The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-08-01

L. S.-lt Is hardly necessary fC
} me, to add that Irby dictated the al
: ticle to his secretary"
This is the whole story and the pull
lie knows the rest.
see no use to notice the Crews aft
: davit. He told the truth but coul
, not stop there, but said wha, h
thought, as well as what was said.
went there to pay a small bill, and h
find out where he got his information
but like my friend Wilson, he coul'
not tell.
Now 1 submit the question to tn,
public. Who am to believe-Jame
Tillman, who tells me all about it an(
at last lets the cat out OF the bag" OF
those who conceal this "stab in the
back" and Sin the dark" until forced
1t out by exposing and demo uncing Sen
ator lrby for the scoundrel knew him
there was possibility for James Till
man to have been in it, there is no pos
sibility for Irby to have been out OF it
They were all privy to it, and no one
told me except James Tillman. Hence
my letter, and it is my private opin-
ion, publicly expressed, that Irby got
off "mighty light" as the darkey said
when John Brown was hung.
Let it be remembered that all OF the
parties were office seekers, including
Jim Tillman (who was applying for a
counsulship), and all seeking Senator
Irby's patronage. Let it not be forgot
ten that contemporaneous kilograms
were sent to the Register covering the
same matter, all of which is in perfect
consonance with Irby's well-known
method of putting himself; then put
James Tillman's statement in the bal
ance with the actual contents of the
| "Craddock" article, and the conclu-
sion is inevitable, not only was it born
in that den of iniquity from which few
men have escaped with clean hands,
but that IrOy was at the bottom of it..
Now, Senator John, since you have
undertaken to interpret my notion in
| exposing you, let me interpret yours.
Remember, John, that but for the
Craddock" article, which you have
acknowledged was written and sent off
under your eye, | could not have expos
ed you, andthat you provoked it. In al
luding to the Congressional race, have
you not exposed your wiley and artful
game? You discovered mares nest,
and hating Farley and Shell, you put
it in the papers to excite suspicion
among the Reformers and sent Samp-
son Pope to the Governor to excite his
distrust in order to kill them off. Is
not that plain, johnnie
Now, Senator John, let me give you
some good advice before you get out of
the papers, for l see, John, that you
are exceedingly anxious to get out of
the papers. It's bad place for you,
as there is no telling what may come
out, and these little love letters Of
mine are not such pleasant reading as
the Registers pretty personals, "Crad
docks" dictated and punctuated
praises or Larry Gantts powerful
kindly-John, that you couldn't sus-
tain yourself in the United States SEN
ate, and advised you not to try it. Now
you see the result. I told you, also,
when you asked my advice, to resign
the craftsmanship of the executive
committee and keep out of State squab-
| bles, because you had bigger job
| than you could properly attend to, at
Washington. I told or wrote Cover
nor Tillman that you were not the
man for the place about the same time,
and you know yourself that while
was willing to see Gen. Hampton re-
tain his seat for the harmony of the
Democratic party, still I urged that
some man of more strength, character
and dignity than yourself be elected.
Ohoio NooiSU, ouuSo "ailhco, ouuS
Pope, and at last, when l saw that
there was real danger, I urged Gov
ernor Tillman himself to go. You see
was right, John, for you have been
making a great fool of yourself, and
you have done us no good. You have
tried bullying and braging and big
ging around Washington until you have
played out and cannot now appoint a
dog pelter, while hear they are all
laughing at you, from the President
down. Take my advice, John. Resign
the Craftsmanship and let us alone
down here, for you cannot run the State
and national government both at the
same time. Quit running down here,
bothering other people and trying
to pass foolish wild cat scheme es
through the Legislature. Quit "rush-
in arOun" and scheming and wire pull
that you cannot fulfill. Already you
are known among the applicants as
promising" (but not performing
John. Go back to your seat, and try
to attend to your public business and
really believe that ifi they will let you
stay for half century you might make
q Senator. I know that you "feel like
@ fool at a frolic" in the Senate, but
can't help that now and can only advise
you to be modest and keep quiet sc
that you wont expose your ignorance
Another thing, John. Your game al
playing the bully has been run in the
ground. You can't bully everybody
for now and then, John, you have rur
up against a game man, and you have
to wilt, John, and people find out thai
at heart you are a coward. l learn
John, that you attacked Capt. Shell
at John Shaw's private residence or
account of my article, when you knew
he was unarmed, and you drew youl
bowie knife. Now, John, that was un
gentlemanly and cOwardly. Why die
you not come after me, for / wrot,
every word of the article myself ant
signed my name instead OF "Crad
dock" BY the way, John, you have
hinted that you wanted to settle thes'
matters "out of the papers" | know
: that you are not hunting any square
, fair fight, but IL you cant stand thes
affectionate rlissives, or pleasant pas
quinades, of mine, and conclude t.
risk 1t, don't try to drag in friends o
! relatives to do your fghting-as yo,
have an old and important habit of do
: ing, but come by yourself, Johnny, fo
you know you can get fair play and al
> ways find "where am at" You ar
1 getting into serious trouble, John, an
the only way to get out, is to keep quiet
and quit getting other people to d
your dirty work The McElroy exper
8 ience was sufficient to have satisfie
you, for when you denied that you ha
Y instigated his article, he told you tina
/. YOU were ga liar" to your face, an