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0^ DEFENDS HIS ACTION. SENATOR SUTLER GIVES HIS REACOD VOTISin AQ HP DID. ovug i vt i ? v i >* ? .N. ? Soma Inside Facts on the Repeal of the Purchasing Clause cf the Sherman ActHe Shows Who Were the Obstructionists, Columbia, S. C., Nov. 3.?Special: Tbe following letter from Senator Butler to a personal triend is made public1 at tie re quest o: the Senator himself: Washington, D. C\, Oct. 29. My Dear Sir: I tiave received your letter in which you refer to some of mv Irieuds not understanding my position in the late debate, more from an emission ol the facts oy certain nswapspcio wau from their published statements. If anything was needed to icstify those of us who have tafien position in opposition to the unconditional repeal or the "Sherman Act"?that is. repeal unaccompanied by some compensating provision t? prevent the undue contraction of the currency?it is to be found in Ue aduission of Senators Sherman and Gorman in debate in the Senate on the 25th instaat. The former was the leader of the Republicans favering repeal and the latter speaking for the Democratic minority on tue same side. Mr. Sherman said among other things: lkThere are, however, one or two things to which I desire especially to call the attention of Senators or. the other side of the chamber. I doubt very much whether the bill, wnen we pass n, wlu meet the expectations ot many people who probably have made a bugaboo ot ? the purchase of silver to disturb their driams o'nights. I believe that it is necessary to superadd to this measure proposed by the honorable Senator Irom Indiana oiher measures even more vitally important than this. He d:es not desire. however to have an amendment offered. and, after thinking the matter over and giving it careful attention, I believe it wouldnot be wise to offer any proposition oi a new character, raising other questions ot doubt and dispute with reference to this bill, because, this having been fairly discussed, there is now no longer any ground lor argument upon this bill, and to introduce new subjects might open up new debate." iUADy 01 US WUU up^iuocu uuwuuiuuu81 repeal bave insisted that the "Sherman law'* was not the case of financial stringency, and here is the leading appostle ot the single-standard men admit ting it a "bugaboo made by many peop.e." ect, and that repeal will not meet their "expectations," ect. The "proposition of anew character," to which he alludes, is giving the Secretary of the treasury authority to issue two hundred millions of bonds. That is the "cat in the meal tub." the thing behind the "bugaboo," made by the national banks toco-er the real purpose of getting more bonds. Some of us thought we saw this design under the Sherman Act veneering. The gold men took advantage of the business and financial distress o hammer bonds out of the Sherman Act and destroy its rival, silver; that is all there is in it. Not what does Mr. Gorman admit as the strength of the two sides at the outset. He sa;ys: "It may be said with truth that a large majority of the Democrats were, at the beginning of the session, against the repeal even of the purchases clause of the Sherman Act." Mr. Butler: "Unconditional!} ?" Mr. Gorman: "The unconditional repeal. It was known that you had from tbirieen to fifteen Republicans op posed to repeal. It was believed, ana i thick it was a fact made perfectly plain to everybody, that a clear majority of all theSenatois elected were notm favor of the unconditional, repeal but they wanted some modification. Complaints have been made of delay in this matter. I am glad ot the opportunity tt> say, and I say it in justice to those who fought this bill, that those of us who intended to vote for its final passage believed that we wee e in the minority, and a delay of weeks became necessary that we might convert enough to our side to pas3 the bill. It was not brought into this body from the committee on finance until days after we had met. The Senator from Ohio, a great member of that com* ... mittee and an authority in this body on financial questions, and with a reputa tion .such as few men have ever had in the country, was too astute a man to try to force its early consideration in this bodv. When Ids colleagues on the other side, impetuous and anxious to put the Democratic party in a false position, demanded a vote upon the bill in the first week of the session, the chairman of the , finance committee, and even the Senator from Ohio, checked Iheir impetuosi- . ty and said, 'Oh, no; let the committee on finance first consider the bill.' "The fact of it was we were not ready for its consideration. As time went on the debate became sharp, and, Mr. President, [ want to remark right here that it has been a great debate. "The annals ofiCongress will not show one equal to it, and those who participate in it will go down to posteri ty as men who were equal to any who have preceded them. When the contest became sharp the doubt was then qcj *r\ T\/~\xi7or nf" fVlP Spr?5ltnr ttO IV WUV ^/V II V* V* to pass it, not as to tiie power to reach a vote, but the power to pass unconditional repeal with a majority. In the very midst of the fight, in the hottest of it, when men were anxious, when every Senator was desirous that something might be done, (and wbsn I say every Senator I mean all on both sides of the chambers,) to relieve the great distress in the financial mtsresit and in commercial aflairs, the first note of warning we had, publicly uttered, came from the Senator irom Ohio, the Senator who led more than one half of the repeal column, that it was impossible to pass it." In the light qf disclosures I hope you will ask mv friends to reconsider their cn^p^jJ5^54^?swe" who were the ob -"*-<fcnic?omsts?Whow?&!