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VL MW7 VOL. IX. - -- MANNSC.WENSAJN ,__O 4. BUTLER AND TILLMAN. THE GREAT SENATORIAL RACE BE GUN AT ROZK HILL. Senator Evans Made a Speech and Had Some Passes with the Crowd-Pope and TIndel Do Their Devoir-The O) her Candidates 11 Not Spsak. RoCK HILL, June 18.-The great Senatorial cntest has begun. During the early hours et the (lay hundreds of people were congregated around Turn er's Hotel, where both Butler and Till man were quartered, and it was a Butler crowd, the followers of the G overnor not coming up into town in large rum bers. Two hundred Butlerites arrived yes terday. Fifty of them came from Edge field and the remainder from Greenville. At 6:30 this morning the train from Col umbia brought 450 more, all wool-hat, hardy looking fellows, from Union, Fairfield and stations aloag the C. C. & A. road. A good many others came in about 10:30 from the direction of Charlotte. The audience at the meeting numbered about 2,000.* Oae of the not able passengers from Columbia was Newbold, the dispensary detective. He had to stand some mild guyig from the country boys. Shortly atter 10 o'clock this morning Senator Butler made a ten minutes talk to 250 of his supporters in Armory aall. He started that a rumor had been cir culated and telegraphed that Governor Tilman was to be assassinated prompt ly at noon by a prearranged plan. He destred to state that so far as he knew, therumor was unqualifiedly false. He had never, he said. done or said a word to cause a breach among the white people, nor -would he. He hoped his fiends 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 Yorkville tomorrow. He had no fear for himself, and he did not see any rea son 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 requirmg candidates to announce themselves by June 17, and that in com pliance he had written the following let ter: Edgefield, S. C., June 16, 1894. To- Mr. D. H. Tom pkins, Secretary of Democratic Exactive Committee, Columbia, S. C.: Dear Sir: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1895. I presume the canditates for the States Senator, will abide the result of the primaries set for the 30th of August next. I hereby request that a seiarate box 1p provided by the State executive com mittee at each and every voting precinct m the State, in which each ioter may express by his ballot his prefirence for United States Senator, said iseparate boxes to be managed uncer the same rule as other ballot boxes in the prima ries, and I hereby pledge myseli to abide the result ol the vote thus cast at the said primary. An early reply will oblige. Very truly, M. C BUTLER. The Senator said that it he could. get afair primnary he would atide by it, and not whine at the result if the people preferred1 the other man. He could re turn to Edgefield and fish for the remain der of his life and spend it free etpublic cares. What he wished was to get the people to listen to argument. THE EGULAB MEETING. The speaking was at M'cres~ grtve. hait a mile north of the centre of the city. Congressman Strait war given thirty mmnutes, the senatorial candidates one hour each and ten minutes bar reply and the candidates for Governor thirty m-mnes each. At precisely twonminutes past eleven, Senator Butler ani Con gressman Strait arrived on the ground. The stand is an ordinary woods plat form, bilt against a majestic- white oak. It stands in the midst ot a splendid grove. A the Senator steps upon thestand, attired in bluish cambric neelireeishirt, scarf- and black clothes,~ ~onis one shoas, "Hurrah for Butler," anii con siderable cheering follows. One voice shouts for Tmlman. .In a moment Governor Tilman, wear ing a white helmet and black alpaca coat, low quartered shoes and, greenish yellow socks, follows, and cheers, scarce ly so general as Butler's, greet him. He takes a seat at the rear of the stand and leans against the oak. John Gary Evars -seats himsell at his right elbo N' and Tin dal directly behind. Samps Pope, El lerbe, Buchanan, Watts, John Walter Gray and Mayfisld seated themselves around the stand, with Butler holding the left flanking seat. President White of the Rock Hill Democratic Club called the meeting to order. Bev. W. G. White prajed and the band played. President White intrcduced Congress man Strait as the first speaker. Ho body cheer ed as he faced the crowd. It began to sprinkle rain gently, damper ing the spirits of the assemblage, and the Congressman's remarks appeared to have a similar effect. GOV. TILLMAN SPEAKS. At the conclusion of Congressman Strait's speech President White, after cautioning the crowd not to interrupt the speakers, Introduced Governor Tillmnan. The cro wd had waited patiently for the Senatorial guns to fire and broke into applause when Chairman White introduced Governor Tillman and an nounced the order of the remainder of the spaking. The Governor advanced in the cool, deliberate manner usual to him. He said he was the only mnan in Houth Carolina who had tried to canvass the tstate three times, county by 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 North Carolina and all over the globe. He was accused of having a bitter tongue, but he stood here and said he was not resp~nsible for all the bitterness. He had been more persecuted and maligned than any other man. The people, Tillmn said, had elected him tO office before and were going to send him to the Senate sure as a gun's iron. (Loud ap plause.) He said he had been Governor four years and stood ready to defend his every act. He made an appeal foi brotherly love In the coming campaign and paid an eulogy to the farmers al the backbone of the country. He said he was proud of being a farmer Gov ernn.He had never run for office til cver 38 years of age. Taen he had gone for the biggest plum on the tree and g shook it down. le was now after a bigger plum and i-tended to get it. a (Applause.) b His friend Butler had been in ofcice n eighteen years. The office belonged to d the people not to any man, u The Governor next said he supposed a the candidates for the Senate must dis- n cuss nationai issues. He would simply c; take a bird's eye view of the situation. I There were only two big questions-the v tariff and finanxe. He wouldn't touch 