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VOL. X>IVIL -NO. 15.
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Gow Tillman Rilles His
Stele with Finn Decision- I
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TROOPS H DANGER MTS
Solders Marell Through Columbia’s
Streets to the Beat of Drams.
CONSTABLES HAVE NARROW ESCAPES
Nawberry Rifles Dismissed as Band-
box and Holiday Soldiers.
THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 13 ANGRY
Be Refuses to Accept the Resignation of
the Officers —Military Will Be Kept at
Darlington for the Present.
Columbia, S. C., Anri! 2.-(Spccial.)--Gov
ernor Tillman sends this dispatch to the
editor of The Constitution:
"Columbia, S. C., April 2, 1894. —Editor
Constitution, Atlanta, t.-a. I have
no time for any lengthy story now. My
side of the situation is that of the ex. u
tive of a state upholding the laws and
. . . ' 1 have done in
spite of the disgraceful conduct of a part
of the militia. Everything is no v quiet.
“B. It. TILLMAN, Governor.”
People Against Oligarchy.
Turning to The C"ti-”>tuition representa
tive, the governor continued: "There has
not been such excitement and indignation
. . .187 J, ■a.o ’i the new;' -us Hashed liVet
the state that the United States troops had
seized the statehouse the night before the
assembling of the legislature—indignation
on the part of the inhabitants of the cities,
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GOVERNOR TH.T.M \N.
because th y have been taught to b lieve ■
by the newspapers that personal rights and l '
liberties have been invaded and that ty- I ,
rant Tillman has trampled them under foot >
—indignation on the pari of the country |
pe,because they kr...w it is a lie Hn( ] ! ;
that it is simply the. old i Miti'-d light of ; 1
’9u and which lias Idup, and the .’
dispensary has been t. a a pretext, -
‘■The struggle in South Carolina has been j
that of deno.e: a: “ aristocracy—of ;
the people against olig.aehy.
“The people captured the government and
intend to hold it, as they have shown by :
their actions ye.-1. rday and the day before.
It is a wonder we got through the cam
paigns of ’9O and ’92 without conflict and
bloodshed. The victims whose lives have
bo.-n 10. t are a sacrifice uu the altar of
the moloch of whisky.
.More Rigid Than Ever.
“The insurrection is the last expiring
agony of the whisky ring, ft is to be hoped
that the strife will now end and that reason
will return to both factions and that in
the future w will have one rule—that of .
law. That’s my rule —the only one J have
ever tried to enforce—and I shall not depart
from my previous record. 1 wiil add that
the dispensary has come to stay and that
the enforcement of this law in the future
will be more rigid than it has ever been.’’
Governor Tillman let fall a bombshell this
evei;ing at <
tinned at the penh- ntia i y vvi. n lie la-,.-- (
terized the action of the I. ary Rin- i
as mutinous and that of their captain as in- ’
suiting and dismissed them f: m the s< r- I
vice of the state as unworthy to w< ar the ;
uniform.
There were about 300 soldi, rs in line, and
when they were brought to pirate p-t ■
Judge Advocate General John t’.aiv Evans j
stepped to the front and read the following
correspondence:
"C >1 imbia, s. April 2, i - . so J1 is
Excellency, B. It. Tillman, Governor of
South Carolina—Derr Sir: 1 have the lionm
to inform you that we, the Newberry RitieS,
have performed the duties assigned us inat
of guarding the statehouse and teli graph
offices. The latter duty being exceedingly
distasteful to the entir- command, and as ,
the company responded to your order to
appear here under the belief that the; weie
needed for the purpose of protecting life |
and property, and not for the purpose of
exercising a S' t utiny over the private af
fairs of the citizens of South Carolina, a
duty not only distasteful, out in file jm..-’-
inent of the company, unnecessary ami cal
culated to irritate the people all the more .
under the present state of affairs, the mem- j
here- of the company not caring to be sub- .
jected to such orders in the future, beg
leave herewith to tender their resignation
and to say that their arms, etc., et. ~ etc.,
are at youd command.
