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ESTABLISHED1803. NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2,1893. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR F~ARLEY'S WELY or0 MYBI SCALTHING DEN NCIATION OF GEN HAMPTON'S SUCCESSOR. His Moral Character Denonrced. Ri-& Per ional Pluck Denied. His Mental Ability Questioned and His Career in the Senate Made the Subjet of Bitterest Ridiene. COLUmBIA, S. C., July 25.-Adjutant General Farley is back at Senator irby in quite a sensational m:-nuer, and his language is not found in an ordinary prayer book. He talks very plainly to the Senator, and his article makes very racy reading. Gen. Farley completed tke preparation of the article some days ago, but he was waiting, according to the announcement of Capt. James H. Tillman that he would also reply to Senator Irby, for that reply to appear. To-night he decided to wait no loiger and turned loose bis thunder. FARLEY'S REPLY. I believe the public is generally aware that I have been. waiting on - Capt. James Tillinan, who. announced his intention of answering Senator I-rby's article, the gist of which is that he, Senator Irby, is not the real author or responsible for tibe statement in the "Craddock" article, but that James Tillman is, and he supports th:s asser tion by anfidavits from Maj. W. T. Gary, Dr. Sampson Pope and one Matthew Tighe, his secretary. Mr. Tillman's reply Was to the eflect that Senator Irby had "acted the delib erate scoundrel in mixing a certain amount of truth with error in order to I *give his defence an air of plausibility aud to throw the whole blame ou" C.ipt. Tillman. He asserts that Senator Irby "can not use him tr nimit a political assassi nation." A singularly appropriate ex pression. I will let Capt. Tillman speak for himself, however, and will proceed to the consideration of Senator Irby's card.. In tbe first place, I would con gratulate the Senator himself, apd the public at. large, upon the wonderful change that my somewhat vigorous exposure of the Senator has bad upon his manners, and I am sorry I can not add upon his morals, for I am sat isfied that by the tine I am through the public will be convinced that he has made a very ingenious defense, but has used his fact and the English language for the purpose of concealing the truth instead of telling it. Possibly I may owe that part of the public wtio do not know Senator irby well sometbingof an explanation or an apology for the unusually vigorous but appropriate language with which I drew sueb an accurate and life-like picture of the great Senator. They are not aware of the long continued provocation of which 6Crad.lock" is only a sample, and I would reuind them that it would be impossible to do justice to such a monstrosity in anything like ordinary language and "wbatever is worth doing is worth doing well." In order that the public may catch the . *iole matter clearly I will state that last Christma% while snow-bound here in Columbia, and afterwards whilst still snow-bound in Lauren)s I prepared a rough article ou the politi cal situation in South Carolina, headed "rbe Reform Movement" and "Some Christmas Reflections of an Old'Re former." This artilev, whfeh was in tended as a sort of philosophical criti cism or disquisition on the Reform Movement ini particular and polities in general in Southb Carolina, was shown and suggested to the criticism of pro mninent gentlemen in the State, in whose judgment I ha1d confidence. and whom I considered comparatively free from partisan feeling and prejudice. I t was written from a patriotiestatnd point and was intended for the good of the Ref;orm Movement and to "pour oil upon the troubled waters" of the State. It endeavored' to criticise all factions fairly and there is unavoidably ini such an article some bonest and fair criti cism of Governor Timan as a public otticer, but there is noabuse of any one, and the "great political accident," Senator Irby, is not even mentioned, unless he can be recognized under the general name of "demagogue." So far as GovernorTillman is concerned thbere is hardly a single sentiment in the article that he has not heard mue ex press and its general purpose, tone and ad vice is in strict accordance with my well known views as given to him and< others on many occasions. Whbile con templating its publicatiou under a nom de plume on its merits I read it to Mr. John G. Capers, of the Columbia Jour nal, whose paper bad announced its1 intention to pursue a non partisan course in accord with t he general spirit of the article, and also to Mr. James H. Tillman, telling the latter that I intended to bring the article to Wash ington and submit it to the eriticismi of his father whom I considered a broad1 guaged statesman, who was, with Gen. Gary, one of the founders of the Re form Novement in South Carolina.1 Mr. Capers and Capt. Tillman were' * both anxious to pu blish thbe article, buti I withheld it for further consideration. and in accordance with the advice of] some of my friends, and in considera-1 tion of the fact that it contained some c: iticism of Governor Tillman, to whose administration I belonged, I had al-i most, if not altogether, abandoned the idea of publishing, but now since it has b'een brought in question, I will let it go to the press with the request that although it is somewhat long every paper in the State will publish it, and I not only ask, but I challenge a criti cism of it from the stand point of truth. true Democracy and patriotism. I Governor Tillman is strong enough and brave enough, not only to stand but to accept the criticism it contains K in proper spirit, for, as Senator Irby s once said to himi, in one of his ,1ashes of truth and honesty, "WVe both know I that Farley never flatters us or tells us I any lies." Possibly if the article is carefully read, and its advice heeded it may yet represent the good that is to come out of thbis controversy. c I had been invited to stay with Capt. Tillman ini Washiington, but the rushs o)fvisitors was so great that I remained c with the staff. and during my entire Sstay I did not have more than a five minute conversation with him, nor dida I read or exhibit the article to any one in Washingtton. Meeting numbers of.r ** friends,and seek iniz r.o office thbere.I wasi constantly engaged socially, and had hut little to do wit h politics in any form. K The charge that I had a conver<ationc with Capt. Til!msn and offered bi.n ane article for publication whieb lhe refused. * and told