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TUB STATE CAMPAIGN. The Canvassers Nearing the End. HOT 'I'I.MKS IN UNION. Bonatorial Candidates Itioreaaliift tlio 11.-a! <?:! Tonn?Bui Irr Oots Mail anil i i11in iii Octn Mi.' Crowd. Union, July 31.?Strong men and bravo nion looked for sorious trouble at Union this afternoon and early to night and bold thoir breaths until it was over. Well, it's over, and there was no personal difficulty between But ler and Tillman. There were hot words, however, and tho two men shook their (ore-fingers at eaeh other and talked hard and fast while tho train on which t'.iey were dashed nois ily along and everybody breathlessly awaited the outcome. It's a loug story how it all caino about, but tho public will devour every word with cagorness and will not then bo satisfied. Here's the story, although somo of tho same facts appear olscwkoro in this report. On Saturday at Laurens Scn Utor Butler gave to tho newspaper men a part of a speech which ho intended to make there. This was given them for the purpose of getting it to their papers by mail. Tho entiro matter rotated to tho Dispensary. Bach cor respondent mailed tho matter to his payer. Senator Butler did not uso tho matter in his speech and tho newspa per men telegraphed their papers not to use it. For some reason tho News and Courier saw lit to publish it on Monday morning with a statement that it was a part of tho proceedings of tho Laurens meeting. How it made the mistake is not known. Govornor Tillman was mad. Tho matter again Insinuated that thero was somothlng wrong in the Dispensary. When tho Governor spoko today ho jumped on tho article and on Butler, using somo strong language to tho senior Senator. When the Senator replied ho was so vcro on Tillman and tho crowd got mad. Butler got mad and for a while things were squally. Tho article referred to is as follows, and was intended to have boon spokou by Butler at Laurens; "I have already during tho campaign rolTorred to tho management of the State Dispensary and asked Govornor Tillman what had become of tho 7 conts per gallon rebate tho Stato was enti tled to on bis liquor purchases. In re ply ho stated that ho did not get this robato because he did not conlino his purchases to the trust. I was not thor oughly posted th en but have si nee had tho benefit of Commissioner Traxler's report from July 1st, 1803, to January 1st, 181)1, and in looking ovor it find that Governor Tillman is in error in saying that the Stato was not ontitlcd to this rebate as none of his purchases as published in this report released the Mill Creek Distilling Company from payment of not only this 7 conts per gallon, but as 1 willshow you of a much greater amount, and if it has not been paid steps should bo takon to have It collected as the taxpayers of tho Stato are entitled to it. In Commissioner Traxler's report wo are informed that tho lirst liquor purchases for the Stato were made on May 22rd," 1808, from tho Mill Crook Distilling Company, who aro in the trust, and amounted to about slxty-ono thousand, threo hundred gal lons at a cost of about $84,."100. Of this purchase all except about 1,350 gallons were entitled to a rebato of 7 conts per gallon, but also 2 conts per gallon for oaih. Tho 1,350 gallons of high pricod whiskey was entitled to a discount of 4 por cent, for cash. Further reviewing this purchase, I lind that tho Stato paid the Mill Creek Distilling Compa ny $1.30 pur gallon for 17,030 gallons of single X rye, which was only worth on that day $1.20 per gallon. They also paid tho Mill Crook Distilling Compa ny on the same dato $1.20 per gallon for 18,281 gallons of single X Bourbon, tho market price of which on that day was $1.20 por gallon; so in this singlo purchaso wo tind tho taxpayers of tho State ovor paid "On 17,030 gallons X ryo at 10 conts por gallon (1.703.00. "18,581 gallons X Bourbon at 6 cents per gallon $1,114.80. "Rebate on 50,050 gallons at 7 conts $4.108.50 "Cash discount, 511,030 gallons at 2 cents per gallon, $1,100.00. ''Cash discount, 1,315 gallons cost about $30.27 at 4 por cent. $120.00. "Making a grand total of $8,423.00 N lost to tho taxpayers of tho State 'on this singlo purchaso amounting to loss than $85,000. I do not proposo to go ovor all tho purchases mado by tho State, but simply call your attention to the loss made on this singlo purchaso from tho Mill Crock Distilling Compa ny? "Tho Govornor promises that tho Dlsponsary will bo in full blast again at an oarly day and apparently ho is anxious to have tho law in forco again, and while I do not proposo to give my views for or against it, I do think that tho Stato should buy its liquor to tho vory best advantago and hot vost tho Eurchaslng powor In ono who has no nowledgoof tho business; and besidos, I do not think it wise to havo a law which opens tho door to corruption. It Is not my intention to convoy tho ldoa that Governor Tillman Is dishon est, but I do say that an Act that gives the power to any ono man to uso tho monoy and credit of tho Stato to tho oxtont of thousands of dollars and per mits his accounting to tho Stato for this trust as is done In this Dispensary report Is, to say tho least, an unwiso Act. I "I havo only covered tho first pur chaso made by Governor Tillman and understand that all ryo liquors have sinco boon bought from this company for tho Stato Dispensary, and will go no furbter, but I would boglad If somo ono porfeetly familiar with tho liquor business would earofully revlow all tho statements issued by Commissioner Traxler and lot tho taxpayers of tho Stato know whothor tho othor pur ohasoa wore mado at or abovo ,tholr value." TOLLMAN'S RESPECTB TO BUTLER, Governor Tillman followod tho Hall road Commissioners. Ho said that bo foro he began his discussion of issuos he would pay his respects to Sonator Butler. Ho said that Butlor is allow ing his mouth to bo used as a sower through which other pooplo squirt tilth at him (Tillman). Ho roviowod Butlor'u various charges against him. Now thero appoars in tho News and Courier part of what is alleged to havo Im-.