The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-12
From tho Washington Post.

HFoH' INC HQShuigt0n POSf.
w. f. Earle, Of South Carolina, special
counsel for the imprisoned revenue off.
GERS arrived in the city on his way to
Baltimore, where he is engaged in several
Important RAILROAD suits. Besides being
retained by che Government in the cases
against four revenue officers, who are i'm
prison for shooting Amos Ladd, an Illicit
distiller, who WAS concerned with Red
mond and Others in breaking open tho
Fickens county jail and releasing prison.
ers, Dir. Earle has also acted as counsel
i'm the cases Of several of these Jail
breakers, recently concluded. AS this
position of MIR. Earle has been severely
criticized, the Post embraced the oppor-
tunity of questioning him about the
matter.
II suppose, Mr.. Earle, you have seen
what the ,papes have said about you
ooh, yes; especially the article In the
New York Times, which was written by
q revenue officer down there, and misrep-
sesented not only me. but the public SEN
timent. l appeared in the case as
would In any other, and fail to see the
impropriety in such course. These
men had no case, us every one admitted.
They were clearly guilty. No extenua-
tion was attempted for them during The
trial. The only point made by me in
the defense was the manner in which the
Indictment was drawn up. It was very
bungling affair, aud very unjust TO the
prisoners. General surprise was ex-
pressed that the court allowed such an
Indictment to stand"
GLOW about the public sentiment be.
i!rg with the prisoners and against the
decision of the court?"
ut is certainly not the case. The guilt
of these men is beyond dispute, and the
people are tired Of their lawlessness and
glad to get RID OF them. It seems to be
the general opinion North that the peo.
pie favor the illicit distillers and are op-
posed to the enforcement of the law.
While this may be the case in regions
where illicit distilling is extensively car
ried on, il is by no means generally so."
"How is Commissioner Raum's nolicy
working?"
Admirably. It will eventually result
In cleaning out the illicit distiliers and
putting or end &c Tie %rt;oio Illegal ttIaff- ttIaf
fic. He is indorsed by our people,"
What has become of Redmond 2"
'"Oh," said Mr.. Earle, smiling, "he has
taken to the woods, and has become like
the wind II ia great pity that the
commissioners did not extend to hi1n the
amnesty grauled to all the illicit distil.
iers, as requested, and then he would
have come N aud given himself up, and
by this time he would have been tried,
convicted and In prison, with the rest Of
his ag%psg. g%Spg;' vii, II. ..,,, oe -. ,.,..,, I.
officers occur?"
"As soon as the Circuit Court begins"
us there any truth in the statement
that Senator Patterson has offered to re-
sign, to escape prosecution IN South
Csroi;naW
"Well, now" he replied, after mo.
ments hesitation, Il really do not care
to have anything to say about those mat
ters, because am not interested in them
L am, practicing my profession, and
though Republican, as everybody
knows, l am not taking any part in poll.
i ties
"But you are in q position to know
about these matters, Major, and the Fcs
would like to get the truth"
II can't epeak officially, but from all
I've heard Gov. Hampton say nv beliel
is that no will prosecute Patterson and
Kimpton to the better end. Hampton
can't do otherwise. How can he Justify
his campaign of 1876 unless he prose.
cutes them? Gov. Hampton has amnes.
tied all the political offenders in the
state. He has taken the position that
they were mere tools of the men who
reaped the profit. He has faithfully
kept every promise he made to the Re.
publicans. His policy has been gener-
GUS, indeed, 1t has been very liberal. He
has been just to tho negroes, and Just to
the whites. He has restored peace apd
quiet to the State. He allowed the ne
groes TO retain their military organza-
tions even, and they appreciate that.
Gov. Hampton has been generous to his
political opponents, but he has never
made record of what he called the vii
iainous steals under carpet. bag rule. He
let Oft all the minor offenders, but he
proposes to hold Patterson and Kimpton
and the chief offenders, and on them
make the record. As for Corbin and
Chamberlain, don't believe there are
any charges against them that will stick
but the penitentiary is yawning for Pat
terson and Kimpton, and it will get them
both yet"
'Is it true that the South Carolina
people were disposed to resist the United
States authorities in the case of the rev.
/, enue officialsw
mo, it Is not. There was not one
| twentieth the excitement there over those
cases that you had here about Cohen.
The people we're willing to submit to the
law, and they lave done so peaceably
| and quietly"
"What do you think of the coming
electionY"
There will be fair election. That
| is, Governor Hampton will see that there
Is fair count. Some of the candidates
, may make ita little rough for the negroes
who are running against them, but IL
5ss..s az: Ra.::::3y a.s elected they they t:i! ~.
have u fair count. I know that from
conversations with Hampton"
"Is Hampton popular with the peo.
ple?"
$50 popular that no will be elected
United States Senator next winter with
out dissenting vote. That you may rely
upon, and If he is nominated for Vice
President he will get every vote in South
Carolina"
] GOVERNMENT AID FOR THE Dgsrr.
rUTR.-A telegram from Washington
under date Of September 8, says: Tho
Secretary OF War to-day responded to
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