The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-06-27
HAMPTON.
The Man who Would be Governor or
Have q First Glass DespOtism Esfab-
Ifshed, TaIks-What He Says.

The Man VINO Would be Governor or
Have a First Glass DespOtism Estab-
Ifshed, TaIks-whar He Says.
Governor Hampton returned to this city
from Auburn yesterday, and World re-
porter called upon him at the New York
hotel to obtain a statement from an authori-
tative source in regard to the present tinan-
cial condition of the state of South Carolina.
and the alleged existence OF party in the
legislature in favor of repudiating portion
of the state debt. The governors attention
was called to the editorial comments in the
Times of Yesterday upon his speech at Au-
burn, and to the specific charges of intoler-
ance and injustice made against the great
body of democrats in the state.
II have read the article you refer to, said
the governor, ''but think that it demands
no special notice. 1t would be useless for
me to attempt to reply to the misrepresen-
tations which are constantly being made in
the Times or other representative party
journals. Whatever | say or do is viewed in
an uncharitable light, and when my own
course is not attacked or my motives ques-
toned, the accuracy of my statements in re-
gard to the condition of matters in the state
is impugned. Why, if 1 were to read few
chapters from the Bible, even in those they
would find material for their structures. IL
is absolutely necessary for them to PICK a
flaw somewhere, and no address or state
lle1J D6 utNlStu ON MDlCn luCy NONlu
be suited. The article in its general tenor
is undoubtedly unfair and untrue, though
can not take it upon myself to contradict
absolutely every assertion in It,
have not received any letters or papers
from the state for several days past
and l am, therefore. not fully in
formed as TO what may have taken place
there since | came north. l believe, how
ever, that all statements coming from so
partisan a source are to be received with
considerable qualification, and even if there
is some truth in what is alleged, it is mixed
up with errors and Misrepresentation. The
assertion that Chief Justice Waite was So
cialiy ostracised-unceremoni cut by
the influential whites of Charleston-l am
confident is untrue. l know that in Column
bia such was not the case. When the chief
Justice came to the state capital | made il
point to call first upon him, which, as gov
ernor, | did not feel was incumbent upon
me in point of etiquette, and L know that
the speaker of the house called upon him.
1t is very unlikely thing that
there was any intentional rude
ness to the chief Justice. The southern
families are not as wealthy now as before
the war, and receptions are given much less
frequently. tits not that the feeling OF hos
pitality is absent, but there is no longer the
same ability. There is very little entertain
ing done, and everywhere there is a sense of
straitened circumstances. Still, neither in
Charleston nor in Columbia would there be
any idea of cutting or sighting in any
way a gentleman in Mr. Waite's position.
1t would be an unnatural and gratuitous i'm
pertinence, and / have no idea that it was
committed No report of the kind is likely
to be authentic, for the chief justice alone
would be in position to know the true
state of the case, and have no idea that he
would mention such a matter, even if the
facts were as alleged.
1.-THE statement in regard to a settled OPP
position on the part of the democrats in
Charleston county to the election of a union
ticket composed of democrats and republic
cans to fila vacancies in the legislature is
also incorrect as il stands. Ny own feeling
is in favor of the proposed fusion, and L
know that many gentlemen In the county
with whom l have talked agree with me.
There is no objection on the part Of the
democrats to admitting the republicans to a
share in the representation. The Times
says, however, that the county is over
whelmingly republican. This is not so, by
any means. At the last election it did, in
deed, give 1890 votes for Ex-Governor
Chamberlain, and only $500 votes for my
self, but 5000 of the republican votes were
cast fraudulently. At previous elections the
total vote has not exceeded IL, 900, and the
increase can not be accounted for
except on the supDosition of a large
number of votes Illegally cast
for the republican candidate The
Times states that the ticket is composed OF
ten democrats and seven republicans. Proba-
bly, all the republicans upon the ticket are
colored men, and some may be unfit for the
position to which they have been nominal
ed. The objection would not lie on the score
Of their color, but on other easily conceived
considerations. / am not informed as to the
constitution of the ticket otherwise than
through the statement in the Times. The
mere numbers are there given, and il is not
stated what class Of men compose the ticket.
There may be we'll grounded objections to
the ticket at present constituted, which
/ am not, as yet, informed of,
and for that reason am not
prepared to speak positively in regard to it.
ton to a ticket nominated by one party and
proposed to another for acceptance might
arise on other grounds than partisan illib
crafty Because particular ticket nomi-
mated by the republicans is unacceptable to
the Charleston News the Times draws the
conclusion that the democracy of the conn
try, as a body is opposed to any plan of con-
cillation or to allowing represention TO their
opponents. If the News advocates the cleo
ton of whole democratic ticket on the
ground of republican denomination, as the
Times states, the fact is given merely, and
am not sufficiently apprised OF the c0ndi-
tons of the case to- take ground one way or
the other. T
"The statement made in the Times that /
stood between the regulators and their OBJ
iect' is wholly wrong. There has never been
party in the state legislature in favor Of re-
pudiation. It is true that one or
Two men have spoken publicly In