The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-07-26

ceived any money from signing the
charter of the Interurban Railway and
general reference to the testimony of
Sam j. Nichols, as substantiating his
statement, are given.
AS to Rabens Pardon.
He gives the Bently parole as being
the one referred to by Fielder in the
ltters which were published as writ
ten the Governor from Ohio land he
exhibits receipt for draft of $25
which was sent the Governor by
friends of Bentley and which was
turned over to the latter, he signing a
receipt for same. An affidavit from
w. F. Blackburn, the Governors ste
nographer, setting out the above
statements, is submitted.
| A denial that he received $4,000 for
the pardon of Rudolph Rabens is made
and an affidavit from Rabens himself
setting this forth is submitted, also an
affidavit from the Rev. w. A. C. Muel-
Ter, bearing this out.
Mr.. Mueller says in his affidavit that
he personally requested the pardon;
that Rabens' had only twenty-eight
days more to serve and that it is
foolish to think he paid $4,000 to keep
from serving twenty eight days. He
also says that Rabens's people tell
him that they did not offer or pay one
cent.
The Governor says he never heard
of P. H. Krauss until the Augusta
hearing and he reiterates that he has
genuine "T. B." letters He repeats his
well-known statements about
''frame-up" an dbeing able to convict
| Fielder.
The Governor calls his "brief" "The
Proof Positive" and says: "You
should rejoice with me that once more
| honor and virtue have been able to
withstand the black hand assaults of
infamy and shame" He refers to
"the Burns gang" and applies to them
such epithets as "hirelings" and "cat-
tle."
Says Taft Denounced Burns.
He says that "since it became
bounding me down, letters and tele-
| grams have come to me from various
sections of the continent giving me in
formation of the dirty methods of this
detective agency. l wish to call your
attention to the fact that they have
been denounced by two of the most
prominent men in the United States,
President William H. Taft and Attor-
ney General Wickersham." The Gov
ernor assais the detective in stinging
and bitter terms.
The Governor, under his sub-head-
ing of "Other Future Charges and
Proof" says that the Fielder COM
mittee" may go into some other ave-
nue. of pollution and bring forth some
poor, miserable being in the shape of
human being, who is willing, for the
sake of few paltry dollars, to fur
ther steep his or her soul in misery,
and they may, in their desperate eff
forts to get rid of me, assail and at
tack those kindred and friends dear
to me. Such other foul falsehoods as.
they shall send forth shall be an
swered by me, if answer be deemed
necessary, whenever they are made"
| An InsinuatiOn.
| He then charges that the reason for
this investigation is to cloud the is
sue and keep him off the record of
Judge Ira B. Jones, saying that 81
cannot say that they did not receive
compensation therefor"
Referring to the prominence given
by the newspapers to the Fielder tes-
timony the Governor demands" that
the papers publish his reply in full,
and, to quote the reply, ''if they
charge penny for this, then | shall
have the undoubted proof that they
are co-conspirators with Fielder and
Burns to get from honest people their
money" He dares the newspapers to
refuse to publish his reply in full.
The Governor classes himself with
Thomas Jefferson, Andrew jackson,
John G. Calhoun and Abraham Lin
coin and styles himself as fighting the
battle of the people against the fierce
and bitter opposition of the privileged
classes
Concluding, his statement says:
"But naught that can be said or done,
as long as | shall live, will prevent
me from going on in the fight have
been making for your rights and | be-
lieve that in this battle I have the
hopes, the assistance and the prayers
of great majority OF the white men
and women of South Carolin s-