- ii a speech of Butler's at Laurens. Butlor did not dollvor any such spoooh. Replying to tho artlclo in tho News and Courier, Govornor Tillman said that It was anothor Insinuation that ho was either a fool or a rascal; that ho had boon swindling tho pooplo or had boon cheating. Ho asked Butlor whoro .ho had got his Information about the i rice of whiskey at tho timos namod. Ijiecotvlng no answor ho said that But ler didn't know and was allowing him solf to be usod as a tool of the whiskey trust. Governor Tillman went ovor nie other insinuations of Butlor and answered them, demanding of Butler the source of his information. Ho said he was getting tired of these iifslnua novor attacked Butler's honesty. Tho people of Kdgenold know that ho (Till man)is honest and ondorsed him two years ago by 1,600 majority. Thoy will givo him 1,500 majority this yoar. Tho Governor said : "It comes with poor grace from Butlor to Insinuate anything about my honosty whon ho cannot say as much about paying his own honest debts." Butler, no said, charged him with having power to purchaso all tho whiskey. The pur chasing power is vested in the Board of Control, of which Elllorbo and Buch anan aro moipbers. Thoy are rosponsl blo hut all tho responsibility Is laid on mo. Thoy frequently leave tho pur chasing of whiskey to mo because 1 am familiar with all details of tho busi ness, but they know that thero is noth ing in these insinuations. After finishing with Butlor Govornor Tillman jumped on Grovor Cleveland. Speukiug of the scarcity of monoy by, took a band primary to boo how many mon in tho audionco had any money. It was a rather delicate question, but tho primary &howed an enthusiastic majority without a cont. Governor Tillman touchod again to-day on tho Alliance and tho sub-treasury. Ho de clared that this pressing of that de mand at this time is simply blindness and may precipitate a row in tho Re form ranks which may allow somo of our oncmies to slip In. " I could havo dodgod this sub-treasury issuo and lot you go on and fall In the ditch, but I am not ? demagogue aud will toll you tho truth overy timo." 'Choors.) Tho Govornor told his friends to make every man who is a candidate for tho Legislature tell exactly how he stands. Voieo : " They havo got it to do." Tho last thing tho Govornor spoko on was tho Dispensary. Ho said that ho had hid tho 1803 law from tho Su promc Court becauso ho didn't want tho oxpenso of an extra sossion of tho Legislature to re-enact It. Tho Govor nor was sustained in what ho had dono in ro-oponing tho Dispensary by a hand primary. Tho crowd promised to do their duty as jurors whon men aro ar rostod for violation of tho law. Tho Governor told tho crowd that whon thoy know a man is violating tbo law to sond him word and ho will sond a constablo to tako chargo of that man. Tho Govornor was uproariously ap plaudod throughout his speoch. A RIOT NARROWLY AVERTED. Evorybody who knows Sonator But lor can Imagino how It must havo af fected him whon Govornor Tillman told him his mouth wus a sower pipe through which other people squirt their filth at him. Knowing this tho reporters looked for hot Stuff from Son ator Butlor. Thoy wore not disap pointed, but the occasion was hottor than anybody oxpocted. It camo noar amounting to a riot boforo tho hour allotted to the Sonator was ovor. Son ator Butler was probably a llttlo palor than usual as be faced* tbo crowd of 1,200 mon, nearly all of thorn Tillman lies. Grasping tbo railiag in front of ln'm, Gonornl Butlor first paid a few compliments to the old soldiers of Union. Thon ho said in stern tones : " Since tbo progress of this campaign I have endeavored to comply with tho rules of parliamentary dobato. Tho oxhlbltlon hero this morning is no ex ception to tho quotation that ' Whon a man gets mad ho is a fool.'" Turning toward Tillman and back again to tho crowd, Butler said : " I notify both him and you horo and now that in the futuro I do not proposo to wash our dirty linon in public. If ho or you havo any porsoual griovancos against mo lot him moot mo and wo will settle it. Ho knows whore to find mo and knows ho can get satisfaction at any timo." This statement, or at least that part dirocted to tbo crowd, was drowned out by tho loud cheers for Tillman. General Butler explainod that ho had prepared tho article which was in tho Nows aud Courier to uso at Lau rens. He had given it to tho reporters to copy aud mail to their papers. Tho Courier correspondent had mailed it to his paper and that paper had prema turely published it. It was published without authority. Governor Tillmau know tho circumstances and yot took advantagoof it. Notwithstanding this ho sees lit to go out of his way to make llings at me. Gonoral Butlor got warm agaiu and said : " Ho (Tillman) talks about my mouth being a vehicle for filth. God savo tho sowor pipos of this country if his mouth is not worse than any sowor pipe I know of." This was greetod by loud choors for Tillman which continued for a fow sec onds. Resuming, Gonoral Butlor said: "The figures on this Disponsary mat tor 1 socurod from competent authority and not from tho whiskey trust. Why doosn't ho answer and glvo lacts : say whether thoy aro true or not and not Indulgo In nonsense and idle stuff which has no reason in it V" Tillman : " I havo doniod what you chargo." Gonoral Butlor: "I havo socurod those figures from propor sourcos and whon ho answers thorn I will havo something olso to say. Ho Intimates that I am not paying my dobts. If I had tho Disponsary at my back with tho hundreds of thou - amis in it I would perhaps pay my dobts and feather my nost, if I was llko somo peoplo. Any man who says that I do not pay my honest debts says a falsohood. Till man talks llko ho is a rich man. I am a poor man and 1 can't help it. I havo dono my duty to mysolf and my coun try." Tho ehoorlng for Tillman had grad ually grown loudor and more frequent I during Butlor's remarks and it broko Into a fury all at onco. Whon tho yell ing partially coasod, Butlor said : " Bo'll need all the holloring you can givo him." An old gray-haired ex-Confodorato said to Butlor: " You used to load mo right in war. Ho (Tillman) loads mo right now, and you don't." Tho yell ing for Tillman continued. I did not regard It as a formal attompt to howl Butlor down, but as an oxprcsslon of the footings of tho peoplo for Tillman. It was at loast annoying to Gonoral Butlor, and ho shoutod to tho crowd : "I understand this thing. You havo boon put thoro to howl mo down, but you can't do It." Tho crowd vohomontly doniod this, but contlnuod to choor. Butlor: " If you will moot mo ono at a timo I will sottlo it with you." This catisod moro confusion, a varloty of noises and a number of verbal shots at Butler on various subjects. With (lushed faco and powerful voieo Butlor yelled : " Como at mo ono at a timo, you blackguards, and I will givo you all you want." At this point "holl broko looso in Goorgla" suro enough. Throo or four mon shouted to Butlor that thoy would moot him. Mon pushod and sorambled to tho front, ourslng. swoatlng and fuming. All kinds of noises rent tho air and tho oxcltomont was at fovor heat. Prom way book in tho rear a mon named J. M. Mobley, an execu tive oommlttooman, and a candidate for Supervisor, camo pushing to got to tho front. Ho was stoppod. Another man nut his hand to his pistol pockot and hold his hand on it. Ho was a Butlor man. howevor, but did not. pull his gun. Too four marshals wore pow orless to atom tho