"S. J. McCAUGHRIN. ,
“G. F. WEARN, Orderly Sergeant.”
Calls Them llaniihox Soldiers.
“Headquarters Executive Mansion, Colum
bia, 8. C-, April 2, 139! —Captain S. J. Me- I
Cattghlin,Commanding Newberry Rifles—Sir:
Your communication of this date has just
b. received. Under the laws of South
Carolina the governor is clothed with dis
cretion and power to call out the militia
v.T. rever, in the judgment ot the governor,
it nay be necessary and when so called into
the service ot the state, the militia shall l a
subject to the same rules and articles of
war as troops of the United States.’ The
action of your company and your daring to
send it to me under these rules is mutiny
and an insult to the commander-in-chief,
who was given ins commission by the peo
ple. The duty of the soldier, when called
into service, is blind in obedience to orders
from his superior, and is not to question
them in any degree. Y'ou have failed to
learn the first lesson and I will make of
you and your company an example. Your
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THE CAUSE OF THE AVAR,
resignation is not accepted, but you are
dismissed from the service of the state as
unworthy to wear its uniform. The arms
and other state property in your possession
will be delivered to Colonel John Gary
Watts, assistant adjutant and inspector
general, and you can depart to your homes.
You do not deserve it, but I wiil pay your
hotel bill and trust that 1 may never be
bothered with any more such bandbox and
holiday soldiers. B. R- TIEDMAN,
"Governor and Commander-in-Chief.”
The wildest applause came from the gov
ernor’s supporters at the r-ading of tills
correspondence and the hurrahing for ’lni
man could be heard after they had been
marched back into the penitentiary grounds.
SOLDIERS AT THE CAPITA!..
Troops Marell Through Columbia's
Streets with Drums Renting;’.
Columbia, 8. via Charlotte, April 2.
(Special.) The first armed force that has
marched through Main street appeared on
that thoroughfare about 1 o’clock, it was
an Edgefield company, which went march
ing along to the governor’s mansion witli
drums beating. They were about thirty
Continued on First Column, Second I’age.
strong and attracted considerable atten
tion .
Down at the penitentiary there are now
about 250 soldiers, most of whom are volun-
Tillman will order out any more troops.
This morning he received telegrams front
Captain it. C. Ward, of the Georgetown
company, offering that company’s sort
am: Captain .1. B. Floyd, of l.amars, Darl
ington county, also wired, offering the ser
vices of the Ben Ryan Tillman Guards. The
governor is Yleelining all offers of troops
now.
This morning Constable Holloway, who
has been missing since the trouble at Darl
ington, turned up in this city. This leaves
four more constables still missing. This
afternoon news was received here that
Chief Constable Gaillard had boarded the
Coast l.ine train at Holliston, near Danes,
and was safe. It was also announced that
Swan and others of the missing constables
had boarded the train at Ifrui'iivn, near
Sumter.
GOVIIKXOit TH.i.MAX’S EDICT.
The t hies Executive Keviews the Situation
in His Slate - J.aw to Be Enforced.
Columbia, S. C., April ”.—Governor 'rill
man has issued the following proclama
tion:
“Whereas, section 519 of the general stat
utes of this state declares that ‘the governor
shall have authority whenever, in his judg
ment it shall be necessary, to arm the con
stabulary, and in any < merg-'itcy to assume
the sole control of the whole or any j>art
of the municipal police cities and imor
jiorated towns, and to authorize the chief
constable of th ■ state, or any deputy chief
con. table, to command assistance in the
c. cation of pro a-ss, suppressing riots anil
in preserving the peace;' and, whereas, it
is made the duty of, and the power is given
said police to enforce the statute known as
tlie ‘dispensary lav..' but that instead of
obeying the requirements of said law, the
s-a:d police, except in a Very ft w towns, have
been an obstruction and are active aiders
and abetters of those who arc defying the
law; and, when as under the same statute,
the governor is given power to appoint state
constables for the purpose of its enforce
ment; and, whereas, the rebellious and law
less elements of society have hounded and
insulted these officers, and sedulously edu
cated the public mind to resistance, causing
several encounters resulting in bloodshed,
between constables and illicit whisky sell
ers, producing intense excitement, and
danger to the peace and welfare of the
state;
"Now, therefore, I, Benjamin R. Tillman,
governor of the state of South Carolina, do
issue this, my proclamation, giving full and
official notice to the municipal authorities
of every city and incorporated town in the
state of South Carolina, and to the police
and marshals thereof, that under the pow
ers given me by said section 519, the emer
gency contemplated has arisen and does now
exist, and that I do hereby assume sole con
trol of tlie whole force of municipal police
and marshals of the several cities and incor
porated towns of this state. They are hereby
ordered to enforce all laws on the statute
books, together with all municipal ordinan
ces anil orders from municipal authorities
not inconsistent with the purposes of this
pr-i. tarnation. As soon as the emergency
which is imw upon us shall no longer exist,
I will relinqilish and restore the former
status. B. it. TH.IjMAN. Governor.
