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TILLMAN TELLS WIY IE Win- MEW STATEMENT # TO PIEVENT FEELING : Senator Hays He Would Have Held the Lever .* Disclosure Because of the Necessity of Keeping Down S * v . Factionalisni in the State—W T rites Letter to Charleston^ American . Which Published His Communica tion. Senator Tillman has issued the en- v closed for publication: ' Washington, June 11, 1918. * “Editor The American, “Charleston, S. 0: “I have just seen a copy of your paper of June 10th, I had already received notice that my article an swering Governor Manning was pub- . listed in full. “That you have scored one and made a “scoop" is granted, but let me see whether or not you have dealt honestly as one gentleman usually deals with another. “You say 'he does not furnish his speeches in advance to The Ameri can/ You have a correspondent in Washington, and the State and News and Courier have correspondents here. When ever either of the news paper men come to my office and ask for news It is given. Your corres pondent could. If he wanted to. get any news Item, or speech that either ... of the others get. There has never n any lastrwrttoss against him I believe he will hear me oat that ho has always received eaarto- oas treat meat when la a^r office. The Mar - n, *rt»rle Jaet pabtleben bp you wae feratsh^d as I Marray. far tk* ate and Nwws and Cenrlof. and when I dartdad to hill the art trie I notified hath that I It Van hoe# mm the I *fl la the Race to the thilm f v '■ ' _ The, announcement of Congreee- man Lever that he would stand for re-election to copgress having been communicated to the various aspi rants for hla place they are deciding what to do about it. ' Ed. C. Mann of St. Matthews, who was a candidate for Mr. Lever’s place Immediately withdrew, emphasizing that he did not feel justified in op posing Mr. Lever under the existing circumstances, saying: - “Mr. Lever h?.s made a very ac tive and able representative for tbfe Seventh District sixteen years. He has labored industriously for his constituents and has stood unques tionably by the national administra tion in its program of war legisla tion. Since President Wilson has asked that he stay in the house, I certainly shall not oppose Mr. Lever’s reelection to cobgrese." Thomas G. McLeod of Bishopville said the office belonged to the peo ple of the Seventh District and not to Mr. Lever. The Bishopville man will remain in the race. “The office belongs to the people of the Seventh Dntrict and not to Mr. Lever, and I shall make the race if I'm living,*' Mr. Mcl^eod said. “I can take a licking In good grace, but don’t know how to back down and am too old to learn. When Mr. Lev er entered the aenntoripl race he va cated the office and I expect to atup In the race for congreee “ Wade Hampton Cobh of Columbia was uupropared to mak# any ttste- moat and could give uo Intlmatloa , as to hla plooa Georg# Bell Tlmmermau of Lea- lugtoa will aleo remain la the rare * H» entered the roateet apea Mr Lev- er*t aoaouochd *■•*» ? fer the | Called dtatee senate he said, aad did not see how he < >«i4 *i'e4r*v ANSWER WILSON’S KEQIEST THAT IE STAY IN DOUSE IN UCE FIR CONGRESS Prrwidcnt Inti mates to Congrc—men Lever That Hla Higher Duty la In the National House as dialrman of the Agricultural Committee and ■. . , • , ■ ■ ? ; South Carolina Congressman Falls ' Into Line as Requested. Congressman A. F. Lever has with drawn from the senatorial race, and has again announced for the house. When asked if he had any statement to make, Mr. Lever'said : “The correspondence between the president and me speaks very plain ly and points very clearly to my duty which I fulfill in seeking a renomi nation to the house. “I express to those who have so loyally supported my candidacy for the senate my everlasting apprecia tion. “1 regret the embarrassment which this action causes to those who have announced themselves for congress from the district, and to me.