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TILLMAN'S FARE BIDS F Announcing His Retiremi Senatorial Term, He Cast Their Ballot Washington, Aug. 14.?Senator B. R. Tillman, today announcing that V he would not again become a candidate for the senate, gave out the following signed statement: "Fellow Citizens: * "I was 67 years old the 11th day of August and felt like sending all of you a greeting. I served *you as governor four years and have been your senator in Washington 20 years, j When my term expires March 4, 1919, if I live, so long, I shall have held the highes? office in your gift for ! 28 years. An old man desires to j thank you for your generous support J all this long while. May he not, without boasting, but in sincerity and earnestness, say that he has done his very best for both South Carolina and the nation? Constituted as I , am, I could not have done otherwise. One of the first lessons my good and; noble mother taught me was, 'If a ; thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well.' While I was governor, therefore, I was governor, as every one in South Carolina knows, j not of the Tillmanites alone, but of all the people. And since I have i?- t iiam triprf to be as UCOU ocuatvi * ?iM< v ?? _ good a senator as there was in Washington. A Large Figure. "Since August, 1885, when I made my first speech at Bennettsville, I have been one of the most prominent figures, and since IS90 the most powerful political factor in South Carolina. From the very start I.won the love and confidence of a large majority of my fellow citizens and it was because of the genuineness of my Democracy that I was so hated and bitterly opposed. Many good men believed that I was an office seeking demagogue and could find no lan-1 guage strong enough to express their hatred and contempt. "Two years ago when a test of my; patriotism came, I demonstrated to , those who had always ooposed me that I was not the selfls- politician they had judged me to be. No one knew better than I the risk I ran in making the Ferguson letter public. I \. knew it jeopardized my reelection but I would rather have been beaten than to have remained silent. My! frankness, straightforward openness i of speech and honesty of purpose? I despise hypocrisy above all other vices?have thrown me into many a briar patch when a more cautious man would have avoided, but I never have lost sight of the ideals which opened before me at Bennettsville thp wplfare and uplift of the masses have always been the guiding star which led me on. Your faith, i fellow citizens, sustained me, and I greet you in this farewell address with affection and confidence. "This is my good-bye to public of-' flee. I shall not be a candidate! again. Two years ago when I askod you to reelect me that I might 'die in harness' I fully expected to die very soon; but the good Lord has seen fit to prolong my life and by teaching me to live rationally has enabled me to regain some degree of health. Should I live to the end of my term, I shall be 72 years of j age and I now serve notice upon all who are interested that I shall not i try to succeed myself. If I live until March 4, 1919, I shall die out of and not in harness, as I have always wanted to, but shall not worry, j Death awaits us all and is inevitable. I I go the way of all my fathers, and ' I try to say in all humility and sin-1 cerity, 'Lord, Thy will be done. Hopes for Best. "Four four years at least many j men in South Carolina have had j their eyes on the seat I held. This j is natural because of my illness and j the expectation of my early death. There has been some discussion of it in the newspapers, which was to be expected. How curious, fantastic and cruel is human selfishness: but withall how natural a thing it is. It is the only element of human nature! which is universal. I do not com-' plain at it. and I earnestly hope that; the man who is chosen will serve the | people as raitnruny as 1 nave, x may find a man with more ability j than I possess; you cannot find one who will bring to his work greater earnestness and honesty of purpose, i "Under the peculiar circumstances | which now exist in South Carolina, 1 hope I may be permitted to say a few | words about the present situation in our State without being misunder-! stood. It gives me deep concern. 