The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-08
LURID EXPRESSIONS FROM TILLMAN,
WHO SAYS HE IS TIRED OF FOOL
ING WITH RAILROADS.
lSnecial tn Greanuilla Naus

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 31.-Maj. II.
Ganahl, of Augusta, attorney for the
Port Royal and Augusta Railroad, had
quite an experience with Governor
Tillman to-day, and the consequence
is that the major is not so much i'm
pressed with the Governors courtesy
as he may nave been. He stated to
the Governor that the road had been
unable to pay its taxes before, but was
now ready to do so, and he requested
the Governor to remit the Is per cent.
penalty. Possibly it would not do to
publish all that Major Ganahl says the
Governor said in his answer. The
major states that the Governors ex-
pressions were very lurid; that he was
not going to be bothered by the rail-
roads any longer; that they did all they
could to outwit him by going into the
Supreme Court and the Federal Court,
but that he was not going to allow the
Courts to prevent the collection Of
taxes. Major Ganahl expected to stay
longer in the Governors Office, but
says that he left in ten minutes on &C.
count of the abrupt treatment that he
received at the hands of the Chief Ex-
ecutive of South Carolina. He had
met good many Governors, but never
experienced such treatment before as
he had to-day. The major says the
only thing that restrained him was his
respect for South Carolina. He will
60 to Savannah tomorrow to repre-
sent the road in the clash that comes
from the Federal Court of the Georgia
District and the Circuit Court Of South
Carolina having appointed different
receivers for the road.
THE GANAHL INTFRvIEW-GOYER
TILLMAN TELLS THE PUBLIC
ALL ABOUT 1T.
Register, 3D..
Governor Tillman returned yester-
day from his trip to Clemson College,
and when seen by Register reporter
last night, he was questioned in regard
to the Ganahl matter.
It will be remembered that some pa
pers stated that the Governor had used
"cuss" words during his interview
with Major Ganahl, and had treated
the railroad representative discour-
teously.
In regard to the report, Governor
Tillman said:
II have been lied on 80 much by the
same set who concocted and sent that
report out that l hardly think it worth
while to notice it.
''If Maj. Ganahl (Which I can hard
ly believe) led anyone to think I had
treated him discourteously, presume
it arose from his anger at finding that
the railroad which ne represented had
overreached it elf and would have to
pay the penalty of Is per cent. attach
ing to its taxes for failure to pay them
in the time prescribed by law.
II do not remember having used an
oath, and, while emphatic in giving
my opinion about the Nance matter, I
treated him as courteously as I knew
how. I told him that no one, so far as
I knew, had the authority to remit the
penalty, and when he said they were
preparing to pay their taxas, as kind.
ness I handed him one of the circulars
which had been sent to the sherifs
last Saturday, with the advice to
hurry up as it was probable that
other sheriffs would begin to levy on
the rolling stock of the road.
II only saw Major Ganahl for few
minutes, as it was time for me to leave
to catch the train for Pendleton."
Thus is another slanderous bubble
pricked.