The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-31

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character, purest lives, greatest wisdom
and knowledge should be selected With
out regard to how they stood"
rhe Governor had said enough, ana
with this said, "Good night" A. X.
SOME INSIDE HISTORY.
Extracts From DR.. Pope's Speech at Ridge
way Saturday, october 27.
The Herald and News makes the fol-
lowing co l.ctions from a sps ech of Dr.
Sampson Pope at Ridgeway last Satur-
day. Being scraps of history connected
with the Reform movement which
have not heretofore been made public
we desire to put them in permanent
shape. We feel sure these bits will be
ofinterest:
RING-JUST THINK OF 1T.
"In about the middle of December,
1898, found for the first time that
Ring was forming in Columbia for the
purpose of parceling out the offices, and
thus going back upon the original
principles of the Reform movement.
TOLD THE RING LEADER.
81 Immediately addressed letter to
Governor Tillrnan, told blm that had
heard these things, that we had goue
out of the other wing of the party
to escape this very thing, as we thought,
that we had given him everything that
he wanted, and that we would not sub
NIT to Rings or Bossism-te which let
ter I have never received reply.
Returning home from Columbia, after
the session of the Legislature, early IN
January, I was invited to address the
Alliance of Laurens Comfy, and was
invited to the home Of Senator lrby. l
would not violate the proprieties of
hospitality, but Mr.. CAN'T has alluded,
without objection from Col. 1rby, and
possibly with his consent, to what oc-
Cured ut Senator Irby's house.
ALAS, THOU TOO CoNFIDING SAMPSON!
"Going to Laurens and to Senator
Irby's home, I was made to believe by
him that the only way to overcome the
State House Ring was to fight for
late convention, putting it on the high
ground that by doing 50. Messrs; w. ".
Evans, John Gary Evans, Elleroe,
Tindal and myself, all of whom were
candidates for Governor, could have
time to 60 before the people. and could
thus have an even chance for the office;
that this would prevent anything like
q Ring. arquiesced, believing that it
would be not ouly fair to US, but would
build up-the Reform movement by
relieving it of the charge Of Ring.
MORE HISTORY.
"Col. Irby dictated to Mr.. Tighe the
resolutions which were to be introduced
the next day in the meeting. l sug-
gested an esrlier day for the convention
than Col. Irby selected. 7 did SO to pre-
ven. its interfering with the Democratic
primary campaign. I possibly suggest
ed one or two other alterations. The
meeting was held. | addressed it, and
afterwards the resolutions were intro
duced and passed. Col. Irby stated to
me that he did not care which one OF
three of US the people selected.
Jumping JUPITER"
"He seemed only opposed to Rings
and Ring methods. l was, therefore,
greatly surprised, not a great while
afterwards, to find that he was ouly
gaining time to form the biggest King
that we have ever had in South Caro-,
lima; that his cry Of State House ring
was only for the purpose of forming
the Irby-Tiilman Johngaryevans Ring.
Not long afterwards found that Col.
Evans had gone to Washington to lay
in his complaints.
Soon afterwards, Governor Tillman,
who had favored Mr.. Ellerbe and an
early convention, went there also, and,
strange to say, come back for John
Gary Evans and late convention.
THECARDs WERE PACKED.
"After getting into the canvass,
found that the Reform primary was
packed and that the voice Of the people
was to be stifed.
MORE HISTORY BUT NEW.
"At Florence I called together
Messrs. Ellerbe and Tindal for a con-
ference. | laid these matters before
them and attempted to convince
them that we stood nc chance IN the
primary, packed as it was"
OTHERS WERE WEAKKNEED.
II asked them to join me in coming
out from that primary and go into the
general primary and thus force John
Gary Evans to do likewise. They re-
fused, and afterward at Columbia, I
announced that would be candidate
in the general primary and not in the
Ring primary"
WHY NE CUT LOOSE.
"Finding, after / got in the general
primary that I could not get ticket in
the general primary except in three
counties and. seeing that [ would be
sacrificed, the Reforlners being so much
afraid of the Ring, I announced
through the papers that would not be
candidate at the primary, and soon
afterwards announced myself candl-
date at the general election.
WAR PAINT ALL ON NOW.
II am here to-day fighting your bat
tie against Rings and Bossism and for
good government. I am standing on
the original principles Of the Reform
movement. ] am consistent and have
been consistent. These who are op-
posed to me are not consistent for they
are tranpling under foot the rights of
the people and the principles of Re-
form. They holster themselves up; they
are appealing to the prejudices aud the
passions of She people, talking about
white supremacy, insinuating that
others are appealing to the negro, and
Just here 7 must say they are preaching
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