11 am mortified and disappointed that the primary system has failed to de- j velop in the people sufficient political intelligence to enable them to escape the wiles and tricks of demagogues, j Audacity and aptitude in repartee, coupled with a striking personality, j have made the people an easy prey, j WELL >EOPLE BEWARE : ent With End of Present ] i Urges That Voters 1 s Against Blease c Instead of candidates being com- j pelled to discuss public questions and \ policies, they have been allowed to j ma^e appeals to prejudice, and the < people, blinded by these arts, have c followed and made heroes of men i who are wholly unworthy, l nave j been and still am accused of inaugu- ? rating this method of campaigning, j I challenge the production of a single , speech of mine wherein I departed , from the discussion of public issues t or indulged in unparliamentary lan- r guage until forced to do so by unfair j opponents. The more bitter enemies ^ of the reform movement began the j vituperation and abuse that have a marked South Carolina politics since j 1890. They answered argument with ^ invective; they greeted truth with a showere of mud and filth; and they, f not I, must bear the responsibility, j Still Has Confidence. a "Two years ago I lamented the , same ibing, and said I doubted ^ whether I had not made a mistake a in crivine the people the ballot and v teaching them how to use it. But I was impatient. I here reaffirm my t confidence in the people?all the peo- a pie collectively. I believe that the ] judgment of the whole people?rich r and poor, educated and ignorant, j high and low?is the surest and tru- j est guide to political action. Their t mistakes will be fewer and will be v more quickly mended than will the c errors of any one class, be it ever so q enlightened. I believe this so re- t ligiously that I would rather have a j bad governor or a bad senator elected by all the people than a good one elected by any one class. The whole ^ people: correct their blunders; the ? rule of a class tends to the growth c and perpetuation of abuses. I have r implicit faith that all the people of s South Carolina are going to stamp a out Bleaseism sooner or later. The < strongest Bleaseites will be leaders ^ as soon as they are convinced that j they have made a mistake. If I did j not believe this. I would lose all faith t in self-government. c "Jefferson's slogan wa6, Teach the j people and trust the people.' To this j principle all patriots will give cred- r ence, and all Democrats will gladly obey. When the demagogue comes t along and blinds the people by the ^ glamor of his arts and instills devil- g try and poison into their minds, good e citizens must not despair but re- a double their efforts; for the truth is r more powerful than falsehood and must prevail in the long run. t "Atrain T reaffirm mv faith in the c people. The battle between privilege and freedom, between equality and favoritism, is world-wide, and ages old. It has brought the cataclysm which we are witnessing in Europe today. The people of that continent are struggling to free themselves from the shackles of autocracy and the divine right of kings. It is a battle between autocracy and republicanism. The contest in South Car- . olina in 1890 was to overthrow an aristocracy which had come down to us from colonial days. The Real Revolt. "It was a real revolution, in which families were divided, father against son, and brother against brother, showing that principle, and principle ? alone, moved the people to action. It was my high privilege to lead that ? movement which emancipated South j. Carolinians from the thraldom of ^ an oligarchy which had ruled the j. State for a century. "That was mv greatest "work. 1 ? taught South Carolinians to know ^ their rights and how to obtain these ^ rights, and the State has made mar- ( velous progress in every way. In edu- t cation, in some of its aspects, it has { progressed more than any of its sis- j ter States: for we have Clemson and , Winthrop as model schools, the best ( of their kind, and, if there were less i selfishness and more public spirit throughout the State, the lamentable , c ignorance now existing in some sections would soon disappear. But our { common schools in many counties are ^ sadly deficient, and must be improved. A democracy without adequate means for educatiing its citizens is bound to be shipwrecked. We \ cannot afford to let our children ' grow up like weeds. If we do, ignor- | ance will choke out all that is best in our people and destroy our civili- J zation. The State in self-defcn.se. if J i for no higher reason, will, somehow or other, have to see to it that all the white children get at least the j rudiments of an education. Compulsory education is a big question, and , I have never heretofore favored it, but acute diseases demand drastic ' remedies, and if a statute can be 1 framed that will force the white ' children into school and at the same time give the blacks only the kind of training?manual and industrial? \ which they can assimilate, it ougb to