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I TILLMAN TO BLEASE SENATOR CALLS ON THE GOVERNOR TO ACT THE MAN . GIVES HIM GOOD ADVICE ' f ? Draws Contrast Between Tillmanlsm and llleaselsm, and Shows the Difference Between the Two?ThunUs Old lCiiemics Without Whoso Aid He Would Have Hcen Defeated. Tho following letter speaks for itsol f: Hon. Cole T.?. Bleasc, Columbia, S. C. My dear Sir: While tho returns from the primary election are not complete, enough is known to make it certain that you and I arc re-elected to tho high oflices we now hold. In every way possible you have tried to make my old friends among tho people believe that you are tho representative of Tillmanlsm, and therefore entitled to bo my political heir. * i f _ n .. a. V. ^ i'ormlt mo 10 explain oneny uiu difference between Tlllmanism and ltleaseiBtn as I understand them. Till man if m means gonuino democracy, the rule of the people?of all the white people, rich and poor alike, with special privilege and favors to none, with equality of opportunity and equality of burden to all. It was so understood by the Tillnianites in 1890 and 18911 and it is so understood by them still. IJleaseisni on the contrary means personal ambition and greed for office--the otlice to bo used not. for tho welfare of all tho people and tho State, but olbco for "lileaso and his friends. None other need apply." VVhllo Tillman as governor did not hesitate to pardon a constable by telegiapli who had been unrighteously punished by the liquor element in Charh slon for raiding Cliicco'aJ house Tillman always tried and did| administer the law equally and justly as he understood it. J to had no favorites and tried to obey tho will of! the majority of the people even In | tbos" cry?v. lies which had voted I against him. He refused appoint-! moots *i5j trial Justice to some of his! hitter political opponents, but they had net. been elected at a primary, hut w.:re nr mi'iati.d by n'.s political enemies in the legislature. Tillman In Wat.'/ ington has never anked whether a man from South Carolina who 1ms annlied to him for a favor, for promotion or for protection was a Tillmnnito or an "anti", hie only purpose being to try to discover whet her the man was trustworthy, honorable and clean and would mako good If ho got Tillman's Indorsement. Sticks in Kight Way. I believe in sticking to my friends, governor, but I want to stick by them in the right way and not in tho wrong way as you have none. Again Tillman said many harsh and bitter things on the stump because he was tantalized and howled at worse than T/-.1, li.ii i. ftwr >-?r?c?n ho. nlwiVH ~. ....... ?.. ?. ? tried to loll the truth, and never under t>*o greatest provocation did ho threaten to nake anybody "sweat blood" or indulgo in Indecent speech, black g<i ardism or vulgarity on the stump. it Is not tho business of a governor nor ought It to be permitted to him to threaten his constituents. Tho law Is for ho protection ot' every man and not for a governor's friends only. The one thing which gave Tillman tho mo:u concern was dealing wUlij petitions for pardon?tho life, death j and liberty ol' tho poor wretches fori whom the petitions were died. Bieaaei is char ged with selling pardons i through his lawyer friends and shar-1 ing the; money. Governor, you know ?. ?. ''/.i n ?.? ?> n _? ?'nrwliU'/ nf t YV i. ? I \, I V 7 i J t.i.; ? II.W v? vr ?f w ? . ? . boi> or foundation for this. I <lo not,; bet for jojr own fa mo and good j Dame us v/el? r?3 for the good n.unej of the State you ought to clear this I charge u >. Yon can not. aiiord to tr,tat it vith abort contempt, for it; "w iii not. down that way. Tillman was. accused of grafting Li ti c dlu,>o:nuryf? but no proofs woro over adduced or' eou'td hire * ver hren produced. Hhi t most effect I ye wo.3 that thorni who charges him ?v?fh sl.eolin*r would | lia vo stolen i? they hacTV-ad the aamoi opport?in"l ie.i as he bacf. Blouse is chorned with having vol-' od in the legislature as a lawyer- for aj foe rather than as vim legislative representative of the people. I have not' examined the roe or da and cannot say whether or not this is true. Others; can determine for themselvea and! convict or acquit you according to j the evidence. When the question; was