The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-10-31
POLITICS AND PATRONAGE.
Ben Perry Wakes UP the Wrong Pas
senger-A RefOrmer Who Says HI
Would Rather BE Right Than HOLD

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Ben Perry Wakes UP the Wrong Pas.
senger-A RefOrmer Who Says He
Would Rather BE Right Than Hold
ONCE.
The Florence Reform Advocate. AL
liance-Tillmanite. publishes the follow
ing correspondence and makes it the
basis Of a charge that Perry and Ro-
per r I" trying to buy support for SEN
ator Buffers candidacy"
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. lS, 1893.
Mr.. II. 9. Willc:shpy, Florence, S. G.
DEAR SIR: Mr.. d. G. Roper, and
who agrees with me that you were the
man for Dispenser, has requested me
to write you and ask you to give me
the name of some good young man of
your county that would like to accept
u position up here as a conductor on
some OF these street cars ut So per day.
We have now on these cars soInc fifteen
young men from South Carolina. and
as yet none from your county, therefore
L am anxious to have you county on
the list, and l know of no one that is in
q position to pick me out a good man
than yourself. Good board can be had
for $l6 per month.
We may be able to get you q place
in some of these departments at from
81, 200 to ST, 800 per annum, if you would
like something of that kind. When
Tillman treated me as he did, l was
wards you in that Dispensary case.
You, like myself, have almost killed
ourselves for the Reform movement.
Hoping to hear from you soon, 1 re-
main. b. f. PERRY.
p. 81 will get my appointment as
soon as the silver question is settled,
and then l will be in position to help
my friends more in the way of patron
age. Mr.. Waddill has told me all
about you, what u trash mover you
were ; and he is my friend, too.
FLORENCE, S. c., Oct. 20, 1893.
b. F. Perry, 419 Sixth stree, N. w.,
Washington, D. @.
DEAR SIR Your letter OF the 18th
instant at hand, and let me assure
you hat I feel iattered at your great
interest in my welfare the more so
since we have never met, and this ia
the first communication which YOU
have honored me with.
l regret my inability to name any
m suitable for conductors on street
cars. Am surprised in these days of
depression and want of employment
that you are not able to find all the
men you want in Washington, and if
IHlS Is announcer source OF patronage,
are you not going outside of our plat
form, which proclaims for home rule,
in seeking elsewhere than in Washing.
ton for conductors?
AS to the matter of my appointment,
or | should say non-appointment as
State Dispenser, l am not in need OF
sympathy-am too good a Democrat to
kick out of traces because of personal
disappointment. My object in seeking
the appointment vas to make 9 success
Of the scheme, and since that is assured
l am more than satisfied
What has become of the Civel Service
Bureau? [ innocently ask this ques-
ton since YOU seem to have so much
patronage at your disposal. 81, 200
and 1880 places are not to be lightly
refused in these hard times, but al
though not doing near so we'll must
decline your kind assistance with
thanks.
In conclusion have to say that if you
have in any way taken up the idea that
l can be bought you have certainly
struck q snag. We down here, are for
the principles of Reform, and not the
loaves and fishes and we rop to
carry that banner to the front, and will
stand by those only who stand by III
hag. Yours, &c.
II. G.. WTLLoUGHBY.