1, on the tariff to day and would discuss a. finances to some extent. He jumped el into the question by showing the great fh contraction of the money of the court- si try. In 1865,he said, there was $2.000,- G 000,000 of mmey in circulation; now 1h there is only-S1,000,000,000. Tuat was n tte reason the poor farmers of the b country wer not getting a reward for h their labor. He charged all this to Il Wall street. Shylocks, backed by Lom- C bard street.London. These Shylocks t< had caused his contraction by putting the issue pcer in national banks. The I people wercontinually getting poorer and all the 'ealth of the country is in cl the hands o a few thousand million- t< aires. il The Govelor jumped on the national C bank quesbn and defended green backs. He rplained the difference be- n tween them. Money sharks said green- s1 backs weri fiat money. That fiat tl money, hoever, had whipped the - South in theate war. Purchased Con- 12 gressmen ad Senators yelled "Fiat e2 money" becise they had been bought. h The spear then began the discus- OJ sion of thesilver question. le said ca gold and ster had been on a parity ti since the da) of Abraham and ought t to be now. 'he Democratic platform W adopted at icago had said they were gi equal, but Oveland hadn't carried out t( the plank. leveland was a confessed perjurer andesponsible for the present r deplorable ctdition of the Democratic G party. He crged Cleveland and Car- h: lisle with hacs-pocus game in issuing oJ $50,000,000 c bonds to replenish the u] gold reservewhich is again down to 01 65,000,000. lie charged a lot of thiev ing and rotbry in Washington, but si said some da the people will get to gether and fere will be a big shaking P4 up. (Laught.) a He attacki Cleveland as an old bag g of beef who'be could not find words . to describe. lie said John Sherman s1 the people's eimy, was now the trusted w advisor of Cleland, who has betrayed w every trust. he country is in its pres- pi ent conditionerough the treachery of i1 a Democraticresident. The Goverir reviewed in a clear manner the imonetization of silver and the bad cdition of the country. ni He said there'e millions of starving st workngmeB. Uoney sharks, he said, f have grown ) outrageous in their treatment analk as to wish a stand - ig army to k a few starving men off the grass. ie alluded to Coxy and his ragged meland said poor Coxy had had his heatracked. There might di not be any Co~ites in the South, but the people hei sympathize with the demands of lair. Resuming scussion of the silver question, the ivernor said the people the dragon etircling them. They W would do it witiheir votes and could hot be boughtwith money or free w: passes. This wahis first direct allusion to tne free passree excursion of But- cc lerites and brccit loud applause from a, his supporters. fa The fight. he aid, must be for free a silver and maore treenbacks. The Gov- pl ernor said the euth and West must vi get together and nake a fight for liberty ti and bread. He oncluded by telling a is story of big JohnJones anid his ox, a a story about an ox's tail being tied I though the dastboard of a vehicle. bi Ihe Governor sail if sent to the Senate fr e woul-l promise tot to be bribed and lil not to sell out. He~ would chunk rocks tc for the people's irterest as long as he B ould use his tongte and would do all ha e could. b Just as the Governor was concluding, some man in the audience remarked that Tillman would not get to the si Senate to chunk rocks. T Turning toward the speaker and G waving his hand, the Governor said w Ihat sixty-tive taiousand white men had elected him to his oflice and would send E him to the Senate. This elicited loud al md prolonged applause. b SENATOII BUTLER sPEAKS. si At the conclusion of Gov. Tillman'sp speech he was heartily cheered and the ti and played. As the last note of mu- t sic died away there was a cry for But- P [er, who was then introduced by the ~hairman. Hie said: g "I'm mighty glad to see you. I am ad to see you in a good humor. I'm lad that Governior Tillmani was in a ;ood humor. I shall meet him with hhe same respectful bearing. The Lovernor says he has been eccused of Liaving a bitter toingue. Well, a fishP woman can wield a bitter tongue, but it requires courage to speak to an in-e eligent and well informed audience " ike this before me.h "I have a proposition to make to the h lioveror. If he will agree to have a l separate ballot box at each voting pre inct in which the people, I mean the white people, in the primary in Septenx-I ber may register their choice for Sen itor, without the interference of ringsb mud caucusses, I shall agree to abide by b Lt. 'Will he do that ?" -0 Voices-No, ne, no."h "Ob.~ I think he will," said the Senia- P tor. "Will he agree to submit to the people whether he or I should repre sent them in the Senate ? I will aoide by it." (Cheers.) i "The Governor says that the Senate le desn't belong to me; I didn't ask to go V tere. I did not asar for the privilege ' of accepting the volume of abuse P which the Republicans hurled upon me . when I was fighting for my seat. Men who rode by me in camp and bivouac 1 called on me for what seemed a for- e lon hope, and I would not refuse, be ause I felt it was my duty. I would ' not go through that experience agamnl for any office. "If we are to judge gf the Governor n the Senate by the speech he has made, what a spectacle be would be, t driving an ox cart with the ox tail in 0 the dashboard; flinging rocks from the c mountain top. What could he accom- f lih in the Senate making such a veri- t: table spectacle ofhimself ? s "We have heard a good deal said g about finance, Clevreiandi being bought I Iand free passes. I submit that that is t a delicate question for the Governor, a (Cheers.) 