The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-03
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
AND SENATOR'S HANP AND
BUTLER
Occasion Mingled Feelings OF Sur.
prise, Chagrin and Sadness by
Their Neglect Of Charleston.

NEW York, October 2-The World
yesterday published the following:
Capt F. W, d wson, the editor of tue
Chsr eton NelrS and Courier, arrived
in the CITY las evening AID il topping
ut the New York Ho'e. az am in a
position to state from personal knowl-
edge" he sad, land | think it is time
it was stat3d to the geneToul public
which has come forward so promptly
TO Chs estOn's aid, that The money 50.
far received and now in sight, that is
10 say wnicp has been subscribed,
amounting, il it is all paid in, to $780,
600 or $50O,0C0, will suffice t. re der
habitable the houses of those Of cur
CT liens who are absolutely without
means 10 help themselves. | refe 10
laborlng people, poor widows and the
like, who owned little homes with
mortgages upon them and who would
be utterly without resources 10 repair
damages were it not for the timely
assistance"
"Then you man to say that no
more help is needed ?"
"No, lar from that. The double
blow which Charleft1n hiss received,
first from the cyclone snd then from
the earthquake, is one that she cannot
recover from unless she receives other
organized aid from the outside. If it
can be arranged 80 that she can Dor
row money at rate of in erest, say 4
per cent.-6onow not in wildcat way,
mind you, but on perfectly go d, sub
stantisl stcurity, which she can fur.
rish-then we will lie nble 10 rebuild
and in few years be on our feet
again"
"Has there been much indignation
in Sjuth Carolina over tie Pres dents
failure to express any sympathy p
Il do not ise to ia k about that"
replied the Southern edi or, with fes!-
lug. II have been very Close to tbs
President, aud have had high admira.
ton and love flr him. 1t certainly
seemed, considering the fearful calam-
ity which h7d befallen a CT v, thai the
proper thing for the Preside II to 10 was
to 60 at oncs 10 w Washington and say
to the suffering people: Il am here
at the pos. Of duty. Whist can / do
Ia yO"' "NCAptIO VI ~ phIblCu dIly
from a Democratic President. His
failure to say a word caused not 80
much anger as disappointment and
pain. We don't know what mike
of it. But it was not merely the Pres
ident who surprised us. There is
Senator Wade Hampton. He has been
the idol of Charltsion, acd Senator
Butler, ALSO of South Carolina We have
not heard a word from either. Butler
is in Europe, but there is cabe. 1t
would not have cost so very much,
either OF money or labor, for him to
send US few words. No, we don't
know what TO make of it at ALL
You remember how Charleston came
forward at tho time Of Cleveaud's
marriage and cent beautiful present
10 the bride. We have always s.ood
staunchly by him. A pleasant coz
trsst was the energetic action of Ad-
jutant General DIum, the Acting Sec
lie airy of War. The engineers he sent
were OF incalculable value, not only in
determining what buildings were I'M
safe, but which ones, though they
looked unsafe, were not so. / tell you
it was splendid work those gentlemen
did, ard it did seem a. il they would
wolk themselves % death, SO zealons
were they in prosecuting their task"