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HUMAN ANSWERS BLEASE. si s\ roR n hf.pia ro message head in UBN * W wu HOI si . TUltivan Mukis \ (gorou* Retort to (.o\rrnor Bleat ? \ttack ami 11?' \l?>w- I vent.- of i imp.ilgu Leading up to Puhlh-mlon 4?f lA'tur That To the General Assembly +>t South Carolina: Gentlemen: 1 ha\e Jufit Nil QotHtfJ Jtiease's message sent to yonr honorable body yesterday, and have been laformed that both houses did me the Justice to order publication In Its Journal to be suspended until my reply could go alonit with It. For this considera? tion, please accept my thanks. What Governor Blease's motives were are very evident In the message. He desires to continue the bitterness engendered Last summer; and wishes to be revenged ggj me; but the pri? mary' object he has in view is to keep the mind* of the peopg stirred up and not sllow the waters to clear suf? ficiently to let them see what sort of man he really is. Catiline among the Kamana, and A area Iturr among the Americans, are the only other men I have ever read of who were equal to Blesse In bamboo/ling the people. He has persuaded thousands of good South Carolinians, honorable, clean, patriotic rtttsens. Into believing that he Is their best friend and that Tlll man s mantle has fallen on bis should? ers. He Is a past master In the arts of a demagogic. He knows full well when the angry passions of the mass? es are aroused, they lose their reason. He oeeires to come to the senate, as he boasted he would do at Richmond In December last, and feels it obli? gatory on him to aggravate condi? tions lo South Carolina as . .ch as possible. Whether this Is the right way to electioneer or uot will be shown by the result of the next sen atorisl primary. If the South Caro? lina newspapers do not help him by abuse and misrepresentation, he will never get here. Five charge? against me boiled down. 1. With writing "Secret letters stabbing hl.-n in the back." i. Hypocrisy. t. With conspli'ng with W. E. Gon 4. Jealousy. i. Feebleness of mind. ?. Having lent m? self, which could only be expected of an Imbecile to ?tgn my name to an article dictated by someone else whom h*? designated as "A statesman without a Job," and "This astute Big Ex 1 1 Will take the charges up seria? tim: If ever a man wanted to be hands off In a political contest. I was that man last summer. Time and again 1 was importuned to t \ke a hand and to come out for law and order and decency, lint I steadfastly refused. I received hundreds of letters first and last urging me with intense earnest Bess to come out and announce my preference as between the candidates who were running for governor. But I was unwilling to do so. After Mr. 31m* wrote me and made thv appeal that I should answer cer? tain Inquiries which he pr. pounded In defense of Tlllmanlsm, 1 wrote him the letter I did. Immediately a phrase in it was seised on by the newsappers and prod.timed that I had come out f<r Judge Jones. The head? lines mainly were used to deceive the people and mini ?-pre?..-nt me. ! felt called on to take notice of this and wrote the article of August 1-, which Go\erm>r Itlease quotes. 1 have the original letters at Tren? ton to the evidence going to show that Governor Hh-ase and certain of hla friends were in a conspiracy, the ? ?lends to *rlte me pretending to be my friends, draw me out as to my attitude toward him. and then show him the letters. otherwise, how did be come into possession of so many of my Utters marked ;?? r-..nal and confidential?" I have the original letters at Tren? ton to show that pel haps one hun? dred 'neu *r<-te no- ab>ng the same lines V'e?e letters came thick and fast and my answer w ? r.- mIujijs marked "personal " It is very evident that Blease has seen many of my 1st? ters which Waff marked personal gad th* recipient ask d r..>t to show them to ar.yone. Thus It can be . n wheth? er they wer secret or not Bom< of those correspondents wh-. grei meases fri. n<i? bastenes to .show th.-m or to -end him Capita, The] were In no way the "secret letters" he W.e,;.| ha VI I hg people b. lle\e, Lilt letters which ought lo have aeeg se ? ret as far at Ihs public was concern? ed and sg Cm ' Bis n bims. if gras concern* d i aro rest i ahn ? no q gaonj the Uleasg coneplrs * nn Ms frl*gas gs mu< b gg I its iha it k gring m ? I of th? < b?lge of hypo? rley, gg I of writing sscfei leiten fof the purj of stsbbtag tum in Ihs back. The eharge of hypoertcy I IS besl ?. mswered b> poitiflng t?> my pub. and agitate life If Mo re u gay tries In human 1**101 that 1 despise, it Is aypocrtc] ami double-dealing, it is. nest t.wMitiiitlii most deepleablc ?