The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, January 17, 1899, Image 1
E iT"A B L I S HE D 18 0 No T W ICEIA Y - AeW EN U,RY '17 ,A18(A
BUNCOED BY ELLERBE
MYSTEIRY OF THE FLOP OF THE
STATh NEWSPAPER TOLD AT LAST.
A Written Plege-Ooversior FromlIbed to
Favor Local Option In Iesurn for Uon
servativo Support and Violated the
Ii.(ge Shamnelebly.
(From the State.)
IN RN WM. H. ELLERBE, GOVERN
On.
The nature of this editorial state.
mont is such that it is best made over
my signaturo. It deals, with my act
as a citizen as well as an editor, and
cannot well be written exc-pt from
the personal standpoint.
In the summer of 1897 a plan for
the settlement of the liquor issue in
South Carolina was suggestod to me
by a friend, to whom it had been
communicated by a prominent citi.
zen who must for the present remain
unknown. Earnest considoration
convinced meo that it was not only
the best solution of the vexing issue
but.the only one which was attain
able. It provided for local option
by counties; a choice by ballot of
the people of each county between
the dispensary, prohibition and high
license systems, the electioi.s to be
held in all counties on the Pimo day,
a day distinct from the do uorratic
primary or general olection day, and
the settlement reached to bo of force
for a term of two or four yet rs.
This plan I submitted to several
men in polities, among ti,ei Frank
. Weston and Col. V. A. Neal.
The former at once accepted the plan
as practicablo and desirable. Col
onel Noal had boon a warni advocate
of the dispensary, but he expressed
a willingness to make conessionb
in the promotion of peace among the
people, and, although at first pro
ferritig a settlement of his own de
vising, lie presently came to approve
this local option measure. We dis
cassed the matter several times in
the summer and early fall of 1897
and Messrs. Neal and Weston tin
dertook to do what they could to in
Iluence Governor Ellerbe to favor this
solution. About this time I first
proposed the plan editor'ally.
It was in the latter part of Octo
ber, I thiLk, that a conference was
held between Senator McLaurin
who had just returned fr(m Mt.
Airy, N. C., where he had been re
cuperating after his physical break
down du-ing the campaign- Gover
nor ElIlerbo, Colonel Neal, Mr. Wes
ton and myself, having for its ob
ject the adoption of some common
policy in retgar-d to the liquor ques.
tion which should be urged in th(
governor's annual message. Variomi
plans woere discussed, the local 01)
Lion one, however, meeting willh iner
favor- than any others. All of us ox
cept Governor- Ellerbe wore substan
tially agroed upon it, and after I hat
explained it'fully the governior sai(
that it struck him more favorabl'
than any solution-ho had heard ani
asked me to write out for him in do
tail my views for carrying out th
proposal, a3 he wished to study th
mnatter carefully. With that th
confeirence broke up.
Not long afterward-about fai
week, I think-Senator Trillman cam
to Columbia and visited Governo
Ellerbe. Hie had hardly left th
city -when the governor, about 1
o'clock, at night, telephoned the re
porters, summoning them~ to the oe
ocaitive mansion, and there gave ou
an. interviewv in which be committe
himself absolutely to theomaiutonanc
of this dispensary system. 1 b)4
lievel at the time that Tillmnan, b
some secret hold( ho had on the exo<
utive, hiad forced him to do thi
For until after the interview ha
beten given out did any of us-Mi
Laurin, Neal, Weston or myself
suspect that he had had such a p
pose. We were taken by surprise
this abrupt ending of our project
take the quiestion out of politics at
settle it democratically according
the principle of local self gover
mont.
Of course this ended our hope
iniluencing Governor Ellorbo to tal
the leadership in the matter by pm
nosing in his forthcoming anrnu
message a fair nd rational adjust
ment of the one issue which remained
to divide our people Being much
disappointed at the c tc me I rather
avoided Governor Ellerbo after that.
