The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 21, 1896, Image 1
CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, lb!)(!
THE PAST,
THE
imrn.
ALONG WITH A <i LIMBIC OF THE
liRGlSLATIV K PljitfifeKNT.
Itcndy to He?ln theHffxth Waek'u Worh
With the VlrmV Adjournment
"Out of 81ght"-<"-A 8um
' ? . . mury the WorU.
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reduction bill. With its provisions all
ore familiar.
Ab to tho investigating oomraittoos,
tho Clemson .oollego committee has not
yet presented its report to the general
assembly, but cxpecta to do bo tomor
row or Wednesday. Tho public pri at*
ing coinmitteo has not presented its
report either, but -i?l is at work. This
committee has tho bills rtlating to tho
public printing in it? hands and thoy
will not bo considered further until
tho report is presented. ?Of course tho
eleotion of a public printer is conse
quently delayed.
The unseating of Messrs. Gaston and
Duncan wua another of too uuturua of
the week in the house. Thoy aro no
longer to be awn on the floor. Tho
next day after the aotion was taken
unseating them, om member pointed
to Air. Gaston's empty ohair and re
marked, with sadness. "There is au
Aiken void."
Both tho income tax bills have been
unfavorably reported and they are far
down on the calendar. There is not
I much prospect, it is understood, of
either of them passing.
Mr. Floyd's license bill has just
made its appearanoe in the house. It
is a graduated licenso bill* and it- may
get a diploma. Of courso no ono can
tell, however, what its fate will be.
One thing is certain it will havo to get
jo- diploma signed by tho president of
the senate, speaker of the ho so aud
the governor before it can "practice."
Mr. Earle'sbill to provide a aystorn
of county courts has also just made its
appearance.
A glanoo over the above partial sum
;mary of the matters yotto bo consider
ed shows very clearly that the bulk of
the work is yet to be done, and it will
|have to bo hard work to make auy
headway.
A good maoy bills will of necessity
.'have to be left on'the calendar at the
iflual adjournment or else the session
w^l be prolonged indefinitely. Such
^eertaihly is the outlook at this atage-of
fciie proceedings. ? The State, Monday
Feb. 17.
SOUTH CAROLINA VKTEttANS.
Major Gen. O. I. Walker Issues u Gen
eral Order to the South Carolina Di
vision Touching Various Important
Matters.
Everyone knows that the South Caro
lina Division of United Confederate
Veterans have been invited to JUold
their next annual convention^* -Charles
ton. The convention ^HHneet on the
22d of April next, and Charleston wiU
-give the old so(($iers the warmest wel
come that thoy have ever had.
Adjutant General and Chief of otlrtL,
Capt James G Holmes, acting under
Major Gen C I Walker, lias just issued
t?e following general order to tbe old
soldiers of South Carolina:
$outh Carolina Division U. C. V. ,
Charleston, S. 0., February,, 12, 1896.
#eneral Orders No. 18.
1: The annual Convention of the
Sonth Carolina Division U. C. V. will
be held in Charleston, commencing
April 22, 1896. All camps are request
ed to send full delegations, as the
mating promisee to be one of ujmsual
interest. Wo meet in OKarfeeipu at
the invitation of ita people, and their
whole-souled welcome and hearty hos
pitality are so marked that our com
redes, may feel sure that everything
will be done for their pleasure and to ?
add to the interest of this reassembly .
of thoee who, in 1861, rushed to
Charleston's defense. Ther people of
Oharleetoh are anxiousio show in some
slight degree their high appreciation
and knowledge their obligations to the
sons of South Carolina and of the Con*
federacy, who so gallantly Afendqd
the city from 1801 to 1865.
All comrades, whether -Appointed
delegates or not, are entitled to partici
pate in the meeting of the Convention
and share its privileges.
_ 2. Thatthis division may have its
full vote at general .meeting of. the V.
C. V. it is necessary that a&Ques of
its various oampabe paid. The loca
tion of tbe Buttle Abbey of the South
and other important matters will likely
come up at the next general meeting
at Riobmond, to it will be very desir
able tbst South Carolina shall then
have tbe influence her strengtjp/givee
her when all hor Camps areata good
standing. Tbe fiscal year of the U. C.
