The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
Which Tells the Truth 7

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;reenviilc Ner,, as to what DIR. Smith said I
bout caucus meeting held sometime last
November at which certain officers in the
State were parcelled out to certsin indi-
Tiduul.
Following these extracts will be found the
published report Of what DR.. Smith sa'd;
but as Capt. Shell omphatically denies any
participation in such caucus, and DR.. Sui,h
denies saying " hat the report accused him
of sa, ing, and the Grcenville NeVs brings
forth witnesses corrobora'iug what it pub
lished, we can do nothing more than give
our readers what each party has t. say in
vndica,ion Of himself.
Ina speech at public meeting at Chick
SPRING., last Monday, in alludiugto himself |
and the rel ort published iu the Greenville
Negs, Capt. Shell said:
I'm 1884 he had been appointed clerk of
the court for Laurens county. In 1886 he
was reelected by q large majority over Col.
j. Wash Watts, one of the most popular
men in the csunty. The people had endorsed
him as man of character, mau of verac-
ity and man of God, aud the truth Of state
mcut he made he called on the living Godh
except by Misrepresentation he did not wan
to GO IL he was guilty Of the condu,t
charged he wanted to eleft at home.
He was n, at Walkers Cross Roads. DR..
Smith, Of Spartanburg, was one of his op-;
pouents. They went into the war together
dn 1851 and prn Smith had lost an s1sa9 AS.
self had served to the surrender at Appo-
| m,ttox. He asked to be allowed 10 say MS
q truthful Tan that If he knew anything of
the mat er to which DR.. Smith had referred
TO before he had seen it in the Grceuville
| Ncrs he did not know it so help him Al
mighty God.
| AS to The rumor of his candidacy for
Secretary of State he called on his hearers
| to look at his position in the March Conven-
ton. He had said he was candidate for
| no Office end had so stated there, NOW TIL
standing the fact that he had been strongly
urged TO accept something at tho hands Of
the people. No man could say that he had
ever expressed such wish. He had even
begged and bcsought the Hon. James 4.
Hndal, the present candidate, to come for
ward for tAe 0fise.
Captain Shell then proceeded to state
that during the last State Fair ho had been
in Columbi', and while he was there there
was a caucus held in his bed room at the
Grand Central Hotel. Some twenty gentle.
men were present. II. B. Buist, Of Green
villo, was among that number. General
| Stackhouse was not there, and il his mem
ory was correct neither DR.. Smith nor Cap
tain TillmaR w&s present. If DR.. Smith
was there he had no recollection Of it.
Seeing Dr. Smith iu the sudienee, Captain
Shell called on him to cay whether he vas
there or not. DR.. Smith answered that he
was not there.
Gabtain Shell continued that he had tod
the Executive Committee that if thoy meant
active hos'ilities to the present government
he could not serve them. He had been in
structed to issue an address to tho people of
the State. 1t was prepared and published.
Captain Til'man had said to him aftcr he
had called the conventian that he had better
select man who would accept a nomination.
lie went to General Siacklouse, Captain
Courtenay and to Col. Y. J. Pope. Eaeh
had declined. No other name was mentioned
Referring to the McKissick statement in
the Ncrs editorial, Captain Shell said that
Capt. E. p. McKissick had asked him if he
was goiEgto bea candidate for Congress-
He had toll, hini that he would not be-
q candidate. >He told him to say to his
father to come TO Laurcns and he would do
Ah in 4is power to present him to the people I;
but he made no pl0dge either to support or
vote for Col. Mckissick
He also wrote to DR.. Manldin end prop:s
cd to support him and vote for HIM. lie
alse told Judge Crawford. of Columbia, that
he (sh.:,,.M would not be candidate for Con.
gress and invited that GEM a'""h 70 come 10
| Laurens and he would present him 70 tho
people.
DIR. Smiths VERSION OF TIE REpoRr.
referring to the recent newspaper state.
ment, DIR. Smith said that he seldom wrote
ms speeches but that lie seldom forgot any
thing he said. At the WalkersyiIle meet;nc
nc SAID, he started out by giving biocraph.
ical sketch of his political career. He then
took up how he had become q candidate for
congressional honors. He stated then that
In July 1889, he was at meeting of the
State Alliance and was in conference with
other gentlemen whose names he had men
TONED. At that time the Cove norhad in his
POCKET the Clemson College bill. Col. II.
W. Simpson, Captain Tilman, Colonel Nor
rls ana others, trustees, were present, md
they were discussing the po'icy to be adopt
Cd In case the Supreme Court decided against
the will. Afterward the talk turned On
political matters. General Sackhouse was
spoken of for Governor but sail he had
other aspirations. Captain Shell was spok-
en- of for Secretary of State, but said he
nc did not want it, lie said he had Congress
slonal aspil atoms himself and Captain Shell
asked him if he could carry Spa-ianburc.
lie had replied that he thought he could.
The other day he had just learned that
Captain Shell was n candidate and he had
SAID that he was puzzled at it. Cap
tam Shell $ conversation in the conference
had lea him to believe that he woull not be
candidate and that gentleman had after
ward told him that he would not be. He
had not authorized the use of his namo in
'he caucus. He said that be had heard
something of a letter he had received. He
mad received no such letter. AZ the Walkers
VILE meeting he had said that Captain Shells
acIt"n had puzzled hio,. but he would no.
say that 1t was wrong in him. lie never
saw the manifesto in the conference. lie
mad talked with Captain Shell about one.
WHAT TIE GRrgSvILL News SAYS
The reporter ofthe Ne~s received most of !
Tue information of DR.. Smiths speech at |
walker 8 Cross Roads, from County Cha.rm man |
u Rrap laNt