A day or two beforo the legisla
ive 1ession closed, howover, I re
peived a messgo from the governor,
asking me to call at the executive
mansion that night. I did Fo, and
we had a two bourt' talki Governor
Ellerbo was obviously mnch dis
tressedf and alarmed at the several
defeats ho had sustained in tho leg.
islature and sought to induce me to
pledge him the Stato's support for
renomination. I told him that his
dispensary views stood in the way
that I would not and could not sup
port any man committed to the
maintonance of that dishollest, tyran
nical and abominablo system. lHe
pleaded piteously for snpport, which
mado the interview extremely un
plonsant to mo; but I lield out, and
left him between 10 and I I o'clock
apparently almost broken down.
When I was about to star' early
last May for Tampa with a viow to
taking part in the Cuban campaigi I
left instructions that. the Stlate was
not to commit itself to inly candidato
in the primary campaign soon to be
gill. For it. wIas imlpossiblo to tell ill
ad(Ivluce who would be the coml1ti.
lors aind whit pledies they might
make, and I feared ht st the pap.rI.
should be committed in my abser
to a man or a policy inconsisint
with its record and my convictiuns.
My belief that. the war wmuld bo a
vhort one, to be ende-d in throo
m1loiIths-, Caused me to anticipato a
return to Columbia before the pri
mary election.
Roturning from Cuba I reached
Koy West on the night after the
first prim-ary, and on my way to
Tampa on the Mascotto two da3 s
later I read in a Jacksonville paper
the figures of that election. It was
the first information I had that Mi.
Featherstono had been a candidate.
My disposition at that time was to
support hun in the second primary
as I preferred prohibition to the dis
pensry.
I arrived in Columbia on the
ovening of September 5, but finding
myself in almost total ignorance ol
what had happened in South Caro.
lina and the world since the middl(
of June and being somewhat "dazed'
by a return to civilization, I did noi
at once resumo my oditorial work
intending to study upii a week oi
two before attemplt ig it.
On September 7, however, th<
Spartanburg H-erald mamde i a ltaci
on the dispensary system and callet
on mec to join ini the figrht, and tha
night I wrote an editoria!, which ap
peared next day in t he State, giving
my "hearty assenit to the proposi
Lions so well pur by the Spartan
burg Herald," but staitog that o1
account of my lack of information a
to) the campauigni, the pled'(ges of t b
candidats, their plat fonoms sn
their alliances I wo'.uild be "con
I)pelled, with regret, to be a bystan
o r." In addition to theso state
3' reasons I had two others. (1) Corn
trary to my instructions an editoris
r mildly endorsinug Governor Ellert
a hind been printed in the State du
r ing my absence, anid it seemed I
0 tie my hands, and (2) 1 was ii
a formed that Mr. Feathrmtonoe bi
-pledged hiimself to general prol
bition and nothing but that, a ci
t cumstanmco that mado(1 me even me
(I hopeless of the pr.'mot ion of n
:0 local option lan through him tbu
through Goverm or F.lleribe, becau
Y I was sure Mr. Feathorstone wou
-do wvhat hie said and I w~as net su
B- that Governor Ellerbe would.
d --
3. That afternoon, September
- wheni 1 went to the State (Alice
r- found a note on my tab)lc from
at cashier stating that Mr. 'Weston a
to Col. Neal had been to the otlice
Ld see me and, having failed to do
to asked me to be sure to meet the
a- that night at Mr. Westoni's hank
fice. I kept the ap)poinitment.
of WVe talked for nearly an hour
Ire indifferer.t-topics. At last Col. N
0- said to me, slapp)ing his kcnoo:
a "well lnt's come downm now to b
inos. Nearly every paper in the
State is jumping on the governor;
lie's pretty badly worried and is very
anxious for ) ou to help him out.
Can't yon (10 it ?
