The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-01

Sensational Letter from Texas.

BAILEY, 1ENAS, july Zo.-lhcrc Is some
thing strange about the carrying of the
| mails, which TO me is difficult to cxplain.--
For instsncc, the Union TINES Of June IL
reached me July oh. after the issue Of June
10Th. 9th, and July i:h had been received.
YOU Mr.. Editor, no doubt, think aud yuu
| arc correct too, that you are having
heated campaign in your State, ana pre-
| sumo it to DC the most spirited since 1876
At any rate il seems to one at tins distance,
and it is natural for us to look on i'll wonder
Il nd " ith aStUniShment, ut the, course of the
p5vpic OF the beloved State of South Caro-
lima. What will such proceedings end in?
Will it result in good and happinc>S ior the
people and rebound to the glory Of the
State? Or will the result be disaster 10 the
democratic party? These are the questions
that present themselves, at this time. 1t
| does not seem that there is Il just cause for
the present uproar and confusion in
the State. 1t appears to be the work Of
demagogucs and unscrupulous politicians
who sccm to delight in arouSing the passions
| of the people, which is unwisc AMI dan
| gcrous. 1t is hard to understand why the
people of the South. who have lived to-
| gcther so long i'll peace and harmony work
| ing for one common purpose-thc good of
all-and where it is 50 absolutely necessary
for the white people to control the State
| Governments. should at this late date CON-
| mence to wrauglc and quarrel with each
| other, thus srrayiug themselves against the
| good OF the country.
| The people OF this great State are pre-
| scented to the world in the same category
that your people are divided upon o trivial
| political question, an amendment TO the
| State Constitution, regulating railway trnt-
| ic in the State. But ii division III the demo
cratic party here is not SO hazardous, be-
| 1.
whelningly large that it cannot easily bc
defeated, even if another party should
| undertake such n thing
| There is however. 10 danger Of a split in
| the party here, notwithstanding the division
| among democrats, for the Amendment and
| Hallway Commission elements are largely i'll
the majority, and they have things all their
| own way, and after the convention meets in
! August and nomiuates Hon. James 5. IlogC
for Governor harmony will then prevail III
this State. llogg is very unpopular with
class of our citizens, and some accuse him
Of being a demagoguc Of dcmagogucs; but
he is stronger than al combined opposition
and, of coarse, will DC the next Governor
Of Texas.
1t is fact beyond rcralvcnturc that no
man in the State who has offered himself rs
Il candidate for office was ever rs Iavoraby
received IL MIR. llosg. He is cador>cd 10y
the great majority ot the people irCm the
| center TO the circumference of the State: 80
much SO, that il is now conceded hy every
one that he wth receive the nomination Oh
the first ballot. and perhaps by accamati"n
in the convention. He has held the Office
OF Attorney General :ur four years. nni ha:
opposed the railroads OF the State and other
corporations aS Strcnuous3y aud bitterly ~
B. IL. Tilman has abused the State ufhccrs
Ian ioip tht,. 81 ,rS in ('a,.
lima. hencc his popularity with the unchC-
Gated unthinking aud unrcadinS rcul lc OF
the State as well as with 4 ynolly number
of the better Informed citizens. BAR ug
that time he claims he has recovered from
the railroads large trnc's of land, driven
from the State all bogus Insurance Conn
pauiCS, aud brought about many other ir.
forms and ] must say that he l. not unlike
MIR. IlIlnan III one particular, nnmcly: lie
can "tO"t his own horn hcncc conclude
tha, he must he ike unto TiIlnan in one
other respect, AMI tha, is. hc is II man Of
br0'n>.
There are numerous candidates running
for Office i'll this comfy in thi. year vi grace,
AMI they are as>iduous workers to- They
take Oft their coats ami come at fclow
with their sleeve rolled up. Here is lit
of the number of anldatcS f,r the several
county officers
There is very much cpmpl lint in this
State ms well rs in many others, ~ to the
lncplnp!ctcncSS Of the enumeration Of the
census There iS II howl going up from
nearly every town of any siMt in the State
and no; shadow of douh, exists about
the complaint Icing just one: bat it is
ais" Il fact that q majority Of the Western
cities and towns are entirely uvcry>IimalrI
by the people and press of sail towns and
| hr ,,, h.,ll
claimed early this year Population of
h1,onO: the census shows II 600 to f.. 900.
lhe county scat of Gray >nn Sherman
claimed 10000 10 IL 900 the census shows
Il population of about 7.lOr. and Bonlam,
this countys capital. has clamrd. about
1000 for two years OF more. aud the ccuNrls
put Bonh,m population a. only $780,
| with ali the "vcrcst.maies there j. nj the
same time lack Of thcrouGhnrSs and
completeness in the work. But the rcptb-
lican party is responsible Dr the inctliciencv
OF this, which ought TO he Il great and com
| plc'c wcrk, and it j. generally Gctcy ted in
the South that it intended to ~uh.crvc ~,mc
deep laid political scheme l'y this same re
publican party.
few days ago tho cry &c Fort Worth
was thrown INFO an uproar hy the announce
mCnt that her Mayer, ". :; Pcmdlc.on a
man "t family had married Miss Aide G.
'ullin. telephone cNcha@cr .ill. in New
Orleans The circumstances nl this areas
follows: Pcndlcton and the young woman
were thrown together in their Official duties
>hc as telephone eYchamgor, he n LAWYER.
and at once Pcndl2ton wa- >miiirl. hv Lcr
elegant mannerS ani very rcmrrka5io
beauty much ga that hv PROCEEDED,
forthwith {" make love {" her. rs3 rr."ntirg
u her and her family that divorce pcrrcci-
ings hai been instituted n5' inst lis wife
and Il decree Of separation .rantrG--thc di-
'orce being procured i'll Chicago, III ~ hc
alleged, hut which has proved tn he a base
iraud. lie continued 10 live Wit, hi wife.
! n" one dreaming, not even she If his per
! hdy. Mrs. PCndl"'pn riJut Il month rcn
went I" JpncShorough. Tenn. tr ,rcud The
summer Mis- Culin wns sem {, N,,chcz.
Mis-. little later by her m,thr. I'rnl!r.
ton r'w goes - Mrs, Cuiliu auI ia. family
with IN BOGUS divorce. REPRESENTING ihqt he
was '"ga!ly ~"paratr.i i!D" hi wife and that
Nhc hnd !eii Texas. The Cull!i, h,hc,iug
what he >aiI, n>cnt,d iln' Vide could
m'rly him. advising hcr &c. Proceed iiorn
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