The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 13, 1906, Image 1
VO XII. O.57 NWBR. S.0 PfA. JUL 1390q
ILLMAN DENOUNCES i,
LYON AND HIS WORK"
THE SENIOR SENATOR MAKES h
BITTER ATTACK.
il
A Vast Crowd Hears Senator Tillman il
Discuss Dispensary and State It
Politics-Takes up the
Piano Matter Aga;in. 0
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The State, 10th. -&
Senator B. R. Tilnman, candidate h(
for re-election, ''eut tihe tail'' of the S
eamipaigni party and ''eamped'' here o
for awhile yesterday. IIe heard the eq
othei candidates' speeches and obser-v- o
e'd that somle bore thle 'branld' or-P,
tle 'l. R. T.'' niehl while others i
were ''mavericks whom le had beel e
unab.11fle to ''rope inl aid tic down'
ider a '* * ' 11 ay other h
''branld.1
Ie disdained to participate when u
tle slort horns, mavericks and good e
steers all caie into the corral, and fi
a private round ip) was accorded a
this as yet unlassoed borine. ti
There were probably 2,000 pIeo)le si
present last night and many of them,
unacquainted with the senator's Imeth- b
ods of campaigning, might not have C
understood his gesticulated and t
grimaced refereinces to ''straddlers,'' le
and the like, but some who were pres- e
ent, disciples gathered from many f
counties, can read between the lines A
and cani go back to their homes and a
tell whom ''Ben Tillman is suppor- e
tin','' as well as those whom le 'is p
''agin.''He enthused the big crowd
at times last night, for the populace
loves a fighter, and Tillman hit a
straight from the shoulder, although ,
at times he took a ''breeches holt.'' y
Senator Tillman is in fine form phy- y
sically, although he has been aged
and softened since the rantankerous u
and rampant and radical days of his
debut. He has improved i'n the graces d
of public speaking and is as fine an
actor as ever lie was. .
The climactic part of his speech r
last night was his denunciation of Mr. tn
J. Fra1ser Ly%-onl. Ile has beenl taking
a shot at 0he investigating committee a
ever since it was organized and last. w
night lie wound ilup in ati impassioned i
deelai-ation that Mr Lyon is a ''liar,'' p
an ''infamous slanderer,'' and infer- Ie
entially that he is a backguard,'' no
gentleman and a man without courage.
Mr. Lyon was not present at tle
meetiw.. When asked later over tle In
'phone if lie had any statement to a,
make, lie said that he would wait, and
read what Seniator Tillman had said is
and that at the proper time. lie would il
specify and Imlake good. s
The two will not meet today and sc
may not for some time. Senator Till- b)
man leaves at 5 o'clock a. i. for d
Lexinglon county and Mr. Lyon at
7 a. i. for Orangeburg. There is no
doubt; about it that Senator Tillman a
was efftive in his assault, last night.
Mr. Lyvon 's reply will 1he awaited with
interest. *t
The Meeting. el
There was a tremenidous crowd~ at Ia
he state house. t he evening beinge
lear and fthe showv at thle park theatre si
being ''oni the bum.' ' A great many jil
in thle crowdl were dyed in thle wvoohl~ I
ad(mirers of theq senator 0and others 'T
came to hear. The hall of the house hi
of representatives being, inadequate b
to 1h01( the crowd, the meeting was
adjourned to the portico of the capi-.
tol. On the landing midway of the
stair, Senator Tillman took his t
stand and( foi more than an hour and t
a quarter lhe spoke of State polities,
at the conclusion saying that lhe wvould
go to Washington and represent the'
peop)le as faithfully 'as he had d1one tI
for 12 yearnsIi
Senator Tillman was very much
pleased at tihe reception wvhich wast
given him. When lie had first walked t
in the d~or sof tihe hall some of hisC
friends announced his arrival with
hand clapping and this was taken up 0
all. over the hall. The galleries were
filled wit'.iladies.'
When lie had got room enough on
the steps4 to speak a little, Senatorli
Tillman b)egav. to a(ddress the people I h
by saying that his first inaugural ad- JC
dress had been delivered from near )
this very spot, but the people of Co- h
lumbia had not turned out to hear
him then. He had never been a favor
in Columbia. They had been beat..
i and were angry and took no part
the inauguration.
