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1 AIL,J L . . . THE WEEK'S RECORD. ? TILLMAN'S ULTIMATUM. AN' ADDHESS TO Till-: TllOOl'S. lit* Will KitlOi-t o the OlspenHrtry Law at all I la/.art I*?To Take Control til tlie Police Puree ol'ill? CitieN. The following address of (fuycrnor Tillman was luado in front of the State House tin the 3rd inst. to the military and volunteer citizens who were being dismissed to their respective homes: Citizen Soldiers, Volunteers and Fellow Citizens: South Carolina to-day is attracting the attention of all the United States. The situation here is so grave and unomulous that it is proper that u clear and official statement go forth?an analysis of the causes that brought it about. As Governor of the entiro people (and 1 have never sought to be anything else) it is best that the statement should come from mo. All are familiar with the occurrences of the past few days. There has been a conflict between citizens and officers of the law. The cause of it all was those who resist the enforcement of the dispensary because they say it is tyrannical, invades private rights, is unconstitutional and should not ho enforced. This is ? ones tiou thut should not bo settled by arms but by tho ballot. Lot us look for 11 moment nt tho consequences, if tho cluim set forth that privato residences can't bo searched for contraband liquor. Why it amounts to a repeal of the dispensary law in an unconstitutional way. If a man can keep whiskey in his house and mako a saloon of it, or if ho keeps and carries it in his pocket or otherwise to saloons, then it is useless to have a dispensary law. This law has neon e.meted by tho Iioople. It is on tho statute books and have sworn to support the laws of the State. Until this law is repealed, so help me God, I will exercise every power given me to see that it is obeyed. I am not here to discuss the whys or wherefores, tho advantages or disadvantages of the dispensary. It will be an issue in the next campaign and then you can decide whether you want it continued or not. When this collision at Darlington occurred the news was Hashed all over tho country that 100 men were out in pursuit of the constables. How do the facts bear out the statements? The constables had done their duty and had gone to the depot. They had been sent there, and tho chief constable and others hail been sent because the mayor had allowed them to bo insulted and cursed to their faces. A mob had broken into the armory and stolen the guns, and we had the spectacle of eitil?f 1 l>o {.?? C? fivuo \/? CIIV ucuiu ntiitu proper* ty to shoot down State ollieers. I was informed that the guns had boon returned, but not having eontklcnoo in Ctt|>t. Thompson I ordered the Suintei company to go there. Thoy went and everything being reported quiot i ordered them baek home. Two boys, mere striplings, got into 11 tight and soon 50 men armed to the teeth went to the depot. They picked a quarrel with tho constables and men on both sides were killed. The fault cannot he clearly placed and probably never will be known, but if ever it if it will bo found that the constables simply ditl their duty. Tho mayor says the arms were stolen in fun. hut this sort of fun occurred elsewhere and some of tho companies were actually in mutiny. Hut thank God, there were some bravo men wh< responded, and you soldiers and boyt are hero to-day as an ovidonce that m oligarchy will ever rule this State again. Tho mayor trios to lay tho blame 01 mo by saying that 1 exorcised powei that no Governor had ever attempted But when these troops?these band box soldiers?were ordered out they re fused to obey, being influenced by po litieal rancor and men even went s( far as to offer assistance. It can't be disproved that the Darlington hunting constables are not lynchers at heart The mayor said he had a right to ar rest them, but he had no right to gt with armed men hunting them unlcst accompanied by the short IT or souu lawful constable. The thing has it; ridiculous side too and it looks like i big April fool joke. Here are men ad mitting themselves to bo lyncher! prancing around the county hunting for a few constables and there hasn'i been a shot llrod since the row at thi depot. They didn't want to tind them Why didn't they lynch the man tho liu.l in 1 ... v. ivn i nuu >rua iiuiiiil l('( to bo. in tlio row. They slandered thorn selves by proclaiming they would lyncl men whom they didn't want to cutcl when they had one in their power. In 187li 1 witnessed a scene on thii very spot when this whole osplanadt clear to the monument was erowdet with men indignant that the Stat* House had boon seized by troops, was there. We were all of one mine: then. Wo were all brothers, friends Carolinians and patriots. To-day w< are two hostile camps because the mi nority don't want the majority to rule The body politic is diseased?is in i fever. The people of Charleston an* Columbia have taken into their boson a viper in the shape of two paperi which daily deal out venom. They tr; to abuse mo by slander and misropre sentation. but I wear a coat of mai that they have never, pierced, which ii an honest heart working for the bes good of the State and its people. Then* strained relations must ceaso. The; cannot go on ulso wo will have civi war. I deny that wo aro responsibl* for this trouble. Tho op posers of tin law must realize at once that the; must submit. These two newspaper* will not let the wound html Timu ir..... ~T~J "|T " "" "W> I the wound open and daily pours poisoi in it, and they are aided and auottet by the whiskey men and their sympu thizers. When tlio news of the collision a ^ Darlington was flashed all over tlx country lying reporters said that ex plosion would come. That there win an arsenal of powder in tho Stato un< the spark would soon be dropped in it They said civil war would como, bu it didn't. It cannot come for tho peo pie are in tho saddle and intend to re main there. These men would destroy tho Stab if they could only destroy mo. Tho re port has been sent abroad that mi life was daily in danger. One promt neat citizen told Mr. Yeldell, from m^ own county, that ho had u shot gut and came here to kill mo. I can go his name if necessary. 