The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, June 27, 1894, Image 1
[ yoL. XLVIIL WINNSBOKO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1894. NO. 46. .|S
jL^mm AND TILLMAN?"
F THE GREAT SENATORIAL RACE BeB
GUN AT ROCK HILL.
Senator Evans Made a Speech and Had
rSome Passes with the Crowd?Pope and I
Tindtl Do Their Devoir?The O h??r
Candidates Did Not Spaalc.
Rock Hill, Jane 18.?The sreat
Senatorial ontest has begun. Daring
the early hoars of the day hundreds of
people were congregated around Turner^
Hotel, where both Butler and Tillman
were quartered, and it was a Butler
" *""1 f/VPrnu-ara nf th? nvrmfir
not coming up into to^a m large lumbers.
Two hundred Bullerites arrived yesterJay.
Fifty of ihein came from Edgefield
and ihe remainder from Greenville. I
- At 6:30 this moming the train from Columbia
brought 450 more, all wool-hat,
hardy looking fellows, from Union,
Fairfield and stations along the C. C.
& A. road. A good many others cama
in about 10:30 from the direction of
Charlotte. The audience at the meeting
1 3 o AHA A<i? nf the
oumuertru awuo u,vuv. uuv v>
H abltf passengers from Columbia was
Newbold, the dispensary detective. He
f had to stand some mild guying from the
i country boys.
Shortly after 10o'clock this morning
Senator Butler made a ten minutes talk
to 250 of his supporters in Armory Hall.
mt He started that a rumor had been circulated
and telegraphed that Governor
Tillman was to be assassinated prompt*
Jy at noon by a prearranged plan. He
trt Qtot* thai; so far he knew.
uuouwx *r%r WIMHV ? ? ?- ?? ,
tne rumor was unqualifiedly false. He
bad never, he said, done or said a word
to cause a breach anion? tbe white
^^people, nor would he. He hoped hi3
^^^Inends would scatter themselves at this
meeting as they would at any other
meeting. He thanked them for their
presence and hoped they would go to
Yorkvilie tomorrow. He had no fear
for himself, and he did not see any reason
why anybody should wish to kill
him, but he supposed he could as well
afford to die now as ever.
The Senator remarked that the
State executive committee had passed a
rule requiring candidates to announce
k' themselves by June 17, and that ia compliance
he had written the following let
ter:
Edgefield, 5. C., June 16, 1894.
I To Mr. D. H. Tompkin?, Secretary of
Democratic Exactlve Committee,
r Columbia, S. C.:
Dear Sir: I herebv announce mvself
PA* TTriT4Qfof*o
f ao a wauuiuaio ?\jl uiv u uh?u
Senate tor the term beginning March 4,
! 1895.
I presume the canditates for the
i Legislature, which will elect a United
b States Senator, will abide the result of
the primaries setfor thg 30T&.QT j?D?U3iWm~
nest.
EL I hereby request that a separate box
be provided by ihe State executive committee
at each and every voting precinct
& in the State, in which each vocer may
express by his ballot h>s preference for
United' States Senator, said separate
boxes to be managed under the same
rule as other ballot boxes in the primaries,
and I hereby pledge my sell to abide
ft* the result ot the vote thus cast at the
oniil ninmo?7 A r? ?orlo ranlc will nhliffA
r OOiU pu ?LU VWAIT M 44* .
Very truly, M. 0 Butler.
The Senator said thai; if be could
get a fair primary he won d abide by it,
and not whine at the reuul: If the people
k- preferred the other man. He could return
to Edgefield and fish for the remainder
cf his life and spend it. free of public
cares. What he wished v/as to get the
people to listen to argument.
the regular meeting.
The speaking was at stavs,
halt a mile north cf the jtntre of iLe
City. V^UU^iCtsuj&u oaau nao guvu
thirty minutes, the senatorial candidates
one hour each and ten minutes tor repiy
and the candidates for Governor thirty
minutes each. At precisely two minutes
past eleven. Senator Butler and Conr
* pressman Strait arrived on the ground.
The stand 5s an ordinary wooden plat?
form, built against a majestic white
I oak. It stands in the midst ot a splendid
l grove.
As the Senator steps upon the stand,
k attired in bluish cambric negligee shirt,
scarf, ird black cloibes, some one
shouts, "Hurrah for B a tier," and con ^^iderable
cheering follows. One voice
l fAi* TSllmori
raUVUIO iVl ^uiuinui
la a moment Governor Tillman, wearing
a white helmet and black alpaca
coat, low quartered shoes and greenish
yellow aocks, follows, snd cheeis, scarcely
so generalaa Butler's, sreet him. He
takes a seat at the rear of the stand and
leans aaainst the oak. John Gary Evacs
seats himself at his right elboiv aDd Tmdal
directly behind. Samps Pope, Ellerbe.
Buchanan, Watts, John Walter
Gray and Mayfisld seated themselves
around the stand, with Butler holding
the lelt flankiDg seat.
P President YVbite 01 tne jsock am
Democratic Club called the meetiDg to
order. Rev. W. G. White prated and
the band played.
President White introduced CoD2ressman
Strait as the first speaker. Nobod?
cheeied as he faced the crowd. It
began to sprinkle rain gently, dampering
the splits of the assemblage, and the
Congressman's remarks appeared to
have a similar effect.
GOT. TILLMAN SPEAKS.
At the conclusion of Congressman
Strait's speech President White, after
cautioning the crowd not to interrupt
the speakers, introducc-d Governor
Tillman.
The crowd had waited patiently for
^ the Senatorial guns to fire and broke
I into .ap^use when Chairman White
L ^ictroduced Governor Tillman and anK
^nounced the order of the remainder of
m- ?~ the speaking. The Governor advanced
in the cool, deliberate manner usual to
p him. He said he was the only man in
South Carolina who had tried to canvass
the State three times, county b^ county.
He brought applause and loud laughter
when he said he was glad to meet the
audience face to face even though many
of them came from Xorth Carolina and
all over the globe. He was accused of
aaviDg a oitier [uugue, uui, ue swjuu
here and said he was not responsible
for all the bitterness. He had been
more persecuted and maligned than
any other man. The people, Tillman
^ said, had elected him to office before
and were going to send him to the
Senate sure as a gun's iron. (Loud applause.)
? Ee said he had been Governor four
years and stood ready to defend his
every act. He made an appeal for
?brotherly love in the coming campaign
^~aM.paid an eulogy to the farmers as
the backbone of the country. He said
Ine was proua 01 ueiug a xmuia wu?-1
ernor. He had never run for office till
nver 38 years of age. Then he had gone
for the biggest plum on the tree and
shook it down. He was now after a
bigger plum and i?tended to get it.