asked hy tho in/u dated Tillman-! it op who felt that trey had been betrayed by their old leader, "\\ hat in-] ducod hint to co this?" tome of l.hcrn Jn their rage shouted "he has been j bought". Who in South Carolina] knows what, the price of a Tillman, is? in WaBbingKiii whore he has worked for the last eighteen years for (ho St.ato and nation ho bad opport ur.lt tlec almost inn in: era hie to get rnonoy for of!:rial action. When he was in charge of the railroad rate bill, where there were hundreds of millions and even billions of doll ire "Worth of propcity Involved and a slight change In the hiw, which Tillman could havo aided to obtain, meant untold money for tlio railroad Int.ercr.ls, no one ever hinted nor did anyone over believe lio wan approachable as a bribe-takor. If has remained for eomo crazy South Carolinian, drunk with BloftHolBm. to hurl this suspicion at an old man hoverlnjr on the brink of tho grave. a man whose ptirlty In private life and whoso purity aa a servant of th? people has made Lira *above suspicion. ITad a Dream. On the night of the oloctfofl T had a dream, in which aonwthlni told mo "BJoase Is elected". Becoming fully awake I thought over all the consequences as the people dreaded them and considered what wns oest to done in the event the dream should prove true. I thought of your threat to make the people "sweat blood" and of what It ically meant or could possibly mean. The only lnterprotatlon that occurred to me was that the governor would make a general Jail delivery by emptying the penitentiary and turning the convicts loose upon society. You have that power, sir. It was given you for purposes of mercy and not for tho punishment of your fellow citizens. The governor takes an oath to see that the "laws are executed in mercy". There is in tho constitution nothing which permits him to trample tho law under foot on tho pretense of mercy, and nothing but venality and greed of money can make him place the parI n tlw* l1* /? /I CI f fl 1 fl \17 WUIlill^ j;u >V^| 111 lllU U (i 11 vi o wi u <u tf yer who charges big feos to obtain pardons. As for pardoning the criminals by wholesale nobody but a lunatic would do such a thing and nobody but a lunatic would threaten it. Let me beg you to beware what you do and say hereafter. Put a bridle on that unlicensed tongue of yours. You owe it to your friends, you owe it to yourself, and you owe it to the Stato. I havo been trusted by tho people as well as you. They have shown their love and confidence in no uncertain way and I therefore claim the right to warn and to offer to help you in all matters of pardons if you will deign to ask my advice. Nobody in South Carolina will doubt tho justice of any pardon I recommend. This is a thankless burden I am willing to assume for tho public welfare, and I do not expect to do any of the drudgery of it, but I know men I can trust whoso honor and patriotism are not only above suspicion, but who have the respect and confidence of their f< How citizens. I will enlist tho help, If 1 can, of these to examine tho petitions in order to help you, but you shall not, if I can prevent it, carry out your threat to make tho people of South Carolina "sweat blood" because so many of them have not been "bamboozled and debauched" by your demagogic appeals. Consider, governor, what it means to turn loose criminals, murderers and cut-throats, and then consider the Infamy of boldly arid openly offering to pardon any man who would kill certain people. Don't you see to what criminal folly you have been led to give people the right to think that you will pardon men who assassinate your enemies? Such an Infamous idea never entered any but a crazy man's brain. in vmir rl pisiipr n t inn a 11 cm ntln e to J.. J W . . . ?v V. reply to my Indictment of you in the Fcrgunon letter you were unscrupulous enough to Bay: "I fear no evil from Senator Tillman's letter, except (hat possibly his mind has become more diseased of late than It was when I had my last talk with his confidential physician." Every ore knows that you alluded to Dr. Itabcock. And a more knightly gentleman or a more loyal friend to rue never breathed, and I know >011 had no authority for it. He ! not the typo of doctor who discusses l is patients and their