The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27
SENATOR 1RBY's VISIT.
HIS INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT
CLEVELAND.


ment--The Fight Against the IBIS
pensary-He Declares War A2ains
Traitors.
The Piedmont Headlight reports az
interview with Senator Irby, while hs
was stopping few hours in Spartan
burg on his return trip from Washing
ton. The Senator was in fine health
and spirits, talking freely on variety
OF subjects, and evidently pleased with
the result of his short visit to the
national capital.
"There Is no necessity for q mar
hanging around Washington all the
time" was his remark, "for he
wearies the patience of the President
and his Cabinet, and really prejudices
the claims of his friends. l was only
in Washington for q single day this
had remained there q month. / an
nounced to the officials whom 1 came
to see that was strictly business, had
no time or desire to trespass upon their
patience, but in as few words as posi-
BILE stated my business and presented
my claims. And as a result, every re-
quSt that / preferred was promptly
granted"
+" Did you see President Cleveland ?''
we asked.
"Of course, for my principal busi-
retary of War, made an appointment
to call on the President at some hour
when he would be at leisure, as did
not desire to be circumscribed in my
conference with him. So in the after
noon received q telephone message
from Mr.. Cleveland stating that he
would see me at $3.50 o'clock, and 1 GER
tainly had highly satisfactory inter-
view with the President. found that
he did not fully understand the politi-
cal situation in our State, and hence
patronage that belongs to South Caro-
lima. OF course my talk with the
President was of a nature that do not
care to make public as yet, but suffice
it to say that l came away we'll satisfied
with my visit. found Mr.. Cleveland
in fine spirits, and he gave me most
attentive hearing"
"Can you give any information about
the Collectors contest ?" we asked.
"I can say this much, and you can
just set it down as certainty: Mr.. B.
appointed, and know whereofI speak.
] think Mr.. I. H. McCalla, of Abbe-
Vile, will stand as good chance as
any one; but all that 1 can positively
say is that Perry will not get the
place."
"When do you think that Congress
will be called together?" was next
asked.
81 did not ask the President this
question, for I had other matters to
discuss with him, but the general inn
preston in Washington is that it will
convene between the first and fifteenth
OF September"
care you still hopeful, Senator,
about the success of the Reform Move
ment?"
prompt response rhere is ~ai oniy one one
thing that can possibly defeat US, and
that is the work Of traitors in our
ranks. The antis are trying to buy up
and corrupt our leaders, with the hope
that by so doing they can divide the
people. have not been over the State
since saw you last, but 80 far as my
own county of Laurens is concerned,
the Reformers were never more united
and determined than now, and the at
tempts made to turn them over to their
enemies have only served to draw the
farmers nearer together. And just
here let me say that it is the most i'm
portant duty of our Reform press to
warn the people of the Vaccinations Of
their enemies, and also place them on
guard against traitors within their
gates who are now trying to use this
great movement to advance their own
ends. But have no fear of the result,
for forewarned is forearmed."
YES" continued the Senator, "we
must not permit personal friendship or
self-interest to interfere with our great
increment. I am willing to lay aside
personal animosity and bury past diff
ferences, II by 80 doing can advance
our cause. If did not speak to q man,
and believed him true to his people,
and that his election would assist the
success of our movement, would not
only vote for him, but take off my
neither respect for or patience with
hypocrites, renegades and traitors, and
against such / have declared war to
the knife and the knife to the hilt.
shall expose and denounce such char
acters as fast as their heads appear
above the surface"
"Has Governor Tillman lost any
strength since the last election ?"
Not vote, so far as can learn.
In fact, the unholy and brutal warfare
waged against him by the anti press
has only served to strengthen him with
the people. for the people know that
l.
their uncompromising friend. To
crush B. II. Tillman will be to under
mine the Reform movement, and ut
terly destroy it. Our enemies know
this, and hence their whole energies
are now bent upon his destruction.
Governor Tillman sometimes makes
mistakes, as we all do, but they are
honest ones, and his whole heart and
soul are enlisted in the cause of the
people. There is not enough money
coined to buy or corrupt him, and he
is one OF the brainiest and clearest-
headed mon that South Caro-. ma has
ever produced. The longer that !
know Tillman the better like and the
more / admire him. Andrew jackson
never had more courage or q stronger
backbone, and he Is the very man to
bring about the revolutionizing re.
forms demanded by the changed con.
dition of the times. And neither need
the people be afraid to trust Ben. Till.
man, for he is going to do just what he
promises. When those Latimer reso
lutions were introduced in our State
convention, you will remember that
Governor Tillman opposed them, and
did oil in his power to defeat theil
passage. But when they became the de
claration of his party and the wishes o.
his friends both Tillman and I went
to Chicago and stood squarely by them
We felt that the declared wishes OF
our party must be paramount to our in
diyidual opinions. The people may