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6MCE_LEJ$_L00SE. <iiwu,KNTt>N HAVW RSLAVSi |%v VliliWiKI) lONVKIlsVllONS Wk WITH (,n\ I UN<>K. s.t\* i;hn<M' Credit? d Southern With Prarth-all? t>a>hig McDufflr Hump Ion'* i umimlgn l-\pen--e-* for Itall road t ominK*lonor?Toll* "Nigger Wmr$* il spnrtanhurg. Jul;. ::?>.?in his room at the Glenn Spritus hot.i tonight John P. Grace, may-r .?f Charleston, and a member of Go\ t'ole L. Mease"* staff, dictated the following state ?Vtient: I have ir.ol Qnv. Ulease's release to me. if 1 may so call It, under which 1 sow feel at liberty to make the two statements to which I re? ferred in an interview given out last night. I notice he says: "I have never kjmade a confidant of John P. Grace in ''liny manner, shap? or form.' This only confirm* what I *ald to the effect that I did not regar I the conversa? tion us confidential and it removes tbe last scruple that I might have In the matter. I therefore now state Cit during a conversation In Char lon. while Gov. Please was in a very convlval mood, he 9aw fit to direct bis thoughts along the lines of some of hit experiences In matters so delicate that I will expect the public to 1udae of their meaning whc.? I say that women was the topic. "A* if It were a great Joke upon himself, be said that there was once a negro girl in Newberry for whom he bad formed an excessive desire. He felt that after he had made se\em". advances to her. with as many re? buffs on her part, the situation had Ak?ne far enough and said that one '"day, when he had on a new suit of clothes, be wss crossing some little bridge. ? ith.-t In or near the town of Newberry. and at the same time she happened along trom the other direction. They met on the bridge. Instant? ly he became very aggressive In his manifestations toward her. and In his excitement and after laying hands upon her. In the twinkling ?f an eye. she pushed him over Inie ?h? oreek, new suit and all. ^sw He Isughed very hen ^?Vtng tbl* story and " Pldn't 1 cut a l e In ?tr MW sntt Af rlntb- the *ek and the colors*? the Wrtdge, r ai ohlng a. me '* ster ^Li. ???uis to me who with s k h taunted audacity under* tsk*.m to ccupy t r- should at least ??????. >. belhg ii Is to show that t-v had lived n lite ? iripatu 'e w't) ? <e. by all sorts of itlons. has created the t Judge Jone*' private e to the colored race Is n ?t what It should be. 1 am not in a \>??v.tlon to say anything as to that. other prr. or con; but unless Gov. Rlease told me a He. which is. of Aa*)r**- n"1 Improbable, judged by tnls one episode, hi* Is certainly not vh.it it nhouid he, ih.i i nave heard many, many rumors |sj the effect that there are othrr more tlagrant cases The onl\ ane, h'\\, ,r. of which I kie w !?< IhC UM ? hich he told me ^* " s. ? oml. I have also said that I would |?ro\. ,..\ l'h-u*?' was guilty of corrupt c nnection with the Southern railway. This I hUTS also from his own Hps and th.- best of my recollec? tion Is that It was in the same conver ?tlon. ^ had b.en talking of the pri? mary through which he bad Just p < -"?? d ..ml about the |?? imarj in gen? eral and its operations in our State. 1 told him that he eiiubl never h '\. been elected governor but for the pri - v system. I fa adultt. d that, but QhVp'l*'d \?-r> contemptuously about the primary In genera!. ll?? said. 'For Instance, you people meaning the people of South Carolina > b.dleve that you elected a railroad commis? sioner th# other duy.' I said. 'Yes, I knew I worked very hard to elect ?g?* r ?ortl? II unpin lb- *.i i<l \\ ? ?hi< did >ou thing you were working f r or something in that effect and I told him of course for McPuftb Hampton. He said: Well, that's exactly when* y??u r?- badly mtstalo-n. ^|i. i a \\ h> vou were working |o| ^\o- southern Ra!twa] und yon dMn'i know It, ?.ut I know It for I have every reason to know It." I said. 'Well, how Is that" He -nil: Why I pr.e - leal I y paid th?? campaign expenses ? eleDugnti Humpies out if aaenef mr? Ajlshed to SJM by the South? tn r(,!\ y 1 . th??m vonehers signed l?\ Mc Du lue Hampton for the nmount.' 'He said, moreover. I w.i* rhnrged also with the sntty "f w. t ion - ns him through the whole ??,impugn He *.ii?l Von ktiow he's a lernt.n drinker, in fact.' He * Id: He's eja* null a it, i ad i I "i i hell of ? "i want Um pasjgtH ,,f ?anlh Cure Una to conshbr this lust statement win* Um gr.-at?-t gtsertmlnaUaa Judgment Wh't does it mean * Th I railroad commission is established for the purpose of standing between the people and the extortions of thfl raili'"iul-i. They are practically jcd - clal ottieers and Upon their decree* est infinitely more of the Interest) of the DOOplSJ than any occasl 'ual decl? ?lOB of the sii ?reine court in litiga en between the railroads and indi vidual suitors. When the raiiioid ommis>i..n decides it dec ides perhaps 0 tin e\i?nt of millions of dollars at one tune and it can decide either for or against the people. "Gov. Ideas* has insinuated that ds cousin. BOS Abney. has been using t'harlie Jonos as a megaphone hroiiKh which he could reach the ars of the supreme court. He has lever produced any proof of this, and t amount' to an impeachment of our whole Judiciary if he is a good wit? ness, u creditable witness upon that point, about which after all he does In >t profess to know anything of his own knowledge then 100 times more or so is he a good witness in respect to a matter of corruption in which he w'as the stakeholder. J ? ?lieeollect he had been elected gov lernoi after a campaign in which he had posed as the people's friend, the anti-corporation man and at the very time when he Was making his hyp? ocritical speeches against the corpor? ations he wus dolling out money in driblets to a common drunkard for the Southern railway so that it might gel at least on ? man on the railroad commission. 