<felaj? Whicb side bad the majority? Gorman says: "They believed they7&? m a minority, aud a delay of weeks be^me necessary that we mu?ht convert enouS^j of our side to pass the bill." Agaiiv" "When the contest became pharn the dcubt was then expressed as to the power of the Senate to pas3 it, not as to the power to reach a vote, but the power to pass the unconditional repeal with a majority." This is a manly admission and does credit io that sentleman's candor. Who was converter? Hov<? By what means? Others must answer. The opponents ot unconditional repeal have had from the beginning a majority ot Democratic Senators. On or * about the 1st of October I drew up the following reJuest to Mr. Gorman, chairman of the )emocratic caucus: "The undersigned Senators respectfully request that a Democratic caucus be called to meet at the earliest day practicable." Signed: M. C. Butler, J L. Push, G. G. Vest, E. C, Walthall, J. H. Berry, John Martin. Under our rules a caucus mav be called upon the application oi 2ve Senators,. You will see sis signatures to this. I applied to a number of the repeal Senators and they refused to sign it. Mr. Gorman requested me aot to press the matter juu then, saving he hoped to accomplish an agreement by nclvidual Interviews. Alter consultation with the gentlemen who had joined ie, we ccLcludedto hold it in abeyance. k Ua the 16:h of October, Mr. Test drew up the following piper: 'Washington. D. C., Oct. 16. 1893. To ibe Hod. Arthur P. Gorman, Chairman Democratic Caucus: The undersigned respect'ully request you to call a meeting of Democratic Senators for the purpose of conferring in regard to the action which should be taten oy the Democratic party in this Senate upon the pending silver legislation and we hereby pledge ourselves to abide by th*. action of a majority of the caucus as to said legislation. S:gned: G. G. Vest, M. C. Botler, '.John W. Daniels J. C. S. Blackhuro, W. X. Roach, F. M, Cuckrfll, Isbam Ox Harr-s. J. L. M Irby, J. Z. Georae, J. K. J^'Des, Stephen M. White, James L Push, J. H. Berrv, W. B. Bate. John Martin, D. Turpie. E C. Walthall. R D. Coke, J. Z. B. VaDce, A. EL Col- j quitt, John T. Morgan, Wilkinson Call, I S. Pasco. j By S. G. Vest, save as to the pending bill. This you will observe is signed by a ma iority of Democratic Senators. Those favorms repeal, witn tne excepuou ui Mr. Turpie. of Indiana, flatly refused to i no into caucus, and tbere the matter dropped. Then followed the compromise, which \ou have doubtless seen. This was signed by thirty six Democratic Senators, by some of us with a protest, but we signed it with the assurance by those who had been charged with it that the terms were acceptable to the President and Secretary of the Treasury. T?is was on Saturday. The intervening Sunday was passed with felicitations that all hands get together on Monday and pass the compromise. Ninety per cent of the Democratic Senators "had signed it, and this Isrgft majority of the party ousht to have controlled, but when on Monday tl.e New York papers came an nouncing the compromise, it was announced tor the first time, apparently K?> President, ftnd \JJ aUbiiVlib y 9 wuuu guv JL ? Seretary of the Treasury repudiated it. Of course we could not pass it without a full Democratic vote, forty three, and as the six repeal Senators and one opposed refussa to abide by the action of the majority, this tell through. This is a simple statement of the facts and you and my friends can -form your own ideas as to who is responsible lor the failure of the Democratic Senators to get together. 1 dont think they will lay it at my door, e.r that those of us who opposed unconditional repeal can justly be charged with obstruction or filibustering We acted upon the rule of the majority lrom the beginning, and it wa3 only after the minority bv forming an alliance with twentv ?'X Republicans?many ot them the most bitter and unrelenting persecutors of the South, leaders in the fnroa Kill looialaflnn?t.hftfc t.hftV henftmfe masters ot the situation and we save up the contest. The Republican Senators, acting with the majority ot the Democratic Senators, have always Deen the most liberal and just of their party to the South, and rendering us aid in defeating the infamous force bill, which I can never forget, and if I am driven lo seek "political bedfellows" away from home I prefer the latter, especially when I am accompanied by a majority of my political brethren. The truth is we are tLe Democratic party, If the so much vaunted majority rule is worth anything, absorbing the fewer number of the Republicans whereas the minority ^as swallowed by their -Republican aDnex. In regard to my having veered my sails to windward to catch the Ponulist vote, I have only to say that I stand on financial questions just where I hare always stood for a dozen years or more, and I am surprised that my friends, who I supposed were accurately informed could be induced to give credence to the misrepresentations of the metropolitan press, wbich for the most part, represents the single gold standard of finance. They denounce and slander every-man who does not bo?v his neck and wear the yoke they have prepared for the great masses of the American people, or who challenges the oppres sive system sustained and advocated ny them. For myself I am willing to see capital have its legitimate sway and exercise its beneficieat influences in American progress and development, but when I see its sordid hand claiming more than-it is entitled to in our social and political life crushing the weak and destroy ing all opposing elements, I shall stand as it has usually been my lot in life to stand with the "under dog," whatever the effcct may be on my political fortunes. It is scarcely fair to judge or prejudge the Democratic Administration on the record thus far made. I think it is unfortunate that this financial controversy should ncive been precipitated in this form, it was net good leadership bat we have ample time to rectify the mistake, if it should prove to be a mistake. We are assured when this matter is out of the way, that we shall enter upon the work of formulating a financial policy on t'ie lines of the Democratic pledges as expressed >n Its platform. If these, pledges are fulfilled the sores growing out of the late debate will soon heal and we shall meet the just expectation of those who have entrusted us with power. So I would advise all