The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-10

% EnowIffact Gas notorious to many
Who now volunteer their testimony as
the assembling of tho Convention
ITSELF that had I beon withdrawn; or
retired by loss Of votes or in any oth-
elS. way usual upon such occasions.
then Would General Kennedy slavo
been tic iiumipee.. And. .tiHsE is nd
imtted by the two friends of Colonel
Evins as testified TO by the mover Of
tho hat resolution. Two develop.
ments result from the above ast0und.
Ing disclosures: |. That Colonel Eyins
was only: not the first choice ,yof that
body but, that he3 WAS not tho secSnd
choice. %. That iiistcad. OF being an
accidonc, with great deal of sT1ck"
IN it; rs l had only regarded it, for
Colonel Evins, Il is a job of election
eeffng jugglcry--in fact a freud, dc.
liberated and mutured and put up
with GOODNESS and Ingenuity which
would have tlune credit to tho Hayes
Returning Hoard in 1877; and to inti-
mate that such us this is .igambling''4
as tho ternl,is used amongst gontlemen
--or "draWing prize in a lottery" or
A"'sh6 iAno ~ &liUtA NOu" SOI u
quarterD OF beef ut a shooting-match,"
is to dignity It with" iail appollation
which III conveys tl,o cnornity Of this
transaction, which will forever remain
blot upon Colonel Evins in his
Congressional capacity, who must be
held accountable for the action OF his
friends into:%hose hands he had COM
initted his dcstilnes ON this occasion.
so fOrs ft,nn, fro,,, A,ko Al,
transaction in my former article, as is
alleged BY Colonel Farrow, it will bo
seen tl1atI lsavo no recessfots to make,
but that am bolstered' at every point
by accumulated tcstimonyI;.I had al-
ways, SUSPECTED and charged tho
friends of'Colonel Evins with this un=
parallclcu procedure, but intended to-
make no direct assertions until could, !.
it possible, sec the mover of the reso-
luton IN person. This I have dono
within u week. and his statements are
given; :..'
Lot us therefore hope that now that
this .tl'aud has been fastened upon tho
friends Of Col. Evins; Col. Farrow will
1ecfno moro concern about the fair
hamo of the Congressional Convention
OF 1876, nor rumplc his feathers when,
rs nc says, l mako "niIust charges"
against it, but hereafter let him WELD
his tacilcpe III the defence Of Col. Evins
and his immediate frieiNds who alone
arc responsible for this questionable
transaction. Nor has Col. Farrow de-
ccived any one by playing cuttlc-tish
Tor Col. Evihs, as it is well understood
hc has been trying to divert attention
from the exceedingly ridiculous posi-:
ton in which Col. Evins has been
placed by those of his friends whu al-
vocatc his reelection because he
was ..iudiciously selected IN 1876
to lead II forlorn hope, etc.
and these arc by far the larger
class of his supporters with whom
[ llhvc met. Can it be that Col. Evins
needs the services Of this his nan FIJI
day to do his writing and boasting for
him? 1fso, commend his Judgment
i'll the selections, for Col. FMrroW has
a fund ofvcry useful information un-
der this head, and Il general storc-house
tull OF practical details Of clccti0necr-
ing machinery acquired by long and
d'1e0praetiCei in raOre than clyc State,
which not only make him very
valuable ally Gas things go now) but
formidable rs AN atlycrs:lry-as1 | was
made to feel in 1876, and as realize
now.
Twas we'll aware, As is corroboratcd
byEol. Fnrrow, that Col. Evins made
grcatprctcnsi0n to "modcsty," aud /
have heretofore been disposed to rccos-
lsize his cIainis' to this virtue, but
viewing him as 1 do lioW,, t'Ae Wearcr
Of four years of Congressional honors
and the posscssor of$ZO ,O0U in salaries
anuagain aclainant for morc-pcrhapsa
life tcnurcA-sOlely because he "w0n"
a position from hat to which it haIf
been demonstrated that hc could not
be .Juirly elected, must be allowed to
o1lcr my dissent from this statement by
Col Farrow.' Nor will this injure the
prospects OF Col. Evins, lorit is we'll
known that the campaign of 1876 was
not won by modest mcn and IN q mod
est way, nor will it be won by
men Of this character III 1880. iuuyk
my predictions, Dcn>bcrats Of this
Fourth District, for l now hayo in my
possession facts which Indicate that
you will be confronted BY Republicans
who arc bold, aggressive and cxteGd-
ingly fmmodest in every way. tell
you plainly that there arc issues in
'O'f't otISl tlttii INV pSIooIul us I)lId-
tons of Col. Eyins or lnyself. is it for
the good Of the Democracy that There
should be two classes in our party, ono
to do tho active aggressive, difficult
work which the eXiycncy Of the times
demands shall DC done to preserve the
civilization Of our HIplc country, and
another class to enjoy the high places
and pocket the licrquisitcs? Is not
reasonable rotatiom calculated to hnr-
moniZe and solidity OUT party-whosc
unity is so csschtialF Is there not
something gratifying to our fa,'mcrs,,
who arc the votcrs,' in the idea Of add
ing to their exceedingly thin ranks in
Congress (whefe, J. am told they can be
counted on the fingers Of one hand)'
and ofallowing thom free and full df-
vision Of any and all other honors
which are to BE confcrrcd? is this
undemocsatic, or docs it savof too
huch Of taio demayoguc.=-as Col.