crowd and to allay tho oxcltomont. Govornor Tillman advanced to ask for qutot. but Butler poremptorlly told him to sit down. Chairman Lyles made earnest offorts to rostoro order and those offorts wero finally successful. Before ordor had boon rostorod, howovor, Gonoraf But lor was shouting above tho noise that ho camo hero as an invited guest and that ho inteuded to spouk If ho stayed thore all night. Volco : ,TGo ahead, wo aro going to listen." Butler: "No, you aro not. You didn't como to listen. You come hero to howl mo down." Geuorul Butler shouted that he had not said anything that ho wouldn't stand by and he was going to stay there. "Thoro are not men onough hero," ho said, " to frighten and Intim idate mo. I thought tho mon of Union wero remarkable for thoir courtosy and chivalry and 1 bollovo a majority af them aro, but somo of them nave acted tho blackguard horo. I want you to understand that I seo mon in that uudionco who stood firm whon tunes wore more dangerous than now, whon bullets whistled uround our heads and cut down men by our sides." Volco : " Wo would stick to you now If you wero all right." Butler: " That shows what you aro. I sat and llstonod to him (Tillman) and said nothing whon ho foully slaadorod mo. Whon I camo to reply his heueh mcn try to howl mo down." Voieo: " Did you call this crowd thieves?" Butler: "I did no such thing. I want to say this to you, somo of whom havo stood by my sldo when It took bravo men to do it. and I am going to say It. In 1870 and 1877 I took ray lifo In my hands a hundred times to rcdoom this Stato. I thought that whon wo got rid of those tbiovos wo would havo froo spocch, but now when a man gets up to oxprcss his honost scntimonts ho is howlod down. That won't work in this country or unywhoro olso and won't win. It will bring untold woos if It is porsisted In." Thon General Butlor continued his spocch talking on national issuos. Cbocring and countor cheorlng broko looso and thoro camo near being sovoral fights. Thoro was never perfect ordor from tho timo Butlor bognn until ho finish ed and tho gubernatorial candidates began. PATH PLAY ALL. HE WANTS. General Ellorbe oponod bis spcoeh by repudiating tho chargos which have been made against him by papers friendly to Evans and refuted them. Ho declared that they aro foul slanders. He did not bollovo his opponent had anything to do with theso slanders, but it was low and moan that such schemes wero boing resorted to dofoat him. Gantt ought to provo tho chargos ho has mado or apologize. Whilo talking on tho subjects a man said : " You wrote too many letters in favor of T. C. Duncan for tho Legisla ture. Ellcrbo : " I am glad you montloned that. I did write several lottors and I am not ashamod of It. Duncan was.my frlond. Ho said ho would support tho Reform administration and Govornor Tillman and pledged himself to that." Somo Intorlocutor : "Did ho provo to bo a Roformor ?" Ellorbo : "I don't know. You can settlo that among yoursolvcs, but ho was my friend and I never go back on a friend." (Applause.) Interlocutor again : " Wo aro going to vote for your cousin Johnny." Ellorbo : " I'll toll you how you can do that. Tho noxt Legislature will elect two judgos. Ho is a lawyor. You can elect him ono of tboso judges and vote for mo for Governor." (Choors and countor cheers.) (Mineral Ellorbo said ho was going to bo elected Governor and Is going to on forco tho Dispensary law. Voice : " I thought you woro woak kneod." Ellorbo: " No man can accuse mo of boing woak-kneod. Governor Tillman and I aro both in favor of reopening tho Disponsary, although I differ from him some timo. If 1 am elected I will enforco that law." (Applause.) After tho men with plenty of mouth got through spoaking Gonoral Ellorbo dis cussed Alliance demands and national Issues. THE AIKEN GAME COCK. Senator Evans who followed said ho did not pay any attention to tbo pitiful little newspapers and inkslingors. Thoro aro measures of importance and they ought to bo dlscussod. Senator Evans told what ho had dono for Re form and said ho was going to bo tho noxt Govornor. j Voieo: "Thoro is a report around j horo that you will disfranchise tho i poor man and keep him from voting." I Evans : " That is a lio aud is intend- j od to hurt mo, but thoy can't fool tho pooplo." (Applause.) "Ellorbo says I havo got all tho poll- j tlclans on my sldo. Woll thoy aro, but j thoy so* that tbo pooplo aro going to ! oloct mo and thoy want to bo on tho winning sido." (Applauso.) Ho took a hand primary on this ques tion: "All who think that tho Gov ernor is right In rooponlng tho Dis ponsary and that I had a right to criticise Tho Register and stand to tho Governor's back hold up your hands." On this doublo headed question in which GovernorTlllman was so adroilty mixed tho crowd voted ovorwholmlngly tho way Mr. Evans dosired. Nono votod tho othor way whon that sldo of tho quostion was put. "That is vindi cation onough for mo," oxolalmed Son ator Evans, and ho wont on with his speech on tho Disponsary, arousing a good deal of onthusiasm. Evans begged tho pooplo to vote for a constitutional convention. DR. POPE'S POSITION. Dr. Sampson Popo spoko in favor of his stand for a Reform primary. Ho talked to a small crowd which did not scom to fully undorstand all ho said. Dr. I 'ope declared that he did not ex pect any advantngo from tho Conserva tives by tho position ho had taken. On tho Dispensary Dr. Popo said tho Su promo Court, which was composed of honorable mon, had doclded tho law un constitutional. Govornor Tillman was not acting according to law In roopon lng tho Disponsary now and tho peoplo should not follow him whon ho was wrong. Ho admitted that liquor can bo bought any whore In tho State, but said the Govornor or no othor law ofil eor has made any attempt to onforco prohibition. Dr. Popo insinuated very strongly that ignoble nrabltion is guid ing somo of tho candidates for offlco and that they aro froezing with feurful tonaoity to Till man's coat tails. Till man at Aikon he said, doolarod that he would got a coat tall big enough for Evans and Ellorbo, but novor said a word about Tindal or Pope. Ho (Pope) was glad of it as ho did not hang to anybody's coat tall. THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS. Trouble Avoided At Spnrtanburg?? Tillman and Ilutlor Strangers to Each Othor?Peace Plows Like a River. Spartanduro, Aug. 1.?The ox pootod seldom happens and It did not happen to-day. fcvorybody was sure tho mooting would ond In troublo, but it p0880d oil all right. Judge Watts, who is holding court horo, folt uneasy at tho wild rumors afloat and sent Shoriff Dean and a lot of deputies to tho mooting to nip in tho bud any in oipent row. The fact is that thoro was no trouble becauso noithor Butler nor Tillman mentioned the other's