The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-26
WHAT TILLMAN SAID
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give way duu ! Was III GulOpG. OuL
in my lectures, which carried me all
over the country and into every state,
I preached the true gospel and had
as much to do with the success of
what is now called "progccssiveness /:
7 believe, as Eryan himself. That
term properly interpreted in its es-
sence is the Chicago platform and
nothing else.
do not mention this for the pur-
pose of influencing your action, but
like an old soldier, point to my
work aud the wounds I received in
battle and ask simply for justice. /
10 not ask pity or sympathy. I wont
aave them. Give me what I am en-
titled to and nothing more. Had 1
not believed that President Wilson
wanted me to accept the chairman
ship of the committee on appropria-
tions I would not have asked for it,
but having received his letter in an
swer to mine felt it my duty to ask
for the place in order that I might
help him, as he seemed to think I
could.
n order that you may fully under
stand everything connected with it'll
will read the letter I wrote him, and
then will read his reply:
January 81, 1912.
"The Hon. Woodrow Wilsoa. Tren-
ton, n. J.-My Dear Mr.. Wilson: 1
despise the words 'President.elec.'
and yet I think OF you So much as
President to be that can not brig
myself to call you dear G.o'etnor |
have been thinking about writing
you for some time. You wecs Kind
enough last summer to thank T:e for
the letter I wrote giviag YOU some
pointers about the personnel of the
national Democratic committee.
'sThis emboldens me to give you
some inside information I have gain
ed in my eighteen years in the Sen
ate, and incidentally to make some
suggestions or comments on the fu-
ture policy Of the Democratic party.
'I am proud Of the speech you
made at Chicago. 1t rings true, every
word of it, and some Of the express
sions are very felicitous. In fact, my
dear sir, without wishing to make
you vain I want to say in all serious
ness that you have the happy knack
or gift Of never opening your mouth
in public without saying something
worth while. You differ from
Charles II, as photographed by the
Earl Of Rochester, in doing wise
things as well as saying them. OF
course, you recall the famous motto
written on the door of Charles bed
chamber:
Here lies our sovereign lord the
king,
Whose word no man relies on;
He never says a foolish thing,
Nor ever does a wise one
| President Taft has taken Charles
place.
"Since / have been in Washington
have seen the appropriation bill;
grow from little over four hundred
millions of dollars annually to over :
| thousand millions. You will recall
the howl about the 'billion-dollal
Congress. We have witnessed the
change to a two-billion-dollar Con
gress without much comment. The
newspapers seem to take it as a mat
| ter Of course and are always harpins
on the growth of the country as
justification. This growth has beer
marvellous, but the expansion II
population and wealth has not KEEP
pace with the growth of the taxes OF
expenditures. I have heard Senator
Aldrich, who surely was an expert OF
levying taxes for the purposes o.
protection, proclaim on the floor o.
| the Senate his belief that the Govern
ment could be run for 5000, ,00G,00(
less than is now being appropriated
cd.
Being on the committee on ap
propriations in the Senate, I know
just how the appropriation bills have
grown so rapidly. 1t is largely due
to personal influence and importuni
ty. Some clerk or officer under ths
Government wants an increase in hE
salary, and his Senator or Congress
man goes to some one on the com
mittee on appropriations, very otter
| to the chairman, and asks for. the
item to go in. I have often done i
myself to oblige a friend. An in
crease in the salary Of one man pro
duces desire or demand to increase
others, and the result is that the fig
ures are moved up all along the line
This happens in one bureau and i'm
mediately other bureaus begin t.
| clamor for increases, and so it goes.
eThen men have haunted the Con
sress, since I have been here, witt
schemes for new bureaus. I have
seen these created, many of then
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them worthless and mere vehicles tt
spend money and create places fol
friends.
"Then commission after commits
sion has been appointed for any an6
every conceivable purpose to make
fat places for friends, very Otter
lame ducks who have been repud'
lated by their constituents. I have
seen Republican Presidents who have
been glad to take care of Democratic
lame ducks. In Cleveland's time
saw Democrats who had been repud,
lated by their home people on &C
count of free silver rewarded with
Judgeships and appointments on com
missions.
81 do not want to tire you, so
will stop this enumeration until can
have the pleasure of talking with you
in person. This I do know, Mr. Pres
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