>f humun traiie. Governor Blonec slrsissi the point Of OSCTCt letters, and. with groat cim- 1 rung, plckl out guntoncei from private letters which I hail written to my friends, or ro?m who represented themselves as my frit-mis, t?? prove that I was not frank. He stresses the faet that Mr. Sims was not Iiis friend iii.l is delighted 10 lind 1 had writ? ten on?- latter to a man not a I'deas itf I do not believe many people in South Carolina will accept his theory tii it I am a hypocrite and a double iler, because in writing personal letters and mark tag them ?'confiden? tial." I explained to those men who were Blease friends and who claim? ed to be niv friends what my r?-aI opinions were. Because 1 said 1 would be hands off did not mean, nor is it reasonable to claim that it meant, I would be dumh. 3. The conspiracy with W. E. Gonzales Is not conceivable or be? lievable by anyone except a man who in his desperation, made the charge in order to fire the hearts of his fol? lowers. The people of South Carolina well understand the relations between the Gonzales brothers and the Till ntans. The feud is of long standing and all well informed people know what provocation the Tillmans have I had and with what relentless energy land with what ability the Gonzales brothers have prosecuted their side I of lt. 1 do not wish to stir the em? bers of this feud again, and I have no such purpose In calling attention to this long standing quarrel. GOVER? NOR 1 I.KASE KNOWS THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE WHEN HE WROTE THIS DODGER LAST AUG? UST, that I had entered into any conspiracy whatever with W. E. Gon? zales. I have been told that the Gonzales brothers voted for me in the, primary last August. Whether this is so or not, I do not know and do not care. But I know that I never saw Pat McGowan or read Gonzales' private telegrams to him which some of Blease's friends stole off the wire; and if I had it would not have influ? enced me at all. Right here, I will ask Governor BlsSSTt to answer point blank, how did he get copies of Gonzales' telegrams to McGowcn? He is such a stickler for the forms of honesty in others, will he honor bright and tell us who stole them' I know and assert on my honor that I alone wrote the Ferguson let? ter and that no one had anything to <!o with it, or anything else I have written or signed. The following statement has just been handed me by A. M. Carpenter, of Anderson, South Carolina, telling how the Forguson letter came to be given out and how the -..atcment that accompanied It was male up for the press: About C o'clock In the afternoon of August 2?, 1912, I met Senator and Mrs. Tillman at the north en? trance to the capltol building. They had started for home, and had stopped and wer*? talking to J. M 1". iker, one of the dHcers of tie senate. Senator Tlllman stopped me and said he wanted to ask my ad? vice, He Stated that at the begin? ning of the gubernatorial campaign in South Carolina he had declared he would take no part *n It, and had tried to follow that course, but that during the two or three weeks just previous he had received a number of letters from people in the State whom he thought to be bis friends, asking his opinion of Jones and DltaeOi ami that he replied 10 these letters frankly, that in each case he hiii made u plain to ins correspond? ent that he was writing in coiitl deacOi hut he had fonnd that In me cases his confidence had been betrayed, that the letters were be? ing mlereprooontodi and that he had been placed la the position of doing s. . r?-tly things he was afraid to do openly. Me said he had been placed in a false position beforo his friends and his ? m inies, and that he felt that he ought to give out a aoWS paper statement explaining his posi? tion fully Mrs. Tlllman said she did not want him t?> tflve out the state? ment, and he said he would not do anything agalnat her wishes, but he felt rerj strongly that he should make a public statement, in Justice to himself and to bis friends in the State We discussed the matter for some little time, and Senator Tlllman final'-, said he WOUld not deride af tin- mom* tit wh it he would do, but Invited Mr Baker and myself to come in in- rooms it the Dewey Hotel that nicht, when to- would hnve his mind full) made up l went t'. the Dewej Hotel about N o'eloek that night, and found In Senator Tlllman * room Mr Baker, T. II Daniel, ..f the Hpartanburg Met aid. and M?. \v>i he, Senator Till man s stenographer. Mr Muri ly, or j tin News ind Courier, cams In s lit? tle while Inter After a few minutes I of general conversation Kenntet Till man told US hi had decbl 11 tO j out a statment, nnd m di< tatlng It f .. hi- St< ROgl aplo I . 