** The letter from the president to Mr. Lever, follows: io <io im iiissio'. AGAINST INTERVENTM ip mm ewd "Ted will pirduu mg 9m mymg [ that this mrnmmmUm Is a grwut, dtm svpfttm it me, as IAS EARNEST have been under the belief that I was performing the big haul duty ef a sill* ten In entering the race for the sen ate sod el so performing u sacrificial duty to thq administration At no Urns did ! Kellsvs that I 1 was serving my own ambition aolaly. Tha only thought actuating me in’ retiring from the house of repreafutatlvaa wae that 1 believed that I was per forming the highest duty to the peo ple of my State^ to the nation, to the administration and yourself. I had every cause and reason to be lieve this. You have conveyed to me now the belief that there is still a higher and greater duty to per form* to the nation and to yourself. “You have impliedly commanded me to remain in th« house of repre sentatives, and not\f> take the stump in South Carolina during/the coming months. We are at war; you are the commander in chief of the army and navy, and we have a selective service act, and it is the duty of every man to be placed where he can best serve his nation. If it is your belief, as I construe your letter to me, that my services can best be used in the house of representatives, and you will say so to me in unmistakable terms so that ‘he who runs may read,’ no matter what my own judgment may be. or the desires of my friends, I wish to say to you that I am willing, and likewise my friends, most cheer fully to acceed to your command." “Respectfully yours. . A F Levsr.** Mr M Letter. “The White Mouse ”Washington Juae le.lPIt. lip Dear Mr. Lever: I SI Pieeidewt Not Yet (Vmviaced That Invasion of Siberia Would Result * -i . « in Heneflt Instead of Real Harm —May Name a Commission to As- certain Facta of the Complex Sit- untlon, - Reports from Harbin received by the newspapers to the effect that the Allied diplomats and America had recommended immediate inter vention in Siberia and that Japan ese troops were already on the way were given no credence whatsoever In official circles in Washington. “That is, specific denial was made that the American attitude had changed as regards the matter of in tervention. The President is not committed to any policy. He is mak ing a surrey of the situation and our position remains the same as defined several weeks ego. which is that America at this time does not favor forcible action and that she la not ready to become e part of such e program. America, as the President has •eld. Is eager to help Kuseia and the Kuslaas. The question fte how hoot cue she do that. The problem la one that la oeropjrtgg tha thoughts of “Th# White IIonto. * Washington, June 7. Itll. ’Dear Mr. Laver: “I kaow that some time ago you submitted your aamo for aomlaatloo la t a# D Ml Mouth that Mata aad that the loot day for mom theoghtfol eeamderatlea of j laitug sad tiomiftg the filiag ef ye pees is tMa 17th of | what I darned la ha ay Maty Ml tiM'iMaf la • i Mr Wilaoa aad the aolatloa will be la r*r*n»t of year letter of urxety „f ate owe find r« R u like- •erratic primary etoetloa | Jeee It la reply permit mo la My i, real a rommlamosYtlt to appMat- Carolina as aoaator from I that I er<><» to you aaly after ta# r g g| M f or parpo^a pf ret - Hi lafi waters a danger i aeatral shipping. to tie t/oadoa from Amatordam, quoting celvad from Barlla. in view of what has booa happea- ing during tha past few weeks, offi cials In Washington wore inclined to regard as a bit of grim humor tha roporCfrom Berlin via Holland that the German government Is about to declare the eastern American const a danger zone and to warn ^neutral shipping of Its purpose. Officials have been folly awake to the fact that such patrols could ho maintained if the German authorftied though the results obtainable justi fied diverting a large number of boats from operations off the French and British coasts. It has been fig ured out that by starting a new raid er or flotilla of raiders every five days, one link in the endless chain of u-boats always would be on duty in American waters. Such opera tions would mean that for every boat actively engaged on this side, there would be several on the way over and several more on the way hack to Germany, none of which would have any substantial value while en route in either direction. On this naval of ficials generally have discounted the patrol Idea. I* is not regarded as Impossible that either by using mother ships o* through the establishment of h land bate ao alga of which has yet discovered, the Germans may hit oa a way of maintaining a u boat flo tilla for aa indefinite mUAN urn ^ .44. 