Voice: ''It's changed now.'
Tillman: "Well, it's not because I
ive changed.''
And tjen lie went on into a state
ent that he had never cherished an3
I feeling toward the people of Co.
Inbia.
For four years .lie had been govern.
., lie Continued, and then for oi(
rm senator and he had been re-elect.
I without oppositioin-except such a.
lhas had in -this race. (Laughter)
ix years ago his opponent had mIad<
ie speecl and lad quit. In thi
ipaign ie hla( iot h iad the pleasur(
even netinw- his distinguished op
inent, Col. Luipkii. le believe!
m't le will go backl with the undivid
I vole of ti he people.
A least. lie lopes to it) so. But h<
IS 1aped)( oiut a programlille wIliel
ills for 20 speeches ini tie iext feNi
elks and if' anly feel a1"grieved be
iiise ie will exwecise tle right of
'ee citizenl and disciss issues, ''the.
e it liberty to serac i lly na1m11e of]
te ticket. againl as 18,000 of you di(
N years ago.'
''Solic people say I am trying t(
your boss, to dictate to you,'' I
)itined. ''They know they are nol
Iling the truth. I have been you1
ader. I have had the courage t<
)ile out on the line and lead th
ghting wiihenever I saw my duty
'hy should I surrender iny righti
a citizen? Wlhy should I not giv4
cpression to those views?'' (Ap
lause).
The Brice Law.
With these prefatory remarks, Sen
tor Ti'llman declared that in th<
munties which had voted out the dis
nisary there are 55,000 Democratii
ters. But the disiensary had beet
)ted out in the general elections it
hieh less than 20,000 voters partici
ited. A great inny may have bee
mied the right to vote as they di(
It have their registration certifi
ites. Others had beel) 00 much hle
Iddled by the corruption and thi
11k of corruption.
''lien to the audience, as a Richilan
idiece, lie said: ''If you don'1
ant the dispeisary, vote ini tle pri
ary where all free Deinocrats cem
Articipate anld seldIl meni to th<
gislatulre who will take it olit.'
Voice: ''Take it away.'
Tillnan: ''If you doi't want it
ite it out. The real ineaniing of Till.
ainismn is to let one vote go as fai
He then veit oil to say that ther<
11o need for factionalism. As ai
stianlce lie cited' that ''Ile onice d.
>ised Ben 'ilimall'' Cold speak t(
large an audience as this in Colum,
a, thus proving that factionalism i,
mad.
Clubs.
He is ill favor o(lf that systen
hii(hi will best conitrol tle sale '"'(
ie damnable stuff'' as some peopk
ill it-and1 then they will go upl t(
ie Columbia club and drink it. A
ubl in Greenville wanted a chartii
1(d when the secretary of state ask
I t he presidlent of thle chibi to sign ii
atemuent. that there wguld lie ne
licit sale of whiskey in the club
ie president said it was an insult
illmian was greet9d with cheers whem
said that there is, thlerefore, on<(
ind tiger less in Greenville.
Money.
In favoring the dispensary lie con
ssed natively that if there is money
'be nmade out of it, lie would likt
see the State get it. ''The mnan
ho objects to the profits is a hligh-.
type of main than I am,'' said Till.
an. HeI then p)aid his respects te
tat Marlboro school board which
id decliined the profits and said that
them thley had been piut up to it om
icy were people wh'lo had nevcr vot
I for himm (Tillman).
lie dleclaredl that lie 1has no quarrel
ith the prohibitionists, but as we
'e goinig to have whiskey any way,
t us hare thie system which hlas
mit lip b)arroomns and stop)ped the
lling on youir streets. Words failed
im when lie tried1 to draw a pen lime
.rc of thie barrooms wvith their arti
eial iattractionis. If the money is to
sent to Georgia and North Caro
ia or to be p)aid to the express comn
my, why not keep it hereant home.
Graft.
Those gentimen say that the di#
pensary is rotten. Let's grant that.
Who made it so? The legislature.
They first put the control in the
hands of men who handle this $3,000,
000 business and get $400 a year fot'
it. (This with a grimmace of disgust
which made the eroA-d whoop with
enjoyment.) This gave those men the
fullest opportunity or stealing. There
were Io restriction ''and 1 suspect
there was somie stealing going
he added.
