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?" <!e eh'-nte. his language so It
clem always, Ihul Mitchell's les j
liirs'Miv was instantly seen to be
fa I ?e by those who knew N. G. I
Gonzales intimately. ?
NeW, the Witness Flow- 1
0" er-, who claims to have over '
heard a conversation between N.
G G( - z !es and three pt range :
men "on a street car of which I
Flower- was cor-imfer. On the i
stand Flowers svfrore he heaid ;
Mr Gonzales say on that occh- <
siou mat "it tie uul not succeed <
in detention Mr. Tillman in tlie i
governor's office that ho wouM
never bo seated, because he
would kill the rascal." After
it was I rought out on cross ex
gfflination, that Flowers had
. writt' i the defendant a letter in
August, the letter was produced
and introduced in evidence on
the redirect examination. In that
letter Flowers writes: "(Jon
afales said that if you were elected,
you would never be seated ;
^ fpr it there were no other aller?-.native,
he would kill the damn
s? of b?." Now, Flowers' lan
guage on the witness stand would
not suggest the probability of his
using the expression "if there
were no other alternative." Yet
a million times tnrro improbable
it is that N. O. Gonzales should
use the expression which Flowers
says he employed. None ot
his intimates ever heard him use
that, epitnet inft connection wait
any one. As a matter of fact,
f _ n . l? .1: J A : A
air wonzaies um nm pi'i'iiin pro
fanily and obscene expressions I
tr> pass his lips. Ilia speech was <
' pore. <
It is quite natural that men
who put words into a dead man's (
mouth should put such words as <
they would themselves employ. |
These alleged conversations in 1
which N. G. Gonzales is repre
sentcd as confiding his thoughts
and intentions to the veriest .
strangers are entirely coot radio 1
fory to'his ,character and dispo- !
sit ion as known by those w ho '
weio intimately associated with
him. lie was a reserved man; 1
he never stopped people on the
etreet; he never sought co make '
uew acquaintances. Yet here 1
we have had him portrayed as a '
aairulous, indiscreet, street talker.
What absurdity presented in the |
name of evidence 1
TIIK ALLEGED ANIMOSITY.
I
So much for the alleged threats.
Let us now consider the alleged ,
animus ol these alleged threats ,
N. G. Gonzales could have ,
had no reasonable desire to do .1 i
Ft Tillman bodily injury was ,
well brought cut in the speeches |
of the prosecuting attorneys; the |
editor of The State had seen de- ;
teat come to th* man whom he ,
had arraigned before the white ]
electorate ot South Carolina as ,
unworthy of their confidence and
suffrage; the editor could have
rio reason to pursue a defeated
? candidate further. That is the ,
J ^ ^ i* 1 ? C I - XT
viww in rwatuiu mihi oi lojru;. *\ov\
for the tacts. What was N. G
Gonzales' real feeling toward Jim
Tillman, what was his motive in
tile campaign of 1902?
The two men who were closest
to Mr. Gonzales have as sworn
witnesses in open court testified
that they never heard him utter
a word of personal animosity if)
wards the man who became his
slayer. One ol these two now
proposes to go in tie further.
Just before the campaign of
1902 opened, Mr. Gonzales and
the writer weie discussing the
prospect. The question arose,
Will Jim Tillman be a candidate
""^v for governor ? Then came tiio
other question, If he does offer
himself as a candidate what shall
be the policy of The State? This
question only N. G. Gonzales had
the right to decide. As usual
With him, lie decided it as duty
dictated. In substance he said:
i? \7 t f J- - - i - ' '
i ou Know i uo not enjoy mo (
b$fter controversies and political
that i have been in sol
oiten. People think I enjoy |
b%?
hem, hut I don't. T would
rather not make a tight on Jim
rillrnan. I huvc more to live
tor now than ever before, there is
iome one else I must think of.
[?' ?i,y r>tu,\p tpori or nov.*.!MTi>r?iwill
take lhe lead in fighting Jim
rillm%n I will be only too glad;
u?d I think it, will he much bet
ter, for then they can't, charge
it to my hostility to Ren Tillman,
is they will do if The Slate
hiilroa ftio lo;?/t Itnt if nnbodv
sine will do it, 1 will. Jim iilltnan
is unfit to be governor and
Lbe |)eople shall know it." No
me else would take the lead and
File State did. Be it said to the
everlasting credit, of the South
Carolina press that nearly every
newspaper in the State backed
Phe State with more or less
rigor.
During the progress of the
campaign a delegation of Iieyward's
supporters called upon the
editor of The S'atc to say that
hey thought The State's fight on
Jim Tillman was hurting Hey
ward and suggesting that The
State be more mild in its methods,
intimating that the. editor
should subordinate Ids personal
eeling for the sake of electing a
dean governor. Mr. Gonzales
i88ured tho gentlemen that he
lad no particular interest in
Hey ward's candidacy, that The
State was not supporting IIoy.v.nd
and that its altitude, in his
opinion, could not damage Ileyward's
chances. But, above all,
lie assured them that lie con
eived it his rlutv tn fli? npnnlp
>f South Carolina to expose Jim j
liilmau and that lie proposed to
lo so regardless ot his personal
opinion of him. He did s<>, and
paid (or it with his lite live
Months alter the election.