1 have novoi felt any doubt us to my personal safety i uiiyo u'liuuiiud jit inn mansion per fe< tly safe, but rather than gratify m> ( nemicH by giving up to thoru I woulc have gone out tiiero a corpse. The barroom element ih at the lw>t torn of it all. and the rulers of the for mer oligarchy are encouraging then and this row is tho result of petition frenzy. These lives are offerings t< tho inoloch of whiskey. Tho dealer: declare that they will resume their in iquilous business and they propose t< do 10 by selling whiskey from tholi residences. Shall tho demon have anj more victories? 1 don't intend foi thorn to have any more if 1 can help it. >i 1 shall not hud no one inch, but shall continue to carry out tho will of the people. I'm not going to aggravate the situation, but I'm going to lot the people know to-morrow by a proclamation what 1 intend to do. Tho Gcnoral Statutes of tho State are a mine of wealth, wisdom and strength. What would 1 have been able to do had 1 not boon empowered to control the telegraph and railroad companies and keep assistance from the insurgents and lying reports to go out and further influence tho people? But I have another sword of Damocles to suspend over the heads of tho insurgents and I will cut the string tomorrow. Soctlon 519 of tho Statutes glvos me power to take control of the police of tho State, and mayors and city councils must compel them to carry out the law. I intend to see that the police do their duty or I'll discharge every man of them. 1 intend to control and will not surrender. Tho laws must be obeyed. If people want the dispensary they can have it. Those that don't want it have got to take it. Hereafter I shall confine the constables to tho duty of watching railroads and of watching the police, and reporting to me whether they do their duty. If the authorities of the cities and towns don't co-operate with mo the Legislature will bo called, and laws will bo made giving mo power to remove those men and putting in their places people who will carry out tho law. Private houses will continue to he searched. With an extra session in sight the police must do their duty or be removed. Lot the opposors of this law quit. They must submit. I want harmony and peace, I have not nor ne^er will aggravate the situation, hut i cannot, will not, dare submit to the will of the minority. Tho people must govern. Rebellion must get olT the track for the train is coining. 1 am at the throttle and intend to get in on time. MAYOR DAIKJAN'S KRJOINDHlt. flic Darlington Mayor on His Mettle ? He Writes a Very Salty Card and Scores t lie Governor. Mayor Uargun has made another statement for publication, and this one is in rejoinder to Governor Tillman's speech. It is as follows! " You know that the Governor is a politician and he is making campaign speeches. When a politician gets in a hole lie naturally tries to get out of it. and if he has committed a mUtnUn ' ho in the I list mun under the sun to honestly own it. He tries to put it on some one else. There are one or two i inaccurate statements of his which I do not like to pass over without correcting. lie says speaking of the i constables, that "they had been sent there because the Mayor haul ail lowed i them to be insulted and cursed to their faiees." If the Governor wais so 1 informed thait l,aisMaiyor, haul aillowod that, his lii'st information is just ai liar. This is the lii'st information 1 i have ever received of such ai faict. He saivs again two boys, mere striplings, I got into ai light, and some fifty men, i airmcd to the teeth, went to the depot , and nicked ai quarrel with the conr stables, aind men on both sides were a killed. 1 don't know who informed , him of this faiet, but who ever did so just lied, and knew ho lied when he i guve such information. I "Again, he says the fault cannot ! be clearly placed, and probably never ; will be known. As to thait, the Govcr> nor is a very badly informed man if he a lays that llaittering unction to his soul, > and I venture the prediction that lie s will llnd the faiult clearly placed, auui that it will be found that thu coni stables did everything else but their dllt v. Villi will llnil I i......... .... . u >? ?. a a II ?|\1 1 tlVTU I III , ho states, that tlio Governor hud ex eroisod powor that ao Governor hud - over attempted, but I say it now, und . I think fuels well known to the people > of South Carolina bear out my state) incut. Hut what 1 did say was that r Governor Tillman assumed that his . spies have privileges that are not eu joyed by any other citizens of this > State, etc., and I will add privileges i that even he does not enjoy. 