The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-02
THAT SECRET CONCLATE.
The Transactions of the Recent. Conference
ofTiIlmanites in Columbia Comes.
to- Light t--Some!Interesting
Reading.
1Columbia Record, June 25th.l J

COlumUla RECORD, June -0ln.
a big gun to fire editorial thunder
and repotorial shot and counteractant
para .raphs at the daily newspapers
and Tillmanic threnodies into the
breasts of the "people'-the dear, de-
lightful, delicious, delirious people-is
what is agitating tie administration.
As the Record has already remarked,
the cry of the Dominant Element is,
"Wanted- Organ, Tuned and Re
paired"
Some time ago the!Record published
exclusively the fact that the why and
wherefore of the secret administration
meeting in the dark Z Comptroller
Ellerbe's office was letter addressed to
the 'guests' by Gov. Tillman, stating
that the administration wanted a
newspaper, as the News and Courier
was unreliable, the Register too weak,
and the World had gone back on them.
THE WORLDS BIG "scooP."
We hit the nail on the head.
To-day the Charleston World lays
ba : the secret meeting in most Of its
details. That paper publishes this
mornining over three columns of a
spicily written account of the meeting,
containing details heretofore unknown
to the public The World claims that
it used "kinetograph" in procuring
this readable information. This, the
World says, is Edison's latest inven-
tion-a marvellous little machine that
you can put in corner and which will
faithfully portray every action and rec
ord every word.
The World graphically describes
what the kinetograph saw and heard
and then says:
PERSONNEL OF TIE MEETING.
The room is nearly full. There must
be some thirty odd present, thin and
stout, bearded and bald.
They range around the walls, and
there are more than enough 20 go
around.
"Say; some Of you fellows sit in the
windows; there might be reporters
sneaking aroundr'
How familiar that voice! Yet the in
tonation was not all that could be de-
sired, or the kinetograph might be
tempted to call name.
But the fellows" got into the win
dows, and filled the ledges full
Inside were seen:
~. Benjamin r. Ti!lman, Governor of
South Carolina.
James E. Tindall, Secretary of State.
Hugh L. Farley, Adjutant General.
John L. Nj. Irby, United States Sen
ator-elect.
E. r. Stackhouse, Congressman from
the Sixth District.
George w. Shell, Congressman from
the Second District. /
w. II. Ellerbe, Comptroller General.
James Norton, chief clerk of the
| Comptroller General.
, D. w. Townsend, Assistant Attor-
| ney-General.
James P. Bean, Governors private
secretary.
w. J. Talbert, Superintendent of the
Penitentiary.
Capt. T. W. Dagget, Representative
from Horny County.
w. H. Zimmerman, Senator-elect
from Edgeield County.
w. T. C. Bates, Treasurer of the
State.
H. A. Meetze, Senator from Lexing-
ton.
Stanyarne Wilson, member of the
Legislature.
John G. Williams, member of The
Legislature.
DR.. Sampson Pope, Clerk of Senate
L. S. Bigham, Senator from Flor
ence County.
c.. w. Kinard.
J. w. Bowden, editor Anderson Ad-
vocate.
| -- Stark.
R. c.. Watts, one of the editors of the
Laurensville Herald, and Iroy's sue
cessor in the Legislature.
J. Elmore Martin, of Charleston.
There were others present-possibly
half dozen more whom the kineto-
graph could't catch. But that don't
matter; enough has been given.
STOKES GETS THE "MULE DoDGE.n
But there was one presence conspicu-
ously absent. Paradox, eh? True, new
ertheless.
Who was it?
DR.. J. William Stokes, editor Of the
Cotton Plant, president of the State
Alliance, defender of Alliance princi-
pies, and the sub-treasury plan in par
ticular, which plan is just now loom
ing up as rock upon which the 'dom-
inant element may split into thou
! sand pieces!
Why wasn't Dr.. Stokes there?
Not invited. Wasn't wanted!
How does the kinetograph know be
wasn't invited? SIX DR.. Stokes if he
was, and see how true an instrument
can WORK round a corner!
THE GOVERNORS LETTER,
A "leader" in each county-which
means public officer Of some kind
except DR.. Stokes-received a stylo-
graphic letter like this, which the
kinetograph caught over the left
shoulder Of man who sat in range, as
he read it over to see that the object Of
| /, ~ +ol oorronti,-.