The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-06-06
GEN. BUTLER GETS ANGRY.

He DcnOuncrs Governor Evans in
Severe Terms Claims Exemption as
Il Private Citizen.
The following statement with regard
to recent correspondence between
Senator Butler and Governor Evans
has appeared in tho laily papers of the
| State
Senator Butler wrote Governor
evans on May 10Th the following:
Sir: notice in the State of TO-DAY
whnt purports ato be an address to
lci!ow clclzens from you, and find the
loilo"lhg as Il part Of it A.: The ex-
senator who had been holding eau
cuscs IN Columbia at private houses,
having lhe car of the court and hold
ing the loot OF the chancellor, returned
to his home, feeling that his move
mcnts had not been detected, but the
responsibility shall rest where it be-
longs. Let the people not blame the
poor, lean, hungry counsel who are
barking merely for u bone, but visit
the sin upon tho heads Of tho arch
cOnspirators.'
Il beg TO inquire whethor I am the
ex-senator to whom yOn refer. Very
truly, an. Z. BUTLER. .n'
Governor Evans on the 23d replied
as follows:
Sir: In reply to yours of the 18th
beg to state that you were tho ex-
Senator To whom | referred in that
portion ol my address quoted in that
letter. Absence from my office pre-
vented an earlier reply. Yours truly.
John GARY EvANs.'
| Senator Butler, after getting letters
from MtSSIS lDhn, and t,lf ri all
counsel in the cases referred to, to the
effect that he had nothing to do with
the matter, nppunds the following:
II do not like to be misrc presented
even by blackguard. Since my SER
wee IN the Senate ended on tho 4th
ol March last, | have been IL private
citizen, attending to my own business,
tnd this man had no right TO draw
me into his scurrilous, sophomore
| sci lI-advcrtiscment, which he styles an
address TO fellow -Citizcn.' Hc an
pears lo have had me undcr the sur
| Ncllinnrc Of one Of his detectives, who
have become ~ fashionable under late
| orders Ni the State administration.
ami hctl'nys himscit into tho uttorunce
lOl IL foolish fulsrhOOd. Tho truth il,
he Is badly afflicted with what the
doctors call hydrocephalus, commonly
known rs swell heads. He assaIIs
Judges on tho bench with awkward
Vnlgarity and brutal cOarseness, know
| ing them To be peace officers and as
noh-combutants. This he can do with
lnipuhlty, but the time may come when
forhcarancc with his insolcnce NAV
cease to bea virtue. His powers of dis
crlnatlon between right and wrong,
truth and falsohOOd, fair criticism and
slander, are So vague and illmy that he
oaBhl perhaps TO be regarded rs an
object Of pity and contempt, rasher
Than Indignation and resentment.
When set myself before the pub
ne rs IL target | can stand criticism
ah well ~ most men, but I have no
idea OF permitting slandcrors TO follow
me into private life to indulge their
vicious propcnsitios.
Another reason have for troubling
the public with this matter is that
other members OF the ring have been
circulating ISLANDERS and misrepresen-
CaIlohs about me on the line of intend.
ing TO create false impression in the
public mind, and aTail myself of this
opportunity to denounce them.
| Ihey arc trying by IL hue and cry
ABOUT white supremacy TO frighten
the timid into their clutches. There
Is not the least danger OF the negroes
getting control OF the government OF
This State on Of white supremacy
being endangered, and they know it.
Whatever OF peril there is TO white
supremacy has been created by the
ring now trying to drngoon white men
INTO condonlng their corrupt practices.
Ihcy are responsible for the menace
"l negro supremacy if there is one,
| and no amount Of blunter and false
prctcnso ban conceal it.
They have rejected every fair and
honorable overture for renniting the
white people, and for onc | shall have
nothing to do with any ring primary.
If Il primary could be held on the plan
Of the forty there would be no OBJ
lection TO it, but these fellows will
not agree to that, becouse it would
result in peace and good fceling-the
last thing they want.
M. G.. BUTLER"