1 think he had better let the bi subject drop. Has it come to this that I a man in South Carolina can't ride on j a train without asking Marse Ben ? I Li have asked for passes for poor men 's out of a job. Has the Governor everi asked a pass for a poor man? (Wild t cheering.) Voice--He asked for one for him- a self." "-Fierce cheering, which Butler ( had to quiet.) Some voices shouted for Tillman. The speaker then compared Tillmjan to a young mule, who, when working in double harness, kicked and bit at 1 the other mule and did no pulling, lie then ridiculed the Governor's love of office.1 Man in the crowd-"Don't you love 1 oflice, too ?" -Yes, I do, pretty w ell," responded mknthe Seato, yeng the man coolly. Lye God, I tell the truth; I haven't one crazy about oflice. though." The Governor is in nis "A, B, C'S" bout finance. One of his friends calls im a "genius of destruction." A com ion tramp may blow up a house with ynamite. The Governor talks about tonopuies %nd robberies, but he sug ests no remedy. He will get on a ountain and throw rocks,drive an ox trt with the ox's tail in the dashboard. am under the impression that he ent to cbicago a supporter of David . Hill, whe at the beginning of his treer, nps stabbed the party by de aing against the income tax, the drest clause in the tariff bill. That iould teach you what to expect of the overror. I am as far from Cleve .nd as the poles from each other, and D one is better aware of it than he, at 1 take no stock in this abuse ot im. The tariiY bill will be passed. is the best tariff bill ever before ongress, because it is not satisfactory the extremes of each side. Voice--It does not represent the emocratic party." Butler-"It is a bill which the Demo atic party can stand on." The Sena ir then defended the bill fully, assert ig that its duties were f; per cent. wer than the Mills bill. "I predict that the next Republican itionai convention will put in a free Iver plank in their platform. I favor Lat the Democrats of tbe South and orth and West begin now and organ e silver leagues. I believe the country in sustain double the amount of green Leks in circulation without one dollar gold in the country. The Republi n party is responsible for the condi n of the South. I believe when the riff bill is passed that the revenues ill be ample for the support of the >ernment. I am as much opposed the bond issue as the Governor is. To illustrate a Doint in silver de onetization, the Senator said: "If the overnor will lend me the dollar he is, I'll show you; (smiling) he's better f than I am." (The crowd laughed >roariously.) I'll give it back to him else play crack-loo for it." The Governor came forward with a ile and handed him the dollar. - The Governor says greenbacks whip d us. I was thar. It was muskets Ld bayonets whipped us, or rather we >t tired out whipping the Yankees. Then the Senator explained the pen ?n infamy and said that the reason by it was not checked was because a hadn't the votes. He incidentally did a tribute to the Confederates, say g that there never were such soldiers the soldiers of Lee and Jackson. The Senator held up a large yellow velope. "I have plenty of ammuni yn here. I want the Governor to iderstand that when I tackle the ate administration I shall do it ankly, though in perfect good hu or. When I warm his back he must ke it like a little man. He must ke his punishment. I shall take ine. I am used to it. I know the farmers are poor. I un rstood that the Governor promissd hen elected that he would help the rmers. Are they better off ? On the her hand taxes have been increased. hall stand side by side with my peo al their struggle. I challenge Gov 2ere I have not done my duty. It is -ong to turn a man out of the Senate ly because he has done his duty. I Juld lay down public life forever if I uld thereby see my people united Ad living as brothers as they were ur years ago. I utter a warniug and predictioD, that when the white peo divide and appeal to the negro ite we shall have a period of degrada n worse than reconstruction. There nothing for me in the Senate. I am poorer man than when I went there. have not learned to steal or accept ibes, I can't be captured by gold or ee asses. (Cheers.) It may be a tle vain, but I believe I am the man ,bring the people together. Senator atler was continually cheered, and id often to stop and quiet his friends 'fore proceeding. GOY. TILLMAN IN REFLY. At the couclusion of Senator Butler's eec, Col. Jones said that Governor lilman was entitled to a re ply. When overnor Tillman came to the front he as loudly cheered. The Governor began his closing re arks by saying that he just wanted to iswer a few little firecrackers shot off his friend. In regard to the propo ion, if Butler believed that the peo e ought to have the right to elect nators and if the Democratic Execu ve Committee is willing t-> grant the oposition he hadl no objection. "Butler went on to talk about my ftting among the plow boys. I1 want ask you if the farmers did not put e up to lead a forlorn hope. '-Yes, they did and you won!" said any voices. "Since that time I have been more aligned than any man in the State." response to a question from a man .the audience about his chances of ection, the Governor said he had Lone got the coon skin and was gone." Abouit free passes, the Governor told. >w he had accepted one and said But r 'had ridden on one all his life. He ten showed up how many in the crowd id come here on free passes. These men didn't come here from orth Carolina and all over the State r nothing. They could veil, he said, it couldn't vote in York County. He iused great cheering when he said he 4 York County and would thank the ople in advance for the vote of e county. The Governor told hat he bad done since he had been the hief Executive and said he had noth to shield. in his life. About But r's story of the old mule and C~he >ung mule, he asked the farmers hich they bad rather have, a young ancng mule or an old flop eared, orn-Out animal. "We'll take you:" shouted many amid ughter at Butler's expense as a ilop ired animal. The Governor said he had not voted r Hill but for Boles at Chicago, But r having charged him with being a ipporter of the former. SENATOR BUTLER IN REPLY. When Senator Butler came for ward reply, both factions cheered vocifer usly tor some minutes. The Sena':or baracterized the Governor as an art 1 dodger in fleeing behind the execu .e committee in the proposition for a parate box. He bad asked for a cate orical answer and had ex pected one. the charge of ringism he was sus ried by the high authority of no less personage than John L. M. Irby, who ad charged that there was a State [ouse ring. If the Governor had iven the peorle the primary, why did e now