The morning news., 1897-08-29
STING OF SERPENTS TOOTH"
IRBN FEELS THE INGRATITUDE or
THE MAN HE MADE.

DenOunCcS TiIlman in Unmeasurcd
Tcrms-TeIIs of "thc Crime OF
1S9O"-TiIIman Was Imposed on
the People by His Fraud-South
Carolina Politics at Fever Heat.
McLnurin Accepts Evans Personal
ChnIlen enEe-Duncnn Hits Evans und
Withdrnws From the Senatorial
Race.
Columbia, S. c.. Aug 2S.-With the ex-
ception Of n declaration by Col. Irby that
he cheated in the March convention of 1890
to secure the nomination of Tillman at
the Manning meeting yesterday, the final
meetings of the senatorial campaign have
been without interesting incident
After his usual haraugue, he explained
how he made L yans governor, and said he
was the daddy and grand-daddy of all
the politicians, big and little in the state
except Tillman, but he hatched him "The
truth of this whole matter is" said Col.
Irby. that Tnlman and l joined teams
in 1885, after his agitation in 1885, for the
purpose, first. to establish an agricultural
college In South Carolina AS l remem-
ber, the counties of Clarendon, Marlboro,
Marion, Newberry, Chester and Laurens
responded to the call from Edgefeld.
Some OF the representatives. from these
counties even fiunked and on the ques-
ton of college or no college we were in
glorously defeated.
'"TiHman became disgusted and at
tempted to organize the farmers of the
stata tbrayv I'm tho epopga u,roto a lopr
letter to the people of the state express
ing his contempt. and retired to his home
among the hills of old Edgeheld. I didn't
surrender, however, and kept up the fight
in the legislature along the lines of re-
form in the administration of the state
government. The college seemed to be
hopelessly gone, but God came to the
rescue by putting It into the heart of Mr.
Clemson to make his bequest. A fresh
hold was taken, the fight was renewed
and the college established. But Tnlman
was out, voluntarily out. To get him
back / originated the March convention
idea a year before the convention was held
and gave him the nomination on a silver
waiter. On the question Of nomination
VI az hoiAAAANNlpiA III AiidL NOtlNtilAlOH we
were defeated by one vote / cheated the
question OF nomination In, which saved
TLlman, who was to be the nominee. The
end justified the means. because persons
opposed the nominations had not been in
vited to that convention and they had no
right to control its deliberations
"Tiiiman is the last man in the world to
raise his hand against me, for up to last
year | had been a better friend and closed
to him even than a brother. Without
me he would have been on his plantation
to-day, an humble farmer and a busted
politician He says he's hands off in this
night God grant it! ! ask no man to
be my political godfather. If / can't
make the fight with my own heels, l am
not fit to be senator"
At Florence tonight, Irby threw off re-
traint and attacked Senator Tilman, OPEN
ly denouncing him in furious terms for his
course in this campaign.
While Tillman said he was hands of, -
he was mouth on. Tillman had preceded
him at Abbeville and York, and now ne
had been TO Union, all his Qrby's) strong
holds. This work had been done for Nc
Laurin. All of his utterances mean
Vote for McLaurln; he's as good a tool
as / want" l give him to understand L
am none of his poodle dog