“By the governor; J. E. Tiudal, secretary
of state”
Governor* Xoi :i Cz.nr.
At the state capitol this morning Governor
Tiilman spoke as follows:
"Citizen. Soldiers, Volunteers and Fellow
Citizens South Carolina today is attracting
the attention of the entire I'nited States,
The situation here is so grave and so anom
olous that it is proper for a clear and
official statement to go forth and that .in
analysis of the causes which have brought
it about should be given to the public. As
the governor of the people—for I have never
sought io be anything else—that statement
can best come from me.
“We are all familiar with the occurrences
of the past four days—the conflict between
the citizens and officers of the law. You are
aware of the contention made by those who
are resisting the law—the dispensary law—
that it is tyrannical: that it is an invasion
<>•' private liberty; that it is unconstitutional,
and tiiat it shall not be enforced. That con
tention should not be settled, as 1 have al
ready said, by arms.
"Now, let us look for a moment at the
consequences. If the claim set forth that
ATLAjXTA, GA., TL ESDAY, APRIL 10, 1894.
private residences shall not be searched for
whisky is once admitted, it simply repeals
the dispensary law and it repeals it in an
i unconstitutional manner; for if whisky can
be sold from private residences; if a man’s
i house can be turned into a barroom; if a
private residence can be made a bar, from
which whisky can be transmitted in pock
ets, or by other means, to regular saloons,
and w.- are not permitted to go in that pr‘-
vate residence, search for and seize contra
band goods, you can readily see it is useless
to pretend to say that we have a dispensa
• ry law. it is a law. It was enacted by th(
legislature and it is on the statute books
l, as chief executive, have sworn that the
laws of this state shall be obeyed and re
spected; and until the dispensary law is re
pealed legally, so help me God, I will exert
all the powers I have to see that all the
laws are obeyed. (Cheers).
"Now, gentlemen, we will not discuss the
reasons, whys and wherefores, and advan
tages. of the dispensary law that would be
a political issue in the coming campaign, and
you tiie sovereign people of South Carolina,
will pass on it at the ballot box. When,
unfortunately, the collision occurred at Dar
lington, the news was Hashed from one end
of South Carolina to the other that an
armed mob—hundreds of men, it said—were
mounted, and in pursuit of the state’s offi
cers, charging them witii having wantonly
provoked a conflict and murdered innocent
citizens. How do the facts bear out the
statement?
Reviewing the Riot.
“The constables had discharged their duty I
and had gone to the depot; they had been ,
sent to Darlington because tlie six, who ;
were on the ground had been nearly mobbed I
th< first day, had to desist from the execu I
tion of warrants and return to their hotels |
and when the chief was ordered there with j
reinforet meats, the mayor had allowed! [
them to be insulted, abused ana cursed to I
their faces; an armed mob had broken info j
the armory and stolen the guns of the mil- i
itary company and the spectacle was pre- |
sented of citizens seizing tlie arms of the
state for tlie of shooting down ;
officers of the state. I ordered out the local
company and the captain telegraphed me lie
had recovered the guns. Not trusting hi:'
command, 1 ordered the Sumter company to
go there. When they reported everything
was quiet. I ordered them to return home.