1 notice ) that the Governor tries to get in an ^ April joke. Well, 1 hope he enjoyed i it. It does look a little funny that after all this fuss ami feathers the s chief ollicer of the State would march r his troops up the hill and then march t them down again. Well, that is a 3 joke we have enjoyed very much in . these serious times, but it does look r funny that the Governor hud his I friends to go to so much trouble to try . and get his constables out of the hands i of the people who were not trying to I lind them. Well, they did not tiud thorn, and I am glad they did not, for * had they done so possibly some good 3 citizen would have hud to die before 1 tiie spies bit the dust. 3 " I notice that he asked the question, I ' Why did they not lynch the man I they had in their power, who was admitted to bo in the row ?' 3 " 1 answer because wo are not . lynchers. We are not cut throats nor . robbers. We are South Carolinians i and light a man as long as he is up, I hut wo never hit the man that is down, i We don't light that way and that is * the reason that the man was not f lynched. " I know pretty well what Governor 1 Tillman wanted us to do. I undor3 stand him very well. He is not the t, first politician I have seen. The Gov . ornor would have liked our people In i their rage to have murdered this man I McLendon, who 1 am told, l>ousts of 3 the fact that he has killed three other \ men. lie would have liked for us to j have destroyed the dispensary because ? then there would have been two facts > which he could have pointed to as a i justification of his unprecedented ] course in the whole matter, hut thank . (Jod our people are not that sort. They are made of dilTerent stuff from what t he imaginos, and we congratulate 3 ourselves today that this man Mc. London, who, 1 am satisfied, it will be 4 shown brought on this bloodshed, 1 when shot down and thereby disabled from making his escape and thrown t into our hands, helpless, has been treated as all helpless men are and . as wounded enemies are by civilized people. ? "This action stands out in startling . and striking contrast to the action of f his comrades at this stage of affairs, . who, it appears fro'n the facts, shot t the Ixnly of poor Normcnt, alter he was i down, in four different places with I. Winchester rilles also and shot our chief i- of police while discharging his duty. . This was enough to lire the blood and . make even infant sinews as strong as - steel. Hut cool heads wore possessed i oy roon who wore not politicians and reason hud full away. " I know now, aftoi* that spooch t?f tho Governor's, that ho wanted us to \ destroy State property, hut L am | thankful to say that it. with all other > properly of the town of Darlington, has ,, noun protected. Our people merely - wish that the lives of our follow > Iti/.ons were as well prosevvcd. The r Governor is a curious kind of indivi: dual. There is one striking thing about him. He judges everybody by , himself. Where ho wants informa tlon about anything ho novor goes to tho man who is charged with knowing tho state of affairs unless that man ia clthor a hireling of )iin own or ono of hit* own peculiar political faith. lie would take information given him by a boot-1)lack if ho belonged to his narty rather than the information of any man or that given by tho oflicors of a place. "In the conduct of this matter if tho Governor has not boon judging mo by himself, had ho wished information ulxmt the status at Datlington, had he addressed his communications to me who had charge, under tho law. with tho administration of affairs of tho town, like ho had with tho alfairs of tho State, ho would have been accurately informed and to the full, of tho situation, but instead of t nun u appears iroin llio telegrams I ] suw published that ho gavo full ] credence to his hireling, 11 dispensary j ouipioyoo here, .i. 13. Floyd, whose ( knowledge of iitTuirs of this town is ' absolutely as nothing. If I could not have boon relied on or if lie hud information uguinst uiy character and standing, and he could not trust mo to give him reliable information, surely he could have sought information from some gentleman of standing in this community, lie did not choose to do so and that occasions his many mistakes and blunders made in this matter. No one is frightened by all this blulT and bluster of tin-Governor and no one fears him or anything he can do except the Tillmanites. 1 think they are all Tory much afraid of him. 1 do not think anybody else is." SENATOR BUTLER IN DARLINGTON. HOW 11 Id Vir.WS Til 10 SITUATION. Facts uuil Conditions as He Found Them ? He Condemns the Course id' Governor III I man. Senator Butler in passing through Florence on his way to Washington was interviewed by the newspaper reporters and asked to give his esti- | mate of the situation in Darlimiton. i with which ho complied us follows : " I huvo come down from Darlington," ho said, " wliuro I huvo boon the past twenty-four hours. As fur us 1 1 could learn everything is perfectly quiet and the civil authorities propared to discharge their duty. It seems t hat a number of Stato constables or spies, as they are culled, hud been to Darlington for tho purpose of ascertaining if there was any contraband whiskey. In tho search they made, they were supported by tho mayor and civil authorities of Darlington, as there was not the slightest resistance to this enforcement of tins dispensary law ; on the contrary tho pcoplo of Darlington