V. (this does not refer to dues to this
division) commences April 1. The
per capita tax of 10 cents per member
for the year ending Adril L, 1896, and
for .any previous years not paid, mast
be paid before April 1?- 1896, to en
title a camp to^vota at the Biohmond
meeting.
Special attention is called to this and
all camps are urged to pay these duee
in time. /"
*8. It is with regret that the announ
cement-Is made that MajoV Theodore
G. Barkef, who was elected brigadier
general of the 1st brigade at the Nov
ember Convention, declined the posi
tion, which he w?*uld have so? worthily
filled. Owing to the nesrness of on*
next meeting the ele?tion for this oflloe
has been postponed to that meetiog.
By command of Major Gen. C. ~X~ "
Walker.
Jam. G. Hours,
AdjnjMt General, Chief of Staff.
Merles I Waste to Ksperlatetit la Na
val Warfare.
The JpeaksrlsM before the House eonem.
?lastloas froa Becietsiy Herbert riqeesttac
as f Ij^ininiii of wmjtmto mM the
Haval Sspaxtsseat te test methods oft brow
lag Mffc ecplsdhras fee* gaas esi board sftfpe
THE SENATE
; AND HOUSE.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S ^AW MAKKKS
AT WORK.
Wlmt They Ar? I>otn# In (he Way of
Making aud Chaugtug Law*.
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TBK SUN AT?.
Twenty-third Day. ? In tho Seuutc
on Wednesday tlio bill relating lo feos
of tbo Secretary of $tato pfta^od it?
third reading with aouic clerical
amendments.
Tho following' third reading bills
then passed in quick succession
A liouso bill to fix the time for hold
iug court in tho Fifth circuit.
To regulate fishing; to require a
license of poraous fishing for prollt in
other couuties than their own.
Honse bill relative to the suspension
by th<S govornor of oortain publio
ofBccrs.
Relative to sheriffs' writ1 books.
House bill to dovolvo tho duties of the
register of memo conveyauoes upon
tho clerka of oourt. ^ '
A number of bills passed seoond
reading, y
Tho onl^n^w bill introduced was a
bill to incorporate the Epworth orphan
age and to prescribe the duties of the
board of trustees thereof.
Twenty-Fourth Day. ? In the Hen
ate Thursday thebill "to regulate the
appointment of suljordinate officera fix
the department of Stat?" was passed.
It reads as follows:
Section 1. That from and after the
approval of this aot it shall not bo law
ful for any person at the hoad of iu
any department of this government to
appoint to any offioo or position of
trust or emolument under bis control
or management any person rolntod or
oonneoted with him by consanguinity
or afflhity within the sixth degree.
An effort to reduce tho nnmbor of
township oommisfiionerB failed.
A large number of bills were report
ed without recomihondation, and quito
a number of seoond reading bills wore
passod. -
On motion of Mr. Jifird, tho board
of health bill kitlod on Wednesday,
was reoonaider^d and plaoed on the
calendar.
TvrBNTY-FiFTH Pat.? In the Son ate
Friday the judiciary committee, to
whom are referred the hoi.ee amend
ment* to the senate bill for the
formation of now conhties, recommen
ded non-concurrence in tho amend
Tneufcw, and asked for a coinmitteo of
conference. ?
The bill providing for tho appoint
ment Of committees to examine* the
State offices at th& . annual sessions of
tho general assembly was finally passed.
The following passed third reading:
To amend an aot entitled an o'Act to
xegulatc the foreclosure of mortgages
of real estate."
To amend an act to regulate traffio
in aeed cottyn. ?
House bill to amend section5 of "an
act to further rogulate nhd provide for
the admission and discharge of patients
in tho lunatic asylum ?0d promote tho I
management of the Bame," approved
December $4th, 1894.
Twenty-Sixth Day.? There was on
ly a 40-minntes session of the Senate
on Monday night.
A message being received from the
House that the Houne insisted on its
amendment to the bill providing for
the formation of now counttes and
asking for a committee of conference,
Senators O'Dell and Moses were ap
pointed on the committee. ti
These passed third reading :
A joint House resolution to require
the penitentiary authorities to furnish
a certain number of oonviota to tho re
gents of the State hospital for the in*,
sane.
To inoorporate the Epworth orphan
age of the South. Carolina conference
(of the Methodist Episcopal ohureh,
south) and ^prescribe the power and
duties .of the board of managers and
truBtees thereof.