'I he ?Ii 'a ! tlon ??? ' upi* d pet haps ftft< ? n or j twenty minutes. During the tisee of it Senator TUlmsn stopped once or twice to wslgh s sentence, but he finished it Without interruption and without suggestion from anyone pres? et. After taking ths statement in dhnnthand, Mr. Wyche wrote it out on ?i typewriter and gave it to Senator TUlmsn, Who read it aloud to us. Be made, as I remember, but one Change in the draft, and that was a minor one. in the phrasing of a sen? tence He then told bis stenographer lo give ((.pies of it to the different newspaper men. After getting through with this < Senator Tlllman drew a long breath and then laughed. "I feel that I have ?imply discharged a duty," he said, "and now I feel tetter. I am off the I fence-*" I walked from the Dewey Hotel to F street in company with Mr. Daniel and Mr. Murray. They had been Impressed, as I had been, with Sena? tor Tillman's force in dictating the statement. One of us remarked that while Senator Tlllman had had a severe illness it had not impaired the vigor of his intellect, and this was heartily agreed to by the oth? ers. Senator Tillman's statement was filed in the telegraph office on F street for transmission to the South Carolins papers that night. I know that Senator Tlllman gave out the statement against the advice of Mrs. Tillman and some of his closest friends, and certainly it was dic? tated when nobody was present ex? cept those mentioned above, and without suggestions of any kind from any of them. (Signed) A. M. Carpenter. Washington, D. C, Jan. 17, 1912. The South Carolina newspapers had hounded Governor Blease so continuously during the campaign, had been so unfair in their opposi? tion, that the people of the state had lost absolutely all faith in their hon? esty or truthfulness. When the state? ment appeared in the newspapers Saturday morning, I received a num? ber of telegrams asking if it was ?authentic. Many of my friends had been misled by Governor Blease to that point where they doubted not only the newspapers, but also doubted me. The fourth charge of jealousy is so ridiculous that I cannot bring my? self to consider it seriously. Ben Tlllman jealous of Cole Blease! It is unthinkable, and, were I to answer it ?erlouSly, I would be convicted in the minds of all sensible people of South Carolina of the next charge: Feebleness of mind. Whether my mind is feeble or not the people will judge for themselves. I am will? ing to leave it to any jury in South Carolina, Bleasites or others, wheth? er Ken Tillman is feeble-minded or < 'ole Blease craiy. The Blease circular, issued on Aug? ust |6th, which he republishes in the message, says?and he prints it in capitals?"1 have nevor seen the Ferguson letter, and did not know what wai In it until i saw it in the newspapers, and wh< n Gonsales says I did, and that 'BleaSg will fight Tlllman,' be wired what was willfully untrue.' Notwithstanding Governor Blease'i denials, 1 know that he did tight me in more counties than one and that his trusted lieutenants were very active In marshaling his followers, many of them once my best friend-, to vote against me in the primary. News to this effect came to in" from all over the state, and the vote shows it. I have no doubt whatever thsi the Ferguson letter caus< d me to lose 35,000 votes, while it gained me about 10,000. This was what I expected when I gave it out but I could not remain quiet after my confidence bad been so betrayed. The ''midnight stab" of which he complains?-meaning the lateness in the campaign when the letter was given out?was attributable to my Wife's influence, she begged me to stand by my oft-repeated promise to r? main hands-off, I was elected in spite of him, and he was elected in spite of mo. I got nmre votes than he did and feel that I am a better representativ< of tiu state than be will ever be; was a better governor than he bus made; and have made a better senator than he ?an possibly make. While what he says about the Ma) convention and the Southern Railway lawyers may be true, he could not wriggle away from the fact that Ben tbney lives in the executive mansion although it Is the people's house and not a hotel. I am informed that his I salary Is greater than all other Southern Railway lawyers In the state. He Is the real octopus which strangles ths legislature snd per? suades it to do his bidding, and