him of a combination which had been agreed upon, otiering him thbe position of Adjutanit-General,is as. pure and unaduiterated a lie as. wa everI I put upon paper, no miatter w ho i- the author or instigator of it. Iudeed, on "Saturday -after the inaug'uration." when Sernator Irby says it took plae, :2 * had left Washington, andiwas speed- f ing my way to South Carolina. The a ailusioii to the article which I had L shown Capt. Tillman before he left the State-, at least six weeks before, is al i the truth there is in it. 0 I have asked the papers to republish c that wonderful epistle to the Georgians, r making "new revelattis' of a fearful s cow.'Itaiion to "overthrow Tillman t and Irby,"so thatthey can study and n:tl%ze it carefully, and th"y will find t but a little of James Tillman in it, c just enough to satisfy his vanity, a good I deal of my old friend Maj. Gary, and a it is bristling all over with Irby, in r whose interest was it written, and for I what purposes, who inspired it con- I cocted it, or actually wrote it. Did t Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all d have a hand in the Epistle to the Geor- 1, gians. and send it under James Till- a man's now de plume, Craddock? Was Jim implicated himself, or, as they t have taken such extraorainary pains 1 to make the public believe. did he originate and write it himself" . I I have shown how the talk abv4. "an article" originated, and I will show the d public the article, and my explanation i of the grand combine is simple and t easy. Irby heard of the Farley article. v Shell had announced his intention to f reti,e, which he could not understand t (for there is no retiring in Irby). Far- L ley had called by Senator Butler's otice one day with Col. William H. y Perry, and knowing of Senator Trby's '] bitter hatred, bad ignored him wbile in a Washington, and Irby began to rumi- t nate. At la<t he began to believe there L was a combination, and be concluded i to wake the charge and have it pub- E lished in Georgia. where it would at- 1 tract just sutlicient attention to be t copied a'-d reach the people of this I State and create distrust amorg the r Reformers in this State against Shell i1 and -Farley, and Talbert, too, al- o though in his last article he tries to I skillfully lie the Talbert part out. o This was the sebeme, an.d if young Jimu g Tillman had anything to do with it, s he was the victirn of Senator Irby, and now by "mixing error and truth Irby r is playing the part of a deliberate J scou'Ndrel by trying to tbrow the whole c blame" on Capt. Tillman, and making I bim the scapegoat, thus committing a g till greater crime, that of sacrificing g the Governor's nephew to'shield him self from exposure. "Blood is (and p ,ught to be) thicker than water," and h I know that Governor Tillman knows p Irby, and has found out long ago b that the charge of a combination on the part of Shell and myself, with is Gen. Butler or any one else, is totally t antrue. Since it has been alluded to n bie and Mr. George Tiltman both know b that I have done more towards heal ing the breach between them than any u yne. Indeed, I am totally unlike Irby e in this; that I have made none but I -riends for him, while Irby has con- d tantly made him enemies and tried to ei >strange old and well tried friends from y bim, as I am prepared t., how. a But who is trying to stand up for the- t< :ruth of the "Craddock" article or the e illeged combination now ? Not Jim 1 illman, on whose authority they say it .t was published, and in fact no one but p [rby, "the real author," and he only F ays that "every one who reads the tl Daper and has watched the turns in o jolitics will see that there was truth p md lots of it, in what Tillman said." W bat papers.? Concluding his re- s ruarks Irby says: "Why did not Gen. tl Farley ask of me an explanation if he a aelieves what he pretends to believe of tl ,he assumed wrong I did him?" and I a knswer, W!iy, John, did you not ask o )f we an explanation of Jim Tillman's a wonderful com bine, when he told you, tl ustead of (accord ing to your own ac- d snowledgment) encouraging hitm to o: pgut it in the papers? Why did not t< ny life long friend, Maj. Gary, who J ~ame through Columbia. and.-got me se :o write him a strong endorsement and a< ~et the other State officers to concur se ith me? Why did he not give me a y 'hance ti, explain before it was pub- c) she d-for I bave been with him since n n Augusta and been invited to his b bo"me. Where w'as Sampson Pope the ce 'sorriful" Sampson, that he could not o: :ell me-but must come as your emis- v ~ary to tell Governor Tilliuan about it tl "for fear that the Gov'ernor w'ould not tl ~ec the Sunday edition of the Chronicle." E Ah ! Johnnie I went for you in the n papers, where you started your lie. u which I determined to run dowu, as ec well as the .Donal 4son caucus, and I el bave done s'. As soon as the "Crad- J iock" article was shown me at the tl 3overnor's Mlansion I said that it was G "inspired" by you and that Jim Till- si -nan did not write it, and subDsequent b Ievelopments prove it. Let us see how a :t came about. I kept cluiet and soon h Cal Catughman, who had just returned a 'rom Washington, told nme that Jim y T'illmnan said that he was not the an- a bor of it. Later Jim Tillman re- a: urned and we had some correspond- d ene'e about the "Capers LightInfantry" F .vhich developed as follows. On thbe a 1-2nd May he wrote me: t C LA RK'S H ILL, 22nd Mfay, 1S93. b "MIy Dear General: I sincerely here d ~hat tkiere will be no misunderstand- tm nie bettween us about the Capers Light tl [nfantry. At first I was miffed about it :he letter to Cap:t. MIaysa, but now it p an be plainly seen how the matter is rose. a1 I wan ed to see you very r -h wvheu " passed through Columbia, and have a J. alk about other'thitngs. So far from t< ~ver having done you any wrong, I re tand ready to render you any service 5t in my power. Yours &c. a JA3MES H. TILL3fAN. a To this letter I immediately replied ec is t be original in reach will show (after Iv ocching on company matters.) sc 'It was your duty to have seen me at s you passed through Columbia, be- g -anse if I believed all 1 have heard, I tr could be forced to conclude that you b< uad not only been guilty of a simple ui >reach of promise. but also of untruthb- tc 'ulness in publishing the "Craddock" at rticle. I have held my judgment in J< uspense, until I could see you, because .1 am inclined to believe from what I cc zave heard that some sort of a