The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-03-22

''"'''ituIS ana picuEtS 10 me, bcCame
mcmhCr Of the steering committee
when has given him my chairman
ship Fairness and dCccncy, it seems
/ 10 me, required him to notify me of
= ms change &C mind and attitude to-
wards me. lie never, at any time, eX-
pressed any un"aSinCSS about my
health To me. Had he done SO. his
conduct would not Seem to dcSpiCa-
d bic"
This is the feature that stands out
more prominently than anything else
J M statement issued to the press
mere today 10y senator Tillman, this
settlement being i'm the speech he
made before tho senate caucus last
saturday on the question Of commit
tee assignments and the seniority rule.
when he was refused the Chairman-
snip Of the committee on appropria-
tiOnS.
senator Gilman then refers To the
! TACT of his long service for the DEM
! ocrauc party and also to the fact that
hr made his first speech i'm the senate
which has been designated as THE.
, i1tchfork Speech before Bryan
made his entitled the Gross of Gold"
Rcctting later events i'm the history
ot the party and the part ne took i'm
thcm, he says he preached the true
spSpcl and Ind as much To do with
the success of what is now called
y u.
That term, properly interpreted i'm it's
essence, he says. is the Chicago plat
form ana nothing else.
He declared that he did not ask for
sympathy but for Justice. that he
wanted what ne was entitled to. ana
nothing more, He then submitted n
copy OF q letter To Woodrow Wilson
undCr date of January -, 1913, tell
ing of the work of the different com
mittees and asking President Wilson
for his advice as to which chalrnnn-
ship he should secure. The reply is
as follows
January so. 1919.
"Prief absence from my office and
constant absorption with the bust
ness connected with the opening of
our legislative session here have pre-
vented my replying sooner to your
most Interesting and important letter
Uf the 2lst. ! want YOU to know with
what deep and genuine appreciation
! have read II. ! thank You for il
very warmly indeed.
'Confdcntally the approximations
committee is the committee on which
YOU would have the hardest work. but
Your letter convinced me that il is
also the cOmmittc" i'm Which your in
tercst chiefly lies and where YOU can
certainly be 81 the greatest and most
constant service.
Eyer since was youngstcr
have been deeply interested in our
methods Of financial legislation. Ever
since then / have insisted upon the
absolute necessity of y carefully con-
Sidcrcd and wisely planned budget.
and one of the objects | shall have
most i'm mind when | get To Washing
ton VIII be conferences with my lcgis-
lative colleagues there with view to
bringing some budget system into cX-
istcn"C This business OF building up
To- expenses Of the nation, piece hy
piece. will certainly lead us to error
and perhaps embarrassment.
Q II was very much pleased Iy your
reelection ana snail look forward with
, the greatest interest to being assuciat-
! cd with YOU in council.
Again thanking YOU for your
splendid letter.
Cordially yours.
Contrast my services and wort for
the party with senator Martini" Son
GtOr TdiWtn said. Last summer at
Baltimore / led the South Carolina
ocl, cation south Cardinals IS votes
were c.0't first luSt. ANA an the time
, for WOodTOW Wilson, white Virginia.
| lrd by Martin. never did give Wilson
| any votes until lac no longer needed
them.
81 decided to write another speech
this WutUin. and tell my brother
b,mocrats just how I feel and then
/ leave il lll To- them. / Sti.l feel n
great Injustice has boon done me i'm
tp!S report. alSr feel that senator
Martin has not acted the mobile part
Csp,C''d or him 15 NrGiniuu, for
not Orcc but twice and even three
t,WCs since ! came To- WASHINGTON in
january ne has told me hc wanted me
tu have un the committees whatever
"a 4 l.rfss. l.
and IA hats never notified mo that nc
/ hau changed hit feelings or purpose.
E.uaipT Martin. after making these
voluntary statements ana pledges TO
m'. b.cam, member Of the StcCTiug
committee which has given him my
"hHuwIuNhip. Fairness aud dc"rrcN,
3 30 .crUs tp uC. Ta iuIrcd hlm 10 notify
m, ui u.s change Of mind and uti;ud"
towards nae. llc never at any time
,Eprcf "d any unoJsiuoss about my
/ health o. Wc. Ilal hc done $50, his
/ conduct would mot >ocW 20 dospicahlc.
/ WErn ! talked with him about his
, ".u r'.r for iuc ChllrmluSh,p of the
Canru. .uI ~. uu"uod Q" ham that
wanted 'hc c'umittC,c Ou upurO-
Ir."t.. u~ o., advised w- to say Moth
,rt aI,t, I and H"cp others sucs<iu,,
3 N'.'I 3 H.d. o. i. jhie phas, e. the
I'I"'' winch u' mot understand.
..r.' Lu. 90 Icli.., tEru. h1. prcu
any uudors'Hudu. nr amy promi-, or
pledges uld. '- have up proor
] uus. prriorr" l,.Eu amy accusations
. yusa.d lu' : cam not h,Ip tho SITS
+ pic. D. tha, thrr" must htN" b.'u 20
p deal ,i suN" EIrd coz Senator N8rtiu
v"H'| MT hFt' s.tI.d without -ho"
down.
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