The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-30
THE CAMPAIGN OF SANDER.
TEe Malicious and Silly Stories About Gov
ernor Richardson-The Talk Abouta
Secret Candidate.
Especial to News and Courier.

COLUMBIA, August 20.-A letterpub-
lished inthe News and Courier this
morning, from Il correspondent at st.
Matthew's, contains this paragraph Of
! News:
"Capt +. NJ. Wanamaker here en-
braced the opportunity of refuting the
circulating report about Governor
Richardson and Sunday fishing frolic.
He had personally visited Governor
Richardson to inquire into the matter,
and produced letter, which Chairman
Hydrick read, denying the whole
story
This was at a Democratic mass meet
ing assembled to hear the declarations
of county candidates. The corrc-
spondents words are quoted as text
for some remarks on the campaign
| ISLANDERS which have been circulated
about Governor Richardson. The
Bigham outrage upon decency proves
not to be as solitary disgrace as it was
supposed to be. In fact, Bigham COM
pares favorably with the other SIAN
derers, for the reason that, however
untruthful his charges, they are made
! openly, while the rest Of the gang OF
moral assassins are dealing their stabs
under cover. The decent people of the
State Go not know to what lengths
malignant opposition to Governor Rich
ardson has gone. The open disfavor of
Capt. Tillman, it seems, is not enough
to defeat him, and so resort is had to
the circulation of secret ISLANDERS. Very
briefly, those which have come to the
knowledge of the writer shall be no
ticed.
1t has been industriously reported in
different sections Of the State that the,
Governor is unfit for his high position
because he CANDLES on cards. The easy
and satisfactory reply to this is that
John Peter Richardson has never bet a
cent in his life on game Of cards III
quiry was made Of the writer AS to the
truth of a report that the Governor was
an irreligious man-a non-bellever.
When the inquirer was told that ne
was a member of the Episcopal Church,
and had been in the last year or two a
prominent member Of the Diocesan
Convention, he really seemed surprised.
Lately a rumor has been spread
about that the Governor was drunk
during the whole of his visit to the
Spartanburg Encampment. That really
doesn't require refutation, but yet
people are found to believe it. The fact
is that, while Governor Richardson is
not cold water man, he never drinks
to excess, and nobody can be put up to
say so.
Then the Sunday fishing story, al
ready referred to.
Finally this: That while treasurer of
the State he pocketed all the interest on
the State moneys which were deposited
in the banks and applied them to the
payment of debt hanging over the
Clarendon plantation. Andit is gravely
stated that the reason why Bigham's
charge against Governor Thompson
was believed, in some quarters, was
that the people thought Governor
Thompson had done wrong in permit
ting the treasurer to do this thing.
Now, every well-informed man in the
State is aware that the disposition of
| the State funds is in the hands Of the
| financial board of three State officers,
and furthermore that the monry is put
in the banks not for investment but for
safekeeping, and draws no interest, the
banks, in consideration of the deposits,
advancing, at less than current rates of
interest, money to run the Government
in times of stringency. But the people
10 whom these tales are told have not
intelligence aud information enough to
know their falsity, and unfortunately
are not always scrupulous enough to
investigate them before passing them
forward.
Governor Richardson's kindliness
and geniality are such that he cannot
have excited personal hostilities so acrid
as to be the cause of these ISLANDERS; and
this fact-with consideration also of
the variety Of the stories and their
wide culation-compels the infer
ence that political motive is at the
bottom of the matter.
1t would be interesting to know in
| whose interest this secret work is
being done. There is no open candidate
in the field against the Governer. Capt.
T1llman, according to the Augusta
Chronicle, only counts on 100 ofthe 3lS
members of the State Convention, and
he is not @ candidate.
Who is the secret candidate, and
what can be the character of his friends?
Certainly, if the public can be convinc-
ed of the lnlqulty OF Governor Rlch-
ardson, his present commanding
strength must go to another. Who is
to be the beneficiary Of these ISLANDERS?
y. &C
| ANOTHER STORY Y.ABoUTTHE EGovERNOR
NAILED TO THE COUNTER.
From tho News and Courier.}
\ portion of the article under the
caption, "Can it be true,n, states the
| prevalent rumor, "that Governor Rich
ardson got drunk on wine at the we'd
ding of a friends daughter in Orange
burg l was one Of the first of the
guests to meet the Governor on his ar
rival from Columbia to attend the we'd
ding of Gen. Izlar's daughter (the only
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