I replied that I Lad told Governor
El.erbe all along tbat I ould notsup
port. him for renomination if he stuok
to the dispensary, and he had stck
to it.
Mr. Waston said: "The simple
fact of the matter is that the gover
nor feels he is obliged to have the
support of The State, aid we have
asked you here to find out on what
conditions you will sipport him."
Without hesitation and on tho spur
of the moment, I replied- "If ho will
pledge himself to me in writiiig to
urge the legislattre to pass a local
option law, allowing each county to
decide for itolf b(twevi high li.
senso, prohibition and the dispensary,
I will support, him." This idea had
been with me for a year; it had been
the object of my effort the previous
fall and wnter, and it, came spontan.
consly to my lips. I did not stop to
connider tho prieo I might have to
pay in public misunderstanding of
my motives if he sho1uld accept mly
Mr. Weston looked at Colonel Neal
and then s1id: "I don't think there
will he much troublo about that; do
you, Colonel?" And Colonel Neal
l oplied, to me: "I think he'll do it
(asy enou gh; lie's got to do it if you
inisist."
Mr. Weston then asked me if a
verbal assurance would satisfy me.
I told him nc; there had been too
much question about El'erbo's ver
bal assurance already ; I must have
it in black and white for my own
protection--but lie could tell the
governor that I would not show the
pledge to anybody unless ho failed to
observo it, in which case I would.
Tioen Mr. Weston askvd: "Would
you obj.-ct to having the letter ad
-dresed to tie? I am going to Char
leston to try and help the governor
down there and I woul. like to be
able to show it. to some of th politi
cians." I answered that I would not
object to thatt, but that after he had
used it in Charleston I must have
the custody of the paper.
The conference broko up with
thoir assurance that they would so
the governor next day and bring m
his answer.
The next. day, Friday, September
9, Mr. We,ton came to my room and
han'Aed mo an envelope bearing the
f.unzillar 0ngraved lettering, "State Uf
South Carolina. Executimo Chaim
ber, Columbia," and addressed: "Mr.
F. Hi. Weston, Columbia, S. C., Per
sonal." Opening it I read:
S-rATE OF SOU'iH CARoI,IA,
(Colminbia, S. C., Sept. 8, 1898.
CohF-1inENT1AL.
Dear Frank:-ln reply to your in
.quiry, will say, I fully concur in you'
view as to the best solution of the li
s quo question. A fter mingling witl
e the p)eoll for thl~roe montihs an<
b orough considlerat.ion 1 have cc.
to thio conclusion that then dispensar,
act should bd amnded so as to allos
d each country to settle the liquo
.question for itself, and have de
il t,rmined to mak" such rocomn
o mendat ion to the necxt general ne
r. sembly.
o Your friend,
W. IH. ELLERE.i:i
,d Tfo Mr. WV. H. WVatson.
i.All of thl~is except. I he prinited cal
r- tion anrd date line n as ini Govern<
y was wronig--ne1 day behinid.
m It was not. as preiso a pledge as
so would have dictated, but whateveri
Id vagtueness there might be in tI
re phrase "allow each county to sett
the liquor quomion for itself" wi
oliset by the initial.statement, "I ful
8, conicur in your view as to the be
1 solution of the liquor question."
li hinow, and it was a miatter of pub]
Lid knowledge anid record, that N1
to W ston's "view'' was the same
so, my own; that lie favored coun
m~ choice between the dispeneary, hij
f- license and prohibition. While
did not have any confidence in Q<
on ernar Elb-rhe's simlof word1 I c
Lial ntot hlievo lbe wvould dtare to int
the obloquy of exposure for violati
Clos
Death of
of the entire stoc
up the estate of t
Clothig
2r,o,--,'Positive1y r
FLYN
fast. As Mr. Weston was going that i
afternoon to Charleston and wished i
to uso the original to socuro votes s
for t he Governor there, I took a copy v
of the letter, on his proiiso to hand v
ine tho originil on hi return.