(Applause.)
His friend Butler had been in office
eighteen year3. The office belonged to
the people not to any man.
The Governor next said he supposed
the candidates for the Senate must dis
cuss national issues. He would simply
take a bird's eye view of the situation.
There were only two big questions?the
tariff and finance. He wouldn't touch
on the tariff to day and would discuss
finances to some extent. He jumped
into the question by showiDg the ereat
contraction of the money of the country.
In 1865, he said, there was S2.000,000,000
of money in circulation; now
there is only S1.000,000,000. Tear, was
the reason tbe poor farmers of the
country were not gettiog a reward for
their labor. He charged all this to
Wall street. Shvloeks. backed bv Lom
bard street, London. These Shylocks
had caused this contraction by patting
the issue power in national banks. The
people were continually getting poorer
and all the wealth of the country is in
the hands of a few thousand millionaires.
The Governor jumped on the national
bank question and defended greenbacks.
He explained the difference between
them. Money sharks said greenbacks
were fiat money. That fiat
money, however, had whipped the
South in the late war. Purchased Congressmen
and Senators yelled "Fiat
money" because they had beea bought.
The speaker then began the discussion
of the silver question. He said
gold and silver had been on a paritv
<><?"? tho rtoTs rkf Ahrohom and oncht
OiUW VUV V*. 0
to be now. The Democratic platform
adopted at Chicago had said they were
equal, but Cleveland hadn't carried out
the plank. Cleveland was a confessed
perjurer and responsible for the present
deplorable condition of the Democratic
party. He charged Cleveland and Carlisle
with hocus-pocus game in issuing
$50,000,000 of bond3 to replenish the
gold reserve, which is again down to
S65,000,000. He charged a lot of thieving
and robbery in Washington, but
said some day the people will get together
and there will be a big shaking
up. (Laughter.)
He attacked Cleveland as an old bag
nf hppf whom he nould not find words
to describe. He said John Sherman
the people's enemy, was now the trusted
advisor of Cleveland, who has betrayed
every trust. The country is in its present
condition through the treachery of
a Democratic President.
The Governor reviewed in a clear
manner the demonetization of silver
and the bad condition of the country.
He said there are millions of starving
workingmea. Money sharks, he said,
have grown so outrageous in their
treatment and talk as to wish a standing
army to keep a few starving men
off the grass. He alluded to Coxy and
his ragged men and said poor Coxy had
had his head cracked. There might
not be any Coxyites in the South, but
the people here sympathize with the
demands of labor.
Roan mint* riisrmsainn of the Silver
question, *ve Governor said the people
wouldn't jt> bought and would kill out
the dragon encircling them. They
woakldu 111 tUUlii au'J CUuXT
hoTTTje "bought with money or free
passes. This was hi3 first direct allusion
to tne free pass, free excursion of Butlerites
and brought loud applause from
his supporters.
The fight, he said, must be for free
silver and more greenbacks. The Governor
said the South and West must
get together and make a fight for liberty
and bread. He concluded by telling a
story of big John Jones and bis ox, a
story abous an ox's tail being tied
though the dashboard of a vehicle.
The Governor said if sent to the Senate
he woull promise not to be bribed and
not to seli out. He would chunk rocks
for the people's Interest as long as he
could use ms tongue auu wuuju uu an
he could.
Just as the Governor was concluding,
some man. ia the audience remarked
that; Tillman would not get to the
Senate to chunk rocks.
Turning toward the speaker and
waving his hand, the Governor said
that sixty-live thousand white men had
elected him to his office and would send
hi m to the Senate. This elicited loud
and prolonged applause.
? m a ? * T?rrmrT??T> c?T> p A ITCJ
iV. I'JIi ox ?<aiw.
At the conclusion of Gov. Tillman's
speech he was heartily cheered and the
band played. As the last note of music
died away there was a cry for Butler,
who wa3 then introduced by the
chairman. He said:
"I'm mighty glad to see you. I am
glad to see you in a good humor. I'm
glad that Governor Tillman was in a
good humor. I shall meet him with
the same respectful bearing. The
Governor says he has been accused of
having a bitter toLgue. Well, a Ssh
woman can wield a bitter tongue, but
n- ./"."iMo "ftimxra tr? snpat t.n an in
10 WV
telligent anc. well informed audience
like this before me.
"I have a proposition to make to th6
Governor. If he will agree to have a
separate ballDt box at each voting precinct
in which the people, I mean the
white people, in the primary in September
may register their choice for Senator,
without the interference of rings
and caucusses, I shall agree to abide by
it. Will he do that?"
Voices?"No, no, no."
"Ob, I think ho wil'," said the Senator.
"Will he agree to submit to the
people whether he or I should represent
them in the Senate? Iwiilaoide
by it." (Cheers.)
"The Governor says that the Senate
doesn't belocg to me; I didn't ask to go
there. I did not asK for the privilege
of accepting the volume of abuse
which the Republicans hurled upon me
when I was righting for my seat. Men
who rode by me in"camp and bivouac
called on me for what seemed a forlorn
hope, and I would not refuse, because
I felt it was my duty. I would
not go tbrcugh that experience again
for any office.
"If we are to judge of the Governor
m the Senate by the speech he has
made, what a spectacle be would be,
driving an ox cart with the ox tail in
the dashboard; flinging rocks from the
mountain top. What could he accompli,
3h in the Senate making sucn a veritable
spectacle of himself V
"We have heard a good deal said
about fiaance, Cleveland being bought
and free passes. I submit that that is
a delicate question for the Governor.
(Cheers.) 1 think he had better Jet the
subject drop. Has it come to this that
a man in South Carolina can't ride on
a train without asking Marse JBen ? I
have asked for passes for poor men
out of a job. Has the Governor ever
asked a pass for a poor man? (Wild
cheering.)
Voice?"He asked for one for himself."
'Tierce cheering, which Butler;
had to quiet.)
Some voices shouted for Tillman.
The speaker then compared Tillccan
to a youner mule, who, when working
in double harness, kicked and bit at
the other mule and did no pulling. He
then ridiculed the Governor's love of
office.
Man in the crowd?' Don't you love
office, too ?'r
''Yes, I do, pretty well," responded
1 the senator, eyeing the man coolly.1
*
4
"Aye God, I tell the truth; I haven't
gone crazy about cflle?, thoue&."
Tho fiovcrr.nr in his "A. B. O's"
about ilnance. One of bis friends calls
him a "genius of destruction." A common
tramp may blow up a house with
dynamite.* The Governor taiks about
monopolies and robberies, but he suggests
no remedy, lie will get on a
mountain and throw rock?,drive an oxcart
with the ox's tail in the dashboard.
