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Senator Irby himself. On the margin
in his Irby's) handwriting is:
"Charges will be paid by Senator Irby
if declined. Publish certainlY.u

SSudtOI 1lUy ukuISSl1. OH luG ulafSlu
in his (Irby's) handwriting is
"Charges will be paid by Senator Irby
if declined. Publish certainly"
Columbia Register, Augusta Chronicle,
April 6. April 6.
His speech Qrby's) "His speech nrby's)
was an able, exhaust was an able, exhaust
i've and concise re- i've and concise re-
view Of the conditions view of the conditions
existing in SO h existing in south
attracted the eager at attracted the eager at
tention OF the Post tention Of the Post
master-Generala at the naster-General at the
outset and held it by outset and held it by
his intense earnest his intense earnest
ness and array Of ness and array Of
irrefutable facts un- irrefutable facts un-
til the close of his til the close of his
speech. He spoke speech. He spok e
boldly, defiantly and boldly, dedantly and
aggressiVely. q aggressively. o o
This. OF course, Is This, OF course, is
only very brief sy- only a very brief sy-
nopsis OF Senator popsis of Sci ator
1rby'S remarkably 1rby' remarkably
clear, logical and i'm clear, logical and i'm
presslve defence Of pressive defence of
The Democracy, as it the Democracy, as it
is now organized in is now organized in
South Carolina. He South Carolina. He
challenged contradic- challenged contradic-
tion Of any statement tion of any statement
he had made and said he had made and said
he was personally re- he was personally re-
SpoESlOIe LOT an SpO0SlD1e LOT q =
aIlusions or facts illusions or facts
brought out in the brought out in the
course of his remarks. course Of his remarks.
He spoke distinctly, He spoke distinctly,
but i'm p e tuously. but m p e q q sly.
Those who heard him Those who heard him
say that his speech say that his speech
was sufficient to es- was sufficient to es-
tablish his reputation tablish his reputation
as an eloquent and as an eloquent and
logical reaSoner and logical reasoner and
speaker He handled speaker. he handled
the subject and the the subject and the
of" off,
Ihave never objected to this dispatch,
as Senator Irby's good opinion Of his
own eloquence and oratorical powers
could injure no one. Then, too, Sen
ator Irby was not entirely sober on
this particular night, and was hardly
responsible for his own grandiloouent
ideas, thoughts and conduct. Il have
affidavits to prove that he was under
the influence of whiskey, and Senator
Irby can get copies upon application.)
All the dispatches sent the Register
laudatory ex-senator Irby were dictated
by that gentleman, either to Mr.. Tighe
or Mr.. Shelton, upon all Of which
Senator Irby had to guarantee charges
before the telegraph authorities would
accept them. If Senator Irby denies
this, I challenge him to an inspection
the original manuscripts now on file in
the Western Union Telegraph Office at
Washington.
Senator Irby also claims in his state
ment that he knew nothing bearing
upon the contents of the sCraddock"
dispatch until I furnished him with
the information in his room at the Ma
tional Hotel on the night of March
ii. How, then, does be account for
that card which appeared in the Col
umbia Register, dated Washington,
March 8, and signed "More Anon," of
which he told me he was the author.
After singing his OWE praises in his
usual and characteristic way he re-
ferred to Congressman Shellin the fol-
lowing language: .....- =
'It is generally reported here that
Captain Shell has packed his baggage
and will soon land in the enemy's
camp. This creates indignation as
well as contempt among the politicians
without bringing in great amount Of
satisfaction to the other side." There
is remarkable similarity in the al
lusion to Congressman Shell in this
card and the "Craddockn dispatch
dictated and sent by Senator Irby.
For fear that it may have escaped his
memory I will recall to Senator Irby's
mind the time and place where
"More Anon" made himself known. It
was in his room at the National Hotel.
There were present this same horrifed
DR.. Sampson Pope, Senator Irby and
myself. We had just returned from
walk to Seventh street wharf and Sen
ator Irby told DR.. Pope to get the Reg
lister and read aloud the "Nfore, Anon"
card. DR.. Pope, who has always been
accommodating to Senator lrby, did so.
No sooner had it been read than Sena-
tor Irby asked me who I thought had
written it. AS the article stated that
the author had recently travelled over
the most of South Carolina my mind
suggested Congressman Latimer, and
l so stated, but added that as Congress
men She'll and Latimer were appa-
rently on friendly terms the latter gen.
tleman would hardly have written it.
The fact that I guessed Mr.. Latlmer
seemed to tickle Senator Irby and DR..
Pope and they both laughed heartily.
Senator Irby then said, "Heil, don't
you know Latimer can't write that
good English?" and DR.. Pope laughed
again. After their merrimept had
ceased Senator Irby told me that he
himself was the author.
It was on this same afternoon that
0r 70
matte eloquence the interesting details
of mis- long, ,wearisome and well-known
tramp through the West. would be
glad to reproduce it for toe benefit of
his friends, but just now have more
important subject to write about than
tramp doctors.
There are many other interesting
facts known to me not stated; there is
plenty Of dirty linen and I have lots OF
soap. If it is Senator Irby's wish we
will on with the washing.
But [ have no disposition to prose
cute this controversy, even against a
man who originated falsehoods q must
speak plainly to injure me and then
appealed to his heretofore political sup
porters to soothe his self-provoked
1t is not my intention to par
ticipate in or to be party to a split
among the Reformers, and if the arrow
has pierced, It was not of my choosing,
but was taken from Senator Irby's
own quiver.
In the past I have performed many
acts of friendship and kindness for
Senator Irby in Washington and in
the light of present circumstances, it is
not necessary for me to suggest that
my kindness and confidence have alike
been abused. When no other news
paper correspondent at the Capital
treated him with even the most trivial
courtesies it was partly due to infu-
ence Of mine that be was not continu-
ally ridiculed by theWashington press:
This was done as much in spirit OF
charity for him as from sympathy for
those ne professed to represent. I en-
deavored as much as possible to hide
the magnitude of his insiguifcance