The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-26

with the great battle to be fought
and now being fought by Democracy
for the rights of the people. had
thought and written bitter things but
my passion was st.lled and entirely
disappeared when I remembered
President Wilson S clarion in the last
paragraph Of his inaugural address:
Il summon all honest men, all
patriotic, all forward-looking men,
to my side. God helping me, will
not fail them, if they will but coun-
sci and sustain me- "
II decided to write another speech
this morning and tell my brother
Democrats just how I feel, and then
leave it all to them. I still feel
great injustice has been done me in
this report, l also feel that Senator
Martin has not acted the noble part
I expected of him as Virginian, for
not once bat twice and even three
times since / came to Washington in
January he has told me he wanted
me to have on the committees what
ever place I was entitled to and de-
sired; and he has never notified me
that he had changed his feelings or
purpose. Senator Martin, after max
ing these voluntary statements and
pledges to me, became a member of
the steering committee which has
given him my chairmanship. Fair
ness and deeency, it seems to me,
required him to notify me of his
change Of mind and attitude towards
me. He never at any time expressed
any uneasiness about my health to
me. Had he uone so, his conduct
would not seem so despicable. When
talked with him about his own race
for the Craftsmanship Of the caucus
and mentioned to him that I wanted
the committee on appropriations he
advised me to say nothing about it
and keep others guessing, which 1
did. 1t is this phase of the subject
which I do not understand. I would
hate to believe there has been any
| understanding or any promises or
pledges made. AS I have no proof
I must perforce leave my accusations
unsaid. But I can not help the sus-
picion that there must have been a
deal of some kind or Senator Martin
would not have retired without a
show down.
While l am no longer able to battle
on the floor of the Senate and deliv-
er phillippics as one did am still
able to give counsel and advice. I
am still able to say NO, and spell
it with capitals, too, and that is what
is needed on the committee on appro-
priations. I outlined in my letter to
President Wilson my ideas as to why
the appropriations have grown so
rapidly and why so much money is
being squandered needlessly. My am
bition is as chairman of the commit
tee on appropriations to bring into
the Senate bills which have passed
.ne House without increasing the
amounts at all, and, if possible, to
bring in the bills reducing them as
they passed the House. I believe it
is possible to do this. In fact, l
know it, and if I am given help on
the committee of young and willing
men, earnestly striving for the same
object, I will do it.
| Then, Senators, contrast the way
the Republicans treat their old men
and the way ours are being treated.
Senator Allison was kept chairman
OF the committee on appropriations
as long as he was in the Senate, al
though in his last years he was very
feeble. Senator Perkins, although
far more feeble than I am, is still
chairman Of the committee on naval
affairs. Senator Cullom, when he
retired from the Senate on the fourth
of March, was still chairman of the
committee on foreign relations. They
do not denote and discredit their
old leaders because of age.
have said more than once, and to
more people than one, that If the
wrong was not righted in the caucus
would carry it to the Senate itself,
which, under Rule "a, must elect its
committees. My idea in going to the
Senate was to get into the Record,
for preservation for the future his
torian, my vindication and defence,
as it were. But when I considered
| the spectacle which would present
to the country by allowing my grieV-
ances against the party, however JUS
tilted, to initiate against that unity
and harmony which ought to pre-
vail among US, I decided that it was
/ a selfish motive and I bade the devil
get behind me.
Democratic harmony and concert
of action are more necessary at this
time than anything know of. DEM
ocratic discipline is also needed very,
very much, for as compared with the
| Republicans We are an unframed
mob with little knowledge of par
liamentary law and very little effec-
tive knowledge of the rules Of the
Senate.
Yesterday one of the newspaper
boys told me he had seen the two
Georgia Senators in amicable confer
ence in the restaurant. Immediately
the thought flashed on my mind, If
Bacon and Hoke Smith are friendly
after what has happened why should
Hoke Smith and Tillman fall out about
It. I have already, in the caucus,
told Hoke Smith how I felt about
Bacon's not getting the place Of Pres
idsnt pro tempore, and it was that
indignation which prompted the in
teryiew with the correspondent OF
| The Atlanta Constitution.
I used the word "Progressives' in
that interview. The reporter chang