his
friends? /? Had I pursued that policy the
Gonzales brothers never would have
voted for me last summer, and q great
many other old political antagonists
people of South Carolina Ike to have
and personal enemies would not have
.This may possibly be my last pub
lie utternnce. But II II were and 1
could speak to the people Of the whole
state in one meeting, I would empha-
size their duty to support the Demo-
cratic president by sending him 10y
al friend to. the senate. woodrow VIII
SON grows bigger In the estimation OF
the Democrats here and the people OF
the United States every day o. his
life m would be criminal to do other
wise tflan Increase his Democratic ma
jority. We do not want a Riddleberger
or Malone from South Carolina. s
Another thing: The state ware
house idea with agricultural products
as a bankable asset originated In the
Oscala platform. The scheme to have
the state place its credit behind the
farmers and lend them money TO
finance their crops Is q good one, no
matter who originated It. hope to
see It worked out In practical way.
and the sooner the better.
IT realize only too sadly that my
star is sinking in Its setting, ana
McLaurin is very much mistaken II
he thinks have any desire to dim
the luster Of his. II 1t be dimmed
Il has been by his own actions. Moth
ing I have said has done it. He says
that he has long ago forgiven me, but
my letter shows that ! have never
been able to forgive him.. He must
make atonement to the people OF South
Carolina. and demonstrate the purity
of his patriotism and his desire TO serve
the public we'll and the state before
I can forgive him.
His ailusion to Brave Hugh Far.
ley, the polished Tindal. dear old
"Wash" Shell and "Curiey-headed
Johnny" gathered around the fierce
old Lion" that dominated US ali
brings back sad memories OF depart
ed friends who worked with me In
the other side. where will soon be
too. When / meet them I want to
be able to say I have kept the faith
and fought a good fight for what we
all struggled so hard The people
have shown their appreciation and
love for me In more ways than can
ever repay them for. I am trying
now to do what I can to keep them
from making monumental blunder
which would be crime.
"Tillmanism is genuine Democracy,
the rule of the people, and Tillman
believed, and still believes, In the
Jeffersonian doctrine-'Teach the
people and trust the people When
they rightly understand things they
never make mistakes, for the great
heart of the people is always In the
right place. But oh, how pitiful II
is, and what fearful blunders they
make, when demagogues fill their
minds full Of sophistics and false
hoods!
when I telegraphed Governor
Blease my congratulations in 1910
and wound up by saying Let the
heather rage / meant 1t. Blease
says I did not support him In 1910.
I did not In the first primary, but l
did in the last race, and he knows 1t.
He has failed or being good TIL
mantle because he puts selhshness
above duty and the interests Of the
people. No governor can run the Of
flee on the basis Of being good to his
friends alone. never did Ii, and I
have not run the senatorship that
way. No great man ever does 1t, but
he puts duty above all other consid-
erations. patriotism and love Of the
state and its people next, and then
considers himself last. Blease has
made the heather rage and has
made good people mourn, and almost
1t seems out Of pure
'cussedness' only.
"McLaurin can do the state more
good right now than at any previous
time in his life. He says: I am go
ing to act for the best good Of the
state, as I see it. Let him make
that his religion-cast sentiment and
Of himself to the wind.
II he shows that he has been con-
verted and makes due atonement, the
people may forgive him. But II is
not worth while for him to expect
to get to the senate, at least not
next year. He is not too old to come
perhaps. However, he
must serve the people honestly and
Loyalty, and convince them that he Is
No lOnper nlaytng for his own am