“Now, when the constables got to the <u.
pot, two boys—st ripplings—got into a tight;
one got whipped and ran off and got rein
forcernents and came back with twenty
five o'- fifty, we don’t know which, armed to
the teeth. They rushed down to the depot
and pi -iced a. quarrel witii the constables
The collision occurred, men were killed on
both sides, and the fault cannot be clearly
placed yet, if it is ever cleardy placed.
"Now. the mayor of Darlington said that
the taking of arms by the mob was fun—
the same kind of fun we have seen else .
wh. re in tlie state. The armories w< re [
broken into here, and the armory at Chester j
was broken into and some of the militia I
have l'•■l■n in open mutiny against the con. '•
m. i,-i-!->•■.■'<.'£ a’"l nave c’ l '" • 1 :*,
orders; but; thank t.-od, enough were left
*o respond to the call—enough of you oh!
soldier boys to realize the danger and know
tnat this government is of the people, by the
people, and for tlie people, and no oligarchy
snail ever rule it again. You responded to
the cal) of the governor and are here to up
hold the laws. (Ckeers.)
“i'lieMe Siand-ilox Soltiters.”
“The mayor of Darlington this morning
in an addri ss tries to throw the blame else
where, saying that I claim and exercise
power no other governor, or officer of the
i 'nited States ever exercised. 1 cannot under
take to go through all tlie charges or
i xpiauations he has made. 1 will briefly
show just what the facts, as stated from
their own standpoint, prove. These troops -
these band-box troops who have refused to
obey orders (.laughter and cheers); these
soluiers, turned politicians and influenced
by political ratico, have by their action—
and tlie men in different places in this state
Who have sent word to Darlington offering
assistance —have convicted themselves, in
the estimation of the world, and it cannot ■
be disproxa d they are lynchers al heart. I
The information sent, forth was that these i
j men were to be hunted down and lynched i
and not one to be left alive, and when 1 I
I ordcri d troops to go there to stop the insur- :
re.' tion to stop this mob violence; restore i
law; protect life and property, and j
det the law resume its sway, they wouldn’t ■
ob y. Th- mayor said he had the right to
| arrest. Os course he did, but he had no .
l ight to s' nd out a mob- an army under no j
| oilict r without the sheriff or some regular- !
! ly <'.ns; itu: -1 -■ .asiable in charge of it.
“Bet us look at the ridiculous side of it. ■
: In soni" respect it lias tin- appearance of a ;
i big A.pril fool, except that it occurred on the
30th al’ Mar- h. I say these men were ad
vertising themselves to the world as lynch-
; | W
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Frank E. Norment, the best-liked man in
Darlington, was killed by Constable i.lc-
Eend ant the first lire hist Friday. He
was thirty-five years old.
! ers and that they intended to lynch these
i constables who were in the woods—none of
' them guilty of having started the row.
They were galloping and hurrahing over tlie
country, sending for reinforcements and all
bearing arms, but they have never fired a
; shot at a single constable. They waylaid
constables at the depot, but have never
| seen one since tlie first fire. (Daughter.)
' And it seems they did not want to find the
'■ .constables. If they were lynchers, as they
' advertised themselves to be, why did not
they lynch the man who they claim origin
ated tlie trouble and whom they had in their
power? They have slandered themselves by
proclaiming that they would lynch those
who had not caused it, but would not lynch
the man they said did cause it.
Cud a .ii- Sin ing.
"Now, gentlemen, it is proper for’Cne to re
call tin- scene I witnessed here in 1876.
When South Carolina learned that the
tri ops h id seized this statehouse, within
two time this whole street, back to
tffi lent, was black with indignant
c't’.zens. 1 was among them. But they
were all of one min-.. We were all broth
er.-, we were ail friends and Carolinians and
patriots. Today we find the state divided
into two hostile camps. Why? Simply be
cause the minority is not willing to let the
majority govern. The body politic is dis
eased. It is in fever. Why? Because in
this city and Charleston, people 'have tak
en to their bosoms a viper in the shape of
a newspaper which distills day by day pois
on into their system, and wiil not let the
fever subside. They give me credit for
nothing, m their vocabulary Governor Till
man’s side of the ledger is all debt, and no
credit. They try to sting me personally by
auuse, slander and misrepi esentation. 1
wear a. coat of mail which they have never
pierced—an honest heart, desirous of better
ing the interests of the sate, and looking to
the welfare of the whole people. But, fel
low-citizens, this strained relationship be
tween tlie factions in South Carolina must
stop—must cease. It cannot go on without
precipitating civil war.