permit it to be violated ? Why ras a convention to be held in August ? Vhy were not all men allowed to go to oe polls andl vote? The Senator clcsed by sayicg that the ssessment on the railroads, which overnor Tillmen "had throttled, had eenreduced." There was again long ot mued cheering. HON. JiOiN GARY EVANs SPEAKS. Comptroller GeneraJ Ellerbe was in roduced, but said he would not speak is dinner time was -m hand and the >eoole were tired; it they would come o Yorkville tomorrow he would talk o them, ie iinished amid applause. Senator E-P.ans was next introdnced md was warmly received, lie said he tion, of which he was a part, agains Senator Butler and if the Senatoi spanked his (Evans') baby, he woul put a mustard plaster under Butler': shirt. (Laughter.) Senator Evan, brought down the audience by sayinj he was glad to see all the anti Tillman ites of the State present. Every coun t y was represented and a good deal o: North Carolina was on hand. Touch ing on National affairs. Evans sai( Cleveland was a prostitution of Demo cracy, and ir being a follower of Cleve land was a Democrat, he (Evans) could be called anything else. "Didn't you vote for Hill?" a mat asked. "No, I did not," was the quick reply "and the only ones I know who did ar men now supporting Butler for Sena tor. Ben Perry, for instance." Evans made a good many pointed jabs at Butler, tickling his friends im menselv. He continued his attack o Cleveland and defended the Democrac3 of the Reformers of the State. Senatoi Evans said it was the old men who ha been kicked out of office who were keep ing the political ball open; it was noi thevo ung men. Evans parried in quick and neat man ner a number of questions asked him, He got in a blow on Butler whernsvez he could and was asked by a young man named Gus Aiken if he was run ning for Senator or Governor. A col loquy ensued between them. Evans attacked Butler for his state ment that State taxes have not beer reduced and showed this was erroneous He said if the Senator was as ignoran on national affairs as on State, he wa. in a bad fix. Again defending the State adminis tration, he upheld the Dispensary law His declaration that it was the best las for control of whiskey was hissed b3 several young men. "I can tell that you fellows are from North Carolina by the color of youi noses," the speaker said to them. Ev ans 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 fig ures in favor of the Dispensary and strongly defended it. He said lie will advocate the Dispensary from every stump in the State and if elected Gov ernor 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 of fer of thousands of wool hat boys to fight with shot guns and hickory sticks South Carolina will never bow to the whiskey element. The people will not surrender to the little whiskey sellers and grog shop aeepers. "Why did you turn down Hampton?" was asked. "Because h's didn't represent us an we will turn down anybody else who does not." "Why haven't you got a Governor who knows the law?" "We have a Governor who knows together." Evans concluded by saying that he would continue his discourse at York ville, where he would be glad to see all North Carolinians and revenue offi. cers." (Applause.) MESSS. rOPE AND TINDAL SPEAKS. Dr. Sampson Pope was introduced and announced himself as a candidate 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 that any administration. Taxes had not been greatly reduced, because the .State ad been forced into litigation at great expense. Coosaw had been tnrottled and the railroads had been made tc come under the law. He showed thai the railroads had not been paying at equal proportion of taxation. Dr. P'opf recited all things done by the adminis tration. He also defended the Dispen sary law and said it was the best lami ever put on the statute books. If he could not get the Dispensary he wai for high license. Dr. Pope tavored al: the Alliance demands within the Dem ocratic party and said the sub-treasur3 was the best of all these demands. Hi showed the great benefits of that plan He also attacked Cleveland and saic he stood in with Wall street. He saic he despised Hill. He believed Tillmat would be the next Democratic nominel for President. Dr. Pope expressed th( views on national politics enumeratec by him before. Secretary of State Tindal, the las1 candidate for Governor introduced commended th3 Rock Hill people foi their peaceable conduct. He told what good the Reform movement had ac complished. Things in the State be fore the movement was successfuli were stagnant. Governor Tillman wa not responsible for the strife in th4 State. Turmoil was inevitable anc would have resulted had any man beer elected Governor. Tindal spoke foi peace and unity. Both the minoritj and the majority must use toleration He wanted his Conservative friends t< remember that the Reform movemen1 would never go backward. Tindal hai no good. words for Cleveland. He spoki some on national affairs. When hi concluded he was applauded. W. D. Mayfield was announced as candidate for Superintendent of educn tion; J. Gary Watts for Adjutant an< Inspector General; 0. W. Buchanan, fo: Attorney Generst and James Nortol for Comptroller General. They mada no speecnes. At the close Col. Iredell Jones, pre siding instead of Mr. White, who ha< been forced to leave on account of sick ness, dismissed the crowd which hai already thinned to a few hundred, rap idly dispersed. Killed Before the Family. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 18.-I special to the Times-Union from Tamp Fia., says: Tillett Whidden killed Ton Swain yesterday at the dinner Table. S wain was an escaped convict who hal been sentenced for life for murder, an< for whom a large reward was offered Whidden met S wain, and protessin! friendliness, invited him to his (Whid den's) house a dinner. Swain accepted and while eating Widden ordered him ti throw up his hands. Swain reached foi his gun and Whidden shot him dead Mr. Whidden at d several child ren were at the table when the traged occurred. Whidden pu Swain's corps in r. luggy and brought it to Tampa. H drove ab:>ut lifteen miles overa lonel3 road with the body of his victim, reach lg Tampa about midnight. Du1iuso a thunderstorm last Wed nesday afternoon th~e lightning struc the signal pole of the weather obsers er's office int W ilmington, N. C, whic was raised on the top of the Goverr ment building. The pole was ehat tered and the~ halliards parted whe: the flags came down with a run. Th building was not damaged at all, a] though the shock was felt all over i1 espeially on the upper floor occupie by the weather observer and the Unit te ta esa engineer officials. THE YORK MLEETIMt. I GREATEST iNTEREST IN THE FIGHT FOR THE SENATE. The Crowd Lar gly in Fayor of TI1lm-n Butler Makes a Good Speech-Ssn-psfi of the t'peechm Mad-, by it-e Diftfrent Caudidatep. YORKVILLE, S. C., June 19.