The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25


Itnoumt received in Pinck-
ney case ...... 7OS,G(
Total. al......... :S33,G72. L
| Counsel fees Pacific case. 5 100000
Coansel fees in Davis and
pincknev case . 5O0.O(
Snndrv cash expenses. 1870:
Turned over to State Trca-
sury fOI State purposes 1885,"
Turned over to State Irca
sarcr tor Department.. 1902:
Total rs above. .........,. S53,072.1C
If Cuptain Tilllnan can cistort
these Ggurcs again so rs to show 81,
900 or one cent short, heis welcome
! to do so.
This phosphate litigation has ex-
cited SO much interest and comment
that ] may be pardoned for saying
! that when it was begun it was ex-
ceeGingly doubtful if the State could
ever rccova, anything. The conclu-
sion of the case was the recovery OF
| property valued at about 100000
and cash turned into the Treasury
S31,3o6.79 without the expenditure
Of one cent Of The peoples money,
for every dollar expended II prose
cutting the case was recovered and
paid back into the Treasury, and g
part of it is now being used to build
and equip the Clemson College.
AS to the total cost Of the Expert
ment Stations, Sa,9S6, Col. Butler
makes no comment, because. as he
says, Capt. Tillman made none. So
with the Hatch fund of $4,000.
AS to discrepancies between the
Comptroller and the Department, Col.
Butler thinks they may arise from
the ''lapping of one fiscal year on
another, and challenges inyestiga-
ton.
Col. Butler says that Capt Tillman' $
insinuation that prior to 1SS7no vouch-
CTS were shownis malicious and base.
He says that the proper vouchers are
all on file, ready for public inspec-
lion.
Col. Butler next refers to the TACT
that a committee of the Farmers
Convention and one Of the Economic
Caucus" examined the work of TIE
Department and commended It.
Col. Buffers letter concludes as
follows:
'For nearly five years l have sub
mitted to this sort of thing,and when
ever I have had to appear IN print l
have endeavored to say nothing that
would offend the most sensitive read
er.
q have conceived it to be my duty
to act courteously even when deal
ing with a blackguard, but forbear-
ance has almost ceased to be virtue,
and it is a question whether :. can
longer submit to abuse without re-
taliation. This man Tillman has
posed before the people for all thus
time as reformer. Let us see + his
professions are to be trusted. It is
generally believed thatat the tine!he
professed to be q supporter OF Gov
elnor Sheppards he was endeavorlng
to get Capt. ". c. Coker, of Oar
lngton, to offer for the same place.
Ii this is not true, let Capt. Coker
and NIr. Shepaprd say so. It has
been stated, and Tillman has never
denied it, that he wrote Capt. Coker,
who Of course did not encourage such
trcachery, a letter promising his sup
port if he would enter the race. He
was instructed by his county conven-
ton to support Sheppard, yet III the
State convention he endeayored to
cause break to Coker, which, # it
had succeeded, would have defeated
the man he was pledged to support.
Would such man doto trust IN OIL
cial position? He would betray his
brother if It profted him to do so.
::Again, I ask Dr.. Sampson Pope
of Newberry, one Of Capt. Tillmans
strongest supporters, if he did not
have good reason to expect all the
support Captain Tillman could give
him in his race for Speakera Of the
House, and if after that he received
IT. No more honorable man than
Dr.. Pope walks this earth, and while
we differ widely IN some matters, l
have no doubt Of his perfect integl1-
ty,and therefore appeal to him to say
whether or not Captain Tillman be
trayed him.
::When Tillma1 first began his ca
reer as public critic, I attributed
many of his erroneous statements to
ignorance. But he is IN intelligent
man-no5 fool: and I have reluc-
tantly reached the conclusion that he
is determined to accomplish his pdr-
poses, if possible, by any means with
in his power, and that he believes
that a lie we'll stuck to Isl good as
the truth His recent statements
can be explained in 10 other way.
Captain Tilllnan, knowing that he
cannot justify himself, lacks tho man
hneSS to make a dlfect charge oi OH
cial dishonesty against me, but coy
ertly stabs with the poisoned dagger
of innuendo. I can, therefore, meet
his insidious and unwarranted at
tacks upon my character only through
tie public prints.
Georsia's Alliance Candidates.
ATLANTA, Juno 19.-The campaign
in Georgia has taken q sensational
turn in the formal announcement OF
the candidacy for Governor OF Thom-
as Hardeman of Macon. Hacdcman
is one Of the famous war horses OF
Georgia Democracy. This compll-
Gates matters very much, Just at q
time when the friends Of WI. Northen
were confident that he would have
q walk over. The outlook now IS
oil