He did rolturn it, and I havo kept 1
it ill Iy pocket Iost, of the time t
sinlce.
1 mut1st coli (Fm that the governor'i
prunmpt comiplianeo with my nlltim-in
wil was not iltogether gratifyilg,
for I had thoughit the imatter over
and concilIded that to carry out my
pa-irt of the agrienimnt would subject
me to much criticisu and perhaiips
suspicion of mily motives and thiat I
would have to withhold my justifica
tion untit the legiitature mnet. On
this account I half regreted my imi
pill;iveness, which had entailed upon
me a severe ordlul. But the thing
was done, and I went to work in
good faith to carry out my part of
the compact, having the satisfaction
of fOling that I hld acted wholly
for the public good. The next
(lay The State contained a editoral
urging high licenso voters to support
Ellerbe, and each day until tho
election the paper did its best for
him. If it changed as many as 2,
600 votes which would have other.
wigo gono to Featherstono it is re
oponsible, I regret to say, for his
nomination.
1 did not seo Governor Ellerbo
from the time I roturned from Cuba
tuntill some threo weeks after his
n1o:1nination by the second primnary.
Ho had called at my oflico 'wheni I
asking me to visit him, so I wvent
one day to his ollicti at the State
hou e
Aior an exchange of civilit ies he
asked my opinioni of the clause in
thme State c-onstit utioii permitting the
i4sue of licenses for the sale of liquor
saying that accordinhg to thaimt clause
all liquors sold under high license
would have to ho b)ought fromt the
State dispensary. I reailyzeAd the
Isect ion and showed that it could bear
nto such interplre)taItion. Hel persisted
ini his claim however, iand I realized
that he wvas t ry!Ing to lindl a loopholo
rby wvhich to ('eapet t.be redemptionl
of his pledge. Thbis realization an
-gered mte so much that I could hardly
trust myself to spleakc. I paiced fum
ing up and( dlown the executive
chamber, and Iin:dly told him that I
wvas mn no umo-d to b)e dailliedl with in
that fashion; thmat if he intendedl to
- bunco me1 as several newspapers had~
r prdce he wotild dlo lie might rest
3 as:,ared that I would piubliish till
pledlge a. show up the wholo affair.
I Then I started out, b)ut as I had myl
f hand on the door knoh lhl Calhled1 me
C back anid offored to leave the int(er
Ic pret ation of the clause to any lawyer
15 I would select. I propiosed Chiol
y Justico Mclver, but lie objected. ]
st then suggietd ,Mr. Rt. W. Shanm
I and( Glen. LeRoy F. Youmantils, anIi
c lie chose Mr. Shand( mind saidl b<
r. would submit, the question to him
s (Weoks afterward I quest ior.ed1 Mr
ty Shiand, aind(h l m0(1en t hat the gov
~h eruor had niot - i1 a word1 to hii
I about it.)
v- The main issaut t.hen came up, al
id for some talk, and Governor Ellerb'
tur b)arefacedly den ied t hat hel had1( madI
ng anuy aigreeimenit ' atever. (I hatd hi
mn ltte m my ncint at. the time. In
a partner corn
k in the Flynn's
he dead partnet
Sacrificed!
GOODS
10 money refun(
N'S CA
ttempted to uiload tit( wholh. ro
ponisibility on WN'tston and Neal,
aying ho had told themI wholn t
vrote the lettor that ho lid not
hanged hik viows, wasi still for the
lispeisary and would inako tc
groeeint. A-suming tin uir of vir
11011 indigIlltill ti h lid h WOUld
0nd14 for themli anld ma111ko theil sot
in right. (Ito ivvr did.) I wm.
