The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-12
A PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH,
Or. SMITH SAYS HE DID NOT TELL
ABOUT THAT CAUCUS.

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! tE"ENN lille. =. G.. September IA
Il meeting held in this county last Mo,
, d'E captain &. W. shell. in Sprakin
: OF 'h' recent charges preferred agains
nam 10y I)r. smith, said he was not ::
N'IkcrS : Cross Roads, and asked to |,
allowed to SAY aS Il truthful man tina
II he Nncw anything of the matter T.
Mn!cL. nr: Smith had referred to be
Z '~v"S ne did not know it so help hin
Almighty God
as /" the rumuc Of his candidacy io
secretary Of State he called on his hear
erS to look at his position IN the March
! Convention. He had said he was Il can
dldatr for no office and had so stu,rd
! there. notwithstanding the fact that h,
! ha" been strongly urged to accept
/ something at the hands of the rpor,r
! y" man could say that hc had ever OK
| pressed SurR a wish. He had even hey
gcd AMI hrSought the Hon. james T..
| Iindai, the present candidate. to come
forward for the Office.
CHptan Shell then proceeded to stat @
that during the last state Fair he had
"ccn in Columbia. and While he was
there there WAS Il caucus held i'm his
l,'d room at the Grand Central Hotel
some twenty gentlemen were present.
ii. i. HEi&t. of Grccnvillc. was among
lh&L number. General StackhoISr WAS
not there, ana If his memory was cor
rect neither DR.. Smith nor Captain Till
man was present. If Dr. Smith was
there lie had no recollection of it.
Seeing DR.. Smith in the audience,
Captain Shell called on him to sav
whether he WAS there or not DR.. Smith
answered that he WAS not.
Captain Shcll continued that he had
told the Executive Committee that if
they meant active hOStiliticS to the pres
cnt government he could not serve
them. He had been inStrHetctitG issue
an address 10 the people OF the State.
1t was prepared and published. Cap
tain Tlllman had said to hlm after he
had called the convention that he had
better select man who would accept a |
nominal .On. He went to General Stack |
house, Captain Courtcnay and to Col. |
\. j. Pope. Each had declined. mol
olhcr name was mentioned.
referring to the MckisSick state |
mcnt IN the News editorial Captain |
smell said that Capt T.. i. McKisSick |
ma asked him if he was going to he a |
s S'iil s.r1 ef would hs
He told him to say to his
Father to come to G,aurens and he would
DO all in his power to present him to
the people. but he made no pledge
either 10 support or vote for Colonel
McNi,&ick.
About tie 10Th of June he heard that
DR.. Mau!din would he Il candidate for
the seat in Congress- He sat down and
wrote him saying that he would sup
pOrS and vote for him. If he had hlm-
self published all the letters pertaining
to the secret workings of the Farmers
Association what would the people
think OF lam? He had also told Judge
Crawford. Of Columbia. that he would
not hr Il candidate ana invited that
gentleman to come 10 LaurcnS and he
would present him to the people. Judge
Crawford had declined. Some time he
fore that he had talked with Gen. John
Bratt0n and had said to him that he
Il, served something at the hands OF the
State and lie had promised hlm his vote
and influence. At lat time General
Bratton contemplated running Tor
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 I.aurrnS Er had never raised hlS
y0:cr FOR or against amy of the candi-
dates. Ne tried TO have Il kind word
| for al OF them and not one man could
charge him with doing anything
| C'lnia;u Shell said that after the Ali