The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-12
MAKES A HOT REPLY.
General Butler Answers An Anonymous
Card Writer in the Register. "Ring
sters" Come in for Some Vicious
Rasping by the Senator.
Especial to Atlanta Constitution.

Especial to Atlanta Constitution.
COLUMBIA, S. c., September IAN
open letter to Senator NJ. Z. Butler and
signed "Citizen" was published in The
Columbia Register yesterday. In 1t
"Citizen" accused Senator Butler of in
tending to appeal to the negro vote to
secure his election to the Senate.
"Citizen's" letter contained the follow
ing:
"Or, is it that you are poor and feel
that you need the salary that you may
support your family and maintain your
loved ones? II the latter, general, you
have friends who will do similar act
of kindness for you, as did General
Mart Gary and your other friends when
you were elected to Congress. believe
be and other friends raised purse for
you of $1,000, which was presented to
aid you in your impecunious days. You
accepted their kindness and afterwards
rewarded General Gary"
Senator Butler answers the letter
to-day and of the above paragraph be
says:
'It has been whispered for years that
General Mart Gary had loaned ME ST.
900 to make my contest for the Senate.
'Citizen's' imagination increases it to
$1,000, as coming from kindness of
General Mart Gary and your (my)
other frieuds.' One is about as true as
the other, and both as false as the man
woman who originated the story is
alignant and untruthful. General
Mart Gary never loaned me 81 900 or
s3 900 or any sum whatever, to make
my contest or for any purpose. The
statement is lie made OF the whole
cloth. I never have been under ool ga
tions of any kind to him, either perso-
nal, political or pecuniary. l never did
him an act of unkindness in my life.
He has been dead good many years,
and shall not invade the sanctity If
the grave to vindicate myself against
the most glaring Misrepresentation.
His surviving friends and relatives are
not doing him a kindness when they
undertake to elevate his virtues aud
achievements at my expense, and l
trust in the future they will let the
dead past bury its dead.'"
Of the accusation that he intends to
appeal to the negro vote, General Butler
says:
"Of course 'Citizen's' the hired scrib-
bier Of the corrupt ring, now disgraclng
and degrading the politics of this State,
or one of the chef 1ingsters himself.
His rodomontade about my invoking
the aid Of the negro in the approaching
election is in keeping with the habit
of the rinsters to raise the cry of stop
tbiefu to divert attention from their
own purposes. They intend to appeal
to the negro, have done so, and will
do so again. They encourage blood
shed, fraud, cheating in elections, any
thing, everythingy to perpetuate their
power"
"Citizen" also charged that the
whiskey trust stood ready to furnish
General Butler with all the funds
necessary to continue his campaign.
Of this General Butler says:
The charge that the whiskey trust
would furnish me money to run a cor
ruptiop campaign is the stale SANDER
uttered by the master Of Citizen oD
the stump, and then and there de-
nounced by me as an Infamous lie.' l
can add nothing to the strength Of that
langu ,ge in replying to 'Citizen.' And
so with the other charges or insinua-
tions or suggestions of this veracious
correspondent. They are inspired by
the boss of the ring, and are without
foundation" .
At a meeting of General Buffers
friends held in this city last night it was
determined to run al independent
Democratic ticket against the regular
Democracy, which is known as the
Tillmanites. Legislative tickets favor
able to Butler will be nominated in
every county and it is probable that a
convention will be held to nominate a
full State ticket from Governor down.
This action is arousing much bitterness
and the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, of which Senator Irby is chair
man has been called to meet on Tuesday
next to consider the political situation.
When the independent convention
will be called has not been decided.
Republicans will take advantage of the
divided Democracy and run candidates
in most of the congressional districts.