I am under the impression lhat be
went to Chicago a supporter of Pavid
1>. Kill, who at the beginning of his
career, nps stabbed the party by de
daring against the Income tax, the
fairest clause in the tarill bill. That
should teach you what to expect of the
Goverror. I am as far from Cleveland
as the poles from each other, and
no one is better aware of it than he,
but I fake no stack in this abuse of
him. The tariff bill will be Dassed.
It is the best tariff bill ever before
Congress, because it is not satisfactory
to the extremes of each side.
Voice?"It does not represent the
Democratic party."
Butler?'"It is a bill which the Democratic
party can stand on." The Senator
then defended the bill fully, asserting
that its duties were 0 per cent,
lower than the Mills bill.
"I predict that the next Bepublicaa
nationai convention will put in a free
silver plank in their platform. I favor
that the Democrats of tfce soutn ana
North and West begin now and organize
silver leagues. I believe the country
ca;i sustain double the amount of greenbacks
in circulation without one dollar
of gold in the country. The Republican
party is responsible for the condition
of the Soutb. I believe when the
tairifE bill is passed tbat the revenues
will be ample for the support of the
government. I am as much opposed
to the bond issue as the Governor is.
To illustrate a point in silver demonetization,
the Senator said: "If the
Governor will lend me the dollar he
ha?, I'll show you; (smiling) he's better
ofl: than I am." (The crowd laughed
uproariously.) I'll give it back to him
or else play crack-loo for it."
The Governor came forward with a
smile and handed him the dollar.
The Governor says greenbacks whip
ped us. I wa3 tnar. ic was muszets
and bayonets whipped us, or rather we
got tired out whipping the Tankees.
Then the Senator explained the pension
Infamy and said that the reason
why it was not checked was because
we hadn't the votes. He incidentally
paid a tribute to the Confederate?, say
in5 that there never were such soldiers
as the soldiers of Lee and Jackson.
The Senator held up a large yellow
envelope. "I have plenty of ammunition
here, I want the Governor to
understand that when I tackle the
State administration I shall do it
frankly, though in perfect good humor.
When I warm his back he must
take it like a little man. He must
take his punishment. I shall take
mine. I am used to it.
I know the farmers are poor. I understood
that the Governor promissd
when elected that he would help the
farmers. Are they better off? On the
other hand taxes have been increased.
I shall stand side by side with my people
in their struggle. I challenge Governor
Tillman to pojnt to_ an Instancet
^.ig-g-Tniuaa myufuty. It is
"wrong to turn a man out of the Senate
only because he has done his duty. I
would lay down public life forever if I
could thereby see my people united
and living a3 brothers as they were
four years ago. I utter a warniug and
a prediction, that when the white people
divide and appeal to the negro
vote we shall have a period of degradation
worse than reconstruction. There
is nothing for me in the Senate. I am
a poorer man than when I went there.
I nave not learned to steal or accept
bribe?, I can'o be captured by gold or
free passes. (Cheers.) It may be a
little vain, but 1 believe 1 am the man
to bring tbe people together. Senator
Butler was continually cheered, and
had often to stop and quiet his friends
before proceeding:.
GOV. TILLJIAN IN REPLY.
At the couclusion of Senator Butler's
speech, Col. Jones said that Governor
Tillman was entitled to a reply. When
Governor Tillman came to the front he
was loudly cheered.
The Governor ke^an his closing remarks
by saying that he just wanted to
answer a few little firecrackers shot off
by hi3 friend. In regard to the proposition,
if Butler believed that the people
ought to have the right to elect
oenators ana n tuc jLrcuiv^iauiw uacuutive
Commiitee is willing t") grant the
proposition he had no objection.
"Butler went on to talk about my
geltlDg among the plow boys. I want
to ask you if the farmers did not put
me up to lead a forlorn hope.
' Yes, they did you won!" said
many voices.
"Since that time I have been more
maligned than any man in the State."
In response to a question from a man
in the audience about his chances of
election, the Governor said he had
"done got the coon skin and was gone."
About free passes, the Governor told
how he had accepted one and said Butler
had ridden on one all his life. He
then showed up how many in the crowd
Liciu ""'juie uerc uu ncc ycoocij.
These men didn't come here from
North Carolina and all over the State
for nothiug. They could yell, he said,
bat couldn't vote in York County. He
caused great cheering when he said he
had York County and would thank the
people in advance for the vote of
the county. The Governor told
what he had done since he had been the
'Jhlef Executive and said he had nothing
to shield, in his life. About Butler's
story of the old mule and the
young mule, he asked the farmers
which they bad rather have, a young
prancing mule or an eld flop eared,
worn-cut animal.
"We'll take you I" shouted many amid
laugbter at Butlers expense as a flopeared
animal.
The Governor said he had not voted
for Hill but for Boies at Chicago, But
jer uisviii^ uiw >?iiu t.
supporter of the former.
SENATOR BUTLER IN REPLY.
When Senator Butler came forward
to reply, both factions cheered vociferously
for some minutes. The Senator
characterized the Governor as an artful
dodger in ileeing behind the executive
committee in the proposition for a
separate box. He had asked for a categorical
answer and had expected one.
In the charge of ringism he was sustained
by the high authority of no less
a personage than John L. M. Irbv, who
had charged that there was a State
House ring. If the Governor had
given the people the primary, why did
he now permit it to be violated? "Why
wa3 a convention to be held in August?
Why were not all men allowed to go to
tne polls and vote?
The Senator closed by saying that the
assessment on the railroads, which
Governor Ti'lmen "had throttled, had
been reduced." There was again long
continued cheering:.
HON. fOUN OAKY EVANS SrEAKS.
Comptroller General Eilerbe was introduced,
but said he would not speak
as dinner time was cn hand and the
I 1 if thar nmnlri
peupie ivac mcu, j.i mwj
to Yorkvilie tomorrow he would talk
to them. Ke finished amid applause.
Senator Evans was next introdaced
and was warmly received. He said he
would defend the Reform administra%
tion, of which he was a part, against
Senator Uutler and if the Senator
spanked his (Evans') baby, he would
put a mustard plaster under BaUer's (
shirt (Laughter.) Senator Evans
brought down the audience by sayiDg
he was glad to see all the anti Tillmanites
of the State present. Every coun- .
tv was represented and a good deal of
North Carolina was on hand. Touching
on National affairs. Evans said
v^ieveiana was a pruautuuuu ui i^cuueracy,
and if being a follower of Cleveland
was a Democrat, he (Evans) could
be called anything else.
''Didn't yon vote for Ilill?" a man 1
asked. i
"No, I did n'ot," was the quick reply, (
4,and the only ones I know who did are
men now supporting Butler for Senator.
Ben Perry, for instance."
