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

that wonderful eplStle 10 the Georgians,
making "new revelations" of a fearful
cola oiuaiion to "overthrow Tillman
and Irby," so that they can study and
analyZe it carefully, and they will find
but little OF James Tillmau IN it,
Just enough to satisfy his vanity, good
deal of my old friend Maj. Gary, and
it is bristling all over with 1rby, in
whose interest was it written, and fol
what purposes, who inspired it con-
cocted it, or actually wrote it. Did
iNattheaO, Mark, Luke and John all
have a hand in the Epistleto the Geor-
giaus. and send it under James Till
man's nom de plume, Craddock? Was
jim implicated himself, or, as they
have taken such extraordinary pains
to make the public believe. did he
originate and write it hlmselfo
l have shown how the talk abou, tan
article" originated, and I will show the
public the article, and my explanation
of the grand combine is simple and
easy. Irby heard Of the Farley article
She'll had announced his intention t.
retl.e, which he could not understand
for there is DO retiring in Irby). Far
ley had called by Senator Buffers
office one day with Col. William H
Perry, and knowing Of Senator lrby'S
bitter hatred, had Ignored him while in
Washington, and Irby began to ronai
nate. At last he began to believe there
was ombination, and he concluded
to make the charge and have it pub
lished in Georgia. where it would at
tract just sufficient attention to be
copied a"d reach the people Of this
State and create distrust amoLg the
Reformers 10 this State against Shell
and Farley, and Talbert, too, al
though in his last article he tries to
skilfully lie the Talbert part out.
This was the scheme, and if young Jim
Tillnlan had anything to do with it.,
be was the victim. of Senator Irby, and
now by mixing error and truth Irby
is playing the part of a deliberate
scouEdrel by trying to throw the whole
blame" on Capt. Tillmau, and making
him the scapegoat, thus committing a
still greater crime, that of sacrificing
the Governors nephew to,,shield him
self from exposure. ''Blo0d is land
ought to be) thicker than water" and
] know that Governor Tillman knows
Irby, and has found out long ago
that the charge of combination on
the part of Shell and myself, with
Gen. Butler or any one else, is totally
untrue. Since it has been alluded to
he aud Mr.. George TiHmau both know
that I have done more towards heal
ing the breach between them than any
one. Indeed, am totally unlike 1rby
in this that I have made none but
friends for him, while Irby has con-
stantly made him enemies and tried to
estrange old and we'll tried friends from
him, as am prepared t. show.
But who is trying to stand up for the
truth of the "Craddock" article or the
alleged combination now? Not Jim
Till!nan, on whose authority they say
it was published, and in fact no one but
Irby, 1.-The real author" and he only
says that ''every one who reads the
papers and has watched the turns in
politics will see that there was truth
and lots of it, in what Tillman said.n
What papers? Concluding his re-
marks Irby says: "Why did not Gen.
Farley ask of me an explanation if be
believes what he pretends to believe of
the assumed wrong I did him?" and I
answer, Why, John, did you not ask
of me an explanation Of Jim Tillman's
wonderful combine, when be told you,
instead Of (accordins to your own ac-
encouraging him TO
put it in the papers? Why did not
nv life long friend, Mai. Gary, who
came through Columbia. and got me
to write him a strong endorsement and
get the other State officers to concur
with me? Why did he not give me
chance t. explain before it was pub
lisb ed-for I have been with him since
in Augusta and been invited to his
home. Where was Sampson Pope the
''sorriful'' Sampson, that be could not
tell me-but must come as your ennis
sary to tell Governor Tillman about it
'Tor fear that the GOre5nor tcould not
sec The Sunday edition ofthe Chronicle" !"
Alb . johnnie / went for you in the
papers, where You started your lie.
which l determined to run down, as
we'll IS the Donaldson caucus, aud
have done s". AS soon as the Grad
dock" article was shown me at the
Governors Mansion I said that it was
INSPIRED" by you and that jim Till
mau did not write it, and subsequent
developments prove it. Let US see how
it came about. I kept quiet and soon
Cal Caughman, who had just returned
from Washington, told me that Jim
Tillman said that he was not the au-
thor of it. Later Jim Tillman re-
turned and we had some correspond
en"e about the "Capers LightInfantry"
whici! developed as follows. On the
22nd May he wrote me:
CLARN'S HILL, 22nd May, 1898.
My Dear General: sincerely hope
that there will be no misunderstood
ing between US about the Capers Light
Infantry. At first I was miffed about
the letter to Capt. Mays, but now it
can be plainly seen how the matter
arose.
l wan ed to see you veryr h when
I passed through Columbia, and have
talk about other things. So far from
ever having done you any wrong, |
stand ready to render you any service
i'm my power. Yours &c.
JAMES H. TILLMAN.
To tnis letter Immediately replied
as tie original in reach will show (after
tou ching on company matters.l
1T was your duty to have seen me
us you passed through Columbia, be-
cause if believed all l have heard, l
would be forced to conclude that you
had not only been guilty of a simple
breach Of promise. but also of untruth-
fulness in publishing the "Craddock"
article. l have held my judgment in
until could see you, because
I am inclined to believe from what I
have heard that some sort Of a job was
put up on you in Washington"
TO this letter be replied:
CLARK's HILL, % May, 1888.
''lours of the 25th instant, l found
on my return. Appointment for Capers
Light Infantry inspection more than
l hope. you will make it
convenient to spend two or three days
with US.
"If it is necessary to convince you
about the "Craddock' article l will
send to Washington and get the origi-
nal manuscript, As it was filed at the
w. L. T. Office. My name and nom de
plume have been used in connection
with several bastard productions with