The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-06-20

state to decide. b. X. TILLMAN.
SENATOR TILLMAN
IN OPEN LETTER
How His Reply to Gov. Manning
Was Printed. Full Story Told
BY Senator.
Washington, June 13.-SenaIor
Tillman has given out the following
open letter for publications:
Washington, D. c., June IL, 1918.
Editor The American, Charleston.
S. c.: 1 have just seen a copy Of your
paper of June 10. 7 had already re-
ceived notice that my article answer
ing Governor Manning was published
in full.
That you have scored one and
made scoop" is granted, but let
me see whether or not you have dealt
honestly and as one gentleman usual
ly deals with another.
You say "he does not furnish his
speeches in advance to The Ameri-
can" You have a correspondent in
News and Courier have correspon-
dents here. Whenever either Of the
newspaper men come to my office
and ask for news it is given them.
Your correspondent could IL he want
ed to, get any news item or any
speech that either Of the others get.
There has never been any instruc-
tions against him, and believe he
will bear me out that he has always
received courteous treatment when
in my office. The Manning article
just published by you was for
The State and The News and
Courier, and when I decided to kill
the article 1 notified both that l
wanted it done. You have seen the
result. notice you justify publishing
the article with the excuse: Had he
treated The American with any con-
sideration and sent it copy it would
have held his statement in conf
dence." Had Cottrell called at my
office he would have gotten a copy. as
the other correspondents did, and
been requested by me to kill 1t, as
the others were. Because you have
some subterranean way of getting
news from Columbia you justify this
breach of faith implied by decent
amenities, and gloat in your wick
edness with a lame excuse, based
upon false deduction, if not a false
premise. Poor vagabond of the news
paper world! Representing the anti
war, anti Wilson, anti patriotic
view of today's tragic conditions
twice debarred from the second
class mails for former disloyal ut
terances, you now show the shining
yellow of your conglomerate charac-
ter. gloating over filching to publish
newspaper article I saw fit to with
draw from publication.
l would not answer you at all were
it not to expose your purpose.
In the first place, you are happy
over controversy between Govern
or Manning and myself. Your are
happy that Mr.. Lever has been drawn
into the fight with men for the Sen
ate. Why? Because the patron saint
of the modern Reform movement
so-called. is your candidate for the
You fain would create discord
the opponents of Blease, with
a hope of second primary, and in
order that that worthy may save his
leadership and make a feal
contest out Of the race this summer.
What care you that an old man,
naturally militant. has seen fit to
curb his tongue in order that fric-
tion and hot politics may be avoided,
In the interest Of peace at home and
war on the common enemy? Have
we not enough to do in fighting Ger
many to cause all of us to stand
steady and wait patiently. and act
frankly in dealing with one another?
Is there not every reason in the world
for peace in South Carolina and
avoidance of factionalism? How avid
and active you grow in sowing seed
OF trouble. and how you stoop to
get means of creating more friction
between Mr.. Lever. Governor Man
ming and myself is now known of
all men.
Mark me, so-called american" /
want to quote you line or more
from letter recently signed by the
Governor of South Carolina to one
OF the United States Senators: This