The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21

,' NY asrs ago n communication was pub sal
"a An the several daily papers from zen on
N F.rley. abusing me for supposed W'cuS' &c
IA done him. can not engage IN TN
srsonsl abusive controversy WIN S
'.r,sx or anybody else. The public are h,
ot inter ssted in such literature. ana .uo =,
ore do not expect me In this reply 70 cms
n any such blackguardism. lne -
,ovsyer. have right to be informea 10
n. ruth or falsity Of any statsmen, 81 o.
.,,,.cd fac, that may be contained ih "''
prai Farisy's article. =, ,omeot :
There are only two statements OF n'"
In the letter rs ] rend IL .ore.
~ = v;r.t THAT I dictstod to my private see'e, ,
,.rv an article. which appeared the seoohr
week Of March in tho Augusta .Mo
s;oned ,.Cradiock," without the conseM
knowledge Of the person wh' uses '"a' ''"
70 sRscond. Rd That 1 inspired an editorial,
-h,.n ~. wrif,on by ". 4. Crews, In the
.I,aursnsvilie Herald. ,r .. I, il
The 6rst charge Is as ridiculous ~
false. The idea Of person with 'hia'o,e
full Of sense forging The name ol noSo
p.per man /, laughabls In tho extrcme ous
am willing that tho public shoul1 sno.
ths whole truth about tho "C'addoeA ~"
ter. -, ro,nr.ssman
,,,,mnn was. about the date Of the "Crau-
an.I" latter. the correspondent OF 'ne
Augus,a Chronicle in Washington, and 'crau-
aocs, WAS hi, nom do plane. On saur-
A. ;us, one week after the inauguration
s,hs prc,ident, Mai. VIM. I. Gary, OF
I,aust.. and james II. Tilluan came iut0
INV sitting room at tho Nauoh"'
Major Gary said to Tillman that "h,, ne
hsI told him few moments before aHs'hc |
bo repeated g ASHTON nJdres."d i0hg,
,,sssssssrs OF South Carolina, shou;no ,,,.,
nAn ana lrby were unsafe, uuwi.e' c1.
leme aud dangerous leaders, and thai tLo
Iu.orm movement could not be pcrpsruoicJ
tipg more fvative leaders in n"", pu'.
nsksd lil'man TO publish IL in rbe An,,.,s
ohroneie with his (Farlcy's) nom de nInmo
e",ipg that The piece would attrsc, 80,
"".h'i'H' :. .' create a great sensation, and Fin,
Wv '"e proper Tine he would come ON, All
assume the authorship. Tillmnn soil ,h.,
H1 "e ie'used to publish it unless he womiJ
"aTM "m'h the sditor Of his PAPER to know tho
he 'oii ll'lmnn that TINT was tbe
.ra;n.,s .r,i ~" oi 'he campaign next yenr
tha rac i''aun ana lrby's Leadership of
'ho Io,iowing slate had been ARRANGED ond
ss.eeu upon: That General Butler wa, -
! un ior reelection to the Senate Shall
e supported by the conservatives. mr.
"hu mlIdsr reformers for Governoy ;
au r"ur ,nat ne General Farley was to run for :,
.ongreSs Ia Shells distric,. lie said Tho.
Iou'u ;o' iiAe 10 get Talbcrt into the comh;n: y
y i.n,,," r;,. :'' could not bc arranged unIess -
,unne., '"h T', "ouid agree TO let up and g
'vnser'atives TO support Talbsrt tnr Wv
eoaon. ~ Farley offered Timan n plnco az u,
ne u 'ickot MS AdJutaut and InspecIor Ua,a v' - %
IL he would 60 to his father anJ ,,.I ouur 'h
rraneemen,s by which he would No, "nu "n,.n ane
'uPPort laloerts reelection. al ,h;s ~ ~
a" very ono In Washington know tbot ,ha c c''
o'9'nor ana Col. Tillman wero no, 'mo nu ir'
!. -, terms asked Mr.. Tllmap wbot ~; n
III r. W tafley was, and he said that bs WI
atcr .nT ma. oiood was thicker than III,
~, ~, and lie would be ID IL liza wo,,i .n m
.ek on MS uncle for Butler or "Suiu ons 20 tn'
ts s 4 asked him if this was a new:D."ay uyDpuy TN
70 " skoM YOU that ! mean husn... Tu am' %
ihlsh it in full. There aud then he wrote thu
e piece signed "Craddock." | did not try
ave anything further to do with il; did sio
ot see It any more until it appeared in the COZ
Apcrs; thought nothing Of il until the fol- Sc,
wing week, when | heard him read n GER tin
ficate from somo one to the effect that he Irt
lin Tillman) had written and was the the
lthor Of the "Craddock" letter. That for
ght ia my room between 0 and 10 o'clock. tn.
hilo DR.. Pope AMI | were talking, Jim
llman came in, AMI | asked him to re- plu
'arse the whole tale to DR.. Pope, which he as
ID, exhibiting the "Craddock'' letter, AMI wi
yng that it would 60 off by telegraph in n us
w minutes. attn
AS to tho piece referred to from the tn,
aurensville HeraM can only say that ito
new nothing Of il until saw it in print.
he su'oined letter from Mr.. Crews on
lat subject will explain itself.
in conclusion, l will ask the public to
link Of ono thing only. Why did not Gen.
arey ask of me an cxplnns ton, if he w
elieved what he pretends to believe of the II,
5sumcd wrong did him. The evident ~,
sason to me- why he sought 10 explanation m,
mat II nc had donc-so, he would not ed
ave hat the opportunity to abuse me for tn
olllical purposes; for he know had he call. e
Il on me, satisfactory answer would have
" givcn him, his excuse for dcnouncinp Of
y" .nl his chance for ingraiating himself tr
WA tbs conservative cic:.ca: would nave IL
',d lot. IN
I .asc il to tho public TO say whether y,
= ats subsequent 10 the 18th of last March
~ not proved :ha: Jim Tilimsn told the iii
ruin when he came to me with the report nc
ihis conversation between him and Gener- tic
F"r,ey. need not give the argument D
, nm sa,;ssc II .q hllinan told the truth III
mn s@'!shed that every one who reaus
iI W ":EsGGaners end who has watched the tn
.rv i,sne' W. T. Crews ana my.a.r..L en-
;y, OF augusta, which will prove conclu. II
i'riy that the charges made by GensroI
'tey are false. This phillippic sgains, me-
ou, fu!hllment of the scheme as con-.
''u y. las, March. The scheme, however lie
vas amended by leaving out Governor Till. q
al ior reasons which must be apparent to I'll
very sensible person. General Farley rem in
pn' mus will abuse Irby and thereby I'll
1Hst ;I every conservative in the State and al
'ii' threaten Iillman and sew his mouth m III
na oy ptn'.ing She'll will get enough TII. to
ress 0'' 'oi Ioh-
WIN th's explanation | have done with o"
le newspapers as means of ADJUSTING dif. ia
rcnces '"''"S VII TO
am very respectfully. io'
JoHN l.. Nj. lRny. A'
NEwnERRy, 5. C., July II, 1904 bu
On =, Il. NJ lRsY. Laurcus. S. c.:
MY Dear Sir-ln reading the card of Con