The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, April 20, 1892, Image 2

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ELBET H. AULL, ELBEPT H. AULL, WM. P. JZOS L, NEWBERIRY. ",.. - TE Gr;EENVILLE .IEETI.NG. The big melcetirng at Greenville is over. B,th sides c aim;I the victory. We use much space this wt:k ingivi:. speeches. Our report is ma le up fr ;III the Greenville News. It is trying on the capacity of a country weekly to give anything like a full and satisfac t >ry report of such a meetim_. The closing speech of Gov. Tillmian is not given, and in order to do him lull justice we will give a fui report of it in our next. It is a great pity our people can't at tend a political meeting and iiten to the speeches and then :orml their own opinions. This "howling down'' business is not creditable to anybody. It is not comn plimentary to the intelligence and en lightenment of those who indulge in it. We had hoped that this campaign would be pitched on a high plaue. The indications for the realization of that hope are no* encouraging. From what we have heard mnd seen of the reports of the meeting we do not see that either side has any big tlhirgs to brag of. Let us hope that the campaign will not end as it has started. Let us hope that the people will attend these meet ings for the purpose of hetring the speeches and that it may in fact be a campaign of education. It is said that (>v. Tillinar refused to shake l:n'iu with Col. Orr .n Green ville the other day. The campaign is starting towards the point of unity and harmony. We hope Gov. Tillman will get an other story to open his speeches with. That thing of Peter's wife's mother is getting threadbare. unless it was more appropriate. if the wife's mother is not dead yet she nust be proof against fever. The Edgefield Advertiser, out of the goodness of its heart, advises Governor Sheppard to retire from the race. That is exceedingly kind and considerate of an opponent. No doubt the Tillman people would be delighted to have Gov. Sheppard out of the race. But he is in it and in it to stay, and is going to get there. If he doesn't, the other fellow will be mightily scared and will have nothing to brag of. The Register is now trying to excuse its use of abusive epithets and says it didn't, but it was "the other fellow." We are much obliged, for we would not have known it if you had not told us about it. But then we are not used to the Georgia way of putting things, you know. Read Sam Jones on politics in Geor gia. His letter is published on the first page of The Herald and News. Calling a minister of the Gospel a "Judas Iscariot fool" because he chooses to assert his right as a citizen and a Democrat is not "abuse" we suppose among those sensitive people who are driven to support Tillman by the terri ble "abuse" he has received froru the opposition newspapers.-Greenville News. No, nothing is abuse now, except it be a proper and just criticism of' the present administration. That is terri ble.~ It doesn't now look as if the Shep pard-Orr ticket will remain in the field until the campaign is over. We wouldn't be surprised any day to see them withdrawn from the contest. Register. Well, now, brother, when you have been here longer you will find that the campaign is not yet open. You are wasting your ammunition now. You had better bold a little of yoar power In reserve to be used when the heat of summer comes on. You will find the "Sheppard-Orr ticket" the livest thing you have met in a long time. By the way if the Register really thinks that this ticket is so very weak and broken down why does it waste so much val uable space and fine writing in defend ing the present admiinistration ? It can hardly be considered nmaniv to be fighting so vigorously an oppo nent that is so badly beaten. The Register finds no time to devote ti anything else, and it is yet fully two months before the campaign opens. We deny that the reform press hats been abusive in the present campaign; but all the bulldozing and abuse comes from the other side. Whenever a re form paper dare resent such attacks it is held up as "indulging in personmai ities. "-Register. Oh, no; the "reform papers"' are models of etiquette and politeness. They never "in'dulge in personalities" and abuse-never. Referring to mlen as "'donkeys,"' Shia nghais,'' "ak asses," "biypocrites," and such reli ned expressions and epithets as these is the essence of gen.tility and the refinemen of Englisb. Yet we find these terms appied to the men who presunme to submit the matter to the people. This is all righ t when you do it, b.ut all wrong~ in the other fellow. Then the~y are called "dark closet" candidates, the "old rin;r rule" catndidates, and "they represent a c:ass whose sole object is to oppress the people." This of course is not "indulging in personalities" or abuse. It is a pity that the virtue