The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-03-18
TILLMAN ON JUDGESHlP.
NEAT PIECE. OF "LENlSi. iIIt T.
IEGEEDf.NlIN."
scores NvGowan and Says He is MOI
SCekin" Jobs for Members OF
Family.


the following open letter in which
the senator tells how the bill Great
ing the Western district was gotten
through congress and how the dis
tribution of the patronage has been
made:
| have just seen in Saturdays
State Mr.. McGowan's report OF how
jobs caused by the creation OF the
Western district were portioned out
as a sort OF family affair.
Mr.. McGowan insinuates that ]
am the most interested and that on
ly those near to me. perhaps rel
ative'' of mine. will get the best
plum--the clerkship.
Much Credit Due ByrneS.
His statement is so full OF errors
and malice that | am constrained.
against my will. to tell just how the
bill became a law. 1t has the ap-
pearance OF Dragging too much for
me to enjoy it. but the credit, if there
he credit. for this piece OF legislation
is due almost entirely to Congress
man Byrnes He got it through the
house-this. TOO. by my help-and
perhaps | was the only man in WASH
ington who could have accomplished
it.
Wyatt Aiken introduced the bill
early last year. but it lay asleep III
the judiciary committee Of the house
introduced Aiken's bill in the sen-
ate and tried to get it out OF the jul
dietary committee there, but failed
because of an unfavorable report
from the attorney general and the
objection OF a Western senator whose
State needed a judge much more
than South Carolina" he said.
Delegation Gets Together.
After the primary election was
over and all were safely reelected
the members of the South Carolina
delegation in the house got busy on
the court bill. An agreement was
reached among themselves as to
where the court should be held. This
was the rock upon which the bill
foundered once before. Finley and
L.atimer could not agree as to where
the courts should be held and the
bill died in conference after having
passed both houses.
When the court bill as amended
by Aiken was called up in the house
and unanimous consent asked for its
consideration. Mr.. Mann objected.
which put a quietus on 1t for the
time being. BIrnes found out what
Manns grievance was and reported
to me. Mann had selected as his can
didate for Judge Congressman John
son and was unwilling to have the
bill passed unless Johnson was 10 be
made Judge. Mann had to be pacl-
fed or the bill would never have be-
come a law. had introduced
Aiken's bill in the senate the day
after he introduced it in the house.
Backed Johnson.
At the opening of congress | urged
Johnson on the president as a good
niece of judicial timber, looking to
his appointment to a judgeshlp IN
the District of Columbia or to a
place on the interstate commerce
commission. Therefore. | did not
hesitate to set in motion instrument
c,;ties 10 find out what Mr.. Johnson
chances were in case the court bill
| became a law.
\ cabinet officer. whose assistance
| invoked, after talking the matter
over with President Wilson informed
me that the president liked Johnson
and would be most likely 10 appoint
! him. Mr.. ByrneS called this cabinet
office over the phone and got nm
in communication with Mr.. Mann.
! Thus the way was paved for the Bill
to pass Jle house.
Bill Out of Committee.
By hard work among my personal
friends on the senate Judiciary COM
mi1tee got the bill out OF the com