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CERMAV RAM WnRlfQ
93 Nassau St., New York.
the State could pet its supplies
on credit.
lie insisted that the State pet
pure liquor, and no concoctions,
and full measure. He wanted as
pood liquor as could he potton
for the price and mixed a barrel
of colopne spirits with a barrel ot
two-stamp liquor. One of these
prades bore no rebates, as he remembered,
and the two were
mixed and a?reraped up about
$135 and was the best kind of
liquor. The State pave no note
or other evidence of debt, and he
thoupht, it fair for this credit and
the averapinp of prices that the
State waive its rebates. It pot
none and that has been known
all alonp. There was no use to
pet rebates; what was wanted
was the liquor and as cheap as
possible.
What hurt him was that this
charge was not openly made, like
a brave man would have made it.
NO REBATE WAS EXPECTED.
No rebate was expected. He
kept a close watch on the Mill
Creek Company and it always
dealt fairly with him and the
State. Without this credit the
dispensary would have perished
for lack of supplies. The only
reason they charge that rebates
were gotten was because a dishonest
man could have gotten
them. Xhey thereby confess, liu
supposed, that they would have
taken them.
Alter winding up on the first
rebate i^acstion lie said . * * Ho
VOU want all tlinsn rnuwtinna
answered ?"
Appelt: "I don't think it is
necessary."
Senator Tillman : "So even
yon are satisfied?"
Senator Tillman then took up
the Penitentiary matters, and in
brief he said that the sworn statements
in the Stevenson penilentiarv
report answered every
charge.
As to the cotton seed meal
Mr. O Fitzsimmons, manager,
testified that he did not consider
flie State in any way liable for
the amount. The meal was
bought by Col. Neal so as to get
the benefit of a wholesale order,
and he paid for it when he got
the bill straight, and the State
was never asked to pay it.
The penitentiary investi.ra'ing
committee have five of the bitterest
political opponents ai d timv
mun i nothing against him.
A.- t?> the brick, he h:t'l no au
thoiity to get them at t he expense
of the state ami did not <io so.
(Jul Neal otiered I hem to him free
and he accepted them. Col.Neai s
troubles, he iid, were due to hitaking
morphine, and he had Hlwa;,
!<: the frien ! of Colonel
Ne il. He did not turn hChaek
on N 1.1 because ho did not parad
himself as being holier and better
than other men. As to the oats
he volunteered the information
that he had gotten them and paid
as soon as he got a bill.
As to a private farm, he worked
it the first year with his own
carriage horses, and the I n' ye-r
the entire crop was l"f: i. thci
burn at the Masnion and Colonel.
>
Neal pot it.
Then he took up the vegetable
matter, and added that he was
not only going to shave this ass,
but he was going to skin him.
He explained that not over five
bushels ot tomatoes and potatoes
had been sent him ; that they
would have gone to waste in Columbia
; that bo never saw the
vegetables himself, and the whole
matter bad been looked into and
I were not worth $20.
He presented the lull report in
the Mixson investigation and
: showed that it was not there
charged that he ever got any rej
bates. Last session, at bis stig
gestion, a resolution was ottered
looking to an investigation, but
I it failed.
As to the refusal of the Mill
Creek company in showing its
hooks lie know nothing. He was
not surprised if it was so, because
the company had been shabbily
treated after it had sold the dispensary
when it had nothing.
As to holding stock in the
| Sabine Oil and Marketing Comj
pany, he had a right to do so.
I The insinuation was that he
bought it with money he stole.
A friend of his, Mr. Lock wood,
from Pennsylvania, wont to Beaumont
and wrote him that lie had
1.1?. i ?? '
ii guuu uung, ana tninKing mat
he had been in I he oil business
all his life he might make something,
he accepted Mr. Lockwood's
olTer and sent him f 1,200 for a
twenty-fourth interest. Lotk!
wood was a 11 oil man and had
always fought the Standard Oil
Company. lie always would
gamble a litlle, never at cards or
races, and this was a pure speculation,
and he was afraid the
Texas oil craze had made him
lose *1,200. lie had lost money
in cOton futures and was not
ash am 1 to tell it. Congress has
nothinu to do with a Texas Oil
company. After he went in the
company made him a director
and organized in New .tersev.
that was all. lie ha;l nothing to
do with a Texas oil company, except
to lose money or possibly
make some.
lie then took up the dead-head
frank stamp on I he telegram and
explained thai the law did not
prevent its use outside the State,
and that ho was not to be bought
I with three dollars' worth of fide
I graph courtesies. Every Senator
and Congressman received such
a courtesy. At lirst he thought
the act did not apply to federal
ollicers, but was shown that it
did by Mr. Appelt.
Til K Bl'lUUS ItOOMKKAXO.