-Tning warmed up a little at today's campaigi meeting. The crowd got somewhat enthusiastic. The best of bumor.how ever, prevailed. Everyone went away happy and contented, and no anger was shown. Today's meeting empha sized one thing strikingly, the audi ences do not care three snaps for any thing except the Senatorial debate. The enthusiasm was below zero until the central figuies, Butler and Till man appeared. Then the voters braced tremselv up, and were all interest and showed their feelings They listened to the others, they laughed and noted the argument, but when General But ler was announced there was a decided change in the atmosphere. A complete change had come over the scene. Chairman J. Steele Brice, in opening the meeting, begged that this be made a repetition of the model meeting held here two years ago. The Rev. Mr. W. G. Neville made the opening prayer. JOHN GARY EVANS was introduced as "from Edgefield,' but he promptly corrected the state ment that he was from Aiken. He continued: Whether we be Re formers,Independents or Conservatives or Republicans our interests are one. That banner can go with the one un der which we have won, "Equal rights to all and special privileges to none.' We are not Populists or Communists, but are working for one interest. We now have a ring of entirely new peo ple. See to it that you are not dicta ted to by the bosses. No man has the right to fear for the interests of his State, of the people. Nearly all of the measures advocated in our platform have been enacted into law. There is a demand for a constitutional conven tion and that'has not been acted on. The Constitution you live under was made by a people who had no interest in you; yet we are told to keep this dangerous Constitution. I tried to amend it and was voted down. We pay too much to tbe classes whose in. terests are not ours in proportion to the taxes paid. That means if this country ever gets into the hands of the carpet-baggers the negro has equal rights in all your schools. There is great danger in this provision. The schools should be put under the people through the Legislature. Vote for a constitutional convention. New York has outgrown her Constitution. and oars was modelled after theirs. Every Confederate soldier is* stigmatized in y:>ur own Constitution as a rebel. We "Reformers" have started out on the platform of the Alliance. Those demands are today the only true De mocracy. We have been called all g -p ca1ege j -ehad to old Jeffersonian Democracy. We are fighting for principle and if we keep it up we are bound to win. I stand upod every demand in there. It is claimed that we have done nothing for the peopie. We refunded your debt with an annual saving of $80,000 a year. We actually had men go to New York and say the debt would be repu diated. They ran Dr. Bites and Gov. Tillman out of New York by their ma. licious reports. They even wanted to continue the debt at 6 per cent. when they knew negotiations were pending for the settlement of the bonds. The next year the bill was telegraphed to New York. Why was it done? For political purposes. They were trying to fly-blow the whole debt. We went over to Baltimore and placed the whole thing and they went away like they had their tail cut. [H-urrabs.] A patriot of South Carolina wantea the State to fail in placing the bonds. They are all coming over, but we must not baptize too many at .one time. Don't let them all in at one time. They may break the plank. We have even converted the State. The scales on his back are too thick to let him in with one scraping. We have to mark him with a red star and anoint himi and baptize him before we let him in. About this time a train passed by and Evans said: 'Let her roll!" and i'll wait. The dlspensary law is the best tfing you have ever had. We found South Carolina drunk as a lord. We could not take avnay the liquor at once, we took It away gradually. We tooE temptation away from the boys. P dacreased drunkenness oyer '5 per cent. The audience did not seem to be in the humor to applaud, and only did so wen he made a good point or a laugh able suggestion. [COMPTROLLER GEN'ERAL ELLERBEE was in good trim. He said that, al though he had been cussed and dis cussed, he had no intention of apolo gizing for anything he had done. My couiD, for he is my cousin, is some what ashamed of me because as a plsir farmer I can't speak like he does. SWhen I am elected he will call me S"cousin.', and then i'll give him a trial justiceship. [Laughter.j SWhen I went into office I found thi -property not fully assessed. I sent out circulars to my auditors to increasi assessments to the full value of th4 property. We have increased the val ation of the railroad property tc a~out $7,000,000 as it now stands to - day. We raised the South Caroline I and Georgia road to S16,000 per milb and that was when the bonds wern I worth on the market about $7,000,000 -It's t~he same thing with the othae: roads. The Columbia and Greenvll4 bonds were worth on the market $17, 000 and we assessed it at $10,500. Yet they cried we were trying to ruin ths state. Recently we got over S200,000 thal escaped taxation, and yet this property is no higher than any other. You ai. remember the bank cases. I only or dered the auditors to tax the propert: according to law, in the Newberr: Bank case the bank showed S300J.000 ir - stock and surplus. The auditor as ,sessed them at $230,000, but the Couri )fixtd that at $150,000, which is lesa than 50 per cent. I am sorry to sa) when I came in I founc. shortages.J told the sheriffs to enforce executione v and we are making better collection! than tbey