1 "Perhaps he could tell whether of [not he is doing the same thing in this Icampaign so that they might get m I other. I "And now as to Blease's charac? teristic interview, 'I am very glad that Ihe has spoken at such length and that I he has again lost his head because I he invariably tells lies wh?n he does Iso and lies that are easily detected. II w ill take them up seriatim.' j "Hp says, In speaking Of me: 'I jknew that he opposed me in the ftr3t I primary two years ago and I have I never believed that he supported me lor even voted for me in the second I primary.' "This of course he knows is a de. land fortunate for me the proof of lit is in writing. Not only did I sup I port him before and in the first pri Imary. but I wrote the strongest kind jof editorials which were sent to him land copied in some of the few State Ipapers that were supporting him; if j] mistake not. in the Xewberry Hor Iaid und News, for one. "I am at Glenn Springs and ha\ ) I not access to my letter flies, but I re I member distinctly receiving a very ap? preciative letter from him thanking I [me most cordially for this tupp vt Jthat is. ii the second primary More* 10 '-r everybody in Charleston knows [a"9 they kaeCJ at thl time, thai ii Was 11 all] ?aiiougn me in the Milt I primary that he got the votes th it I he ?1 id get. "I had been entreated to Support M' L* od and in supporting Please 1 Iwent hostile to the overwhelming ls*ntin,ent of Charleston and all its I political leaders, Including his friend. Capt. Martin, who supported M.d.^od las he well knows. j "I was severly blamed by the peo I pie of Charleston for this and it op leraied seriously against me In my sub? sequent campaign for mayor. but so clearly did Please himself understand the situation that Immediately after j the lust primary he sent a man |0 Charleston and it was through him acting in direct communication with him by telephone with Please at my othce that all arrangements and con? ditions for the s*cond primary were made. And I am Satisfied that when ] g<? to Charleston i will be able to dig up the orlfflMl stenographic notes of my steaographer taken down over the long distance telephone In respect to what B lease WOUld do for Charles? ton If w, elected him and which 1 at ore , made the basis for tin- campaign against J V ither-t me. In fact, when i get back to Charleston i will make this He of ins perfectly clear, ? I have tobi before about my np? polntment upon his staff. I wa nt Into it in detail under oath In my testimony before tin- Inveetlgatlng committee I lore is What 1 t ben sa id: "II. s.tid: 'John. I want to eapTCM tO >ou the gratitude 1 feel for wlu.t you have done, i want to give you an appointment on my staff, one to each of the original B ease counties,' and he said; 'Charleston Is one,' and v.- said: 'i weal to ask you to serve on my staff.1 I soldi 'Governor, thai loeen't appeal to ms at all, i never i\e been Inclined In the direction of display, brass buttons, etc.' I said: 'li really would be distasteful to me from ihat standpoint.1 And i said civ,, it t.. some one ??!-??.' He said: X?. I want you to have it.' I also astlnetlvely felt thai l did not care to have hi great ? political debi lo an) extent paid wl h ? military unl? I i?rm, i fell it might lessen ? real claim I might have on him al some j time, thinking' always for a political ang e whl< b i< sometimes characterise tic. Ib. said -You t ike this.1 He said, I Th; ? doe* not mean that I fee] it i^ ndequ it* to express my gratitude be* cause i Intended hereafter, while i am i governor, to consul! you finally and conclusively on all questions concern- ; Ing Charleston and what you say foet, And as to appointments, no one can he appointed unless you say yes.' I said: 'That is all right, bu I do not deserve Quite that much." He said: j Yes. you do.' in the presence of others he re? peated the same thing. He put me on the staff. 1 g ?t a notice to come up to Columbia. I told him 1 appreciated it I was measured and the uniform l was shipped and stands In th< orlg tnal express pack,ige in my olflCe dust OOated. 1 think a recital of the above will show what I thought of his staff appointment. MAs to his statement that 1 have ever been In the mansion hut one time that also is a lie and he knows It. 1 do not myeelf know exactly how many times 1 was there. hut several times at any rate. and particularly when he hegged me to come to the governor's reception which 1 did. ' The incident of the game rooster I remember well. He says I came to get a tine game cock which he gave me and also to request him to ap? point ray brother to a position in case war came on with Melco, "In the first place I never knew he [had a game cock until I got on one occasion to the mansion. It may have been the time when I did go with my brother who la a graduate of West Point, and who has ever Since been a lieutenant and is now a first lieu? tenant in the army stationed in the Philippines. It was a perfectly nat? ural recpuest for me to make of one under