The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-28
SENATOR TILLMAN
SAYS He IS AMUSED
SAYS HE USED AN EXPRESSION
WHICH Is APPLICABLE.
Saws it is Not the First Time He Has
Criticized he Legislature and
Will Not be Last.

Will Not be Last.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Till
man said today, with referance to
Thursdays proceedings at Columbia:
81 have read with much interest in
yesterdays South Carolina papers the
Rembert resolution offered in the
house and passed by it, calling on me
to produce the evidence in support of
the charges of corruption in this leg
islative body. l have also seen state
ments in the papers of what this and
that senator and member had to say
about the matter. Some claim have
insulted the legislature and objected
to tn publication of my reply to
please in the Journal.
"All of these things have amused me
very much, because l remainder haV-
ing used an expression long ago, which
is applicable to this case, it is the hit
dog that hoWls.' | threw the rock IN
the discharge Of my duty, as / thought,
and, behold, the railroad attorneys in
the general assembly began bowling
at once They must be hit, that is,
they must feel under suspicion and are
bowling to attract attention to their
patriotism and superior virtue. Their
Indignation is pathetic.
Says People are Watching.
"Now, let us sse what l have done
in the letter to Mr.. Bailey. Written
last August, just before the primary,
and in the answer to Blease, l spoke
in general terms about the general as
sembly and the way it had been in
fuenced by the railroad attorneys in
side of it and out of it. My warning
to this general assembly is certainly
permissible, because l wanted to put
it on notice that the people are look
in and watching and expect them to
do better than their predecessors. NO
member of the house, as l can see,
has any right to complain at all ex-
cept a few old ones, and there ars not
many of these. The old-over sena-
tors in the legislature are the only
men who can be legitimately aggrieved
and they ought to beware of trying to
defend their predecessors, unless they
are able to prove that those predeces-
sors in their votes have not been in
fiuenced by Ben Abney and other rail-
road attorneys.
"This is not the first time l have
critized the legislature about railroad
matters, nor is it the first time that
State Senators have critized me for
my utterances.
Not Through yet, Perhaps.
"It's not the first time that Senator
Tillman has insultad the legislature,
nor will it be the last, if he lives long
enough and it keeps On doing as 1t
has done. The people Of South Caro-
lima will retire any man they have
seated for office when they come to
believe that he is corrupt or corrupt
BILE, at least, that is my belief.
az have boasted in my lectures in the
North that there is not enough money
in Wall street to buy South Carolina,
and | believed it to be true. l still be-
lieve it to be true, but public morals IN
the State have rapidly grown bad in
the last ten years, and l am coming
to doubt whether my boast could now
be made and sustained. We will see
the temper of the great assembly by
it's action in purifying and protecting
the primary. 1t has the opportunity
to lift the State out Of the slough of
despond and disgrace in which it now
wallows. Will it do it,.
Until the senate passes the resolu-
ton l will not answer it officially and
will not have more to say until hear
further from Columbia"