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* ! * vol,. VIII. THE STATE CAMl'AlGf I'KACr, AND coon WIMi 1*1114 V AI TO SOME FiXTKNT. Tillman ami llutlcr llnvcfjiiit I*ei'soi ulitios?Tillman Scdi^-lirs 11?*? Dciiu crinir I'iirly ;iimI Kill Ire Says Clrv land Stands in llic Way ??!' l?'ina dial Keller. The record of tho campaign in Sout Carolina is continued this week. T1 Senatorial fight i^ becoming free fro personalities, while tho candidates f< Governor are attracting more attci tion by their spurring with ctich othe Our reader-/ iii,*./ expect a succinct si count of the political meetings in the? columns until the end of tho can palpn, provided sutlleiont interest maintained to warrant tho use of spue for that purpose. The i petting meeting last week ws at Chesterfield '11., which is quit near tho border of the State, and w; attended by many persons front Nort Carolina. CliKSTKKKJKM). S. C., .Jtine 20.?Th campaign mooting here to-day glvi promise of the discussion of pttbli measures rather than personalities, a heretofore. After all the talk of dat ger. blood and assassination : after th incipient rows 01 last woe it: and arte fcho daily application of verbal mm lard piasters on the backs of opposin candidates, it does hooiii as if peace i hovering over tin: land, llot.li Govci nor Tillman and General Butler spok here to-day and neither 0110 of tliei used a word that could o I Vend tli other, and whatever " lambasting' there was has been done decently an in order. Predictions of the early ai rival of the inillenintn are now froel made. How lony this peaceful stut will last is quite another question an no predictions on that line are vei turod. Wo had plonty of fun to-day, how ever. General F.llerbo and Senate .folin Gary lOvans furnished the circu and did their best at laughing oac other out of the laco. There wcr about 800 persons at the mooting' to-da and North Carolina furnished a hoi: 100 of them. They were divided bt twecn Tillman Coxeyites and Ihitlc Coxeyites. Governor Tillman did iu indulge in the sweet satisfaction of hand primary and the 1 Uitlerit.es eon inont on this dereliction as an indict tion that the Governor was not sure ? his crowd. The Governor's follower were, however, slightly in the major ty, hut it must he said that Gonom liutler made more than one hit in hi speech that seemed to gain friends fe him among those who hud been doubi ful. In his speech Governor Tillma scored the " Democratic party for it treachery " and "Cleveland for the hi trayal of his trust." lie dealt length ly with the money question and "othc issues,'1 tolling how the stock and bom holders of Wall street had manipi lated Congress iu regard to the issue i paper money so that t hey controllo the outlet of money, prices and pre ducts. Silver had shrunk and with i the pockets of the people shrunk This country was paying interest an not issuing its own money because oik half of the people were bamboozled b the newspapers and manipulators t vote the other half down, and th money power was always on top an thieves in both parties joined hands t keep the people poor and make them solves rich. General Hut,lor got hero just afte the speaking began, having drive thirty miles across the country froi llartsvillo. Ho, too, discussed issue and throw no rocks. Ho said thn whilo lighting for the recognition t silver he received many letters fret the North threatening to blow him u with dynamite, but that ho did in: mind that. Ho saw no financial relit for the pooplo as long as Cleveland w;i 1'resident. Ho thought the tariff hi would be passed this week and that it passage would bring better times. Being asked p lie voted on th antl option bill no said lie voted for th George amendment providing that poi sons who gambled in futures be place in the penitentiary, and that the hi as it eame from the House was not! ing more in effect than a piece of blan paper. He was for free silver because i would enlarge our currency and mak products bring more. He closed wit an eloquent plea for unity. 1 f lie coul be instrumental in getting them t bury their animosities he would gladl lay down bis robes of ollioo, or, if not ossary, sacrifice bis life. General Ellorbo pitched into Job Gary Evans for trying to swing int oflifM. on Governor TiMnmm'u rout 1?5 Mosaic' that Kvuns wont, to ('oiumbi onco a woek, put his arms around tli Governor and eriod : "Oh, bow I lov old Ben." He charged Kvuns wit voting in the Senate against the salar reduction. In reply Senator Kvans said that li had chumnioncd salarv rednot.inn an that when tho bill was about to pa* Jiiu Norton, Ellorbe's chief clerk, cam to him and begged him for God's sak to save tholr salarios, and that when h told them they must stand it iw the had promised tho people, it put tliei to bed. Senator Evans said Ellerbo was Roformor oven if it was for rovonui Mo told it on Ellerbo that when tli administration refunded tlio Stai bonds, instead of boing thoro to si<^ thorn he had them sent to his home i Marion at an expense of $300* to til State. AT HENNETT8VILIjK. MeMNKTTSVIMjK, S. C'., .June 127.Gov. Tillman struck out on a new lit at t he campaign mooting hore to-da, This is tho plaoo whore he bogan h light for reform nine years ago, h memorahlo speech against tho o "oligarchy" having boon made in tl court house here at a mooting of tl Farmers' Association. J'ossibly 1 sounded