The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-02

teed their protection, and that he will
protect them. He said: Listen to the
cries made to me by the widows ana
orphans, where is my husband, my
father, who you promised to protecti'
Where are theyl Murdered by a mob in
Darlington"
THE coNsTABLEs IN DARLINGTON.
Gov. Tillman says there were twenty
three constables at Darlington. Two were
Killed, four have returned to Columbia.
cam is in Timmonsville. Nine of the
missing cOnstables, Chief Gaillard, Eel
der, Murphy, Harling, Livingston, Nc
Giants, Bryson and Gardner, turned up
tonight in Williamsburg county, on their
way TO Charleston, The six Constebles
sun missing are Meekins, King, Swami,
Walker, Brown, Holloway. Gov. Till
man says he will not dismiss militia until
these officers are found, and the troops
nave been sent to Darlington to search
Tor them and TO restore law there. The
governor says he has report that young
Galliard, a constable who was wounded in
the riot, was found in the swamp, suffer
ing from his wounds and that he was
shot and killed while in critical condi-
ton.
The governor was informed that Con-
stable Mccullough, who was wounded
and was in the Darlington Jail had been
taken in charge by friends, and he has
telegraphed that he wants to know who
the friends are.
The governor received a telegram at S
O'Clock tonight that all was quiet in Oar
nngton, but the troops had not arrived
there at that hour.
HIS FIGHTING FORCE
The governor says 600 soldiers went to
Darlington tonight, and that many are
here In Columbia, and there will be about
900 men here to answer to his call bv
morning. He says that they are not all
soldiers, but are good fighting material.
The governor considers that the mas
sacre In Darlington, instead of causing
the death of the dispensary act will
strengthen 1t and make it more popular
with the people, He tonight ordered all
The dlspensaries in counties where there
IS any excitement closed until further
orders, He does not intend TO
open the dispensaries and make
the citizens drunk and turn them
INTO demons to shoot each other. The
governor said, If whisky had been easily
obtained during the last few DAYS the
conditions would have been very much
more desperate than what had been ex-
perienced. Under the dispensary law, he
says, the smuggling of liquor is grow
judges from the situation and the recent
scarcities of seized liquor
The governor says If the police, city
and town authorities had co-operated
with him in carrying out the dispensary
law, he would not have been compelled to
appoint constables, and he says il is the
efforts of the whisky element to bring
about friction, and they depend consid-
erably upon the people to help them.
He says the loss by the looting of two
dlspensaries Friday night is no considera-
.loh' other IMAM the infringement upon the
law.
REVOLT OF THE MILITIA.
AS to the companies disbandinp and re-
fusing to obey his commands, Gov. Till
man says all the companies in his militia
are enlisted and every member who re-
fused to obey orders is subject to
court-martial, which NAV follow.
Perhaps the boys who acted bad
in that particular were from towns.
who were opposed to him politically, and
the soldiers were influenced by their
fathers and others to ACT as they have.
Gov. Tillman considers the disappear
ance of the state arms from the armories
of the Zouayes and Volunteers in Column
bia and the company in Chester as a Sc
rious affair He says he is going to have
the guns back, for he does not
propose to have the state arms in the
hands of those who are against the state
troops. He is in hopes of having the guns
returned to him, and says he has two
means Of getting them. One is by writ
of mandamus and sending all the mem
bers to Jail, and the other is by declaring
martial law and making a search for
them. He says he does not want to resort
to either of these means, but he intends
TO get the arms.
The governor was asked If he knew
that his constables were in Augusta, Ga,
watching liquor houses to catch packages
of Struggled liquor from Georgia into Caro-
lima. He said he had heard it, but be-
lieved that the mayor and police of Au-
gusta would protect his officers, who were
no one.
duplication of matter that appears in the
special dispatch 10 the MORNING News
sent from Columbia via Charlotte, N. C.
DEPARTURE OF THE TROOPS.
The seat of war has been removed from
this city to Darlington. in the afternoon
Gov. Tillman ordered special train on
the Atlantic Coast Line, which
left here at o'clock for Oar
lington. The troops were assem- bled
at the penitentiary, and the special
backed near the building, where they
boarded 1t. There was large crowd Of
citizens present, but beyond kissing the
troops there was no disorder. Before the
troops left the penitentiary Gov Tillman
on the scene and mounting one
of the iron porticoes surrounding the
building made an address to the men
Among other things, he said:
AS chief executive OF South Carolina wish
10 say few words to you before your depart
ure 1 thank you for the promptness and
zeal displayed by you in responding to the
call for duty. Many OF you have doubts as 10
the justice OF the cause for which you go
South CarOlinians, thank God The reason
Of your gong to Darlington is caused by the
law, and IL is the law as long as II
stands on the statute oJks until repealed or
declared unconstitutional by the supreme
court.
THE PRESS GIVEN THE LIE.
The newspapers have sown the seed Of dis
cord by teaching you that there are portions
Of the law which invade private rights. They
know that when they say that, they lie. The
right to search private houses on warrant
that they are not telling the truth
when they try to make you believe
that these men In Darlington we're
defending their liberties. 1 said in my
10 the Legislature that n big force Of
COustablcs would not be necessary II the DO
lice Of the towns would enforce the law, but
they would not do It. The dispensary is not
utes. so help me God 1 intend 70 enforce IT,
IL is not q question of politics to be fought
out by ball and powder but by the ballot box
SO much for the opinions that you are
going to uphold tyranny.
HIS APPEAL TO THE MILITARY.