Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-25

been selected as attorney. JusG aoou'
this time Earle turned to Detective
Newbold, who was sitting on the stand,
and said:
"If l do this gentleman an injustice,
beg his pardon ; but it is said that ne
has been employed to 60 around the
state to protect Governor Evans"
Evans-He went around with Till
man.
About this time the stand fell with a
crash but nobody was hurt. As it
went down Governor Evans denied
that Newbold was there to protect him.
"I can protect myself" he said. u
do not need any protection" =,
Earle-If you did, a detective would
not stand in the way.
Evans-No, because would be be-
fore him. .
This is all child's play, remarked
Earle and then went on with his speech.
There were no further developments OF
further interest except that Earle said
he wanted the statement of Mr.. Tomp-
kins about the dispensary meetings
for future use.
AT BENNETTsv1LLE.
The Bennettsville meeting was in
most respects repetition of that held
in Chesterfield the day before. During
q colloquy between Earle and Evans,
Earle warned Evans. against repeti.
ton of the delicate language he used
toward him at Chesterfield. Evans
said he would use such language as
he saw fit and Earle replied: "Then
you will do it at your peril" Earle
continued to insist that Tillman was
not aware of the connection between
Evans and Rhind, when Rhind was
employed to manipulate the bond
deal, and Evans read the following
letter:
TRENTON, s. c., July 20, 1896.
To Hon. ]. T. Duncan, Columbia, s. c.
MY DEAR SIR-Your letter of July
5th, addressed to me at Chicago,
reached me in the midst of the hurly
burly attending the national conven-
tion, and of course there was neither
time nor inclination to answer it.
reached home on the 18th, but had
not recovered from the fatigue and ex-
citement before the shocking tragedy
occurred which snatched from me my
first born. I mention these things by
way of explanation of the delay in re-
plying to your letter.
Frankly,.I must say that am sorry
you wrote any letter, for as am drag
ged reluctantly into this matter, must
speak with my usual bluntness. have
always regarded you as my personal
and political friend, and rs a good
and true Reformer; and for personal
reasons 1 would be glad to help
you in anyway. You have a perfect
right to aspire to any Office in the gift
of the people and to use all honest and
honorable efforts to secure votes. l
must say, however, that you had no
right to make use of the private con-
versation which you had with me in a
manner calculated to deceive the pub
lie. There was nothing in the nature
of a consultation about it. You did
not breathe word, or intimate even
your purpose of becoming candidate,
and the tenor of our entire talk was,
as you know, one of malignant criti-
cism, on your part. of Governor Evans,
while I defended him or asked for proofs
of vonr accnsations.
I did tell you that expected to
take no part in the election of senator
because I believed the people of South
Carolina to be competent to judge for
themselves, and that I have no right
in anywise to attempt to direct or die
tate their decision. You did me a
wrong, when, as you are reported to
have said in one ofyour recent speeches
you claimed I could snake whom I
pleased SENATOR" 1t is an accusation
of "bossism" which the people must
resent and which you yourself must
feel to be untrue. If you were not in
the heat of battle in which selhove
and vanity are calculated to blind you,
you would see what is apparent to
every unbiased and calm mind, that
you are unjust to Governor Evans,
and have jumped to conclusions that
are unwarranted.
How can Governor Evans, working
for or accepting a fee from Rhind for
legal services rendered before and af-
ter the contract with the syndicate
was signed, be distorted into "dishon-
esty ?" Rhind received a commission
for his services to the syndicate Gov
ernor Evans is TO receive fee for his
services to Rhind. I did not know
the nature of the agreement between
them, because it did not concern me.
But did know that Evans was acting
as Rhind's attorney for I could not help
but know it, when he acted as counsel
in both the friendly suits brought be-
fore the supreme court, in connection
with the bond issue. His connection
with the case is matter of record.
What I stated at Walterboro was true
then and is true still. Governor
Evans had nothing to do with the
making of the contract or the signing
of it. That was the work of DR..
Bates and myself. Rhind organized
the syndicate with the assistance