and refinement should be so entireiy cnn centrated in one set of our people. The Herald and News does not be lieve in abuse. from whatever source it may come, but we had just i's well be fair and just. Gov. Tillmran never in dulged in it! Oh, no. Well, the people ennsM h h i 1 ter to suit themselves. General McCrady, we learn. i stockholder in the ('oosaw nmonopoly and, by thme way, the General too' very prominent part in the deibera tions of that Thi.rteenm's Convention. Register. The Hald and News does not be ieve the "howling dvwt" process wil work 'his vear. Our people want t< ha'..r the issues discussed in a manly inifed andi straightforward manner. If (Gov. Tillian has made a good Gov er::o;r, kept his r:'omises and broughl the reief he said he would, what barr c:a his oppoucnts do himf? 'Then wh3 nut let tlhrn dissect and veitillate hi record, as he said two years ago-am he was right-should be done. Howl ing his opp >nents down cannc:t keel the facts back. The opposition has gol (ov. Tillman on the defensive, but hi is now trying to shift the responsibil it_ on his "driftwood legislature." 'F . C.tL* .ii.t atj UN,ATISFACTOIY RESULTS OF THE OPENING JOINT DISCUSSION. i;:'h Sides Indu:te in Uaseemly Dlspiay-A tii Gatht '%g of the People and a Gen erally Peaceful Spirit-Nobody Backs I)own and Nothing Sensational Is I)eve!oped-Sheppard M akes a FueImnpression-The 3leet Ing Frazzles Out With Governor Ttrlmarn Throwing Rocks Over Time. [Condt:sed fruumu Greenville News, 17. Never was there a fairer, brighter o1 crisper April day than yesterday. I was an ideal day for joint discussion clear and warm with a breeze bearin= just a suggestion of frost to preven discussiou from the heat and to keel the blood in circulation. Doubts as to whether there would b< a large attendance at the joint discus Kion appointed for yesterday were soot settled. The trains brought in people b, scores and hundreds from all direction and on every road the people caine it on horseback and muleback and in vehi eles of many kinds, sizes and styles. 0 the 5,001) democratic voters of Green ville county probably 2,300 were presen and there were 1,000 men from othe counties of the Piedmont belt. Ander son, Abbeville, Pickens, Spartanbarl and even York and New berry were rep resented in the gathering of the clans and there were scattering delegation: from Oconee and Laurens. 3,5(0 PEOPLE PRESEN r. The stand, in the palna, was reache< a little before 11 o'clock. Most of th, people had gone there early to secur, places. There was no attempt at dec oration. The stand was in all the nakedness of unplaned plank an( darkened by the weather of some years It is the same on which the joint dis cussion of the famous campaign:of 1891 was conductcd. About 3,500 people were present. At enthusiastic supporter of Governor Till man declared that 6,000 men were there but he was talking through his hat an< ignorant of the fact that 6,000 peopl make an enormous assemblage. A fai and full estimate makes the numbe 3,500, including one er two hundre< ladies who apparently did not share th fear felt by many men of unseeml, words or scenes or a general disturb ance. It would have been difficult for even the strongest voice to have reached thi outskirts of the meeting, arranged as i was, if there had been absolute silence It is doubtful if one-third of those pres ent heard an:y of the speeches in a con nected way or carried away defi nit' impressions of wvhat was said on th< statnd by the speakers. At- 11 o'clock Gen. J. Walter Gray chairman of the committee of arrange ments, advatnced to the front of th< stand and rapped with a gold heade< cane upon the plank placed across th< opening of the structure as a rest fo the speakers. He looked out upon a sei of faces rising upon the hill side witi the large group of brightly dressee ladies on his left and toward the rear Just in front of the stand was a banne composed of a page of the Evening Democrat bearing upon it a bright bue< gamne cock, surmounted by a goat an< having the inscription. "Tigervill' club 450 for Tillmatn" and the letter "F. A." supposcd to represent the Far mers' Alliance. Prayer was offered by Retv. Dr. Pate and Gen. J. Walter Gray, chairman o the meeting, introduced Gov. Tillmax as the first speaker: Governor Tillman promptly came t< the front dressed in a new, well-fittini suit of dark clothes with a Prince Al bert coat buttoned about him, and look ed well kept,well groomed and prosper ous. As he rose to pull off~ his overcoa the cheering was prolonged. Minglet with the cheers were cries of "Dowi in front" and a variety of other de mands and calls. This continued fo: several seconds Just as silence wa restored a bov near the front called ou shrilly, "Hurrah for Sbeppard an( Orr!' The sudden interruption and thi treble voice evoked a roar of laughter followed by cheering, hooting and