ailments with Tom, Dick and Harry. Mind Ls Btrongep. I want to say to you that I know since my last stroke of paralysis in February, 1910, my memory has been very much imparled, nut tne omer parto of 1/1 y brain have gradually and very perceptibly Increased In efficiency and vigor and I am now fully capable of doing as much work as I ever did. The only reason why I have felt unwilling to make speeches in tho Senate and on the hustings I his summer Jo because I know I can not sneak with any forco of vigor without turning: on the full voltage of the djnamo. Under excitement the Idood rushes to tho brain for that is; the way the mind works. Dr. Babcock had warned mo that to attempt1 !o make a speech would mean grave danger and t.ho probable bursting of a blood vessel followed by paralysis or death. Therefore 1 have refrained and restrained myself, though at times tho temptation has been very, very great. But, governor, while my memory is poor tho moral llbro in me Is as sound as it over was, and my n:?trioTi.m burns with an even brighter flame than when my health was v'gorous. And my conscience is in flue working order, too, 1 can assure you. When T told my wife that I irtendr'< to wr'o r.n oner, letter to you and outlined some of the thlnaa I Intended to pay, nhy pleaded with mo thus: "Mease la not ;i wholly had man. He i? pr^slnnato and has been tantalized, abur.ed and misrepresented until he lias lo?t all P( use of reanonsiblllly and Bi lf-control.1* Recollect, governor, thin same noble woman has been your advoonto with mo until your repent statement carno out about what occurred lust spring In Washington. Mho knows you told an untruth and ban nc\er forgiven you. It Is in this spirit I now speak. You have been 1 ted on, slandered and abused almost brvouvi endurance, but so was I. I had. courage aud self-ontrol ? nough to rise above It. You hare boon weak enough to surrender to the tmpulso to strike back and to otrlkc below the I bolt. I want those who consider Jlloasoj Ism as Tillm&n-Hm to take this conin consideration whon tliey make up thd!" ttnal judgment. T!ll| man ism as Tllhnan preaches 't and 'Vi.ia always preached It in nobln, high land elevating. }Vlcnsf>!r>iti Is eolfl3h, low, dirty and revengeful, j I bnvo boon very greatly blo?eod is tmy life and every day I return thanks to the Creator for hiti many blessings. Tbo greatest among these lias been a good woman v/hom Cod gave mo In her youth and purity forty-flve years ago. I have had ono grief and that was the Knowledge that so many | good '11100 in South Carolina Boomed lmplacablo and frroeoncilohi? In their hatred of mo. Those men truly and honestly hated me an badly as many South Carolinians hate you now, but there are moro of thom In your caw than there over were in ratno, the.n* ; Ccd. Honesty compels me to say that rev deserve the hate and dl? rust in which they hold yon. I nev3r did. You had an opportunity vhon you went into the governor's office such ns comes to few men in this life. Your inaugural was a great reappointment to your friends and . rovoked your enemies to renewed ird relentless activity. You had lirvn yoirself too little an 1 narrow r.o bo governor of any St ito foi, my loar sir, the governorship Is a very high honor indeed, but It also can-lea ho very heaviest responsibilities, vou will recall when you wore elected two years ago I wired you congratulations and added, "let the heathen -age". The heathen have raged, but ho righteous have also moaned and 'heir cries are now rising to heaven in accusation of you. One Satisfaction. Returning to the blessing which have been showered upon me, I liavo before I die the satisfaction of knowing, as I now do know, that I have i won the ad nil ration, lovo and confl dence of the antl-Tillmanles of old, and of the Haskcllites oven. I owo j my re-election to the Senate to theso men that came to me when some of my old friends, the "wool-hat onogallus boys" and my fellow citizens who work in tho cotton mills were shouting, "crucify him!" "retire him to private life!" "we can no longor trust him!" etc. My re-election to the Senate is assured and I shall die j in harness "when the Lord's time, comes for me to go, conscious that all of the good peoplo of the State now ippreciate me and realize at last what manner of man I am. , It is a sweet thought to feel that': I many of the Haskellites voted for mo, and right hero I want to say that "Ifaskeliltes" ought not to bo an epithet of opprobrium in South Carolina any longer. Judge Haskell and I made friends before ho died and I always felt that he was a blind fanatic who had been led off into the frenzy I f independentlsm by the same emo-! 