The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-02

that would call at his room that night
and talk over the matter wish him.
Accordingly between and 10 o'clock
p. m, Major w. T. Gary and myself
dropped in to see Senator Irby at the
National Hotel. After discussing the
matter for some time, probably half an
hour, Senator Irby dictated to me the
original "Craddock" special. 1t was
read aloud to Major Gary at Senator
Irby's request for Gary's criticism.
Major Gary was reading some news
paper while the article was beng die
tated and IN consequence had not paid
much attention to its composition un-
til his attention was directed to it. I
soon afterward left Senator Irby's room
and went over to the Metropolitan
Hotel aud read the dispatch to~some of
my friends for their advice as to
whether it should be sent Off They
with one accord agreed that had best
let it alone. l also came to the same
conclusion, and leaving them I went
down into the lobby of the Metropoli-
tan Hotel where I met Mr.. Tom Gil
l,spie. I beckoned him into the read
ing room and read to him some other
dispatches which had written in con-
nection with the one dictated by Sena-
tor Irby. I told Mr.. Gillespie that I
could not handle the Irby dispatch
and requested him to go with ME to the
Senator's quarters for the purpose of
returning to him the matter be had
dictated, and from there we would 20
to the telegraph office and file my re-
| 6icnotahnc rn1a f0
Cleveland's opposition to Crisp, and
the other giving some personal and
matters of local interest. After return
ing to Senator Irby's room l handed
him the dispatch, and as to what con-
versation took place between US | beg
leave to refer to the following letter
from Mr.. Gillespie:
COPY.
COLUMBIA, S. c., July %, 1898.
"Mr. James II. Tillman, Clark's Hill,
S. G.
MY Dear Sir: However much re-
gret to have my name figure in a news
paper controversy, I feel honor bound.
when called upon by you, to tell all I
know in connection with that portion
of the alticle signed 'Craddok.' now in
dispute.
GAS you know, at and previous to
the time this dispatch was sent, was
stopping with you in your room at 4l2
Sixth street, n. ".
ION March 11th, while we were at
! dinner, you told me of a conversation
you had with Senator Irby at the
Capitol that morning in which the
latter gentleman, quoting a man named
Leftwitch, of Spartanburg, as his au-
thority, told you of an alleged political
combination between Butler, Shell,
Farley and others, and asked you to
printit in the Augusta Chronicle. You
You said you told him you would think
over the matter and call at his room
that night. We parted after dinner,
and it was in the lobby of the Metro
politan Hotel al about l0:3U p. No. that
next saw you. You had some dis
patches in your hand and called me
into the reading room where you read
them. If [ am not mistaken you first
read the one about Cleveland opposing
Crisp, then you said: Here is that
thing that lrby dictated to me while
ago and wants me to send off, but I
have just read it to some friends who
advised me to have nothing to do with
it and I propose to stick to their advice,
or words to that effect. You then
asked me to walk over to Senator Irby's
room with you and from there we
would go to the telegraph office. After
reaching Senator Irby's room you
called him out in the hallway near
where was standing and handed him
the dispatch about the political COM
binatlon, telling him as you did so, Il
do not remember the exact language)
that you could not handle the stuff
for the reason that you did not believe
the accusations true, and knew that
part, at least, which referred to your
self, was false; that you could not refer
to yourself in one of your own dis
patches; and that while you felt obli-
gated for his endorsement, you could
not and would not use your paper to
iDjure gentlemen whom you regarded as
your friends. We then left and went
directly to the telegraph Office, at cor
her Of Fifteenth and F streets, where
you filed your dispatches, and from
there We went to your room and re-
tired. This is all that I now recall
relative to the matter. am, very re-
spectfully,
(Signed) "THos. D. GILLESPIE"
This dispatch, which returned to
Senator nby, was that night flied at
the Western Union telegraph Office
after [ had gone to bed and clearly
without my knowledge or consent.
AS to the card Of Mr.. Tighe I beg
leave to introduce the deadly parallel
with an affidavit from Mr.. F. G.. Caugh-
man, whose veracity no man will seri-
ously question in Mr.. Caughman's
presence: