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THII QOTEBNOR GOBS MA3 Will Pardon Elliott and Berne }. t 3Bteriiet..'. Special to The News aod Courier. COLUMBIA. January 28 -There \ a geat deal of interest taken to Cola bia with regard to tbe situation Charleston aod what new toro may expected. Of coarse everyone cogo ties toe fact that toe situation far as the State is concerned ts en ti rt regulated by what Governor Tilka decides to do nod what instruction happens to issue to carry oat what considers an enforcement of the la of the State. This morning the oei paper meo called oo Governor Ti mao at the. mansion to Sod < what, if any, change there had be io the situation tod what he h heard from Charleston. He first si that fae did oot care to say any th i opoo the subject, bot wheo he a told that Mr. W. Gibbes Wfaaley h been reported io The Newt and Chun as saying that the hoe would be paid the Elliott ease fcc promptly replie* "I do oot intend to pay the fine sod that I am very sore. If Mr. Whal does so he will do so out of his ot pocket." Then the decision aod reasons the trial justice were received, a Governor Tillman said : He might well send io his resignation as tri j ur tice. We do oot waot oor will \ have any trial justices who are afra to uphold the law aod roo counter the opinion of any set of meo. So ? as tbe evidence is concerned it amone to nothing, and it would take the test mooy of a dosen of such as testified this ease to make me believe that JU Elliott struck a woman." Governor Tillman did oot have an thing more to say about the matter f a little while, aod theo he arose ti said : "I waot. these people to onde stand that t am as cool-blooded abo - this matter as I can be. I have nev been more determined than I am in tb ci^f ao??waoT?te^peopV? to nude ??<?5frg?fS?4t <Sn,e ?I* I pu pose to see that the laws of the Sta are upheld even if we have to kill few of these Italian cutthroat?, bul dozers and pimps. I am making i threat bot I am simply warning ther. I am ready to go ahead if they are. am goiog to carry out the law aod so] ^ press the sale of liquor in Charleston ; all hasards. "I have beard from Capt Cogs we aod be advises me that not only b bot the other commands of Charlestc are ready to assist io the en force mei of the laws of tbe State, so I'll n< have to send troops there from Edg< field, Aiken aod other counties sbool the occasion for a military force arisi / If necessary I'll call the Legislate here to back me up io this effort I enforce the laws of the State, and waot them to understand it. If the think that they are goiog to bini frighten or bolly-rag me or my coi stables they are very 'much mistaker I am not going to have the tongi ride rough shod over the laws, and the good people of Charleston cann< prevail apon tbe barkeepers to obey th laws and stop resisting them I in ten going right ahead in the policy I hav taken The constables, if it is oecei sary, will bo armed with WiocbesU rifles and they will be backed ap b tbe police force of the city aod militar] I have every confidence io Chief Mai tio." Theo Governor Tillman branched o and paid bis respects to The-News an Courier. He. said : "The News an Courier is responsible for all of this. 1 bas sown aod bred it all by urging reaie tance to tbe laws, sod is more respoosi ble than anyone else for tbe wbol thing." Governor Tillman, after be bad rea Chief Gaillard's letter, remarked tba from what be could bear there was regular conspiracy against the consta bles. After Governor Tillman bad fin is be his general talk be said io conclusion "All I want to say op to the ver handle ia that oo amount of bluffing an big talk and killing even will stop m io my efforts to enforce the law. Th law most be obeyed ; searching an arrests will go on on til I stop ill ici whiskey selling io Charleston if i takes all the military and constables ii the State to do it." Governor Tillman seemed to be ver much io earoest and taked about : varity of matters in connection with tb> situation, so that io case anytbioj new tur^s op be will koow what be i todo. After looking over tbe report o Chief Constable Gaillard be d?cid?e that the most of it could be made public It will oo doubt be interesting aod ii the maio oew to tbe good people of tb? city. Mr. Gaillard would make i pretty good kind of a reporter. Tnt report speaks for itself. It reads : THE CHIEF SPr SAYS : SIC BIM, TILLMAN CHARLESTON, January 26, 1894. Governor B. R. Tillman, Colombia S. C.