tho keynote t >-day of a no light that lie intends to lead, and tin will tako in a much turgor area tin South Carolina. Mo trumpeted a cor i ing mighty battle for greenbacks, ai called on the South and West to dr< all side issues and make tho light < that alone. <3 out, and the meeting was quiet unci ' orderly. In his speech the Governor said: " The Republicans are ILaniil1^ toniuns uud the antis are at heart Republicans. They are no more Democrats than I am a negro. "Cleveland is not honest to-day, or a- else lie is the most damnable traitor that has ever held that seat, shouted r" t!:o Governor amid applause. Cleve"" land and his to-callcd Democratic Congress were responsible for the poverty 11 stricken condition of the country. Kng10 land had hi ibed Congress through >n Wall street. Before they went to Washington and bought the nomination of Cleveland. They also bought l)" Harriton's nomination. They wore r. happy, and made the people pay the r. piper, no matter which one got elected." The Governor argued for greenbacks and asked why did the capitalists is want the promise of the government on a bond and reject it on a note, lie >U.1 IT 1.. Qnw, .1... 41... .... VtttlllVll VJIIllV? Oillll IU UUnirl V?^ L11VJ llil" tional hunks, and make gold, silver and i-s paper payable for all (lues, and go ,o ahead and turn on a stream of greenls bucks that would irrigate this country. Of course the opposition would say this was the rankest heresy, but he did not care, o When the State convention met last >s year the feeling* was not to send any io delegates to Chicago, or if they did to is instruct them to leave if Cleveland i- was nominated. In a caucus ho spoke c against this, and showed reformers the n? unwisdom of such a course. ITo had 3- then argued that they could not afford <r to risk the election of Harrison by diis viding the National Democracy. The convention put the Oeala platform in o 'he State Democratic platform, lie (1 did not agree with them, and told them but that was their right and by put- ' " ting it there the Third party was kept ,] down in South Carolina. Said ho. [ - "you and L and two-thirds of the peoy | pie had a nerve of Third partyism up ,0 i our hacks as big as your linger. In (1 other States the Alliance kicked out ]. of the party and had ruined itself in so doing. South Carolina remained with the Democracy and was an example to lint S?1 III l'< wllif*ll 111*1* 111 ivt' ! ??- I is grottiiig that they had not followed )i our course. o 14 Wo are likely to have thorn follow v our load if we lead wisely and well, hut it, we must not fritter our forces by dividing on siuall issues. Wo must not ii> load down our p'utfonn with sueh im,t practical schemes as are on the L'opu i list platform. If sve make the light in i- | the South and West on the question of i. ; the government issuing all the paper >f money and taking it away from the s corporations, and making gold, silver i- and paper interchangeable we will tl win. The tariIT is a sido issue, and so s is the government control of railroads, ip We must leave all those questions out t- of it, and concentrate all our strength oiutho light for the people's money."' i) The Governor recalled the fact that ,s lie had begun his attack on the 4,oligarohy" riglit here in Uennettsville i- nine years ago, yet he did not wait to i- catch the popular side. Ho just took 1- his stand and somehow the boys came i- right along and ranged themselves >f around him. lie was going to be the (1 advance guard sent by the people to# ). take the government from the plutoc-" t racy, lie was not responsible lor the bitterness that had passed between (I him and Butler. He just pitched back >. two rocks for one. lie wanted peace, v but lie was not going to bo dictated to i, by a minority. If those who had o fought him so bitterly were ready to tl join the church and would quit calling () him a devil he was willing to open the i- doors. Voieo?44 They want offlco." I* 4> Yes, that is what is tho matter n with them. Let thorn take back seats ii and come in on probation and show is they ain't for revenue and ollico and L iimy uu >v *.3 wiii [M VMiiuiu MHIII swmu ,f tiino. 1 do not iiato these men who n lmte mo so. 1 feel sorry for them. I) They are benighted and have road the >t News and Courier so long that they f think 1 am a devil.'' (Laughter.) a The Governor's hand primary was not II largely participated in. only about 2<)d hands being raised for him. Ho hud, however, a majority of the crowd with c him. e Gen. Butler was received with ap - plauso. Speaking of the magnificent d crops and nice homes of Marlboro II County that ho had seen while riding i- here from Chcraw, ho said thoroought k to lie no calamity howlers here, and that the peoplo should bo happy and it thankful. lie thought and prophesied e that times would shortly be bettor h throughout the country. The capital<1 ists in the North said there was #2-1 I |#ur i.itJlitiVj V\ IIUU WU 11 LH IIOI IltlVU 'Tw it y hcatl. Ho told of how a bank in bin - j county could not lend $150 because it ' did not have tho money. n S-ho trouble about tho national banks ? was that they contracted or enlarged ' the currency to suit themselves. These 11 banks reduced their circulation to a ? minimum, and ho voted in Congress to ? allow thorn to issue an amount of cur'' ronoy equal to their deposit in bonds, y instead of nine-tenths as now. in order that the circulation of money bo in'? creased. (l Answering OovornorTlllman's charge 4S that Wall street had raised a fund to have him ro-clocted, ho said that Wall M street had no liking for him, and that 10 it had threatened to blow him up for y standing for tho people in Congress. 