The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-15
GOV. TILLMAN VS.. EDITOR GARLING.
TON.
They Both Said 1t and Stick to it-But it's
Alright Now The End Of the Exchange
OF Complements.

Compliments.
STATE OF SoTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 9Th, 1898.
J. G. Darlington, Esq, Editor Spartan
burg Herald:
SIR:-A marked copy Of the Herald
November Sd, containing your edito'
rial "Who Has Lied?" reached NE
yesterday; and 1 take it, therefore, as
personal communication. Ialso notice
in The State of Sunday an open letter
addressed to "B. R. Tillman, Gov
ernor," copied from the Herald of Sat.
urday. 1t has been my custom to ig'
Dore abuse and falsehoods about my
self appearing in newspapers, but de-
part from it in this instance in order
that the people of the State, and your
readers in particular, may be able to
answer the question, "Who has Lied?'
to your and their satisfaction. In The
State newspaper of November lst, ap'
peared q special as follows:
A TILLMAN CONSTABLE ARRESTED PoR
RUNNING A "BLIND TIGER"
Especial to The State.
SPARrANBURG, S. c., Oct. 31.-One
| of Governor Tillman's liquor consta-
bl5s, who seized a ''blockade" wagon
on Saturday, was himself arrested to-
day by United States marshal for re.
failing without license. He was selling
by the pint at Clifton. His name was
Henderson.
No Dame was signed and I, therefore,
knew nothing as to its authorship.
When asked about it by the reporters,
who daily visit my Office, I denounced
it as a lie, and took occasion to char
acterize the newspaper in which ii
appeared, in fitting terms, as pur.
veyor of falsehood. Nothing appeared
in the News and Courier or the Register
about the arrest (that saw and felt
! justified in what I said, because SINH
lar special from Charleston to The
State, in which alone it appeared had
charged me with playing the part of q
spy at the Charleston hotel, when
last visited that city in company with
Miss Clara Barton. You now step for
ward and avow the authorship of the
special and seek to shield yourself by
having it appear that Henderson is
'spy," and, therefore, the governor has
"lied."
But you can not wriggle out of your
uncomfortable predicament by any
such charge of terms and facts. 1t has
been q common and accepted rule
among the Haskelite newspapers, and
those which are the mouthpieces OF the
whiskey men, to call the State con-
stables "spies" and "sneaks," and Other
opprobrious names. They glory in this
befouling the States officers and en-
couraging opposition to the dispen'
sary act, which is the law of the
land. When The State published the
lie on me in the hotel matter. l saio
nothing; W when it published your special
seeking to bring the constables into
disrepute as lawbreakers, and directly
rejecting on me, upon whom the duty
of appointing them rests, I thought il
time to speak out, and l did so, in my
usual positive way.
Now, sir, said no constable was on
the force by the name of Henderson,
no constable had been arrested for re
failing Liquor, and the statement in
The State was a lie. You Immediately
Jump on to the name ''spy," which is
not constable, and which you did not
use in the dispatch, and produce Mr.
Tompkins' letter to Henderson offer
ing $25 for proof to convict" and
thus seek to confuse and becloud the
issue. But you cannot get off in thai
way. You know Henderson is not
constable, because constables are regu
Iarly commissioned under seal anc
wear badges; you know that be had nc
authority to arrest; you know be is II
! 40 way connected with the State gov
eminent, and that am in no way re-
sponsihe for bis behavior further thar
to paw him S25 if he secures a convlc
ton under the dispensary law, whicf
is a standing offer and has been made
to scores of men besides Henderson.
do not "argue that spy is con
stable" as you seem to desire. On th'
contrary, I deny it absolutely, ant
leave it to you to show it to be 80
YOU can. At the same time 1 asser
that a constable is not a spy, but de
tective doing legitimate, honorable anc
necessary work to uphold the law ant
YOU have no right to thus defaue
State officer.
| You stated that a 'constable" hat
been arrested for retailing liquor, ant
I said it was lie. 1acquit you OF in
territorial falsebood in this instance
but you cannot do other thar &C
knowledge actual falsehood. You ar
opposed to the law, but do not there
fore consider you ''tool of the whls
kew Sellers" You have been caugh
in bad company sending lies, howeve
innocently, to lying newspaper, and
therefore, have had your sensiolIltle
wounded by my plain speaking
defended the States officers, my ap
pointees, as was my duty-used to-
strong language it may be-but tn
provocation was very great. If, in fu
ture, you will be sure of your facts be
fore sending false statements rehecsln}
on the Governor and his subordinates
YOU will not be convicted as in tn