The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-02
at that time had ever seen it except

at tnat time nad ever seen II eHcep'
himself.
On 18th June he writes again, renew
ing his Invitation to visit them on the
occasion of the inspection, and con
cludes, as shown by his letters before
me, "Don't forget your article. Father
says lie will take pleasure in comparing
notes with you"
I took che article With me and read il
to "Uncle George" and got his criti
cisn of it, and after James Tillman
had told me all about the "Craddock'
article and many other things corrc5o
rative of his statement, / told him that
I intended to expose Irby and asked
him to state definitely for my protec-
ton wha the real author "'as, as an adj
dition or postscript to his Goth May
letter. He then sat down and deiiber'
ately added to that letter:
'"P. SIT is hardly necessary for me
to add that 1rhy dicl@.ed the article tc
his secretary.'
This is the whole story and the pub.
lie knows the rest.
I see no use to notice the Crews af1i.
davit. He told the truth but could
not stop there, but said what be
| thought, as we'll as what was said. ]
went there to pay small bill, and to
find out where he got his information,
but like my friend Wilson, he could
not tell.
Now I submit the question to the
public. Who am I to believe-JaInes
Tillman, who tells me all about it and
at last "lets the cats out of the bag" or
those who conceal this "stab iE the
back" aud sin the dark until forced
it out by exposing and denouncing
Senator Irby for, The scoundrel knew
| him to be? Even if we acknowledge
that there was possibility for James
| Tillman to have been IN it, there is 10
! possibility for 1rby to have been out OF
it. They were all privy to it, and no
one told me except James Tillman.
Hence my letter, and it is my private
opinion, publicly expressed, that 1rby
got off mighty light" as the darkey
said when John Brown was hing.
Let it be remembered that all Of the
parties were office seekers, including
Jim Tillman (who was applying for a
consulship), and all seeking Senator
Irby's patronage. Let it not be for
gotten that the contemporaneous tele-
grams were sent to the Register cover
ing the same matter, all Of which is in
perfect consonance with Irby's we'll
known method of putting himself; then
put James Tillman's statement iu the
balance with the actual contents Of the
"Craddock' article, and the conclusion
is inevitable, not only was it born in
that den of iniquity from which few
men have escaped with clean hands,
but that 1rby was at the bottom Of 1t.
Now, Senator John, since you have
undertaken to interrupt my notion in
exposing you, let me interrupt yours.
Remember, John, but for the Grad
dock" article, which you have acknowl-
edged was written and sent off under
your eye, could not have exposed you,
and that you provoked it. In alluding
to the Congressional race, have you not
exposed your willy and artful game?
You discovered mares nest, and hat
ing Farley and Shell, you put it in the
papers to excite suspicion among the
Reformers and sent Sampson Pope to
the Governor to excite his distrust in
order to kill them off. Is not that
plain, Johnnie?
Now, Senator John, let ME give you
some good advice before you get out of
the papers, for I see, John, that you
are exceedingly anxious to get out Of
the papers. It's a bad place for you,
as there is no telling what may come
out, and these little love letters of
mine are not such pleasant reading as
the Registers pretty personals, "Crad-
docks" dictated and punctuated praises
or Larry Gantt's powerful puffs. l
told you long time ago-kindly-
John, that YOU couldn't sustain your
self in the United States Senate, and
advised you not to try it. Now you
see the result. I told you, also, when
you asked my advice, to resign the
chairmanship Of the executive COM
mittee and keep out ofState squabbles,
because you had bigger JOB than you
could attend to at Washington, I told
or wrote Governor TiIlnlan that you
were not the man for the place about
the same time, and you know yourself
that while I was willing to see Gen.
Hampton retain his seat for the har-
mony of the Democratic party, still I
urged that some man of more strength,
character and dignity than yourself be
elected. Uncle George, Judge Wallace,
Judge Pope, and at last, when I saw
that there was real danger, I urged
Governor Tillman himself to 60. You
see I was right, John, for you have
been making great fool Of yourself,
and you have done us no good. You
have tried bullying and Dragging
and bigging around Washington until
you have played out and cannot now
appoint dog pelter, while hear they
are all laughing at you, from the Presl-
dent down. Take my advice, John.
Resign the craftsmanship and let US
alone down here for you cannot run
the State and National government
both at the same time. Quit running
down here, bothering other people and
trying to pass foolish wild cat schemes
through the Legislature. Quit "rush-
in around" and scheming and wire
pulling and making all sorts of prom
ises thatyou can't fulfill. Already you
are known among the applicants as
"promisingn but not performing)
John. Go back to your seat, and try
to attend to your public business and I
really "elieve that if they Will let you
stay for half century you might make
Senator. 1 know that you "feel like
fool at frolic" in the Senate, but I
can't help that now and can only ad-
wise you to be modest and keep quiet
so that you won't expose your ignor-
ance. Another thing, John. Your
game at playing the bully has been run
in the ground. You can't bully every
body, for now and then, John, you run
up against a game man and you have
to aviH, john, and people find out that
at heart you are c0ecard. I learn.
John, that you attacked Capt. Shell at
John Shaw's 1rirate residence Oh ac-
count of my article, when you knew be
was unarmed. and you drew your
knife. Now, John. that was ungentle-
manly and cowsrdly. Why did you
not come after me, for I wrote every
word of the article myself and signed
my name Instead Of "Craddock." By
the way, John, you have hinted that
you wanted to settle these matters "out
Of the pu 0ers.' I know that you are
not hunting any square, fair fight, but
if you cat / stand these affectionate