job was w >ut up on you in Washington." k1 To this letter he replied : m ('LA RK'S H IL L, 29 May, lSS3. n "Yours of the 25th instant, I found w n may return. A ppoint ment for Capers mr ight Infantry inspection more than ti at isfactory. I hope you will make it y< onvenient to spend two or three days of it h us. "If it is necessary to convirree you if .bout the "Craddoek"' article I will m end to Washington and get the origi- m ai muanuscript, as it was filed at the to Y. U. T. odlice. My name and nom de fia >lume have been used in connection p< rith several bastard productions with- y< ut any permission, and only peculiar gs ircutmstances of which I shall tell yon, mI revented myv denouneing t hem ,as tr elI as the real author. You told oi thers abotut your arti(cle which they om iv ulged and made me the scape goat. T Iowever I will tell you all about it tc vbsen I see yo'u. Yours, etc., ni JAS. H. TILL3tAN. ha J wrote to him that I did not care y< b'out the article as that could speak J r i,self,though no one in WXahingeton 'w t that time had ever seen it except imself. On 12th June he writes again, renew ng his invitation to visit them on the ccasion of the inspection, and con ludes, as shown by his letters before ae, "Don't forget your article. Father ays lie will take pleasure in comparing otes with you." I took the article witb me and read it o "Uncle George," and got his criti isni of it, and after James Tillman ad told me all about the "Craddock" rticle and many other things correbo ative of his statement, I told him that intended to expose Irby and asked im to state definitely for my protec ion wga the real author was, as an ad ition or postscript to his 20th May etter. He then sat down and deliber tely added to that letter: "P. S.-It is hardly necessary for me o add that Irhy die r.ed the article to is secretary." This is the whole story and the pub. ic knows the rest. I see no use to notice the Crews afli lavit. He told the truth but could iot stop there, but said what he bought, as well as what was said. I vent there to pay a small bill, and to ind out where he got his information, ut like my friend Wilson, he could ot tell. Now I submit the question to the oublic. Who ani I to believe-James 7illman, who tells me all about it and ,t last "lets the cats out of the bag," or hose who conceal this "stab in the ack" and "in the dark" until I forced out by expoping and denouncing tenator Irby for.i he scoundrel I !:new im to be? Even if we acknowledge hat there was a possibility for James 'illman to have been in it, there is no ossibility for Irby to have been out of . They were all privy to it, and no tie told me except James Tillman. ience my letter, and it is my private pinion, publicly expressed, that Irby ot off "mighty light," as the darkey id when John Brown was hung. Let it be rem -mbered that all of the arties were office seekers, including im Tillman (who was applying for a onsulship), and all seeking Senator rby's patronage. Let it not be for otten that the contemporaneous tele rains were sent to the Register cover ig the same matter, all of which is in erfect consonance with Irby's well nown method of puffing himself; then ut James Tillman's statement in the alance with the actual contents of the Craddock" article, and the conclusion inevitable, not only was it born in hat den of iniquity from which few en have escaped with clean bands, ut that Irby was at the bottom of it. Now, Senator John, since you have ndertaken to interrupt my notion in xposing you, let me interrupt yours. ,emember, John, but for the "Crad ock" article, which you have acknowl ged was written and sent off under our eye, I could not have exposed you, ud that you provoked it. In alluding the Congressional race, have you not xposed your wily and artful game? ou discovered a mare's nest, and hat ig Farley and Shell, you put it in the apers to excite suspicion atmong the ,eformers and sent Sampson Pope to 2e Governor to excite his distrust in rder to kill them - off. Is not that lain, Johnnie? Now, Senator John, let me give you >)me good advice before you get out of 2e papers, for I see, John, that you re exceedingly anxious to get out of 3e papers. It's a bad place for you, g there is no telling what may come ut, and these little love letters of ioe are not such pleasant reading as ie Register's pretty personals, "Crad ock's" dictated and punctuAted praises r Larry Gantt's power-ful puffs. I >ld you a long time ago-kindly ohn, that you couldn't sustain your elf in the United States Senate, and dvised you not to try it. Now you ~e the result.- I told you, also, when ou asked tmy advice, to resign the bairmanship of the executive comn littee and keep out of State squabbles, ecause you had a bigger job than you >uld attend to at Washington, I told r wrote Governor Tillmian that you -ere not the man for the place about me same time, and yotr know yourself iat while I was willing to see Gen. [am pton retain his seat for the har iony of the Democratic party, still I rged that some man of more strengthb, haracter and dignity than yourself be lected. Uncle George, Judge Wallace, udge Pope, and at last, when I saw iat there was real danger, I urged overnor Tillman himself to go. You ~e I was right, John, for you -have een making a great fool of yourself, nd younhave done us no good. You ave tried bullying and bragging od bigging around Washington uutil ou have played out and cannot now ppoint a dog pelter, while I hear they re all laughing at ypu, from the Presi ent down. Take my advice, John. esign the chairmanship and let us lone down here for you cannot run le State and National governmnent >th at the same time. Quit running awn here, bothering other p)eople and -ying to pass foolish wild cat schemes irough the Legislature. Quit "rush iaround" and scheming and wire lling and making all sorts of prom es thatyou can't fulfill. Already you 'e known among the applicants as promising" (but not performing) :hn. Go back to your seat, and try >attend to your public business and I ~ally "elieve that if they will let you ay for a half century you might make Senator. I knoW that you "feel like fool at a frolie" in the Senate, but I in't help that now and can only ad ise you to be modest and keep quiet >that you won't expose your ignor ace. Another thing, John. Your tine at play ig the bully has been run Sthe ground. You can't bully every >dy, for now and then, John, you run p against a game mani and you have wilt, John, and people find out that