-Dear Sir : I beg leave to ropor the following : Oo the 19th we made i raid on two places. John Black ic Kiog street ; here we fouod aod seizec about seveo gall?os of liquor ; the othei was made on a mao by the name ol Bottyer, where we only foood aboot ooe pint of liquor. Tbe first named was qoiet; at the second we had i little trouble in keepiog the crowd oot. They showed the spirit of determined resistance to the enforcement of thc law. Here wss developed what I had stated. to yon a short time since-thc conspiracy of the liquor men by the organisation known as the Barkeepers1 and Bartenders' Association, which hu been formed, I believe, for tbe parp?se of determined resistance against the en? forcement of the dispensary law. I have the names of the officers of this association, and have been informed of their proposed intentions, developing what I consider a conspiracy against the law and lives of tim State officers. On tbe 24th instant we raided F. Jordan in King street. At this place Mr, Legare'? action as attorney fox this Association confirms my suspicions. This raid developed later, in the. day to a serious outbreak, vin which Mr. J. C. Elliott was attacked ty the mob in Vaoderborst street, and had it not been for the timely interference of the chief of police it would "bave resulted in bloodshed. Later io the evening there was a meeting. The liquor dealers and their numerous ?jmpathiiers held what they termed an indignation meet? ing, where the most violent language was used. After this meeting the crowd formed in procession and marched up town and attacked the boarding house of Charlie MeCants, and shot in the building and tried to force their way over the policeman at the door to get in to the constables boarding at that place. The entire force of the constabulary was. concentrated at my residence by advioe, after consultation with Chief Martin with whom I have been acting si coe the excitement began. Chief Martin and his police have per? formed their duty faithfully and impar? tially, and I feel that I cannot say too much io behalf of the determined act? ion of Chief Martin and his force. Notwithstanding . jeers, insults and threats offered us we have continued our work; this, however, has been done under the most trying circum? stances: each man performed his part ! quietly under the law, and I take pleasure in saying that they have been orderly and quietly bearing the abuse with commendable forbearance. There have been several arrests under the Dispensary Act. Section 30. There must be something done in the enforce? ment of this section. Should there not be convictions for this violation there will be personal encounters and. blood? shed. There -are men who follow on horseback the constables on the street from point to point, and also by paid spotters, who are very tbreathening in their manner, and we have heard from their own mouths threats against our lives., J Some action should be taken at once to avoid such sacrifice. There are strangers here whom we have located and we may at any time be driven to kill in self defenoe. These conclusions are reached by information through friends, and is not the opinion of an alarmist. Tbe con? dition of things is ugly in the extreme, made so by unwise and unfriendly law? yers and a iyiog press, but with a small body of determined men, which I must commend for their forbearance and bravery, we will try and enforce the laws of the State. I raided yesterday afternoon the pre? mises of Pagby & Speers, corner of Line and King streets We seized there nine demijohns of liquor, con? taining various ?iuds. Our work will continue and I shall press the violators with as much judg? ment and determination as possible. All of which is * respectfully sub? mitted. THEO. S. GAILLARD, Chief State Constable. j Dangerous Power for a Madman. What will occasion more comment than anything else about the whole case ia the unqualified pardoo which Governor Tillman has decided to issue to Elliot. He is thoroughly re? solved to issue the pardon and there is no use to try and argue with bim that the fine ought to be paid. The fear is that if a constable is convicted of a more serious crime he would be prompt? ly pardoned. The law. as will be seeD. is without restriction. It is : "He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardon after conviction (except in cases of impeachment,) in such manner on such terms, and under such restrictions ss be shall think proper ; and he shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures unless other? wise directed by law. "It shall be his duty to report to tbe General Assembly, at the next re? gular session thereafter, all. pardons granted by bim, with a full statement of each case, and the reasons moving him thereunto." Article 3. section ll, Constitution of South Carolina. In the Pepper case Governor Tillman had decided upon a similar course. Col. Cor. N. and C. One of Tillman's Gentlemen. What People in Lancaster Know About thc Spy who Struck a Woman. LANCASTER, S. C., January 28. Special : The people here appear to be fairly astonished at the action of Governor Tillman in telegraphing to Charleston that be will pardon J. C. Elliott as soon as be received a copy of the sentence. Sorely we are now living under a King. Men who know Elliott and who were raised up with bim say that the Governor does not