The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-19
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The tint produc! Of tho union oil the
Democratic party and the FIrmsrs' All.
ahee tbs! has challenged National al,sa.
ton Is tie newly chosen Senator from
so9th Carolina. Apart IRON the pU.i,i.
cal conditions that have produced him
and the political SeEtinen. ho hAs been
brought forward 10 express. be is, upon
other aecounp, an interesting person.
Ills name Ia lIbY, and he eni,ys the
utio Of Colonel" Until within adozgn
months lac Vas knoHn Ia South Caro.
lima only from h!a record III the courts
J, seems That lie vas "b0ra a gentle.
man, which, In some parts OF America.
40 frequently abroad, IL undera:ood To
give man the riphtto be n backyard
"ithout mourning the perils aud :rapon.
abilities usually attached to b!acksuard.
ly pursuits. Th!J view Of = gal,leman's
privileges seems 10 be entertained by
Colonel IfOy, and certainly hs has mad.
a bold effort to live up 10 IL. liotouchrL
tho extreme point 10 which even ,hr
finest gentleman" could safely 20. One
step more and South .C6flllnR's courts
would have tent him to prison before
South Caf0liasH Legislature iad the
chance to send him to the Senate.
II Ia mentioned, indeed, that tie Col.
oGtl has recently reformed and Joined
tue church, but Lhs class Of cOmmen,s
with which this statement Ia ALWAYS nc.
companicd leaves il impossible 10 sly
how II is regarded by his p4rtiaans-
whether Ieprnv!Dgly or Ieg,eifu!ly. II
cannot be quite made out whether he
has been elected because he hasrpiosmpd
OF in spite Of that fact aud because his
lr!eLds are confident tina. he vii! fall
from grace. II Is accounted proof Of his
ehtTalfOG8 gcnsc OF honor, tor instauce.
that he challenged iellow.s,udcnt al
college TO n duel, and although the story
Is told by some authorities with the
circumstance included tha. he stip
ulRttd with his LCcoad 10 Grag
the bnllets inst before the meeting it is
evidently counted on iu South Carolina
az valuable Tor yUtes. Tho performance
at l.aGrcns, his native town, when he
got nobly drunk and stood with gun in
4 public square Jciying the constnblcs TO
come md RrTest him Ia Admiringly de.
scrl6ed in way that brings his courage
to tho front. It is well known that the
FaFmers' Alliance are s:ernly opposed to
lawyers, and the Colonel, having been
adu.itted 10 the bar, cones within the
general prescription, but in order to
Bhow that he can Lc depended upon to
favor dircl and speedy processes, and
TO sweep away legal quitbitu and suhter.
!ugcH. IN incident In biz career is cited
whep lee sud his brother set upon the
town Justice and slashed him With
knives for veuturing TO dinrr with them
on point OF lGw in which they happen.
cd TO be interested.
so that, although the new Alliance
Senator hRH reformed and now attends
church regularly, II Ia not unfair TO con-
slider bis past deeds, since It is in their
light bis own partiEaus construe his char.
ucter and point out his virtues. They
illustrate his hiRh-mindeanesS by the
fact that, hayinG disputed with trales-
nau, he did not personally chastisU 60
inferior prrsOn, but compelled negro
10 do it, holding pair OF pistols the
while at their respective heads. The
colonies crowring glory wGs achieved
about twelve years ago, when,
with somD boon COmpanioDa, be
got into q drunken strcet btawl.
tho iGsue OF which was a dead
man. The gallant Colonel lied the State
and was ouliawed. 4 price was offered
Tor his recovery, but presently he re-
turned and stood trial With Others for
his lie. Two bGllets had entered the
murdered mans body, and the Colonies
nistO! had but one empty chamber.
Only one Of the shots wa1 necessarily
fatal, ami the question WA, which shot
did lIby fire? The jury gave him the
benefit Of the doubt, but, OF course, il
WIS logically consequent that the other
mans shot had killed, and SO the other
man was convicted. Mr.. Irby is United
States Senator, therefore, and no: con-
viCt, because his AIM vas poor.
The incidents Te have mentioned up
pear to BE- the Only remarkable features
Of ColoGel lTby's lie, so far az ii has
been revealed by the South Carolina
papers. The public Is left to infer that
1t Is these cyenis which the Farmers
Alliance and the Democratic party Of
South Carolina have combined 20 honor
and TO hold up for the emulation OF their
yonng men. !: is ttus that the Colonel
has served . term in the Legislature,
and that he managed Captain TilluIan's
campaign last fall, but SO rich reward
eau scarcely have been conferred for so
small service. We shall watch the
career OF the new Senator with great ia.
terest, but We hope tina: Il the Alliance
IS going to JUN with the Democracy in
tho evolution Of other heroes, it will Sc
lect these Us TO whose representative
character there sl;aH be lees room for
controversy. The public ia anxious TO
understand tho Alliances aims and pur-
posee, and il Colonel lrby's election illus.
trAtes them, We cannot see how they
dillcr essentially from Tammany Halls.