11 ons which your election line produced. IIo was a knightly gentleman and a bravo Boldier. Peace to bin ashes. Haskelliam and Hleasoism ought to be buried in the samo grave and tho world hcj\r no more of either. It 1b time for South CarolinlanR to rjiiit wounding each otther's feelings and fighting like cats and dogs. Noj good can come of it and much harm has already come of it, and more will follow if we do not realize that a Vnise divided against itself can not stand". As good men voted for 'Mease as voted for Jones. They felt it. to be their right as citizens, and many of them religiously believed lhat their liberties wero in danger, for you, governor, are reported as saying that if Jones was elected they would never vote again. Jefferson said once that as between government without newspapers and newspapers without government ho would take the latter for the newspapers would keep the people Informed and they would have intelligence enough to give themselves good government In somo way. Our newspapers In South Carolina have lost sight of the necessity for fair and square lealing with their readers, so much so that thev have not the Influence with the people that they ought to have. There Is room for a great many reforms in this particular and I sincerely hope that the editors of the South Carolina papers will seriously consider how they can regain the confidence of the people again. So great has been the distrust caused by tho dishonesty and partisanship that hundreds, nay thousands of my friends could not be made to believe that I had written the letter to Ferguson or given ?ut tho statement accompanying it. I received many, many telegrams and letters asking whether it was authentic. This condition of the public mind has been brought about by seeing that tho newspapers in ineir Headlines ana in the body of the articles themselves distort and color unrighteously the facts. When the people are taught they can always be trusted, but when (he people distrust the newspapers and bellevo them corrupt and dishonest and given to all manner of lying they lose that respect for them that Is necessary to preserve froo government. Would Talk to Friends. If I over got able to speak again I want to go to three counties In South V.roiina and talk to my old friendsj face to face, Anderson, Laurens and! York. You have stolen the love and confidence of thoso people?I did not i lose It; you stole It. Who would! ever have believed It possible that flio men who twenty-two years ago were ro frenzied in their Tlllmanlsm and worship of Tillman ns to unhitch tho horses from his carriage and hitch themselves in to drag him n triumph through the street would come to distrust, hate and abuse him without cause. Madame Roland heforo sho was guillotined exclaimed: "O liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name!" Noting tho progress which has been made toward tho demoralization among tho Democrats in South Carolina one can shout, "Oh Democracy, will tho people never learn to know their true friends from their false leaders, never to distinguish between a statesman and a demagogue, always listening to flattery and sweet words without looking below the surface and the true inwardness of things and men." To think that tho verv nun tor whom I have done most, tho poor farmer and factory| people, should turn and rend me this' way! 1 pave them Clcmnon collogo i:d WJnthrop, At least I had more to do with It than anj other ono man. I gave them tho primary, for I wrote the Deinooratlo State constitution with my ovvn hand In conjunction with my brother, G. W. Tillman, and mado tho ruUs governing tho prl> >? >ry and safeguarded In ?very possible way their rights, bo that now n'ery citizen has a voice in the govi eminent and can protect himself If ' ho hr,b oense enough, i AH pleasure and satisfaction In my ' re-election to the Senate la gone !