The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-25
WHATS THi; MATTER WITH ELI?
H.. Talks about Co"s:iw and the Pric" OF
Cotton-"The Sallie' Should be 'Il,e
Mrs S:llie Tillmau''-A Diagnosis
OF the Political Epidemic.

To the Edito: OF Tie Herald and
News | have somewhere seen 1t stated
(possibly quoteC) from that sad, so1er
and sour exponent the Maud Muller
.sor might haze Lcen" school, tie
Greenvilie Daily News, that this was
an era of rushing into print with petty,
private grievances" and an inclined
10 pat that editor on the back and
whisper. tell 1t again." when [ look
over tie editorial columns OF the ma
icritv of the papers in the State. Why
don't you all agree to allow TIE world
to 60 on whir.ing around the sun IN
its accustomed orbit, and history to be
true to the law enforcing its periodical
repetition of itself? Why kick so STUB
bornly against the pricks? Why de-
strov the anatomical excellence OF your
get-ups by dashing wlld-eyed ana
-disshevelled against the roc Ks OF
neutrality-suspicious.? Why not submit
to the ills you, have rather than fly to
others you know of? Why can't you
give an account of a dog-tight without
bringing in "Coosdv" What part Gid
Coosaw play ip he''Newberry arch'and
the sadvertisiagc circulars =? What's
Coosaw got to do with the price OF cot
ton? And lastly, what in the name of
the most gorgeous electrical display
has Coosaw got to do with a pack OF
thieyiug negroes? If you will pardon
me, | will endeavCr TO diagnose the
political epidemic, which, is 50 success
fully defying the drugs and nostrums
of the used-to-be pill singing practlc-
ioners, wiz: A CONGESTION OF the DUO
tile nerves with consequent stlftenlng
of the backbone superinducing high
tension of the vascular system Win
alarming activity of the corpus Gallo
sum. In plain terms, the masses have
stopped being led by Generals. and
CotoneLs, got their blood up, and gone
to using their senses and they don't
care copper colored continental how
raany thousands Of dollars the State
authorities siuk in the murky silt OF
Coosaw river, so long as they retain
confidence in the honesty OF purpose
and capacity of b:ain of those whom
they have constituted their agents fer
the hunting down of the Octopll that
have fastened themselves upon the
vitals Of the hard worked yeomanry OF
the State.
No one blames the Editor of the
State (misnamed the State) for fusslng
and fuming and singing puny-colored
mud at everybody in general and Is. H.
Tillman in particular, for every one
knows by whom and for what pur-
pose it was started, and only feels sor-
row that be did not get "a better Joo,
but we do expect better Of some whose
duties are not quite so prescribed. get
down oil the fence and quit fooling
with edged tools, your friends don't
want to see your pants torn or your
fingers cut. The possibilities o! hVe'
healthy, we'll regulated Journalist, at
Gly in the no distant future, are a little
too passable for rae in this twilight OF
the Reformation to paint in colors
that would do justice TO even the faint
glimmering OF the morning Stdr that
heralds its coming. Did l understand
YOU to say--"ten1 10 your own busl-
nessn? Well, I'd like to know, II the
one inalienable right to advise an edl-
tor how to run his paper Is to be thus
ruthlessly illuminated from the uuWrlt-
ten law of the land. And so, most OF
YOU boys had to have covert fling at
The administration for naming their
CoosaoU patroll-boat "Ihe SdIt1e." W nat
better woman could you have named
her after? | shall see Governor I'LL
man and request him in the name OF
the clod-hopping, hammer handing,
spindle-Working constituency that eIc-
waited him to the Gubernatorlal CHAIR,
20 change the narne of that ship to The
Mrs. Sallie Tillman", and also to have
his photograph nailed to the mast on
q board placed underneath with this
legend: Governor Benjamin Ryan ILL
man-by the grace Of God and the
suffrage Of the people Governor OF
South Carolina for Jour years from
1890 to 1894, if you all don't keep
quiet. I'm not in the vein to allow any
of my friends imposed on, and !'ll lay
odds that when \. }. Pope M V. ..
Mower place their No. IFS side oy side
on that Coosaw eNcrescence, that you
will see a bigger cloud come out OF II
than YOU ever saw come out Of the big
gest devils snuff box on record. l am
not acquainted with Bro. Smith; but
iudcinC from some of the tracks he has
made in the legal field l would pre-
dicate, that at the proper place and
time he will super-impose al eXpansf,
of "achole stock" COW leather upon that
same protuberance, truly alarming.
Now, that l have had my say, am WILL
ingto leave the management of the case
with the proper authorities provided,
that there is no gafing done III the
near, or remote future. l see some
wiseacre has at this early date placed
South Carolina in the line OF "ihlrd
Party" States Verify the old policy OF
indicating a line ofaction to be followed
by the RusticuSses is Il hard disease to
recuperate from. Would it not be better
for those flights" Of journalism to con-
fine themselves strictly to the legltl-.
mate provinces Of their profession, and
not be eternally invading the realms OF
the prophets, soothsayers and second
light apostles Of past ages? And so
There are thousands who are waiting
with bated breath the action OF the
alliance in this matter" are they? We'll,
lust let 'e1n wait. l don't think. that
there is either a constitutional clause or
bylaw which authorizes the calling to-
rether of the National Alliance Tor the
express purpose of gratifying their
curiosity, in regard to any OF Its future
actions and especially such as (on ac. e.
count of its conglomerate character! 1t
is not very apt to discuss las a dody).
do not feel myself called on to ansic,
ipate its action, consequently (palaful
as it is) shall have to help to "tct 'em
,uaH" There is one thing though that l
r. say without embarrassing the ac-
ton OF any organic body that | know
know of i. e.): The Charleston News
AID Courier rendered possible the over
whelming majority rolled up for Ben
Ti!lman last fall. Its true that 1t had
a lot of subsidiary aid, but it was the
'schiefest of Sinners" viewed from an
ANTI standpoint. The newspapers
relecated Wade Hampton to private
life, arG it seems to me that it is time
somebody was profting by adverse ex-
periences. Don't understand me to say
that editors are responsible for all OF the
trials, troubles and viclssltudes OF the
T an, nnf HjSnOSp0 TO