ever did. , Mr. Ellerbee told a very laughable story of how a young lady tried to havy him stop a tax execution, which occa sioned considerable merriment. ie continued: We defeated Coosaw We refunded the State debt, whici saves you S50,000 a year. We buill i Clemson College for your sons, wher' - we mossbacks can be educated. Oui i Penitentiary is now managed as wel -as any in the country, while now Col -Neal is turning money over to thi treasury. Yet w'e are asked what wt e have done. Yet we have done all this - without increasing your taxes, a] ;, though when we went in we xounc i $50,000 debt. We had to raise taxec -last year because we had money tieC up by the railroads. Then look at th4 litigation they forced us into. Then we are building your colleges. I joined the Alliance when it was frst organized, and I believe in it. I believe it will do us good. It is an or ganization to help the agricultural classes. They tell you our demands are unconstitutional, and they would not know the Constitution coming down the road. [Laughter.] Anything would do better than what we have. It is time to do something for the people. He touched lightly on the banks.pro tection. free silver, national aid to the railroads and the Alliance demands. le favored national control of the railroads, especially those rFded by the Government. The roads can be re produced for three billion dollars and they are trying to pay interest on nine billion dollars. Ie favored an income tax. He wanted some way to send tax perjurers to the Penitentiary. I am in favor of peace and unity myself, but there is one thing our people will have to understand, and that is the minority cannot dictate to the majority. Repub licanism would be a cruel fallacy it this was the case. There was not a flatter or a word of applause as Mr. Ellerbee finished, al though his speech took very well with the audience. CANDIATE TINDAL. opened by saying that for eight years he had been working to build up the "Reform" 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. What you want to kno w is what you are voting for. Tcday I am a candi date, not of my own choice, but be cause my friends want me to run. The great acts of the "Reformers" are the building of Clemson College, the Win throp College and the railroad tax figrht, which really meant that they niust pay the same taxes as others, and I venture to say the roads and the peo ple hereafter will be on more friendly terms. You have today an honest and effi cient Government-. It is a Govern ment 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 gether? All of our people speak for Deace. I never have been able to be lieve 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 uni ted force to accomplish our work in Washington. The "Reform" party has never de prived anyone of his rights. If I can remove any prejudices against the Al liance 1 would be glad to do so. The politics of the Alliance are as open and as broad as the noonday. It has no se crets except those connected with its business, like a merchant's private mark, of which none complain. When the Alliance went in it went to fight trusts and extortions. The farmers found they must work together, and when they opened their eyes they giving $18,000,000 to sugar growers as a bounty; it found farmers almost de prived ot the use of money with which to raise crops. Thea the Aliance got up its demands in order to get you to direct your attention to the questions. It binds no man's conscience. In Ziarcb, 1890, I introduced the platform, from which I will read extracts. Mr. Tindall made a good, clear, forci ble speech. DR SA31PsON POPE made an exceedingly clear cut, open, plain speech. lHe wanted the Constitu tion overthrown so as to insure white supremacy. Vote for it, he said, and there willibe no danger of the white people separating. He favored pro tetion and said: You have not suffer ed by the sugar bountry. You have betn benefited more than hurt, getting five cents sugar. E verything is cheap as dirt. We only need more money. The rariff does not hurt you. I would have voted for high license, but after I saw the operations of the dispensary I ow favor the law. If unconstitutional, then as alast resort i'd go for high license. Prohibition does not prohibit. If thelaw is passed there ought to be a State board of police commissioners. There never was and would never have been an innocent man's house searched I would not be a Prohibitionist. The bitterness was not due to "Reformers,' but to the ne wspapers. He charged that all the newspapers except the Greenville News and the Register had worked against the State refunding its debt. The Greenville News, he said, did not even spell reform correctly. Mr Smythe and others had gotten $15,000 for defending the rights of the Coosaw Company, from which the State got no money, and it was said he was also paid by thie company, and the old Administrations thought Coosaw could not be made to joosen its grips. Tne announcement of D. E. FINLEY as candidate for Congress brought aboui; considerable applause. lie said, in opening, that he had always been a consistent "Reformer." He was bound by their platform. For the last four years he had always advocated every measure looking to the curtailment of expenses. He thought he had done as much as anyone in this line. He _in~ trouced the bill for the reorganmzation of the University and the salary re duction bill. The delay in passing this bill was not on his account. He had no apologies to make. He was equally frank to say some measures passed did not meet with ;his opproba tion. He did not vote for the dispen sary law because he did not think it wise. He did not vote for the "Biack district" bill. Continuing he said: I am here as a candidate because1I want office. The inancial question deserves attention. The pension law has greatly inj urea the South. Ten per cent of all money incirculation~ is paid Ithee pensioners. It amounts to rob~ bery. Our Representatives have not fought this as they should. A tight must be made. I believe in the free coinage of gold and silver. I do not believe that the repeal of the State bank tax would relieve the situation. Dr. Strait has made no fight for Daper money to be issued direct by tbe United States