>? "pus? of the desertion of thepo old > friends and followore of mine. It : makes n.e donbt imi lously whether I * have rot erred groviously in giving tho power of eolf-rovoroment to BLEASE TO TILLMAN GOVERNOR WRITES OPEN LETTER TO THE SENATOR ANSWERS HIS LETTER Gives His Explanation of Ills "To Hell With the Constitution" Remark and Gives New Version of His "Sweat lllood" Threat.? HI ease's Letter in Full. Tho following lettor explains Itself: Hon. D. It. Tillman,Trenton, R. C. Dear Sir: Your lettor in this morn ing's News nnO Courier and the Columbia State, has been carefully read, and it but add.-? to the efforts ? J. eli 'i: ve already been made by '.he per 5 and otho.s to discredit the people of South Carolina by charging them with dishonesty and injuring them by holding them up to tie world that her government is selfish and corrupt. However, I shall say nothing harsh in reply hereto. The newspapers have abused me most wilfully and maliciously, and after my inauguration, they had a bill introduced which gave to them unlimited power in their abuse of candidates for public offices. I vetoed that bill and succeeded in having it rejected. Since then, no act of mine has met with the approval of the edl tors out, on ino contrary, every suggestion of mine?whether it ho for the bent Interest of the State or not ? has been fought and sneered at. The result lias been that great injury has been done to the State by the newspapers, the people inside of tho State, knowing that tho newspapers wero publishing what was untrue and that they wero unfair, havo boon made stronger for me, During this campaign T have be?on most maliciously lied on. My speeches have been misconstrued, distrorted, and parts of sentences which I used liavr been published which hnvo made it appear that I said things which I did not say?for instance: "To hell with the constitution" was used by me In this way?Joth n said that tho separate coach hill was unconstitutional. I said that if there was anything in tho constitution which forced tho white ladies of; South Carolina to associate* with no-1 gro men, then to hell with the con-1 stitution, and every honest white! man In South Carolina, whose mind! Is not diseased, will thoroughly agreo with me in this statement. I said, at another time, that if I was defeated for re-election by tho old Haskelllto crowd that T would make thorn sweat political blood. 1 meant that when T eatd It and I mean It now?not .by pardoning criminals which you seem to havo dreamed with your eyeB open or by any other1 maladministration of tho ofEcoofgov-J theao people and teaching them their i rights. They show such a woeful lack of gratitude. I feel that when I am dead and In the grave that they will realize and understand the criminal folly of their action and the enormity of tho betrayal of tholr best friend. T know If I could have spoken to them this summer thin tragedy could not havo occurred. When these old ! friendu have had time to cool off and I # V. I t? 1 4- ? 1 1 AifAM on r f Va O na _ I I I ! I I i ft 1 I ftJ I \J V IT I T' I 11 \ IU V?tl/J?- , selves for such bnso ingratitude, and for their Idiocy In being ntif.lcd by a demagogue. To think that Lhoy had J hern euch fools an not to understand and grand the old man's last pica to "dlo In harness" nerving them and j serving the State and nation. Oh, it Is pitiful! The object of ovory true patriot i should be to pour oil upon the troubled waters and bring a return of harmony and good will among our people. "Let up have peace." And if that cannot bo given us, let us ero what a return to decency and sanity will accomplish. If you clear yourself of the foul accusations made against you In the governor's oTioo and will pursue a ...i ii.. .? : <r 11 ?,, * ? n i 11 \ ui ' . v ;j I jm ' j uvi ri'.n.i , thero i8 foino futuro for you in tho Stat? yet. If you do not, your nirno will go down ir\ history as the very worst native South Carolinian who was over governor. Mosou not. except od. I repeat you are "eminently qualified to be governor as far .as brains go," and if you reform snd make good In the two years you hr.vo yet to ser\o in that office the people may forgive you. Tint ynu rnuat b? governor of the whole people and not of your friends