parties to suspend judgement until the final outcome and then administer praise or blame where it properlv belongs. No fears need be entertained of a rupture between the Senators who oppose his financial policy and the President and his Cabinet. He knows better than any living man that many of U3 in vot ing ror mm aia not surrender our souis, bodies and conscience, and no one more respects than he the man who stands bravely by his conviction of public duty. The thunder storm through which we have just passed will purify the political atmosphere, and enable the mariner to steer more clearly ofl the breakers in the future. I agree with Mr. Sherman in that I do not believe that tne repeal of the purchasing clause will meet the expectations of those who nave been clamoring so icce3santly :or Its repeal. Very like ly there will be a partial recovery from the business and financial depression, which was as I believe brought on designedly ana tor the purpose by the men who control the money of the country, but in my -judgment there can solid or permanent rehabiHt^iatrftf busmesTuTlm "T ire'Tkr?"TtPreadjusted, and the corporate property now in liquiriidation has been relieved from the present embarrassment. Yours very truly, M. C. Butler . Fee)ln2 Good. Washington, Nov. 9.?The Republicans here are exulting over the election. An observer, in passing through the government department can easily identify the Republicans holding places. Tneir faces are wreath ed in smiles, and they cannot refrain from crowing over their Democratic associates. The prevailing opinion here is that the defeat of thft Democracy in the northern states is mainly due to the existing business depression and bard times. Many mill3 and factories are closed which were running: last year, and the Republican compaigners bad but to remind the idle employes that they had worked under a Democratic administration. No reasoning could overcome the effect, no matter "how clearly it was demonstrated that the evils we are now suffering came to us from Republican rule. The deteatin New York is attributed to the stubbornness of the machine in nominating Maynard for the court of appeals and Boody for mayor of Brooklyn. Democratic protests against such methods came from all parts of the i OUR CONGRESSMEN. HOW TnEY STAND AS REGARDS BUTLER AND TILLMAN. Some Interesting Gossip About S'-'Cttli Carolina Representatives in Congress? Senators Butler acd Irby Not in Fayor With President Cleveland. Washington, Not. -8.--The Grst chapter in the history of the political everts in South Carolina,so far as they are affected by what has been done or is doing in "Washington, ends with the close of the exlr* session, and we can form somejopinioQ now as to the drift, of events. It has been known for some time that one of the most imoortant factors in the next political contest in that S'ate would be the contest bttwt-en Governor TUlmau and Senator ' O am Kn TTnifa^ CfctiiO Con Ota U U L1CL XU1 tac UUi tcu Oltt'to tjou c*cv-, and much of that has been going on here has had more or less bearing upon that contest. Senator Butler at the beginning of this Administration from his lor-i* service here and personal popularity had a very potential influence in securing offices for his friends, and these appointments were made apparently without regard to any influence upon South Caroliaa's politics. Senator Irby does not seem to have succeeded in making any favorable impression, and his late course in practically aliaying himself with the most bitter opponents of the Administration has. of course, | destroyed any possibility of his doing anything in the direction of getting offices for his friends or partisans. Since Senator Butler has cast in his fortunes with the enemies of the AdI ministration on the silver question he has naturally weakened the claim which otherwise he would have had upon it-, and it is doubtful now whether he will secure the appointments to office of those whose principal claim lies in thejfact that they are partisans of his and that their appointment would promote his re-election, and as that seemed to be the principal ground upon which it was expected he "would secure the appointment of ilr. Perry as collector of internal revenue the chances of Mr. Terry's appointment seem to have very much diminished. I think that in all appointments of this nature it will be the policy of the Administration to put in office men whose fidelity to Democratic principles as interpreted by the Democratic Administration leaves no room for question. In all such appointment it seems likely that .the opinion of Congressman Brawley will be most potential, as his views on public questions are in thorough accord with those of the Administration. and it cannot be charged against him, as it has been against many who now stand by President Cleveland, that his views have been adopted for the purpose of securing public patronage, as he stands today precisely upon the ground that he occupied long before the nomination or election of President Cleveland. 80 far as the chief public offices are concerned, therefore it appears to be certain that the Administration wi.'l put on guard none but Democrats of unquestionable integrity, politically and otherwise. The attitude of the different members of Congress from South Carolina towards the Administration is somewhat complicated. It will be remembered that early in the spring there were several interviews between members of the del?gation and the Postmaster General on the subject of the postoffice appointments. All of the members of Congress from South Carolina participated in these interviews, except Mr. Brawley and Mr. McJL.au rm, wno were not present toereat. ine most determined flght seemed to be against Mr. Latimer, who. as the author of the May resolutions, seemed to be a good target. Of all that has been said and done with respect to the postoffices in his district it would probably be impossible to tell the story. It was frund that a number of the men whom he had recommended to office were charged with being Populists, but it seems that the question as