cofused variety of opposing cries. GOy. TI LLMAN'S sPEECH. "Mr. Chairman, ladies and fellom democrats," began Governor TilIlman For a few inntes the cheering anc cries were renewed. WVhen the noisi had partially subsided Govy. Tillmat saidl it afforded him great pleasureafte: an absence of nearly two years to stant face to face with the men of Greenvilli and the Piedmont escarpment. "W het I last addressed you ou this spot,' hc said, "I appeared as a man put for warc by the people to lead the fight for Jef fersonian democracy.'" | A voice-"y)L done it."] I t hank you for the galian1 manu-.:r itn which you supported me both at the convention and in the gen era! election in November. For eighteet months I have been governor by youi sufrages. I appear here for the firs1 time as a candidate and ask you to re. elect me. [Cries of "'We'll do it.") am here to give an account of my1 stewardship and meet my traducern face to face. [Applause.] The issue oi lS was whether the people of Soutl: Carolina should rule or the ring. (Cheers.) We broke the old ring t< atomsn [eheersj and have formed a new ring, a hands all round ring. [Loud ap. plause.J The old ring, like a jointed snake, hats wriggled and wriggled un til it has got together again. [Laugh ter.] The issue now, in a few words, ii whether the peofle of South C'arolint shall govern or the monopolies and cor perationis. In all free govern ments twc parties are necessary. We have but one cent party int Soutth Carolina-the Democra tic Party. HeretofoIre wet have h:ad to submit without dleerimwination. We? had not the tb-eeit of a free and full discussion. Wro INYENTED:I THE MancH! coNvEN TION'. "S~ome of us invented the March E-neto, connued the governor, "by which a portion of the Democratic party met and laid out its grievances, ut out candidates and invited oppo ~ition. Oh, noi Titlhnau and his meth ~ds were ridi..uled and denounced by he newspapers and by every .ting -ump oator in the State. Our friends, ne entemyi, now come forward and say, boys, you were pretty sharp and we ar ig oiite you.' [Loud cheers nd laughter.] We didn'tt patent the March co)nventiotn anid therefore can't :am a royalty on 'emi. I do say' that he fact that they. acknowledge there was virtue in that convention and that it was legitimate. is a confession that I nd those witht me were two y-ears in .dvance of themt in statesmanship. I ongratulate you that we can come here Lta rnelledi, free and open to discuss everythi::g anid that the danger which nfronted tus is over, if the gentlemen poitting to Sheppard atnd Orri mean hat they say, a ud I believe they do. Cres of 'they don't mean it.'] I be e-c it, because an appeal to the negro A was made and failed. Therefore, I congratulate you that we have arrived at a point where those in power can be criticised and watched without danger of a split. The gentlemen come to us las candidates for peace and unity, (winding up with a sneer, followed by applause.) What 1 can't understand is why there has not always been peace and unity. They love peace and unity (sneeringly) and the otlices above all else. [loud al.plause] Now listen one minute and save your hurrahs for my last speech. I have saved the best till t he last." [Applause and cries of 'sit down in frout.1 (oING FOR 'IE NEwSPA PI:S. When the crowd had quieted down and some had found seats Governor Tihmiuan resumied. He said that just as soon as the last legislature adjourned the newspapers of South Carolina, ex cept a few, turned loose an avalanche of misrepresentation, abuse, slander and falsehood on him, the worst that had ever been seen. It was led, he said, by an organ started to keep alive the embers of liaskellism. The men who got ip the last convention were N. G. Gonzales and the editor of the Green vill News. [Confusion and applause.] Governor Tillman then read an edito rial from The State of March 14th, written after Editor Williams' resolu ticns in the March convention in this county, criticising the endo:rs"ment of the farmers' movement. "It is not Tillman they are after," he said, "but the farmers." He alluded to the last peace and unity convention as an abor tinu. "Although the March conven tion swallowed the farmers' movement whole," be continued, "except the best part, that's mte, [laughter] it is nothing but the old ring under a new name and Haskellism in disguise." The Governor read an article from The State or February _0th, dissenting from the claim of the Greenville News that the chief demands of the farmers' movement were safe, and declared that the News would have a high old time conducting an anti-Tillman campaign on a Tillman pitfor-u. He thought it would have a parrot and monkey time. f [Laughter.] "Te"l us about Edgefield," called out a voice. "Edgefield went three one, for the goat candidate," said Tillmnarr. "The bovs there are too wise to he caught by a