The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-17
B1ease Will fight TillaIaA, who vii!


(Signed) William L. Gonzales.
Of course, | cannot say these are
the exact words Of the telegram, but
I dare Gonzales to deny that he sent
kilograms containing statements SINH
lar to these, and he need not deny
them, but in order to be honorable Cf
he CAM let him present the messages
that he sent COPIES Of which L sup
pose he has on file, or which he can
easily have duplicated from the Wash
ington office, which delivered the tele-
grams to McGowan) and let the peo-
pie see whether my information is
correct.
These three letters will show to the
public absolutely the cause of Tillman
writing the vicious letter that he did
and that Jones campaign has been and
is up to now being absolutely hand
led and controlled by William E. Con-
zales, notwithstanding the fact that
Jones denied on the stump that Coma
les was supporting him, when I charg-
ed him with it, but later said he was
glad for any newspaper to support
him
have never seen the Ferguson let
ter, and did not know what was in Il
until I saw it in the newspapers, and
when Gonzales says l did, and that
please will fight Tillman," he wired
what was wilfulIy untrue.
1 have today been handed a Letter
written by Tillman, August 16, 1912, to
friend of his, in which he (Tillman)
says: "The railroad attorneys in the
legislature have been too venal and
corrupt to protect the people against
the railroads." At another point in his
letter, he says: "In the lawsuit over
my grandchildren, he (Jones) did bow
to public opinion and clamor rather
than to enunciate the law as it was
found on the statute books, which had
been recognized hundred years or
more"
Thus it seems that Tillman has writ
ten many letters, and that he speaks
of Jones-as chief justice of the su-
preme court-as having been infuenc-
ed by public clamor" and having
violated his oath as a justice and not
decided the case according to the re-
cognized law.
am thoroughly satisfied that Till
mas letter will not injure me, for l
have received messages by telephone,
telegram and letter from every section
of the State, and they all give me
assurances that this has done me no
injury, but, On the contrary, in many
instances, am assured that it has
gained me strength and given fur
ther assurance to the people Of their
confidence in my character and fdeli-
ty to their interests.
I publish this communication only
to show that Gonzales is fighting for
dear life to elect Jones and was lead
ing MCGOWAN into deceiving Tillman
by lying On me; and, further, to show,
as 1 have shown throughout the entire
campaign, that Jones is Gonzales can
didate Why? Because he cannot con-
troll Blease.
The victory is ours. 1t will be re-
corded on Tuesday and my friends will
see that am not defrauded-hence,
I am sure of reelection.
Very respectfully.
(Signed Cole. L. Blease.
Columbia, S. c., August %, 1912.
The Columbia State refused to pub
lish this address, either as news
item or as an advertisement, saying
that the article contained more or
less accurate copies of three private
kilograms, two sent by the edition of
The State on Friday evening, and one
on Saturday to the Washington CORE
spondent of The State"
1t was refused publication by the
Columbia Record, August 26, 1912, ION
grounds that as it appears to be article
as to private kilograms, same was re-
ferred to counsel of Record, who ad-
vised against publication, not know
ing what consequence might be-" This
statement was made by Wyatt Taylor,
of the Columbia Record, in returning
same to Hon. Fred H. Dominick, my
for publication. It was also refused
campaign manager, who offered it for
publication, either as a news item or
an advertisement, in the Charleston
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