The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-09-24
RATHER FAR-FETCHED.
A UTLER-TiLLMAN COMBINATION
SUGGESTED.

What an Obsorvant Spectator Saw mt
MISUNDERSTANDING Two aud Two To-
gother," Ho Foresooss I;sorganiza-
tlOn of the "DominanT EIo1nsn1.1
EDGErIELD, S. c., Sept. 9.--Echoes of
the Lanilam Springs barbecue last Fri
DAY are reVcrberating throughout this
section, and those who watched thinrs
carefully believe that an important DO
litical deal has been made, ANYWAY.
what politics there was in it is being
quietly discussed by those who were
present. 1T will be remembered that
among the distinguished guests present
were Governor Tillman, Senator Butler
and Congressman Tillman. This in it.
self Is not especially significant unless
the TACT Is considered that Congressman
Illlman andSenator Butler were always
together, holding little private conver.
sations with each other.
a gentleman who noticed all these
little things put them together and
drew some conclusions and he unbur-
d0ned hin'Self to World correspondent.
lie thought these continual private CON
tabs looked little suspicious, because
the Buffers and Tillmans have not al
ways been so friendly. They have
never been enemies, but Congressman
Iillman and Senator Butler were never
seen sticking together like brothers be.
fore
After all this hobnobbing," the
gentleman with one eye to politics con-
tinued, did you notice that every time
General Capers referred to the heroic
Valor Of Lieutenant James Tillman in
the late war, how Senator Butler would
applald and pound the floor with his
cane like he meant to punch hole
through it,"
NOW what do you think" the gentle
man went on, "of Governor Tlllman
calling Senator Butler away from the
paVllllon, going lOa carriage and re-
naming there in close and confidential
conversation for some time Their man
ner of talking and the expression of
their faces did not lead one to believe
that they were talking either about the
rain or the crop conditions, or what
colt on would bring fall.
Several years age Senator Butter, in
q speech IN the upper part of the State
asked very derisively: who Is this man
Ben Tlllman?' Last year at the Lees
vile commencement, too, he had Il
great deal to say about the Shell mani
feSto and the dcbauching and LambooZ-
ling business. Taking these things in
to consideration, does it not also seem
curious that these two should be hob
nobbing in that carriage?
"Bcing asked what it all meant, the
gentleman replied that in his opinion
the governor and the Senator were max
ing il kind of combination whereby the
governor will not contest for the Sena-
torship, and the senator on his part will
strive to get the former anti-Tillman-
ties, now llaskrlliteS, to support Till
man, ANA with this combination they
think they can beat the suh-treasury
scheme.
81 expect that Governor Tillman has
found that Talbert and Stokes were
about to down him on the sub-treasury,
and that he was forced to patch up a
treaty Of peace with the ring he
smashed, and it didn't look as il Senator
Butler would be averSe to being in on
the ground floor when the pipe of peace
was smoked.
"Besides all this" the gentleman re.
marked further, "a relative OF Congress-
man Tillman and the governor told me
the Tillmans and Butler are now all
right
"Iave you not noticed that The State,
in Columbia, has kinder let up on Till.
man, and in fact has not said anything
about him for sometime, and that it has
been giving Talhcrt and Stokes more
attention than Tillman? Who knows
but what the administration will yet Sc
cure an organ. Think of The State,
founded to fight the administration, be-
coming the organ of the Dominant
element"
but don't you think, if such a COM
bination was made or talked about, that
1T would practically shut Governor Till
man out OF the United States senate i
he should want to go there, as has been
claimed by some newspapers" was
asked
"Not necessarily So" said the gentle.
men. "Tillman is an ungrateful man
and after his reelection would not, |
think, hesitate TO become candidate
for the United States senate against
Senator Butler. When the time came,
If he thought he could be elected, he
would enter the race. Should the gov
ernor be elected he would simply pay
Gen. NJ. w. Gary, whose confidence Sem
ator Butler enjoyed. He knew that
General Gary would be candidate for
that position in 1876. That it would be
poetical justice for General Gary's first
in 1876 to avenge the wrongs
done to his chief"
"Is there any more in this all round
dear than Governor 1'illman, Congress.
man Tillman and Senator Butler? ?"
asked the correspondent.
81 don't know" remarked the speaker.
Il saw Solicitor Nelson communing
with the Tillmans and Senator Butler.
but whether he is in it. or not, l do not
know. But it is strange to see him over
here when he should have been at home
for court, which will convene
there Monday September 7. l suppose
the combine will include dll of the pres
ent state officers, and all the former op-
position who have any influence, for
they will need all the help they can get"
This is what an obsorvant gentleman
thought, and it is given as nearly in his
own words as possible. Whether his
are true or not only time
can tell,--Charleston World.
The story is Not True.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 1l.-Judas Is
CARROT. and the Giant Poodle of the
Press are hard at work trying to manu-
facture sensation. In one of the dali
lies of Charleston this morning aODears