0 di!Zglsted thnt I lflin taifirted t<
PlIVO, Hayiig I woild vxposo III
vholo uffair aid let himi sottlo il
vith Neal anud Westoxn a1s ho could
>ut again ho bogged muo to coiv
ack, ind thn leaving hiis sealt ai(
oinig to my side, in front of tii
vest, window at his right hand, ho
aid: "Duon'. get llald; let's tall
his thing over (Ilietly and seI
f wo can't compromiso it." Am<
hon ho proposed to (to preiHol;
vhat Io had proimisod nid what
lad xpected--to urgo the lo.islat
tnro to pass n liltli. permitting oel
'oun1t y to choose by )atl!OL bot wevi
prohibition, high iceiso and th,
dispensatry. It wias ia lightninig Chling
on his part and ailmost took rn
hreath awiy.
H1e W4ent on to Siay that this Wial; II
now thing on his i rt; that ho ha
held I hoso views hoforo he had writ
ten tho lotter to Weston andl(] till
told W. 1). Evanis of thin. Tli
1ho added: "hlt I don't H1o how
can put through an ministratit
measure carryiig out the plan."
ans18wove that that did lot iittoi
that I dlid] not like( this "admilinisi rl
tion mevasuro" idoi anyhow, and t0h
1 thought in this caso it, mnidht. d) I
iulich harm good. All I xpoetv
Was that, ho would do What ho ll
promn iso to (10 anld lefivo consequollic,
Willi tho legishl.trA. Ho salid 11gl
I halt, ho would ma11ko these recomiiI
edt ions, and-1 weit atw ty satlisfied.
1 did not Ad (1ov. ulnhrblo aga
nalt ii last-t Silur1dayV afteornooni. (
Friday Mr. Wesiton iniformied n
that. the governor hald road hi m thI
pa rt of his messalg(o rela ht ing to til
ligorOl quei4st.ionl, and( t hat it soenn1
to him t.hiirouighout, an1 argumienit, f
the r(etonltion of the (1ispIlisary sy
temi, allthiongh it. did miiake a1 bi
aiie hou&~r sugeti''on' aO s to lett,in il
pepeof the cot is 8 set Ilo i
qjues't ion for t hemrsel ves. 110 (1
neot. like it. 110 said I tol himu t'.
if thme imeissago tt i not como" up
poiso I wouhIl( showu uip Elb.'r
rut hle.sly. Thei niext day, Sat ur<h
Mr. We tstonl ga~vo a prtoof oif Ithe
q lo tioni of the( 1114ssauge, wvith
in vit tion1) fromi tho govornior to e)
tthat afternooni. [ read the pre
andi was greatly inicensed0( aIt whati
found in i*. My disinclinat ion to
the governor wasc strong aind I v
po after this revolaitioni of hiIs dii
city; but, as I did ntot, wish to hri
Colonel Nall anid MIr. West.onis
the luiatte.r-as I miust do if I
piosed( Elerbe--- linllty dletermlil
At 5) o'clock I wont to theo oxC
I ive manilsioni and( fond~ thle gos
nior cfonvesing with a1 visitor. WI
the lautter left I toldl him that I I
read( his liquior recommenda11Ihtin tOl
wast- groat ly OurpriseId and1( dis
po ited ; thait, heO htad niot said w
ho had1( plediged him isel f to say;
he had deoft'e his half wvay
dorsomiint. of locual op)t.ionl by other
coninnenoidations of thle st rori'
c haractor. Ito asked01 1rno to spec(
I poiinted( ouit this p)aragraph,
onto: ''It (tha dispernsary ) muns
firmly and'~ permanenOJtly etahlis
or comt plot ely dono a way wvit h."~ '
'I saidl, clearly meanLTi tihe (estab11
mionit of the dlispeinsary on its
sont basis or its olimnination from
whlolo Stato. it was adverse to
tial olimfinaltionI undoer the ifl
l ocal1 op ti on. Thenwr I shiowed
the context of his recommemi01(1
0as to oin n.l an)tIaI limiit(l te i.