People io the Ssiilillc.
“We, of the majority faction arc not to
blame. I deny that we have done anything
except in accordance with the law and the
constitution. These men who have opposed
us and are still opposing us, must come to
their senses and realize that if democracy
is to govern in this country they have got
to submit to the rule of the majority. These
two newspapers are like a thorn in the flesh
which continues to fester. They will not
let the wound which was caused in 1890 by
the displacement of the old order of things,
and the establishment of the rule of the
people, heal. They keep open the sore.
They pour poison into it, and they are en
couraged to do it, aided and abetted in do
ing it by these who are forever and eternal
ly blaming me with it. Well, this patient is
delirious. He is like a maniac. There is a
powder magazine not far off. He lias a
lighted match, and is straining all his nerve
to reach it. The collision in Darlington
produced a Hash, but it was gas and not
pewder —mostly newspaper lies. It Hashed
iibroad Hashed a light that illuminated the
state and the I'nited States, based on false
hood. The people listened with bated
breath for a reverberation of the report; for
a collision they expected to follow, the civil
war which was predicted. It did not come,
and it will not come. It cannot come, be
cause the people are in the saddle and will
continue to remain there. (Cheers.) The
nr. n would disgrace the state in their bitter
ness and anger, if thereby, they could dis
grace me and through me the rule of the
majority.
iicn Is n Rrsive One.
"It has been sent abroad all over this
stale and thg United States that my life is
daily threatened; that such and such men
are offering to go to Columbia, to kill me.
One prominent citizen has had the temerity,
or rather the folly, to tell Mr. Ycldell, of
my own county, that he came to Columbia
with a shotgun Friday to kill Governor Till
man. I wiil not give him time. Threaten
ed men live longest. A barking dog does
not always bite. There never has been one
moment when I have felt the least uneasi
ness for my personal safety. My life is not
worth much to me; but is worth as much as
any other man’s, and rather than desert
my post to my enemies by leaving the ex
e< utive mansion where you have placed me,
-J would have gone out of it a corpse.
I E '‘'t" .4''X g The ffi:'.z’”g ele-
ment; the match which is trying to
reach the powder is the barroom men, the
whisky men, and those v.ho are egging
them on.
“Encouraging them are the rulers of the
old oligarchy whom we overthrew in 1890 at
the ballot box. This row which has broken
forth is a political frenzy; the blood that
has been spilt is an offering to the moloch
of whisky. They claim and declare that
tlie state shall not control the whisk.'.’ traf
fic; that they will resume their iniquitous
trade, debauch our households, furnishing
poison to the people and make them kill
one another, and they will repeal the dis
pensary law by saying they can sell whisky
from their residences. Shall this demon,
who has already four or live victims, have
any more? One negro at Spartanburg, a
white man at Wellford and three men at
Darlington. 1 do not intend for him to have
any more if I can help it. He has enough.
In God’s name, as a statesman, and as a.
f - e’igltteni'd piiblii’ opinion, 1 shall
not budge one inch from the position I take
that this is the people's government and
that the people shall rule it. (Cheers.)
"Now. gentiemen. you may imagine in
asserting this that I run going to aggra
vate the trouble; that in claiming the right,
to search private residences I will cause an
outbreak. I will tell you what I am going
to do. I am going to tell the state tomor
row in a. proclamation that the revised
statutes of South Carolina are a mine of
strength, wealth and wisdom for a governor
who will search them and enforce them.
What would I. have been able to do if 1 had
not been able to control tlie railroads and
telegiaph, preventing them from reinforcing
the 'U-urgents and sending abroad more
incendiary lies to inllame the people?