nlono and they will take care of your future destiny, always supposing that you clear yoursoi of the infamous charges that h wo been brought against, you. For unless you do that, you can never hop? ?o anoiro to higher promotion, for the acople of South Carolina will never uerd to Washington a man not a.hovo suspicion. Your destiny is largely In your hands, governor. For the honor of the State I hone von can ard Will clear yourself. May Cod forgive you for tho sins you havo committed j against yourself ami tho jveoplo of I this State. | <lov. Please, you are given an ether ! opportunity. Wi'l yen renke uno of It and Hhcw that you are a man and not a demon! Pet the dvv'l behind you and he tho governor of nil tho neonlo instead of vouv /"lends ih.no: conquer yourself ?r.d instead of beJm; 'the yoverner of 72.000 hoc me the governor of the 14 0.000 men In fkmth jCaroltna! If yon do thin. the "heathen v. Ill ouIt raping", 'vblto Tho right| eons will rejoice. You havo the | brains. Make use of them lnutcnd of I giving way to yorr evil pnnsiona. I ! do assure you that you w1U d!c a |hapo!er man if joy will follow this jdhleo. Conquer your ttimU-a by tk'ndnesn and juetlce. You esn not 'conquer them in any other way. I 13. \L Tillman, Tronton, August 30. ernor, but strictly Id a political way. Now, you so?, sir, If those two sentences bad been published In full none would have had a right to have complained. Fight of Legislature. The last session of the legislature fought mo bitterly and unjustly?Jones, having been brought out for governor, remained In Columbia practically during the entire session and directed its affairs for selllsh interest, and not for the best interest of tho people. When tho campaign first opened, ho and his friends pitched It not on measures or principles, but on mo and my personal character. Jones charged mo and my friends with being anarchists and charged mo with being a crook by protecting criminals and otherwise. I, too, inado many speeches before tho opening of tho1 campaign, but never referred to Mr. j Jones at nil. At Sumter, In my opening speech, I did not. He followed, and his harangue was hitter against me, and from that day until tho close >t the campaign ho never presented a single reason why ho should be gov ornor of South Carolina, but took up li I a tluio abusing mo and my friends and trying to explain the miserable record he made as legislator and Judge. At Pishopvillo I exposed his record, and after that speech was read by the jvoople of South Carolina, | Jones might as well have retired from the race, for ho never had a look-in from that time on. I conducted my campaign on a high piano, but having been most severely criticised, lied on and abused, t , v>-w?lr ?it?a in nr? line.nrtaln i r l 1 U L rv l/HV. U *.? w v. . V. ? . torn 8. When (ho Augusta slush came forward and tho John draco 111th was poured forth, when dirty and filthy oirrulars, unsigned, wore slipped under tho doors of the people at night and broadcasted throughout tho Plate when tho ministers and preachers were praying against mo, and when tho newspapers, every Issue, were heralding slanders, vltuporation and abuso against me, I continued to hold my temper, did not got mad? as they hoped 1 would do?and even when Jones insulted nio, 1 had loo much respect for his gray hairs and old ago to even slap him with my open hand. Some may call this cowardice, just as somo called It cowardico when ("Jen. Butler gave you a general cursing on a railroad train when you gave as your excuse for not resent it, that he had only ono leg. At Helena in 1 S'JO. I had every reason to hc'idve ? having stood by you in 18.10; at Helena, when I stepped be tween you and a man who had a pistol drawn to hill you, and when the crowd ru .hod forward and broke down the platform, I had you picked up by your adnp'rers and carried into my fat.ho.rln-law'3 home (which way In n lev; yards of tho grove where yo-u wore (speaking) for protection?that you were my friend. In the k;gislaturo I differed with [you sometimes and did not voto sc| cording to your dictation, but, senator, 1 have never worn any man's poI lit lea collar; have never been bossed lor dictated to by any man,and I never expect to, for I have been elected governor of South Carolina