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In Of M ogfl ggg m Mg need Mft wo not oftnngM m do to flghitoi Oer- mm to ogftgo oft of os to stood stoody and wnM pnilontly and on frankly to donMftf with goo sent lo there aoi every rooooo In world for pence In Month Carolina nod avoidance of factionalism* What cares the twice debarred America a * How ovfd aad active yon grow la aowlng seed of trouble and how you stoop to got moons of cresting more friction between Mr. Lover. Mr. Man ning and myself Is now known to all men. “Mark me so called “American.** I want to quote you a line or more from a letter recently signed by the Governor of South Carolina to one of the United States’ Senators: 'This is a time if I may remark it, which de mands self-abnegation and the sub ordination of selfish or ambitious aims,’ I commend this sentence to your earnest -consideration. Your aim in filching this article was to get Blease votes for the Senate. < I am glad to believe that there is so much real Americanism in South Carolina at this time that you will fail in your purpose. Since my ar ticle has reached your readers, I am -emboldened to Relieve you mmm MftMMftoe Mwfttsftg to i mmm ohgftMm totog Ms tool fleecy t hang togl fftM ho dtoftg W htoMM Mtoft AM ftgflil gang gee dftfteuod IM MtoMMSf MhMgtod bp toMfMMiftgg ftftd toftAp ft| toM MMto JtoL If pgft toll Mawseed iw eaoho tool •lefts oeo befog tehee sod hove might he of odvgfttgftg lo p. I ha Mo te It would ho thing to do et thla ttmo lish my reply to you In common de cency. Let me say to those who are reading your paperr “In a contesL between Mr. Lever and Mr. Blease I can find virtue in Lever’s loyalty to the present admin istration. his soundness in democra tic principle* «nd bis clean personal and otflcfa. 1. biU and conduct. If he is young and more or lean heady r*f »he •ohteet of becoming a Sena te- ft la a worthy ambition because he «iH make n hotter, arfor. saner, mo-t active and lat*ll 4 -ent Senator Mlnceqety yoera. Doaieta. HOLD FLOUt RESEIVE t nlted Htotee Hue 500,000 Barrels of Flour !■ Reserve Five hundred thousand barrels of flour—enough to supply fourteen million people for two weeks—has been built up as a reserve for emer gency purposes in the largest cities of the United States. This was learn ed when food administration ofti cials disclosed some of the reserve centers. than Governor Blease has shown by his record he is capable of doing. “There is little hope of reaching through the mental darkness, and soiled patriotism on The American and stimulating your heart to manly open noble purposes, but I want your readers 'to know at this time 'I be- to be my duty to^ my coun try to love it; to support its con stitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag and to defend it against all enemies,’ and I appeal to them to foreswear allegiance to that kind of publication that will technically com mit theft in order to cause friction .among the people of South Carolina. q^Cgpoat what I have already said more than once: ‘To Hell with all Gorman armpathisers and God bloaa Wilson ' This la the war cry of all patriotic Amort fans “B. R Tillman ** %. wMM tftw gftftoMmmev owd eftim toftMtoto ttototo fifth mmsM tMft Mm ftgl fed tmgft toftgft gft Mi ' saw gftd wto dwgftqlwm ugu-ft igeofol euwsugovgAiaft Mt I fte wflOoo M ftsewftMg o tow It to tftof iftfes musewfo he pgga lows 10 efhorwmu tft* motoMM to tog fttofttom ftf sot «r ho gvwotlf eftetu to mtmototo pm •o the * hat Which to hf the opertol gomgMtftop of vMtoM gw* gfw g mgm- »• ••other orgeot aud Importuut lid hu acted ftpgft . . ml hie. It la oft- • that maay other matter* of vast cogaoqaeaco to the naUon In the field of agrtcmltiro will cootie- «e to preea for aolutioo not ooly during the continuance of the war but alto after the return of peace. In your long experience In the houee aa a member of the commit tee on agriculture and. for h number of years, aa chairman, and the im portant part that you have been able to play in securing wise action on vital measures already enacted into law, clearly point to the desirability of your continuing in the house for the time being if possible. I hope, therefore, you will not feel that I am taking an unwarranted liberty in suggesting that, if possible, you re consider your decision and that you do not press your candidacy for sen ator further. ‘Assuring you of my appreciation of your cooperation in matters of leg islation, I am. Very sincerely yours. “Woodrow Wilson. • a* •he •fteel AMtoMM Mf| iw sfte hewoe I huge ewd fftft wto mftftfft toto gm •witorwwt ammftogmgft ft I hftto tofcjto ewd aagMM ft Mto, Mr. Lever’s Reply, t “Hon. A. F. Lever, House