sheep in wolf's clothing." "Here's proof, resumed he, "that The State is father of the March con vention, and not A. B. Williams." He then read an editorial from The l State claiming that the convention was the result of letters to it, and that it was the first to demand the converntinn. N. G. Gon7ales had demanded of A. B. Williams to "Shoot, Luke, or give up your gun." Luke shot. [A voice, "Yes he did." Another voice-"But he didn't hit nothin'. "] The address of the thirteen had said Haskell and Has !ellism,were to take a back seat in th convention, but it wassoon found that without the help of the Haskell ele ment there could be no convention. Telegrams were sent out to the thirteen signers, and they agreed that the con vention was sovereign; that when they said Haskellism was out they did not mean it. LVoice: "They ought to put Ensor in, too."] Governor Tillman said he wanted to show his hearers something of the March convention platform and what it is. "It is Till manism diluted," he said. "But it is like mountain coffee, too weak to run down hill. It is a confession that these men never had the ability to originate anything for the good of the masses of the people. They took a good platform but tried to throw Tillman overboard." He read the following plank of the re -cent March convention: "We accept and respect the will of the people as expressed in the election of 1890, as meaning the larger participation and stronger and more direct influence of our agricultural population in the con trol and management of our public af fairs." Commenting on this he said: "Have we taught these Bourbons one lesson-that the farmers have some rights.? If you throw Trillman over board they will give you the agricultu ral college or agricultural anything else." Some of those that are now clamoring for the farmers' movement are against it; some men on the ticket had voted against Clemson and fought it to the bitter end. They now come forward anid tell the farmers that they will give them a voice in matters. "I know you ain't going to give up what you've got," he said; "that you won't take these men you have tried and found wanting. I stand here and say that these men are my followers, my students in statesmanship. IVoice: 'They ain't old enough to graduate.'] My time is oearly out. The opposition will put up two distinguished lawyers to prosecute the case of the ring against B. R. Tillman. You are the jury. I can say without egotisni that but for B. R. Tilhnan you would never have had the opportunity to try the case. I am ready for trial. You are the jury. I say: 'Lay on, McDufi; And damn'd be he that cries, ThsHold, enough!'" Tbswas the conclusion of the speech, and Governor Tillman took his seat amid wild cheering. The crowd had not been orderly and did not seem dis posed to be so. The mingled cries and confusion did not cease while the band was playing. A single bouquet in which a hand some calla lily was prominent, was anded through the crowd to the stand. EX-GoVERINoR SHEPPARD'S SPEECH. General Gray then introduced Gov ernor Sheppard, speaking against a cy clone of confused cries. He said: "It is now my pleasing duty to introduce to you an old schoolmate and a life long friend, a man who was a colleague with me in the WVallace house, who so distinguished himself as to be made the presiding officer of the body and who discharged his duties there so well that from the House he was called to preside over the Senate and won the encomium of being the peer of any pre siding officer the State has ever known. He became governor on the resignation of Governor Thompson and during the short term his administration was so able and conservative that his name was put before the convention of 1888 for re-election. On that occasion his excellency Gov. Tillman paid a high tribute to his personal worth and offi cial merits and declared thbat to eulo gize them further would be to gild re fined gold and paint the lily." [Long cheers for Shepparp rising and falling andl renewed, followed by yells for Tillman.] As Governor Shieppard stepped to the front cheers mingled for him and Tiliman. The noise and confusion lasted fully five minutes. during which time the speaker stood calmly looking over the audience, which jammed against the stand. Some of the most rowdy ones seemed to desire to keep the speaker from beginning. Governor Sheppard began by saying that lie was very much gratified to be permitted to address the fellow-citizens of a county that from the inception of the farmers' movenmnt had been firmly devoted to) the principles of that move mnt. "While not the originator of the farmers' movement," said Gover nor Sheppard, "I can prove by my people that I have been a friend to itI and aim to this day. [ Applause and a: voice: 'You are righ t!'] I feel as deeply devoted to the fairmers' miovemxent 'as anyv farmer in South Carolina. My friend told the simple truth when he saidl the convention swallowed all but h im I am here to-day.