JuI
pels the immedia
Cash Store AT C
shoes Sacr
SACE1F:
led during this sal
4
LSH ST,
Wholly ignloring highliHOMnSOa ani 'il
aIIIernit IV14. Thi.-, t saqid, wats not,L
whit. It had promtnoll ildm ; if it-optod I
it, w"Iuld dofeat tho very policy to> I
whi Il wias committtud inld wilh I t
proforredl-high liconso. [' wvent onil
to s1a that tho wholsk dliveranc t
was olnoxiouls to his pror-Hsionm ad ti<
pledges, lnd thilt. I llito utl11d rstood I
his Imotivo in limitin thw echoictl tv I
prohibition and th disptniaryland I
inl imiposinig specil and vinormis hur- I
doni Oln prohlibit ion count im-hli I I
mought, to 1forco Ow ilpnryn,
fiith. I gWt 11 111 1 ll'), o
the oplo 1 tho oily idurabl Il. I
I lo lun 111iOthOw word of proi I
t1 tho ou 1ar 51 brokln itt tio tt hop)(1, I
I Sidi. H-% re plied Wilih nui-vollouiH
eloll'iNt o, C.hat ho t1 .d n11111on lit
pii11tisos, that, FI-1111k Wo.sitou h dlid
nlot notll-0 properly in coteval ilI" froil
mn vtlhlt d bu lswlid, afil( Ithat. ht
Would 11wti him puliish ilk letor.
I al SwvCd Ihat I wo1b. dl tlit:
01hat I proponed411 to Show tho piih
t-hat I it. Ii l ut h I:odl iln good
faith. I got. ny1), bad u imn gool
ovning', and walked out, of his sit
- tinit 11, whill lih wis synit i g.
1 " olu ciuk. do as yin ples."
So this is thtl t lld of I'ilny hopm of
I lorb for at firt-anid d m ,I'll octi c 1 s11 ioIl.
tion of 11i li<i uor <plestii on. I have
i mado my try and fatilod, andl( ail tho
1 1 m 1 an1(i papi rs that hi vo bi-in ity
ing th o an a s ill fatihlL,ti an 'l41w
nStalto0 newspaper. anld Cahl11)imbit
0I wo lb bURc00d 14 hIIaV thiir
' ling a t n, * o. I fil) t u l fi tli ; I have
ibl bn bWOOtit. I can oily ploal
10t u t O )1 1tilht tXI 161iti
'1Ilt tat I thut i hadV11 giel aga11i:m
L it by S,Iottning hlis plodgo in writing.
d I believ d him qmlo cpahl 8t of vio
i it ml vll al pt-roi61, blt did1
s not, think 11e WIh U olitosot.4 1111 i
(!Hts 11s to invito h(lil produit Aion ofi
- pro 1 ill llys 1nhadwriting that
he0 h liM iOd.
mIi4 T1o do11 him at justrre(1, li I dono
n1(0 h 10l'i llH.vel: o tha lt) act.ed spon
tou anoon- ints his nuier, bt nr.o
iI'd ) bet ee t ils. SI rbe) lv o l l Im
te Closing Out
)NCE to settle
ifliced!
e at
ORE.
>rimalry vlectionl Uov. Wmi. Hf. E4
0rbM 03iled at my Wtore without, any
oliitatioi or slggstio 0on my
)1r1t. Aftor thakingi. hands with m1io
md talkinig ab1ouit tilholbiatifiul day
ho govoritor brought up tho Stjjtct
>o t pimary o(e'ction to bo hold
hio followingA Tues(Ifday, Haying ht(
vias glad to hour I waiis supporting
inis c.,ndiIidnty. I answ811or' (hitt I
VAS Sorry bio wa muisitiforiim. as I
md supportod S ovnprt in the
irst, prim:ary and nlow I wast IiAting
'ighit onm thi fonco an11 did not know
v ilch tido to got down on, as i was
lot, at prohlibitioist aind I waii cor..
