The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-23
INTERVIEW WITH IIil,N.
lie is Turning His Talents 60 Raising
It0Gaud Hominy--IiaS No Intention
of Personally ASsauliinG Tillmnn-
lhinliS the Democratic Party SAFE
in South Cnrulina--tic Entered th,
Senatorial Race 10 UphuId the Isan
nCr of Democracy.


The editor Of the Piedmont Head
iiGit has been ON ~ visit 20 his friend
CO... ). l.. Nj. irby, OF lAurcme, ana ia
uuccu tlIn lu express his views and
opinions on various matters, although
the ex-senator dioctulmrd any desire
TO talk ON pc, r,jtics. Mr.. CAN'T hruucncu
the subject Of politics and asked Col.
lgnN Tor an Interview.
"NNu must excuse me, my friend,
was Tie tnughiug reply. II Lilvu moth
my Whatever TO LAY for the pI rsa. AS
you soc, ;s;n in 10 manner sOurcd or
chuGrInGu over lhr result Of the pri-
macy, and thc defeat was doubtless tho
best thing t'.iit could nave happened
for me. My Whole heart is conferred
IN my family huu On my farm, and am
| nuun happier and better cGnlantud
| than roulu hc in " IL, hiugt0u. | will
make ono hundred bales OF cotton thi.
year, which Will pay IN ont Of debt. |
have forty hOGa OF my own raising to
| kul next winter, which viii net lrUal
tElrc 10 four hundred pounu, each.
anU haVc made Il linr corn crop. Now.
t'l> - much better than politics, u"d
| aN entirely uNUtrnJ D. i've hu;u The
rest Ui my uHHs.'
| We asked Cot. TROY il he had any
,hlrG to LAY nbDut Mr.. McLAurin.
"Nuthinr whutvycr" wu, the rrrlv.
II ciILIrsHrd Mrluurln's public record
ana pos !tlOn 80 long rs hc remained
upon the ataId, bat when he quit the
campaign ! let !IiIn alone. i3uI by the
way, GO want you to set me right
ABOUT an iEtcrvIuw gave out directly
after the clcctiUn. Anu while irritatcd
over the maunc" in which had been
treated ny Ilituuu. Onc sentences in
lnaI interview lcd the public to t,.ink
Lhat contemplated making Il personal
attack on IlilmHn the first time we
met. Now, | GruGuncrd TlIlman as
lying Ike oo4, AHu | desire TO rCitcr-
atc and Cmphu.lH" that statement. But
am neither Il bJity. an assassin O.. Il
murderer, aud have no intention OF
making Il personal assault on TitlmAn
or any one else. But | have not any
thing TO take back that | said either
during or alter the campaign, and if
The race was 10 be ran over again, |
would do just as | have done"
We asked Coz. lrby about that inter
VIC" published in the Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
"Why,' he replied, ut was a fake.
| WAS sick in Atlanta with collie, and
got room at the klmball House. a
young man connected with tho Cons H.
tuition called on m, but was in no
numOr to talk, and dismissed him with
4 few commonplace words. | suppose
nc prepared that interview from what
had already been published. had no
desire to travel over the country re-
peating threat against Tillman and
5Xpending epithcts. gave Col. Bah
an interview, which he published just
as spoke it, and this 10 all have said
fOr publication touching the campaign.
But see you are determined to draw
ne out on politics, and | assure you
do not want to talk for publication"
but. Colonel" we insisted ''ds IL
Democrat, you do not mind saying
What effect you think McLlurin's nom.
inati0n viii have on the future Of our
party"
"Ccrtainly not," was tho reply. "Mc-
Laurin, rs you know, pollcd but frac-
ION over Onc-fOurth the Democratic
vocc oi our State, his entire vote bcing
o,2o9. Evans and [ polled 1G, 595.
ncrc were some 5000 white voters
"hO did not par tiCi pate in this prima-
ry, ana who are staunch Democrats and
Will uphold the principles Of our party
whenever they believe it is cndan- |
gercd. South Carolina is safe for the |
Democratic party. On this you can |
rely. The people arc not going to run |
of after any strange political gods AS |
you know, | did not want to mako the |
race for the Senate. In the first place,
was not able to spend the money
necessary to travel over the State, and |
ecOndly, [ would much prefer remain