These seoond reading billa paused:
Honse bill to declafo tho liabilities
of corporations for .injuries sustained
by persons while iu their employment,
Declaring embezzlement of State,
county and school funds a felony, and
defining the punishment therefor.
Only one new bill was introduced
follows : To permit grand juries (po
employ an expert accountant, anti Y to
provide compensation therefor.
' Twenty-Skvent Day.? In the Senate
Tuesday the several amendments mado
by the House in the bill for tho cor
poration of towns of less than 1,000
inhabitants were agreed to, and the
bill was ordered engrossed for ratifica
tion. ' ?
A bill was introduced to declaro tbo
law relative,; to the interchange of
freight" between common carriera in
this State.
The Senate devoted most of tho day,
to the oonsideration of the to%4.i|
bin. " ~ VO
The houae. sent over a concurrent
resolution that both houses adjourn on
Friday night on iaoouot, of Saturday
Iteing Washington's i'jrtbdM' and that
they stand adjourned Monday at
12 o'clock. The resolution was re
ceived as information f#d laid on the
<a*l*
--Senator Sloan, who had Jo^t return
ed from Cleasson OoUege, sail he wo#
earpri? d when he saw the magnitede
of the oollege *nd the excellent man
Of .. ft
his expectations aad Ida
4^^ ^ *?-- - Ia ifin if i
wpp 9i w umiiwi iitt
SJBHi '
THE HOUSE.
I TwKNTv-FjFrH Day. ? lu the Houao
Wednesday t ho > following now bills
! Mere presented.
Providing certain righto and powers
for mining corporations.
i To Ux tho number of (lays of road
duty and tho cow inutution tax.
lioluting to fishing "with somes iu
tho streams of the Ktato.
delating to tho appointment of
county aud othor officials.
Tho following passed their third
reading and were ordered to be aont to
the Bonate:
i To authorize aud empower oities,
towns amPother municipal corporations
, to issue negotiable coupon bond* lor
the refunding or payment of bonded
indebtedness existing at tho time of
i tho adoption of the present Constitu
tion.
To further auaeud seotion 2128' of
tho goueral statutes relatiug to oirouit
courts iu this) State, so as to provide
for speoial court# aud special judges.
To regulato tho sale of drossed beef,
veal and mutton iu this State.
To reduce the salaries of tho Stato
ofUcors, olerke aud employes theroin
named.
Tho registration bill wag dieoussod
at length.
'A #ood many favorable reports wero
presented ut the night sersiou.
An unfavorable roport wan presented
on Mr. Goodwill's bong bird bill. t.
. An unfavorable roport wjih also pre
fiontoil on tho bill toregnlato the Bale of
ootlon BtJOd meal in this Stato.
A similar report was made on the
bill to ri'gnlato tho movemout of trains
over connecting lines, eto.
Tho bill to require the Stato treasurer
to transmit ninthly to the State liquor
conftnissiouer a statement of dispen
sary warrants paid by him, was taken
up, slightly amended and ordered to a
third reading.
The bill to crcato tho oflioo of Stato
gerdogiat, eto., was taken up and
promptly killed.
Tho bill to , provide for the formation
of new eountioqwas taken up. Some
slight amendinciitB wero made. Thovo
wp? more or less disouBsion on the
amendment.
" Thcro was considerable talk about
Mr. Gams' proposition to refuse the
old counties representation on tho
boards of commissioners of eleotion.
Tho resolutions on the calendar re
lating to tho final adjournment and
tho last day for introducing new bills
wero tabled.
Inasmuch as there baa been consid
erable talk about the statement made
on the floor of the House in the debate
on tli<\ salarjrTreduction bill, that the
State liquor commissioner had said
that haf^&a williug to aooept the re
duction of 'salary, the following state
ment made by the commissioner before
tbo committeo is given. He said:
"Geutlemon of the committee ? I
thank you for tho invitation to ap
peal- before you. I am, gentlemen, a*
informer, and am willing to submit to
{he action of the Beform party, of
whom you are the > representatives.
