The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-23
STOKES WOULD REPLY TO BUTLER.
What He has TO Say OF the Senator's De-
runciatiOn.

COLUMBIA, :. c., sept. y The de-
nuncl&iion OF PRESIDENT Stokes. OF The
Farmers A!liancr. By Senator Butler,
at Bates burg, has so far gone unchSl-
lsnged. but esterG&v the former passed
through Columbia Oil his way home
from iIcrIy and Georgetown, and he
gave 70 the papers d written sta5cment
OF his position in the matter, and it ap.
pears "a thr slap" OF "n Interview. and
is as follows:
VI ltn asked ;l',ont 1i:r yiui..ht Ian
ell 90 ii Set;llo:. 6;i:ler IT b B;!vsburg
Oh tile. !,ril IL" S.;.u lit l,'I nos ha,i iLnl''
10 read he prr'cs tGing" carefully, bat BE
would 60 So and act as The clrcuES,ai:-
ces seemed TO justify.
With present lights, however, it ap.
p"ar.d TO him that Senator Butler, II
correctly reported, Was dealing in tue
cheapest sort OF c!Itap Sasconade "heu
lie denounced as liars Ill who sad be
had charged 10000 farmers with beng
thieves and Scoundre!S.
Nobody, SO far as | know, SAID DR..
Stokes, "has ever said any such thing. as
will he seen by reading the whole matter
in the Cotton Pant Of August 5, and
following. 1t was merely d deduction
by logical process from his language III
the Prosperity debate, as reported by
several papers, as premise.
"He now denies thai premise, after so
long a time, though he has written sew
eral times on the subject, and has been
interviewed frequently.
''But when he denies the language 1t
becomes question, as Col. Watson for
cihlv drove it home to him at Batesburg,
of evidence
"And how does the evidence stand?
One one side three reputable newspaper
reporters and hest OF intelligent, dis
terminating eye witnesses. On the other
side stand, Senator and stenographlc
report. which he had to correct in I'M
fortant particulars the day after the re-
port was published.
"a full statement accompanied by Ger
tiicateS OF eye-witnesses will be pub
lished at al early date, so that an Intel
ligent. discriminating public may de-
eide for themselves according to the
evidence.
The public Will scarcely be swayed
ilOlI q * II ICbltS SOllCiCoitb ~. ttAAJ ONsiA
doing or bluff methods"
superintendent Talbert, of the state
penitentiary, last evening gave the fol-
lowing bearing Oh the matter to other
papers in the State:
Il understood him to use the language
attributed to him by DR.. Stokes, and the
News and Courier, viz: Out OF three
classes that borrowed, the third class
would borrow ow at any per cent. and never
intended to pay back. Those were the
ones who wanted to borrow money at 2
per cent, the natural deduction being
that they were dishonest. No one has
said he used the words, thieves and
scoundrels.' >
Capt Talbert was also present at the
batesburg meeting and says he beard
Gen. Butter deny that he used the Ian
guaye, and said that he would have re-
piled to it if he had not been denied by
the committee OF arrangements, who
had it stated in the outset that there
would be but two speeches, and any ln-
terruption Of the speakers would be o.
jected to. He Says. however, he Will
have more to say hereafter where more
liberty of speech Will be allowed, as
there will be more places than one.
The StaGe