of Repre sentatives." "Washington. D. C., June 8, 1918. President Woodrow Wilson, » ^ The White House. My dear Mr. President: *T am in receipt of your letter of the 7th Inot., in which you convoy the Im preset ou thftt you desire me to continue aa u member of the bout* of ropraoeutatlvea. “I entered the aouatortal race to -Wfttohto—Ml Jftftp 9M» thlh Framftrai ft uuftsww YYumwu -The ftrham Iftngsu 'Mft Mugs Mf FvwmMawt gm to swvogpl ef fwws dRBUMgftftft ••tigft ef iowu i g in ftftnto swo MmMM m uumieseaehte isvum etpeenaug *he Mntoo tftgi I aftuwAd nr mom to toft howao of raftuugtotoMuuft "As o toftftl Amestraw. tvytog to •e^^e w* eeeuirv e* Uent I we* I ew Roues erred lug to vwwr 0000011 hft oowowwrtog my rafttodwry fee routes- ttoft to the hoftao uf reprwuufttfttfsftp "*1 am tub hag the Mherty ef muh- lug pghMr gftr ewrvwapgftdgftgu to gft Mgr thftt the pggftto uf thg dlotrtot may knew tha rvewkich have moved me to this emnn Keepectfelly your*. “A. F. Lever.** WANTS TO tn in prison Lrrmen on Moewe Glud to Be Kept In This Country Declaring ho would rather be an American prison camp than fight in the kalaer’s navy. Max Loenge. ti t former member of the crew of the notorious Geriqan raider Moewe,. surrendered to the federal authori ties at Atlanta, Saturday and asked to be admitted to the Fort McPher son Internment camp for the dura tion of the war. lUR Owe w eO* huMMOUft Ml 1 ke te —••y «w4 MeaeramnuM to ho or egftaow- sfte so •wuvtosftftwm raft «v* whasft od Ml < to tevwre A British 'magazine banters ou- Mr. Hurley for his optimism and points out that 197,274 ton® of Brit ish shipping were launched last month. The aircraft experts are beginning to strike back at their critics. The British government meanwhile en dorses the Liberty Motor. Seven hundred thousand American troop# in France and the Kalaer'i staff atill professes not to see them. of the draft la otported to bring YOU. 19# addi tional m«ft to etom owe The Freftob gftd to muhtog 1 ragrnmHallsai to the G a rare to tot m Wushtogtee. fatertog Itoft Promt stands behind the Framrh polity No la cwovtoced thnt delay lo daepwreuo: thnt reel safety lira to action Hit opialous are the deep ronRld^rstion to wh’eh tholr authority la entitled Mo art the views of other eUteemeo concerned, hut It doea not ueceaaurtly follow that theft plan will be the one finally adopted There la Juatlflcatlon for aaytBff that America'# attitude In the Rus sian situation la more objective thaa It is subjective. This may be dut to the fact that our Immediate In terests are smaller than those of the other nations involved, and, like wise. it nfty be due to our deelre to demonstrate to the world the unself ishness of our International policy However that may be, the President is measuring his purposes, not by the advantage their success will bring to Allies and to us, but b> their effect upon the Russian people as well. He regards Russia as a na tion still deserving consideration and he does not intend to ride rough shod over their plans and aspira tions to serve and end in which their welfare Is ignored. The basis of the French argument for immediate intervention lleo, first, in the belief that reconstitution of a battle line In the East will go far to ward relieving the fearful pressure under which Franco la now fighting Second, g long time French policy hto ragurMuA the p rue once of R lu the Fast as u factor of Hon to the scheme of French The boo at hurMra thftt ft ho u mutter of later regarded aa oafortoaate that It to tlon of g material Bature that may ho put out lu term# of territory la the very thing moat likely to In flame Russia agalnat the project. Further. It la a question that haa been largely eliminated ainco the en trance of America Into the war, which la now taking on the nature of a crusade against that spirit as propagated by the Germane. . In this connection, Japan haa pre viously declared her wllllngnese to give guarantees of her good faith but recently this offer haa not been re peated. She feels that she is entitled to the confidence of her associates aa to the righteousness of ber attitude, and she feels too that she is under the necessity of protecting herself from the Pan-German threat that, constantly growing In strength, now menaces her position in her own sphere. —— WWW . Many a speech made for a cause does It little good, and then some time a silence makes g superior 1m- Send in Your Renewal to the People