heart you are a corrard. I learn, >hu, that you attacked Capt. Shell at >hn Shaw's prirate residence on ac >nt of my article, when you knew he as unarmed, and you drew your afife. Now, John. that was ungentle anly and cowardly. Why did you >t come after me, for I wrote every ord of the article myself and signed y name instead of "C'raddock." By ie vay, John, you have hinted that >u wanted to settle thbese matters "out 'the p,. rer-s." I know that you are >t bunta any square, fair fight, but .ou caL. stand these affectionate issives, or pleasant pasguinades, of ine, and conclude to risk it, don't try drag in friends or relatives to do your ~hting-as you have an old and im >rtant habit of doing, but come by >urself Jobuny, foryvon know von can ~t fair play and always find "wce I 'a at." You are get ting into serious ouble, JIohn, and the only way to get it, is to keep quiet, and quit getting her people to do your dirty work. be McElroy experience was sufficient have satisfed you, for when you de ed that you bad instigated his article, Stold you that you were "a liar," to >r face, and you had to take it. >hnO, you are not a brave man any of us all," and I know that you are guilty. Take this advice, John, for if you don't, it will not be long before you will come to no good. "You must keep out of the papers too, John, and quit charging other people with heintr "traitors," because your re:-ord .will not bear any airing. and besides [ art prepared to prove you at heart a fraitor to your friend Governor 'Tilbal), a traitor to the Aliance and a traittr to the Reform Movement, and if I hear anything more from you, I'll do it, John. A PARTING WORD To THE ALLIANCE. Before closing, I want to say a word to my old friends or the Alliance, and more particularly those in rjy native county of Laurens. Without waiting to hear both sides of the controversy, some of you have undertaken to decide it by resolution. Sardis Alliance went so far as to with draw its invitation for me to address them. Gentlemen, that was not fair, nor right, for this was a personal matter, and no reform or Alliance natters were involved. I was reared in Laurens County, and am well known there, and na resolution by all the Alliances of the State can give me a bad character or John Irby a good one. I made you a good soldier in war times, and, though a boy, fought my way up from the ranks. I stood by you, and was sent here to jail for you in Radical and Klu Klux times. I fought for you, and wrote for you in 1876. Long before you were aroused to a knowledge and appreciation of your own wrongs, and long before Ben Till man's voice was beard in the land, I had been working and writing for"free silver and financial relief," and nearly every plank in the reform platform. Many of you know it, and besides I will prove it, by the record. I belong to the reform movement and not to any individual, and I ani in sympathy with all the essential de mands of the Alliance, and shall advo cate, work and vote for the principles that they now represent, as long as they keep within the Democratic party. My position is the result of my record, which is well known and consistent, and is not due to political trimmings or "coat tail swinger." Since arriving at manhood, I have done the best I could for the State, for you, and the Reform Movement. I have always expressed myself fear lessly and independently, and shall con tinue to do so, regardless of everything except my sense of right and my duty to the State. The fear of losing or the hope of get ting office shall not control me, for no matter what other people may think and do, I had rather be "an honest statesman or citizen out of a job" than a political trickster and shunner, or a deep-dyed villain, in the United States Senate. Yours very respectfully, H. L. FARLEY. Gen. Farley, as an appendix to his article, gives the following: RocK HILL, S. C., July 23, 1893. Gen. H. L. Farley, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Under date of July 21st, '893, you addressed me the following letter: "COLUMBIA, July 21st, 1893. "Senator M. C. Butler, "Edgefield, S. C. "Dear Sir: You are aware that the--e is a heated political controversy now going on between your colleague, Sena tor Irby, and myself, arising out of the publication in the Augusta Chronicle, March 12th, of a certain article signed "Craddock," coming from its Wash ington correspondent, which charged that a combination had been "agreed upon," by which Congressman Shell w.as to be made Governor, yourself to remain as United States Senator, Mr. Talbert to run without opposition for Congress, I to succeed Shell for Con gres and James H. Tillmnan to be made Adjutant General of the State of South Ca roIi na. "Now while there may he some po litical differences between us as Demo erats, and although we are on some what different political lines, yet I feel sure that 1 will be safe in asking you to make a simple statement of facts in order that justice may be done in thbis matter. "Therefore I write to ask you to state clearly and unreservedly whether there has ever beeni a t Washington or else where any attempt, conversation or in timation, either implied or expressed, looking to any such combination with any or all of the parties mentioned. "Hoping that I have not annoyed you unnecessarily, or presumed too much in this matter, I am very truly, H. L. FARLEY. In reply I beg to say, without hesi tation or reserve, there is not a word of truth in the charge that a combina tion had been agreed upon, &c. I will go further, and say the sub ject ot a "combination" or any other has never been mentioned to rme by you or any of the parties mentioned. It is made of whole cloth. Very truly yours, "M1. C. BUTLER." Ayer's Ague Cure never fails to neu tralize the poisons of malaria, and erad icate them from the system. This preparation is purely vegetable, con tains no harmful ingredientis, and if taken according to c'irections, is war ranted to cure fever and ague. Try it. As an after-dinner pill, to strengthen the stomach, assist digestion, and cor rect any billious tendencies, Ayer's Pills are considered the best. Being sugar-coated, they are as agreeable as any confection, and may be taken by the most delicate. Their War Record. [F'romi Kate Field's Washington.J There was a little incident niot down on the regular programme mapped out for the reinterment of Jefferson Davis at Richmond. Leaning against the clerk's desk at one of the leading hotels was a well-known general whose name