known bim or he could not stand off at such a distance and pronounce him innocent without any koowledge of the facts and the party concerned therein. From what the people say bis temper and habito will not warrant the com? mendation passed upon him by Gov? ernor Tillman. They say that Gov? ernor Tillman is talking about a mao that be knows nothing of. There are meo io Lancaster Coooty bold enough, I am told, to stand op and charge Mr. Elliott to bis face with higher offences than striking a woman in her house. It is said that a res pee ta bli gentleman and a close oeigbboi Elliott's could tell a very sad i that would open the eyes of Gove Tillman. R. E. A Lawless Governor. Editorial in News k Courier. On Wednesday last, while J. Elliott, ooe of Governor Tillm whiskey spies, was passing the gro store of fi Nolte. io Vaodert street, he was told by a negro, ace ing to bis owo statement as made Remporter for the News and Courier, be *^bad better raid it," and he that he would and went in. He no warrant to search the place, be told by Mrs. Nolte that there wa liquor oo the premis.es and that could oot come io. But, aotiog a the suggestion of the negro whom he met io the street, he did go io search the store. Io the proseetion his 8earoh he committed an ass upon Mrs. Nolte and for this offene? was tried before Judicial Trial J us Barnet. He was represented by co sel aod bad a fair trial. Six witoes whose testimony was out impeach testified that Elliott committed assault as charged io tbe warrant, upon the evidence submitted Jus Burnet found bim guilty and senten him to pay a fine of fifty dollars or tc to jail for thirty days. The proceed i were characterized throughout by utmost impartiality, the Court dedin to take cogoizanee of aught except misdeanor obarged io the warn There is oot one who was present the trial who will not say that investigation was cooducted in the a orderly manner, and that the sente imposed upon Elliott was required the law aod the testimony. Bot Governor Tillman, more tl one hundred miles distant from Court and without knowing anythi whatever as to the merits of the ca and without waiting to examine record or to consult the counsel empl ed for the defence of the constable, te graphed that be would grant Elliot full and unconditional pardon, and tl the justice must not commit the prisoi to jail. A more infamous and o rageons exercise of Executive author were not possible to any other Govert than the present incumbent of, tl office. There is no telling what he v, do next, there are no metes and bout to bis crazy administration of the ofi which be disgraces.^ The consta! was only charged and convicted committing an assault upon a worn and he- is pardoned. It would ha been the same had be been convicted killing a woman-he would have be pardoned by Gov. Tillman. The Govt nor would have said that the eviden on which he had been convicted cat from * 'lying witnesses," and acting up this assumption he would have be t over tbe homicide as he held over t assailant of a woman the shield Executive clemency. A whiskey co stable in the Governor's eyes is mo ! sacred than a woman Whiskey j thicker than blood. There is no h j in South Carolina except the Gove nor's will ; there is no justice exce E the justice of the mob. We are n surprised. Nothing else could have bet expected with such a Governor ai under the condition of things which h resnlted from his insane abuse authority. We shall be surprised the time does not speedily come wh< the long-suffering people of South Car lina will rise in- their might and s we? him and bis spies out of power. In view of his conduct in this ca and his wild excitement about the coi dition of affairs in Charleston, we won say that Governor Tillman was mad we did not know that be was moved ac instigated by thc devil. He does m care anything for Elliott-he merei th i oks that be can use Elliott for political purpose All of the brag an bluster about putting Charleston und? rrartial law are intended only to ma| nify himself. His dispatch to Cap Cogswell ; of the Washington Ligr. Infantry, was not sent because he feare an outbreak of violence in this cit) He admits as much when he says tbs "I simply ordered them to be prepare and not to be under arms." He knei that the city authorities were fully com petent to preserve the peace of thi community. He knew this from th statement made by Chief Martin, wb is not unfriendly to the State Adminis tration, on the day after the riot, tha the department was "able to pro tee prisoners, prevent violence and to kee the city and the streets quiet." H knew this from a dispatch that he re ceived from the Chief of Police on tb? day that he sent his orders to th Washington Light Infantry as fol lows : "Don't think of ordering out an; troops. Our department quite equal t< tbe occasion. The municipal author ities stand ready, and are fully capa ble to preserve order." And he knew it