Takes Control of the Police.
“There is another sword of Damocles
will' ll the law places in my hands to sus
pend over these insurgents or people who
aro pressing for this law to be annulled
without process by tlie legislature, and to
morrow I shall exit the thread which holds
that in suspension and use it. and that is
section 519. which gives me power in an
emergency to take control of the police. We
have had the spectacle presented of the offi
cers of the law opposing officers of the
law; those who have been sworn to sup
port the constitution and the laws disobey
them and aid others in disobeying them.
If the mayors and city councils do not. niak-i
the police do their duty I intend to see that
tlie police do their duty or I will discharge
the last, man of them.’’ (Cheers.)
A voice: “That’s the way to do them
up.”
“I intend, as I say, to control the state
in the interest of the law and order. I will
not surrender to any mob nor to any whis
ky clement; if the dispensary law is good
and proper, and the people want it. they
shall have it, and those who don’t want it
must take it. (Cheers.l
“Until the result of this new move is
seen I shall confine the duties of the con
stables to watching the railroads and seiz
ing contraband whisky, and to watching the
police, seeing that they do their duty, and
report to me whether they are doing it. if
they don’t obey my orders strictly, if the
authorities of the towns don’t co-operate,
then I shall call the legislature of South
Carolina, together and I will have the power
given the executive to remove these men
and appoint others in their stead who will
obey the law and enforce it. (Cheers.)
Shoot Him!
“We will continue to search private houses
where contraband liquors are supposed to
be with warrants. We are obliged to do
this as long as it is the law It is the law
until repealed.”
A voice: “Why don’t you obey the law
yourself?”
Governor Tillman: "In what respect have
I not obeyed it?”
(Cries of “Shoot him!” “Shut up!”)
Governor Tillman: “Silence men, and
keep quiet.”
“It is true if the legislature is assembled
in extra session it will cost money, but
money is no object when the rights and tin*
liberties of the people are involved. So
there is an extra session in sight to enact
a metropolitan police bill for all cities and
towns, unless they co-operate witii the ex
ecutive and remove this trouble.
“In conclusion. I will say to those who
are opposed to this law, to submit, to quit,
to cease their opposition. They must cease
it. We are not going to surrender a good
law because they are opposed to it. 1 pro
pose to uphold the law. I have never done
anything to aggravate the situation—l
never will. 1 cannot—l will not—l dare
not—allow the minority to come forward
i arid say, ‘This is a bad law; we don’t want
| it and will not obey it; you cannot enforce
it.’ If the law is thus annulled, then any
| law can lie similarly abroyati’ I by a mi
! nority and al! law become a laree. \\ e
I have thousands of other good rm i besides
yourselves who are ready to respond. Tlie
people of South Carolina must govern the
state, and those v.im are in rebellion and
resistance must gel out of the road, because
the train is on tile truck. I have got tin
throttle in my hand, as goveri;- i'. I am
going in on time, so help me God.” (Loud
cheers.)
The troops in Columbia then left for
home.
QUIETING DOWN.
Citizen® of Assure Protection
t . tlie <’ e-
Darlington, S. C., April 3. —Everything is
working very satisfactorily here today, and
all things point to an adjustment of tlie
troubles. A committee of citizens, consist
ing of E. Keith Dargan, W. C. Cohen and
George W. Dargan, left here for Columbia
today. Their mission is believed to be to
cail on the governor in the hope of bringing
about an amicable settlement of tlie
trouble. They carry with them a letter
signed by twenty-eight of th'- most pr< mi
nent citizens of Darlington, pledging vheir
honor to use every influence to protect tlie
constables wiio may come to Darlington to
! testify at the inquest on the bodies of the
I victims of the recent riot. The telegraph
office here is still under the control of the
troops, and no press dispatches are allowed
to be sent out. The troops are led at tlie
hotels, and are faring very well. Con
stable Cain is said to be in Sumter sate
and uninjured. He is the last of tlie miss-
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DRESS PARADE COURT HOUSE SQUARE DARLINGTON’.
ing constables, all having now been heard
I from.