has heretofore always been synony mous with bravery in action on the side of the Lost Cause. Unnoticed by him and equally unmindful of his pres ence there approached the desk a man who enjoys the rare distinction of hav ing served in the Confederate Army as a private. Running his finger down the open register that lay upon the desk, the newcomer halted a moment, and turning to a companion, exclaimed: "Gen. Blank: so he's here; well, I should like to meet that fellow again. The last time I saw him was at the battle of Y--, where he was running like a turkey from thbe enemy'2 Here the general turned, and the two men recognized each other, the speaker held out his hand in greeting, and in stantaneously concluded. "A nd I was SCoitCHIN,G ARRAIGNMENT OF THE JUNIOt SENATOIR. Capt. Jax. H. Tillmam Tells Some Things He Knows About the Craddoek Letter and Offers to Tell More if Mr. Irby so Desires-Dr. Pope's Connec tion with the Incident. [Special to News and Courier.] COLUIBIA, July 26.-The Farley Trby-Tillman trouble is getting very lively-indeed, and no one seems to know what to expect next. Gen. Far ley's latest letter attacking Irby is the talk of the city today. The sensation caused by the matter is sufficient to have- entirely driven the dispensary fight into the background for once at least. Capt. James H. Tillman arrived here this morning, returning from Wash ington, and be bad his reply to Irby ready for publication. He gave it to the press this afternoon and it will doubtless create as much of a sensation as Gen. Farley's. It is given in full below and speaks for itself : TILLMAN'S REPLY TO IRBY. Owing to the serious illness of Mr. Gillespie and a necessary trip to Wash ington this statement has been un avoidably delayed several days. There are many reasons wby I regret being drawn into the controversy be tween Senator Irby and General Far ley: Both have been friends of mine and in the capacity of newspaper cor respondent I have never hesitated to extend to them courtesies in return for courtesies. But Senator Irby in his letter printed throughout the State on July 14th did me a gross injustice and wantonly imposed upon the pleasant relations which have heretofore existed between us. It is only from a strict sense of duty which I owe to myself, and none the less to General Farley, that I submit to have my name dragged before the public in a wrangle undigni lied as it is unpleasant. It is not my purpose to exonerate General Farley from Any alleged charge or to magnify the faults of Senator Irby, but to clear myself of implications of duplicity which are both false and malicious. I cannot permit even Sena tor Irby to clean his own skirts o- a stench if I must bear the odiamn. I have said, as I believed, that Senator Irby dictated the dispatch now under discussion, to his private secretary, as I was informcd by one of the operators at the telegraph office that the message was typewritten on Senatorial paper, but it proved to be a mistake. (When I added t be postscript to my letter to General Farley, I give him my reasons for thinking that Senator irby had dic tated the article to his secretary and quoted the operator alluded to as my authority. General Farley will bear me out in this statement. If it is de sired, I can secure an affidavit from the operator, stating that be told me the dispatch was on Senatorial paper and typewritten.) I have just returned from Washington where I went for the purpose of proving the dispatch to have been written as I had said. I wished to be convinced that that any charges I might prefer were true. I bad thought Senator Irby capable of deceit, but only when I arrived there did I learn that he was unscrupulous. With authority from the Hon. Patrick Walsh, editor of the Chronicle, to ex amine all specials sent to his paper, I began search for the "Craddock" dis patch, and after diligent labor, the oflicials of the Western Union Tele graph Company found the original manuscript. To my 'itter astonishment, it was in my own handwriting and signed with my nom de p2lumle, the same dispatch dictated to me by Senator Irby and which I returned to him, refusing to be a party to a scheme to misrepresent public men whom, I know to be my triends. In handing the dispatch back to Senator Irby, I said: "-You may send this of your own accord to the Register." It never once entered my mind that he would dare to use the dispatch as has been done. His con duct shows him to be farsighted and astute. I doubt -not but at that mo ment he thought that I could never disprove having sent thbe special even if I should ever dare to make an ex pose of him. It is perhaps proper for me to assign my reason for not prom pt ly repudiating the authorship of the Craddock dispatch. I had hoped at the time that the affair would blow over without injuring the parties maligned. Moreover, I anm free to confess that Senator lIrby had placed me, as he thbought, under more or less obligations -to him when he endorsed my applica tion for a consulate. Inasmuch as he freely put his name on my paper I did feel kindly to him. His endorsement was not entirely necessary, as I had the names of every other member of the South Carolina delegation, with the exception of Mr. Talbert, whom I did not ask, besides the endorsement of Speaker Crisp and Vice-President Stevenson. It was through the advice of thbe Vice-Presi dent that I first contemnplar.ed an ap plication at all, Mr. Stevenson having been in Congres's with miy father for a number of years and one of his warm est friends. It was only when I returner' to South Carolina ana found tha. the dispatch had injured General Farley, as Senator li-by had foressen it would, that I told him all I knew about the matter. I was simply prompted by a sense of justice to pursue such a course as I had nothing to gain and I realized that I would forfeit Senator lirby's friendshi p and that he would do all he could in the future to in jure me. But I never believed for one instant that he would try to shift the contumely of this iat ten from his own shoulders to mine. While I admire his audacity, I am astounded at his impudence. It is but fair to say that as soon as Senatar Irby disclosed the cloven hoof, I1 at once wrote to the Secretary of the State to return- to Senator Irby his letter of en dorsement and to erase his name from my application. Under the circum stances I could not honorably accept any benefit that might be derived from Senator Irby's endorsement. The following are the conditions, as