Evans made a good many pointed 1
jabs at Butler, tickling bis friends im- ?
menselv. He continued bis attack on <
Cleveland and defended the Democra rj J
of the Reformers of t&e State. Senawi
Evans said it was the old men who bad t
been kicked out of oflice who were keep- i
im* iso nrtiiHnal hall nr?ftn*ifc WAS not t
1JU*^ ^'VliUWUi VJWV" y ?. m _.-r
theyo ung men. ?
Evaos parried in quick and neat man- t
ner a number of questions asked him. 1
lie got in a blow on Butler whenever 1
he could and was asked bv a young <
man named Gus Aiken if he was run- <
ning for Senator or Governor. A col- <
loquy ensued between them. t
Evans attacked Butler for his state- '<
ment that State taxes have not besn 1
reduced and showed this was erroneous, <
He said if the Senator wa3 as ignorant
rm notional affairs as on State, he was ,
in a bad fix. {
Again defending the State administration,
he upheld the Dispensary law.
His declaration that it was the best law
for control of whiskey was hissed by
several young men.
"I can tell tnat you fellows are from
North Carolina by the color of yofcr
noses," the speaker said to them. EVans
told how the Dispensary law had
been adopted and said it had reduced
crime and drunkenness to the minimum
In his own town only one arrest had
been made for drunkenness during the
Dispensary regime. The first night the
law was declared unconstitutional, thir
teen arrests were made. He gave figures
in favor of the Dispensary and
strongly defended it. He said he will
advocate the Dispensary from every
stump in the State and if elected Governor
will enforce the law to the letter.
"What about the Darlington affair?"
was asked.
"I am glad you mentioned, that," he
said. "It was a premeditated affair,
brought on by the whiskey element."
He then told of the refusal of the
troops to go to Darlington and the offer
of thousands of wool hat boys to ^
^ % * ?T- ? - ? a* J UiaIvawtt of i/ilra
ngat wan suui guua auu uiwuij ouwo. .
South Carolina will never bow to the |
whiskey element. The people will not t
surrender to the little whiskey sellers c
and grog shop Keepers. t
" Why did you turn down Hampton T f
was asked, c ,
".Because he didn't represent us and ,
we will turn down anybody else who J
does not." t
"Why haven't you got a Governor J
who knows the law?" J
"We have a Governor who knows j
?^h?r"?tbaM"TtrarIIOTe
Evans concluded by saying that he ;
would continue his discourse at York- t
ville, wher8 he would be glad to see all
North Carolinians and revenue ofli
cers." (Applause.) \
MESSRS. TOFE AND TINDAL SPEAKS.
Dr. Sampson Pope was introduced
and announced himself as a candidate s
for Governor and said he would define ;
his principles, and declared that he
had always been a Reformer and
would continue one. The Reform
movement had done more good than
any administration. Taxe3 had not
been greatly reduced, because the State
had been forced into litigation at great
expense. Coosaw had been throttled
and the railroads had Jjeen made to
come under the law. He showed that :
the railroads had not been paying an
equal proportion of taxation. Dr. Pope J
recited all things done by the adminis- ;
tration. He also defended the Dispen- J
sary law and said it was the best law k
ever put on the statute books. If he
could not get the Dispensary he was 1
for high license. Dr. Pope favored all I
the Alliance demands within the Dem
ocratic party and said the sub-treasury *
wa3 the* best of all these demands. He \
showed the great benefits of that plan. ?
He also attacked Cleveland and said f
lie stood in with Wall street. He said f
h9 despised Hill. He believed Tillman
would be the next Democratic nominee '
for President. Dr. Pope expressed the :
views on national politics enumerated J
by him before. );
of State Tindal. the last ?
candidate for Governor introduced, }
commended th3 Rock Hill people for *
their peaceable conduct. He told what c
good the Reform movement had ac- (
complished. Things in the State be- .
fore the movement was successful, 1
were stagnant. Governor Tillman was ]
not responsible for the strife in the ?
State. Turmoil was inevitable and
would have resulted had any man been \
elected Governor. Tindal spoke for t
peace and unity. Both the minority c
and the majority must use toleration, g
He wanted nis Conservative friends to c
remember that the Reform movement ^
would never go backward. Tindal had f
nn crnrui wnrriq for Cleveland. He SDOke 1
some on national affairs. Whec he "
concluded he was applauded. j
W. D. Majfield was announced as a
candidate for Superintendent of educrv j
tion; J. Gary Watts for Adjutant and 'c
Inspector General; 0. W. Buchanan, for i
Attorney General and James Norton \
for Comptroller General. They made i
no speeches. 2
Ac the close Col. Iredell Jones, pre- c
siding instead of Mr. White, who had g
been forced to leave on account of sick- 1
ness, dismissed the crowd which had ^
already thinned to a few hundred, rap- J
idly dispersed. i
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Killed Before tbe Family. f
Jacksonville, JTla., Jane 18.?a i
special to the Times-Union from Tampa ?
Fla., says: Tillett Whiddea killed Tom
Swain yesterday at the dinner Table. ?
S ^am was an escaped convict who had 1
been sentenced for life for marder. and *
for whom a large reward was ofFsred. ?
Whidden met SwaiD, and profession j
friendliness, invited him to his (Whid- g
den's) house to dinner. Swaia accepted, g
and while eating Widden ordered him to f
throw up his bands. Swain reached for t
his gun and Whidden shot him dead. \
Mrs. Whidden ard seyeral child t
rp.n were at the table when the tragedy i
occurred. Whidden put Swam's corpse l
in a bugs? acrl brought it to Tampa. He
drove about fifteen mile3 overa lonely ?
road with the body of his victim, reach* 1
Id? Tampa about midnight. ?
During a thunderstorm last Wed- c
nesday afternoon the lightning struck <
ths signal pole of the weather observ- i
er's office at ?V ilmington, if. C, which ]
was raised on the top ot the Govern- f
ment building. The pole was shat- 3
tered and the halliards parted when t
the flags came down with a rutts The 1
building was not damaged at all, al- i
though the shock was felt all over it, j t
especially on the upper floor occupied %
by the weather observer and the Unit- 1
ted States engineer officials. 11
THE YORK MEETIKG.
GREATEST INTEREST IN.THE FIGHT
FOR THE SENATE.
rhe Crowd I*a??e!y la F?yor of T11! m. n?
Butler Makes a Good Sp?ech-Sinopsls
RtthA sr?apc'h?H M?de bv tie DJft^r^nt
Candidate?.
Yorkville, S. C-, June 19.?Tnings
warmed up a little at today's campaign
neetmg. The crowd got somewhat
jnthusiastic. The best of humor.howiver,
prevailed. Everyone went away
lappy and contented, and no anger
was shown. Today's meeting empbailzed
ene thing strikiDgly,' the audiences
do not care three snaps for aay;hinff
except the Senatorial debate.
