The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-22
ALL is SERENE
BETWEEN GOV. TILLMAN, ANO CON-
GRESHAM SHELL.

Keformers Csil on the Congress IN and
Ask Him for n Fun ana Thorough Ex-
planation-HeiWilIS support Ttllmsn. for
| Senator.
COLUMBIA, $. g., June'i2.-Congress
| man Shell is not q traitor to the Re-
formers, and the man who promulgat-
ed The Shell manifesto will remain loyal
to the man who inspired it. This is
the information coming from high
source in the Reform camp, and there
seems to be ground for the statement
that the Register was prem 3ture in the
charges against one member Of the
greatest political triumvirate South
Carolina has known in years.
That the Registers charges against
Captain Shell created uneasiness in Re-
form circles there Is not the least doubt.
There was huStling and buStling, Sc
cret conferences and letters flying all
over the State. Away upln the atmOs.
phcre Of the Reform camp could be
seen little cloud, growing larger by
degrees. The political prognosticators
OF that faction shook their heads, and,
like the sailor at sea, muttered foul
weather ahead" TO the overstrained
gaze of the prognosticators there ap-
peared an impelling force behind that
cloud, and they Thought they could see
the faces of Shell, Donaldson, Talbert,
Farley, Roper, Perry, Caughman and
Others looking Serenely but deliantly at
them.
Now the prophets say those faces
have disappeared and that the little
cloud JD<I SerHla or all the faces
most to be lrar,;' III that cloud was
that of Captain SA"i'
Like the "plCturc turncd i the wall
those faces may be gone, but the calm
res of that cloud DntokenS a storm.
Whether the steersman Of the new
ship will be Shell there is doubt. The
EefOrmerS are confident that he will
not be. y Journal representative had
long talk Il few days ago with one Of
the Reform leaders. Naturally, Cap
tain Shell was the theme Of cOnversa-
ton.
"fh0s" were serious changes against
Ctptam Srell,' said the leader, land
were probably based on the Captains
strange conduct recently, but he is all
right now.
"lIowS that" asked The Journal
| man, some what surprised.
swell, delegation of Laurens Till
NANTES called on Captain Shell last
Wednesday and asked him to explain
himself. lie did SO to their utmost
satisfaction. lie said that he would
not Dea candidate for Governor against
the Tillman nominee and would
support Governor Tillman against
| Butler for the United States Senate"
"Thata funny said The journal
| man.
81 truly believe, continued the gen
tleman, that the Laurens Tillmanites
would have lynched Shell had he an
nounced himself against Tliman.
They were powerfully worked up.
| Shell, however, denounced the whole
business as false that he had turned
aga lSt the ReformerS. For my life"
sad the leader,"l can't see how the
man who issued the famous manifesto
could be conservative in sentiments or
any other way"
"But Captain Shell is Il conscientious
man and wants to do right interposed
the newspaper man.
"That's all right, but can't see how
he could ever be Il conservative"
In talking on other matters the lead.
or said that he expected to see a dark
horse appointed Internal Revenue
Collector and that If Ben Perry was
appointed he certainly wouldn't be
confirmed. Senator Irby will fight his
confirmation to the last ditch.-Jour-
nal.