The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 13, 1913, Page EIGHT, Image 8
McLAURIN REPLIES TO
TILLMAIft LETTER.
DECLINES SENIOR SENATOR'S
SUGGESTION THAT HE ENTER
CAMPAIGN AGAINST BLEASE.
Bennettsville, November 4:?Senator
Tillman's letter is so "Tillmanesque"
that when I read it yesterday,
I hardly knew whether to1
laugh or cry; cuss or pray. I expect
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He hits Blease with a meat axe,1
pitchforks me, ignores Smith andj
spits in Simm's face.
I am not going to let myself loose j
(if I can help). The situation is too I
serious, for from the way I feel
and he feels, we'd be fighting in a
pair of minutes and let South Carolina
go to the devil, as we did before.
I will honestly acknowledge that I
have never been able to get entirely
over an early affection for Senator
Tillman. I have said hard things
myself, but I don't like to hear
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him. If I had conquered and had
him down, I would never have rubbed
sand in his eyes. His letter is
distinctly offensive: "Johnny is
smart, but he is a bad little boy, he
8ass:d Papa. Papa is sorry, butcome
here Johnny, hand me the
brush, now get across my knee, Papa
is going to spank you. but if Johnny
is good the balance of the week, he
can go to the "movies" Saturday."
I feel like saying "damn," but I'll
say "Bless the Lord."
That letter discloses why I couldn't
get on with Tillman, why Latimer
couldn't and why he and Smith can't
An imnerious will that brooks
no opposition. I could get on with
him now. I'd laugh at him. I used
to take hinxand myself too seriously.
I will say, however, that God
never made a man big enough to
talk down to me. My record in the
Senate needs no defence. I have
done the "penance" of the 'very
nearly great man," who was too far
ahead of his time. I have suffered
the bitter fate that comes to all advanced
thinkers. After "pitchforks"
are forgotten and "dung heaps"
plowed under, the State warehouse
idea with agricultural products as a
bankable asset, will give me a place
in history where foul slanders and
my own weaknesses are forgotten.
God has been good. I do not need
an office for my name to live. When
Cole L Blease stood up before 8,000
people and said, "He is a good mpn;
he would make a good Governor; he
has been badly treated by the scurrilous
politicians of South Carolina,"
he made a personal friend
that will last him after the miserable
bootlicks and sycophants have turned
on him, like those who used to
lick Tillman's hand and at his bidding
drove the steel into my heart
and are now ready to drive it into
Tillman's for the favor of another.
Senator Tillman has served a great
purtxwe, he does not need an office
to perpetuate his fame, but he is a
mac, poor weak clay, same as I. In
us both is that unperishable spark,
that after death has washed the
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bright. Why should he still seek to
dim the luster of my star? I envy
him not the faintest ray of his own.
I rejoice in all true greatness, and
sorrow in what is little, for are we
not all MEN?
God must judge between us and
the balance He strikes shall be for
-all eternity. I long ago forgave
him, (Tillman), his letter shows he
has never been able to do chat.
God does not expect repentance,
except from the "near" great. Life
is a pose to 99 per cent. The world
is a stage. My sense of humor
saves me. It made me laugh, to see
how utterly th# public misconstrues
the true character of both myself
and Tillman. It is the joke of the
century.
Tillman's pose from the beginning
has been bluff, brutal honesty, |
"Pitchfork Ben." "Give 'em hell
and rub it in." He over played his
hand a little. Down underneath
live* the most astute player of the
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political game that ever dealt a
card. The only man without college
training that I ever knew with a
classical education. Under that
roughness, exquisite literary tastes.
A giant mind that has read, digested
and assimilated the wisdom of all
the ages, and applied it to practical
politics. Beneath bluster is the
the subtle genius of a Talleyrand, he
has made every man in South Carolina
vote for him one time or another.
I laughed with him when
the Gonzales solemnly voted for
him last summer.
I am no politician, 1 haven't tooled
anybody and Tillman has fooled
everybody except himself. I was
the seeker for abstract truth, careless
of personal fortunes. Tillman
was the adroit political acrobat that
could change from a radical to a
conservative. I tried to reason it
out and was crucified for the reasons,
not the result. Woodrow Wilson
and Underwood are just where
I stood 15 years ago.
His letter is so full of Tillmanism,
his arrogance and dominant power
over men, that I almost love him
for being just what he is. It brings
back gentle, brave Hugh Farley, the
polished Tindal, dear old "Wash
Shall" and *'Curlv Headed Johnnv."
gathered around the fierce old
"Lion," that dominated U8 all.
I am not going to be swayed one
way or the other by self. I am going
to act for the best good of the
State as 1 see it, not as directed by
anybody. Before Tillman's letter
came out or I saw Blease's statement,
I sat down and wrote a paper
to my friends in various sections of
the State explaining my course and
they are free to give it to the press.
If it is necessary to fight for peace,
then I am ready to fight. I will not
be a "dog in the manger," nor be a
servile tool to gratify any man's
spleen toward Governor Blease or to
in any manner curtail the rights
ominpH hv thp nponle in 1890.
Good citizenship is not measured
by loyalty to a man but to a principle.
Tillmanism split on that rock.
It is tearing ragged holes ' in the
ship that carries the high hopes of
the many good people who are
Bleaseites. I will always defend
Tillmanism as distinct from Tillman.
I place both Tillmanism and Blsaseism
as higher and greater than the
personality of any man.
I have regretted the evil dispensary
graft that prevented Tillman
from leading the movement to its
full fruition, and I would like to see
Bleaseism accomplish that in which
Tillmanism failed, and when it does
the State will be saved.
Our people must get together. I
have canvassed this entire State, and
they will get together. Self seeking
pretenders cannot juggle Almighty
God out of the progress he has decreed
for the human race. J
"In the days of Armageddon:
In the last great figut of all;
May our houses stand together
That the pillars do not fall."
John Lowndes McLaurin. j
Declare War 01 Colds.
A crusade of education which
oime "thnf mmmnn nnlds mav he
come uncommon within the next
generation" has been begun by
prominent New York physicians.
Here is a list of the "don'ts" which
the doctors say will prevent the annual
visitation of the cold:
"Don't sit in a draughty car."
"Don't sleep in hot rooms."
"Don't avoid the fresh air."
"Don't stuff yourself at meal
time. Over-eating reduces your re-1
sistance."
To which we would add?when
you take cold get rid of it as q uickly
as possible. To accomplish that
you will find Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy most excellent. For sale by
all dealers.
As the result of a shooting affray
at Piedmont Sunday night of last
week Span Aiken is dead, Street Allen
lies in a serious condition from
gunshot wounds and T G Gilbert.
Ford Springfield and John Allison
are under arrest. All the men are
said to have oeen annKing logetner
when the row occurred.
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