near as I can recall, surrounding the origin and writing of the now famous or notorious "Craddock" dispatch: On the morningof March 11 I visited thbe capitol,.as was my custou in getting up news, anti there met Senator Irby, who told mue he had7a sensation he would like for me to send to my paper. Tbhen and there, quoting Mr. Left-j witch, of Spartan burg, as his authority, (f; don't believe Mr. Leftwitch gave him any such information) be told me in substance what afterwards appeared in tbe Chronicle. I was wary of hand linw the nae nnd tl Senator ITby that I would call at his room that night and talk over the matter wish him. Accordingly between 9 and 10 o'clock p. in., Major W. T. Gary and mysell dropped in to see Senator Irby at the National Hotel. After discussing the matter for some time, probably half an hour, Senator Irby dictated to me the original "Craddock" special. It was read aloud to Major Gary at Senator Irby's request for Gary's criticism. Major Gary was reading some news paper whil- the article was being dic tated and in consequence had not paid much attention to its composition un til his attention was directed to it. I soon afterward left Senator Irby's room and went over to the Metropolitan Hotel and read the dispatch to-some of my friends for their advice as to whether it should be sent off. They with one accord agreed that I had best let it alone. I also came to the same conclusion, and leaving them I went down into the lobby of the Metropoli tan Hotel where I met Mr. Tom Gil l spie. I beckoned him into the read ing room and read to him sone other dispatches which I had written in con nection with the one dictated by Sena tor Irby. I told Mr. Gillespie that I could not handle the Irby dispatch and requested him to go with me to the Senator's quarters for the purpose of returning to him the matter he had dictated, and from there we would go to the telegraph office and file my re maining dispatches, one relating to Cleveland's opposition to Crisp, and the other giving some personal and matters of local interest. After return ing to Senator Irby's room I handed him the dispatch, and as to what con versation took place between us I beg leave to refer to the following letter from Mr. Gillespie: . CoPY.1 "COLUMBIA, S. C., July 22, 1893. "Mr. James H. Tillman,.Clark's Hill, S. C. "My Dear Sir: However much I re gret to have my name figure in a news paper controversy, I feel honor bound. when called upon by you, to tell all I know in connection with that portion of the ar ticle signed 'Craddok.' now -in dispute. "As you know, at and previous to the time this dispatch was sent, I was stopping with you in your room at 412 Sixth street, N. W. "On March Ilth, while we were at dinner, you told me of a conversation you had with Senator Irby at the Capitol that morning in which the latter gentleman, quoting a man named Leftwitch, of Spartanburg, as his au thority, told you of an alleged political combination between Butler, Shell, Farley and others, and asked you to print-it in the Augusta Chronicle. You You said you told him you would think over the matter and call at his room that night. We parted after dinner, and it was in the lobby of the Metro politan Hotel at about 10:30 p. m. that I next saw you. You had some dis patches in your hand and called me into the reading room where you read them. If I am not mistaken you first read the one about Cleveland opposing Crisp, then you said: 'Here is that thing that Irby dictated to me a while ago and wants me to send off, but I have just read it to some friends who advised me to have nothiqg to do with it and I propose to stick to their advice, or words to that effect. You then asked me to walk over to Senator Irby's room with you and from there we would go to the telegraph office. After reaching Senator Irby's room -you called him out in the hallway near where I was standing and handed him the dispatch about the political com bination, telling him as you did so, (I do not remember the exact language) that you could not handle the 'stuff,' for the reason that you did not believe the accusations true, and knew that part, at least, which referred to your self, was false; that you could not refer to yourself in one of your own dis patches; and that while you felt obli gated for his endorsement, you could not and would not use your paper to injure gentlemen whom you regarded as your friends. We then left and went directly to the telegraph office, at cor ner of Fifteenth and F streets, where you filed your dispatches, and from there we went to your room and re tired. This is all .that I now recall relative to the matter. I am, very re spectfully, (Signed) "THos. D. GILLESPIE. This dispatch, which I returned to Senator Ii by, was that night filed at the Western Union telegraph 'office after I had gone to bed and clearly without my knowledge or consent. As to the card of Mr. Tighe I beg eave to introduce the deadly parallel with an affidavit from Mr. F.C. Caugh man, whose veracity no man will seri :>usly question in Mr. Caughmnan's presence: Sir. Tighe's card: r(anma'af *. * * Mr.Jae [1. Tillman, Jaoe my it knowledge, never dis- b r ae .'ii nvowed the author-matotteiwit ship of the "Crad-inadude(at lock" letter. It hadwatInwober seen stated that Mr. o h uhrhpo riiaNene e tr. Caghman' arti Bftelte rcigwe in caledupon lyonMr. . C Cauhby do rebyames.Tilf na:i~bt Mr.Tll man th hedstinty andt idrpdae nygom and oters I,an art o it, howedme am presnce on heaer of te reue the ocautonshi onfi tillman ened ntre-trloo the "Cadok"at f ah cetite, cingrpllnHoe,oc whpon Mr. FCCaugh- ntelbyo h tate.btht Mr. Tilt-an, toa oe n :oa dspredimlf'tepacs that he lesdreigned any-'ha otono h loct of it,adoshowedileme thataacprtiricate,om btatetioha Mad been :hformrefd.eari :leesigeede' Crad Iworebou thif unteruvoally sater wsto me and that i mye pese ovr as ocaons (de lum in conecionb ofthe other plate) hthe hewisnd he uthro bea prional refpthe ,wichfo it. a char ctiate spoatingcm biation had tolden lired.stieathro wo(rried out the r tiiater andpl sater thart ohe tl e hd ba een ubled ovrt . ; h. C. d plUumeN Swornneton eithm to 0t ate ofhichy he did sndAhesup Inordr to s t o all dispue bameoath latreof becerifcae gersny epby atataliing amniio Mr. T hoansny that hi o e halltrd t , m hek ih pee ad dhecauthr-o ged Bt teayin hich Hood'ystae arsaparil build up the tred frame ud ve a oodaptie respnie freait. odru S esworn "To Heoredme TriatlwllJraceyouue. Fo a enraln fadmnitio toathartcse odaty