- A t this point the confusion became so great that Trilman stepped forwanrd and appealed Ifor fair play. He said lhe did not want a repetition of the unseemly howling down of two years ego. He asked the crowd to recollect that this was only a Ifailly quarrel and concluded with a remark which, for blackguardism, ex stand two years ago.J '-Now, f-ilow zitizens," began Governor Sheppard when there was somethinglike silence. "I ask you to hear Lrgument and make up your verdict lae sworn juror.. So far as I am concerned, my friend (pointing to Til!man) knows, and ought to have said, that I took the. stump in support of his election against Haskell. I say here and will say everywhere I go that if be gets more Democratic votes than I do in the pri mary noman will exert himself more than I will for him. [Loud applause.] I say that the man never lived in South Carolina and does not live who is more deeply devoted to the interests of the Democratic party than I am. [Loud applausej Never by word, action or thought have I proved myself unfaith ful to it. I earnestly desire that the principles of the farmers' muoverment shall be carried out. The reason we oppose Governor Tillman is beeause he has not fulfilled his promises." TILLMAN DIDN'T PROVE IlIS CIARGE.S. Somebody asked if the present move ment was not a chip from the same Haskell block. "It is not," was the prompt reply. "You might as well say that a chip can come from a chunk of rock.' "One charge that Governor Tillman made was that the previous govern ments were extravagant and one prom ise that he made was that there should he economy with a reduc;iou of taxa tion." He said that the charge of ex travagance had not been proved by Tillman and that the promise of econo my had not been kept. Taxes are not lower. The first thing he did was to erect a platform on which he should be inaugurated at a cost of $3i$) or $400. (A voice: 'W'e paid it' and confusion "Nobody paid it but the tax payers." Governor Sheppard said, as soon as he could be heard. He added: "The only way you can keep me from convinci4g you is by keeping me from talking. (Loud cheers for Sheppard, with cheers for Tillman) If you are reasonable nen I will convince you." "Did you vote fo. ..wan?" yelled a man. "Yes," said Governor Sheppard, "arid I call on Governor Tillman to a.k him if he has any doubts of it." "None in the world," said Governor Tillman. "We don't breed any other kind of cats in Edgefield but Demo cratic cats." (Cheers for Sheppard) TILLMAN WANTS THREE DOLLARS POLL TAXES. "Now what next?" resumed Gov ernor Sheppard. "Governor Tillman recommended that the poll tax be in creased to $8. (A voice: 'That's right.)' That was to raise more money to edu cate negro children. That was not the way to tax. The rich people here and all over South Caralina would pay $3 poll tax easily, but it would fall heavily on the poor man. The Farmers' Alli ance is right," be said, "when it de manded a tax on incomes. I will show you sometning," Governor Sheppard said. (Here there was much noise and confusion and counter-cheering. After a considerable t'imea voice sounded out from the crowd: 'Did you ever plow any?) "I plowed two years and made enough money to attend Furman University for three years," was the prompt response. There was a bearty cheer at this, followed by another series of opposing cheers, and derisive and encouraging cries. "Is there any thing more you want to know about me?" shot in the speaker in an interval of comparative quiet. "I have a wife and six of the prettiest children in Edgefield." (A voice-'They don't take after their daddy.") 'No, they take after their mother. Every time I go to tell you something against Gov ernor Tillman you interrupt me." Here there was a long wait, caused by the yells and confusion and by some ladies wanting to get near the stand and misunderstood men trying to make way a place for them. At least fifteen minutes was thus consumed and the time was allowed the speaker by the committee. EXTRA VAGANCE OF TILLMA N'S A DMIN ISTRATION. Governor Sheppard proceeded by stating that he wanted to make a fair proposition. He wanted every man who was wiliing to be convinced to raise his hand. Probably one tenth of the crowd raised their hands. "Now, I will tell you what paper I am going to read from." (The speaker had been attempting to read an article for half an hour). Governor Sheppard then read a letter of Tillman in the Column bia Register, in which he said that the tax paying power had not been in creased at all while cotton was hovering about the cost of production; that the salaries were lower in North Carolina and Georgia than here, and that ours should be reduced to meet them. Gov ernor She[pard said there had beetn no reduction of expenses