Pha onthnoioom rraa halrtTZT 70rA Until
*. UC VUbUUO^UOU.-. ? um WV.V ?T ^
;he central. flgui es, Sutler and TiilnaD
appeared. Then the voters braced
;nemselv up, and were all interest and
showed their feelings They listened
;o the others, they laughed and noted
;he argument, but when General Buter
was announced there was a decided
ihange in the atmosphere. A complete
jhange had come over the scene.
Chairman J. Steele Brice, in opening
;he meeting, begged that this be made
i repetition of the model meetiDg held
iere two years ago. The Bev. Mr. W.
x. Neville made the opening prayer.
JOHN GARY EVANS
vas introduced as "fro>n Edgefield,"
rut he promptly corrected the statenent
that he was from Aiken.
He continued: "Whether we be lie
brmers,Independents or conservatives
>r Kepublicans our interests are one.
That banner can go with the one unler
which we have won, "Equal rights
o all and special privileges to none."
IVe are not Populists or Communists,
mt are working for one interest. We
low have a ring of entirely new peo)Ie.
See to it that you are not dictaed
to by the bosses. No man has the
ight to fear for the interests of his
>tate, of the people. Nearly all of the
neasures advocated in our platform
iave been enacted into law. Tnere is a
lemand for a constitutional convener!
on/1 that Vifta nut: on.
ivu auu UUMU
The Constitution you live under was
nade by a people who had no Interest
n you; yet we are told to keep tbis
langerous Constitution. I tried to
imend it and was voted down. We
)ay too much to tbe classes whose invests
are not ours in proportion to
he taxes paid. That means if this
:ountry ever gets into the hands of the
arpet-baggers the negro has equal
ights in all your schools. There is
jreat danger in tbis provision. The
ichools should -be put under tbe people
iirough the Legislature. Vote for a
:onstitutional convention. Ne w York
las outgrown her Coostitution. and
>ur& was modelled after theirs. Every
Confederate soldier is stigmatized in
raur own Constitution as a rebel.
We "Reformers" have started out on
;be platform of the Alliance. Those
lemands are today the only true Denocracy.
We have been called all
$4n{lS of names because we have had
L-tr boiuness-to^mage the paYtj^goD'agTT
o old Jeffersonian Democracy. We
ire fighting for principle and if we
ceep it up we are bound to win. 1
itand upon every demand in there. It
s claimed that we have done nothing
'or the people. We refunded your debt
cith an annual savins of S80,000 a
'ear. We actually had men go to New
fork and say the debt would be repuliated.
They ran Dr. Bates and Gov.
Tillman out of New York by their ma.
icious reports. Thev even waated to
:ontinue the debt at 6 per cent, when
.hey 'knew negotiations were pending
'or the settlement of the bonds. The
lext year the bill was telegraphed to
tfewYork. Why was it done? For
political purposes. They were trying
io fly-blow the whole debt. Y?e went
>ver to Baltimore and placed the
vhole thing and they went away like
;hey naa ineir iau cut. Lnurraus.j
jatriot of South Carolina wanted the
State to fail in placing the bonds.
They are all coming over, but we
nust not baptize too many at one
;ime. Don't let them all in at one time.
Chey may break the plank. We have
sven converted the State. The scales
>n his back are too thick to let him in
vith one scraping. We have to mark
lim with a red star*and anoint him
md baptize him before we let him in.
About this time a train passed by
iQd Evans said: '"Let her roll!"and I'll
paif- Tho rilsnensarv law is the best
;ning you have ever had. We found
South Carolina drunk as a lord. We
:ould not take a^ay the liquor at once,
ve took it away gradually. We tooK
emptation away from the boys. It
lacreased drunkenness oyer 75 per
jentThe
audience did not seem to be in
he humor to applaud, and only did so
vhen he made a good point or a laughible
suggestion.
comptroller general ellerbee
?as in good trim. He said that, alhough
he had been cussed and dismissed,
heiiad no intention of apolofizing
for anything he had done. My
iousId, for he is mv cousin, i3 somewhat
ashamed of me because as a plain
armer I can't speak like he does.
iVhen I am elected be will call me
'cousin", and then I'll give him a trial
usticeship. [Laughter.]
When I went into office I found the
)roperty nor fully assessed. I sent out
lirculars to my auditors to increase
i3sessments to the full value o'f the
jroperty. We have increased Ihe vallation
of the railroad property to
icout S7,000,000 as it now stands tolay.
We raised the South Carolina
md Georgia road to S16,000 per mile
ind that was when the bonds were
vorth on the market about S7,000,UUU.
Lt's the same thing with the other
oads. The Columbia and Greenville
)onds were worth on the market S17,)00
and we assessed it at S10.500. Yet
,hey cried we were trying to ruin the
State.
Recently we got over ?200,000 that
scaped taxation, and yet this property
s no higher than any other. You all
inmnmW tho hont f?a<JpS3 \ OfllV Or
CLUCLU UGJ. UUU I^JUU vwww. ? y
lered the auditors to tax the property
iccording to law. In the Newberry
3ank case the bank showed SC09.000 in
ttock and surplus. The auditor assessed
them at $230,000, but the Court
ixed that at S150,000, which is less
;ban 50 per cent. I am sorry to say
vhen I came in I found shortages. I
,old the sheriff to enforce execution0,
md we are making better collections
han they ever did.
Mr. Eilerbee told a very laughable
~ c n r/Mi n rr Iq/Itt t r I Pel fr> fl 9.VP
HUiJ *->! JLlV/yy CM jfuuu^ JL\A\AJ i**vvi ? ? . lim
stop a tax execution, which occalioned
considerable merriment.
He continued: We defeated Coosa w.
tVe refunded the Stxte debt, which
saves you $50,000 a yc-ar. We built
Venison College for your sons, where
ive mossbacks can be educated. Our
Penitentiary is now managed as well
" /1/MintrTT TTrhi lo r>r>w P.ol
W OiiJ 1U tuc VUUUK1J, *t UA4V MW .?
STeal is turning money over to the
-reasury. Yet we are asked what we
lave done. Yet we have done all this
without increasing your taxes, al,hough
when we went in we lound
>50,000 debt. We had to raise taxes
ast year because we had money tied
lp by the railroads. Then look at the
litigation they forced us into. Then
we are building your colleges.
I joined the Alliance vrhen it was
Grst organized, and I believe in it. 1
believe it will do us good. It is an organization
to help the agricultural
classes. They tell you our demands
are unconstitutional, and they would
A /lArwinff
UUO KLiUtV LUC Vjuuaiaaunu WU1IU(
down the road. [Laughter.] Anything
would do better ihan what we have. It
is time to do something for the people.
