The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-16
MACHINES FREE PASS.
He Violated Alliance Principles In Accept
Ing It--Something About VIM. g. "oie'S
Puerile Views on Finance.

To the Editor of The Herald and
News: I used sometimes to read the
Cotton Plant with pleasure while puo-
Eshed in Greenville and in the interest
of the farmer. But since it has been
removed to Orangeburg, and is run in
the interest of a mere clique Of clique
of politicians, have rarely read it. A
friend, however, has kindly furnished
me COPY Of June Goth in which no less
than two of its principal articles are in
reply to, or rather T should say, are in
abuse of "Ciyis" and the News and
Courier, which it seems to regard as
one and the same. The one OF these
articles is signed by my quondam
friend VIM. c. Wolfe, whom am now
able to locate, and am glad to see ven
turing out again. Only I would kindly
admonish him to keep in shallow water
near the shore, and not venture beyond
his depth again in the intricate science
offinance, Of which he manifests the
most remarkableig ignorance. The other
is on the editorial page and unsigned,
so I must presume it to be from the pen
of no less a parsonage than the Hon. J.
VIM. Stokes himself, the president OF
State Farmers Alliance. Having re-
ceived so much attention, and from so
distinguished source, it might appear
uncivil on the part of 'Civis" not to
make some suitable reply; and he
would not like to be charged with in
civility. But he labors under some
difficulty in so doing. "Civis" went
into this discussion with the resolve to
discuss the questions at issue solely on
their merits, and not to allow himself
drawn into auy personal controversy.
This was chief reason for adopting a
nom de plume, which seems to give so
much annoyance to some OF his oppo-
nents. Iwollld here state that "Civis"
.entertains no kind of personal i'll feel
ing towards Il single one Of those whose
fallacies be has undertaken to refute in
the course of this discussion, not even
against DR.. Macune, Notwithstanding
his very virulent attack on him some
time since in the National Economist.
1t is true he does not entertain the
same respect for and confidence in the
honesty and integrity and disinterested
motives of Dr.. Macune, that he does
in President Polk, Gov. Northen and
other leading alliance men, and that he
would prefer entertaining for all.
This is not only because Of the doc
tors now we'll established guilt OF
the charges made against him in the
Georgia senatorial contest, but also on
account of his habitual and continuous
gross Misrepresentation and falsehoods
in the National Recommendations Of
course for The purpose of misleading
large element of the people in whom
"Civis" feels specialinterest, and who
unfortunately depend chiefly on the
Economist for their information.
But 70 return to the Cotton Plant.
"Civis" proposes to answer whatever
he can find in the two articles in ques-
ton, that could possibly be tortured
into an argument; but leaving as here
tofore, personalities, as much as posi-
BILE, out of question.
Twill notice first the editorial article,
presumably by Mr.. Stokes. This is
relative to DR.. Macune and the Geor-
gia senatorial contest, and is Of course,
necessarily somewhat personal, so far
as the doctor is concerned. But "Civis"
has heretofore, and still proposes to
treat the question as an outside neutral.
It grew out of the famous exposure Of
Macune by U. S. Hall, of Missouri,
which as is known was widely re-p1b-
lished in our State. Mr.. Latimer, OF
Bolton, and Mr.. -, of Newberry,
answered Hall in the Nevberry Obser-
yer, not by denying what Hall asserted
of Macune, but the former chiefly by
abuse of Hall, for divulging secrets of
the Alliance and the latter by assuring
US ths.t Macune was ''Christian gen.
tleman." Then "Civis" ventured to
suggest in The Newberry Herald and
News that neither of these attempts at
defense touched the question at issue
at all. which was not as to Halls char
acter CT Macune's religion, but solely as
to whether or not Macune was guilty OF
the charges made against him. These
charges, as is well known, were Of hav-
ing received from PatCalhoun free pass
over the Richmond Terminal railway
system and loan of $1,000 in money,
and after receiving these favors, of sup
porting Calhoun with might and main
for the United States Senate.
may here state thct Mr.. Latimer,
who was a member of the so-called
white-washing committee at Ocala,- has
since replied to "Civis," hedging con-
siderably on account of bis pledge to
secrecy, but virtually admitting Ma
cune's guilt, and attempting to palliate
if not justify the ofense. 1t is in aid
of Mr.. Latimer and DR.. Macune that
Mr.. Stokes steps into the arena, fully
booted and spurred, in his editorial and
official capacity. may here note that
both DR.. Stokes and DR.. MacunesReak OF
that famous white-washing committee
as composed of twenty six(2s)members,
while Mr.. Latimer speaks of thirty-six
(;;6). This is Slight difference. Which
is right?
DIR. Stokes, in his editorial assumes
and says much Of ".Civis's" position,
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