The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-03

In his efforts to array class against class
country against town? Why will he
appeal to the prejudices and resent.
ments OF the people rather than to
their reason and wisdom and forbear.
ance one for the otherp We are one
people with a common interest and a
common fate, and it behoves him, as 1t
behoves oil the good and patriotic men
OF this State, to keep cool, to obey the
law and to respect honest differences of
opinion, one for the other.
"There ts no occasion for the disturb
anceB now going on In the State: There
IL no occasion to call in the military.
Let him send them home and admins
ter the laws In mercy and justice and,
my word for it all will be we'll"
The Senator said further, I see by
this evenings Columbia Journal, that
Governor Tillman proposes to Issue a
proclamation taking charge of the en-.
tire police force of the State. How he
can have the effrontery to do this when
the last Legislature, representatives of
the people, refused to give him that
power in terms, caanot understand
Why he should desire to destroy home
rule and local self government, the
very foundation stone of our popular
institutions, Is equally surprising.
Governor Tlllman had better leave to
each community the right to govern
itself according to It's own exigencies,
subordinate, of course, to the par
amount power and authority of the
State. II he does this, If he does take
charge of the police, he will add fuel
to the flame, and might precipitate
bloody collisions, and infllct endless
harm and injury upon the whole State.
Let him attend to his own Constttu-
tional duties and leave the people to
govern themselves. He is not wiser
than all the people, nor more patriotic
than the majority"
A. Il. GONZALES.
TILLMAN ON BUTLER.
Governor Tillman now predicts that
the race for the United States Senator
ship in the coming primary election In
this State.
But here is the way he expressed it
yesterday when newspaper represen-
tatiVe asked him what he had to say
about the Senator's recent interview:
GAIL J. have to say Is that I am Gov
ernor and he Is Senator. 1 have been
at my post Of duty, while he has been
away from his post of duty and gallop
Ing around the country letting off polit
ical electioneering sore eds. The contro
versy between US will be settled before
the people and by the peoply next NO.
vember and 1 predict that they will
give him a furlough to go home and re
main three-an indefinite furlough."
Cooper oontrad,cted.
GREENvILLE, April 27.-Capt. j. A
Mooney, chairman of the military
court Of inquiry which sat in connection
with the coroners jury at Darlington
and made q report accusing the Stat
constables with murder, has publishet
statment. In the GreenvilIe News II
reply to letter of j. @. Cooper of Sail,
s. g: Cooper was a member OF The
court. In his lett er published Sunday
he inslnuates that he did not under
stand what he was doing when he sign,
ed the report and that he was misled OF
overpersuaded by Capt. Mooney to
sign the document. Capt. Mooney
shows that the court was appointed by
the regular military channels, the non
ing chosen by the captains to their re-
spective com mpanies without any pre-
arrangement. The names of the mem
bers OF the court were telegraphed i'm
mediately to Governor TllIman and
were presumably acceptable to him, as
he made no objection. Instructions
were sent to the court by Gen. Rich.
bourg and read and explained in the
presence Of all and specifically author
lied each member to file, If he wished
seperate report giving his views oil
the evidence. Capt Mooney has a fac
smile water press copy of the report
showing that nothing was added to OF
taken from 1T after it was signed. lie
states that 1t was thoroughly discussed
by the members Of the court before be
ing written and after it was written
was read over to them twice at least
and repetitions, errors In names, &c.
corrected with assistance of Capt
Harvey Of the Gordon Light Dragoon
and other members. Capt; Mooney
was made chairman of the court, from
the fact that he held the senior com
m issi0D.