co-operated with tho enforcement. This was prior to Thursday, March U(J. It appears the force of constables or spies was increased on that day, by a reinforcement of about eighteen men, armed with Winchester rilies and pistols. Why this reinforcement of armed men should be sent into a peaceable, law-abiding community where there had been no resistance to law, 1 cannot understand and 1 think the authorities will have dilllculty in explaining it. It also appears that this armed band were about to retire from that community where they had not been molested or disturbed, when a personal difficulty arose between two young men at tho railroad station where these spies wore. This difficulty, from what I can learn was an entirely personal matter between tho parties engaged and in no way connected with tho execution of or resistance of tho dispensary law. " One of those armed constables, MeClendon by name, interfered in this private dilllculty. A citizen, Mr. Normcnt, at the depot on business, made some remark, and there was an i interchange of epithets between him ami mis eonsuioio, wHereupon the ( constable opened lire upon Mr. Normeiit. with the remark, '(??d d?n i it. boys, let her roll.' The tiring then became gonorul between the armed ( constables ami the few persons who appear to have been at the station by , accident or on business. The result i of this tiring was that two unolTondinsr citizens were slain, one constable killed and this man MeClendon badly wounded, and several other citizens, aiming them the chief of police, who was trying to preserve order, were several times wounded. "The people of Darlington, naturally indignant at the extraordinary and and violent measures adopted by the authorities of the State, were outraged, and upon the information of this eineute at the station they set i out and pursued the men who they , rightly thought had committed a i wanton and unprovoked murder upon two of their best citizens. They pursued these men, 1 take it, as long < as there was a prospect of arresting them, and, we must assume, bringing ( them to justice for what they eon- ( sidored an unprovoked homicide. As ( a proof of their conservatism, the wounded man MeClendon, who had j shot Mr. Norment, was taken to tho i jail and there protected from further < injury, although the people of that < town were greatly infuriated at his ( conduct. I " I think it may bo safely asserted that there is not a more law-abiding, < iui-fiilyt iinHMiunuimy unwynere 111 the United States tlum the two counties ( of Darlington and Florence. Now, it does seem to mo that if I hud been Governor of the State of South Curo- < linn 1 would have felt it to ho my duty, | < upon being informed of the occurrences I at Darlington, to have gone promptly , < to tlio scene of the disturbance and i assured the people of that hitherto t law-abiding community that they < should have fair play. I think if 1 Governor Tillman had done this matters i could have been composed in 21 hours, i and whoever should have been proven i to be in fault would have been made amenable to the law. Instead of that i he issued a proclamation denouncing , the good people of these two counties i as insurgents and insurrectionists and j ordered the military of the State to i camp upon them. 1 Daring my stay at Darlington 1 was | deeply impressed with the anxiety of | lioth the citizens and the military to I keep within the limits of the law. 1 ? advised as far as I had the right to i advise, that under our form of govern- t incut the military be subordinate to i tlio civil power, and the ?ie of the t military arm was only justifiable when t the eivil authority was proved to be i powerless and paralyzed, and, I think, < if Oovornor Tillman had or could re- 1 cognize this Constitutional relation of f the two powers of our government, he < would avoid many of tho blunders i which he has made. There are two t ways to oxeeuto any law. The one by ( wisdom and conservatism and fairness. | and the other by harshness, violence | and an overbearing disregard of the i citizens. ? I need not now express any opinion i in rogard to tho dispensary law, bit i I may say that, in my judgement, tin c Oovornor is attempting to enforce it v in a harsh, violent and ill-ndvisou ; mannor. He ought to know that the r Anglo-Saxon race, partieullary in oui n day und generation, will not submit, \ beyond a certain point, to be harried t Mid repressed and pursued. The h Constitution of the United States and g ?f the state guarantee tlio citizen t< igaiust unreasonahle searches, and s /hero is nothing in the dispensary law o hat I know of which justifies an infusion of this sacred right. Governor t rillnian must not imagine from the 'I latriotic and submisbion of the people it n the city of Charleston, where he a teems to have jiraetieally unchallenged t iway in the harsh execution of this w aw, that the people outside of that jity, loss uccustomod to the restraints tl if municipal government, will quietly t lubmit to his invasion of their rights, p ind it would he prudent on his part to t jo slow in the rigid enforcement of a c fory unpopular law. t " I should not bo understood as en- ? souraging. in tho slightest degree, law- I1 ossness or resistance in any form In ' awful authority. The people of Dir- r ingtou and Florence, aa a rule, have y lot resisted the lawful authority. 