Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-29
hit DOG HowLs," SAYS BEN.
Threw Rock Ia Discharge of Duty and
Railroad Attorneys Howl.


Washington, Jan. 25. = Senator
Tfllman said to-day, with reference
to Thursdays proceedings at Column
bia:
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 sup
port of the charges of corruption 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 claim | have insulted the Leg
islature and objected to the publica-
tion of my reply to Governor Blease
in the Journal.
"All Of these things have amused
me very much, because | remember
having 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
|
attention to their patriotism and su-
perior virtue. Their indignation is
pathetic.
Says People Are Watching.
Now, let us see what have done.
In tie 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
| "A 10 hnI
influenced by the railroad attorneys
inside of 1T and out Of 1t. My warn
ing to this General Assembly Is GER
talnly permissible, because | wanted
TO put 1t on notice that tho people
are looking and watching and expect
them to do better than their prede-
| cessors. No member Of the House, as
can see, has any right to complain
| at all except a few old ones, and
there are not many of these The
'holdToVer Senators in the Legislature
are che only men who can be legitf-
mately aggrieved, and they ought to
beware of trying to- defend thatr
predecessors, unless they are ablet
! votes have not been influenced by
Ben Abney and other railroad law
yers.
This Is not the first time | have
criticised the Legislature about rail-
road matters, nor is it the first time
that state Senators have criticised
me for my utterances.
Not Through Yet, Perhaps.
ut is not the first time that Sena-
tor Tillman has insulted the Legisla-
ture. nor will it be the last, If he
lies long enough and 1t keeps on
doing as 1t has done. The people of
South Carolina will retire any man
they have seated for Office when thew
come to believe that he is corrupt or
corruptible; at least, that is my be-
lief.
Il have boasted in my lectures In
the North that there Is not enough
money in Wall street to buy South
Carolina, and | believed T. to be
true. still believe it 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 now be made
and sustained. We will see the tenn
per of the great Assembly by its ac-
ton in purifying and protecting the
primary. 1t has the opportunity to
| lift the State out of the slough of
| despond and disgrace in which 1t
| now wallows. Will it do it?
Until the Senate passes the reso-
luton | will not answer it officially,
and vii! not have more to say until
near further from Columbia"