He touched lightly on the banfcs.pro
tection, free silver, national aid to the
railroads and the Alliance demandsHe
favored national control of the
railroads, especially those aided by the
Government. The roads can be reproduced
for three billion dollars and
they are trying to pay interest on nine
billion dollars. He favored an income
tax. He wanted some way to send tax
perjurers to uie jremienuary. jl am iu
favor of peace and unity myself, but
there is one thing out people will have
to understan<?fcnd that is the minority
cannot dictate to "the majority. Republicanism
would be a cru^l fallacy it
this was the case.
* There was nos a Hatter or a word of
applause a* Mr. Ellerbee finished, although
bis. speech took very well with
tbeau&efice.. .
^^?Ka>iPATE TTNDAL.
opeiteftM^saying-that for eight years
he haoneen working to build up the
"Keform" party. He did not feel like
a stranger.
He continued: You were in bygone
days suffering from political lethargy.
You felt an oppression and a wrong,
but you did not know the cause. I
then tried to tell you what was your
trouble and that is why you are here.
tXTw^ti f/s Trv-i/xnrr 4 a mKof TTAll
W LLdb JUU wauu IU ry iq nuau jvu
are voting for. Tcday I am a candidate,
not of my own choice, bat because
my friends want me to run. The
great acts of the "Reformers" are the
building of Clemson College, the Winthrop
College and the railroad tax
fight, which really meant that they
inust pay the same taxes as others, and
I venture to say the roads and the people
hereafter will be on more friendly
terms.
You have today an honest and efficient
Government. It i3 a Government
of white people. No one denies
that. Why can't we have peace in
South Carolina? Nothing we have
done is disputed. Why not come to
getaerr ,uai oi our jyeuyje ayxsaa. iui
neace. I never have been able to believe
that any portion of our people
can be enemies to the State. Nearly
all we suffered during Radical days
was brought about to perpetuate the
party. All we want is a Democratic
party in this State. We want one united
force to accomplish our work in
Washington.
The "Reform" party ha3 never deprived
anyone of his rights. If I can
remove any prejudices against the Alliance
1 would be glad to do so. The
politics of the Alliance are as open and
as broad as the noonday. It has no secrets
except those connected with its
business, like a merchant's private
mark, of which none complain. When
* -A. ? A- 4.^ H 4.
ine Alliance went in u weuti tu u^uu
trusts and extortions. The farmers
found they must work together, and
when they opened their eyes they
found then (iuveinment giving: millions
oTland to railroads; it found it
giving 518,000,000 to sugar growers as
a bounty; it found farmers almost deprived
ot the use of money with which
to raise crops. Then theAliiance got
up its demands in order to get you to
direct your attention to the questions.
It binds no man's conscience. In
alarcb, 1890,1 introduced the platform,
from which I will read extracts.
Mr. Tindali made a good, clear, forcible
speech.
DR. SAMPSON TOPE
? ?Anon
lil'dUt; an CAt't3 = Ulligl^ UICOI V>uv, vsyeu,
plain speech. He wanted the Constitution
overthrown so as to insure white
supremacy. Vote for it, he said, and
there will be no danger of the white
peopl9 separating. He favored protection
and said: You have not suffered
by the sugar bountry. You have
betn benefited more than hurt, getting
five cents sugar. Everything is cheap
as dirt. We only need more money.
The rariff does not hurt you. I would
have voted for hijjh license, but after I
saw the operations of the dispensary I
now favor the law. If unconstitutional,
then as a last resort I'd go for high
license. Prohibition does not prohibit.
If the law is passed there ought to be
a State board of police commissioners.
There never was and would never have
1? ? ~ mon'o kaiioa cftornhflh
tili lUUUUCUb Luau o uuu^v UWW1.WUVVA i
I would not be a Prohibitionist. The
bitterness was not due to "Reformers,"
but to the newspapers.
He charged that all the newspapers
except the Greenville News and the
Register had worked against the State
refunding its debt. The Greenville
STews, he said, did not even spell reform
correctly. Mr Smythe and others had
gotten ?15.000 for defending the rights
of the Coo3aw Company, from which
the State got no money, and it was
said he was also paid by the company,
and the old Administrations thought
Ccosaw could not be made to loosen
its grips.
Tne announcement of
D. E. FINLEY
nnnriiVoio +'/ir r?r?n<yrps<3 hrnnofht.
as uouuiuaig xvi v.v?n..
about considerable applause. He said,
in openiog, that he had always been a
consistent "Reformer." He was bound
by their platform. For the Ja3t four
years he bad always advocated every
measure looking to the curtailment of
expenses. He thought he had done as
much as anyone in this line. He introduced
the bill for the reorganization
of tbe Uniyersity and the salary reduction
bill. The delay in passing
this bill was not on his account. He
bad no apologies to make. He was
equally frank to say some measures
passed did not meet with ;bis opprobation.
He did not vote for the dispensary
law because be did not think it
wise. He did not vote for the "Black
district" bill.
Continuing he said: I am here as a
candidate because 1 want office. The
financial question deserves attention.
The pension law has greatly
iDjurea the South. Ten p<>r cent
of all money incirculation is paid
these pensioners. It amounts to rob1
^ hotra riAf
oery. uur xxs^icscuoattvco uu?^ j
fought tbis as they should. A fight
must be made. 1 believe in the free
coinage of gold and silver. I do not
beiieve that the repeal of the State
bank tax -would relieve the situation.
Dr. Strait has made uo Utfht for paper
money to be issued direct by the United
States Government. I will go to Washington
representing you all, not to
make a fight for offices. Mr. Bissell
will never have any opportunity of
passing oil my uamGcracy. j. wou i
let bim do so. [Hurrahs for Finley.J
CONGRESSMAN STRAIT
started out by talking of the snakes
and devils and treachery and horrors of
Wall street. The tariff bill is a poor
thing without a daddy. It puts into
the hands of the Sugar Trust over
$100,000,000 by its provisions.
Col 'i'albert is our leader on pensions.
He voted for the unconditional repeal
of the State bank tax. If the people
don't want State banks they need not.
State banks would be an experiment,
I begged no man for a recognition of
my Democracy.
i'inley: I did not s^v that, and meant
no reflection on you.
Dr. Strait: It looked to me that way..
I have not gotten any offices. [Voice:
What adout Hemphill?]
Strait: He got his package marked
patronage and not marked "Congressional."
