The news boy., 1894-04-07
The SOUTH CAROLINA WAR.

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Gov. rillmsn Emphaticaliy Discls1ss ~
sponsibIiIty for the Dispensary Raw q
the Troubiea that Have Atte"dee "
enforcement = Senator Irby Incor
the Governor and Outlines tne soer s..r
OF the Troubls-The Country Mb"s
support the Governor.
New YORK, April 1.-The Herald
prints the following communication
from Gov. Tillman Of South Caroitna'
To the Editor Of the Herald
That nm in any way responsible Tor the
present condition Of things in this state Is Ut
terly false and absolutely without founda"on
in fact.
did not make the dispensary law. On the
contrary. protested against Its enactment
and predicted. from my knowledge OF the peo'
pie OF the state, that It would lead to vioience
and bloodshed.
I have not tried to enforce its monstrous
provisions. On the contrary, I have oreea
chat its constitutionality be determined py inc
courts. and that the people yield READY one
dience to the law once the law has been ae'er'
mined.
did not appoint desperate or irresponsible
men to enforce the law and arm them Wta
rifles with instructions to shoot anyone VINO
might resist by look or word the int amous
work OF the whisky spies.
Ibid not pardon, before reading the evidence
in the case. the first Of the spies who was con.
victed, although his ofTenso was searcnins
premises without warrant and striking
woman, the mistress OF the premises.
Ihave never declared that would head
mob to lynch man for any offense whatever
BEN r. TrLLMAN. Governor
In Command of the Situation.
WASHINGTON, April 2.-Senator Ifoy
received the following telegram last
evening from John Gary Evans, at
Columbia, s. c.: 1--WE are in command
of the situation. The country militia
have responded. promptly and the law
will be enforced at all hazards. The
people still rule"
Senator Irby, OF South Carolina, Indorses
Gov. Tillman.
WASHINGTON, April Gov. Till
mans views of the South Carolina diff
ficulties are undoubtedly reflected by
Senator John Laurens Manning 1rby,
who. in 1890, was sent to the senate
from South Carolina to succeed Gen.
Wade Hampton on the same populistic
tidal wave that carried Mr.. Tillman
into the gubernatorial chair. Dis
cussing the situation in his state with
United Press representative, Senator
Irby gave free expressions to his opin-
ions and they are here presented eX-
actly as given:
"The public do not understand the
true cause of all this trouble in South
Carolina" said Mr.. Irby. at is mere
pretense and fraud on the part of cer-
tain citizens in Darlington that it is
an honest revolt against the invasion
of their private rights and homes. The
dispensary law of the state forbids the
sale of liquor other than rs authorized
by it, and persons have no right TO
prostitute their homes by making bar
rooms out of them and then crying out
against what they term an invasion Of
their private rights. The truth of
the whole matter is that Darlington
has been hotbed of anti-Tillmanism.
or, more properly speaking, the right
of the people to rule and control the
government of the state; and it is not
surprising that this trouble should
break out at this place. 1t is an effort
on their part to destroy Tillman and
the right of the people to choose their
own leaders. in South Carolina, al
most by accident, the people got in
the saddle in 1890. They were strong
enough and determined enough in
other states in the south to get rid of
the bourbon element, but have ruined,
misled, and have lost their cause by
erratic and wild leadership. This
thing could not have amounted
to anything but for the mutiny on
the part of the military organization $
of the state. These organizations
sprang into life shortly after Hampton
got control in 1876 through the ambi-
tion of lot of men who had never
been in the army but were anxious to
wear brass buttons and gray clothes
and who have been supported by ap.
preparations by the state government.
and on the first opportunity they had
of showing their loyalty to the gov
ernor of the state they flunked, as l
expected they would. 1t is mere
farce for South Carolina or any other
state government to keep up military
organizations that are hostile to the
enforcement of the laws: and their re-
fusal to hold Gov. Tillman up in his ef-
fort to maintain the supremacy of the
law is disgrace to South Carolina,
and the sooner Gov. Tillman calls the
state legislature together and reor.
ganizes this militia by the enrolment
of loyal farmers the better it will be
for the maintenance of law and order.
Brass buttons, gray clothes and pa.
rades are all very pretty to look al
and for the women to bestow flowers
upon, but the kind of militia we want
at this time is one like that of Pennsyl.
vania, with slouch hats. and who are
ready to kill If necessary to enforce
the law
Senator Irby was asked to express
his opinion upon the seizure of rail
road and telegraph lines in his state
and replied:
1.-The laws of South Carolina justify
it and fully indorse Gov. Tillman'.
course throughout The railroad and
telegraph lines have been unfriendly
to his administration and from what
gather are doing all in their power tc
precipitate this war between hand
full of political malcontents and the
organized authorities of the state. He
would have been derelict in his duty i,
he acted otherwise.
II received a telegram yesterday af
ternoon saying that he thought he
would be able to control the situation
to-day. / think it was blessing that
Sunday intervened and that all will be
well within twenty.four hours"
| Wiser Counsels Prevailed.
DARLINGTON, 8. c., April 1.-Upor
.eceipt of news of the arrival of 80,