Government. I will go to Wash ington representing you all, not to make a fight for oflices. Mr. Bissell will never have any opportunity of passing on my Democracy. I won't let him do so. [Ilurrahs for Finley.] - CONGREsSSAN STRAIT started out tby talking of the snakes .and devils and treacherv and horrors of Wall street. The tariff bill is a poor thing without a daddy. It puts intc the hands of the Sugar Trust over $100,000,000 by its provisions. Col Talbert is our leader on pensions. .e 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 nlo man for a recognition 01 I my Democracy. sFinley: I did not say that, and meant I no re flection on you.. SDr. Strait: it looked to me that way. I have not gotten any offices. I Voice: What adout Hemphill?l Strait: He got his package marked patronage and not marked "Corigres sional." [ urrahs for Strait and "Say !"j DR TIMMERAN was introduced as a candidate for Lieutenant . Governor. As he got up there was a titter, and a few said, "Oh, my, look there!" dS they looked at the man with the harelip nose. He said what he wanted about politics and announced that his chief claim for the nomination was his good looks. (rbis was a joke on its face The crowd yelled and whooped. but Dr Timmerman went on and said that about his only rival on looks was Nor man Elder, of York, and they kept on laughing. The woman, he said, must see something in his looks as he had been mirried twice. (Laughter and hurrabs.] SENATOR BUTLER was greeted with applause as he walk ed straight up to the end of the plat form. He spoke right out and was given close attention. He said an of fice holder was responsible to the peo ple and the officers were not the masters The people here are the rulers and the sovereings. It is not osly your right but your duty to demand of every man in office an account of the trust. Just here I wpuld like to make a personal explanation. Messrs Shell and Mc Laurin have requested me to say something about an alleged political combine with them, and a statement thatthey had been traitors to the Reform Movement. There never was any foundation for the report, and I should not have noticed it except for their re quests. 1 have always tried to treat the "Reform" Congressmen with respect. [Just at this jucture two men got into a personal fight, but Gen Butler and Chairman Brice quieted the crowd.] Continuing Gen Butler said he would criticise Governor Tillman's public re cord as much as he wanted to and he did not want Governor tillman to get mad about it. Is there any objection to asking far an explaration from Governor Tillman? FLfteen years ago I said we ought to have jost such a college as Clemson and I have al ways favored such colleges. They talk of baptizing me when ,I advocated measures they are talking of before they were born. In 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 Iam in favor of protecting their interests. The fight began twenty years ago. When it comes to pensions the soldier vote is so strong that neither side will fight it in the North or East. It does look alarming to see the pensions steadily increasing and we, my old soldiers, we, who fought for four years, have contributed over $300,000,000 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 to change the tariff law, and third to as c , pending. That tariff bill is not s ithat I would like; there were compTUCW yet I believe it the best tariff bill almost ever passed, in the bill is a tax on in come, and it is the first opportunity to reach the bondholders, It is fair, 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 long as Mr. Cleve land Is our President. You and I voted for him. Although the people knew Mr. Cleveland was opposed to free sil ver 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 en couraged by the Republicans. It will be a death struggle in the next election. It will be a triumph for Republican in stitutions or it will be the beginning of the end of popular government. We ought now to organize silver leagues on which to build a financial system 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 bet ween the money interests and tne masses. They have found men to shoot down citizens. There are four teen States in insurrection. There is dynamite, death, destruction in the air. I advised to let Coxey alone; that is a mere symptom of the disease that Re publican legislationi has brought about He referred to Governor Tillman's throwing rocks jokingly and tieing ox tails up in Washington. I should go to the West for our next President. H~e 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 on my record 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 fami ly 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, I stood it for your sake. Everyone thought I was a fool to make the fight, but I did get my seat. What have I done? Among my first acts was to get $200,000 for Charleston harbor; that was the first of a $5,000,000 appropriation. I got the first appropria tion for Winyah Bay; I helped get a sur vey of the rivers of the State; I got an appropriation of half a million for the dry docks at Port RIayel; I got the di rect taxes reimbursed to the State; I had $500,000 paid them for their lands; L have participated in alt 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 Wash ington. If I had devoted the same time ani devotion to any other business I would have made my fortune. I do not agree with Mr. Tmndal that the office holders have never until now addressed you. We have always done so since 1874. I have begged for a constitutional convention. We ought to have called a con vention in 1880. 1 am, however somewhat afraid our people might get ito a fight and not get the best men at the convention. 