by tho people and I recogutzo r.o hoes but tho people, and tho people have shown, last Tuesday, that they rocognizo no hoes at all. In addition to my political support of you, the position which I took as lawyer and witness in saving the name of your distinguished brother's son from being written upon tho pages of tho .South Carolina penlten| nry records?while m.v position was 1 true and the correct ono?incurred for mo tho hatred of tho editors of I the Columbia State, and fromthatday ! to this nothing too mean or hitler could have been said by them about me. And why? TJucausi* I stood by I a Tillman. Cortaluly then I had tho right to ox poet that you would not. take any part In the raco for governor, tut en tho contrary that you wero [friendly and that If jcu v.oro not loudly, inoat ana;:rn(Jly that you would bo neutral. Particularly, h?-riaior, who!! my do feat won <i not only i liavo ruined ino pnlit'caUy, but blast| <;d my personal o'.iaraofcr tor r. 11 tiruo I?imH v&t r h "mi^hont the entlro race jl si-okf.* kindly of >. ->11 ;mcl oven alUr ! your lotrer was published, vVun. ; irieudB phoned and vv.^co n.o what to i iio in regard to you, I said that I was i willing for the eor.p'o ol' South Carolina to jip.su between us and say | which on*}, they wanted, or If tliey j warited both. t la Washington Mrs. rUeaso and I Mrs. 'Iilltran were both presort when I tlio con vermilion I referred to tootv ; plane. You ray Mtp. Til I man cou'd ! not remember, hut I wish to soy to ! you, sir, that the veracity of ladies j should ret bo Involved in audi matters. You nay speak of it. hut I j shall ceitul.'ily not InTig either Mrs. Tillman or Alia, 1J lease into this coa troverr.y. j AH to Charges. ] The charges which you havo poen ! tic to refer to In jour letter havo been absolutely and dally refuted (see reI ply io August slush and other replies which. I havo put forward durinr this euroj>a!/ru). I hivo never received lone cent for granting a p "rdj'i, nor have I ever re: clvn:d ouo oert for any official nation sir.^o I havo l>ce:i govJernor of Couth Carolina. You dhl not egme to mo or my I friend? for explanation. Yo.: too t (tIio newspaper artbdea for If, when jj'ou, yourself, e.xv that tluy lied uior-.t j maliciously on you. JMv dear sir, what about tho chm'oo lagfitnat you? When they claimed that l .Mu'obeli sent you $20,000, which ! Lyon and Chrhtonsen had tho Ho/, j Mr. Turnlpyeod b'oupht before them I to prove that ho delivered yon the trackage while he was ax press egonl I at Columbia? Wt\at about tho plane J tho.y claimed you rcooivod? \Vhal about tho Hubbell money that my 1 you received? What about tho tutlcl-es which they my were ?ouf you 1?V Nelll from tho penitentiary? What {about tho Oregon land deal, whici I?Mr. Roosevelt laid at your doov? You said they were untrue. I boiler?*! you, senator, as your other fricndi believed yon. If you want some further Information as to Boino of the investigations which were mado against you by Lyon and Christensen, I will be pleased to furnish you with copies of the Pinkerton Detective agency's reports, which wero tiled with some members of that committee, but which were never mado known to the full comj mltteo and never made public, and which I have been only able to get sinco I have been governor of my State. You pay "Haskellism and Bleasoism" should bo burled in the same grave. The men?the laboring people?who buried Haskellism, brought forth Pleaseism and they are faithfully protecting their cause and loyally upholding their chief. Nobody can truthfully charge me with not being governor of all the people. I have stated on the stump, often and repeatedly, that when It. came to holding the scales of justice between by fcllowmon, that in tho discharge of my duties as governor, if I found that my enemy was right and that my friend was wrong, that my enemy would ho upheld and that my friends would go down, and such replies as "That is right!" "That's the boy." "Wo know it, governor," and loud applause havo come back from tho audiences. I added to that, that when it came to giving out political patronage, "None but a Bleaso man need apply." I mean it. senator, bocauso I believe truly and honestly that a man should stand by his friends, and you should havo