, General Richbotirg, who communes the
forces here, thinks that the militia may be
able tq leave here on Saturday or Sunday.
The ’ dispensary is si ill clos.-d.
• wn constables .Arrested.
Sumter, S. April 3.—(Special.) Two
men wi arrested 1-■: ■ t la? , one named
Cain, a constable, engaged in Hie killing
of Norment in the Darlington row. and a
man who gave his name as McKnight and
claimed to be an officer, on his way to Co
lumbia with Cain under arrest. -McKnight
failed to produce his warrant on demand.
Cain, the alleged prisoner, had two pistols,
McKnight none. Both were put in jail for
safety.
After an hour or two they were told that
they were at liberty to go on, but they re
fused to leave the jail until time to catch
the 8:30 o’clock train fur Columbia. Tlie
arrest was made by Colonel J. ,1. Dargan,
without, warrants, on tlie ground that (lain
was a felon flying from justice. Tin y were
si t free because no warrants could be ob
tained from Darlington to hold them, th..it
place being in the hands of the militia.
Fersons just from Darlington report that
all reporters have been order d to i ive.
It is still impossible to send specials to
Columbia from this place. A large meeting
of citizens, held here last night, declan 1
in faVor of unceasing opposition to the
search of residences by dispensary consta
bles on information and belief warrants. A
committee of the leading citizens of Dar
lington is now lore en route to Columbia.
When seen tin- Darlington men refused to
talk of their purpose in going to Columbia.
TROOPS CALLED OFF.
Governor Tillman Orders Them to Leave
Darlington.
Columbia, S. (April 1 (S; ia'..)- 'lite
strife is now over and the Capital City has
s'tiled dow n to her normal condition after
the intense strain of the last four days, in
cident: to the dispensary tragedy. The only
events of the day were the assembling ot
the constables, who were in the fracas and
the conference between Governor Tillman
and tlie committee of Darlington citizens.
Tomorrow tlie troops stationed at Darling
ton to enforce martial law will b - ordered
back and a. proclamation restoring the c.vil
status will probably lie issued, it will lh< n
I be left to the civil authorities to deal with
those men in Darlington whom the gov rnor
intends to prosecute.
in accordance with the governor’s order
the dispensary constables connected with
the Darlington trouble turned up here to
day. They appeared on the str.’i ts and it
was noticeable that they wore their badges
: on the outsi le instead of concealing them as
! heretofore, and there was no att- mpt to mo
i lest them. Tlie missing son of Chief Gail-
I lard was on hand unhurt. The constables
assembled at the state dispensary and Chief
• Gaillard reported at the governor s office tor
orders. , , - »
This afternoon at 4:20, the whole force of
constables who were at Dariington with the
exception of J. Harding, left hero for Dar
lington to attend the inquest. lite follow
ing composed tlie crowd: Chief Constable
Gadlard, W. I’. Gaillard. L. 11. McCants, C.
! b McDonald, J- !-• Nunnamaker, Wash
! Owens, .1. S. Scott. W. H. Bryson, E. C.
i Beach,’ William Livingston, o. C. Cain, .1.
11. Felder, R. M. Garden, .1. W. Holloway,
j. C. Murphy, D. D. Fadgett, .1. T. Speed.
Miklirni Go House.
The committee from Darlington who con
ferred with the governor today included e.x
(‘ongressman Dargan. Mayor Dargan and
Colonel W. C. Coker They had a long con
sultation behind closed uoors, and when
they finished Governor Tillman gave out
i the following information concerning it:
PRICE FIV E CENTS
i “They came over here for a conference with
: me at my invitation. That is I asked Mr.
• Coker to come and the other gentlemen
expressed a desire to come too. We have
had a full talk over the situation in all its
aspects, as a result of which
I have instructed General Rich-
bourg to prepare everything to
bring the troops back over here on Friday.