to his right to control these appointments was never finally settled against him until within the last few weeks, when the publication of his letter in the (Jolum bia Register seems to have given him a coup de grace. Mr. Strait seems to be practically in the same boat, as Mr. Latimer and himself seem to haye taken occasion more thsn once while in South Oaroli na to proclaim their hostility to the Administration. Mr. Shell seems to have no ditfiqulty practically in securing the appointments of such postmasters in his district a3 he has recommended. He has adopted the policy generally of recommending parties who are acceptable to the communities to be served, and in all such cases his recommendations have gone through without question, and the same is true to a large extent with respect to Mr. Talbert; and lately it appears that Mr. McLaurin Is in the same boat with the two last named Congressmen. Senator Butler has endorsed all the recommendations of Messrs. Shell, Talbert and McLaurin. The appointment of Mr. Waddillas ?-*-? nf TVa rl i n re f An hoc no near? U L-U C4k_> UVI WJU A/MIiiiuguvu ouu vuuuv-vt a great deal of comment here as it seems to indicate some sort of an alliance between senator Butler and Mr. McLaurin but it may be that it has not the significance which has been given to it. It is said that Waddill is now a Butler man though originally a Tillmanite. As it appears to an outsider, however, it would seem that in so far as the postoffice appointments are concerned there are some grounds for the belief that there is some understanding of a friendly nature between ^Senator Butler and Messrs. Shell, Talbert and McLaurin. Time will show what this .amounts to. It is no longer a secret to any one that Congressman Shell is an active friend of Senator Butler's and will in all probability, be on his .Bide in the pendiDg contest. Mr. McLaurin has therefore been considered a strong friend of Governor Tillmun ori/3 if ia OMnArallv thnncrht" JL14A UUC?U} UlUU AW ^ j vuv>A Jfc,?w that Congressman Talbert has no particular love for the present Governor. Whether the friendly relations here of these three Congressmen with the senior Senator will result ia a similar alliance in State politics remains to be seen, but there is no doubt whatever that Messrs. Irby, Latimer and jii??i$feS?en?Sof Gover^er TiIJgx&T Congresscdas?SriTvTey "So f*r as appears, has not joined either combination. Taking the ground, early in the Administration, that none but Damocrats of unquestioned fidelity to the party should be appointed to any public office in South Carolinn, he has not swerved from that position, but he has ? intorfurp nrifh anv U.UO UCCU uv mavm ? ?J of the Congressmen in the patronage of their districts, except in so far as he has been compelled to protest agains' certain appointments on the ground that the persons named were more in sy mpathy with the Populist party than with the Democratic party, and in all such cases he has presented to the departments such objections as the people affected desired ro present. Inasmuch as this position of independence between the. two rival candidates has given rise to reports thfct Congressman Brawley has some intention of becoming a candidate for the United States Senate I have asked him whether or not he had any such intentions. He assures me that he has not; that he did not contemplate being a j candidate under any circumstances, i He thinks that his attitude on the financial questions is not popular af this time in South Carolina, and is not likely to be so, and as he has no inten tion of changing it for the purpose ot obtaining oSice. be does not intend to become involved in the contest. He | """" Viof in hdso anr snnnri | democrat will stand for election in his 1MW in ii 11 m I" Mm < m !. j district hs v/ili retire at the end of his term. To sum up the whole situation ! among ttie "R-tform" Congressmen as ! it appears here it would seem tbat j Messrs L'.timer and Strait arc- for Gov! ernor Tilimin, that Messrs Shell and j Talbert are against him, and that Mr. McJ,aunus attuuae is somewnat I doubtful and if Waddill's appointment has the significance generally attributed to it it may bs expected that those persons whom he recommeds for otlice wii! be Butler men. As having some bearing on the situation it may be noted that, when Bryan was leading the filibustering against the repeal bill, nrst of the South Carolina "Reform" Congressmen were with r.ne handful of Populist* that werrt supporting trim. The whole nurnbe; of Bryan's followers was about twenty three, and after a few votes Messrs Shell and McLauria drooped away from him. There are no indications as to the result of the contest for the vacant Judgeship of theUaited States Circuit Court, but it may be regarded as tolerably et rtain that the appointment will not be made before the 1st of December. It is said that the very active campaign for this otiL-e that is being made has exc?c>d some unfavorable comment in high quarters. The name of Judge Hu(iS'>u will be strongly pressed for the District Judgeship in case of Judge bimonton's promotion, but there are a number of Charleston aspirants for the honor, some of whom have very strong backing, and i* is impossible to say to whom it would fail. An influential gentleman from South Caiolma who was here last week in connection with the matter is reported as insisting that the appointment should not go to Charleston in the event of Judge ' Simonton's promotion. ?News and Courier. RECEIVED WITH SURPRISE. \VU<it Is S.