New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-03
ALL QUIET on THE PEEDEE
TILLMAN,S "JVARa ABOUT OVER
TROOPS IN PEACEFUL POSSESSION OF
DARLINGTON.
\ MILITARY CENSORSHIP or TELEGRAMs STILL
MAINTAINED. HOWENER-A SPECTACLE Al
ONCE HUMILIATING AND ALARMING.

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MAINTAINED. HowEvER-A SPECTACLE At
ONCE HuMnIATING AND ALARMING
by TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUNEl
Columbia, $ c.. April 2--For the capital Of
a State supposed to be "in insurrection, Column
bia presents to-day curiously tranquil and pa
cihc aspect In fact, were it not for the con-
tinuance of the official embargo on the use OF the
telegraph lines and the presence in the prlnclpai
J streets now and then Of a few beated squads OF
mtiamen arriving from the northwestern couh-
ties the state Of war proclaimed by Governor
Tillman would be accepted by an outsider as
wholly constructive. and in a large measure
Pickwickian. There can be no doubt that the eN-
citing scenes here Saturday and Sunday cul-
mnating in the Governors Guards throwing
their guns on the ground and refusing 10 serve
under the State authorities, threatened ior Il
time serious conflict between the newly arrived
evies faithful to the State government and the
| opponents of the liquor dispcnsary law Inc SAFE
! transfer. however Of the troops stlll SERVING
under the State administration, about iOo men III
| all to the scene OF the recent riot at Darlington
has SO effectualy relieved the tension mere that
in the natural revulsion Of sentiment little stress
is now laid on the prospect of further trouple'
either in this city or in the equally hostile towns
of Darlington and Florence. in the Peedee dis
trict. which the state troops have under s'f1c'
military observation.
THE PEACEFUL OCCUPATION OF DARLINGTON
No question can be raised as to the entire sue
cess so far Of the military programme adopted
bv Governor Tillman and his advisers. 'eh''''
Rlchbourg. who commands what is lcft Of the
State militia. has effected a peaceful occupation
Of Darlington and he will probably remain in or
abouf that town unnolestcd until Governor TIL
man chooses To- end the present supposiutiouS
and somewhat burlesque "state Of war by dis
pers,ng the troops and declaring tranquility re-
stored and public order vindicl;ed. According t.
his advicos received this afternoon, both from
General Richbourg and from Mayor Dargan OF
Darlington no opposition whatever has thuS i'r
been manifested To the presence OF the state
troops i'm the Pcedec district.
Practical good order las been maintained there
successfully ever since the affray Of last Friday
and the assertion is indeed broadly made by
Mayor DarCan that no evidence can be obtained
that the authorities Of Darlington have not kept
entirely within the law in their efforts to arrest
the state c0nstabcs concerned in the killing of
Normcnt. one of the victims u the afray AT the
railroad station As 'he state Of war was de-
clared bv Governor Tillman the theory that
the citizens II Darlington had assaulted the state
const, hillary while attending 10 their official
duty under the Dspcnsary act. and had. in adii-
ton. Instituted a pursuit of the deputies who es-
capcd with the purpose Of ynching them when
caught. the statement made to-day by Mayor
Dargan. over his own signature tends 10 make
the Governors proclamation "of insurrection
appear ra ther hasty and ll-founded. lnasmuch
as no deputies were lynched or otherwise mis-
treated. and all have been accounted for In
safety all necessity for the milita's presence In
Darlington seems to have disappeared and Gov
crnor Tillman will doubtless consent within
fcw DAYS to relax the seventies of war under
which the citizens ~ Columbia and Darlington
suffer. letting the responsibility for the killing
~ Friday last be- determined by the Coroners
jury and the courts.
To PROTECT HIS CoNsTARLEs At THE INQUEST.
Governor Tillman said tonight that he intends
to keep the militia at Darlington until after the
adjournment Of the coroncrs inquest, which Will
be held as soon practicable. for the purpose
Of protecting the constahlcs who will be called
as witnesses Feeling satisfied that with the con-
cusion u the inquest all necessity for the pres
cncc of the troops will bc at an end. Governor
TllIinan to-day refused assistanc" offered from
nearly every county In tn" state from citizens
who were ready To come as volunteers The
trnops viii probably hr called home before the
end Of the week This is now the earnest desire
Of the conservative elements I'm the two bitterly
hostile factions into which the people Of the
State are divided. for in a continuation 'i the
scenes Of the last four days nothing can b" looked
for but humiliation and disgrace
Although factonal fceling runs higher between
the. supporters # Governor Tillman and his OPP
p0ncuts than between similar ppti' bodies IN
any other state In the Union. yet the alarming
spectacle II the dcsortDn from their standards of
over half of the state milia on the call for
state troops on last saturday has awakened pub
lic sentiment to the dcmoraliZed conditions pre-
vailing I'm the state with surprising vividncss
and effect ~ state Of war for spectacular or
poltlcal purposes losos all is merit and interest
when II discloscs only the capacity for diSHo-
luton which the military strength possesses II
IS lucky for Governor Tilman that. with his an
cxpectcdly and harrowingly straitcned resources
he has only a Pickwickan and not real IN
surrectiOn' TO suppress.