The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1893-09-14
4 WORD FROM Mr.. JEFFARES

Mr.. Editor: Some time last spring
In -ote an al .icle for your paper ard
spoke in commendable terms of ex-
Senator Wade Hampton, 10 correction
with the Railroad Commissioners
Office. Not long thereafter some one
wrote communication from this Sec
ton headed fragments from Feaste:-
Vile and signed "S:ck T.l!mari'e,"
and also postscrip.ed bis first article
by saying, "Hurrab for Hampton"
That's all right. I can say the same,
and sill remain q loyal Tillmanite.
At that tine was afraid sonc of your
many headers would be impressed
with the idea that wrote the article
above mentioned. Being prompted by
patriotic motive 10 put myself Alright
before the public, I wrote a card in
which I stated that I YVES not the
author of The letter signed "Sick Till
mantle" In your last weekly issue
there is another communication headed
and signed as above mentioned, and
postscrip4ed "Bob Jefares did not
write this
Now, I will say this much by way of
inquiry. would like 10 know
whether or not in b fist or last ,em-
munication he in:erded 20 slur me in
anv way for speaking in eulogistic
terms Of Hampton, or did he seek to
put me in the attitude OF one who has
nroyen recreant 10 the Iillmaa faction.
IF he did he has fallen far short Of his
expectations, for 10 one in this COM
munity for one moment attributed the
authorship Of that Sick Tillmanite
Letter 10 myself. II that was his in
tention, VIII say tbs much in reply.
lie saws himself that Our financial
troubles might be attributed 20 a lack
of confidence. Yes, in place of seek
ING to nisrepresent me, he might have
approp7iatelv e-erted Is Influence
and intellectual faculties to restore
that so much needed confidence. I am
not a sick Tillmanite whenever I fail
to be follower of Gov. Tillman.
7 shall adhere to the principles of
economy enunc;ated in the platform
u7on which TilIman was elected. |
That man has a perfect right to write |
q piece and sign it as he pleases. He
wi;tes as if he was Tillmanite and
signed as if lie was not. How incon-
sistent IS the composition and sigma
ture Of his recent letter. Will Won
ders never Geese! belong to the Al |
lance, but I cannot suggest the dis
pensation of Congress and the substi-
tuition of the Alliance therefor. We !
have our representatives IN that |
august legislative assembly who are
TODAY Yoicing the sentiments of the
Alliance. They are men who are not
afraid to contend for the rights of the
great mass of American worknen who |
are working day in and day out, yea!
year in and year out, and who receive |
as compensation mere pittance not
sufficient to support their families who |
are dearer to them than gold i.self.
DO these men think all that is lacking
is confidence? No! No! Go to them
in their Wretched condition and they
will tell YOU that they have got conf
dence in any mans ability to pay them
when he has a sufficient amount of
money with which to properly conduct
his bushes
Yes, I say we have men in Congress
who have been making speeches on
the financial problem, the delivecance
of which would have been received by
the capitalists with the greatest CEN
sure FIVE years ago. They are men Of
ability who have led lives hitherto
exemplary and remarkable for their
simplicity; bat they have launched
forth into the arena of public discus
sion to contend for the rights Of the
honest people Of this country. They
will not tell you that all that is neces-
sary to bring about prosperity is TO re-
store confidence among the people:
What a misapplication Of that great
word confidence. 1t sounds like some
of the sentences Tom Reed used IN