The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-14

haS prep0r0eu communicetiou tos Tug fe- /
form papers OF the State. The first one re-
sewing Il refused publication. The Others
may refuse and in order, that the rcformsrs |
Z Of the Piedmont section may see what the |
: General has TO say have secured IL for the 1
, Jrs>aviue News, which is herewith sn"in--. ,
: no the Editors Of the Register and HcadiigM:
SIss :---yar.ous ardc.es in . reference 10 |
politics and the "blacklstiog' which Is GO |
ing on have appeared 10 the newspapers Of
this State, and my name has been frequeut-j
n ussd-iu connection. herewith, but have
paid very little attention to them, regarding |
them o. merely Sensational in most cases or
as the petty malice Of designipg parties who
only wanted to create more bitterness and
divisiou ia the reform ranks, to which did
not wish TO contribute.
Later Developments, however, have con-
vinced me that there Is q settled, malicious
and determined purpose, on the part OF GER
tain parties, not only to "blacklist' but TO
misrepresept, and mslign me and others,
which has found expression in such way.
M :. c:;:ss my f,ivuGs 10 ask me the reason
for IL, aud demand that it shall be exposed.
The first intimation had Of this, was in
the appearance Of the following corresPon-
deucs in the Augusta Chronicle, signed
..Crsddock," which appeared Immediately
after the inaugural Of President Cleveland,
and was copied by various papers in this
State:
.sThe leaders OF the South Carolina re-
form movement that assembled In Washing
tom during the inauguration seemed to have
more important business than sight seeing
SATISFIED with the leadership Of Tillman and
lrby, but not so with some Of the lieuten-
ants. One Of the State officials announced
TO q supposed enemy Of Governor Tillman
and Senator Irby that the following combi-
nations had been agreed upon: Congress
man Shell, who signed he prepared mani
fesio in 1890 and who all at once recently
became so disgustcd with politics and poll
ticiaus that he had himself interviewed,
announcing his retirement from politics, is
to be the anti-rillman candidate for Gov
ernor, posing rs n healing plaster between
the two factions. Senator Butler is to be
their candidate for reelection. General
Farley is to succeed Shell in Congress. MIR.
Hilbert is TO havs no opposition from the
conservative faction for Congress, aud is to
receive tho conservative support. The posi-
tion of Adjutant General Farley is said to
have been offered 10 Capt. J. II. Tllrnan,
but it is likely that he will not accept
willie Hcratd, IN which Tire charge Is made
that have attended the Donaldson caucus,
al Spartanburg, in which various parties
mentioned as TRAITORS" etc. were "sharp-
en,ng their Bruius dagger for Ben Tllmau,"
and like expressions.
Now, l would have been content TO let
these things go by without dignifying them
by denial, relying upon my record and
character and q sufficient refutation with all
interested ami well informed parties, as /
and II any others saw the animus and pur
pose with which they were written, and
could easily tell the source from whence they
came, hut later developments have convinced
mo that it is my duty to expose them. IL
may be as well, however, while | am writ
ing to say in my own behalf, as well rs the
others named, that there is not one particle
Of truth in the alleged combination said
to have been agreed upon in Washington,
and TINT the whole thing sprang from the
malice and the imagination Of one who cvl-
denuy aspircS TO be the 'champion liar of
the State.
This is not only o simple denial, but n
challenge to the real author of the "Crad
-fITI,ImiSS G.; Bu1ltr; snt1; I11rrrr
RaTt'ss , n whether ,Y. .ssss ssEs has
ever been q conversation or intimation or
effort ut such o scheme. Although it is o
small matter, it may be well also To state, by
way of showing how lies are manufactured,
that no Farley either previously knew Of,
was invited TO or attenccd tnc so-called
donaldson caucus, at which the "Brutus
diggers' were sharpened. Indeed cm yet
to be Informed whether the caucus of Al
liancem,n at Spartanburg had any political
significance, and the first intimation that /
had that attended it went from Stanyarnc
Wilson to Columbia, and later in the Lau-
rensville Heraid, which possibly got its in
formation from the same source. The par
ties who attended Senator Donaldson ) Al
lance caucus can easily tell who were
expected, or invited to, or did attend the
Donaldson caucus, rs suppose they had a
right tu do, aud also as to the object This,
however, is II matter OF little Importance.
AS the >Ablncklisting and the "Craddock'
aiticie, charging political combination,
commenced in Washington, and has been
followed up by various articles . and I4aSy n4asSEy
aud aiiudins To various parties as traitors, "
etc., to the 'reform movement" thus cauS-
ing great dissatisfaction, confusion and
suspicion as well rs lhrea: cning contention
and division i'll our ranks. 1t is Of the
greatest Importance to find out what is the
cause Of II, who Is at the bottom of il or RI =
s.pnsble Tor it, and III short to inquire who
j. the real author Of "CraIdock -
viii state simply that have the evil
dence III writing, IN my possession, which
s.oAs with other facts that | in posses
sion of, that one Senator John i.nnr@as siuu-
::;H iIpy, dictated the article quoted above
10 his private secretary, and had it sent to
the Chronicle under the namc of "Craddock, -
the regular correspondcni. without his know
!eiSc and consent, AMI thnt the outrage
would have been exposed (ls ii will DC now
but Tor peculiar circumstances, aud relations
existing nj the time | staud ready to give
my authority and evidence, ON denial or
demand.
Here is the milk in the cocoaputz and
eauss Of q!I !hs Il al'7@sssn!iop 81 !Ss s" who
presents the greatest mistake" in the re-
form movement, is at the bottom of il all
M wonder that VIC have discord and division
IL our ranks when United States Senator
descends to such dirty and disgraccful
methods OF injurng his former personal
anu political friends and allies who have
rendered lar greater service than he TO the
reform party. Now the object and animus
OF Senator lrby is perfectly clear Alter
proving himself political failure in Wash.
iiiy Ion. and rrnli:. 1 :; :,