Should you decide to reduoe my salary
I will bow in humble submission, and
promise you that I will not approach
any one in the interest of making any
ehange from suoh amount you may
see fit to re co turn en (J. ' My opinion on
these matters is that if the salary \is
so low that I cannot keep the office, I
can only gracefully retire. I know
full well, gentlemen, there are many
others 'who are at least as. well qualified
to discharge the duties of the office I
now hold as I am, and I repeat Ah*t if
from any cause I should s vr fit to
vacate, the State would be ?one the
loser; but, gentlemen, I do \ wish to
bring to your attention te fact that my
bookkeeper's duties are hard and in
tricate? ofteen lasting till late hours
? into tho night? for him I ask that you
will atl . east place his salary equal to
tho most expert bookkeeper in the
State house."
Twbntt -Sixth Day. ?In tho House
Thursday several new bills were intro
duced. Among them wero tho follow
ing:
Relating to the preparation of jury
lists. ? -
To amend the aot providing for the
drawing of juries. ^
delating to the assessment of prop
erty for taxation.
y'As to publishing the report* of coun
ty treasurers.
A good many matters were received j
from tho?anate and disposed of with
out delay.
The following were tbqn passed to a
third roading and ordered to be tout
to the senate: *
Mr. Thomas' bill to require^the State
treasurer to transmit monthly to the
Slate liquor oommiseionor a statement
of dispensary warrants psid by him.
Sen'ate bin* to. provide for the forma
tion of new counties.
Mr. Phillip*' bill to regulate the as
sessment and collection of taiee aad
/the opening of streets in towns of less
than 1,000 inhabitants.
Tba-P4?abody- joint -resolution ? was
unanimously ord^rra to a third read
ing. . f
An nn favorable report was presented
on the bill reg erding mining oorpor
aUons. "t\,<
A large number of bijjiii were favor
ably reported, a^lljtf?ti?m being "Mr.
Patton's varehouMj mil. / _
Mr. Gedsden'*^bill /relating to the
adoption of ohildretrwis unfavorably
reported and the bill was rejected.
' The house then took np the con
current resolution, resting to the ap
pointment of a committee to report
upon the status of the railroads in this
State, and it was ordered to a third
reading without debate.
The Hll to esesspt active
til Ih* IkafctJagitti
The bill to regulate tho purchaso of
bookt* fur tho Stato library wuk taken
up, u flight ooinmittee umoinliuout was
agreed to, and thou tho bill was order
ed to a third rending.
The bill to prohibit uon-re&utootgl
from tlshing aud gattatiug oya torfc^na
terrapins withiu (he limit* of tho State,
oxoept upou oortaiu conditions, was
slightly ameudod by tho oommittegaud
thou ordered to a third reading.
Twenty-Seventh .Day.-- Tho Hon no
spent most of Friday in discussing tho
annual appropriation bill, aud with
several amendments it wna passed.
The following new billa woro intro
duced:
To allow eouutioa to form sinking
funds for tho purpose of getting on a
oa?h basis.
To allow the Stato librarian to dis
pose of certain books in the Stato
library.
To repeal the nnti-froo-pas* aot.
Tho following billa then passed their
third reading and wero ordered sent to
the sonato:
To regulate the purchase of books
for tho State librarj'.
To amend eootion 1033 general stat
utes, being section 387 revised stat
utes, so as to iuclude hunting, shoot
ing and ihhing. ,
To prohibit non-residents from flsh
ing ana gathering oysters uua ter
rapins withiu tho limits of tho Stato
except upou certain conditions.
The ways and meaus committee1
bill to provide for the disposition of
the profit of tho State from tho State
dispensary, *
Senate joint resolution authorizing
the govornor to extend an iuvitatiou to
the othor Southern States to unite iu
ereotiug a monument to tho late George
Peabody. .
Tho committee on federal relations
reported tho following substitute for
Mx Fowjer's concurrent resolution in
regard to Senator Tillman's recent
apeeeh. ..
Whereas, we buvo read with much
pleasure and pride tho spoeoh of our
junfor United States Senator, tho Hon.
B. Tillman, delivered in tho United
States Sonato on tho financial polioy
of our government, bo it
Resolved by tlio House of Represen
tativefrof thojjltate of South Carolina:
1. That tifo thanks of this house are
hereby tendered him for the able and
fearless manner iu which ho expressed
the wishes aud sentiments of his con
fltituents. .
2. That a copy o$ tho preamble and
resolution bo suitably engrossed and
forwarded by tho clerk of this house
to him at Waebingtou, D. <J.