11 When Tillman wanted to fund the State debt he went to Wall st''eet. u In regard to his voting for .ludge " Simonton's confirmation he asked why 10 had Governor Tillman not sent some protest to Washington against it. The 11 Governor's mouth ought to be closed on 111 that score. Judgo Simonton was an '? honest, upright man whom he had known for forty years and ho could not get up in tho Senate and veto against him just because Governor Tillman did not like him. ? The A bianco and tho Reform party io were just getting on his platform, as y. he had advoeated freo silver for lifteon is years. In tho face of previous oxperiis enco the people had ro-oloetcd Clovild land. They knew at tho time ho would io veto a frert coinage bill or anything io that would help the South. It was the io tin* politicians who had opposed Clevew land. nt Gen. Uutlor said that if ho had anytn thing to do with tho Democratic party n- in the future lie intends to read the ul riot act and tell tho people that they )j> ought to have a candidate from the ui West. He had in mind a man from that section who was with us comploto!? ly on all our great questions. k liberally applauded when he finished. I 1 General Ellerbe said that while all i tho candidates are friends their 1 records are open to criticism. He 1 admitted that ho was after another 1 " tutor,",as charged by Senator Evans. Ho was going to get that "tutor," too. 1 (Applause.) 1 A colloquy ensued botweon Senator i Evans and General Ellorbo about that allogod State Flouso ring. Mr. Evans said he hud not charged that there was a ring, but said it has been told 1 him. General Ellorbo tieklod tho crow immensely by repeating what ho had 1 said elsewhere about Evans not voting for Tillman when he needed friends and how much Evans loves tho Goverry?r now. Tho crowd applauded him vociferously. General Ellorbo was one of the death-bed repentance Heformers, having come into tho movement ut a late hour. .Senator Evans had said he would fight any man who jumped on a Kcforiner. " Ho ought to do it, boys," said Ellorbo, " for he > CONWAY, Tho Southern fanners were tho smartest people in tho world. Thoy made cotton at nine cents per pound, sold it lit seven and still lived. But they could not live long at this. They must have relief. Tho General said that chairman of the'meeting' hud reminded him before 1 the speaking that the people wanted to hear issues discussed. This was what ho wanted, lie never heard a speech but that lie learned something and he always tried to tell others \n hat j ho know. Ho deprecated bitterness: and hoped to see tho people all to- ! gother. ^ Tho gubornational candidates wore next given their innings and the lirst man was Secretary of State Tindal. | lie reviewed the political history of the State from lS"ti up to the ' present time. He told of the reformation in political and social ulYuirs, and said the acts of the Reform movement 1 would stand in history us the most 1 liln i?\ ? l/>uoin 4 1 ? . * war, he said, the objoot of tho South 1 Carolinian was dominion ovor man. j Times have changed and progress is ' tho word now. Clomson College and I the Woman's College have been ' 1 established to enable boys and girls to I apply science to their work, lie said | ' there are more skilled artisans in the North than in the South. This must 1 change. Ho told of the light on the ' railroads and said these corporations had been taught not to dictate to the State. lie said the Reformers had taken the reins of government out of f the hands of tho few and placed them i ' in the hands of the pcoplo. He bo- 1 ' sought the people not to allow a idiango ; not to allow tho government 1 to again get in the hands of another ! ' ring, and to see that no rings aire per initted among those in power. lie ' ' hoped that peace will exist in the State ' ill tile future unil t.hni. ureiri-ewvi u> i 11 1 not bo retarded. ' Mr. Tindul said that the bitterness ; J between town people and country people resulted from a misconception i of the principles of the Alliance by ' city and town people. lie declared ' that the Alliance is the greatest order ' ever formed. The friction which ' exists and lias existed Is not due to the < Alliance. Ho made a splendid defence of the Alliance and its objects and ^ proved that it has done more for the people than any organization. The Alliance, he claimed, had defeated the Republican party in the last election. The Alliance has awakened the pee- ( pie of the country to their interests j and will revolutionize the laws of this t country before it yet linishes its work. The speakor advised every man to join ? 1 . ~ \ 1 1 ! - - . \... A 4 4 I 4 t A niu .