stood by me. You charge mo with ambition. I had no ambition, senator, but to bo governor of my people; the only ambition that I had, or that I hare is to serve my State and my people fairly end impartially honorably and straightforward, and to stand by my f ricnd3. State House Speech. In closing my speech on the State House stops a. few nights ago, I said: "My friends, disperse and go to your homes without a parade and without bolstorouflnoRs; try and forgot and forgive tho bitterness and hatred of the campaign: lot's all join hand3 with our follow men, tvoth our opponents and our friends, and work together In one common cause?for the uplift and unbuild of the people, the peace, happiness and prosperity j of our State and of ourselves, and I may God, In His All-wise Providence, direct tno that I in ay serve my people Ik ti er and that I may serve Him better in tho future than T have in the past enr< may we si eg. with one glorious acclni n, 'Praise God, from whom ail blessings flow.'" I repent that now, senator. Will you join with me ami help me, or will you join with !heco who nro endeavoring to show that while South Carolinians bavo stolen from each other at tho ha1 lot boy, arul further endeavoring to show to all the nations of tho earth that your father and mine (and you) are raising your children to steal from each other and defraud at tho ballot box? I believe that T have been elected fairly and squarely, for, ho far as every recount that has been made, shows a gain for me in the votes cast. The people have risen: they have indorsed me in my administration, giving mo a victory?the greatest tho State has ever known?and wo propose to have ft stand. You speak of Dr. Pabcock?to thti I need make no reply; for, you, yournt 1 f luivi* n il in If f onnii?h Ar to Tiolp!nf-r mo grant pardons, [or giving mo ndvieo, I thank you vorjr | much. If your uorvlcon nro needed, 'you w!l! bo called upon, but you noed | not at all fear being disturbed from l any of your regular duties, along that lino. You also say I bavo stolon tho affection of your people from you. Not true, Bona tor, In this contest B.nd ; crisis of political atTfalro?It Is not that they love Tillman loss, but that bey trust Ooio. I,. Bloaso r.ioro. Very respectfully, Colo. D. PJoaso. CO 1: N TEt > T? MM A N YWAY. Protests in I> arc host or County Wcro OvorruJeil. When tho Dorchester County Ktoeutive ^oinnul^.1 mot at i3c. Georgo j on 'lli are dry to tabulate* the votes ; 'ant t'i tho Ir.te primrry, the DorChester precinct ?.t Sumajor. i!lo win pound -to be. badly Tuesday by ronton of i2f? votes being put in :ho wro.t r box. The votes for too county rt.ccp wfv'o put In the Scito lec .uvvl vice versa. Tho in inch did r*?\> .mi . n t r 1i rai.n vnhfl O '! b i. i : ! v v' .vnf , HV.'/ V WUI.U l i M'OM * wt^?l l Vi VI3'1.,I(T % V* V i cvefi..Uy put thorn to&etnor r.nd 1 rii'lj;' t'">o county v\c>' Mj\o oo hi m it too I doeiioil fo count Diem. St. f.'lair i M"cV t-nfuan appeared as at.tori\f,y ?op jlr.i D. Jours and Vile.I <i prctuvt | against tho crusting of tno votes a*the Dotclitrjti.y poll ut Simmorvilk, ' V >S. I'l ley appeared a.s aDorr >y Tor O. B. Dukeu and filed a oro'oot for i.i'u ajrnl'itt tho counting of it. a votes at tho t-nU'O i;oil. and R. AVee'ts fiict! a orbal protest for* himself i i\c.!\i )st tho counting of the t i ne t tel. There way nmcn interest man* j tf??s ?/ ! an to what should he cone | with these hut tiio majority ! thought they should ho counted aeJL c.o they wove. Tin tun led votes tallied v; ill tho vet In;; list at! 1 ft sevj ova' (.the* polls In the county whero I a few vote?3 were tangled thoy wole j counted. ? Three Men Wore KitkVt. TVoe r?:cu weco kl'U.d, ono 'atolly ;!n,1 ?cd and a numb or slightly hurt iwhen tho Penn sylvan K railroad train j which loft Fittshnrg Friday morulas |r > O'rve'pnd over tho Cleveland and jl Pittsburg division ran Into a wreck aiding in clearing up a frolght , ! v r<s*k l mt n.i'i ooeurren & snort uiuo J before near Conway. ' I>*oth to American*. Americans wUl bo killed by rebels ' after Soptenbor 15. in the declara* t tlon from Colonel Emllo P. Onmpa. i! a leader of Oro/.co'a rebel army, who 11 with S00 men, Is operating along ths I j Southern Pacl3c of 'Mexico bolow No* i ] galas, iris.