Oetting back to the( legislature he
salid that lie law had been fixed so
ithat lie legislature delegations had
,heleed the couniy boards. Now
wheni tle expose caIe last summer inl
Spar1tabnbulgrg atd it was shown that
the reswals selected )y the legislative
delegations had been receiviiig bribes
for dispeisary .jobs the cry went tup
aaintist tle dispenisa ry. The legis
l.1ilure was resilnsible.
Ihe had lieard one speaker say duri
invu tle dav y: ''1K;I tie rotten and cor
rupt thi in on Ite (ongarce.'' Till
man's reiiedv is: ''Let's minimize
the evil and theni get all tle money
out of it We (al. Mind you, I flon't
I illeain to put iimy reasons Oin lie prOfit
basis alone.
He then sailed into the county dis
iensary scheme. If one board -will
steal, how will You keep 30 separate
boards from stealing? It. will merely
increase the number of pockets. He
then called attention to his planl, the
Raysor-Mailniing bill, published ill his
Sandy Flat speeci. This plan, with a
governor woli is not afraid of his
shadow, could stop all of this illicit
deviltry.
For Governor.
The issue in the State campaign is
the election of a governor. Four can
didates are on the dispensary platL
form. Four are against the dispen
- sary. Of these latter, one is for local
option, onle is for local option witi
l its tail cut off (laughter), and one is
for prolibitionl.
- ' am not goinig to meddle in this
race,'' said Sena.tor Tillman, and then
he proceeded to tell what kind of
maii to elet. A man,111 of pure life, pri
vately and. inl public, a man against
whom no reioacli could be brou.git.
a .1 111111 wihose outgoing and inicominl.t!
emlid le tracked without bringing any
feeling of shame to the State. ''But
have all tle pestiferous, candy-giviing
baby-kissiig, fenlce-straddling candi
dates killed out entirely.'' (Cheers.)
County Dispensaries.
Ile wants a ticket for a reformed
dispensar ,y in every c!mnt*y. lIe t0it
told of tile ''gaie'' which lie allegel
is beinl- played by the opponents of1
tle State dispensary system. They
would have (dispensaries under couity
management. Soon there would be
cOrruiption somlewlere and they Would
exclaim: 'We were unable to keep
corrlipt out of the State dispensary,
now away with county dispensaries.'
They would start the cry, ''Let's take
the county out of the dispensary biusi
ness, '' just as the cry is now going uip
'Let 's take the gr'and old Palmielto
state (lit of tho littuor buiineitss.'
Th is last Tillman said1 withi much sar'
easim which made the crowd1 laugh.
Then whlat after county dispensari
ics?' Prohiibitioni? Oh, no. Thiere arie
those who t hinuk of thle (lay when they
ran their b)arrooms 01nd wore their
diamond rings. They long for a ire
turn of that day. ''Barrooms under1c
constitutional restrictions,'' lie said,
significantly.
He ridiculed the blind tiger situa
tion in Charleston. The mayor (if
that city had sworn before the inves
tigating committee that b)y great ef
fort they 1had reduced the number of
blind1 tigers to 120 and every few
months the police judge would round(
them 'up and exact a license from
them. (Laughter). That's the way
pro'(hiblitioni works in Kansas, lie said.
''We tried to force local self-govern-.
menit in 1860,'' lie said1, in dlirecting
the local optionists, ''and now ini
Charleston they have a nullification11
(of thle dlisp)ensary law.'
In catching his breath for his final
roundl(, Seniatoir Tillman commiienced1 on
the fact that political conditions are
so calm that ladies can com1e ouit to
the meetings-and this is the first
time in his life he has addressed an
(Continued on Page Six).
INSANE MAN KILLS
WIFE AND CHILDR:
OOLLETON FARMER SLAYS
or HIS FAMILY.
J. W. Irnegan Informs His Neighl
of His Mad Deed and Describef
the Murder.
