The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-09-10
A PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH.
DIR. SMITH SAYS HE DID NOT TELL
ABOUT THAT CAUCUS.

Smith Says he Was misunderstood Il
Walkers Cross Roads.
GEEENvILLE, S. c., September AT
a meeting held in this county last Mon
day Captain G. W. Shell, in speaking
of the recent charges preferred against
him by DR.. Smith, said he was not at
Walkers Cross Roads, and asked to be
allowed to say as a truthful man that
if he knew anything Of the matter tc
which DR.. Smith had referred to be.
fore he had seen it in the Greenvi!le
News he did not know it so help him
Almighty God.
AS to the rumor of his candidacy for
Secretary of State he called on his hear
ers to look at his position in the March
Convention. He had said he was can,
didate for no Office and had so stated
there, notwithstanding the fact that he
had been strongly urged to accept
something at the hands of the people.
No man could say that he had ever ex.
pressed such a wish. lie had even beg
ged and besought the Hon. James Z.
Tindal, the present candidate, to come
forward for the office.
Captain Shell then proceeded to state
that during the last State Fair he had
been in Columbia, and while he was
there there was a caucus held in his
bed room at the Grand Central Hotel.
Some twenty gentlemen were present.
II. ). Buist, of Greenville, was among
that number. General Stackhouse was
not there. and 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 say
whether he was there or not. DR.. Smith
answered that he was not.
Captain Shell continued that he had
told the Executive Committee that If
they meant activehostilities to the pres
ent government he could not serve
them. He had been instructed to issue
an address to the people of the State.
1t was prepared and published. Cap
tain TilIman 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
other name was mentioned.
l1f1 +n o.
ment in the News editorial Captain
Shell said that Capt. E. p. Mckissick
had asked him if he was going to he a
candidate for Congress. Ie had told
him that he would not be. Captain
McKissick said his father would be a
candidate. He told him to say tc his
father to come to Laurens and he would
do all in his power to present him to
the people. but he made no pledge
either to support or vote Tor Colonel
Mckissick
About tie 2Oth of June he heard that
DR.. Mauldin would be a 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? He 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 romised him his vote
and influence. At that time General
Bratton contemplated running 1or
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 ms
voice for or against any of the candl-
dates. He tried to have a kind word
for all of them and not one man could
charge him with doing anything
against him.
Captain Shell said that after the AllI-
ance conference had failed to name a
congressman he had been urged by let
ters from all the counties in the dis
trict. Mr.. Donaldson, of GreenVllte,
had been offered the position but ne
had declined. The people had demand
ed Of him that he should enter the race.
Not all the people had done so, but peo-
pie from all the counties had. If any
man had been honored by the people he
had. lie had a volume of letters at
home thanking him for the part he had
taken in delivering the people OF the
State from bondage and oppression.
DR.. r. NJ Smith spoke also and IN re-
fering to the recent newspaper state
ment, said that he seldom wrote
his speeches but that he seldom for
got anything he said, At the Walk
ersville meeting he had started out by
giving a biographical sketch OF his
political career. In 1868 he had been
elected to the legislature and remained
member till 1876. lie cast the decld-
ing vote which determined the course
of the Democratic party in 1876 and
had at that time received a most severe
lecture from Cant. +. w. Dawson. who
favored the fusion ticket which had
been suggested. lie had then taken up
how he had become candidate for con-
gressional honors. lie had stated then
that in July 1889, he was at a meeting
of the State Alliance and was IN con-
ference with other gentlemen whose
names he mad mentioned. Atthat time
the Governor had in his pocket the
Clemson College bill. Col. r. w. Slmp-
son, Captain Tillman, Colonel Norris
and others, trustees were present,
and they were discussing the policy to
be adopted in case the Supreme Court
decided against the will. A1terWard
the talk turned on political matters,
General Stackhouse was spoken Of for
Governor but said he had other asplra'
tions. Captain Shell was spoken of for
Secretary of State but said he did not
want it. lie said he had Congressional
aspirations himself and Captain Shell
had asked him il he could carry spar
tanburg. He had replied that he
thought he could. The other day he
had inst learned that Captain Shell was