THE "DEMONSTRATION."
Having considered the absurd
ty of the alleged threats and the
illeged animosity in the light of
S'. G. Gonzales' true character,
let us consider the alleged "demonstration''
in the same light.
In sustaining his plea of selfiefense,
J. II. Tillman has sworn
I hat he shot N. G. Gonzales because
Mr. Gonzales uiet him with
his hands in his pockets, that he
glared at him, cut across jtowards
lnm and rammed his hand into
his pocket as if to draw a pistol.
Why should any one imagine
tiial N. G. Gonzales would carry
a pistol ? To prove the reason
ibleness of that supposition the
jetenso produced a court record
if 17 years a^o, which showed
that when his life had been threat
s?ned the deceased had armed
himselt but instead of shooting
bis assailant had let him oil with
i clubbing. That was the only
evidence that could ho lound that
N. (1. Gonzales ever carried a
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since that date demanding the
observance and the enforcement
of the law against carrying conweapons
and condopi"' ) "
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its violators as menaces to the
civilization of this commonwealth.
Evidently these editor
ials, however, were not con vine- 1
tug on th"t point, for the man
who says he expected Mr. (ion .
zaies to shoot must have read
ineni, and the only conclusion is |
that he did not. believe the editor
ot The State lived up to bin own
teachings. But he did, his con- '
sistency was unimpeachable. Lie 1
did not have a pistol 011 his per- '
son on the 15th day of last Jan- <
uary nor was it his habit, to carry (
one. A pistol which belonged to ,
him?used, I think, during his
campaign in Cuba?lay that day ]
in his desk where it had been lor
mouths untouched and it lies
there today as these words are '
written, still untouched.
COIRAQK.
The quality ol courage which
enables a man to go about unarmed
when his lite is in danger
is above the conception of cow- 1
ards, but that is the sort of cour
age which A". G. Gonzales haJ. 1
As long ago as last summer, during
the campaign, the writer told
Mr. Gonzales of the conversation
between Tillman and Ned Adams
to which Adams testified on the
stand. Mr. Gonzales did not utter
one word in comment.
Others warned him and some
even urged him to carry a pistol
but he refused to consider such a
proposition because lie could not
consistently do so. lie would
rather lose his life than be inconsistent,
and untrue to his principles.
The Lexington jury has said
that Tillman shot in self-defense.
As he lay on the floor ol the
State oilice that January day,
shot through and through and
sulTering agonies, N. (J. Gonzales
turned to the writer and said:
' They can't plead self-defense
this time!" Shall the world accept
the finding of that jury or
the declaration of the dying mar
tyr?
THK LIBERTY OF TIIK PRKSS.
This article has proceeded upon
the supposition that Tillman
has been acquitted on his plea of
self defense. That plea was lost
sight of by his attorneys in their
arguments, it appearing only oc
cusioualiy. They rather sought to
justify the homicide on the
ground that the dead man was a
political and personal nuisance, a
fearless exposer of corruption and
the corrupt, an enemy to demagogistn
and dishonesty in high
places. So bo it. Was it tor
this that N. G. Gonzales died?
lie thought so, and he died happy
in the conviction that he gave
his lite for truth ami righteousness
for the honor of South Carolina.
Hut no doubt he thought, too,
that his sacrifice would be in
vain, that the manner of his taking
off would arouse his people
to a sense of his dangers Irom
I the evils which he had loutrhS?
(he evils of corruption and lawlessness.
Today it seems thai
the sacrifice was indeed in vain.
But has it been? The strong
est, the clearest, the most couragost
of us all has been silenced,
but. can his fate cow the press ol
South Carolina? Ah, they who
think so ii'tle know the quality
of Carolina manhood! Even in
this dark day ot our commonwealth's
shame?when Justice is
by Prejudice?shall wo give way
| to despair? Bather let every
man speak?for that is a man's
ear! in life
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Three Methodist ministers as'
they were dining together, talk- I ?
ed about short prayers. "A 1
prayer as short as it waR irrev- i **
erent," said the firat, "was offered 1
up by a soldier before the battle g
uf Waterloo. It was this this:1 -j
'O, God, if there be a God, eaye j
ui.y sou 1, it I have a soul/
That prayer," said the second U
minister, "resembles .orn composed
by Bishop Atterbury in ^
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century. It was a prayer for the j>
soldiers about to engage in bat- "
tie, and it wau brief and impres 0,
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day of battle, 1 forget Thee, do i?
not Thou forget me.' " The third w
minister, after a moment oi b)
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Tl(
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State r?
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Special (I<. C. H. R.) 'A H
Sitikinjj Fund ( L. A C. R R.) 1
Constitutional school tax 3
Total 10 [
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Cane Creek'township 4'? a
Cilia ('reek " n] }
i'leasant Kill " H A
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Lancaster interest on bonds and
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Jones X Koads 2
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Waxhaw "'II
44 Van Wyck Is I
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