The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-28
gain with Butler, or anything locking
in that direction"


POSTMASTER MoORMAN TALKS.
Postmaster Norman WAS seen, and
gives the following as his version of
the conversation that took place be-
tween him and Be:,S".
Mo0rlnan: "WnAt about the caucus
convention endorsing you for tue Seu
aten?"
Blease: "Wyche will h- the mn.
It don't make a damn bit of difference
now what lhey do, for | Will soon
have something tlat will pay me bet
ter than anything they can give me.
/ expect to be postmaster here in less
than six mouths. for you we'll know
have had some time lrby and Lati-
mer's endorsement, and have had
Perry 10 see Butter for me. whic. he
has done, and Butler had the good
sense to know that my vote in the
House would be more To him than the
good will of the whole county, which
yon see makes me solid"
Moorman: II then stated that with
Butler, Irby and Latimer's endorse
ment, that he was solid"
Blease: Perry will soon be down to
see NE about the matter"
Mr.. Norman then says that when
said to him: "Why, thought you
had Buffers endorsement for the Of
flee. Collie tells me he has, too"
Mr.. Norman says he then went
over the conversation he had had about
the Office before he (Davidson) came
in.
So Mr.. Moorman says DR.. Pope is not
to blame about the impression which
he formed from his letter 70 DR.. Pope,
for it was his (Moorman's} candid i'm
preston that that was Coles state
ment.
Mr.. Norman asks me to make this
further statement:
"Since DR.. pope's letter has come to
light, Jones and myself have gone over
our conversation, and I am satisfied
now that the main point mentioned
was said to me by Blease, and not
Jones, but by talking with him and
Blease the same day, got their state"
ments mixed.
II am not in politics, and am there
fore very sorry that have been drawn
into the matter in a way that was not
intended. While I did not say 80 in
my letter to DR.. Pope, yet intended it
as confidential. In making my state
ment, it has been my purpose to do
justice to all parties, as to their state
ments, and to repeat as far as possible,
word for word of their conversation
bearing on the poiuta at issue.
LYON, n. c., June "a, 1898.
Mr.. COLE. l.. BLEAsE, New berry, S. G.
Dear Sir: Yours just received and
contents noted. I am up here at Lyon,
n. G. I must say was somewhat
surprised with the contents of your
letter. I suppose it was gotten up for
campaign thunder. You say it is re-
ported that you wrote me and Butler
sent me to see you and I went and
made trade with you for you to 60 for
Butler and be in return support you.
1t is in every particular a dam lie. I
have never in my life received a letter
from you on any subject. General
P1tler never sent me to Newberry to
see you. I have never. made a trade
with you political or otherwise. I
went by New berry becs use I had some
business at Clinton and Carlisle and by
going by Newberry could the same
(nexD day attend to business at the
above places and get to Union the
same night where I was to 60 to pic
mic at Santuc. DR.. Pope need not
worry himself about Butler and his
race for he will beat Tillman Il dam
sight easier than Tillman did Sheppard.
I called on you when in Newberry be-
cause I considered you a friend and
knew you we'll as a brother legis-
lator. Yours &c., B. L. PERRY.
Special to The State
The following letter has been handed
The Herald aud News for publication
along with the above:
EDGEFIE1,D, S. c., June %, 1888.
Dear Sir: In reply to yours Of the
2lst inst, will say: Ben. Perry did
not see me for you. I did not send
Roper to see you: nor did I send Ben.
Perry to see you; nor has any deal been
made with you or anybody else,
whereby you were to support me for
the United States Senate, and was to
support you for postmaster at New
berry. Somebody has been playing a
joke, or drawing on their imaginations.
[ did not know Rope. had been to
Newberry until after his visit and have
no more idea what be went there for
than man in the moon. Ben. Perry,
l suppose, went there on his own ousi-
ness. cever make deals to get sup
port for the United States Senate or for
any other purpose--I am not that anx-
ious to get back to the Senate. Such a
performance would give ME more
trouble than am willing to undertake
for that or any other office.
Somebody has evidently been telling
lies OH both of us. Very truly yours,
(Signed) NJ. G.. BUTLER.
Mr.. Cole. L. Blease, Newberry, S. C.