name* Mon wore ready for a fight though. Tho observant people noticed that around Tillman and Butlor sat a little knot of frionds. Butlor sat on the East sldo of tho wido platform and Tillman on tho West. Thoso littlo knots of uion had no businoss on the Htand, but they would havo mado busi ness out of it in short ordorif tho occa sion arose. Tho truth is thutunknown to either Tillman or Butlor, these men were body guards of thoir respective champions. Tho mooting was hold under tho main building at tho encampment grounds, whoro many meetings havo beou hold boforo. Tho crowd was esti mated at not less than two thousand llvohuudrod. Two banners floated in tho crowd. Ono of those containod the nomination of Tillman for Presi dent in 180ti together with a lifo-sizo stool ongraving of tho Govornor. Tho Disponsario horo woro closod by Gov ernor Tillmun till 5 o'clock this after noon. Thoro was not a great doal of whiskey afloat for so large a crowd. Tho crowd was turbulont at times and disorderly and ill bohavod to can didates. It didn't liko Secretary of State Tindal and Col. D. P Duncan ran tho gauntlet of jibes and cheers for their rivals. Gonoral Ellorbo pummol ? cd Larry Gantt in great style and by his very intrepidity and boldnoss got a fairly good hearing. Ho boarded tho lions In thoir dens and shewod no foar. Senator Evans, tho first gubernatori al cundidatcs to speak, was received with rousing choors and waiving of hats. Ho said It was an insult to tho people of Spartanburg to say thoro was a ring in this county. (Cheers.) Tho people from tho mountains to tho seaboard* havo joined In ono big ring and ho is the centre of it. (Applause.) Ho gavo a history of alleged for a snap convention and charged that tho ef forts now boing mado for a primary aro to try to boat him. It is said to bo an appeal to th? antis to help them or they will sink. Ho attaekod W. D. Evans, without using his name, saying that ho is trying to call off tho Roform Convention, but can not do It. Evans, he said, is a can didate for Railroad Commissioner, but has never boon boforo tho people. Senator Evans said be didn't want to bo Govornor if ho could not got tho placo by Reform votes. He said that Conservatives aro not dead and alleg od that a caucus of antl-Tlllmanites was hold In Columbia yesterday. "Thoy ore up to something," Evans exclaimed. Volco : " Stick 'em again," Evans : " I don't liko to stick a dead chicken." Evans was greeted with thundora of applauso throughout his speech and many of tho crowd yelled ''There's our noxt Governor." Talk ing on tho Dispensary Evans said ho was sorry to sco two of tho candidates for Govornor and tho Rogistor " our paper," opposing the action of tho Gov ornor In reopening tho dispensary. Ho assortod that, tho pooplo will back Tillman and will risk thoir lives in assisting to onforco tho law. Ho took a primary on the rooponlng and over a thousand hands wont in tho air In token that tho men of Spartanburg would sustain tho Govornor. Ho said tho men of South Carolina woro not afraid of a littlo bloodshed. Thoy havochlckon gizzards in their breasts if thoy are. Tho Govornor has tho law and tho people on his side. Ho said it was no moro disgrace to bo a constable then to bo Govornor or a high shoriff. When Evan's tlmo was up, tho crowd was unwilling for him to stop and yelled " Glvo him moro timo." G. M. Miles In behalf of tho many friends of Senator Evans presented their " Gamo Cock " with a boautiful cane, which he accoptod In a gracoful spooch. Tho cano is ologantly carvod and in some placos has pearls on it. Dr. Sampson Popo was the next gu bernatorial candidate. Ho asked whore was Evans when Roform was started. Volco : " Don't say any more about Evana," which was followed by loud cheers for the Alken man. Dr. Popo sailed into tho crowd for its cheoering for Evans and their noise and said thoy woro blndod by prejudlco and did not want to hear him. Dr. Popo got a poor hearing, voIcob and yelling being con tinuous. Ho said if it was troason to oppose Govornor Tillman In his Dis Ho said It would havo boon a small thing to allow Consorvatlvos to voto In tho Itoform primaries and bring about peace. It would havo boon a small thing and might havo saved dark and dangerous days in South Carolina. Tho Rcforraors, however, aro too blind by prejudice and it Is bolng prcaehed Into them by nearly every speaker. Dr. Popo had a stumpy road to travel and was guyod on all sides by tho crowd, but talkod liko a man. Ho could not bo rattlod. QANTT CALLED TO TIMK. Boforo Introducing Gonoral Ellorbo, Chairman Allen mado an appoal for a fair hoaring for ovory speaker and scored tho crowd for its oonduct. Ho was told to sit down and shut up. Gen eral Ellorbo began by saying that tho story circulated that ho would bolt tho Reform nomination was un infamous falsehood. He would support tho nom ineo, no matter who ho is, and will stump tho Stato for him if noeossary, (Chcors.) Gonoral Ellorbo thon began to review tho charges against him. Ho pronounced as an infamous Ho tho story that ho had boon In a caucus lu Wrlghts's Hotel, and turning toward Gantt said : " I now call on tho man who mado that chargo to provo It." 11') next denouncod as falso tho story that ho was in favor of a snap conven tion. General Ellerbe told Gantt and all of Evan's frionds not to try to boat him by dragging him down. Touching tho Sunday caucus chargo of Gantt, Gonoral Ellerbe said to Gantt's tooth that It was false that an antl entered that room In tho hotel. Ho would f:lvo Gantt $5 for ovory antl who wont n that room, and "I call on Gantt horo and now," ho said " to provo that chargo or bo a man and apologize to mo for it." Gantt said there was a negro boy at tho door to lot antis in. That is falso. Gantt ohargod that I was Sholl's candidate, when he know bottor. Now, I will tell you some thing. Gantt wrote me a lottor boforo March tolling mo that this county was for me and that ho could carry It. He said later, howovor, that Kvans was a good man." Gantt Was sitting just to tho loft of Ellorbo and got up to say something, but wasprovonled. ADMIRATION FOR ELLERBE. Admiration for Ellorbo was soon in almost overy face as ho boldly attaokud Gantt to his faco and with thousands of his frloudft around him. Ho did it so cooly und so nicely that Evans and Gantt's frionds stood still and llstonod at him. Ellorbo wont on : " If this county was for me what has ohangod it? Be causo I havo boon misrepresented, and falso charges mado against mo havo action mako tho most of it. hurt me. Gautt oannot provo ono of thorn, and yot you allow all those chargos to influence you. I want to toll you that that Sunday caucus wo hold hero was for tho purposo of mak ing friends bctwoen McLaurln and W. D. Evans." Voice; "Why did you do It ?n Sun day r" Ellerbo : "Tho Bible says ' blessod are peacemakers.'" (Laughter.) '^Thoy have gone furthor," said El lerbo, "and acoused mo of boing a traitor. No man dare come to me and say that to my face. Bon Tillman knows I am not u traitor to him or tho Reform movement. Ho noxt fearless ly attaokod Sonator Evans' record. There woro loud cheers for Evans. Ellorbo : " I boo you havo a bad caso on Johnny, but I am going to beat him." (More cheers for Evans.) Ellerbo: "When I begin to spunk Jobnuy you don't llko It." While spoaklug un Evans man ask od : " Uo you stand squaro by Till man ?" Ellorbo : " Yes." Somo volco: " Whoro woro you dur ing tho Darlington war?" Ellorbo : " I was with GovernorTlll man, at his house." Again : "I heard that you wore not around." Ellorbo: " Tho man who told you that told a lie." In reply to a question Ellorbo said ho was In favor of tho Dispensary and would enforce it if olectod. Gantt had boon attempting somo timo to got to ask Ellorbo a question and at last got opportunity. IIo said: "I can provo horo by Lon Hill and Dave Whitman that David Johnson and othor antis told them that thoy wero waiting to go up in that Sunday caucus." Ellerbo: " Not an antl came in that room. I will say that I sont lor Gantt to como to the caucus, but was told ho was too drunk to got thoro." (Mingled ' cheers for Ellorbo, Evans and Gantt broko out and continued for some time.) Gantt got up and doniod that he was drunk and asked Ellorbo for his au thority. Ellerbo said ho did not be lieve that Gantt was drunk, but it was ropOrted all round." I went to Gantt's hou80 that night and told him all about tho caucus. Judge Hill, who had boon namod as a witness to Gantt's charge, arose to mako a statement but was forbidden. Judge Hill told Tbo Register corres pondent that ho never told Gantt that Johnson and othors wore waiting out side to go In tho room, but said thoy woro waiting to see Shell porsonally. They slipped Into tho hallway aud called shell out of tho room and talk ed to him porsonally and novcr went near tho room. This is a spoclment of Gantt's authority for his charges against Ellorbo. Ellorbo got by far tho best of his encounter with Gantt and undoubtedly made a good Impres sion. Ellorbo as ho finished was pre sented with a plato of flowers and grapes from frlonds. Secrotary of Stato Tindal got a llttlo warmer than usual today. Ho had to strivo against a good doal of opposition from tho crowd and cheers for Evans. Ho said tho man who says bo is going to bo elected Govornor doean't know what ho Is talking about. Voice : "Well, Evans Is olectod." Tindal: "Thoro is many a slip be twixt tho cup and lip. Spavtanburg County Is not tho whole Stato. Secre tary Tindal said it had boon circulated to his Injury that he had appointed Haskellites in his office. This was false. Ho had certificates from every man in his employ that thoy wore Ro formors and had been from tho begin ning. They voted for Reform in Co lumbia when it took mon to bo on that shlo. They aro as good Reformers as auybody. The certificates stating that they woro thoroughbred Roformors woro from U. R. Brooks, D. A. Moans, L. M. Ragln, J. M. Coopor and Henry E. Smith. Othor certificates wero from J. M. Raines and John H. Clark son. Another was from Col. James Gibbos that ho had not voted at all In 1890. Editor Gantt asked Mr. Tindal: "How about U. R. Brooks?" Ho said Brooks had told him ho was I agaiust Tillman for tho Sonato. Mr. I Tindal said that when ho appointed Brooks to tho position, tho lattor was ono of tho men who bared his breast to Haskolllsm In Columbia and is as good a Ke form er us t in're. is in tho State. Ho did not know who Brooks was going to voto for Sonator. Mr. Tindal pro sonted his views on tho Reform pri mary but didn't recoivo any encourage ment. In fact tho crowd didn't tako to him much hotter than to Popo. CONOKESSIONAI. CANDIDATES. Candidate Joo Johnson of Laurons started tho ball rolling for the Con gressinal candidates. His speech was disjointed becauso of interruptions from tho crowd. Senator Wilson was wildly rccolvod. Ho doclined to talk long because ho said ho had tho county solid anyhow. Ho used some protty words about Spar tanburg. Tho man who had tho hardoat timo of all was Col. D. P. Duncan. Tho crowd seemed to havo a particular dis liko for him. All appoala to tho audionco to givo him a hearing woro futile. Thoy did not exactly howl him down, but thoy put all kinds of questions to him and occasionally ioorod him. Ho ! talkod back and told tho crowd that thoy had been bought and paid for. Col. Duncan crltelsod Sonator Butler for attacking him Indirectly becauso he was a candldato for Interstate Com merco Commissioner. Ho had tho greatost rospoct for Butlor, but. tbo lat tor shouldn't havo dono as ho did. Ho wanted Duncan to talk about Gantt, but ho said ho had boon exonerated of I tho chargos mado against him by Gantt and had no moro to say about tho Head light editor. Duncan oxolalnod what the Alllanco had dono In tho Gantt matter and said Gantt had notappourcd at Alken. Gantt got up and aald ho had not received any notification to go to Alken. General Farley fared somo botter than Duncan, but also had a hard timo. Ho alleged that Sonator Wilson had coquottod In 1800 and 1802 with. Connorvatlvos: that hotrlod tobooloct ed Sonator tu 1802 without declaring hlmsolf for Tillman. Gonoral Farloy gavo A. B. Williams as a witnoas to this chargo. Gonoral Farloy said that whon Wilson wont to tho Sonate ho mot Kirby Tuppor thero. Tuppor said to Wilson: "You aro a h?11 of a ftno follow to oncourago us to run a Shop pard and Orr ticket and thon run on a. Tillman ticket." Wilson Is said to havo answered that ho had to do so to beat Farrow for tho Sonato. Gonoral was sovoral times asked If he was going to vote for Butlor or Tillman. IIo an swered that ho would stlok to Tillman If tho latter didn't tako ground against him, and said It was a d?n poor rulo that wouldn't work both ways. Sonator Wilson ropllod to tho chargo of General Parley. Ho ridiculed Far loy after oxplalning somothlng. Ho said : "No man living could say that ho had ovor abated ono jot or tlttlo In his alloglanco to Tillman or the Re form movement." Farley : " Will you allow Williams and Tuppor to tell what thoy know?" I Wilson: "Let thorn toll what thoy want to." Parley : M But will you ask thorn to do no?" Wilson : " You ask thorn if you want to." This ended what lookod liko it might turn into a personal difficulty. Just boforo Senator Butler was in troduced Shoriff Dean asked rcspoet ful hearing for tho speaker. This wus given Butler, who was not interrupted a single tiino. Thero was nothing new In Butler's speech excopt tho touching and oloquont talk to Confederate boI dior8. Butler told tho young men uot to assurao that tho Confederate vote