from a dispatch tba was sent to bim by Chief Gaillard o his owa constabulary force, as follows : "I do not think the situation requires such heroic treatment. The Consta* bulary and the Police Force can sup press any mob." Constable Gaillard bas told the Gov? ernor that the police force bas dooe ?tc full duty, and that he is satisfied that the better element in the community is not in sympathy with the acts oi lawlessness that have been committed. And Governor Tillman knows, further, that if there was snob a spirit of re? sistance to the laws, as he affects to believe, that it oould not be controlled by the constabulary and the police force, that the Washington Light Io fantry would oot be able to restrain it. The Governor is making a fool of himself. He is ohalleogiog mob violence by the very violence of his own conduct. The law should be respected by all. The. Governor cannot expect the people to respect it when he does not respect it himself. We want peace, we have humbled ourselves to secure peace, we charge eur people to preserve the peace and to respect the laws-all the laws and even Governor Tillman is not greater than the law. WHO STABBED"THIS SPY? The Strange Story of a Whiskey Spy, Two Men and a Demijohn. Notwithstanding the efforts which have been made to keep the matter Quiet it has become known that some? where and by some one, Constable C. B. McDonald was stabbed in the chest night before last. Some people think he did the cuttiog himself. The rumors which were afloat regarding the matter yesterday morning bad the usual trimmings which are supplied by the public fancy when it does not know the ful. details of a sensational incident. At oue time it was stated that Constable McDonald had been stabbed and had killed his opponent, at soother that be had been himself shot, and so it went, no one knowing anything and each mouth magnifying the words which were brought to it. In spite of an inclination to bush the matter up, or at least to keep it quiet, a Reporter for The News and Courier was able during the day to collect enough facts from which to give the leading incidents so far they are now attainable. It seems that Spy McDonald was slightly stabbed io the chest early Sun? day night The story which be tells is about as follows. He claims that about S o'clock Dight before last he ran up on two men with a demijohn in Friend Street. He tried to take the jog from them for the purpose of examining the contents, believing that it contained contraband liquor. He claims that in the scuffle which ensued one of the men stabbed him in the breast, near his offi? cial badge, which he had previously displayed, and that then his assailants escaped, he firing five shots at them. Thia is in substance, the story told by the spy, bat it lacks confirmation. It is understood that the matter was reported to the Police Station and was being investigated by the department, but the officers would have nothing to say on the matter for publication. It is probable, that it is desired to keep the matter quiet until it has been fully in? vestigated. The Reporter for The News and Courier did some investigation on bis own account, however, without beiog able to find a particle of evidence to substantiate the improbable story .told by McDonald. Inquiry at all of the houses io the neighborhood of the place at which McDonald claims the assault was made on him and at which be was supposed to have fired five shots failed to find a person who had heard any shots at the time mentioned or anywhere near it. Nobody had heard anything of a scuffle or distnrbance ot any kind, and most of them were positive that none bad occur? red under the circumstances claimed by the spy. Another pretty well substan? tiated fact picked up during the course of the day, and one vouched for by a gentleman who claimed to have it straight, was that while McDonald claimed to have fired five shots only two chambers of his pistol were empty Now if the spy was not stabbed in Friend Street where did the row occur ? It cannot now be positively stated. 16 was commonly reported that he was io a row io some disreputable house and re? ceived bis wounds there. This has not been proveo yet, but efforts are being made to get at the bottom of the affair, and the truth will be known before long McDonald will be remembered here as the young spy against whom a warrant was sworn out a short time ago for ob? taining money under false pretences. The case was dropped against bim, bot it was generally believed 'that his guilt could have been proven if it had ever gone to trial. Later he went over to Savannah as a spy for the State, and being employed as a special detective to prevent Sunday selling of liquor em? broiled the city coonoil of that city in a row. The injury which he has received in this instance is not a severe 90e, but the full extent of it is not known. One of the rumors afloat yesterday was to the effect that it was a mere scratch and that he had inflicted it himself in order to gain notoriety and to cause trouble in the city.