The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-26

covered all Capt. IlIlnian : ciargrS.
am not through with him, however,
and must beg the indulgence of the
public fer 4 while longer.
For nearly five wears have sub
milted to this sort of thing, and when
ever have had to appear I!n print
have cndeavorcd to say nothing that
would offend the most sensitive reader.
have conceived il 10 be my duty to
act cOurteouslv even in dealing with 4
blackguard, but fnrbearance has almost
ceased. to be 4 virtue, and 1t is Il qucs-
ton whether | can longer submit to
abuse without retaliation. This man
Tillman has posed before the people for
all this time as Il rrformcr. Let us see
if his professions are to be trusted. 1t
is generally believed that at the time
he professed to hr a supporter of Gov
ernor Sheppard's he was enlrHvnring
to get Capt. w. {. Cocker, of Darling
ton, to offer for the same place. If this
is not true, let Capt. Cocker and Mr..
Sheppard say SO. It has been stated
and 1illman has never denied it, that
he wrote Capt. Coker (who, of course,
did not encourage such treaSnn.i i let
ter promising his support if h" would
enter the race. He WAS Instructed by
his County Convention to support
Sheppard. yet in the State Convention
he endeaVOred to r;luSe L break to
Cnker, which, if ii had succeeded,
would have defeated the man he was
pledged to support. Would such l
man do to trust in official positions?
lie wonId bctr0y Ills br"thcrJ it prGftcd
linn to do 50.
Again, ask DR.. Sampson Pope, Of
Newberry, one of Capt. Tilinan's
strongest supporters, if he did not have
good reason to expect Ill the support
Capt. Tillman could give him in his
race for Speaker 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 have 10 doubt of his
perfect integrity, and therefore appeal
to him to say whether or not Capt.
Tillman betrayed him.
When Tillman first bcga" his career
as public critic, attributed many Of
his erroneous statements to Ignorance,
but he is an intelligent man-not Il
fool, and ! have reluctantly reached
the conclusion that he is determined
20 accomplish his purposes, if possible,
by any means within his power, and
that he believes that "a lie we'll stuck
to is rs good rs the truth" His recent
can be explained in no other
way.
Capt. Tillman, knowing that he can
not Justify himself, lacks the manliness
to make a direct charge of official dis
against me, but covertly stabS
with the poisoned dagger Of innuenGo
/ can, therefore, meet his insidious and
attacks upon my charac-
ter only through the public prints.
\. P. BUTLER,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Columbia, S. c., June l., 1890.
DIR. POPE'S EXPLANATION.
TO the Editor Of the News and Cou-
rier : Col. 4. p. Butler has seen fit to
bring me into his controversy with
Capt. Tillman by calling upon me in
an article published in your paper this
as follows: "Again I ask Dr.
Sampson Pope, of Newberry, one Of
Capt. Tillman's strongest supporters, if
he did not have good reason to expect
all the support Capt. Tillman could
give him in his race for Speaker of the
House, and if after that he received
itw
This strikes me as being unusual, as
it has no connection whatever with the
between Col. Butler and
Capt. Tillman, but as it has been asked
I shall try and give as full an account
Of the matter rs my memory at this
late day will admit of. I wrote Capt.
rillman in the fall Of 1856 telling him
that / would be candidate for Speak
or, and saying to him that my only OBJ
ect in making the race was in case Of
my election to appoint proper commit
tees on agriculture, on education, and
On ways and means, and | further
stated that unless there was a change
IN these committees that we could not
have retrencbment nor could we have
an agricultural college. 1t WAS not eX-
Dected that he would answer this letter
nor did he do so.
On the day before the Legislature
met in November, 1856, | was at the
hotel in Columbia conversing with sew
eral friends, and We were examining
The Augusta Chronicles statement of
The probable vote for Speaker. Captain
Tillman joined us, and, on being shown
The statement, remarked that if that
was correct eve have got them,n
Or words to that effect. This was all
that ever induced me to believe that he
favored my election. I was reliably in
formed afterwards that Mr.. Simons
sent for him that night, and said to
him that the agriculturists should have
of their own choosing
IN the committees above mentioned.
And after the election caucus of those
was held, and the names
were agreed upon for the different COM
mittees and were sent to Mr.. Simons,
Ill of whom We're appointed except
Col. lrby, Of Laurens, who was not
given the places selected for him. The
reason of this was supposed to be the
fact that he had placed my name in
nomination for Speaker and had voted
for me.
have given it all, and the public
must blame Col. Butler tor 1t and not
me. I had written Capt. Tillman my
object in running; he secured the same
thing without running any risk Of de-
feat. He representsa a cause that is dear
to me, and I shall support, him and if
necessary will take the stump for him.
He is an honorable gentleman and 4
true patriot, and is making this can
vass as the selected representative of
the people. When he is abused and
those whom he represents
are abused and maligned, but thank
God he has the courage of his convic-
tions and is armed with right.
SAMPSON POPE.
Newberry, $. G., June II, 1890.
Captain Tillman on the Tariff.
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