The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-12
FARLEY IN FULL WAR PAINT.
And with Cleaning Tomahawk He Reaches
Out for the Pate of John Laurens
Manning Irby, United States
S Senator fram South,
Carolina.
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u. Farley has been mere SeVerai uays
Il was reported that he had prepared
for the press certain paper in vindi.
cation of himself, and in dong that he
animadverts on Senator lr5y. This is
an important chapter in Reform his
tory and shows clearly that all Reform
ers are not of the same opinion. Gen
Farley prepared this paper for "theiI
papers," as they are called, and has
mailed a copy to each one, as weunder,
stand. One of them has refused to pub
lisn it, and perhaps the others will. l
have secured copy for The News and
Courier, which is herewith enclosed:
'sVaricus articles 10 reference to poll
tics and the blacklisting which is going
on have appeared in the newspapers OF
this State and my name has been fire.
quently used in connection Herewith,
but have paid very little attention to
& them, regarding them as merely sensa-
tional, in most cases, or as the petty
malice of designing parties who only
wanted to create more bitterness and
division in the Reform ranks, to which
I did not wish to contribute.
Later developments, however, have
convinced me that there is settled,
malicious and determined purpose on
the part Of certain parties, not only to
blacklist, but to misrepresent and ma
ign me and others, which has found
expression in such way as to cause
my friends to ask ME the reason for it..
The FIRST intimation I had of it was IN
3 the appearance of the following CORES
pondence in the Augusta Chronicle,
signed 'Craddock,' which appeared inn
madiately after the inaugural of Presi-
dent Cleveland and was copied by va
rious papers in this State: 'rhe leaders
of the South Carolina Reform move
mant that assembled in Washington
during the Inauguration seemed to
have more important business tina.
sightseeing. The rank and file of the
Reform movement in the State, have,
to all appearances, been satisfied with
the leadership of Tillman and Irby,
bit not so with some of the lieutenants.
One of the State officials announced to
supposed enemy of Gov. Tillman and.
Senator Irby thas the following COM
bination had been agreed upon: Con-
gresham Shell, who signed the pre-
pared manifesto in 1890, and who, ali
st once, recently, became so disguised
with politics and politicians that he
had himself interviewed announcing
his retirement from politics, is to be
s the Anti Yilimanise candidate for Gov
ernor, posing as a healing plaster be-
3 tween the two factions. Senator But
leris to be their candidate for re-elec-
tion. Gen. Farley is to succeed Shell
in Congress. Mr.. Talbert is to have no
opposition from the Conservative fac
tion for Congress, and is to receive the
Conservative support. The position of
Adiutant General is said to have been
offered Capt. J. e. Tillman, but it is
! likely he will not accept
Later an article appeared in the
Laurensyilie Herald, in which the
charge is made that attended a Don
aldson caucus at tSpartanburg,!n which
various parties mentioned as traitors,
ETC., were sharpening their Brutus
dagger FOR Ben Tillman, and like ex-
= pressions. Now, would have been
content to let these things go by
without dignifying them by denial,
relying upon my record and character
as sufficient reputation wita all inter
ested and well-infornled parties. I and
many others saw the animus and pur-
pose with which they were written,
aud could easily tell the source from
which they came, but later develop
ments have convinced me that it is my
{ duty to expose them. It may be as well,
however, while am writing, to say in
my-own behalf, as well as the others
: named, that there is not one particle OF
truth in the alleged combination, said
to have been agreed upon in Washing
ton, and that the whole thing spraDg
from malice and the imagination of
ono who evidently aspires to be the
champion liar of the State. .r
'sThis is not only simple denial but
a challenge to the real author Of the
tCraddock' article, whom shall name,
to produce any credible evidence to
support his statement. If necessary I
will appeal to all the parties named, to
Butler, Shell, Talbert, and J. H. Till
man, as to whether there has ever been
conversation or intimation or effort at
such a scheme. Although it is small
matter, it may be we'll also to state by
way of showing how lies are manu-
; featured, that no Farley either pre-
yiously knew of, was invited to or at
q. tended the so-called Donaldson caucus,
at which the 'Brutus daggers' were
sharpened. Indeed, I am yet to be in
formed whether the caucus of Alliance
men at Spartanburg had any political
significance, and the first intimation
that attended it went from the Hon.
Stanyarne Wilson to Columbia, and
later the Laurensvile Herald, which
possibly got its information from the
same source. The parties who at
tended Senator. Donaldson's Alliance
caucus can easily tell who were ex-
pected, or invited to, or did attend the
Donaldson caucus, as suppose they
had a right to Go, andalso as to the
object. This, however, is a matter OF
little Importance. AS the 'blacklistiug'
and the 'Craddock, article charging q
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