*?d About Oar Defeat in Washington. Washington, Nov. 8.?The result ot' the election has been received with surprise by all political parties here. The unexpected happened io so many instances, that in no case were the predictions of Democrats, Republicans or Populists verified. The chief surprise of the Democrats arises not from the fact that they were defeated, but that the defeat w as so general in all doubt> 1'al suites, and the Republican majority so overwhelming. A grain of comfort is accorded them in the defeat of the Populists in Virginia, aod the election of O'Ferrail to the governorship, bat the blows nave oeen so crusmng iq the states of New York, Massachusetts, New -Jersey, Ohio and Iowa that even the success in Virginia is hardly paraded as a triumon. Expressions from nearly all the prominent Democratic leaders at the Capitol, as indicated in taese dispatches several days ago, showed that the Democrats were prepared for defeat in those states where the free coinage element Is strong and the disappointment over the passage of the repeal bill is intense, but it was hardly expected that in the 'sound money" states of New* York and-Massachusetts the Democratic majority of the past would be so ruthlessly mowed down and the careful eQjrts ol perfectorganizitior. avail so little. Despite this, however, | all the promraeut Democratic leaders unite in ascribiag the gsneral defeat throughout the country to two causes? the dissatisfaction of the agricultural classes over the Qnancial question, and the widespread apathy ot disappointed office seekers who have failed to realize the fruits of the last Democratic victory. In the state ofOhio alone, was the tariff question the prominent theme of discussion, MeKinleyand Xeal so emphatically reneating the declarations of their parties in this respect. Bat here, too, the Democrats are routed by the same exorable Republican majority. In Iowa, the defeat cf Boies is important, p.^i that it means a Republican governor in ihat state and a Republican United Stales senator next winter but that it practically removes Poies from the list of ?/estern candidates for the Presi rfeacp iu '96. The jadgsaent of the I party leaders here approved the first declaration of Governor Boiw last summer, that he would not be a candidate for governor at the fall election, and when he Gualiy reconsidered and came out in the reace for a third ttrm, it was felt that he had everv thing to lose and little to gain from the campaign that was to follow. It was recalled that eveu the popular Fcraker, was unable, in Ohio, to stem the popuj iar sen;iment against a third term, and when the Republicans of Io*a reproach ed the Democrats with departing from one of the cardinal principles ol their party in nominating a man for a third term, they presented thoir opinions on the defensive practically from the very beginning. The Populists still contend that later returns will show that their party has made a far better showing in various 3tates than is conceded them in the earlier dis patches. In Virginia thay succeeded in terrorizing the Democrats for the last two weeks, but the leaders of the latter party rallied from their panic in time to make unprecedented efforts to get out their iuli vote, and it iooiis 83 though the Populists would have stood a much better chance tor victory by oukiug a still fight. The Populist senators and Republicans who are in the city, are anxiously watchiu? the latest news from Nebraska and Kansas, and expect cheering news from the official relurns. There is one element of defeated Democracy that reviews the general Republican victory with a philosonhic resignation that amounts almost to sat isfaction. This element comprises the free coinge Democrats who have so bitterly reproached President Cleveland for forcing the repeal bill through Con- . gress, and who tor weeks have b?&i' predicting that the administration's disloyalty to the Democratic'-'National platform would be rgbtiked by a crushing deieat in all <iie great states' elections this talJi^These men now point to the Democratic deleat as the result ol th? pity's departure f.om its faith Jft^the recent extraordinary session, and are already preparing to coax the majority back to the good old orthodox iaith when the regular session convenes in December. Chairman Bland will introduce his free coinage bill at the Grst bill day of the session, and the free coinage men are txptcied to be a unit in demanding its prompt consideration. The President did not show that in tense interest in tne returns last nhrnt that would have indicated a confidence in Democratic victory. Eicly in the evening the President went out to his country home instead of remaining at the executive mansion, as is usual on election ni^h's. aad the returns he received were only those of sufficipnt importance Lo he telephoned out to Woodley by Private Secretary Thurber. as the laiter received them from the telegraph wire at the White House. Several members o; the Cabinet drove out to the President's cottage in ih?. evening. but none of these gentlemen have so far given any expression of 'he causes that led up to the general defeat. The President was doubtless undis couraged by tae Democratic deteat as tie has constantly repeated to those members of bis party who have been pre Jictaig D mocratic deteat as the result ot the administration financial policy, th it mey would vindicate their party and show that the majority <vas right iadamauding the immediate snd unconditional repal ot the Sherma-i act. SOME PLAIN TALK BETWEEN GOVERNOR TILLMAN AND EDITOR GARLINGTON. The Fac'8 saomiccea ar.a ed? feopie j A^k^U to Decide Who Has Been PreVurlcatiag, the Goverr r cr the Editor. Columbia, S. Cm Nov. 7.?The following correspondence anent the question m dispute between Governor Tillman and Mr. J. C. Garlin^ton of Spartanburg, is self explanatory: Spartanburg. Nov. 4.?Special: The Tillmao-Girlington exchange of pieasantries is some-vhat of a sensation up this way. J. C. Garlinzton, editor of the Daily Herald, is also correspondent for The State. Last Thursday Mr Garliogton sent the toilowinz harmless looking dispatch to The State. "Spartanburg, S. C., Oct. "<1? Ooe of Governor Tillman's liq,uor cons ables, who se'zed a'blockade' wagon en Sa'urday was himself arrested today tor retailing without license. He was selling bv the pint at Clifton. His name is Henderson." At Grst the affair was hardly noticed he e. It was just what was generally expected. No one believed an informer to be above retailing whiskey, or doing anything else that is wrong. But it seems that the little ionocent dispatch has stirred up the Governor and caused htm to use