\ninuce, out protostou agunisi it .supporting any political party, no , j matter if tho party adopted every demand of the order. Before eon- f eluding lie said the National Demo- > erutie party liaa gone hack on its . pledges and professions, lie assorted that one object of the Alliance is to hold political parties to their pledges. A hearty clapping of hands followed Mr. Tindul's close. Senator John Gary Evans paid a beautiful tribute to tho Confederate j soldier, especially to tho veterans of J the Pee Deo. Discussing national atTairs, he said that the only real De- , mocrats in tho South to-day are those i who stand on the Ocala platform, lie' declared that he believed tho subtreasury plan, if adopted into law, ! would destroy the Yankee nation. It would make the South the most pros- \ porous section of the United States, j and would transfer the financial foun- j tain-head of the country to the South. No, law, he said, could he passod which j would not benefit one section at the ; expense of another. The country Is ' too big. He advised tho Alliance not to surrender one of its demands or principles. It will win in the end. Senator Evans spoke next of his conI niwtiim with t lux I h f< iru i miivxim >n t and of some of the hills which ho hud i introduced and seven became law. \ lie believed his county government ; i hill one of the grandest ever passed t and tliat it would make splendid roads | ] for the people. It had been commented upon in every part of the country, j 1 lie said ho introduced a hill toestablish | separate public schools for white and i colored children. It had been defeated i by members from Charleston and I Columbia. lie said the article | published in the Columbia State that i he had opposed the two-mill tax was j false. '1 ho people, ho said, should vote for a constitutional convention. This convention would change the ; arrangement for public schools. ; Touching on the dispensary law, j Senator Evans said the Supreme Court : had tried to become the Legislature of, j the State. To prove that the law was constitutional, he said the whiskey j men of Charleston had employed lawyers to get their advice on the law and were told that it was sound and ! constitutional. Every circuit judge I in the State except one had decided that it was constitutional, lie quoted decisions of the Supreme Court showing its inconsistency in whiskey oases. Ten years ago it decided that the right to sell whiskey was not inalienable. This year it had decided just the opposite. Senator Evans ably defended the dispensary law. He showed how much it had decreased drunkenness and how . much good it had done. The people want the law and are going to have it. The speaker attacked prohibition as a farce. He told a good joke on Ilennettsvillc when it had prohibition and showed that liquor had been mot*o rklnntifnl t.hnn tlinti mius Ifn umo S. C.( THURSDAY, .) fought uh harcl fop live years." (Laughtor aud cheers.) licnoral Kllorbo uuulo it. warm foi Senator Kvans, keeping tlio crowd in a roar of laughter at the Aiken num's expense. Ho did not bring all the charges he had before made against Kvans. hut again accused him of voting against (J!Vinson College in 1888, read ing the records to prove the charge, lie said that Kvans had then voted with Haskell, Krawloy and all the nullTlllmanito lawyers. Kvans and Kllerbc had several littk aiMifa .....1 1.1 - I l-:--. ?imi nir oivivlll|l r OA |II'UVUU II1IH" solf quick and witty at retort. " Lot him jump oil my record," sai l Ellerbo to Evans. i " Vou'vo got no record," said Evans. " I would rather have none at all 1 than yours," said Ellerbo quickly and ; the crowd laughed heartily. CJoneral Ellerbu imitated the style ' of oratory of his rival and ho and the < crowd had a cord of fun out of it. | When Ellerbo accused Evans of voting against Tillman in 1SSM, Evans said : i " Yes, I woubl do it again." " Vou hear him, boys," said Ellerbo. ''lie says ho would do it again." Uhoora.) i (<cnorul Ellorho said that Tillman i had to whip his friend Evans into the i Keforin faction before ho would come t in. and he (Ellerbe) was spanking his i ittlo friend some. (Laughter.) (Jciieral Ellerbo discussed national | ssues in the intelligent manner which \ iiiciiunniRTizcn an mis iuiks on mis | subject. lie said that a bloody rovoluliion is certain unless thcro is a change 11 the linnncial system of the country. General lOllerbo concluded by saying ihat he had been a consistent Koformor jineo 1885. He was a Reformer ho ause he believed in Reform and the Alliance. lie was no com promise canlidate. He was with Tillman when le fired his first gun in this place in 1885. He was with Tillman now and !.\peeled to bo with him to the end. nilmaii lias his faults, like every man. ind he (Kllerbe) probably criticises diose faults more severely than any nan. but Tillman is honest and is with die people, lion. Kllerbe wound up >y tolling what his department has lone in the matter of taxation. The heartiest applause of tho day vas given I'd lor bo when ho finished. IN DAIlIilNUTON COUNTY. LlAKMNUTON S. (J., dune US.?The ampaign meeting at Gates' Cross toads, twelve miles from here, at,acted the largest crowd that has been it any of the present series of meetngs, nearly U.OOO persons. No town people were present, and t seemed to lie a thorough Tillman :rowd. It was a typical gathering of armors, and all of them felt happy. 