[Hurrahs for Strait and "Say !"|
DR TIM3IEKMAN
was introduced as a candidate
for Lieutenant Governor.
he got up there was a titter, and a
few said, "Oh, my, look there!" as they "
looked at the man with the harelip
nose. He said wbat he wanted abaut
politics and announced that his ch'ef
claim for the nomination was hi3 good
looks. (Tbls was a joke on its face
The crowd yellfd and whooped, but Dr
Tim merman went on and said that
about his only rival on looks was Norman
Elder, of York, and they kept on
laughing. The woman, he said, must
4U1 n- Ua I
Set! SULUWLLUllg 1U 11155 IUU&3 OS JiO uau
been mirried twice. [Laughter and
hurrahs ]
SENATOR BUTLER .
wa3 greeted with applause as he walked
straight up to the end of the platform.
He spoke right out aad was
given close attention. lie said an office
holder was responsible to the people
and the officers were not the masters
The people here are the rulers and the
soyereings. It is not oaly your right but
your duty to demand of every man in
AM AAnAimf A? 4-UA fwneif Tncf*
umuu au ov;wuub m our uuou< uuov
here I would like to make a personal
explanation. Messrs Shell aod McLaurin
have requested me to say
something about an alleged political
combine with them, and a statement
thaithey had been traitors to the Reform
Movement. There never was any
foundation for tbe report, and I should
not have noticed it except for their requests.
lhave always tried to treat the
'\Reform" Congressmen with respect.
[Just at this jucture two men got into
a personal fight, but Gen Butler aad
Chairman Brics quieted the crowd.]
CoutinuiDg Gen Batler said he would
criticise Governor Tillman's public record
as much as he want-fd to and he
did not want Governor Tillman to get
mad about it. Is there any objection
to asking far an explanation from
Governor Tillman? Fifteen years
ago I said we ongtit to have j Jisfc such
agcollege as Clemson and I have always
favored such colleges. They talk of
baptizing me when ,1 advocated
measures they are talking of before they
were born, la 18801 voted for the free
coinage of silver and have voted for it
ever since.
He went on briefly to explain what
there was in free coinage and said that
the.Government could not, unless it
increased its mint capacity, give more
than one dollar pen capita per year.
Continuing he said: I never owned
a dollar's worth of stock or bonds in
railroads or banks, but I am in favor of
protecting their interests. The fight
began twenty years ago. When it come3
to pensions the soldier vote is so strong
that neither side will fight it in the
North or East. It does look alaiming
to see the pensions steadily increasing
and we, my old soldiers, we who fought
for four years, have contributed over
8300,000,000 towards it I would stand
that without a murmur if they did us
justice in other respects. When the
Democratic Convention met it agreed
first to repeal the election law, second
llie-TSfrUT law, and -third to
give financial help. The election relief
has come, and the Wilson Act is now
pending. That tariff bill is not all that
I would like; there were compromises,
yet I believe it the beat tariff bill almost
ever passed, in the bill is aJ5ax on income,
and it is the first opportunity to
reach the Donaaoiaers, it, is xair, it, is
Democratic. I regret to say that the
third most vital and more important
demand has not been granted, and I
fear will not be as lone as Mr. Cleveland
Is onr President. irou and I voted
for him. Althongh the people knew
Mr. Cleveland was opposed to free silver
the people voted for him. He was
the choice of the Democrats. I don't
believe him a thief or scoundrel, yet the
masses and not the leaders wanted and
elected him. My judgment is that the
fight against corp rations has been encouraged
by the Republicans. It will
be a death struggle in the next election.
It will be a triumph for Republican institutions
or it will be the beginning of
the end of popular government. We
ought now to organize silver leagues on
whi>h to hnild a fiaancial svstem on
which to give relief to the people. I am
not a pessimist, but my experience is
that the struggle must come and will
come between the money interests and
tne masses. They have found men to
\ shoofe dowa citizens. There are fourteen
States in insurrection. There is
dynamite, death, destruction in the air.
I advised to letCoxey alone; that is a
mere symptom of the disease that Republican
legislation has brought about.
He referred to Governor Tillman's
throwing rocks jokingly and tieing ox
tails up in fVashington. I should go to
the West for our next President. He is
with us and I have my eye on him. If
Governor Tillman has gotten any more
abuse than I have, Lord help him. I
don't mind that, it is the right of the
newspapers to comment oa my recora
but I don't get mad about it like he does
I don't think the newespapers mean
much by abusing us. They have a right
to criticise. They talk about my family
holding office. The fact is 1 am the
only man in my family who has had an
office in the forty years. I went
through the storm of abuse in 1876,1
stood it for your sake. Everyone
thought 1 was a fool to make the fi^ht,
but I did get my seat.
What have I done ? Amon? my first
acts was to get 3200,000 for Charleston
harbor; that was the first of a So ,000,000
appropriation. I got the first appropria- j
tion for Winyah Bay; I helped get a survey
of the rivers of the State; I got an
appropriation of half a million for the
dry docks at Port Koyel; I got the di-1
rect taxes reimbursed to the State; I
Ko/i nm noiri then fnr their lands:
uau yvwjvw f 7
I have participated in all the debates
to my best ability; I helped make the
agricultural department what it is. I
do not feel 1 have neglected my duty.
It is not common sense to turn a man
down because he has done his duty.
The secret of New England's influence
is that she keeps her good men in Washington.
If I had devoted the same time
and devotion to any other business I
would" have made my fortune.
I do net agree with Mr. Tmdal that
the oJfice holders have uever until now
addressed you. We have always done
so since 1874.. I have begged
for a constitutional convention.
We ought to have called a convention
ia 1880. 1 am, however
u^*- AIH? ?\QAnla mi/rKf ]
SiJinewLiai, anoiu vui uii^uu gvu
into a fi*ht and not get the best men at
the convention. 1 have always been
in favor of such a convention. I want
the people to vote at a direct(primary for
the United States Senator and I will
abide the result. If the Governor will
agree, and get the executive committee
to let the people say who they want, I
abide the result. All I want is a fair
fight in an opeD field. If they want to
jump on me, let them do so one at a
A - - on/? T
liUitf. .?1.3 a lOAua/CJ. t*uu buuu.uv.ww J. |
have a right to 'criticise what public
acts I want, and I will exercise that
right.
Gen. Butler was given great applause
on concluding.
GOYERNOP. TILLJIAN
was given greater applause than the
other speakers. He said he did not
know where to start, as everything bas
already been very fully and ably cov
H ered. I presume you have staid here to
\ hear me.
\ Voices: "That's right."
| The candidates yesterday told us that '
- we ought to revise the order, so I made
tbis suggestion to- let us ccme last.
While my friend has not pitched rocks
today he threatened to throw some. He
is holding it possibly for Charleston, for
I see he has a bundle of papers. "When
he shoots you will jast hear me limber
up. Everybody acknowledges bis ability
and his rharflpfw Tf T have h&m on r'&Sk
any bed of roses I am sorry for my successor.