-News and Courier. According to the official report the number of immigrants who arrived at New York last year was 352,885, clas? sified according to nationality thus, omitting the nations whence the entries were small : Italians, 69,074 ; Ger mans, 55,981 ; Russians, 37,100 ; Irish, 30,236 ; Swedes, 28,965 ; Aus? trians, 28,872; Hungarians, 22,701. Dr. Gatlin, the ex-North Carolinian, who by the invention of his death-deal i?g war guns bas made killing men so easy, predicts that there will be one more big war among civilised nations, which will be in Europe, and this will be the last as nations cannot afford with the life-destroying implements now at command to mow each other down, and will settle their disputes in some other W?y* - . . m The evil effects of Tillman's dispen? sary law multiply day by day.- Angus ta Chronicle. STATE NEWS PABAGBAPHS. Br. J. L M. Carry, agent of the Peabody fond, will visit this State daring February. Six men were drowned in Charleston harbor on the 22d. It was several days before the fact became known. Dovesville, Darlington County has declared for a dispensary by a vote of 18 to 16. The Darlington County Alliance has adopted resolutions favoring a March Convention. The State has commeoced the sale of tts officially brewed Palmetto Brewery beer. A paper is to be established at Greenwood. A charter bas been issued by the Secretary of State. J. W. Miles, of West Wateree, has been arrested in Columbia for burning the mill of B. M. English, of Camden. Tirzah, a town in York Couoty, on a full vote bas declared for a dispensary. The vote stood 15 to 5. Mr. J. J. Kagin, of Summerton, bas been appointed Soliciting agent for the Charleston, Sumter and Northern R. R. Dispensaries have been established at the hitherto dry towns of Marion, Eiogstree, Jonesville, (Union Co.,) and Eiloree. Ed Davis, a Greenville negro, killed his wife with an ax, and then com mitted suicide by Jumping into a well on the 23d. Chief of Police Davis, of Marion, was shot io the breast by a negro whom he attempted to arrest one night last week. The negro escaped. The office of Master bas been abolished in Anderson County, to take effect next winter. The duties of the office will develop upon tbe Probate Judge. On petition of W. Gibbes Whaley, Esq., Judge Simon ton bas issued an order permitting tbe search of depots and oars of the S. C. R. R., by dis? pensary constables. G. M., S. P. Dendy ; D. G. M., C. E. Sawyer; S. G. W., J. T. Barron; G. S., Charles Inglesby and J. R. Bellinger, of Greenville, the committee of the Grand Lodge of the Masonic order, have finished the work of revis? ing the ritual. They have straightened out whatever little kinks that have crept into the ritual and have arranged to again get tbe. lodges in South Carolina on the right track. Dr. J. B. Dubose, of Ridge Spring, has shown conclusively that as good celery can be raised in South Carolina as in Michigan. Last year he planted a small patch as an experiment, and finding that he could succeed, he plant? ed two and a half acres this year. His celery is now being put on the market, and in flavor and. appearance it is the equal of the best Kalamazoo. NEWS ITEMS. The price of silver is still declining. Bismarck and Emperor William of Germany have become reconciled. Fifty convicts escaped from the stock? ade at Coal Creek, Tenn., last week. Small pox bas appeared in Wades boro, N. C One well-developed case is acknowledged. Gen. Clement A. Evans will proba? bly be the next Governor of Georgia. He has it all his owo way. Private John Allen, the famous hu? morist Congressman from Mississippi, is in the lead ie the canvass to succeed Senator Walthall. Chicago comes to the front with a Guarantee Investment Company which collapsed showing assets in cash ol $459 and liabilities of $55,000,000. Tbe cruiser Olympia, built at San Francisco, broke the record for speed in her trial trip last week, making 21.69 knots an bonr, and won the pre? mium of $300,000. A stick of dynamite, which some fiend placed in the stove of a smoking car, exploded near Marco, Texa?, on 23d, killing two men and wounding others. The jailer of Pearson County, N. C., was strangled to death by two prisoners one day last week when he carried in their feed. They escaped, but were captured the next day. Dr. Talmage announces that he will retire from Brooklyo Tabernacle next spring. Financial matters cause his proposed movement. His members doubt as to his determination. The statement is made that some ol the farmers of Buncombe County, N. C., are making threats to do injury to any one who plants tobacco this year, claiming that overproduction causes the low prices. The British Treasury i? wrestling with a deficit of from $40,000,000 tc $50,000,000. 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