1 Choir crops arc lino and they had the 11 >ntisfuction of scoing and hearing their s del, Hon Tillman. ( Dates' Cross I toads is near the centre ' >f Darlington County, much nearer han Darlington court housfc. There ' ire two stores and several houses. The ' neetluf Dates' was a departure 1 roin pnign schedules in many ^ es| It is probably the beginning ?f many meetings away from the county <: ieats. A perfect whllwind of applause and 8 l waving of hats and handkerchiefs " fronted Governor Tillman when he was a ntroduccd. The reception was the varmest the Governor had yet recoiv- :i id anywhere. Men stood up and yell- 8 >d for him until they were, hoarse. ' To say that Governor Tillman made 8 i speech would not ho putting it cor- ' eetly. Tie tried hard to make one, c Hit his admirers interrupted him with ixelamations of all kinds and applaud- ^ id everything ho said. In his remarks he Governor exhibited more of the e ire of '00 and '02 than he has shown at li my of the other meetings. He was I eeling very good, his voice was good, > ind, to use a pugilistic expression, he ,vus in good trim. I f ho and the senior v senator had locked horns in a hot era- ( .orical contest the Senator would not f tiave boon in it. I The Governor began by saying that i ?e had wanted this meeting hold at 1 Darlington court house. Ho wanted c ,o Hnow ine peopio tnat no was not I ;i if raid to go there. Ho also wanted to 11 joat some sense into the heads of the 1 >ooplo of that town. s Voice : " You can't do it." The Governor said ono of the speak- h jrs had said that no anti-Tillmanites c ivero at this meeting. \ Voice : "There uro only a few horo ' md they uro hour." ? "I am asking you send mo to the v United States Senate," said ti e Govor* nor, when ho could get a chance to slip t n a few words between the applause t md the comments made on all sidos. t " Wo are going to do it," yelled a lozen voicos. t It would be Impossible to give any- < diing like a correct account of the 1 Jovornor's remarks. They were dis- ' jointed booauso ho was thrown off the iubjeet ovory minute by some remark \ >r by applause. What is given is * merely a fair idea of what was said. I The Governor said that since the i people had put him in olll,:e he had < Iriven the Reform cart over every- > tiling in the road. He could stand I here and in the presence of God and I man swear that ho had tried to do his i luty to his pooole. "General Butler i may tell you," the Governor started to c Ray? i " We don't caro what he tidlu n? " I ihouted ii voice, and " He's drove tho 1 cart long enough," sang out another. < ' If I am elected to the Senate." said I Llie Governor, 44 L wilt ho the IIrat dm on pure farmer over elected to that i body. They are rotten up thero, but i if (don't put down tiie plutocracy I ' will bo found trying" i Tito Governor exhibited a small look i entitled "What the Fifty-Third i CJongrcss has done." When it is open- i i'.d the paces are all blank, an indica- < Hon that Congress hn* done nothing. 4 Hut it lias done something," declared i the Governor. 44 It has riveted the 1 chains of plutocracy on your ankles 1 by repealing the purchasing clause of < the Sherman Act and by striking down silver. 44 The Democratic party is dead," bogun the Governor on a new line. i A voice: 44 Dead as Hector." (Laughtor.) 41 Who killed It?" asked tho Governor. 44 Cleveland," shouted a chorus of voices. 44 Yes, Cleveland did It," said the Governor. 44 Ho stabbed it in tho hack like tho trultor ho is." UI.Y 5, 1894. i n n an f? i in r-i i Tho Ciovornoi* said that Will I stroot htul bought Clovolnnd, and tho wholo business ami was now trying to buy South Carolina's Sonntorship. Tbo tlovcrnor then niado tho sonsat.ionul obai'oo that men aro traveling ovor tho Slato protending to soil Hour when they aro in roallty agents for I hit lor. "On of them," said tho (!ovi rnor, "is from your county." " Yes, it's John Waddill," oa'.lod out a numbor of voices. Tho (lovoruor intiniatod that Waddlll was tlio man. Waddill was standing near and said : 1 " Governor, you say you aro a bravo num. and yot you take advantage of i ino that way." " You aro tho man," shouted a nam- < her of people to Waddill and thorn was t mine e<nnmotion. WmMMI tnll... I I " Don't, attack mo with my hands tied, live mo ton minutes in wliich to roi)ly." 4 Wo will jfivo you half an hour if rim want it, after the (lovornor finishes," said a voice, and the sentiment >eemed to suit thewishosof the crowd. (lovelier Tillman told of the Coxeyte crowd at lloc.k liill, and while a lozen men were saying something de ojjatory to the Coxeyit.es. the (loverlor said the people of South Carolina uinuot he bought. (lovornor Tillman next talked l)isleusary to the audience, every man of vhoni appeared to he in favor of the aw. The (lovornor reviewed the hisory of the law, its enactment, what it iad done and its hein^ knocked out by he Suprome Court, lie said that the ountry people had never risen in reudlion against any law which was (lis* c asleful to them, but as soon as the l)isicnsary law was passed the News and 'ouricr, The State, the (Ircenvillo Sews iClld :l1 I the lit.t.le dues tilt.1 liowl ill tluit private residences were to be e eurclietl. They hud joined with the mrrooin element and excited tiie pee- v )lo to revolt. Only two private resilenees had been searehod. He could s Hit see why the house of u liquor deal- v sr could not l>e searched as well as the louse of a man who has stolen a ho#. e The (Governor declared that the Dar- o ill" ton riot was a pretence to excite r lie people to rebellion. He said that t luring that riot the bar-keepers and |i -ho utiti-Tillmuuii.es of Columbia had )i ira^'trod that they had Tillman whip- i led because the hand-box soldiers t vould not answer his call. He had t dutid plenty of wool-hat hoys ready o o do their duty. Hundreds of them <1 'nine to Columbia and thousands had J" o he told that their services would not o >o needed. s While the Governor was talking of his eventful and memorable period t ni.ny.i remarks uncomplimentary to i he town of Darlington were made, li md the Governor was told that there t vere plenty of men in Darlington Jounty who would hack him any time ic wanted hacking. 