Messrs. ttuist, Winkler and Tyler
"were appointed on a committee on con
ference tho county government bill.
An unfavorable report was made on
Mr. Johusou's dieting bill.
If
TwKKTt-EionTH D at.? In tho Houne
on Saturday there was n lively fight
over an oppropriation fdr the State
fair, whioh was refused and much time
was spent in preventing a clincher
being put on it. ,
The following now bills were intro
duced, being the last that can come in
except from committee :
To require a licenso for all kinds of
pochpationn^ businesses, trades and
professions. JL
To provide a system of county courts
in the State.
hove been prelly thoroughly presente
To amend the charter of the Oaro*
Una Midland railway.
To regulate the fees and cost* of
certain county officials ?
To repeal section 1 of the act relat
ing to the salaries of the clerks, sheriffs
and school commissioners of this State.
Belatmgto the repairing of all churoh
and mill roads in this State. ' -
To amend the act relating to the fay
of laborers.
To regulate the method of changing
the name of any town or village iu.l
-The following bills passed their
third reading and were ordered to be
lent to tha senate: ,
Mr. McSwconey'a bill to amend the
law relating to the militia.
Mr. Thoinus* bill relating to the pow
ers of mnnicipalaionrtH.
Mr_ Thomas' bill to provide for tho
establishment and MtppOrt of a State
reformatory for youthful criminals was
taken up and Mr. Caughiimn moved to
itrike out the enacting wo 'ds nud the
motion to fctriko out was adopted.
Twenty- Ninth Day. ? In the House.
Monday the following third reading
bills were passed:
Requiring certified copies of par
dons to bo filed wilhHho clerks of the
oirouit courts of this State.
To change the time that the county
board of commissioners shall submit
their annual report.
To amend section 320 of the general
statutes of South Carolina 1892, being
section 881 of tho revised statutes 1803,
volume 1, in reference to pay of the
militia* when ordered ont.
Tho five minutes rule was adopted
in tho house. 0 ' '
Tbii?ti*th Day.? In tho . House
T ueaday conai d er abl o time was con
sumed in the discussion of three bills.
MrN Lofton's Charleston and Berkley
oonntv bill, which finally passed in an
eni xju ?ted form; Mr. Manning's
An iralian ballot bill, which ho offered
a substitute for Judge Townsend'a
election bill, and which, after nn ?ble
debate was slaughtered, and Mr.
To.wntend'a 8-b<?x elnction bill, which
WAS p*M6d.
The following third rCfcding bills '
paased: . '* .
Joint resolution to authorizo the su
perintendent of the State ponit^ntfSTy*.
to borrow money upon thVJleaq Pi a n
tattot and to ao rtgage tho aaUo. .
Senate bill to provide for theoor*
of town* of leee than 1,000
?
2?%l3J?05im tJf1?
nasi sin
. . . . r ~ * V
jgyjt
To amend seotton 40 of an act enti
tled Mau net to provido a system of
county government for tho several
counties of the State," approved Jan.
4. 1894, being section 657 of the revib*
ed stiit ut oft of 1803.
Spooial order No. 280, being Mr.
Shuiuan's bill relative to the salaries
of oouuty oftloera was recommitted.
Tho senate bill to deolaro the law ^n
reference to commissioners aud mana
gers of eleotious was then taken up and
pawed.
The Hojaoo reconsidered and granted
the appropriation o?ked by the State
Fair Company.
Mr. Tow use nd offered tho following
as a substitute for sootiou Oof tho.elec
tion bill, and it was agreed to:
Sodtion 0. At the geueral oleetion for
the year 1806 and all special elections
thereafter held up to January 1, 1808,
tho manage^* of election shall reqniie
of every elector offering tovoto at suoh
election, before allowing him ' to vote,
in addition to tho production of a
registration certificate, proof of pay
ment of poll tax six months before said
election of any poll tax then due aud
payable. After January 1, 1808, they
shall require of any elector oft'eritig to
voto at any election, before,/' allowing
him t.> vote, iu addition to tlfo produc
tion of a registration certificate, proof
of tho payment of all taxes, including
poll tax ass,fssod against him iiud col
loctablo during the previous war. The
production of a cerUtlcatC ox of^tbo re
oeipt of the officer authorized to eojloet
such taxes shall bo conclusive proof of
tho payment of tjio same. J
\ ? / <$>
DOCKtWd TIUU INDIANA.