hsreaomnd Heel 'l ILout Mr. Caughman, it is still in my posses sion and is here reproduced: "This is to say that Mr. James H. Tillman told me he was resporjsible for the article signed 'Craddock' published in last Sunday's Chronicle. (Signed) "F. C. CAVC13AN." This certificate, if such it may be called, was given me by Mr. Caugbman at my request, as it was being circu lated by idle tattlers that Mr. Caugh man and I had had some hot words and that I had repudiated any respon sibility for any and all parts of the "Craddock" dispatch, a report which was entirely unfounded and untrue. Now, as regards Dr. Pope's resplen dent and voluntary testimony, I shall have little to say. His sole purpose was evidently intended, regardless of truth and fact, to extricate Senator Irby from an unfortunate situation. Dr. Pope was in Col umbia a few days preceding the appearance of Senator Irby's reply and conversed on this sub ject very promiscuously. Some of the gentlemen to whom he talked told me that Dr. Pope had either lied to them or to the public in his card. (If Dr. Pope desires the names of these gentle men he can get them.) His card is brim full of mis-statements and inac curacies. In the first place, there is no telegraph office on Fourteenth street. In the second place, to the best of my recollection the article was never read to him, or if it was, it was in the pre sence of Major Gary, before I left Sena tor Irby's room the first time. As for his saying that I told him whenever I had communications of this character to publish I used the no-I de plume "Craddock" instead of "J. H. T.," it is absurd, for all of rmy dispatches to the Chronicle, even those of the most trivial character, wereeither not signed at all or signed "Craddock." I pre ferred a nom de plume for the excusable reason that I was tired of seeing my name in print. Dr. Pope has probably taken this opportunity to inject his imaginary and corroborative testimony into this controversy for the purpose of settling an old score. I once alluded to him in one of my "horrible" "Crad dock" dispatches ts "running from the cable cars" while in Washington. He has never liked me since. There are oth. things, too, that serve tochill his .affections. When Dr. Pope came to Washington soon after the inaugura tion to prosecute his candidacy for marshal he asked mne to puff him in the Evening News (Washington) for the place. I declined and assigned as my reason that I had other preferences. He then said that if he was not ap pointed marshal, he was a candidate for Governor and that the next Gov ernor of South Carolina "would have to beat Samps. P"pe for the nomina tion." He requested me to telegraph this nws to my home papers and start him a boom for Governor. I refused to do this for reasons entirely satisfactory to myself and seemingly unpleasant to Dr. Pope. He grew somewhat testy and then said, "Well, damn it, I am going back to South Carolina in a few days and don't propose to ride on the Richmond & Danville Railroad because it won't pay its taxes. Vill you tele graph that?" I told him yes, and laughingly suggested that he might run his gubernatorial campaign with that as a platform. My conduct on this occasion was probably the inspira tion of Dr. Pope's card and is the Iliad of his woes and "horrors" therein con tained. Dr. Pope is a sort of amatearjournal ist, himself, and while in Washington frequently passed away odd moments preparing nom de plume productions for the Carolina reform papers, profess ing to give the political situation at the national capital, in all of which he never forgot to say a good 'word for Pope. "Warwick" was his favorite cognomen, and it was under this mighty name that he most often wielded his graphbic pen, to tell the peo ple of South Carolina what a really great man he was, and what a fine chance he stood to be marshal. (The public will please refer to the files of the Columbia Register for a carrobora tion of this aesertion. I desire also to call especial attention to the card published by Senator Irby from Major Gary. He very adroitly said "the article signed 'Craddock' was not dictated by you to your private secretary," but he did not say that it was not dictated by Senator Irby to me and I defy Senator Irby to get any statement fr'm Major Gary to that effect. Senator Irby in his letter said: "Major William T. Gary, of Augusta, and Mr. James H. Tillman came into my sitting room at the National Hotel. Major Gary said to Tillman that what he had told him a few moments before ought to be repeated to Irby. I asked what it was and Tillman told the fol lowing tale." *** Major Gary said no such thing and he will not verify any such statement. The conversation was brought up by Senator Irbly himself, and was simply a i-ebash of what he bad told me that morning, and Major Gary, who was present, will not cor roborate a single assertion made by Senator Irby other than the fact that the dispatch was not dictated by him to his private secretary. Senat or Irby also said by way of an introduction to his card that I told him I had just left Geneal Farley in the Metropolitan Hotel. This is ridicu lous. General Farley had returned to South Carolina and Senator Irby knew it.' The rest of his story is wholly im ginary and viciously false, even unto the parenthetical assertion that "Gov ernor Tillman and Congressman Till .man were not on speaking terms "; but it was necessary for him to inject this statement into his tale to make it plau sible. Trhe fact that General Farley had prepared an article on the political situation in South Carolina was no secret. He read it to me more than six weeks before the inauguration, and before and since that time has read it to many others. There was nothing whatever in it derogatory to Governor Tillmnan or any of the leaders. This particular "Craddock" dispatch is not the only one ever sent by Sen ator Irby to the Chronicle. The follow ing appeared in that paper simultaun eously with the Columibia Register. It was dictated by'Senator Irby to Mr. WV. J. Shelton and was filed at the Western Union telegraph office by Six points, out of many, where Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are better thanl other pills: I. They're the smallest, and easiest to take-little sugar-coated granulets that every child takes readily. 2. They're perfectly easy in their action-no griping, no disturbance. 3. Their effects Iais. There's no re action afterward. 