Aiiiily oppos-d to this tyrannical
nonkopuly of at dispusairy law boing
sliovod down tih peoplo's throats
,vithoit having word to say about
it. Th V OvLrnor roplied:
"\Vt I', now, Mr. Duncan, right
Aloro is th poiit, that I wint to ex
plail to you1. SiIIo Iy 01a11VaI8.s all
)Vor tho St.ato this mummtoler, aind ii-.
Lormingling with tho peoplo, I havo
colim It.) t)i (onclutsion that local
01ption it Wha3t, th0Y watt, aind I it.
kind to recoimmil1ond it, in lly m1issage
to tho logislat11ro anfud 1tso my poi -
tional inihfionco, if I have any, to get
tuio Nil patssod this wintor."
I 1iaiid1: "Woll, governor, if you
A) collhlicmintis in thait s,and I
will plodgi you il'my support and do
ill I ca1n for you from now until
noxt TuOty, oloction daty."
Wo shook hanid-i on it, aid ho
sidti: "I'm very much obliged to
you anld I llopo you'll (10 all you
canl for m1, and that we il bo suC.
COMAful nxt 1TuOSItday."
flo thon left, my storo.
I weit lto work from that very
i11111uto for Gov. Ellorbo, Spreaidiig
1.11 iniforl1aatill LRIOng till) 1o0
option lmn who ha10 d d Uldoar hom
slvo.-i for FoatiorAoino and would
ivo votod for him if tho govorvor
liad nlot. gIvon this plodgo to me.
A, nightfall tboro wis but on man
onl thet Malrkut block who wasH not
for Il'horbo. On SundalIy I wroto
tivo or six lo(tters to my friends in
t he cdiniltry, toil ing thorm what tho
gove'rnor ho1t proise,1ad
walked(111.\ Main street thin whIolo of
Sunday ai~iftelrnooni tolling of (Goy.
1lllerbo II's pIled'ge to mie to tihl busi -
m- itme and ory othler voter I
mo.On elect ion (lay my friendIs iln
liihe counit ry didi all they could( for
ho governlor and14 hetl ped to carry the
A greaIt many113 of my frienids saidI
aifte'rwar.ils thait (Gov. llehrbio wvould
b)1 falso to II he2 puledgos ho made(1 to
mie, bulit Ii haighit thl:t, a1 mI *1I who
hoh11 till igh~l ollic,o of govehrnor of
South Caro11')i15lilut have,' som11 re
Igarld for his5 own word and1( his ropu..
ta1tion1 1 am1 no0w forcod to~ bolioe
hat, 11 is ntterly without trulthflI
nessH or' hionor, auinh I thioroforo wyish
to add1( mIy e'xposuHiro of his~ duplicity
to that wliichu have madI o IIIII.
CoIIIIIll J.i W.1 H. DU1NcAN.
Columb 28ia, . C., .Jan. it1 1899.
Mn. WsToNsUsTIN 18wHATl MR). (ON
1proachelid yes't uerdlay wI i bieferenco to
Ste menitio made11511 of imseiulf m th
Stadte'st i'diItorial "In ito Wm. HI. El
- reet. Tlhiat ho wouldi havo some
- hinug furth to1 say813 ini the miatter, if
dotimo I necessaHlry', bult p)roforred to
r at unlt il ho could soo1 a full state
montit whlich (Gov. Elrbo huas said
ai ho is p)reparinlg.
If As t.o thei u1so of the iott.'r being
"unauIlthIorized,"' 114 had1 only to say
no0w thalt the( iettor waIs wVrittenm inl
0 II his presence by (I >v E'lorbo and
hanllded t.o hun1 to b) uisod b)y him im
ho precise mnannuor ill wich it was
v'. us8ed.
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hi nI at all drugg :4s. Guaranu,tcod to
01 cur or mone 1 ro113'2 nd1ed0(. t&f6m,
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