The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-18
STARTLING
DISCLOSURES.
GOV. EVANS TELLS ABOUT THE
wHISKEY REBATES.
He Makes an Emphatic Denial OF the
Charge That He Had Maligned
Tillman.-He Gives the Public
What He Knows.

rcbia Ok tne cnarRe tDat ne nhu SAlo
that ''Tillman had lined his pockets
with Dispensary profits" The state
ment as made by the Governor himself
is as follows:
Editor Register: In your issue of the
Sd instant nm editorial headed "The
Second Primary" after discussing fully
the charges preferred against me by
my enemies, You exonerats me from
all. but give particular prominence to
the Dispensary muddle, in which
Mixson, Hubbell and others are in
volved. and clear me of that, but you
wind mp by stating that I have been
''hurt very much by my failure to
specifically deny that he (Evans) made
the accusation against Tillman with
which he was charged by Duncan" 1"
which, MS understand. is that had
said to Mixson that he (Mixson) had re-
ceived no rebates but that he knew
that Ben Tillman had lined his pockets.
You PROFOUND to mo this question:
''Did you or did you not, Governor
Evans, say to F. NJ. Mixson at any
time that Tillman had accepted for his
own use rebates on whiskey purchased
for the Dispensary, or words to that
effect? BY answering this question you
can place yourself upon higher plane
than you now occupy"
have received letters from
some of my personal friends informing
me that my enemies we're making capi.
tai out of my failure to deny this
charge.
In the first place, it is a surprise to
could have been guilty OF such an ut.
terance, when it is remembered that :
canvassed the State with Senator Till
man two years ago and defended him
from such attacks made by Butler and
others. My reason for not noticing
Duncan was TINT I received the fol.
lowing letter from Senator Tillman:
TRENTON, 8. O., July 26, 1896.
Confidential.
Hon. John Gary Evans-DEAB
GOVERNOR: Much to my surprise and
disgust, John Duncan come here yes
terday evening and bored me nearly to
death. I gave him cold comfort and
scant courtesy. Now /
think you have the fight won, and you
need only act with common prudence
and nothing can effect the result. But
stop noticing or alluding to Duncan in
Ignore him utterly. Ignore his charges
or Earle by name. We are all well
and send you greetings and good
wishes. Yours truly,
B. r. TLLMAN.
Besides this, ] was requested espeo
tally by such friends in Barnwell as
Senator Mayfeld, Col. Robt. Aldrich
and Solicitor Bellinger not to notice
Duncan in the slightest manner, and
they congratulated me upon the fact
when I left the stand. Not friend
in the State had suggested to me that
my course did not meet with public
approval until after the first primary.
MxsoN WARNED.
Inow deny emphatically that any
such remark was made. The only
foundation upon which to construct
such fabrication is the following in
cident: After Mixson was elected
Commissioner took him into my pri-
vate chamber and locked tho door as I
desired to thoroughly impress upon
him the Importance Of his position
and to outline to him my policy for
conducting this bra .ch of the govern
ment. l stated to him that desired
to cease purchasing whiskey from the
Mill Creek Distilling Company for the
reason that General Butler had gone
over the State charging that Governor
Tillman had received rebates from
this company and the State and other
Anti papers had commented upon the
fact Of his land purchases and every
other private and public act until his
enemies believed it. That they had
also charged that was indebted to
Tillman for my election and he knew
the close relations existing be.
tween us and desired to
show that we were entirely inde.
pendent Of this company. Mixsou
replied to me that he thought I wal
correct. Shortly after this it was re-
ported to mo that whiskey house had
made Mixson a present OF desk and
that his two sons were accepting pres
ents from whiskey drummers in the
shape Of diamond pins. gold. headed
canes, etc. sent for Mixson AGAR
and warned him Of the danger anG
impressed upon him the importance o.
keeping aloof from such influences anG
also keeping his boys from temptation
I told him that the Dispensary Law
would be killed il scandal was evel
connected with it's management. sem
for Secretary Tompkins, who was Mix
sons intimate friend, and whom knew
could influence him, and asked him tc
warn him also and he ranl;ad &bot l.,