such deep obligations to me and for one to whom 1 am most ten? derly attached, but it was not to get a position in the army. Of my own belief that Blease would give any preference to him when it Wag the easiest thing In the world for Blease to do it. I asked Blease if he would not designate him under some act which permitted him to designate to the federal government the officers in charge of tlu South Carolina regi? ments. "If it was on this occasion, and I am almost sure tha* it was not. but upon whatever occasion it was. I recall that when I was about to go Blease asked me If I liked game chickens. I told him that I did very much. He said: 'Well I have a game cock that was sent to me a few days ago by a man who said that he was sending the best cock in South Carolina and I don't want it and 1 will give* it to you 1 T took It and have it yet. But in connection with this visit, if it was the visit when my brother was there with me l distinctly remember this Inci? dent -and, li seema to me t: thron a Mao 1 of light on whether or not be :rustrd ma, 1 About this Urns th*-. was a greatI .. ^...i0 me dispensary and Blease's corrupt connection with it?particularly the charge made by Felder. "He said to me: 'I have something in my pocket that 1 want to show you. and I want to get your judgment Upon it.' He went down in his coat pocket and pulled out a letter and handing it to me. said, "Bead that ' It was none other than the now famous letter Signed T, B.' alleged to have been written by Felder to 'Hub' Evans in which it was proposed thai 'Hub' Bvnni and Fehler organise some gi? gantic sehet is in connects n w ith the ohi State dispensary. ? As 1 read this letter 1 recalled a scene at Wright's hotel the night be? fore his inauguration. It was tin- first real Insight l had ever had into Blease and the atmosphere in which he move d. and I think i can say that without exception it is about th.- nast? iest recollection of my life. "it was a grand carouse and l re? member that 'Hub' Evans said to me: Mohn. I am IfOtng to call on you ion day. because,' h<- said, 'you're just the man I want.' He then went at length into bis approval of tin way !n which I had won the Mordecia-O'Xeil] ?' ill case, which Was .it that ihn.' -tirrUT through tlu- newspapers "He said: '1 am goin^ to want you to take charge of all this dispensary mess, and in that connection 1 just want to tell you one thing: I've got one letter that's going t> put Felder uit of business,1 ??The first thing that occurred to me. therefore, when the governor showed me this Felder letter was how in the world he could be in possession of a 1 letter which Hub" Bvuna was de? pending upon to stand between ban ami th. state of South Carolina in the efforts of tin- state to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars, it seemet to me that it was a most Incomprehensible and anomalous sltlon for Blease to he in ; nd 1 could dran but one Inference from it: That in the fight then waging he bad taken the sld of those who were lighting South Carolina, of which be was the governor, and he was In possession of the main evidence which the ene? mies of South Carolina were relying upon 1 'or their defense, l read over the letter carefully, not once, but twice, and handed it back tu him. "it seems to me. therefore, that considering th.- fact that Blens? never trusted me, I ?.rtalnly bad confided to mc the gravest of sc rets whl h i wish to say I faithfully kept, never mentioning the letter until it after wards came >ut in regular course. "He says he reason why he never trusted me was because my 'eyes were set too close together" in my head. ( ?f course 1 can not pass judg? ment upon my own countenance and what it imports. Nor am 1 a phrenol? ogist, l rejoice, however, li? know that he is and that he a* ,f the science and of this method of judging n en, "it adds great confirmation t-> tin theory of Detective Burns, who in like manner, declares that as soon as he saw a photograph of Blease he knew he was a crook, because his ears were lower than his eyes. I pre? fer to take Darns' judgment, however n these matters, for the reason that whereas Burns is an expert in ob? serving and dealing with crooks. Qov, Blease Is only distinguished for being a crook himself. "It give s me great consolation, however, to know that if Blease never trusted me thousands of others have. "I believe that I can truthfully say that go wherever you will, inquire of whomsoever you may. and especially of those who have fought me the hardest and the bitterest in the com? munity where I was raised, where 1 have handled immense interests, where not once but hundreds of times I could have sold out people and causes, and they will all tell you the same story, that however much we hate him, as fiercely as we fight him, we have got to acknowledge that he is an honest and a truthful man. "As auainst this, go wherever you will, ask whomsoever you may and particularly not those who hate and fight him but those who profess to ad? mire and certainly do fight for him. and with one accord they will say that we know Ble ise is an unmiti? gated liar and that his honesty and [integrity have been challenged and suspected at every cross roads in South Carolina "So it come; down, after all to a question of whom will the people of South Carolina believe. Blease or Grace?" Pre*?ent Occupation. Rome Tribune. 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