1 L'hore may be exceptional instances, is thoro are in uvnrv eiiiiimimit.t.' lint t -hey do not justify the wholesale doinnovation which ho seems to huvo put ? ipOu them. From whut I observe in " jpth these counties there tins not beeu b ,he least excuse or jusliflcutlon for or- c loriiur the military to these points. j tie has done so at an enormous expo oho J1 X) the taxpayers of the State, and, of ' jourse, ho will have to look out for ' t-hat. "While in Darlington I advised, as H far us 1 had the right to advise, that 1 the friends of the deceased who wore ^ killed in the cmouto at the railroad itatlon, u'o before the trial justice, make aflhlavit charging the accused parties of the oltcnce which they / thought they were guilty of, demand the issuance of a warrant, let the same ^ he placed in the hands of a duly authorized constable or citizen, or, where the accused has fled the jurisdiction of M i warrant, that it ho sent to the sherilT >f the county where thoy are found, endorsed and served by him, so that c the parties might be arrested accord- v ing to law, rcquirod to appear, give I bond and answer to the churges in the ' Jue course of judicial administration. ^ If resistance should he made to the f jonstahlo of the trial justice, and lie (J should fail to make the arrest, he ^ should he required to endorse such 1 failure on the warrant, and then, and then only, the eivil authorities should ' ::all on the military to act us a posse i: for the arrest of the accused. 8 " 1 sec by the papers that Governor ' Tillman, in a note to (Japt. McCaugh- ( rin of the military company, has sta- 8 tod that 1 the duty of the soldiers, and ' the militia uro soldiers, when called 8 into service is blind obedience to or- 11 :lers from his superior, and not to ques- ^ Lion them in any way.' To my mind c this proposition is simply monstrous, I mid is not true. No olliecr is bound to ^ nn-y mo orders 01 ins superior when e tho order issued is illegal. Nothing is ^ better settled in military law than that. ' Suppose tho Governor hnd ordered ? L'upt. MeCaughrin to tiro into n church ' lillod with women and ehildreti; sup- c pose lie iiud ordered him to set tiro to 4 tlx; town of Columbia : supp.se he had v ordered him to throw a railroad train, ' full of innoeent passengers, from the track. According to his theory ho ^ would have I ad to obey, and yet, if he H had obeyed, Capt. MeCaughrin and his company could have been arrested, 1 tried and doubtless convicted, of mur- ' tier or arson, or incendiarism, and the f order of tins superior otlicor, the Gov- ' ornor, would not have protected him. 1 This shows how wild and untenable j and absurd his proposition is. i re- J peat, no otlicor can be compelled to 1 carry out an unlawful order of hissu- ' perior otlicors, and if lie declines to * obey it, the only penalty lie incurs is a trial l>y court martial. " I would not advise any oflicor or * soldier in tlie military service of his * State or elsewhere to acts of insubor- 1 tlinntion or disobcdienco of orders, but 1 they are as umeuahle to law as other citizens, and should never forget that 11 they are subordinate to the civil power c of the government. Wo have had a c recent example of how sensitive the otlicers and soldiers of the regular ( army are. At Denver, Col., where Gen. ^ McCook of tho regular army refused f to interforo at the instance of Governor of Waito. saying lie was present ^ with his troops as preservers of the ' peace, and could only interfere when 11 the civil powers are paralyzed. This, 1 I think, would bo a safe rule for the t military of this and all othor States. " Governor Tillman has ruthlessly 1 and wanton y insulted this gallant | young ollleoi* of Newberry. There is, ' and can be, no justification for cruelty. Unpt. MeCaughrin is a gentleman, and exercised the right which every sol- ' dicr has, of tendering1 his resignation ' rather than serve under a braggart, v bully, or an incompetent superior olll- H cer. He has a right to exorcise this 1 privilege at any and all times, and the exercise of the right does not justify ^ or excuse this wanton insult from his 1 superior officer. " 1 cannot comprehend what (lover- 1 nor Tillman means by his wild and v reckless conduct. The thinking poople 1 of this State. of all factions, are tired 1 of dissensions, wrangling and confusion, ' of his lire-alarm, pyrotechnic style of v government. It is having a bad ofToet ? upon the material and social interests 1 of the State. It is making us an oh- ( beet of ridicule and a by-word with all 1 enlightened, intelligent people. Wo ' want repose, quiet, noaeo, ordor; and ' it will not do for him to say that those disturbances are brought about by an r oligarchy or an aristocracy or ring, lie 1 lias had (indisputable control of every * department of the government for f nearly four years and it is very strange that, all these disturbances and dis- f tensions, and all of this wrangling and a bloodshed should spring from his own 11 administration. Does it not argue j 1 that there is something wrong, radi- j ^ ually wrong, in his administration V 11 " Tlie peoplt of this Statu are not fel?ns or outlaws t as a rulo they are eon- ! v servutive mid l?nv-!iliS?lir>.? ..n >? i 11 ~ i?aivun%/t (III l?C" " tions. In 187*? they arose in their power mil hurled from tho administration of s the State government men who hud brought disaster mid sorrow upon the e people. They are. lonjf suffering and li patient and he ou<?ht to stop and think, a lie ou^ht to rati around hint in conn- n il tho most prudent and conservative s nen of all factions. Nobody wants to I p hwart him in any honorahio ?ITort lie i 1< nay make for the ifenorul welfare of li .he wi.ole people. He ou)/ht to know ? .hat ho cannot run roujjrh-shod over he people, or any part of the people p >f this State. He says ho represents a > najority. Does he mean to l.uvo it in- rJ erred from this that ho may trample " ?n tlie rights of tho minority and itf- t lore thorn ? Is he prepared to admit c .hat, two, thn o or a dozen newspapers e tan prevent his doiuj*' justice to all the h loople? Will he say that tlie nowspa- '1 )?rs can drive him into extreme and a esontful measures ? 