The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-06-21
SEyATOg TILLMAN URGED
To TELL WHOLE Truth
The Columbia Correspondent OF thf
american Asks TiIlman to Make
Coed on His Threat to "Spec-
ify" as to Manning and
Lever.

night OF June II by telegraph.
The telegraph company failed to de-
liver Mr.. Aulls statement to the
American in time for publication in
Saturdays paper.
The statement in full follows:
columbia, June Ex-senator Till
mans letter to the editor of the
Charleston American, published here
this afternoon by newspaper which
has not yet had the manhood to print
She original Tillman reply to Manning
10 which the article published this
afternoon refers, says that the Amerl
can has some subterranean way OF
getting news from Columbia that
the publication of his letter in the
American was a breach of faith and
that his letter was ''ilched." These
charges directly affect the Columbia
correspondent of the American, who
in reply, simply desires to state that
they are absolutely false. The sena-
tors charges against the American
will doubtless be handled by the edi
&or Of the American. The American
carries the regular newspaper post
age rate at its masthead. And I be-
lieye absolutely in its loyalty and
patriotism. Suffice it in that regard
Sor me to say that the record Of my
SamiIy in this war, so far as service
at the front is concerned, and that IS
the service that counts. will compare
favora5ly with the record of the sem
ator's family, and that my brother
and brother-in-law are now in
France, and another brother-in-la law is
soon 20 go to France, and now in the
fighting ranks, are all three volun-
teers, and that I have done what little
was within my ability and am ready
zl;i anxious to 60 what else l can for
str&f,.
J sIaGd in an article in the Ameri-
can of!AIodnesday morning: LAS to
where the Columbia correspondent of
the American got the original Tillman
letter, that IS nobodys business, 50
long as he got it legitimately and
honestly, as he did and so long as he
did not violate a confidence in puo- |
'aiGhing it." That is all I have to state
nov.
shall not S34s hisled into divulging
ahS lnformation as to where I got !!
nat letter 1t was true copy of the !
ietses~ which Senator Tillma11 had !,
written 1t gave to the people of the !
state a portion of what he knew to be
&he truth. The pity is that he did
.nnt give all the truth at that time. in
stead of giving what he did as to Gov
ernor Manning being ''in the business
Of making senator for the people OF
ss,s;i hC ,ssroila to swallow Then tell
ing a portion of the .frame-up that oc-
CURED in Washington; and contentlng
himself with concluding. in regard to-
the ser @fees which he had formerly
.vegassesSS Manning and Lever and the
services which he had formerly rem
dered against Blease, that neither
Manning nor Lever would deny what
he has done for them. and IF they
want me to specify will do so.'
The specifications which the senior
senator threatened would probably
have been even more interesting than
the letter itself which has caused
such a statewide sensation.
Wnat the people Of South Carolina
now want to know is not how the
Charleston American honestly got
:. ID of the truth which the people
entitled to, and published it,
~knowledged signature OF
Senator seT r,]lnap, but why Senator
Gilman did not give the ''sHo'e '-u'1'
,..as,s aay- he attempted to hold up p''i-'
,se fpSss9e even thai portion wnlcn
w. ~ olive in view of the statement
x,ar letter to Governor Man
n,nc that he was mot accustomed ~
,,,evine the game of politics win 'ne
,|..rds stacked" and that he nao lo'-
2,owaa Jefferson's maxim, "teach 'he
people. and trust the people and tell
them the truth" o,4
=, rny. e=snator, did you write par i,
,f the truth, threaten to puolisn II a.,
a,a then attempt to withhold 1ne pa: ::
.a-n;cb YOU had written? lnat -
what the people of South Car0l[n'