has conferences with Blease whenever he Governor lllease asks me specltlc I) to say w by I "dragged In the n.imi ? of i 'olonel Abne) and Hon. Sam J. Xleholls. and If I did so Vol iititit11I)," etc l < ei tainly did, and I ask him again to explain why no one ii South Carollnu can get a pardon I unh i h he upplb lo some (if Blease's I lawyer friend: ITnlcsi all Informs-j tion obtainable by me la false, no man in South Carolina need present an application for pardon, unless one of his pardon managers h;>s received a fee for it. Blease is too good a lawyer to think or believe thai Ferguson's af? fidavit will fool anybody Into believ? ing that he had never seen my letter to Ferguson. While 1 know nothing about Ferguson, and never saw him, i do not believe he swears to the ex? act truth. A man can lie by sup? pressing the truth as well bj tell? ing it directly, and a man with an easy conscience can Bwear to almost anything. While I am discussing railroad lawyers and their influence on the South Carolina general assembly, it is Just as well that I should make public all that I said on the subject Governor Blease has quoted only a part of if. In a letter I wrote to P. Ii. Bailey, at Blaney, South Caro? lina, August 16th, replying to a reso? lution adopted by the Blease Club at that plaee relative to my letter to Mr. Sims, I said: "That the railroads are getting a hold in our state again, I know. The legislature ought to compel the rail? roads to give us the right,, on any system of roads anywhere in the state to carry as many people as we want to on the same mileage as is done in the North. But Ben Abney and the railroad attorneys in the legisla? ture have bei n too venal and corrupt to protect the people against the rail? roads, and as I have already pointed out. Blease is in closer touch with them than Jones; and Blease is on record as saying "the Southern Bail way will have a friend in me if elected." I think it well that the people of the state and the general assembly should know what I think about the influence the railroads have exerted in the legislature. The fifth charge, of having lent myself to signing my name to an arti? cle prepared by someone else, whom he designates as a "statesman with? out a job." and this "astute big Ex," meaning thereby, I presume, ex-Gov. John Gary Evans, is shown to be false by the following affidavit from a son of Hon. C. T. Wyche, of Spar tanburg: 'Washington City, "District of Columbia. "Personally appeared before me, C. G. Wyche, who, on oath, makes the following statement: 1 am a stenog? rapher in Senator TiUman'a office, and he dictated the letter to Harri? son Ferguson, of Spartanburg, S. C, to me. No one was in the office ex? cept Senator Tlllman and myself, as well as 1 remomher, and I know that no one else had anything to do with its dictation to me. "(Signed, C. G. WYCHE. "Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th, day of January, A. D. 1913. "R. B. NINON, "Notary Public." Governor Blease'a charges that I allowed some one, "this astute big Ex," to dictate to me makes me will? ing to ask him if Colonel Abney as? sisted him in writing this message. His anxiety about honesty is path? etic and reminds me of 'Hudibras' couplet: "No thief ever felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law." Being a low type of man himself, In* does not realize and cannot Con Cleve bow anyone else can be honora? ble, cban and above-board. I will say in conclusion that I have read the bill Introduced by Mr. Rem bert and heartily approve of it. 1 hope it will become a law, for it is nothing more than just that a news? paper should give a eiti'/en who is attacked in its columns tho opportu? nity to reply through the same chan? nel. B, R. Tlllman. MUST OBEY ORDINANCES. Automobilist* and Hackmen Must Have Eights on Vehicles. Affairs have been going pretty hard of late with the hackmen who have failed to conform to ordinances pass? ed by council sometime ago, for both Tuesday and Wednesday a number of them were haled before the Record? er for violations of the ordinances and were fined for their negligence. The police are also on the scent of the automobillsts, and the owners of cars will have to he careful in future and tee that lights aie properly attach? ed to their cars, or they too will got into the. toils of the law. Tuesday a number of hackmen were charged with soliciting trade, while Wednesday the charge before the Recorder was failing to have the propel- lights attached to their ve? hicles and tic- number of their hacks placed Whele it could he Seen Tle re were quite a number up both das s and tie- tim 8 will m ik. th< tu more careful in future The t "i\ j. 1 .eague I .ihr.it \ has kind |j consented i" endeavor to t an> t.k 'hit unj of Its subs< rlbera de? sire, AH that I lie p< t son has {.. do : t,, (el tie- 111 ?! 