since Governor Tillman secured power, but on the other hand they had increased. The appropriations for expenses in Gov ernor Richardson's last year were $115, 990. The first legislature tunder Gov ernor Tillman's ad ministrat ion a ppro priated $126,935 for the same expenses, $11,000 more than under Governor Richardson's administration. The se cond session had appropriated $123, 085-$9,000 more than Governor Rich ardson. While Governor Sheppard was trying to present these figures he was frequently interrupted by some who wanted to know about Tillman's cows. Governor Sheppard told his persistent friends that the matter was a small one and nothing in comparison with the other great questions. Tillman, he con tended, had gone around the State in 1890 inflaming the minds of the people with his stories of extravagance. There was more extravagance in the ad min istration to-day than there had been since 1876. His hearers had said they were willing to be convinced. H e asked wb-at more did they want. "You are all taxpayers," he said, "a:-.d every dol lar spent extravagantly is takingelothes off of your children's backs and bread out of their mouths. In Governor Richardson's time the expenditures in the executive department-the Gov erner's special department-were $43, 25. For the executive departmient under Governor Tillman's ad ministra tion $53.385 has been appropriated, nearly $9.000 more. Where, then, is his promise of economy? (A voice: Didn't the legislature do that?' I like a good square question," said Governor Sheppard, "I willanswer it. Why did Governor Tillman complain of orhier egislatures and other admni nist rations when his own has not done anything?" Loud cheers for Sheppard.) YES, HE'S BANK PRESIDr:NT. "Are you president of a bauik?" asked J. M. Whbitmnire. WV. WV. Burgess: "I move that Jer y Whitmire take the stand. He has more mouth than anybody else." Loud laughter.) "Yes. I am president of a banik," aid Governor Sheppard, "and there re thousands of poor farruers in iidge ield who thanked God thbis last year tat I was. (Applause.) When erops were short and prices were low I tided hem over the winter and never sold a ule, an ox, a piece of property or a farm. [Loud cheers.1 Thousands of farmers whose farms were run thanked teir Lord that a good man was a banik resident." A dozen questions were here fired at he speaker and he responded by say ng that he was treading on the toes of te audience. Among the questions as as to how Edgefleld had gone and wy the farmers there had gone back n him. "Wait till the time comes," nswered Governor Sheppard, "and ou will see whether it goes three to ne for him. In my friend's own town, sip he only beat me eight votes, andl s certain as the Lord made Moses I ill beat him sure in his own town ~bip." There was another long in terru pt ionI. Some boys had crawled on top of the stnd and the cairman had to rnn * them down. The confusion had beer so great in front that those in the rea, could not hear anything. The ion. M. L. Doua.ds'u appeared on tin stand and appealed for order. He sait that some men had come here for in formation and a large number of then in the rear could not hear anything After another teu minutes delay to. the row to quiet, Governor Shepparc resumled by saying that the audienci gave him fair attention until he begat telling them of ''illiman's faults. I the crowd would keep quiet lie woul convince theml. He had shown fig ures w liel could nut be doubted. 'Ti', farmlei 's con ven'il which n1om.iuatet Tillmat: deumtanded rigid economy, thi abolition of useles olfioes and t le red!ue tiuk of a'tlaries al fees of l'otb Siati and county itliecers. [A voice. "And l priumary"] 'Te speaker referred to Tli!! tmlan's sp eecl here two years ag, it which he spoke o' wanting a legislac r in sympathy with him and in whiel he mentioned kid glove clerks eii ployed around the State house, th time they work and the large salarie: paid thema. He had a legislature it sympathy with him. "When th, Governor commences his speech," sai< Governor Sheppard, "ask him wha time the State house clerks now get t< work, how ianly of them wtar kit gloves, and how many offices hav been abolished or salaries reduced. say that not an, ot3ice has been abol ished or salaries reduced." "What do you charge for fixing ut papers on loans?" was the questioi asked by sotrie one. "Nothing." sir," was the answer "All I ask you is go to the farmers o Edgefirld." What do oither banks charge' wa the next question. "I do not know. It is as much as can do to tote my own skillet," was thi retort. "You fellows rewind tie,' said the speaker, "of the joint debate in times of 1876. We never had mor uproarious tiues than now. I knov you don't uant to be compared witi the radicals of th se times." "W1'hat per ecit. do you charge or ioney ';" was asked. -Ten per centc." replied the Govern' r "Before that baitk wan establiahed th( farmners got muoney front cornisi-ior imerchants and factois and paid thu from 25 to 4(1 per cent. for it. You havi got to get more than the bank businies before you can hurt me before the farm ers. Most of the stockholders are farim. ers who made their dollars betweei the plow handles. 