()i Wednesday morning, just
fore (ay-break, .1. W. rnegan, a N%
to-do fa rmier* of Rulins, Coll(
coiint , say ia rpveeial to the Colun
State, took an axe and slew his v
anid 1three clildreni, wlile they %
asleep
The dend are Mrs. Olivia Trnet
ived 31 ii his cliibdren, Carrie, ag
'I'lioias, age 4, and illie May, 1g
Aon as lie had slain his fan
Iroe-anl weit to his Iiearesl nich
Alr. Isaae Salsbulry, a Ind reporte
Io lii. AlIr. Salsbullry and severa
thIghbor t4lok 11rn1V an inlto
tmdy and carried him to Ala,ist
1,hn1er, vlo sent lii to jail b1
When Seen] by a representative of
State, Irnegani said lie had killed
wife and clildreni, but (lid not k
why lie had done so, . ltat lie h
IlItem dearly and ihat they had alv
- Volvi alolngN well to-etlier. le
lie did not know when lie killed il
but tlat. it was almost daylight, w
lie had gotten thirougli. He sail
used anl axe.
Irnegan is a well-to-do farmer,
-lives about one mile from Rufins.
is in(istrious and has a nice fi
He Seems to be a1 man of abou
years of age. le came to this Col
from Sweden. and kept books fo
11. )annelly, I 4reat many years.
married Miss Olivia An drews of
liams, this county. There is 11 d1
about the man's being insane.
tried to take his own life abolit
years ago by entiting his tlroal
0 ralor. l neighibors say he
been actin,. s raingel v of late. lie
a juror at tlie sessions court held I
last week.
IIaterl- - m -re 1rn-iel-ani. eldest
of .1. W. Iriegan, who was though
h)ave been slain b hv his fatlier,
just been broug,hit to Walterhoro
t ie t rain fronit ulinils. Ilis head
face are both e.rnshed inl hut le is
alive. lie was carried to the ii
mary. wlere lie is now being open
on by ])rs. lIsdon1 ad Ackern,
his condiion is saidl to Ie critical.
NEGRO ASSAULTS WOMAN
Northern Woman Thought Ni
"Perfect Gentleman.' '-Brute
Makes Escape.
The State.
Aiken, July 11.-News of a I
ble crime thIiat was perpvt ra ted al
live miles from A.\iken reached I
yesterdlay aifternoon, but a cohli
account could iiot be 0otined
this morniing.
- On Moniday morning about
o 'clock AMrs. L. N. Chlapini was assaL
edi ini lier homne by a negro man ni
Isaac Kight. The foci .thait I
Chiapi n is ant old Ilady, at least
years of aice, makes the crime all
more revolting. The negro who
saulted her had been in her em
for over three years.' Mrs. Chu
lived in the house with no white
soni. The negro man, who livedi
room at the side of the house nex
.thie kitchen, and a niegro) famnily
ing iln the yard were the only<
wh'lo stayed near lier.
Th'le crime had not become gener
kinown in Aiken uint il late yester
afternoon, when a posse of abloul
men under thec leadlership) of the s
iff organhized for the purp'hose of en
ing the negro.
Mirs. Chopin is Li Nothern b;
andi( before lier misfortunite did niot
dOvstanid the niatuire of the nie
She had pt every Irust in Kn
andt evenl dec~(lared on one occa
that he was a perfe(ct gentlemn.
Yeat-Hlow dloes the colonel
roomi onl his breast for Ll his n
Crimlsonbea k-Why, thle more n
als he gets, the more his chest
nands.--Vnkars Statesan.
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1le MR. BLEASE'S POSITION.
Nil
mbt States His Platform Clearly an
Ile Concisely and Cites Record of
t wo) Other Candidates.
vith --
has At the -:tafe vnampaignl mieetinl!" i
Was the 11111 ol, ih h14iusv (f represent:,
WTre lives, in 0,11Clumbi.. In M(oil.y. Sn:
mr C(ole. L. Ilense, eadilida.t ,4
s "n"CIIernorv, clearly' madoem a
I to his platr fon, as he has donle at tli
hla vorm'i.ns Ilhetulin-'.'s (h1uh n 1
onl state. .11d fliale :1 !tr1n (u alk:ick uIp
and the revords f11 'Mr. It'. 1. .\la n111ing n111
;till (ol. .11. T. sloml. senlatr llew.