1 should lie very t< orry to see the Governor of this State <J n that posit ion. Why docs ho continue C n his efforts to array class a .oillist i tlass, count r,\ .ajfuinst town? Why o vill he appeal to the prejudices and N >aanions and resentments <<f the people S at her than to their reason and wi-doin h lml forbeaianco one for the otocr? ,Ve are one people with a common in- w crest und a common fate, and it bo- G ooves him, as it behooves nil the ood ur.d patriotic mon of this Stutc, o keep cool, to obey tho iuw uiul to ropoct honest ililTerences of opinion, no for tho other. "There is 110 occasion for tho disurbuncos now going on in tho State, 'hero is no occasion to cull in tho miliary. Let him send them homo unci dministor tiio Iiiwh in mercy and jusico and, my word for it, ull will bo roll." Tho Senator said further, " I see by his evening's Columbia Journul, that lovernor Tillman proposes to issue a roclamution taking charge of tho oniro police force of the State. How lie an liavo the effrontery to do this when he last Legislature, representatives f tiic people, refused to give him that lower in terms. I cannot understand. Vhy ho should des re to destroy homo ulo and local self government, the cry foundation stone of our popular institutions, is equally surprising. " Governor Tillman hud bettor leave o each community the right to govrn itself according to its own exlgonies, subordinate, of course, to tho parmount power and authority of the ?Lit 10. ii ne noes mis, ir no Uucs take barge of tho police, ho will add fuel 0 tho flume, and might preoipitato iloody collisions, and inllict endless iann and injury upon tho whole State, jet him attend to his own Constituioiittl duties and leave tho people to govern themselves, lie is not wiser hail nil the people, nor more patriotic han the majority." THE INQUEST IN DAltLINGTON. ISIX'ltKT SI0SSI ON OK TlllO.lt KV. 1 Military Commission Kits AVIt li t lie 'twelve Citizens?Tlie Dispensary ('oust allies are lOxuiiiineti anil Sent flack tn Columbia. peeial to I lie News and ? ourier: DAIII.INOTON. S. C., April 1. ?The liief eontro of interest to-day was the oroner's inquest, which has been postloued from day to day upon the orders d Governor Tillman. Contrary to the general expectation there wore very ew persons at the place where tho in[ucst was to be hold other than those iireetly interested. The newspaper neii were out in full foreo, hut were loomed to disappointment. About lalf-past S o'clock Coroner I'arnell avnio up to the Atlantic Coast Line tation. where the inquest was to be leld, with a Bible, a law liook and one r two let,'al papers under his arm. lie aid that under orders of Con. Kielilourg lie would begin the inquest as oun as the witnesses arrived. It was ihout an hour afterwards, when all of lie jurors were present, and thccoron>r announced that lie was ready to iroeeod. The inquest is being held in he Coast Lino station house, tho roleptioii room having been surrendered or that purpose. The room is about I by 11. provided with settees, and abolutely without organization. Withn view of the door of this Court room .ill uc m:fll UIU spois (II OIOOU Il'Oll) torment, itcdmond and l'epner, who vero killed uj)on this scone. 'i ho blood narks are on the crosstics, which are nit a stop from the platform on which he crowd were waiting when the hooting began. In addition to the jurors and witness's present Mr. George W. Brown, a ending attorney, was there to roprcent Mayor l/argan at the hearing. L'wo ollicial stenographers were pres nt to take tlie testimony. At about 0 o'cloek Coroner I'arnell called the nrv to order, and Mr. J. (?. MeCall, a nerchant of the city, was appointed oremnn of the jury, .lust as the eoron>r was to call the flrst witness to the tand Mayor Dnrgnn said: "One nomcnt, please: I think it desirable 0 exclude from t his hearing all except hose interested and I will have to ropiest the withdrawal of the newspaper lien." Mr. Brown said that he would make 1 formal motion that all persons exopting Iho witnesses and jurors he exiluded from the Court room. One of tho correspondents, who had anno down from Now York to report hw aliair. said that this was the first imo he had ever heard of a coroner's niiuest In ing held behind closed doors; hat he hud been sent here to make a air and impartial report of the matter tnd he could see no possiblo objection o the newspaper men remaining in he room. Mayor Dargan said that so far as tho >ooplo of Darlington were concerned here was nothing of which they need >o ashamed, hut that as only 0110 side if the case could ho heard to-day. it lad been requested and decided that he evidence he withheld from the pubic until the conclusion of the trial, vhen it would ho given out bv tho