1 nave always been in favor of such a convention. I want the people to vote at a directi 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 open tield. If they want to jump on me. let them do so one at a time. As a taxpayer and candidate I have a right to criticise what public acts I want, and 1 will exercise that right. Gen. Butler was given great applause on concludinlg. OYERNORi TtLLMAN was given greater applause than the Iother speakers. He said he did not know where to start, as everythiug bas A radyr ben very fully and ably coy ered. I presume you have staid here to bear me. Voices: "That's right." The candidates yesterday told us that we ought to revise the order, so I made this suggestion to let us come last. While my friend has not pitched rocks today he threatenedto tnrow some. He is holding it possibly for Charieston, for I see he has a bundle of papers. When he shoots you will just hear me limber up. Everybody ackuo wledges his ability and his character If I have been on any bed of roses I am sorry. for my suc cessor. I want to go to Washington because you want me to go there. Voice: "hiat's so!" "Hurrah for Tillman!" Tillman: The General has told you about G.oxey's army being out to re press disorder among the laboring classes. Yesterday we saw a spectacle that was a disgrace to anyone. To Gen. Butler: Are you or are you not conducting your campaign ? I see by the papers you are. I mean are you bossing it? Gen. Butler: I don't boss anybody. I leave that to you. Tillman: Now what did yousee yes 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 for Tillman! Put it to him," from the crowd.] Now you have heard Gen. Butler say that he is running his own campaign, yet out of the 1.500 people here 800 were hauled on free passes to hurrah for Butler. LHurrahs.] Keep quiet gen tleman, 1 don't want to arouse your passions. It was a kind of Corey's army that Is to be feared. I shall not attempt to locate the responsibility. They did not holler mucb, I tell you. [Hurrahs for Tilman. "We'll vote for you."] I have been through a good many hillsand I- have always counted on the freemen to help me. I know where you are. I know how you look upon Ben Tillman. Possibly some of Gen. Butler's over-zealous friends may have engineered this. If Bunch Mc Bee, as superintendent of the Blchmond and Danville Railioad, 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 ought to know it, for it is talked about. "4No, no." Hurrahs for Butler and Tillman. 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 picay unish about each things. Several of those "boomers" came to my room and told me they came on free passes and were for me. When I went on to Washington I even slept in one of Mr. McBee's berths, although I had one in the sleeping car. I have taken all the cussing, and if there is anyone entitled to a soft place I ought to get it, but I expect to work. If I went to the Sean ate, though, I would be the first Simon pure farmer there.. Then Tillman reviewed the railroad tax cases and attacked J udge Simon ton. We are still fighting the receiver ships, and our bill to limit their au thority was unanimously favorably re ported by the committee and we will et the redress for which ~-nd i nR m-M ongress w~au IlUlT , said he had no right SzQ ethe matter. I put dyna outstretched fiisatal for he Voice: "We North Carolinians e Now I promisad not to talk long, as every one else has covered the ground. Voices: "Go on, let's talk." Governor Tillman: What would I do? Why I would vote against a Judge that usurps his power. Gen. Butler is not in smpathy with you. He has been in Washington so long that he has lost touch with the people or he never would have had the Corey army at Rock Hill. [aurrah.] You never saw your candidates face to face until you saw me. When the oldtime leaders, Gen. Butler and Gen. Hampton were asked to work for the regular nominees in 1890, Gen. Butler gave out an interview. I quote from The~ News and Courier, ihich was his friend ani I believe it is now. Look here, if it comes over to me, dorn't think I've changed. God knows I have not. He read from the interview. In 1892 Butler said he thought Sheppard would be elected, whiie today the Zionserva tives are at outs with him because of the patronage, and The News and Cou rier and The State and the Greenville News are indifferent; he is not with you and never has been. You want some one who will light for you and work for you and that's my. work. [laurrali for Tillman.] The primary is none of my business. It is the business of the Democratic execu tive committee of the people. He never had any belief la your capacity to rule. I don't know what he wants with the separate box. We have had an experienee with the prohibition boxes. What will become of that cor ruption fund about which I hear? Voices: "They can't buy me, and me." Till nan: "I want you to show him where you stand." Up to this time Governor T411man had in his brief talk been working his audience up to a good pitch of enthu siasm. lie himself was much worked up. Show him where you stand, he cried out. Show him who has this crowd. New, 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 ciawd. lie saw it. His friends saw that. Then to add to the victory he said: Now those of you for Butler raise your hands. A few did so, others perhaps did not care to participate at all, and others were not incllned to do Governor Tillman's bidding. That about broke up the meeting. The candidates for other offices were announced-for Attorney General, 0. W. Buchanian; for Superintendent of Education, WV. D. Mryfield and G. Walt Whitman; tor railroad commis sioner, J. C. Wilborn and J. Walter Gray; Secretary of State, J. R. Harri son. Abut half-past 3 o'clock every one went to dinner. Miurder in Darnlagton. CHARLESTON, June 17.-A special from Darllegton says: Au atrocious murder was committed last night at Mandville, on the Charleston, Sumter and Northern roilroad, nineteen miles from Darlingtot'. This morning the body of Mr. J. P. Alderman, depot and express agent at Maadville, was lying on the track with his skull crushed in and badly mnu.ilated. Mr. Alderman was seen last night at 10 o'clock and when his body was found he had a dif ferent suit from the one he was last seen in. Theory is that he beard rob bers breaking in th~e depot. and they murdered him when he came out. The depot doors were broken in, but nothing was missing except the dead man's watch. Thbere is no clue to indicate who commit'.ed the murder, oxept the fact that a darkey was arrested at Gibson today who said he was tuying cartridges because the sherutf was after him. Mr. Aldermac was a reliab e business man, highly esteemed by his employers. He was from North Corolina, was 30 years 'odand wa to have been married soon