Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-17

| trality,' and all the time writing thes
secret letters all over the state. o
August IA. in a letter to a gertle
man at Batesburg, he gave, fror
hearsay, a charge that the Souther
railway has been hauling Blease
friends to the various counties" O
course, he said that he did not knoN
whether this was true or not-but h
was sowing the seeds Of unfounde
know d as the people Of Soutl
Carolina ought we'll to know by thi
time, will multiply a millionfold Il
an infinitesimal period Of time. Thi
letter, Of course, was written "pri
vately," land, of course" said tn
! Honorable Senator Tillman, you will
not use 1t in the newspapers or 9th
| erwise." And when he was sendinl
/ forth this charge from Washington
| to South Carolina, he knew that In tn,
May convention, every Southern rail-
road attorney who was a member o.
it was a bitter opponent of mine, az
l directed attention to in my opening
speech at Sumter; and all the South
ern railroad attorneys Throughout
the state, with the exception of three
or four, fought me in my campaign
as the records will clearly show
and l have been informed that all the
higher officials were against me, an6
I have also been informed that OFF,
cials Of said railroad contributed
money to be used in the campaign
against me. This I do not charge
but / stated from the stump that
had been so informed, and 1t has nev-
er been denied, and Tillman knew 1t
AS to whose friends it was hauling
possibly you will later be asked to
investigate.
in Greenville, August %, 1912, not
withstanding Senator Tillman had
written the secret letters from which
have quoted above, and many 9TH
ers, to parties in different parts OF
the state, l received a telegram from
him under date Of August 21, saying:
About letter to Sullivan. Wrote
letter something like you sent, but
without seeing signature cannot iden-
tify 1t. His letter to me was threat
ening, hence my tart answer. Have
written no letters secretly. Have
written many personal and conf
DENTAL" And another telegram un-
der date of August %: Have writ
ten letters only in reply to your
friends" Did he regard Sims, for
instance, as my "friend?"
Between the time Of the letters
from which I have quoted and the
kilograms quoted above, Senator TILL
man had given out in Washington an
interview to the Washington corre-
spondent Of the Columbia State, pub
lished in the Columbia State Of Au-
gust 20, announcing that he was
"hands off," That interview appeared
1nf hn Nf ID IN
and under date Of August 10, and II
stated, among, other things: Senator
B. R. Tillman announced today that
he was "hands off, in the South
Carolina gubernatorial election. He
further announced that the statement
that he gave the press, which was
printed last week. would be his last
utterance on this subject. =
He is still receiving letters, he said,
from friends in South Carolina, some
begging him to come out for Blease
and some asking his support for
Jones, but he declared that he has
had his last say on the subject and
that he is row hands off," This
in the face Of the letters from which
l have quoted, and In startling con-
dition Of Tillman's subsequent action.
But in the darkness Of the night con-
spirators work, and through all this
time, as Is proved by later events, one
Of the foulest conspiracies ever hatch
ed in the politics Of any state was
brewing. The conspirators had not met
yet, because they were personal and
political enemies Of twenty -one years
standing. The jealousy of me in the
heart Of one, however, and the deep
malice against me in the heart of the
other, at last brought them together,
over the wires, and for the time being,
and for their then purposes, Lieuten-
ant Governor James H. Tillman and
Editor NJ G.. Gonzales were forgotten,
and the echo Of the magazine gun was
temporarily silenced. The conspiracy
was Matched and 1t lived long enough
to direct the Infamous eleventh-hour
stab. But, thank God, the people of
South Carolina, remembering their
many bitter experiences as the result
Of such Infamous politics in the past,
refused to bow to dictation from Till
man or any other man. They rallied
round about me, closer than ever be-
fore, in the face of the attack Of these
strange mpanions-GonZales and
Tillman-in the vile poItics they were
playing. The people Of my state prov
ed true, Tillman's former statement,
that they needed no dictator; they re-
pudiated Tillmans attempted dicta-
ton, and they gave him a stern re-
buke.
I am reliably informed-and it has
practically been admitted by the Co.
lumbia State-that the following tele-
grams passed between Columbia, S. c.,
and Washington, D. c., on Friday, Au-
gust 23 1912. and Saturday, August
"a, 1912:
(Day Letter..
August 23, 1912.
P. H. MCGOWAN, 422 Munsey Building,
Washington, D. c.
Tillman wrote private letter to Fer
guson, in Spartanburg, saying Blease
has brains to eminently qualify him
for governor" but complete letter Is
severe arraignment of Blease and Abb
ney. Tillman being quoted as to the
complimentary words, but other con-
cealed. Blease knows contents Of let
ter and Is sure to strike Tillman with
full force of his organization on Tues
day. If whole letter were published,
Tillman's gains from Jones side would
counteract losses sure to be sustained
in present status.
without letting Tillman know source
of information, place facts before him
and make earnest effort to get whole
letter for publication. Time is precious.
WILLIAM E. GONZALES.
P. H. MCGOWAN, 422 Munsey Building,
Washington. D. c.
If senator would let correspondent
copy letter the matter in it could be
disseminated from Spartanburg and
not from Washington.
WILLIAM E. GONZALES.
P. H. MCGOWAN, 422 Munsey Building,
Washington, D. c.
Tillman's letter must strengthen
Jones' lines and cause Blease losses of
some honest supporters and of many
without convictions. who jump from
weakening candidate Blease will fight
Tillman, who will get many Jones
votes Use Western Union.
THE STATE.
William E. Gonzales.
AS l will show by affidavit, these
kilograms were a tissue of falsehoods
but what cared Gonzales for the
truth if he could encompass my de-
feat, and what cared he for all heaven
and earth If he could encompass the
defeat of me and Tillman at one and
the same time-and when the law-as
I will show-and that Is the main OBJ
ject of this communication to you
gave me, and others who might be
placed i'm similar situations, no protec-