be done. Effective compulsor education will require a great de? of money, but if we are not willin to spend money for our children Go pity us. Whether a general law o local option by counties i6 the bes is a matter of opinion and will hav :o be threshed out by the legislaturt Their Mistake. "The people two years ago electe i man governor who has "run amuck is it were, and displayed so littl ealization of his high opportunitie hat it makes me sad and angry t< )e told, as I have been more thai >nce, that Tillmanism is the direc ause of Bleaseism. All thoughtfu md intelligent men know that thi s only a half truth, and half truth ire the worst sort of lies. Tillman sm taught the people that they coul< vhip and destroy special privileg vith tne Danoi. mai was a goui hing, all must admit. Now, is Till nanism to blame because the peopL lave used that same ballot witl vhich to elevate a demagogue? Yes taught the people that they ha< l right to govern South Carolina an< proclaim the principle anew. The; lo have the right, even if they elec l hundred Bleases. 'Teach the peo ?le and trust the people.' We will n the end, have better governmen it the hands of all the people thai ve would have if any one class ruled rhe people will rectify their blunder: lk soon as they have become con inced of their error. "It would be just as true to sa; hat Democracy causes Socialism an< inarchy as it would be to say tha rillmanism caused Bleaseism. Ha< ay health continued good, I woul< lave taught the people the folly o Jleaseism two years ago, pointed ou he difference and stemmed the tid< rhich Jones found himself unable t< :ope with. I would have guided th< Tillmanites, while Blease only misle< hem. and all for the gratification o lis own selfish ambition. Tire<l of "Law and Order." "A large per cent, of those whi wo years ago and now are yellinj law and order,' want a law and orde ?f their own contriving. They ar< lot ready to admit that, politicall; peaking, all white South Carolinian: ire equal. They think themselve livinely commissioned tp rule every >odv else, and this, not Tillmanism s the true cause of Bleaseism." Th< >lain people saw this resurrectei >ourbonism and, thinking it was th< >ld 'ring' come to life again, tool Jleaseism in preference to it. Bleasi limself is a mere symtom. Th< eal fever is bigotry, political intol :rance and social injustice. I cal lpon you, my fellow citizens, yoi rho know and claim to want bette ind higher things, to broaden you lympathies. Stop prating about "lav ind order' and treat your next doo: leighbor with a little more consid ration. Though he live in a hovel hough he never saw the inside of i ichool room, he has the same righ o vote for Blease that sou have t< ote against him, and you have n< nore right to question his motivi han he has to question yours. Lean hat great trutl}, act on it to the ut ermost, and my word for it. Blease sm will disappear?and it will no lisappear until you do learn it. "Then too, a certain class of ou: ellow citizens have been very un ust and unreasonable in their deal ng with the poorer people, treatim hem with no consideration what jver and showing a contempt fo hem. This is especially true wit! egard to those who work in the cot on mills. In many communities tb> )eople in the mill villages are a das ipart, looked down upon and not as iociated with. No wonder Socialisn md the I. W. W. are getting a foot iold among these citizens of ours. I vas not once, and it ought not ti >e so now. We all should addres >urselves to the remedy lest it brim lire disaster upon the corrfmon vealth, for in the last analysis whit* mity is absolutely essential for thi ontinuation of good government. I hese poor men are trampled unde oot as they have been taught to be ieve they are, they will join wit] my movement, no matter how radi al and ultra, to get revenge. Thi s the secret of Blease's hold on th< >eople who work in the cotton mills md we ought by every means in ou jower break that hold by showiui he same respect and consideratioi or them that we do for others. "Maliciously Ignorant." "As for those who compare Bleas he man with Tillman the man, the; ire, for want of a better term, wha [ may call maliciously ignoranl Blease and Tillman are both popula dols and there the resemblance ends I had definite ends to accomplish; m; personal character and private lif tvere always above reproach and ny ntegritv was never questioned sav dv a few slanderers who merely as serted without attempting to prove rhere is just enough similarity be :ween Blease and Tillman to deceiv the ignorant and furnish a bludgeo: :o the vicious. "I do not believe Gov. 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