'I'bey conduct busi ness on business principles and that'I what you haven't got now in you State government and what you need [Applause.] I grew up during th war and was the right hand and lef hand of my widowed mother. Whet you talk of farmers and laboring men being in trouble you touch Ine to n3 heart. No man in Sou.b Carolim grew up more in sympathy with th( larmners than I did. I worked at th< plow and made money enough to comw to Furman university, and when m3 money gave out I went home. I nevei had any trouble in being elected b3 the farmers of my own county. Al this talk about factory presidents an( bank presidents is the merest t osh But I am not h.:e to defend mysel from that kind of stuff. I am here t( show you where the promises of re trenehmnent and reform have not beer carried out. Not one dollar has beer saved in taxes. On the other haut they have increased. The taxes thi year are $36,400 more than last." THE CooSAW CASE. "How about Coosaw?" was askec several timies. "I iiever doubtIed that the charter o Coosaw expired in 1891," said the speaker. "I had a long talk with Gen eral Connor before his death, and h< told me that the charter would expiri in 1891. Governor Tillmnan took th< cue of his fight front General Connor it was unkind of the Governor to ig nore Attorney-General Pope and takt the advice of an attorney-general of former administration. I was in ful synmpathy with the State's litigation but it was not wisdom to stop work and lose money to the State." [Voice "It was human nature."] "It was human folly," retorted Gov. ernor Sheppard. "I repeat it was bu. man folly to stop work and lose $100,. 000 or umore of income to the State.' No good business, he said, was don< that way. It was proper for the State to assert her rights. There were somw editors who said the State hadn't losl anything, as the property is still there He then ilstrated by saying thati two farmers had a farm in dispute anc one sues the other, while the case i~ pending in court, would I, compensati them to say t.he land is there, let it lit idle ? "When your business affairs,' he urged, "are that they need a change You need to fol'ow Tiliman's advice o: two years ago to sweep out your hart every two years. There may be nc rats there, but a cleaning out it needed." [Applause for Sheppird ] AIIoUTr LAWES FEES. "Here at Greenville two years ago. right where I now stand, Tillman de nounced the past administration foi having the litigation conducted by others than its own officers and for pay ing out the State's money to them. SmeeQTdlman went into power miort extra lawyers have been employed by the State than from 1876 to 1890.-" "Was ever a man so be'meaned and run down?" was asked. "I say that there has been too much of that thing done." Turning to A. S. Scruggs, who had asked a similar ques. tion, Governor Sheppard said: "You are an old and venerahle man and ne miaii will show more venerationr to an old wan than I will, but you have never in all your sixty odd years of life seen a ruant who abused as many peopile and hurt as umtny hearns as Governtor Tnill mian." (L4od and prolonge~d cheers for Shejppardl, which the Tillmainites did not have heart to counter] Governor Sheppard was informied that his time was up and Ntaid he was sorry for it. He said he didn't feel the slighbtest unkind. ness to those who had asked him ques tions. "Good-bye, fellow citizens," he concluded. "I hope to see you again." LIEUT.-GOV. GARY SPEAKS. Gen. Gray theni introduced Gov. Gary, who spoke for three-quarters of an hour, vindicating the Tillman ad ministration. He talked about the "aristocracy" andh the "common peo ple" and "rings," arnd that sort, and compared Tillman to Andrew Jackson, who was also called a dictator. He charged the contservatives with being inconsistent, and defended the present administration. COL. oUR'S SPEECIf. He said there was one matter of conl gratu lation-whlichever way this dis pute went, however much we might quarrel, it would all be settled inside the Democratic party. That happy fact was not due to the administration niow in piower. It was dtue to that con vention called in March to heal the breach, to brinug all Democrats inside the party lines. He spoke of his life in Greenville and bow the people had trusted him with positions of honor, and thanked them for it. To this time Coiorel Orr had re eeived close attention, but as his at tack on the Governor began the howl ing and miscellaneous rowv broke out, sud after that the speech was deliv bred and heard at rare intervals of par