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DEFENDS HIS ACTION.
SENATOR SUTLER GIVES HIS REACOD
VOTISin AQ HP DID.
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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
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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"
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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. The petition
alleges that Edgerton's arrest and imprisonment
are illegal because the Dispensary
law is unconstitutional. The
rearing of the cass was fixed'for November
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