The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-01-24
WARM WORDS BY WIRE.
SENATOR #lRBY "sNUees TREASON
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Aprig-Plaia L,nxu aga Fcona the Juu-
ior Senator.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 1G.-The follow.
ing reply has been made " Senator
Iroy TO a Communication received by
him today from the Hon. W. T. G.
Bates, Treasurer ofSouth Carolina:
United States Senate.
Washington, D. c., Jan. 16. 1894.
Hon. W. T. 9. Bates, Columbia, s.. C.
My dear sir: J. have your letter Of
the l4th inst, in which you. make In
qUiry as to what I think should be
done in reference to holding afaction-
al convention Of the Reform party Of
South Carolina, to which I answer has
tlly, but frankly.
[ regret, as deeply as you, to see di-
visions in the Reform movement of
our State. The purposes for which. it
began have not been accomplished, and
cannot be, without the exercise of har-
Inoly, JostIce, common sense and fair
dealing. y have had but one purpose
from the ver7 beginning, and that was
10 do my duty By it to the very best of
my ability. Notwithstanding this, I
have been prosecuted by men, supposed
to be prominent in the Reform move
ment from the very beginning, until I
made up my mind that I would not
submit to olJ any longer, and appealed
to the true men among us to protect
me against such political assassination.
1t is not my fault that We have these
evidences of division in our State,
furnished no excuse for every Reformer
who goes into Columbia from the rural
districts to the State House to be taken
to one side and groomed and preju-
diced against "Irby's management of
the party" when even the Antis them
selves acknowledge that my conduct as
| chairman. has been perfectly fair. I
am unwilling that a Third party leader
shall take charge Of the Reform move.
meQt n South Carolina. and thus die
tate the nominees Of the Democratic
party. [ am satisfied that the people
Of the State will not submit to it, and
the sooner ne, and others who expect
to reap Office under him, find this out,
the better for him and the movement,
I answer you frankly as to what I
think ought to be done, so far as can
see. There are six or seven other can
dldates for gubernatorial honors.
These men have been true and loyal,
and are all able men. They are enti-
tied, at least, to fair contest and the
protection OF the principles of the first
March convention, the most prominent
of which was the righs of the people
to name their candidates, instead OF a
ring in the State House. It will be
necessary, before the campaign that is
to be led by me as Democratic chair.
man, that these contests shall be set
tied within the lines of our faction, and
that, after the people have had time to
weigh and measure them and conclude
as to their choice, the successful one
shall be given the coloFs Of our faction
to meet the Conservative faction in
debate on the stump before the general
primary election. This cannot be done
with an early convention had and snap
Judgment taken, before the people have
seen or hear1 the various candidates
who seek the endorsement Of the Re
form party. It savers too much of old
ring rule and Haskelllte methods, and
the people will not countenance it.
This IS perfectly fair and all parties
will be satisfied; but the people, who
believe in the theory and system Of
primary elections, will not stand for
two or three men-one leader of the
Third party and the self-constituted
spokesman Of the Third party, the
other traitor to.the Reform party,
who seeks, as an emissary from the
enemy, to ruin the Reform party, and
other men who desire ofice-to fix up
a slate now, have it endorsed by con-
Yention as early as March, and rammed
down their throats, say this, because
If their scheme is allowed to go through
under the whip and spur Of the Regis
ter, the movement cannot stand. Self
respecting men in it would rather 60
| to the wall than to serve under trai---
tor to his movement and to see then.
selves assassinated in the dark hEmen
who have claimed to be theiiFP>f friends,
rand the people robbed cf the benefits
of the vital principles Of the first March
platform.
This has been written to you just as
think it and believe it. I have tried
to bs true to every man in the State
House and subjected myself to abuse
and criticisms in 1892 for leaving my.
seat in the Senate to go to South Caro-
lima to work for them and their re-elec-
tion. do not intend now to be abused
by them.
AS you suggest, I, being the State
chairman, have no right to call a fac
tional convention.
I have never assumed or contem-
plated any such action, nor could such
q conclusion be drawn from anything
that have said Or written. The or.
ganlZation last presided over By the
Hon. G. W. Shell is defunct, because
when the crisis came IN '92, We failed
to have seen or heard Of any action
from him in behalf of the Reform
movement, and, besides its mission
was fulfilled as political organization
as soon as its object was accomplished,
to wit: the capturing of the whole
State government By the people. It.
being temporary organization, could.
not exist longer than after the ilsugu.
ration Of the State officers. He, there
fore, cannot Gall and control caucSs
| or CONVENTION ana the only way IOr u
to be done regularly within our party
lines is, as suggested by the Laurens
Alliance resolutions, TO wit: That
Governor Tillman call around him the
leaders, draft rules and call conyen-
ton if they see I'll:
In conclusion, allow me to say that I
will dc more and go further to heal
breaches and unite our forces than per-
haps any man who has been treated as
l have II the house Of my friends; but
| will not submit to the dictatloo OF
Third party leaders and traitors to our
movement, les TIE consequences be
what they may. J. L. NJ. lRBY.
Rsided tbs Sports.
COLUMBUS, Ga. Jan. 16.-Chief Of
Police Williams, with five of his assist
ants, uncerenoniously Interrupted a
festive game of poker here, which re-
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