some very emphatic lantrua^e. The Register the next day had the following denial: "Governor Tillman was asked about it yesterday and said: 'There is not a word of truth m it, as we have no such con3table; It is on a par with the lie that was telegraphed to The State from Charleston about my acting as a spy at the Charleston Hotel about a month ago. The lies only appear in that liaskellite sheet and of course emanate C U/v fUa oama T%r 1 n/M r*1 Q I ilULLi LLiCLL nr LAV u^iu UUV/ oacuv ^nuvt^w or are actiDg as the dirty tool3 of the whiskey sellers. I did not think it worth while to contradict the first lie, but contented myself with sending the clipoing to the proprietor of the Charleston Ebtel, thinking that he would have the decency, knowing it to be false, to eive a correct statement, but as they off-nil <hia lie ohnnf t.hf> r?.r>nst;?h]ps UAVC Obm bVU LUi^ *?V M WV*k WMW I state the facts for the benefit of the public, I have no constable on the force who has not the endorsement of good men.' " Mr. Garlington then stated that Heuderson reported that he had authority from the Governor to make the arrest. He told several persous on the street that be was employed by the Governor to do this work. On his statements Mr Garlineton sent the dispatch. Yesterday morning he beard that Henderson hii'I a letter from the Governor's office authorlziug him to act a* a whiskev spy. In order to set himself straight he sent out for the letter and got it. TTie HeraM ot thi3 morning had a lithographic copy. It is as follows: State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber Columbia, Oct, 14, 1893. J. A. Henderson, Descer, S.1 C. Yours of October 8 to Governor Tilloian to band, and in reply he directs me to say that he will give veu $25 tor each conviction of a white man caught in selling liquor or running the blockade business. Yours very trulv, D. H. Towpkins, Private Secretary. Mr. Garlington, with this letter, has an editorial, ot which this is a sample: "When you stated that the dispatch sent to The State, to the effect that Jim Henderson, a Tillman spy, had been arrested, was a lie and emanated from %a dirty tool of the whiskey se lers,' you stated what you k-iew positively to be false, a3 the fac simile letter of your pri vate secretary priniea iu mis paper, iue original of which I have now in my possession, proves beyond the shadow of a doubt. You may argue and twist and squirm, but you can never ".onvince ao honest man that vou were justified in usiny such lanaua^e or that; it is right and proprer for the Governor of a State to utter falsehoods concerning a private citizen to cover his pet scheme. "Tfcere are those I believe, who do contend chat a lie is under certain circumstances justifiable, but even the foremost of that school will be forced to artmit that the provocation, the mere desire on your part to shield the spy system and save it from odium, is by no means sufficient provocating Yesterday Governor Tillman sent the following replv to Mr. Garlington: Executive hamber. State of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C., Xov. 6, 1893. J. C. Garlington, Esq., Editoi Spartan bur? Herald. Sir: A marked copy of the Herald, i November 3, containing your editorial, | "Who Has Lied?" reached me yesterday at)?l I take it, therefore, as a personal communication. I also notice in The State of Sunday an open letter addressed to "B. K. Tillman, Governor," copied from the Herald of Saturday. It has been my custom to ignore abuse and falsehood about myself appearing in newspapers, but I depart from it in thi3 instance, 4n order that the people of the State, and your readers in particular, may be able to answer the Question, "Who Has Lied?" to their own satisfacIn The State newspaper ot November 1st appeared a special as follows: "Spartanburg, S. C.? Oct. 31.? One of Governor Til)man's liquor constables who seized a blockade wagon on Saturday was himself arrested today by a United States Marshal for retailing liquor without license. He was selling by the pint at Qlifjtcn. "xils" name is Henderscs." . -No name was signed and I therefore knew nothing as to its authorship. When asked about it by the reporters who daily visit my office, I denounced it a3 a lie, and took occasion to characterize t^e newspaper in which it appeared in fitting terms, as a purveyor of falsehood. Nothing appeared in the News and Courier or The Resister about the arrest, that I saw, and I felt justified in what I said because a similar special* from 1 ? 4-^w /-v Cfafo in if iv JL uc uivx -v alooe appeared, had charged me with playing the part of a spy at the Charleston Hotel when I last vi3ited that city in company with Miss Clara Barton. You now step forward and avow the authorship of the special and seek to shield yourself by having it appear that Henderson is ua.?py," and therefore the Governor has "lied." But you cannot wriggle out of y^ur uncomfortable predicament by auy such change ot terms aad facts. It has been a common and accepted ruie among the Haskellite newspapers aud tKose which are the mouthpieces of the whiskey men to call the State constables '-spies" and "sneaks" and other opprobrious names They slory in thus befouling the State's officers and encouraging ODposition to the -Dispensary Act, which is the law ot the land. When The State published the lie on the hotel matter, I said no thing; when it published your special seeking to briog the constaoles into disrepute as law breakers and directly reflecting on me, upon whom the duty of appointing them rests, I thougDt it time to speak out, and I did so in mv usual, positive way. Xow, sir, I said no constable was on the force by the name of Heuderson; no constable had been arrested for retailing liquor, and the statement in The State was a lie. You immediately j ump on the name "spy," which is not syno nymcus with constaMc and which you did not use in the nispitch. and produce Mr. Tompkins'? letter ro Henderson r-li>r:n2: $25 tor "proof to convict, ! etc," and thu3 seek to cmfuso and becloud the issue. But you cannot ^e' ofl in that way. You kuo v that Henderson ! is not a cooslable, because constables are regularly commissioned under seal, and wear badges. You knov that he bad no authority to arrest You know he i? in no way connected with the State government, and that I am m no w'se responsible ior his bshaviour further than to pay him $25 if he secures a conviction uadertbe Disoensary law, which Is a standing offir and has been made to scores ot men besides Henderson. I do not "argue that a spy is a constable" as you seem to desire. On the contrary, I deny it absolutely and 1 ,ave it to you to show :i to be so if you can. At the same Lime I assert that a constable is not a spy, but a detective doing legitimate, honorable and necessary work to u;/uold the law, and you have no right to thus defame a S!.ate officer. You stated that a 'cons'able" had been arrested for retailing liquor and I said it was a he. i acquit you of intentional falsehood in Lh.s instance, but you cannot do otherwise than ackrowledge actual falsehood. You are opposed to the Dispensary law bac I do not therefore consider yu "a tool of the whiskey dealers." You have been caught m bad company sendm< l;e3, howeveriunocensly, to lying newspapers md therefore ycu have had your sensibilities wounded by ;ny plain speakiog. I defended the S'ate's officers, my appointees, u? was :nv duty?in too strong language it may b3?but the provocation was very great. Lf iu future you will be sure of your fuels before sendin? false statements reflecting on the Governor aad hi3 subordinates, you will not be convicted, a3 in the present case, of "lviag." It is s T.Yij rTj^ I .vould not have usp#' it had I knotftt you"were the auljror of the dispatch. jf" cannot change 'it or withdraw it now since you resort to subterfuge in order to transfer that charge to mv shoulders and thus aggravate the Orst offense by seeking to seceive the public through a change of the ivord "constable" to "spy." I will not, of course, condescend to notice your abusive insolence. For your solicitude about my "career being ended, &c.," I am deeply grateful. I rest with equanimity under the charge of "lying" and "perjury" which joa have tried io prove, and trust you may soon recover vour neace of mind. Under ^reat pro vocation I threv a stone at random aud hit you. It you will stick to tbe truth in the future or sign your dispatches sol may recogn'ze my '-impartial critic," you will be spared a like painful experience. A word ot advice at parting: When next you have a grievance of this kind and feel that you havTe done nothing wrong, make a calm, di^nitied statement of the iaci3. or address a personal letter, asking an exDlauation and await the result. Any gentleman will give such, and make r,he amende honorable. Had you kept your temper and stated your case I would have cheerfully apologized. As it i3, your abuse excites comempt. and you have actui'lv descended to falsehood in defense of an untenable position. B. R. Tillman, Governor. Fired on our Flag. New York, Nov. 7.?Toe Herald ' prints a dispatch from LaLiberted stating that by the alleged orders of Fresi dent Vasquez and by the express command of the commission-r of the port of Amapold, sevea cannon shots were fied after the Pacific Mail steamship Costa Rica, flying che stars and Stripes, as she steamed away, because she refused to surrender Poiicorgo Bonilla, who recently led a revolution in Honduras, but; was defeated by Vasquez. , He was a passenger on the Costa Rica, wnich sailed rrorn Corinto, Nicaragua, ; for Guatemala. United States Minister Baker was on tne Costa Rica when flred on. \XT ^crrrv'ATAV \T/*vtr 7 Tho 5l./l M AOiHi^U X \Jj?% J iXVfi xuv w.? vices received by the Department of State from the scene of tae last trouble ; in Honduras are to the folio wing effect: Minister Baker boarded the Costa R'.ca, 1 an American ship, at Ooriato (in Nicaragua), for Salvador. The ship ea- tered a port of Honduras, and while ; there the authorities ol the government demanded of the captain the surrender of Barilla, a citizen of Honduras, who was a passenger on the ship, 1 on his way to Guatemala. Borilla, it 1 is understood, had been engaged in < some insurrectionary movement in < Honduras, for which a criminal charge < was pending against him. After the i ship had received her clearance papers, i and while she was leaving the i port, six or seven shots were fired, 1 whether directly at her or in front ; of her the bring her to not is clear, i In conformity with the departmental I usage, there is'no hint of the Secretary's < intentions in the matter. If, however, the usual course is followed, the depart- i ment will probably wait for full ad- < vices before taking any action looking t to redress. ] ] Detp r Mystery. East Tawas, Mich., Nov. 9-The 1 mystery surrounding the loss of the 24: seamen in the second lifeboat from the steamer Philadelphia was greatly deepened today by the announcement of the captain of the schooner Dunford that he had one alive from the overturned boat who was beiDg held in hiding until after the inquest The Danford was in tow of the City of Concord on which steamer the Point aux Barques life saviag crew placed the bodies. The Dunford's captain refused to give the man's name or enter into any particular*- -Xhe coroner is making-iittlc progress ifi?getting at the facts of the disaster. Both Cap E tain Hulf of the Philadelphia and first { mate Drary of the Albany refused to testify as to the signals exchanged by 1 the t\vo steamers before the collision. The jury demanded that both men be ' placed upon the stand again this evening when a strong effort will be made to force cut the facts. Captain Huff ' testified positively tnat tne boat and , men that were lost were all right when they left the Philadelphia. The crushed j skii'il of the first mate could not have been done by the propeller's wheel as I the boat's rudder was hard over and the stern of the Philadelphia swung ' off. , Popalli<ts Whipped. Topeka, Kan., X jv. 9.?.Vdiitional . returns from Tuesday's election sweil ' the Republican pluralities and th^| Populist so hopeful vesterday coDce^H that they have been badly defeated. (M the thirteen Judges that were electSH Chairman Breidenthal, of the PopulisH nart.v claims onlv three, though h^ iaW not willi jg to concede the I9:h aad34ttW At Republican headquarters tbe tol-B lowing summary of tae result basea* upon returns thus far reoeived is given out: Straight Republican counties 45. 