tonographies who wero there for the nirpose of taking the testimony. At this juncture Mayor Dargun mado lie request that nil visitors leave the oom ami platform, as it was desired o station the guard that had just arived. A squad of six men, armed vith Winchester rilles, wore in rcadiioss to take stations. The newspaper nen tiled out and were given a station rom which they could get a hirdsoye iew of the scene. Tho guards were o stationed that no one could get withti one hundred feet of tho jury room. )f courso under tho circumstances no rouble was feared, as it was regarded hat tho only timo thero was a possi>ility of trouble would he when tho onstabtes who took part in tho killing eturnod to give their evidenco. Tho norning was consumed in hearing tho estimony of citizens who saw tho ufray. Tho railroad stat ion is about a milo rom tho business portion of tho city .ml it appears that tho citizens have undo up their minds not to go around lie place for fear that in some way here will bo another clash. There is u>t a person hero who does not regret he occurrence of hist Friday and who k'oultl not iio everything possible to .void further friction. peeial to tho < olumbia Register. Darlington, s. C., April 4.?Tlio oner's jury was in session for over ivo hours to-day and succeeded in ex,mining only three witnessos. These nen woro George Just Drown, who is aid to ho a constable stationed at. this ilaeo, Dr. Garnor and Charles McCuluugh. One of the tliroe is alleged to iuvo admitted that it was lie who shot lI.-T r.luln.. Two hours after the inquest had be- 1 run this morning Gonernl Kiohbourg ceeivod a telegram from Governor rillrnan instructing him to appoint a nilitary oourt of inquiry to listen to lie testimony and to report on it. The ourt will make a report of tho procodings and report to Gonoral ltichourg who will report to Govornor j 'illman. General Rlqhb.iurg immedi- j toly appointed the following soldiers \ [? com in mo the courtof inquiry : Capt. . A. Moonoy. of tho Greenville Guards: 1 'apt. N. J. Harvey, of tho Gordon ' dglit Dragoons ; Sergeant .1. C. Coopr. of tho Sa'ly Eiifles; Corporal A. i). j Ulster, of tho Hampton Guards of ? partunburg, and IVivato F. 11. Dantz- J jr. of the Fort Motto Guards. Nobody in this city had any idea 'hat time the constables would arrivo. ' onurai Hiohbourg and his otlL'ers # . ,-v were the only men posted and with the military secrecy which haschuraeterlzcd their dealings have said nothing. About tk.'tt) in the afternoon four companies of troops were formed on the public square, and were marched in a round-about way to the very depot where the bloody fight had occurred. They were then posted a few feet apart and given the strictest orders not to admit anybody within the linos. This order was literally complied with. Kven passengers who wanted to get olT on the train had hard work to pass, and then it was only by order of General Kichbourg and Major N'ewnham, who wore present and in charge of the arrangements to receive the eonstables. The train was an hour late and about forty or Ifty people wore at the depot. General Kichbourg asked a di-erect citizen to notify him if he saw t :< least evidence of any hostile demon.-' ation. He said that the constable would come fully armed, but that they would surrender to him immediately on arriving and would leave their arms in the car which they had occupied. Two dim gas lumps ll:ekored on the depot platform and shed a sad and sickly lighten the motionless soldiers who stood with fixed bayonets. The aeiuiers wore lined up on every side ??f the truck. The Coroner's inquest was in progress in the little room, and the constables alighted from the train on the very spot on which they had fought last Friday afternoon. Mayor Oargan had just been giving IiIh testimony betoro the train pulled in. Among some of the spectators at the depot were l'aul Kogers, who had the light with Billy Floyd, and C. S. Mo* Cullough, who isulicged to have taken a hand in the tight. The train rushed in without the slightest incident. Twenty constables alighted and went into tho freight depot. Thero was not a word from tho crowd. Chief Constable Gaillard was command of tho force. Constable MeLendon was not on board. The constables are to give their testimony from now until morning and if necessary through to-morrow. They will then bo returned to Columbia to await the action of the Coroner's jury. Daklincjton, S. C., April f>.?The Coroner's jury finished it-; work this afternoon and after taking a rest returned to make up its verdict. 1 have just gotten the news that the verdict is that MeLendon killed Norinont; that Pepper was killed by licdmond and that Uodmond was killed by Cain. Tho verdict is a surprise to the extent that it was not expected so soon. The newspaper correspondents had been given to understand that the jury would withhold its verdict for some time. The Court of I nquiry has also reached u conclusion, but strict orders have boon j given that not a word of it shall got j out. It will bo sent to Gov. Tillman. The escape of Mo London from the Darlington jail has never boon told. The true story of it is as follows : MoLondon remained in the jail until Saturday afternoon. At this time t ho majority of the men of the town wore out chasing the constables. A few farmers, friends of MoLendon, quietly wont I into town. They carried a suit of clothes with them and smuggled those to MoLendon. Ho pulled oil the