ran is a thing of tho past, but to "chorish tho memories and services of thoir fathers and forofathors if you ox ueot to receive the benediction of your God and your country." There was practically nothing now in Governor Tillman'a speech. Tho crowd gavo him an ovation which was greatly in contrast to Butlor's recep tion, which was without a hurrah or a choor. Tho Governor dofonded the Roform convontiou pian and said he believed thero would havo boon a pri mary had not it been for tho Darling ton riot. Ho said tho people aro uot breaking any pledges, but were carry ing forward tho policy of 1890. Tho conditions now are somewhat different to then. Ho recommended that the next Democratic primary give the right to tho people to vote direct for Governor and Lieutonunt Governor. Ho said that somo scheming politicians aro pressing the subtreosury now. Ho took a hand primary and the crowd un animously sustained him in his position that it's unwipo to press that demand now. Ho said he was going to carry thirty-threo counties, with good chances In Uichland. Aljli QU I KT ON THE RBBDY. Greenville Has a Model Campaign Meet!life?Very Little Untiliisitumi on Kit her Side? >Iuoh Oratory and Lit tle Demonstration. Reported for Tho Mountaiiicur. Everybody in Greenvillo Is congra tulating himsolf and every ono olso on tho suecoss of tho campaign mooting from a standpoint of good order and do concy. Tho campaigners say it was one of tho most ordorly meetings yot hold and praise both peoplo and com mitteo of arrangement:! for tho good results obtained. It was almost altogothor a country erowd. Wagon and bugglos from var ious parts of tho county began arriving on Wednesday ovening and on Thurs day morning every road louding into tho city was filled with vehicles. Glassy sent down a good roprosuutution, but not as large as had been prodietod. Thero woro two-horso wugons, one horse wagons, mules, buggies, and carriages. Thoro woro people of i>vory description and every tomporamuut, but almost, no indications of any at tempt to interrupt speakers excopt to interject a question now and then or give expression of approbation when some favorite would mako a hit. Most of tho campaign party came over on tho ufternoon train, and tho remaindor came on tho Ashovillo ex cursion which reached tho city about half past nino. Tho mooting began at half past ten and lasted until (our. No intimation was given boforo hand as to what tho order would bo and a number of poo- | plo who supposed tho Senatorial can didatcs would bo last, wero disappoint- j ed as they camo first, or rather after j Watts and Itichburg, candidates for j Adjutant aud Inspector General, had j spoken. Govornor Tillman was iutroducod and was received with generous ap plause. When tho cheering had sub sided ho spoke as follows : Mr. Chuirnian and fellow citizens: This .is my fourth appearance before a Greenville audionco as a public speak er. In 1890, notwithstanding tho fact : that I had nover been seen by anyone | in this county except a few men who had gono to Columbia, when I appear- j cd horo I found tho peoplo of Green- j villo county had raised a Uoodgato of ! hoisted water which swopt everything i before it from here to tho sou. I find j tho same thing this morning and from j the way in which you greet mo tho ? "crops" must bo bad in Greenville ? county. I havo heard that somo peo- . plo said they had those people in thoir I breeches pooket and would vote them J as thoy pleased, but I am glad to 800 j that you nro still free men and will I vote as you please. I have been your j Govornor four years and I find, except j in Charleston, Beaufort and a fow other i counties, tho people aro satisfied and I ; am going to oe sent to tho United , States Senate. Families havo been di- j vided and in somo cases husbands and wives have differed, but 1 havo always | found that tho women aro on my sido and tho women aro always right. Somo peoplo say that I am responsible for all tho troublo and dissension. (A voice : "That's a lie.") Well, sir, you took tho word out of my mouth. I havo nover been guilty of bittornoss or personalities oxcopt when thoy aro indulged in by tho other sldo. I am not one of thoso follows who boliovo it noeossary to turn ono cheek when you aro smitten on tho othor. I am liko tho old Quaker who turned the other cheek and then said : "Now, friend, tho law is fulfilled, and ' I am going to givo theo hell." (Ap I plauso.) You stepped forward in 1890 and took theso follows by tho breeches and threw them out In tho woods, and they havo been aiming at moover siueo because I bold them out in the woods. Now they say, "This will all blow over, let's got together and wo will defeat tho peoplo." You recollect four years ago when John Sam Vorner, that little Oeonoo follow, was hero and when ho was asked whother ho was for Tillman, ho said, "I am toting my own skillot." I And ho just took his littlo skillot and { went out into the woods, in tho cold, j away from oflico, and ho has hud tho i decency over since not to ask you to I put anything in tho skillet. Now 1 j think thoro aro a good many moro liko that. Lot's open tho door and lot them In, but toll them to wait two years and may bo we'll givo 'om something. Now, you kndw Sam Dibblo said two years ago they had the Stato, but ho was not in it, and I think when tho timo comes ) othor peoplo will find thoy aro not in i it. But if you go to sloop, romombor ' thoy will capture your clubs and sond ] dologatos horo to tho convention, as I ? am told somo of them havo done ; but i then you havo got your primary and ) you will bout thorn thoro. " Eternal i vigilanco is tho price of liborty." Now, about money. Since tho foun dation of the govornmont thoro have boon two parties, ono founded by Ham ilton, ono by Thomas Jefferson. Ham ilton's thoory was that tho pooplo could not govorn thomsolvos. Joffor uon's was to trust tho poople?that thoy aro oapablo of eolf-govornmont. Ho ! wanted each Individual community to . govorn itsolf.ThoFodoral got possossion of tho country just after Washington's j second term, but JolTerson camo for ii ward in 1801, just after Adams, and ' captured tho county and hold it till i 1800. Sinco then, under manipulations f of Congross and thoir handling of oar l finances, we havo como to this pass, j| that notwithstanding that tin. is tho I most God-blossod country, we find that by tho manipulations of Congress in passing class legislation, ono section of tho country, north of tho Potomac and oast of tho Ohio, has gobbled all tho finances; wo find tboro that million aires aro oountod by tho tons and thousands, whilo in tho South tho pau pers multiply by millions on tho road to tho poor lion so. What's tho reason of it? Ono reason is tho tariff. Thoy havo manipulated tho tariff in a way to