Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-27
Senator Butler and Governor Evans Are Writing Letters.
VIGOROUS, BUT NOT ELEGANT
The Senator Says the Governor Is Afflicted With "Hydroproholius," Commonly
 Known as Swell Head

Columbia, s. C., May 26.-All eyes are now turned towards Richmond, the cap ital of the Confectionery, and it seems little strange that that city of all others should be the place where South Caro- lima will make her appeal from the deci- sion of Judge Golf on the registration laws--laws so intimately connected with events of the late unpleasantness- a decision in which frequent references were made to the causes leading up to this unpleasantness. Yet this week South Carolina, through her attorneys, will appear there and before a court of appeals of the United States make her appeal for states rights.
 The result of the move that has been decided upon by the state leaves the present outlook a little in doubt just now. There is a possibility that the court may reverse Judge Goffs decision, in which case the entire situation will be very much changed. It is not gener- ally thought however, that the court will make any such reversal, and in that case the uncertainty will simply amount to a deal in the campaigning. The state is very hopeful of winning the appeal.
 Tomorrow afternoon Assistant Attor- ney-General Townsend and Gen. Edward McCrady of Charleston and Senator Joseph W. Barnwell will leave for Rich mond to appear on Tuesday before the United States Court of appeals and argue the motion to have that court docket the appeal and fix day for hearing. They will also oppose the motion in the other registration cases to make the super visor of registration of Newberry county a party to the suit.
 Governor Evans in an interview to- day says he is confident of having Golf reversed. He says, moreover, that no matter what may be done, he proposes to have the constitutional convention held and the election conducted in such a way that no shadow can ever rest on the constitution that is made, so far as the federal constitution is concerned
 The republicans of the state are pur- suing waiting policy. They say they are prepared to prevent the supervisors of registration from violating Judge Goff's order next Monday, though Gov ernor Evans had instructed his super visors to go ahead as if the injunction was never issued. They are preparing to organize, State Chairman Melton says, republican leagues for work in the national campaign in every section of the state, and will have a delegation at the National league meeting in Cleve- land next week.
 Tomorrow the State will publish a pretty racy correspondence between Senator Butler and Governor Evans. Senator Butler wrote Evans on May b the following:
 sir: I notice in the State of today what purports to be an address to fellow citizens from you and find the following as part of it:
 '' The ex-senator who had been hold ing caucuses in Columbia at private houses, having the ear of the courts holding the foot of the chancellor, re- turned to his home, feeling that his
 tod .YN the responsibility shall rest where it belongs. Let the people not blame the poor. lean. hungry counsel, who are barking merely for bone but visit the sin upon the head of the arch conspira- tors
 q beg to inquire whether I am the ex- senator to whom you refer? Very truly,
 I'M. c. BUTLER"
 Evans on the 23d replied as follows:
 sir: In reply to yours of the-l5th l beg to state that you were the ex-sena- tor to whom l referred to in that portion of my address quoted in your letter. Absence from my office prevented an earlier reply. Yours truly,
 JOHN GARY EVANS"
 Senator Butler, after giving letters from Messrs. Pope and Caldwell the counsel in the cases referred to, to the effect that he had nothing to do with the matter, appends the following:
 q do not like to be misrepresented even by a blackguard. Since my service in the senate ended on the 4th of March last have been private citizen, attend ing to my own business, and this man had no right to draw me into his Scur- rilous sophomoric self advertisement, which he styles An Address to Fellow Citizens He appears to have had me under the surveillance of one of his de- tectives, who have become so fashiona- ble under late orders of the state admin istration, and betrays himself into the utterance of a foolish falsehood. The truth is, he is badly afflicted with whot the doctors call hydroproholius, common ly known as swell head He assails judges on the bench with awkward vul- garity and brutal coarseness, knowing them to be peace officers, and as such non -combatants. This he can do with impunity, but the time may come when forbearance with his insolence may cease to be a virtue. His powers of dis elimination between right. and wrong. truth and falsehood, fair criticism and islander are so vague and filmy that he ought perhaps to be regarded as an ob- ject of pity and contempt, rather than with indignation and resentment.
 When I set myself before the public as target can stand criticism as well as most men, but have no idea of per hitting slanderers to follow me into pri- vate life to indulge their vicious propen- Sities.
 Another reason I have for troubling the public with this matter is that the other members of the ring have been cir culating islanders and misrepresenta- tions about me on the line of intending fn oraa te a false irnprpSsion in the public