8h? Will Test the Capacity of the I'ort
ltpyal l'luut.
A substantial notion of what the In
diana battled with on her spoed trial
will bo shown when, in n few days, that
ship goes into tho newly finished dry
dock at Port Royal, South Carolina;
then, too, can bo gauged how much
more might have been 'added to her
Bplondid performance aud tho exche
quer of her builders had she gouo forth
with her bottom wholly freed of aqua
tic vegetation.
The dock, a woodon one,, was begun
three years ago, and, with ccrtaiu
needed idterations suggested by the
tesl-dockiugof the monitor Amjihitrito^
lias been pushed to completion within
tho present year. Tho structure
an extreme length of 106 feet, a floor
or bottom length of 150 feet, a^d an
extreme breadth of 07 feet. The depth
of sill at high water is 26 feet/ with a
Variation ot 2.5 feet between, the^rdi
nary spring and tho neap l^*?n tides.
A poouliar feature of thejffock is tho
tarconorote filling behi'ft^ftho bides, or
altars, by which tho Jmsin is made
praoti.cally Water-tight^
Two centrifugal p*(fnp s, withu moan
individual discharge of 85,000 gallons
a minute, will drain the dock, requir
ing for that service something over an
hour and u half. With certain modi
fications demanded by tho navy de
partment, the dock was built after the
Slant of O. von Nerta, by Jvstiu Mo
arthy, the contractor, both Washiug*
tonians.j
? Toda^this dock is the only com
pleted o'no iu tho Uuited States able
to taae in Que'of our first class battle
ships, and the strategic meaning of
this becomes more marked when it is
knowu that the ' next nearest is that at
Halifax, Nova Scotia, whioh, by tho
law of neutrality and the limited time
allowance, would bo denied us in a
season of hostilities.
The admission of tho Indiana will
try to the utmost the possibilities of
the dock, aud establish the soundness
oi a Very vital factor in tho mainten
ance of 0ur. line of battle's eiliciehoy,
while widening our resources ? desid
erata strongly emphasized by Chiof
Constructor Hichborn iu bis paper on
"Experience Gained with our New
Steel Ships." ? Harper's Weekly.
THK BIO TOBACCO TKUHT.
The Net UarniDgi for the Year After
Efeductlng Kxpenses Neurly
84,000,000. ?
The annual' meeting of tbo American To-'|
b?cco Company was bold In Newark, N. J.
Share* to the amount of 370,000 of tho 477,
?bOO were represented. The meting approv
ed the manner la whloh the board of direc
tors had conducted the business during (he
year, and ordered that wnte of the annual
Cftoctlng be changed frdm the second Wed.
nesday In February to the second Wednes
day In May. Several chofages In the rules
were made. /
The Treasurer In bis report says: The net
earnings of tho year! after deducting ali
charges and expenses ol all kinds, vttm $3,
971,521, out of which ttiere have I xtTtt do
clarod lour quarterly dividends of two pur
conteachon the pref?riod ?lock amounting
to #978,440, leaving #8,918.081.65 to\bo ap
piled to the surplus account and the payment
of dividends on Its eommoVetoek-? 'A nine
Kr cent dividend on Its conTffion stock has
m declared. Tbla amounts to $1, 611, 000
The terms of the directors wore extended to
as to suit the new date for the annual meet
"^'he directors elected wore /or three
Lewis O Inter, James B. Duke, BenJ. N. Duke,
Wo, A. Xarburgy George A rent*. For two
fears? Geo. W. Watts, W. II. Butler, John
ope. For one year? Geo. W. Gate, James.
G. ButiMyJeh* Poerhoefnr, Joalah i*rO?x?, '
The directors met and fo-eleoted James B.
Duke as president. The other officers wets
also re afceted. 4
TDK WALLER
TILLMAN DlvKlCM>a jfbjSfcLlT.
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Tells "Tho NVirld" That Ho is Morf
Hluuetl Against Thau Sliming.
Cliulleiiaca lleply (<? Ilia
?o Specch. "?