concontrato all tho manufactories up thoro and by lovying an unjust tax on everything you woar ami uso?on cigars, tobacco and whiskey. You grow poor whilo thoy gro.v rich. It is to tbo intorostof this country to have everything that is consumed in it made in It. It is not to your interest to havo theso manufactories stopped; it is to your intorost to havo just as many men ongugod in manufacturing as possible. Aud while wo of tho South havo only ono export crop, cotton, those people who manufacture beef aud othor things aro iuterofctcd iu having as many mon engaged in farming as possible. If theso manufactories wero to stop theso peoplo would mako moro cotton, more wheat, and there would bo no body to soil it to aud Europe would take it all cheap. It is, thoreforo, to your interest to havo theso manufacto ries continuo. Wo want somo protection for somo industries, but it has boon tho cardi nal doctrino of the Democratic party that wo shall have a tariff for revenue only, whilo that of tho Republicans is a tariff for protection. What is Con gross doing? A voieo : " Nothing." Ah ! they are up thoro trafficking in your liberties, thoy aro thero selling your rights, and tho^ scoundrelly Sena tors aro thero sharing in tho boodlo and tho steal. Mr. Clovoland Is tho champion of re form ; in his letter to Mr. Wilson ho urges Congress to stand by their pledges. Ho turns and tells thorn to carry out tboir contract with tho sugar trust. 1 boar it whispered from Wash ington that tho reason ho is advocating a tariff on coal is that ho is interested in tho coal mines of Nova Scotia. You say Congress has done nothing. It has done a most damnable piece of villiauy in demonetizing silver that has over been perpetrated in this country. If Clevolaud is honost. why did ho not say, " Como hero and enact tariff re form," but instead of that ho calls them together to strike silver down and demonetizo It iu accordance with his contract with Wall Street. Ho wants to join hands with John Sher man and tbo Republican party and de monetize silver. Then ho wroto an other letter urging the formation of Democratic leaguo chilis to march for ward in a solid phalanx and dofe.it our common enemies. They talk about silver; they say that's a dishonest dollar, and tho rea son thoy say it is because it has silvor In it not worth a dollar. Silver is not money, gold is not money, greenbacks are not money ; they only perform their function from tho stamp of tho government, and when they stamp it it is a dollar. When John Sherman sneaked his bill through, silver was worth 1011, but now it is worth only fifty cents, and after all this conspiracy thoy havo tho faco to stand up and tell tbo peoplo " that's a dishonest dollar." That's detrimental to everybody in tho country. This conspiracy came about in 18(18, when England had tho bonds of tho world, and she demonetized sil ver and has been scheming ever since to make othor nations follow suit. Why, she collects live hundred thous and pounds sterling every year in in terest, and she buys two pounds of cot ton and two bushels of wheat, twice as mneb as she consumes, and which sho would get if tho money of tho country was on a parity. Well, fifty cents will buy eight pounds of cotton. As a dol lar It will buy lfi. The man who owns tbo dollar and makes gold tho standard gets tho profit. By demonetizing sil ver they have brought people tostarva- ' tlon iu some places. While those Republicans have got | rich they have manipulated the West ern people by saying, "Vote as you shot," and all the while they had their bauds in those fellows' pockets robbing them. But they havo brought them to sueh a pass that they have jumped out of tho frying pan into the fire, they have gono into the Populist party. Thoy have lost faith in the Democratic party, and, tell you tho Cod's truth, I nave lost faith in it and I think you havo. But mind you, whilo we have lost faith in tho loaders?they say the Democratic platform is good enough to bo elected on, but not good enough to stand on after you aro elected. They want tho women to vote. What in the name of God do wo want the women to vote for when sho bosses us already? Every well-regulated house in Green ville and elsewhere is bossed by a wo man. Now lot hor look after that and us mor ' avo a little freedom when we got out ido. especially in politics. But I did not mako it clear to you who gets that profit. Wo will no vor get tho re lief wo seek and for which we fought until wo restore silver to Its place on tho ratio of sixteen to ono. Until we place silvor and gold where they havo been since tho days of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob until 1801. (A voice : " Will you stand right there?") I will die right there, and will have a pitchfork in my hand and stick it into any ono who stands In tho *way. By tho system of tho National banks tho bond-holders deposit their bonds and get ninety percent, of tho amount then thoy lend you the money and make another interest. All the othor indebtedness we havo is based on metal. The government bought sliver and is sued silver-certificates with the under standing that it was redcamablo in gold. There aro 4f>0 millions in bricks in the treasury to-day while you are all starving for money. I have tho su premo Court behind mo. Thoy issued sixteen hundred millions of greenbacks during tbo war, there are four hundred and sixty millions outstanding, and they simply issued it based on metal. You old Confederate soldiers know that whon the Confederacy was nearly out it took two hundred dollars of money to buy a pair of shoes. Why was that? Becauso the people had lost faith in it, and boforo the Confederacy went down that money did not purchase anything at reasonable prices becauso tho money was too plontiful. Now, as money is scarco prices go down, as money is plentiful prices go up. Now, we in lit, t liavo more money. It's a ground-hog ease. Congress has been trying their best to givo us tho bot t they could. Cleveland has just t>ougbt them out. Horo is Carlisle, for iustanco, ho has boon a consistent silvor man ever since ho entered public life. In one of bis speocbes a low years ago ho said tho domonotization of silvor would do more harm than war, postiloncoon anything olso, and yet ho sold out to Cleveland, and horo is Voorhoos, who, whon Clovo land votood the silver bill, put his finger in his mouth and said: "Oh Grovor I Grovor, you have betrayed our trust." Aro wo going to get it ? Well. It will tako oigthtoon Senators and 148 CongroMSLueu ?tuu a President. Now, that's a pretty hard job, about as hard as gottlng rid of tho ring. Wo have J got to appeal to our Wostern brethron, 1 go to them with oloan hands, go to the in with practical, sensible suggos lion , (A voice : " Yes, you donoNwont now.") Woll, I wont out West and road" thorn u bpcoch, and I have got Inv tions to go out thoro, and I would did not havo to run tho Dispensary tho government. Wo havo got to issuo money onougn to do the business of tho country. Some members o f tho Alliance aro quarrelling with mo about that old sub-treasury business. "Wo want Tillman to ?yA f up on tho platform with all four foet?