4. They're the cheapest, for they're .guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is returned. You pay only for the good you get. 5. Put up in glass-always fresh. 9. They cure Constipation, Indiges tion, Bilious Attacks, Sick or Bilious Headaches, anid all derangements of the liver, stoxuah and bowels. Senator Irby himself. On the margin in his (Irby's) handwriting is: "Charges will be paid by Senator Irby if declined. Publish certainly." Columbia Register, Augmsta Chronicle, April 6. Aprl6. "His speech (Irby's) (Irbv9s) was an able, exhaust- was an able, exhaust ive and concise re- ive and concise re view of the conditions view of theconditions existing in'South existing In South Carolina. * * * He Carolina. * * * He attracted the eager at- attracted the eagerat. tention of the Post- tention of the Post master-Generalatthe master-General at the outset and held it by outset and held It by his intense earnest- his Intense earest ness and array of ness and array of irrefutable facts un- irrefutable facts un til the close of his til the close of his speech. He spoke speech. He spoke b>3ldly, defiantly and boldly, defiantly and aggressively- * * * aggressively. * * *-This. of course, is "This, of couae, is only a very brief sy- only a very brief 6y nopsis of Senator no of Seator I r by's remarkably Ir by's . remarkably clear, logical and im- clear, logical and im pressive defence of pressive defence of the Democracy, as It the Democracy, as it is now organized in Is now organized In South Carolina. He challdnged contradic- challenged contradic tion of any statement tionofanystatement he had made and said he bad made and said he was personally re- he was personally re sponsible for any sponsibie for any allusions or facts alusions or fact brought out in the brought out In the course of his remarks. course of his remarli. He spoke distinctly, He spoke distinctly, but impetuously. butimpetuously. Those who heard him Those who heard him say that his speech say that his.speech was sufficient to es- was suZet to es tablish his reputation tablish his reputation as an eloquent and as an eloquent and logical reasoner and lOgiCal reasoner and speaker. He handled speaker. He handled the subject and the the subject and the accusers with gloves accusers with gloves Iavenever"objectedto this dispatch, as Senator Irby's good opinion of his own eloquence and oratorical powers could injure no one. Then, too, Ben ator Irby was not entirely sober on this particular night, and was hardly responsible for his own grandiloquent ideas, tho-glits and conduct. (have arfidavits to prove that he was under the influence of whiskey, and Senator Irby can get cpies upon application.) All the dispatches sent the Register laudatory of Senator Irby were dictated by that gectleman, either to Mr. Tighe or helton, upon all of which Senator Irby had to guarantee chage before the telegraph authorities would accept them. If Senator Irby denies this, I challenge him to an insption the original mauscripts now on fie in the Western Union Telegraph office at Washington. Senator Irby aiso claims in his state ment that he knew nothitg beaint upon the -4ntents of the ICraddocrk dispatch until I furnished him with the information In his room at the Na tional Hotel on the night of March 11. How, tb-n, do,es he account for that card whiel: appeared in. the Col umbia Register, dated Washington, Maarch 9, and signed "More Anon" of which he told me he was the author. After singing his own prae in his usual and characteristic way he re ferred to Congressman Shelln the fol lowing language: "it is , enerally reported here that Ca tain Shell has packed his baggage and will soon land in the enemy's camp. This creates indignation as well as contempt among thepollpclans without bringingi a, great amount of satisfaction to the other side." There is a remarkable similarity in the l lusion to Congreshsman Shell in this card and the "Craddock dispatch dictated and sent by Senator enato For fear that it may have escagiste memory I will recall to Sen Irby's mind the time and pace where "More Anon" made h Ialf known. It bere the ree at th riatime Hould acceSapshem Pope Senator Irby de myel Wern Ust etuedp fofme at atoenbatold rb op toim get hs stae istrond thea lotntdo the "Cor,Adonk" datchutig to fuatrniedid so.t the sonormat bni rooad thena tionalbyHased mewn thught adc write it.w, the article sact thor theathar hicdapeyaeed oer themioRgster,ut Carolin myshindn suggested Cngrsan "mero," and After sted, bis adde thaies Conres mensell and aatierisi wer e app tlerred ouldongrssma helwitn t. Thwin fagaIgessdM.:a e seeet ticleneateorte heyan r.a Poand the bot launghe heartiy's camp. ETish? andates Popegnatugned welain conterpthi amgterritichans ceasehSetrgn ib tol gretaut he haisefaont the uthrsd? hr It as markabl siaearno n th.at Dr.io Po CongaredstomanSel withisa matic elqncthe inradockg deils ofditte ogasoen and ell-owny Fra thtg ithea heestapeoud his gid terodue and for ae heeto hisoren butjusn" o mdhIselfk on. I importnt surojenct thie aoat tan There were presny ther ine hrsinge Dr. ISamtpsnPo Senator Irby isnd wilk o withth wsre hing aden Bto Ib todarPoe ndipstionge the pre cuter andsreadtaooudsthee"Mnre,aAnona mand r e who orgnaeasalwys beenus spakomlainy to ienatr mrby and hen appealedet hai heeorea pltial sen portr tob asedtme whoI sel-oghtkhd wiipten it. or the a rty stoae split aton athor Reforers,endtf tee arrow thest rcd Soth asoina my hoin, bu so tae utoaddedatsonrbys own quielradLaie.er pa Imn woulstd havel paeoriednmany Thact offiehaIp anssd kindntessfr semd ikeSenator IrbyinWhngo and Dr. Poadtheyo pboeth cirumsaes,heaty. yot nowsr Latime ct suggete that myo kinness? and ofdenc Phpelged again. Ase. Whntheirmrrimesha caper coeatonIrby tl the Capttal tredfi wthevenutheor. tiva enc was mine that she wastenoontnu alridicled beease theWesintn prss mTi waloune asth tring Spirtails cfhity fog,wearisfom symndh fekown those hrofesse tereset. I ud-b deav o repdauch as ossibe benefitdo hfriends, for mes wil Iaeo if more imrant ubje to rite ou,olt hnb tramph dotos m. Wa aetl your are mhs articuher intresting fisacb" know the nthatd thee th plnty as dirty Iinend maai iot. If soy i sSenator Irby'st threisahort wald eon wth foe wahing,et BtIhver noedspoitionuol poye Buetig clldtroersy Cvnatains Til man Iwhav ornatfatieod In stn spa anly) tim hne aded thenst arpee to his teretofare pohthicaesop etiipate inhor the dispartch hoa splin type-writenRfre and the roffceb Sento wasbake with Sear Irby's I n the aInv perfrme wanyi inraton Irbi Lahngo FAndL n,