Senator B. R, Tillman has written j?
the following letter to tho New York
World:
"My uniform rnlo has boon to treat
criticisms with siloneo. I break that
rulo now for a purpose, and that is to
challenge thoso who have found bo
umohto condemn in my reoont *i>eoch ?
iu the senate to a trial before ..tho jury
of thoir reader*, id which I ouu have
at leant a show of justieo. > Tho New
York Times oditorially to.rms me "?
filthy baboon, " the New York Evening
Post "a political AnarohUt," The
World baa need tho word "blather
skite," the Philadelphia Reooyd oalls
mo "tho ohioftain of A^archista" and
the Qlobo of St. Paul Bays: This follow
briuga to tho senate, tho unsavory r -
ord ho tuade in his b'tuto, a character
tattooed with dishonesty."
"These aro a few of tho parliamenta*
ry aud elegant phrases employed, by
the polite and refined oditbrH oMsoine
of tho foadintf newspapers ns npplied
to myaolf. They havo nofroad my
apeeoh, they da'ro not publftu it In full,
and, batting their criticisms upoa a J few -
garbled extract* in which I used strong
language to express iudiguatiou ana
contempt, they auk the pooplo of the
country to render a verdict against me
as a coarse. TmTtal*,. ignorant blaok
guard.
"All tho words and phrasos whioh
occur in the speech to which thoy take c
exception do uot exceed a dozon. They
noither add to noitftako from tho er
guments and foote as presented. Not
a single one of thom is unparliament
ary, and frequently, in tho same sen-^ .
ate, language as violeht, as coarse and
as brutal has boon uttered in the past
by a dozen men whose names are writ
ton high in our country's history.
"If my language was unparliament
ary and indecent, why did no senator
cull me to order ? If tho ohurges were -
untrue, why has no senator answered
them? Ir it unparliamentary to tell
tho trnth? Aro we sunk to that low
estate that falsehood and treachery and
oflicialdishouesty cannot bo mentioned
without calling down an avalanche of
abifto aud slander? ssWhat other sena*'
tors have whispered among theaaselra
I I have spoken aloud and in plain t
words. What a majority of the people
of the oouutry havo t^onght ana felt! /
have utterod. * 0
"This is the atiraof my Offending, ag4
the hireling editors and reporters who
now dograde'the so-called freedom of
the press to so despicable a level may
flatter themselves that they create ana
control publio opinion, bat the .
thousands of'iettei a that have poured
in on meJro m every Quarter of the
Union, mostly from the north, and
from men engaged in eve*y. purstftfta
life, have given me assurance? thattS3; 1
scales are falling from the eyesof the
people end that the truth, bravely told,
has a sweekand wholesome sound. The
American pi&o pleas a whole, the 4 'great
oommon people/' love tbe^trntb,
they love their country. Th*y despise
traitors and thieves and coward* jt
Ik a large mass to move, but the leavan
is at work, and the issue la joined* and
the result wHU* known on th* ^ ^
election.
- "So far as I am individual^
ed, and so far ae myaj
od, I care ?otbi?)^&il_
on mi-, and thank my- critics for <
ing attention to my utterances, Wi
my faots and arguments ^ave been I
proved I will apologize^ Until (
deawnny rtflmanrta Hiat men whft il .
m&for speaking the ttuth should
their readers see it and judge for
themselves, or reserve their epftfcjla
for men cf their own kind who dreed ;
the truth and love cowardice.
"If there is no need of reform, re
form #ill not come. If T represent
nothing but ignorance end aiiarchy, '
why was I elected governor of South
Carolina>**ot by such overwhelming
majorities? Fos?fonr years, aa eseea
tive, fought and abused - by eoryoM'
tions and banks and their lair
newspapers, why did my State
me to the senate by a vote of 18- ,
of a total of ICO in tho general aesem
bly? Daring these four ydnrm.
State advanced iu material growth
inoreaseef taxable values more
than in any previous period in
tory. I apent $500,000 in the t
and equipment of two of the
oollegeo for the industrial,
and normal training in the so
for eaoh aex. And the Oonsti
convention, with whioh I ha<T
c^eal to do, fixed constitutional
as to double the free school fundf
saloons have been b4nishe3" f
State, while tbree*foarthof the _
if not more, are firm supporters
new method of handling
traffic. Theae facts, which*
<Bnaot be sneezed at nor <?
Anarchists don't write suek
"I have never ahi
Ings of newspaper e
na o?Staie omtiat]
to do so in the broader
my commission from
transferred me. Xf it:
of this great republic
level of Bbsae wmmta