* Woll, I can't ondorsc tho sub-treasury. If wo bring our platform down to be plain so that ovory body in this country can stand on it oxeopt tho gold hugs, wo will whip 'em suro us thoro is u God In heaven. I will not lead a tight to go boforo tho Westoru people and say : "Wo must take the sub-trorsury or nothing." Wo must not quarrel about tho distribution of the money until wo got tho money. Why, do you quarrel about how you aro going to cook tho rabbit until you catch tho rabbit? I kept tho Alfiuneoout of politics in 1890. Wo are now iu possession of tho ma chine and carrying it with us wlion wo go. Look at tho Alliance in tho othor Southern States. Thoy followed Tom Watson into tho woods In Georgia. att(\, whore arc they ? And whore aro tbeV In Alabama V If you will just hold those fellows down and don't let them pass resolutions about uot sondlng mon to tho convention who do not stand on tho Ocala plutform, we will bo all right. Wo aro all Doraocrats; wo" sucked It in with our mother's milk. I am willing to change tho uumo, but not tho principles. I am willing to join tho West. I think it's mighty near time to pack our baggago and walk into tho rod soa. Woll, the Dispensary is open to-day. I shut 'om uwhllo beeauso I wantod any of you who got drunk to-day to do It on bad liquor instead of dispensary. Why did 1 open tho Dispensary? Simply bo causo tho Supreme Court has adjournod without deciding on tho Act of 1893. I took tho Act of 93 and put It under my coat and hid out with it. I used my wits and Buchanan used his. All tho lawyers in the State-and all tho bar keepers did their best to g?lTTli?tSaw, but one little farmers and ono littlO lawyer kept 'em out of it. They killed tho whole tree and then took a littlo sprig and stuck it out hero and said : "What's prohibition." Well, God knows the peoplo aro tired of prohibi tion. Tne tigers are on all sideB, not blind but with four eyes. Well, finding that they adjourned without doing anything and having about a hundred thousand dollars worth of liquor I thought it proper to open the Dispensary and make that court pass on it; but I waited till one of tho old judges got out, and I want to say that when tho newspapers say that I have got Judge Gary to decide uiy way because it is my will they aro liars. He was Lieutenant Governor when the law was passed and 1 have talked with him about its constitutionality and 1 know what his opinion is, and there fore I know what tho decision will be. This Dispensary law is a temperance law. Tho Legislature was about to pass prohibition. Some of us who did not believe that it was practical got them to pass this law instead. Thoy had In that law that when you wanted liquor you must say you wanted it for medicinal, manufacturing or sacramen tal purposes. They just intended to make you a liar. Well they say you must buy now from the Dispensary and put your name thOff? That don't in terfere with the buyei but with tho seller. It was done to protect tho buyor. Some peoplo say: "Your whiskey is too high." Of courso you follows that can go up tho branch and get a gallon of whiskey for seventy-live cents, think you can't pay two dollars and three dollars for it. Well, we put tho price up to benefit you. If you can go and take a dollar and get a gallon you will just lay drunk four, live or six days, whereas if you got only ?a quart, you get drunk tonight and you" can go to work tomorrow. Now, this evening you go to Hill and say, " Hero, 1 want a gallon of whiskey," and you have a high old time going homo th's evening. Where does the money go? Fifty cents goes to Traxler to pay for tho liquor, ono quarter goes to tho county and one quarter to tho city of Greenville. Under the old system tho city of Greenville got all. After tho expenses aro paid you fellows get tho benefit of tho balance in reduced taxes next fall. If you fellows don't liko liquor just keep away from the Dispen sary and the blind tiger, too. I want you fellows from Glassy Mountain to get together and make all the liquor you can and bring it. here in a quantity and 1 will buy it from you. And after awhile, if I can get nny constables who are brave enough to go into Glassy Mountain, I am going thero and seo after you. What I want you to do is to put tho moral forco of this county ngainst breaking tho Dispensary law. You see it is for tho good of the coun try. Put yourselves behind tho lasv and enforce it. (The Governor hero took a hand primary on the law, asking all who wanted It to hold up their hands, and nearly every hand in sight wont up.) All in favor of prohibition hold up. (Up went three or four hands.) I am very glad to find that the peo ple of Greenville aro just as immova ble In their adherence to Reform prin ciples as over. 1 am very glad to lind that you aro still adherents of lien Tillman, and I hero and now, as in tho past, plodgo you, so help mo Cod, a continuance of tho same, wherever you may put me. Gen. Hutler faced a great audience and mado a strong, weil knit speech. Ho had a great deal to say about fi nancial legislation and said his remedy for existing troubles was the romono tizatlon of silver. Ho entered into a oloar and elaborate explanation of tho money and tariff issues and explained his attitude and voting thereon. Tho tariff bill was the best bill ever passed and when It does come tho South will bo in better shape to accept it than any other section. When prosperity begins cotton factories will conio tumbling Into the South. Tho General related in an eloquent fooling manner his struggles in South Carolina's bohalf, and how bo had nev er boon able to learn how to steal or become dishonest. Hugh Harten, an Allianceman. ask ed Gen. Butler if he had worked as hard for tho Alliance petition for money as ho had for tho Louisiana su gar men on the tariff bill. Gon. Butler replied that he had done so. Barton: "Why did you toll Tom Wutson that we had as much money as wo ovor did ?" " I did not toll him so," replied t'io Sonator. Ho wont on to say tho trouble was not so much one of tho money outstand ing as how it was circulated and dis tributed. It was claimed that there is $24 per capita outstanding, but he did not think thero was over $2 apiece in this State. Ho attributed tuis to the faulty Unanolal systoin. Said his ef forts had always been for inure money. Gon. Butler related how bo had help ed to keep tho Republican grip off tho (bONTiKUiBD c*r rouKia paok.|