9 straight Populist cjunties divided I counues 25, to bs heard from 27. Il-?- 1 publican officers eiectei in divided 1 counties 105, Populism oil!;ers elected a in divided counties 5'J. Fiaiio* nnd Organs. "VT ~ 1- lYy f i ?v? n 4- rv Kmtt a :t rti ro. n r? r>] in S ^>U>V 13 LrLlC l*sj v Ujr Qaiu<u&i w $25 cash balance November loth 18'.*3. 1 Will buy a Piano at spot cash price S10 ? cash, balance November lo'a 1893. ' Will bay a organ at spot cash price. See the lis", to choose from. Steinway- 1 Mason & .Iamlin, ilathushek and Stir, ling Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Stirling Organs. Fifteen days test trial and freight both ways if n->t satisfactory. A lar?e lot of nearly new ana 1 3t;cond hand Pianos and Organs at bar gains. Good as new. Write for prices W.NT. Trump, Columbia, S. C. * Fire In*0 Hi<* Pogse. The Columbia Journal, of last Wednesday, says: ".News has reached here of the killing of a n^gro on the Harper place, near North's, on the South Bound road. Constable Lewis Gibsoo, Swift Gibson. J. D. McLendon and Jacob i Livingston went with warrants to arrest Fred Stivender and George Sfcivender, colored. The negroes resisted arrest and lired on the posse, seriously wounding Constable Lewis Gibson. The posse returned the fire, killing Fred Stivender and seriously wounding George Stivender. The dead man had a bad reputation." The Orangeburg correspondent of the Journal, under date of November 9, says: "The report of the shooting of the negro Stivender, at North, by Constable Gibson's posse, as published in the Journal last night, was fully verified today. T&e news that comes here shows that the Stivenders were verv desDerate characters and des2rved all that they got. Humor has it that the negroes are organizing and will march upon North today. On general principles this rumor is hardly to be believed. A reputable gentleman, however, stated to your correspondent that he saw a number of neeroes making ready yith guns, powder aud shot to "go to North. If this be true and North will need assistance all she has to do is to call on Orangeburg and assistance will be forthcoming. The reports are very possibly exaggerated. There was an "occurrence up in the Bull Swamp section,in the vicinity of North last Monday night which would indicate that the negroes are very bitter against the whites. Some time ago it was reported in this correspondence that the negro<ss had refused to pick cotton for certain white farmers in the Ball Swamp community, and that one negro had even shot into his bouse, and, in order to raise a row, ha J claimed that white men nad done the shooting and" meant to Kill him. On Monday night last Messrs. J. Preston Inabinet, Henry Boyd* W. L. Inabinet and Lewis Kobinson were out coon hunting. They had "tre^-d" wtrrie endeavoring^to-^pture the mal, they w"er? lired into by some? groes concealed in bashes about fl yards away. The assassins evideM thought the hunters were on horsefe^H for they fired over their heads, fl clue has yet been obtained as tcfl identity of any of the would-be afl sins. It is said that the negroes of^^J section hold regular meetings, at wfl they discuss the means and the fl for blocking the whites in the lafl work. The matter is sure to eH very serious trouoie if it is coH ued." ^ 9 For the Utsual Crime. ffi Charleston, S. C., Nov. jiWSH Snarronhiir.ir er>orval atJT7o anpp.ic on/? I Wj/vvmi Wifcj VP MUV? terrible punishment was meted out 10 a nesro named Bob Kennedy, aboQt 20 old, at GatTney last night. About dusk a married.white woman and her little s>iri were hurrying home from the business portion of the town. when in a narrow lane near their house a negro suddenly grabbed the woman, threw her down and bsgan to choke her. Her ocreams aroused a little boy not far off. lie ran out and saw the negro, who ran away as soon as he saw the white boy. He ran ofl without completing the assault. The white boy followed him and taw him enter a house not for away. He then called to some neighbors, who went tn f.hft hnnnp. and saw TCennedv slums by the tire with his shoes off and put out of the way. Oae negro ia the uouse said Kennedy, had been therefor three hours, another stated that he had just come in. He was ordered to get dis shoes, which showed that they had just been m the muJ. He was-carried out aod his tracks corresponded exactly wiih the ones where the woman Was assaulieu. The white boy icentified him as tae man he saw runaway and enter the house. He was kept under arrest uctii about midnight, when he was carried out to the slaughter pen and hanged. 1 tie people were tne more mcensea Decease a week or two ago as three lit le g?rls were going to the Cooper Limcsstone Institute, from (xaffney, a negro unknown to them came out Irom the woods, seized one and began to drag her back into the woods. The other two ran and screamed and the dummy came along just then and the negro became alarmed and released the girl, who es-? ciped frightened nearly to death. They believe that Kennedy mads the assault oa the little child. He confessed to the assault on the white womao. ? Win T.-tke a H?ud. Charleston, S. C., Xcv. 10? The Cljde ijteamsnip Company, which has heretofore offered no resistance to the State constables in the search for liquors transported by its vessels, today declared open war against the dispensary law and will fight it in the courts to the bitter end. On the 19th of September the constabulary seized twelve barrels of beer in the Clyde warehouse anu the a^ent, J. E. Edgerton, was arrested and gave bond. Since that time the constabulary have made numerdus seizures. Today Agent Edgerton was surrendered by his bondsmen and it once went into the United States Oourt on habeas corpus. 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