]itr- A;s liberally- :1pphai dd urn his r<(
lIed marks. l bI athi ck tpon ilr. Ali
and ni"s mnd 0o. 'Snlmi hli cited the .omt
nals itf the senlah. and holnst. of rel
U- tleVl,tV' (11164 1 2 I ' .IIl i W I Wie
envlme en thi e o of senate an
h(iense. and gave te w showi
thIeir vot e" o the va riolls (Ilivs1iofs t
igro whiph he rifr . ih, rsmorie thv
S1 ntor Tillman was he ral anih
of the gUnyeraninp blIil. Sinai
Trilnan was )resent <hnrinil-,m
Bilease Speech.
1li- ( ir. Blease sp,ke in part as ft ,
mul. l"WS:
lIre ''Mr. (iihirman, Ladiis and IeW
oent tle e I',1) t'4(11(hi 111 i f iut i h th
util1 meet11ill shold be1 hld4ra i the pla'i
2 r wxoc-in tlUIgll l)rl1Itlhave for our hont
th ileeiutol of earnir,and at ablot
Blease.
til(Ihl Illay be kept 'iu to a proper
standard.
d 1 am11 inl ravor. of bul ilp thle
trve school System, So Ohut every
while chil in this state may he given
a1 .z omnSchool edlieationl, in
Co comft1-otable aIll c(lIvl %vlivll Silool
114111ses, .111411 ill paying tenchlers at Slf
iient sallryN to seenre the best.
1 I ln oppsed to the higher ediei
p t1111 (lif Ill4 e lgro l ,I al lijti ll ravol
e ofIthe talx-S paid by N lte white people
e (ningt :111t inilsed onlly f*or the1(
V 14 11 i:)- I a I (of, w i e (ch(. 1. 1 ildren.
1 .11 am 11) ipp s d to -4 t11he e.xtIra vouIIrt
* s VMS 41S it lias heell iraeticed wit'l
inl the last couple years.
I :nnl opposed to tIhe extrava" gant,
appropriatli"ns which aIre bein. mllado
b- b the g'ileneral asiemly.
S I m i f'.volr of ;I law re<quiring
11lhe arig verlifiente or the
glistra tillon of all marr11ia'e..s inl te of
to fiev of, the( Mlerk Id thel (ou t, thle
I comily inl which the marria.-e takes
r phlev. AIso of thie ri-w6stratioll of the
r1 <bte of birti of Chilidren.
I -mill inl falvor. of the strict elforce -
mont11 of1 the vaI ..ra nvy law, anid espee
I I arouid towils and eiivs.
1 111n inl hovlv. of rtillming.. lthe unv
I- (rillelnt 211 a lil1al hit not exrtava
5! ganti finiase l basis, and( ~in making.
Q our1 tax levy, hot h county and state,
(e as low as p1ossibl5 e forl a saft and e1( co
r' n22mie1.-! managementil3i)t of1 (our govern'f
I I amil i favo oII'(f thle d i'spenIlsary sys
V f(emI as thle best slhit ion of' thle w~his
C key~ (fntion121, and1 in f'avor' of' t he re
1 peal oif the Biie Iaw.
1 1 am1 iln favor of alpropr'ialting a
su nofi It excedinig five thtousanid dol
f lat's eatch year to be given to the1
e C'onf'eder'ate veterans to be used by
them inl such manner' as they see fit
for ant annual reunion to be held at
5 sneh p)laces they may select.
Mr'. Blease congr'atulatedl the wo
~ III (n f Columbia upon their enter
e I aitnment of thle veterans dluring the
El last reunion, sayisng they had sent
many a veteran back from Columbia
S happy and c'he(erful, who may never
S aigna have the prlivilege of meeting
S withI his ol omr'ades oin t his ear'th.
r' Coh. lilease then took up the ree
Ii le said(:
- I elimi, an ld the2 rQcords1 will showv
- t hat I hav ~e alIways been consistentI in
I these poi5tionis. My oppontsIl , Mr.
Mannlin and111 Coil. Sloan,] Ieaim are0
- no22 c'onisStellt ; but1 t ha t I am thle only
dlispienIsary', 011 cnidlate in tIs race. Iln
1892 Mr. Manning voted against the
- dispensary as a member (If the hiouise
(I of'eprlesentatives. See House Jour
1 ral 574 ano 35 -a.so inn 00 ..,.on