11 I 11. know what b< >ok is wunted. WILSON OUTLINES Ills PROB? ABLE COURSE IN APPOINT? ING OFFCIALS. Declines Request of New Jcrsoj Men Tluii Democmt be Named to Sue ceetl Incumbent, Who is a Repub? lican. Trenton, Jan. 21.? Efficiency in public service and tin- merit system more than partisan politics will be the basis upon which President-elect Wilson will make appointments to ofnce( he indicated touay. Gov. Wilson had occasion to declare himself in this connection when a delegation of 30 men representing va? rious labor interests made an earnest plea for the appoin.ment of a Demo? crat to fill the State eommissionership of labor now held by a Bepublican. John T. Oosgrove, a Democrat and labor leader, was urged for the posi? tion to succeed Col. T. Lewis Bryant, incumbent, who was appointed by a Republican govern* >r. The president-elect told the delega? tion he recognized the force of their argument that labor should be repre? sented in the government by one who knows its interests, but he saw no rea? son to displace Col. Bryant who had performed his duties faithfully and efficiently. The governor declared himself in a speech. He said: "Public office is not worth any? thing if an entirely satisfactory ful? fillment of the duties of the office does not entitle a man to considera? tion for reappointment. If men a ? to know that a mere change of ad? ministration is to empty an office, no matter how they have deserved to be reappointed, then.* is not anything of justice or public right left, I feel to the full extent the argument you have made in favor of Mr. Cosgrove, but 1 have not a clean Slate to write on. If we were creating this office, your arguments would be different. "I do not need to say to this com? pany that I entirely sympathize with the aspirations of labor and that I entirely recognize the rights of la? bor, hut Col. Bryant has made good, and I am bound to consider his claims. I would be ashamed of myself if I did not. "Would it not be justice and mer? cy to appoint a labor man? Would it not be graceful?" pleaded Samuel Lotterill, spokesman for the dele? gation. "Gracefulness is easy and justice is bard." sighed the governor, and the discussion was ended. The colloquy took place in the big ante-room just outside of the gover? nor's office. once Mr. Botterill re? marked that Mr. Cosgrove's appoint? ment might not be exactly accept ible to the manufacturers and employers. "Oh. class opposition does not af? fect me one way or another," quickly Interrupted the governor. Later in the day another delegation of labor men appeared in Mr. Bryant's behalf. Incidentally Gov. Wilson set forth In the day that he recognised the right of labor organizations to be represented In the government and indicated that the creation of a national department (if labor might follow that course. Among the governor's callers today was Representative-elect L. w. Beekes of Michigan. Mr. Beekes outlined con? demns in Michigan, stating that the Democratic organization had not ex? erted itself to its fullest powers to ob? tain the election of a Democratic United States senator. National Chairman William F. Me Combs will be here Thursday for a conference with the governor. ELECTRIC LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT. French Scientist Gives Details of Re? markable Discovery. Paris, Prance, Jan. 20.?M. Dus suad, a French scientist, who has dis? covered a means for the production of what he terms "cold light," today made public some details of his dis? covery, which, it is thought, may rev? olutionise electric lighting. Starting on the principle that rest Is as essential to matter as to animal organism, b ? has constructed an electric lamp In which the light is concentrated on a single point by filaments, working successively; thenct the liubt is projected through a lens magnifying a thousandfold. Thus he has succeeded In concentrating a 2, 000-< andle-power liuht on one point ami In passing 32 volts Into an B-voll lamp- which with the ordinary light, w ould burst. Experiments with this lamp have established that the new light is ab? solut? ly without danger, as no heal is given off anil it requires a bun dred tunes bss current than the or dlnary lamp, it can be worked by i t ny battery or sufficient motive p w - ? t ? an be obtained from a lei ol w u I ter from an ordinary faucet or a squirrel t urning .? cage. Tin light, u i- said, offers great advantages in photography, as Its pli it g< nil poa et Is four tlm<v that ? ? th< magnesium flashlight. WORK OA RLILDINC; RAFIDL1 NF.AKIXU < ? >M!'l.l I |o\. C ha-. 