They will arrive here at. II o'clock ami the
companies from the upcountry will go on
through, while all tlie c hers will be dis
tributed about tlie state on tin. first outgo
ing trains. 1 do not care to keep the force
there any longer than is absolutely necessa
ry. I have promised the committee nothing
and they have promised me nothing. I have
agreed, however, that if those men in Dar-
■ lington who have caused the trouble will
stand their trial, I will let. the civil law
take its cou-se all the way through.”
Culis Grosvenor a Crank.
I Concerning the resolution introduced in
i congress in regard to his stoppage of tele
i rams, the governor said: “on, I don't car®
I to notic • every crank who offers a little
resolution in congress. When congress t:ik"S
some action, if it does, then there will be
time for me to talk and 1 will have some
thing to say.”
The governor has ordered General Rich
bourg to appoint a military jury, composed
of men selected from various parts of the
state, not interested in the affair, to make
up a statement of their opinion of tlie evi
<!• nee to be submitted to him for his person
t al information.
DISBANDS 1 tils ARMY.
I Governor Tillman Issues a Proclamation De
claring the Mar is <>..->■
| Columbia, S. C., April s.—(Speeial.)-The
' troops have been withdrawn from Darling
ton an<l Florence and will arrive heie to
morrow morning to be paid off and dis
missed. Governor Tillman today received
ii.ii rmatiou from Gem ral 11. -übourg that
i the “insurgents have dispersed, ' that peac®
| and order are restored, and the civil author
ities arc now able to uphold and enforce
! the law. The governor accordingly issued
a proclamation tonight declaring that the
two counties are no longer in insurrection,
and restoring the civil status.
The constables who testified at the in
quest last night returned h< la Chief
Gaillard is a sick man and has tain i to
. his bed. The terrible strain of the last tv a
w< eks has proven too mu it for him. To-
■ day as he left tin- governor's office h<
scarcely to
' ■ of the incident of the torpedoes exploding
i on the track at Florence la t ni.iht on the
trip, he said: !•.<■« 1 heard it it .-ounded
e.'actly like the firing upon the train 1 was
on the other day. I feared the worst and
in order to help my men in defending them
: I selves I jumped up and turned down th<
lights in the coach.”
The troops will arrive here at noon to-
J morrow. The pay roll was made up today.
Each man will receive i'l.D per day. The
total expenses of the mililia will be about
1 , SIB,OOO.
Will Deal With Them.
i With a big red pencil in hand. Governor
! Tillman tonight ran over th entire lr • <>t
■ i military companies in the state, mark ng
. those which he intends to ileal with. Only
I eighteen companies responded to the ■■■ill.
■ ! The governor sajth: t in some cases a
: court of inquiry will be nece.-.-nry, rest in
I most instances, he says, he will need no
• I inquiry into the disobedience of orders. Ho
has a record of all th: 1 ~
. i and intimates that there will be a scries
- ! of court niartials. He says that heretofore
he has been Jetting the militia severely
, alone, but now he intends to reorganize the
entire service of the State.
■T would rather have twenty-five good
companies which could be relied upon than
a hundred companies like some of thost
which refused to obey my orders. Ther«
’ were some companies I did not order out
because I could not reach thnn by wire.”
■ The governor has set the ball in motion
; t,> reorganize the state's militia, service by
giving orders to Assistant Adjutant General
—"jpy
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The Darlington Depot Where the Thr®S
Men Were Killed.
Watts and Colonel Jdixson tonight to pro
ceed to Charleston tomorrow and collect
the rifles and other state property in tint
hands of the companies of the Fourth bri
gade, which refused to respond to the call
of the governor. The officers have instruc
tions to collect everything, put it all on
special coaches and bring it to the state
armory here.
The Final Wind Up.
Columbia, S. C., April 6.—(Special.)— Tin
mimic war is over, the “insurrection” has
been quelled am! the brave soldiers of the
commonwealth of South Carolina have “dis
persed” to their homes, their pockets jing
ling with their meager per diem.
Tn addition to the memorable crci in
stance of marking the eml of war's alarms
tit's day also records the fact that Governoi
Tillman made the most conserv iti re p.blits
speech of his life. It was diametrically
opposite to the bitter delivery ftom the
steps of the statehouse the other day, au4