tial or complete silence. Coloiiel Orr remained on his feet ]uring the hour allowed him, with some extra time for interruptions, and, is;he could, fired in his charges against the Governor-broken promises, fail .zres to effect an.y ;eforms, warfare against banks and railroads, favoring a :hree-dollar poll tax, accepting free passes, vetoing and defeating the rail -oad bills, degnanding legislative pow *r, interfering with the functions of he judiciary, arousing class prejudice. He tunged that if all the banks were -l'sd many of the men who stood be fore him would be in a dreadful condi ti ,n. Ie .aid be was proud that many good it:en had had coiuidence enougb it, his ability as a b:usincs iuan to ern ploy him as a lawyer. He w:.s prouder - j yet that the stoektloulierr of a vast en ttr;-rise like Piedniont h:d entrusted l ..n with its nlanagentent. He mian - aged to get in the fact that the Pied I mont comlpany spends every year for cotto, auppli-s ud labor a itilliou dollars, nioat of which is brough/t from abroad, liiuclh of which is noney l brought into tue United States lrom - foreign countries and paid out here tU our own laboring people. Something I being said about public ehools, lit said liat the Piedmont cpnilpany pay oUt every year $1,IoU) to sustain N :chool for the children of it s operatives. He handled Governter Tilitan with. out gloves, twitting 1.ii for his back t down froi the Ali itrre and the .ri : umry and for hi. I:ill re to save the i people a dillal. ait'-r havih,g Il,tomistd them that he wotuld s:ave -!t u,nxu for i thelu the first year. He also de i nunced the IImismnaniagemtent of the I Coosaw case and his de:::ai fI fr the right to remove sherilis. I LGovernor Tilinau closed the debate t and was frequently interrupled, and spoke considerably over his time. The I Herald and News has not space for his speech in full, ana as this is the open ing of the campaign, and will show - the line upon which it is to be fought, we have decided not to synopticize it, but defer it until our next is:ue. Each has a bearing this week.-ED. iH. AND N.] OLD SOLDIER CURED Of Eczema by One Set Cuticura, after using many medicines Without Relief. Although I have very little f:dth in patent meet elnes, I bought one half dozen bottles Sarsaparilla and one half dozen bottles Sarsaparilla for ec zema or prurigo. Nothing gav, me relief; and hav ing served a number of years it the Regular Army, which entitles me to the Soldiers' Home at Wash ington, I went there, and there I came across your valuable CUTICURA REElx,IEs. Tought a box of CLrIcuA, a cake of CUTICtcRA SOAP, and a bottle of CUTIcuIRA RESOLVENT, and after taking them. t and following the directions t o the letter, I feel and look as well as a new-born baby by a healthy mother. 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C., on Wednesday, the 4th day of May, 1892, at eleven o'clock in1 the fore noon, for the election of directors for the ensuing year and for thbe transac tion of other business. GEO. S. MOWER, - ccretary. Nominations. ,For Senator. G1 EORGE S. MOWER IS AN nIouncedI as a~ ca1n(dit'. for the nomination for the State Se nate in the Democratic Primlary this year. He will abide the result of the p)rimiary. For Schooi Commiissioner. F.W.HIGGINS IS>IEREBY tIle nomsination for the t- iice of School CoinmDis-i oner, subject to tbe Demo cratic Primary. FORt ClEIRK OF COIURTs IHEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for the no(mination for Clerk of the Court at the ensuIng primary election, anId pledge mnyself to abhide the result of sail primla'y. - JNO. M. K INA RD. FORt COUNTI' COMMIISSIONERs. M1 R. G. M. WERTS, OF NEAR lilver Street, is hereby nlomli nated as a canldidate for Coun ty Comn mlissioner, anld we pledlge him to abide the result of the Democratic pimnaries. MA NY VOTERS. FOR COUNTY AUDITrORs W A L L A CE C. CROMER IS hereby ann IounIced as a canhdid]ate for Auditor subject to the Demiocratic PriImary. FRANK .E. MAYBIN IS HEREBY annlounced as a candidate for the nominlatiotn of Auditor of Newberry Cotunty, subject of course to thb result .of the Demlocratic primlary. .DEMOCR~ATIC VOTERS. FOR SIIERIFF. - HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF .as a candidate for tile nlomxintion of Sheriff at the approachmng primary electionl, and pledge miyself to abide by the resullt of said primary. W. W. RISER. B EN.JAMIN HALFACRE 18 heret>y nominated for Sheriff for the people of New berr-y County, and will abide the result of the primaLry. BY FRIENDS. 1IA PT. M. M. BUFORD IS HERE byh Inminlated as a suitable candi date for Sheriff at the approachirg pri mary election, and is pledmged to abide the result of said primiary election. Capt. Buford has always taken an active part both in war anId in peace, for the welfare and good of his cotutry. 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