1'. Whitted of North Carolina to Manage Now Hostelry; 1 iiriiit lire ami l ixdin?. Being Installed; Will Be Run (Ml European 1'lan. The Ctaremont Hotel, Sumter's new four story building containing seven? ty-seven guest rooms, will be opened for bualne ? February let and will thereafter lo a general hotel busi? ness for the benefit of the traveling men and a'l visitors to Sumter. This informati? n was given to an Item reporter Thursday by Mr. Charles F. Whltted of Weldon, N. C, who will manage the Claremont Hotel when it is opened. Mr. Whitted arrived in the city Thursday morning and will be here for a couple of days. He will return next week, before the first, to look after the arrangements preparat. ry to opening the hotel and to see that everything is in proper shape at thr opening. Mr. Whitted stated that he thought the work on and in the building might be completed a day or two before the first, but :hat the formal opening would not take place until the first, as the int? im would be necessary in getting things in shape. He would have charge of the management of the hotel and he would send to Sum? ter a force of clerks, cooks and waiters from North Carolina. The day clerk will be Mr. G. E. Lavander, who has formerly served at the Rick's Hotel at Rocky .Mount. Mr. R. E. Moore, formerly of the Terminal Hotel. Mary? land, will act as night clerk and Mr. H. M. Swann of Charlotte will be steward of the hotel. The heating, lighting, water and plumbing systems have been complet? ed some time and at present a force of workmen are very busily engaged in installing the furniture in the building and putting in the fixtures which have not yet been installed. The lobby of the hotel Is at pres? ent crowd d with ,1'ulrnitAire and bedding for the rooms. In the three upper floor* carpets have already been laid and in the two upper lioors the beds and bedding have been placed in the rooms, although they are not yet put together. The rooms will all be furnished exactly alike with brass beds and mahogany furniture. Hot and cold water, electric lights and tel? ephones art- provided for every room. The telephone system has been com? pleted on the two upper stories, and the workmen are now engaged in in? stalling telephones in the other two floors. The furnishings are all sup? plied by Wannamaker's, of Phila? delphia and ? e men have been sent on to se? that they are installed properly. The elect! ic elevator for passenger? has not yet \>een completed, but work? men are employed getting it in shape as rapidly . s possible and it will be ready for service in a few days. The baggage elevator will also be ready *oon. On the ground floor there is still considerable painting to be done. Painters are now engaged in finish? ing up this part of their work. Mr. Whitted stated that the hotel would be run on the European plan, as this plan was found to be very much more agreeable to the hotel manager ai.d the guests of the hotels. He would not only have charge of this hotel, but would continue to manage the hotel at Weldon, which he is now running*! and he would divide his time between the two places. Eater, as s< on as another hotel which was beng erected in Durham by the Messrs. Pa-ehal was computed, he would also iake charge of it also Mr. J. E King of this city will have charge of ihe cigar and news stands. FIRST NATIONAL OFFICERS. ??hl Board of Directors Re ?elected, as an Former Officers* The annual meeting of the share? holders of Ihe Pirat National Hank of Sumter was held St the bank on Tues? day, January 14th. The annual report of the bank in? dicated a very healthy and satisfac? tory condition, the results of the year being fully up to those of previous years with 'Jiis old institution. The retiring Board of Directors was unanimously re-elected, to wit: x* ill O'Donnell, R. 1?. Lee, E. P. Ricker, H. 1?. Bamett, Qeo. i>. shore Archie China, Geo. F. Epperson, W B. ITpshur. At tho subsequent meeting of the Directors the old officers were re elected. These are: Xetll O'Donnell, President. R. 1?. Lee, Vlce-pres J. I. McCallum, Cashb r. The ?'la emonl Hotel will reali> op. n , n Fi bl U: r\ 1st The game of basket ball Wedn? s da\ evening attracted n good crou'd ? f sp.. tator? ahn ? ? ? im d mu? h plan? ed w Ith the exhibition of thli n< a game In S mter The team capl