As to his ordering or asking
Mr. Burris not to open any accounts
against him he read a let I
ter from Mr. Burris, dated April
I 21, 1001, in w hich he says:
' I have no recollection of Senator
Tillman, personally, ordering
nie not to open an account against
him. ami it I so stated in the certificate
given to Col. Neal I did
not mean to say positively that he
had so ordered me. Mv recolle<
; i a! is t hat I received such instructions
through Col. Neal and
sU|>po?ed that he had Ween so di!
rected by (?ov. Tillman. I desire
to say that, i have no enmity
again*! S nater Tillman, and had
a. inti ntioii ('. doing him an in
jury in giving th'4 dulcmenl 1
din iu Coi. .>eal, ami in last did
.of thini. !i did him an injury, as
I I??11 I hat i hail staled nothing
iiid w bat w is in evid lire before
the penitentiary investigation. I
'-t iled to * <?, Ncal 11 'I I did not
see Ih it th?' t airmen! would bo
ol any benefit to him, but in lacl
I would bo an injury, but he re
i plied . " w oil, that wiil bo ail
J right ; I can nso it.' or words to
i that elleel
, lie explained that lie had ill
| ways paid every bill lie ever
made at I lie penitentiary or ot herwise.
Ills KSTATK KKAL A N'D I'KKSQM
lie then took up the ef*
and answered tho intin^
*
y
i
he was a rich man. He was to?
day, he said, poorer than when
i he went to Washington. He did
own about 2,000 acres of land in
Edgefield and Greenwood and
i sotne he got in Florida in 1S07,
but all of his land except his
home place he inherited or got
before he went into public life.
He owed $6,000 wheu in the
governor's ofiice and paid off
. about half of it, but since he had
been in Washington he had spent
a good deal in living or otherwise
and had lost in cotton futures
and he was about $9,000 or $10,000
in debt today and he guessed
he would die in debt. lie said
lie was a simple sinner and not
one to cry or hurrah.
Mr. Appeltsaid he never chargrr:i
i : i- -? ? i- ?
I cu i ii! in it II Wll II HI ?iUI 1II g.
Then he explained about his
son, B. Ii.Tillman, .Jr, being his
private secretary; told how he
selected him and that he was in
Washington studying law. Not
only was Mr. Appelt not satisfied
with dragging in the men, but he
dragged in his daughter. He
explained how she went to a
house party in Erie, l'a. II s
daughter taught music in Georgia
for eight months and made about
$200 and with this money she
went to Buffih/ and stopped oil'
at Erie to visit friends, and yet
Appelt had to drag her into the
matter.
In closing, he said th.it if the
people voted for Appelt under
the circumstances it would be a
virtual condemnation of himself?
Tillman.
AIM'KLT irons t'l' SKKKNKI.V.
I -
(Senator Appelt said he felt
very much gratified at his "light
castigation." Tillman had made
a masterly argument and, as he
i had said, time and again, tie was
j g >ing to stand by the parly. He
had never received a dollar from
McLaurin and every speech he
published of McLaurin was legitimate.
Only today he had replied
to Mr. Sims and asked him to
j publish Tillman's speech on the
| outsides that he used.
As for himself, he had no taint
J of Republicanism, and his whole
j fight was to keep the Democratic
party as it now is. McLaurin,
J he felt, would have too much
j pride to run as a gratuity, lie's
a white man and a good man and
there is no use to rub it in. lie
would only vote for McLaurin as
a Democrat. As a newspaper
j man he used the columns of his
j paper as he thought fairly and
| published matter sent to him.
lie tried never to be unfair.
As to the penitentiary report,
j lie had never read the report of
the committee. The Times published
that it had certain evidence
and it has produced it. It has
not lied on anyone. The Times
said it had certificates and 11 lias
offered them.
Never in his life has he heard
such an adroite dictation that he
should be left at home. Personally
he cared little lor office. He
only wishes to serve his people
and it they wish others it was
1 well and good with him.
He asked all to put it to their
, hearts and always remember
that lie was at all times true to
his people, his country and bis
State. (Applause.)
tili.m \n ''not orn/rv."
Senator i lllinan then had his
hand primary. At fir-it there
was some contusion about tut:
1 question, evidently over the word
"aceu -ation." but on the final
-,vl .. 1 .. 1 ,A|| .. I
vol'' i \v > h u 11 ' i ai.set I I <>
indicate tit I they believed him
guilty, ml when lie .. ked lor the
; vote on "not guilty" ot Appelt's
insinuation there was a general
hurrah and hundreds of hands
went up io joyfully acclaim thai
they thought him "not guiltyM
it was a rgular oldtime Tollman
i hand primary and one that gave
l. it... :... -1 -1 l -- *: ?
\y n j < > \ Ul U I <JOII I I IIII*S .
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)r campaign or private
have been announced.
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