The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-07-20
IRBY HITS BACK.
HE ANSWERS GENERAL FARLEY'S AC-
CUSATIONS IN GOOD HUMOR.

| OOc'N' 'O'No Nv oNoo ''o"oh
The Junior Senator Adduces Several
AnidavjtI to Prove that He Mother
Wrote nor Dictated tho "Crad,ock'
Letter Charged to Him by Gsn. Farley.
CoLyMAIA, 5. G., July 1.-the fol-
lowing reply of Senator Irby to the late
attack CT Gen. Farley on him was
given to the press last night
n few days ago a communication
was published in the several daily pa
pers from General Farley, abusing me
for supposed wrongs | had done him.
| controversy with General Farley, or
anybody else rhe public are not in
tcrested III such literature, and there
fore DO not expect me IL this reply to
engage in any such blackguardism.
| The public, however, have Il right to
be Informed as to the truth or falsity
Of any statement of alleged fact that
| may be contained in General Farley'S
article.
There are only two statements of mo-
ment in the letter as | read it.
First, That | dictated to my private
secretary an article, which appeared.
gusta ChrOnlcle, signed "Eraddock,"
without the consent or knowledge OF
Jh person who uses that NOM dc
| pitnlc,
Second, That inspired an editorial,
which was written by MIR. w. Il. Crews,
in the Laurensvllle Herald.
The first charge is as ridiculous rs it
is false. The idea of a person with a
,hlmhle full of sense forging the name
Of newspaper man is laughable in the
extreme; but | am willing that the
public should know the Whole truth
about that "Craddock" letter:
Mr.. James Ii. Tillman, a son of Con-
gresham Tlllman, was, about the date
of the "Cradiock" letter, the correspon-
dent of the Augusta Chronicle in Wash
ingtOn, and "Craddock" was his nom II,
Diumc. On Saturday, just one week
after the inauguration OF the President,
Major William II. Gary of Augusta
and Mr.. James ii. Tillman came into
my sitting room 1.-THE National Hotel
MajO Gary said to Tlllman that what
he had told him few moments before
ought to be repeated to Irby. | asked
what it was, and Tllman told the fol.
lowing tala:
That he had Just left the Metropoli
tan Hotel, where he had hal long
conversation with General III. l.. Far
ley, who had remained in Washington
since inauguration. lie said that Far
ley had read him long abusive com.
municatlon addressed TO the Retormers
Of South Carolina, showing that Till
man and lrOy were unsafe, unWiSe eX
treme, dangerous leaders; and that the
reform movement could not be per
petuated without throwing them over
board and putting more conservative
leaders in front. lie asked Tillman to
publish il in the Augusta Chronicle
with his (Farley's) nom de Ylune, say
ing that the piece would attract great
attention, create Il great sensation, and
that, at the proper time, he would come
out and assume its authorship. Till
man said that he refused to publish it
unless he would allow the editor of his
paper to know the author. He told
Tillman that that was the opening gun
OF the campaign next year against
Tillman's and lrby'S leadership of the
Reform movement. He further said
that the following slate had been ar.
ranged ana agreed upon: That Gen
eral Butler was to run for reelection
t. the Senate, Shell was to be support
I'd hy the Conservatives, or ants, and
mildnr RetormerS for Governor; and
that he General Farley) WAS to run for
Congress in Shells district. He said
they would like to get Talbrrt into the
continuation. but that it could not be
arranged unless George Tillman would
agree TO let up on and support Talbert,
and, III that way, get the Conservatives
to support Talhert for re election. Far
ley offered Tillman place on the
ticket as Adjutant and Inspector Cen
eral ii he would go to his father and
make the arrangements by which he
would not oppose but support Tai
bert'S reelection. CAT tins time every
one in Washington knew tnat the GOV
ernOr ami Colonel Tlllmam were not on
speaking termS.) asked Mr. Tllman
what hls reply To Farley was, and he
said that ne told Farley that blood was
thicker than water, and he would he
ID If he would go back on his uncle
for Builder or anybody else. | asked
him ii this was newspaper fake or
the truth and he replied:
TO show you that | mean business
I'll publish 1t in Inll. There and then
he wrote the piece signed "Craddo TX"
| did not have anything further to do
with 1t; did not see it any more until it
appeared III the papers; thought moth
ing OF 1T until the following week when
] heard him read Il certificate from
some one to the effect that he (Jim Til,
mab) had written and was the author
OF the "CraddOck" letter. That night IN
my room between and 10 o'clock
while DR.. Pope and We're talking, jim
Illlman came in, and asked him to
rehearSe the whole tale TO DR.. Pope,
which he did, exhibiting the "Crad
dock letter, and saying that it would
go OIL 10y telegraph IN I few minutes.
AS TO the piece referred to from the
Laurensvllle Herald can only say that
! knew nothing Of it until | saw it in
print. The Sunjoinrd letter from Mr..
Crews on that subject VIII explain It
self.
In conclusion, | will ask the public to
think of O"e thing only. Why did not
General Farley ask or me an rxplana.
non, If he believed what he pretends to
pelleVe OF the assumed wrong did him.
The evident reason to me Why he
sought no explanation is that, if he had
done so, he would not have had the op-
portunlty to abuse me for political
! purposes, for he knew had he called on
me satisfactory answer would have
DeEn given him his aYruQp for do