The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-09-11
A PRETTY KETTLE or FISH
DIR. SMITH SAYS HE DID NOT TELL
ABOUT THAT CAUCUS.

Knows Nothing OF that Caucus-Scn,to,
smith Says he Was NIisundcrstood nt
Walkers Cross Roads.
GREENVILLE, S. c., September i.-At
q 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 al
| Walkers Cross Roads, and asked to bt
allowed to say as Il truthful man thai
If he knew anything Of the matter tt
which DR.. Smith had referred to be
fore he had seen it in the Grcenvillt
News he did not know it so help hin
Almighty God.
AS to the rumor of his candidacy fol
| Secretary of State he called on his hear
crS to look at his position in tho March
! Convention. He had said he was can
didatc for no Office and had so statc(
there, notwithstanding the fact that hi
had been strongly urged to accep,
something at the hands Of the people
NO man could say that lie had ever eX
pressed such Il wish. lie had even beg
ged and hcsought the Hon. James T.
Ilndal, 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 Il caucus held in his
bed room at the Grand Central Hotel
Some twenty gentlemen were present
IL. -. Buist, of GrcGnville, was among
that number. General StackhOuSc was
not there, and If his memory was cor.
rect neither DIR. Smith nor Captain Till
man was present. If DR.. Smith was
there he had no recollection of it.
| Seeing DIR. Smith in the audience
| Captain Shell called on him to say
| 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 hostilitips 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 pubifShcd. Can
tain Tillman had said to him after II,
had called the convention that he hat
better select man who would accept ;
nomination. lie went to General Stack.
house, Captain Courtcnay and to Col
\: j. Pope. Each had declined. Nc
other name was mentioned.
Referring to the McKissicll state
ment in the News editorial Captain
Shell said that Capt f.. y. McKissicl
had asked him if he was going to Ire ;
candidate for Congress. He had tolt
him that he would not be. Captain
McNiSSick said his father would he
candidate. He told him to say to hi
father to come to I4aurcns and he woul
, 90 all in his power TO present him t
the people, but he made no pledg
cithrr to support or vote for Colont
McKisSicll
About the 20th Of June he heard tina
l)r Mauldin would be Il candidate fo
the seat in Congress. He sat down am
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 wOult
not be Il candidate and invited that
gentleman to come to LaurcnS and he
would present him to the pcOple. Judge
Crawford had declined. Some time be-
lorc that he had talked with Gen. JOhl
jratton and had said to him that ht
dt served something at the hands of the
State and he had promised him his vote
and influence. AT that time Genera
l'ratton contemplated running f0l
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
III l.a!renS he had never raised his
voice for or against any Of the candi
dates. lie tried to have Il kind wore
Tor all Of them and not one man coul;
charge him with doing anything
against him.
Captain Shell said that after the Ali
ancc conference had tailed to name
congressman he had been urged by let
t'rS from III! the counties in the dis
trict. MIR. Donaldson. OF Grcenvillc
had been offered the position but n,
cd of him that he should enter the race
Not all the people had done so, bnt pc0
PIE from all the counties had. If an,
man had been hon0rcd by the people h,
had. He had q volume Of letters a
home thanking him for the part he ha,
taken IN delivering the people of TN
State irom bondage and oppression.
, l)r. Il. NJ. Smith spoke also and in re
: lcrlng TO the recent newspaper state
+ m"nt, said that he seldom wrot
!, his speeches but that he seldom fol
+ got anything he said, At the Walk
/ rrSvlllc meeting he had started out b
I, giving biographical sketch Of hi
= political career. In 1868 he had bee
n elected to the legislature and RENAME
. Il member till 1876. lie cast the deciC
ing vote which determined the c0urs
OF the Democratic party in 1876 an
\ had at that time received Il most sever
q lecture from Capt. +. W. Dawson, VIII
G favored the fusion ticket which ha
G been suggested. He had then taken Il
n how he had become Il candidate for cor
- grcSSlOnal hOnorS. lie had stated thc
: that in July 1889, he was at Il meeting
= OF the state Alliance and was in a con
: ference with other gentlemen who's
4 names he mad mentioned. At that tim,
r the Governor had in his pocket thu
s Clemson College bill Col. II. W. Simp
| son, Captain Tillm2n, Colonel Norris
(, and others. trustees were present
! and they were discussing the policy tC
be adopted in case the Supreme Court
1p,iJnI upoipSt thp will