11 The Governor said that when the e )isponsary law first went into elToet fi ... I....1 ....'...1.......I ..f !..? .1: : I i iv? 11uk v;iiij/imjuii 1111j11 in tjiiiui mnpusr v ion us constables. Sumter had boguu he hatred to those men by rotten ii igging t.hoin. The men employed ould not stand that. They wore of b oo sensitive u nature. The Governor aid that after that lie I ad to on ploy p lien who would shoot when attacked n nd who did not mind doing so. h The Governor discussed every side si nd phase of the Dispensary law. lie aid that high license is a monopoly w or the rich man. The people, ho n aid, do not want any change from the r )ispensary law. If they want it they f< an have it. Voice: " Turn out tho anti-Tillman d udges." p " If we had dono so at first," answer- ' (1 the Governor, " we would not have iad all this. They said that wo were <! litter partisans, hut wo re-elected rlclver, 1?Yuser and Norton." I1 The Governor dissented from the 11 iews of Whitman alsmt the South Carolina College. The Reform plat- 11 orni, he said, was pledged to its sup- '' >ort, and if all the students leave the nstitution the Reformers cannot ero ' lack on thoir pledges. Tho iconolastic tenets of Whitman could not nid would not bo carried out. The ( rouble was that tho people of Colurn- ** da are ho bitter tho Reformers won't ' end thoir boys to tho college. The Governor talked on dilToront objects and had a lino time with his mtliusiastio supporters. When be .V vantcd to quit thoy would not let him. 11 Pho Governor said that if the rancor md bitterness does not cease there 1 vill bo an appeal to the negro vote. ^ L'be best way to prevent tho negro aking stock in politics in tho future is r ?o vote for the constitutional conven,ion this fall. Tho crowd wanted the Governor to s ake a bund primary, but be does not I lo this when Sonator Butler follows lim and be finished by introducing i ' General Coxey Butler." 5 When General Butler arose there was a perfect babel of voices and a mower of questions were rained on die Senator. Ho calmly stood at the jdgo of the platform without saying a | ivoru lor several minutes. it must bo \ in id in nil fairness that Senator Hut- J or was not given an orderly hearing. I [Jo was not howled down, but there i voro several loud-mouthed individuals ? n the crowd who wanted to do the i meaking instead of Butler. At one ( umo (iovcrnor Tillman arose to ask 1 'or good order for his opponent, but t .he Senator told the Governor that ho jould handle the crowd and intended < m do so. i Senator Butler said that yesterday ? it Bennettsville the chairman of the I neeting had told him that the people > wanted a discussion of issuoH and did lot want personalities. Ho had pro- i mined to do this and considered it an < agreement of l>oth Tillman and him- I mlf. Tillman had departed from that i compact and indulged in personalities. > Butler said that lie had before do tiounced what Tillman had said as unburn and ho would do so again. "Wo i had bettor understand now that whatovor personal charges Tillman has to make let him do ho and not be involving others. Ho has again indulged in tno aouseoi people not presentancl has contemptuously roferrocl to his own < friends as small fry." Oonoral Butler was again worried with a multitude of silly and useless questions. IIo tried to answer some of theso. Others ho lot go and did not notico. Goncral Butler one? raoro charged that tho.ro was a shortage in Dispensary accounts and claimed that any way n iiinr ir -ru ri'i-r ??* ? am tin- tiling was figured out money wa> 1 missing. ] Oime more questions wore poured in on (Ienerul llutlor nml there were hur- t rails for Tilliuun. i "I understand," said (Ienerul (hitler, < "that men have eoino hole to howl u o I down,'' < " 'Tuin't so." said voices. (Ienerul lhit.hr charged that an effort was being made to suppress I. \ voice. I Voice : 1' Oh, you can apeak a wo? k if you want to, but we are going to vote for Till num." * s " Let's go." said several men, and a number st arted to move olT. I "That right." said Itutler, " Kvcry j time I go to blistering Tillman you want |, o go." Much of the remainder of (Ienerul [hitler's talk was rumbling, it being f, mpossiblo, with the interruptions, to alk on any pnbjeet for any length of j a A fat man sang out to the Senator hat the people wore going to put Till- ^ nau in the White Mouse in IS!)G, so hat ho could right the wrongs of the )| ountry. "If he rail do ho," said Muter, "lie ?j vill bo tlie greatest statesman in liis- t( s To a man who said that Tillman i j, rould ho the Democratie noiiiiueo the j , locator said that, if Tillman was the ,,, lominee lie would vote for and support j j dm, as lie (Ihi tier) i lib aided to iro down I nth tho Democratic party. If tho j, lemocratic party is as rotten as Till- a, nan claims, popular government is a ailuro. Tho party, lie said, is like a [, at. It has nine lives and will never io; . hi Senator lhitler managed to discuss ,M lational issues some and scored corpor- ()| lions and trusts. I? " Do you think Cleveland is a Demo- ^ rat ?" a man asked. H, " Von and I thought so when wo a', otoil for him," answered Dutlor. The man insisted on a straight an- V( wer and Duller said that Cleveland /as not his kind of a Democrat. Toward the last Senator Duller talkd seriously, earnest y and eloquently n home atTairs and was not inter- n upted. lie bogged in the name of all y hat was good anil holy for the white sj icople to stick together, lie said that ,u 10 had been asked to make this race ,, ndependent of the white vote hut had jt( old those who made the proposition hat he would sutler his right arm cut p, IV before he would do one thing to | isrupt the Democratic party of this ul itate. That oael.vr whu uuI??? I f the wliito people untl thoy must i? tand by it. Tho sober talk of the icnator was listened to quietly by j(( lioso who bad before been interruptng bim, but tbero was not a eboor for dm and not a hand was (dapped during lie entiro speech, or when bo closed. |1( QUKSTIONS l'Olt TIbbMAN. |? During bis diseussiou of Dispensary n natters and bis criticism of the (lov- (j rnor, Senator liutler propounded the r| allowing questions and has asked | iovernor Tillman to answer thorn: " At tho time the Dispensary opened n .Inly, 18U:i( did you not have on band , ) worth of stock in whiskey, wine, i ottlos, etc ? " As tbero was only $.">0,000 appro- ' riated to start the business did you ,,, ot exceed the appropriation $ id, .'121 p cforo a dollar's worth of liquor was >'<0 ' i, "Was tho excess paid for? If so, ^ Micro did the money come from? If ot, you bought on a credit and what w ight did you have to purchase goods n i>r the State on a credit? ()| " Did you not expect to saddle the ebt, without authority, on the taxlayers, by recommendation to the ^egislaturo? "Have you not now seventy-five men p ngaged and sixty-eight storehouses |, on ted for which salaries and rent arc p iaid, and does it not take $(>,(KM) every (>) lonth to pay for the samo? ? " Could not one storehouse and two u nen bold and guard the supply on land ? "(.( " What became of the per cent, re- w ate allowed every quarter on all wliis- w :oy bought from linns in the liquor |( rust, (the trust in which the Mill ^ 'reek Distillery is), and don't you know bat tho Cormun American Hank of 'coriu, ill., sends checks for the re- |( >ates allowed, to all merchants pur- p hating from the trust? u "Why is tbero not a statement in p 'our State Dispenser's report of the ., iggrogatc amounts of these rebates ? ^ \ rui as more is not. whore is tho " nonoy collected on tlio thousands of q gallons? 41 Arc not your Dispensers receiving |( iow half salaries ? ^ 44 Is not Dispenser Traxlor gotting t nilf salary V I f not, how much ? From vhat fund are his and the other Dis- t lensors and tiie store rent being paid? v 44 I lave you not declared, or is it not rour purpose to open tho Dispensary igain on August 1st?" v t, IN FliOItKNCIO COUNTY. li c COhUMUIA, S. C., .Juno 20.?The cam- ^ mign mooting1 for Florence County c vas hold thirteen miles from Florence it Flim Churcii, near Ftllngham. Five } lundred poisons were present, and it vas a dull meeting. Butler did'nt (l iven mention Tillman's name. TiIlium answered the questions propound- t jd l>y Butler at tho meeting in Dar- v ington County, and iiis answers are as v ollows: (. 1. At tho titno tho dispensary open- t, 3d I had more stock than $.*>0,000 ap- v >ropriated. Yes. we exceeded tho r ippropriation made by tho Legislature jofore a dollar's worth of liquor was t, iold. r 2. Wo bought on credit. A8 busllosa inon starting with only $50,(KM) ? apital wo had to get crodit or not run (. die business. Wo have now enough ? nonoy to pay all debts and wo have v MOO,(Mid to turn Into tho treasury as t joon as wo can Hell it. 0 3. Tho dispensers arc on half pay t. m l in charge of the States property. Wo are going to open again ami will then put them on whole pay. 1. Some whiskey mou have loaded l1 Ihitler up showing that ho is oithor a '' representative of the whiskey trust or 11 else some money is coming from some- t whore down hero. I suppose it was * these whiskey men who hauled the C/oxt-yites to Rock Hill. Tho whiskey n trust grants rebates only to those ( w.i * buy from them alone and not from t anybody olso. Wo got no rebate and t wo owo tlioin yet. Wo bought a great ti deal of liquor because wo oxpeotod I Congress would soon raise tho tax and t .W\ *vr / \ n m \J ) I . ??MWf >I '4 ihat tho price wouhl go up. The disi Miscrs are not heing paid. Wo aro :?> ng to wait until wo open again and iieoxponsos will bo paid. I atnCovori or of Sou Hi Carol i na and will open tho Iispctisarios as soon as I think it lawtil and proper, and (ioneral Butler an whistle for his answer. IllliVS VOT1-: ON TAKII r. lie ?liiiiior Senator Suddenly Springs into Prominence?Hi*. Hates Cleveland and Confers with t he Populists. pccial in News and Courier: Washington, Juno 27.?Senator rby's vote may decide tho fate of tho wrilT bill in tho Senate. This possibility seems to have dawued upon the )emoeratie members of the Senatorial toorlng eoinmitteo with powerful ji'co during tho past twenty-four ours. There was apparontconstornaion in the Demoeratio i*attks today ml several members of tho steering mnmittee have labored in vain with enator I rby to ascertain just how lie roposes to vote <>n the linal passage of ie hill. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, ad a long hut unsatisfactory talk with ie junior Senator from South Carolina day, and in despair the Arkansas enator gave up tho task of ascertainig Senator 1 rhy's intentions. Senator oektvll was the next missionary sent it to convert or convince the sphinx1/.. viz...ii. i <....,.1t.... i ? ..a - -? ? ... ......VII > .11 <'I IIII it II. iiinpitl' <M fcUCir unbilled efforts thoy wore unable to uluoo hiut to commit himself for or gainst the bill. Senator Irby fully appreciates the nportunce of bis fimil conclusion, and u also realizes that ho may bold the ilanco of power in the round-up. As >w constituted the Senate is composed forty-four Democrats, thirty-eijjht (^publicans and three Populists. Iiouhl the Kepublicans stand solidly gainst the proposed sugar schedule, id Senators Hill and Irby. Democrats, h1 Senators Poller, Allen and Kyle >to the same way, free sugar may be stored to the bill by a vote of 43 to 42. The anxiety about Senator Irby's isition is not confined to the Demo ats in the Senate, but it is said that ic President is also apprehensive in ie same direction. Senator Irby insts that his votes on the various nendincuts must not be taken as an idex of his vote on thocntiro bill, and ii positively refuses to dolino his attude in that respect. He does not Msitato to say that in view of the fact nit he has been practically ignored id repudiated by the President and embers of his Administration the resident has no reason to expect him > put his shoulder to the wheel and elp to pull the Administration out of ie tarill' mire. In his conferences with the Domo atic leaders Senator Irby has not usitatcd tooxpross his opinion of the resident in the most unmistakable luntier. It is Senator lrby's intense islike for the President and his polii.u on.l l.|u f...wwl ?? v/n, inni ii in I I VJ* UWIII ill UA(H'UHmU^ imself on tho subject, that causes ho inch consternation among tho Demo atie loaders in tiio Senate. It in said nil Senator Irby's pronounced and unIterablo hostility to tho L'rosldont is sutliciont incentive to defeat tiio ending undemocratic tariff bill. Tiio icusure an amended in the Senate of>rs no particular attractions to Sena?r Irby or tho majority of the people e represents, hence he is totally inilTorent to its fate. So far as tiio inline tax is concerned Senator Irby ill vote to retain it in tho bill, aflough he has not attempted to justify r endorse it up to the present time, .lust before tho Senate adjourned lis evening there was a llutter of exitoment in Senatorial circles over a incus of tho three Populist Senators, 'offer, Allen and Kyle, with Senator by, of South Carolina. Throughout ic day it had boon whispered that a imhination was being formed l?y Seniors Hill and irby, the Itepublicans ml the Populists, to break tho sugar diedule. The Republicans readily msented to do their part and they atchod with interest the negotiations hich were in progress with tho Pol? f?.._ r. ? i_ -~i_ unpin. i u n?n ill U7I ? U UIUt'K WI1CI1 cnutor Irby, who up poured to bo conucting the negotiations with tho I'oulistlc Senators, invited them to join im in the President's room, just otT lio Senate chamber. That room is usally kept locked and it is only opened y special request. There was awhisored conference umong the Populist onators in the corridor before the/ rent into the room with Senator Irby. 'he door was locked and they romuind within over half an hour. They jft word with a messenger to uotify hem if a roll-call was ordered before hey concluded their deliberations. When the conference was over all of he participants declined to reveal /hat occurred, saying they had lodged themselves to secrecy. It is nderstood they decided to co-operate /ith the Republicans in opposing the he sugar schedule as amended by the .nance committee when the question oines in the Senate for linai considerable. Senator Irby was equally retient as to the proceedings of the cauus, although he remarked that ho had icard enough today to convince him hat Senators Allen and Kyle will vote .gainst the compromise tarilT bill. When the Democratic managers in he Senate heard that the Populists vero in caucus with Senator Irby they voro considerably annoyed by the inidont, and a conference botweon Sonaors Gorman, CoekreU and Faulkner van held in the appropriations comnltteo room. After going ovor the situation Senaor Faulkner said that while it was u'ohuble that the tinal vote on the a.u[ar schedule may l>o voiy close, yet here are enough votes to sustain the ommitteo, even if the three Populists ,nd Senators Hill and Irby should vote with the opposition. It is claimed that no Democrats have enough Hopubllun votes in reserve to sustain the ommitteo. ?Governor Tillman lias refused to lennit the German Fusiliers of Charleston to attend the colebration of German day in Augusta. Ga., to whieh hoy have l>een invited by the Gorman ruards of the latter city. ?Hon. Altamont Moses, at present men be r of tho House from Sumter 'ounty, has boon induced by his friends o enter the rado for State Senator from hat county. Hon. Klohard I. Manning, mother member from that county, is Kiing urged by his friends to make tho aoo. w