The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-12
A PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH,
Or. SMITH SAYS HE DID NOT TELL
ABOUT THAT CAUCUS.

Capt. Shell Toes the Mark-It. Save +,
h"ows Nothing orthat Caucus-Scnate
Smith Says he Was misunderstood
Walkers Cross Roads.
GREENVILLE, S. c., September IA
meeting held in this county last Nor
day Captain q. W. Shell. in speakin
OF the recent charges preferred agains
nm 10y Dr. Smith, said he was not :,
walkers Cross Roads, and asked to b
allowed to say us Il truthful man tina
IL he knew anything of the matter T.
which DR.. Smith had referred to II,
fq.y ~ IN IN
\ fs"ews ne did not know it SO help hin
Almighty God.
AS To the rumor of his candidacy fo
secretary Of State he called on his hear
ers to look at his position in the March
convention. He had said he WAS q can
dldatc for no Office and had so stated
There, notwithstanding the fact that h,
i'aG been strongly urged to accent
something ut the hands of the peopl.
NO man could say that he had ever OK.
pressed such a wish. He had even beg.
gcd and bcSought the Hon. James T.
Iindai, the present candidate, to come
forward for the Office.
Captain Shel! then proceeded to state
That during the last State Fair he had
been in Columbia, and while he was
,hcrc there was Il caucus held in his
ned room ut the Grand Central Hotel.
some twenty gentlemen were present.
III. -. BniSt, of Grccnville, was among
that number. General Stackhouse WIS
iaoI there, ana If his memory was cor,
rect neither DR.. Smith nor Captain Till
man was present. If DR.. Smith was
there he had no recollection of it.
Seeing DR.. Smith in the audience
Captain Shell called on him to saw
whether he was there or not. DIR. Smith
answered that he was not.
Captain Shell continued that he had
told the Executive Committee that if
they meant active hostilities to the pres
ent government he could not serve
them. lie had been instructed to issue
an address to the people of the State.
1t was prepared and published. Cap
tain Tlllman had said TO him after he
had called the convention that he had
better select man who would accept a
nomination. He went to General Stack
house, Captain Courtenay and to Col.
Y; j. Pope. Each had declined. No
oJher name was mentioned.
Referring to the McKissick state
ment in the News editorial Captain
Shell said that Capt T.. i. McKissick
mad asked him if he was going to be
Si.S 81 ait ( 9fasssiazd hss
}bndidate. ne toftis iiitii % sssJ ~ f,sS;
IL Z! i!:es. 10 come to I,aurens and he would
the people. but he made no pledge
either to support or vote for Colonel
MckisSick.
About the Goth Of June he heard that
DR.. Mauldin would be candidate for
the seat in Congress. He sat down and
wrote him saying that he would sup
port and vote for him. If he had him
self published all the letters pertaining
to the secret workings of the Farmers
Association what would the people
think of him? lie had also told Judge
Crawford, of Columbia, that he would
not be candidate and invited that
gentleman to come to Laurens and he
would present him to the people. Judge
Crawford had declined. Some time be-
fore that he had talked with Gen. John
Bratton and had said to him that he
deserved something at the hands of the
State and he had promised him his vote
| and influence. At that time General
Bratton contemplated running for
Congress and it would have been bet
ter for him if he had held to the idea
Captain Shell said it was the first
time in his life he had been charged
with duplicity. In the recent primary
in Laurens he had never raised his
voice for or against any Of the candl-
dates. He tried TO have Il kind Wort
for all OF them and not one man cOult
charge him with doing anything
against him.
Captain Shell said that after the Ali
ance conference had failed to name
congressman he had been urged by let
tcrs from all the counties in the dis
trict Mr. Donaldson. of Greenville
had been offered the position but h
had declined. The people had demand
ed of him that he should enter the race
Not all the people had done SO, but pee
pie from all the counties had. If an
man had been honored by the people h
had. He had Il volume of letters Il
home thanking him for the part he ha
taken in delivering the people OF til
State from bondage and opp 3SSion.
|
, fering to the recent newspaper state
menpeeches but JnaC SELDOM wrol
: got anything he said, At the Wal
,, ersville meeting he had started out |
/, giving biographical sketch of h
!. political career. In 1868 he had bee
elected to the legislature and remain'
Il member till 1876. He cast the dec
ing vote which determined the cOur
of the Democratic party in 1876 III
!, had at that time received most seve
a lecture from Can't. +. w. Dawson, WI
a favored the fusion ticket which n;
q been suggested. lie had then taken
n how he had become candidate Tor co
:. gressional honorS. He had stated Tn
: that in July 1889, he was ut Il meetll
= Q! the State Alliance and was in co
e ference with other gentlemen who
Il names he mad mentioned. At that TIL
W the Governor had in his pocket I
"a Clemson College bill. Col. X. W. SIN
ii son, Captain Tillman, Colonel Nor
n and others, trustees were preSe
m and they were discussing the policy
~ be adopted in case the Supreme Coz
i. decided against the will. Afterwa
10 the talk turned on political matte