I want to go to Washington
because you want me to go there. -"viarea
Voice: "mat's so!" "Hurrah for
Tillman!" * ~ *<>&<???
Tillman: The General, has told you
about Coxey's army beiag out to repress
disorder among the laboring
.classes. Yesterday we saw a spectacle Lthat
was a disgrace to anyone. .
iW UBU. X>ubicr: JXJV. vJUU Ut <U.tJ Jruu - ,
net conducting your campaign ? I see
by the papers you are. I mean are you 1
bossing it? ;.
Gen. Butler: I don't boss anybody. I
leave that to you.
Tillman: iiTow what did you?ee yes- iftj
terday in Rock Hill ? When I got to
Rock Hill I saw a crowd of strangers.
There were at least eight hundred who
were brought there on free passes*
["Hurrah forTillman! Put it to him,"
from the crowd.] -38
i>uw >uu ii<?vc ucaiu vxcu. jjuulca aay
that he is running Ms own campaign, <> M
yet out of the 1.500 people here 800 were
hauled on free passes to hurrah for ? I
Butler. [Hurrahs.] Keep quiet gentleman,
1 don'c want to arouse your
passions. It was a kind of Coxej's
army that is to be feared. 1 shall not
attempt to locate the responsibility.
They did not holler mucb, X tell you.
[Hurrahs for Tillman. "We'll vote for
you."] I have been through a good
many hills and I have always counted
on the freemen to help me. I know
where you are. I know how you look :jSB
upon Ben Tillman. Possibly some of
Gen. Butler's over-zealous friends may _ ; ' 1m
have engineered this. If Bunch Mc?
Bee, as superintendent of the Blchmond
and Danville Bailroad, is prostituting
his authority by hauling people free,
we ought to know it. if there is a
corruption fund raised in New York then
we ougat to know it, for it i*
talked about.
"No, no." Hurrahs for Butler and ' Tillman.
* -n^iS
We can't be bought. Mr. McBee and
I are good personal friends. I took his >
free pass and rode on It It was mighty
nice riding, I have never been pic ay- g?
tmish about such things. Several ot
those "boomers" came to my room and
told me they came on free passasand
were f8r me. When I went on to
Washington I even slept in-one of Mr.
McBee's berths, although'I had oae in the
sleeping car. I have taken ail the
cussing, and if there is anyone entitled
toasofc place I ought to get it, bat I
expect to work. If I went to the Senate,
though, I would be the first Simon
pure farmer there. -JS
Then Tillman reviewed tbe railroad
tax cases and attacked J udge Simon
con. w e are sail ngHtmg me receiverships,
and oar bill to limit their aa- thority
was unanimously favorably re- . ^
ported by the committee and we will
get the redress for which we fought.
Judge Simonton seeing what Congress
would likely do, said he had no right
to consider the matter. I put dyna- .
mite and jnustard on his brck for he
outstretched his authority.
Voice: "We North Carolinians read t >llg
Now I promisai not to talk long, as
every one else has covered the ground. ,
Vniftps* "ftn nil lAfc's t.alt." "'jgjjSl
Governor Tillman: What would I f. - ^
do? Why I would vote against a
Judge that usurps his power. Gan.
Butler is not in smpathy with you. He
has been in Washington so long that
hehaB lost touch with the people
or he never would have had the Coxey
army at Rock HilL [Hurrah.] You
never siw your candidates face to face 1
until you saw me. When the oldtime
leaders, Gen. Butler and Gen. Hampton ,'3|i
were asked to work for the regular
nominees in 1890, Gen. Butler gave out
an interview. I quote from Thd News
onrJ f./virior niaa his frlfinrt an!
I believe it is now. Look here, if It
comes over to me, don't think I've
changed. God knows I have not.
He read from the interview. In 18S2
Butler said he thought Sheppard would
be elected, whiie todsy the Oonsem- ;~|1
tive3 are at outs with him because of
the patronage, and The News and Courier
and The State and the Greenville
News are indifferent; he is not with
you and never has been. Ton want
some one who will fight for you and
work for you and that's my
work. [Hurrah for Tillman.) The ^
primary is none of my business. It is ' .7p
the business of the Democratic executive
committee of the people. He
never had any belief la your capacity
to rule. I don't know what he want's
with the separate box. We have had J|
an experienee with the prohibition
boxes. What will become of that cor- ,'iJB
ruDtion fund about which I hear? , .
Voices: "They can't bay me, and
Tillman: "I want you to show him
where you stand."
Up to this time Governor Tillman .. Jj
had in his brief talk been working his
audience up to a good pitch of enthusiasm.
He himself was much worked ^
up. Show mm wnere you stana, na
cried out. Show him who has this 1
crowd. ISTow, up with your hands, and ~?
then up went about two thirds of the
hands in the audience, amidst wild
hurrahs for Tillman; Tillman had
the crowd. He saw it. His friends Jj
saw that. Then to add to the victory
he said: Now those of you for Batter
raise your hands. A few did so, othees . .
perhaps did not care to participate at
all, and others were not inclined to do
Governor Tillman's bidding.
That about broke up the meeting.
The candidates for other offices were
dnnAiinocul?fnr A fianoral fi
W. Bachanun; for Snperinteadeat of -'M
Edacatioa, W. D. Mryfisld aad G.
Walfc Whitman; for railroad commissioner,
J. C. Wilbora and J." Walter
Gray; Secretary of State, J. R. Hanisoa.
About half-pa3t 3 o'clock every
one went to dinner.
Murder in D-irUngton.
Charleston, Juas 17.?A special
from Darlington says: An atrocious
murder was committed last nU;ht at
Mandviile, on the Charleston, Sumter :53s*
acd Northern ro'lroad, nineteen miles
from Da:lingtou. This morning the
body of Mr. J. P. A^dermau, depot and
express agent at Maudville, was lying
on the track with his skull crashed in
and badly mutilated. Mr. Alderman
was seen last niaht at 10 o'clocfc and s,
when bis body was found he had a different
suit from the one he was last
seen in. Theory is that he heard robbers
breaking in fbe depot, and they
murdered him when he came out. The
Jar.rit r?<v"ira wAr? hrr.tpn in. hilt nOthlDJ?
was erasing except the dead man's
watch. There 13 no clue to indicate who
commit-.ed the murder, eaieptthe tact
that a darkey was arrested at Gibson.
today who said he was fcuyiDg cartridges
because the sheriff wa3 afver bam. Mr. -*z
Alderman was a reliab'e business man,.
highly esteemed by his employers. He
wa3 from North Corolina', was 30 years
eld and was to have been married soon 5. ^