suit | which was familiar to the people of Darlington and put on the now ono. I Then he took his knife and clipped his 1 moustache short. The change in his | appearance made him fool free and he ; walked out of the front door of the jail with as much ease as if he was running no risk. A buggy had been loft near the , jail. He walked to tho buggy and got 1 into it. This was in broad daylight while fifty people wero standing around I the jail. A short distanco out of town were a number of farmers. They 1 joined MoLendon and he was taken to 1 the Stokes' Bridge section where ho remained until Gonoral Farley went j for him. The posse of deputies which ! went out for him would not have gotten him, as tho farmers in that section were determined that he should not be j surrendered to anybody except Governor Tillman or General Farley. McLcndon is about livo feet ten j inches high and weighs about Kit) pounds. IIo has a sandy moustache. Five of tho constables, including Mo- 1 London, did not go to Columbia with tho main body. They walked on the ! streets today with their badges on the j lapeis 01 meir coats. Constable Meek- ; ing was anions the number. Several of those who took part in tho fight at tho depot also wont on tho street. j General Uichbourg, fearing that their . presence might bring on trouble, sent them to the depot where they remained until this afternoon. None of tho constables will probably return to Darlington oxeopt to appear and give bail to stand trial. IIow many of thorn will bo indicted is not known. The witnesses have not given tho names of moro than throe or- four citi- j /.ens who were said to have fired pis- | tols. I asked one of tho important I witnesses today if ho knew who killed Constable Popper. Ho said he did not know, but that it was reported that Redmond, who was killed himself, fired the fatal bullet. Pepper is said to have boon ouo of tho bravest men on tho force. Ho had boon in several desperate shooting ntTrays. Daki.INOTON, S. ('., April There was absolutely no incident to-day to disturb the peace of tho place. No ono thought of any further trouble, and everything is fast getting hack into the regular channel. Business, which has been paralyzed since last Friday, is being revived with tiro assurance that there is no ground for further apprehension. Tho hoiring of the testimony before the coroner's inquest, which begun yesterday morning, has boon practically onded. At it o'clock Coroner Parnoll adjourned court to await further orders from (ion. Richbourg. Two witnesses wero absent, but a sufficient number has been examined to permit an intelligent verdict. None of the evidence will bo given out until the conclusion of the hearing, when it will be supplied by the court stenographer. A strict guard was maintained all day and none excepting witnesses were allowed to approach tho court room. f .Oci * lw iiiu piau'I'ii constables were examined and at 11 wi-ro taken to Columbia, oxe< pt McLi ndon. wlio has heon sent, to Floreneo, pending t jo verdict of tlio coroner's jury. 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Tho special committee that went to Columbia to confer with (iovernor Tillman r< turned today unci reported to a mooting of citizens. They said that neither had made any progress and it was dually decided to have the committee. Mayor Dargan and (ion. Kichbourg. confer and telegraph (iovernor f". Tillman what they thought had better be done. There has hern the very host of order on the stroots. Everything i# perfectly quiet and people are anxious to get back to worts. Governor Tillman will meet the troops at Columbia and thank them in person for responding to his call. Special thanks will ho g vrn (.'apt. Thompson and iiis command. TIhj Darlington Guards. McLaukix on tijk Dispensay.? At the recent meeting in Spartanburg, Congresman McLaurin gave his views on the dispensary system, in whieh he said : 44 There is one question for whieh the Reform nmveim lit is not responsible, but whieh has been foreed upon us?and in dealing with it. while our rei>resentativrs in the Legislature may have undertaken to do too much, or may not have met public expectation fully, still 1 must contend that they did the best they could, or at least thought so, in giving us what wo cail the Dispensary law. We have the right to correct our own mistakes and to perfect and improve the law, and 1 do not hesitate to tell you that I believe it is capable of perfection and improvement. Barrooms, whieh arc the worst feature of the liquor question, have h en done away with, and God forbid that tin ir attractions shall over again be allowed to entice and lure the youth of South Carolina to the road that leads to destruction. 44 I am not familiar with its practical operation, but 1 am inclined to believe that wo have made a mistake in inau guruuug sucn an oxtensivo ami costly establishment in Columbia, and hopo that it can be simplflcd and improved up >n. I do not think that the right of local self-government, or local option, thould be interfered with. Local self-government is Democracy. Local option is practical temperance. Local option has done more for the cause of practical temperance than any law on the statute book. 1 am inclined to think that the counties can run their own Dispensaries, with the assistance of a local board of control, under the direction of a State purchasing and auditing agont. 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