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~4 p E5 AB IHR 86.NEWBERRY, S. C.,WENDA,T 4SAE 8 ESTALISED 165.NEWERRY S.C.,WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1892. -PRICE $1.50A i- - - I -A BLOODLESS POLITICAL. RIOT. THE BOISTEROUS END or THE NEW " 'BEBEY CA3FAIGN METWNG. Governor Thiman, Being Cornered by You maosand Unable to Answer his Qnes tioos, Songh: to Divert Anention by Insulting his Interrogator-You -You-'anN IaW imhe has Waked up the Wrong Man. A Fight Imminent and OnlyPrevented by Collapse of the Speakers' Stand Special to News and Courier.] NEWBEEY, August I3.-An enthu siastic assemblage of Tillmanites and conservattves, an exciting passage at arms between-Youmans and Tillman, a lively free-for-all row and an enforced adjourhment of the turbulent meeting -4hesewere the cardinal features of4o day's camsign gathering. For,half an hor geat. excitement prevailed, In two ortjree in blows were resorted::to y irate idividuals, and that loss of ofe. not result is a mat ter of as rtL" ose who witnessed the pecedings ofTEe da. At an eary hour this moru'tng the SelansAbegan to gather. From every sectfoaof te ottry mimerouspitri ot came. stores were closed and the i sidents--town mingled upon the streets in friendly intercourse with theiriiretb ' Tfi weatherwas most auspiciofus for & pleasant day and the god humorof The -crowd was a miaitter of commendation. The rival -delegations..began to move towards Helena about9 o'clock, each side det siring to-secure the most available loca tionlor baring the debate. } aeers were4riven from the and reached the place fm a ile and a half from , Newlerp ,-at 10.30 o'clodk. the beautiful grove of spreading oaks and stately pines that fronts on i?nadat $ele#a an apparen substantial stand.had been erected for the speakers and directly in front of that ainalerplatform for the report ers. 'TheC onservatives were:massed front the stand iniftie Tilimn -emainly isits rear. The former eruely decorated- with blue hun4redfwhieh were ~sr1bieddiiig-the4ay. A ~ United States flag, with $hM a i1dOrr badges showing O Rs na s ta s and a banner bearing ca s ausacurate .represen ~: ota g aceful Piedmont cock, w2 was eiatdt.ron after t1e rs of August, wereeld alo6fIn t . ioWd by Si3sa McCaughbin Maicus and ai valibntody guard of - ewberi 1s'young men.. _ e Conservative speakers and the xeporters Jbithe.tews and Courier and theState werecheered as they ascended theip or:m. The Administration speakerw'ere alsothe recipients of a vgorous iilsting. Tweotundred Till manites:from Fgehed. a omre to .'setheGorvernoitlarougha and, much -of thedisorde'rof the-day was due to tetifr pesnee. There were freeI1200 to 1,50 ersons in the audi na'a two-4irds.of this number -~ w servatives. waHlsd 1o order by' E' -Con CaraiH.. H. Blease. The Re.GeorgeA Wright ofred prayer. r laeasked for order and an nouced tht Qve'norTillinan had appointed Solieitor Schumpert- to act ajpolated serentar deputies to assist coL. L. W. YOUMANs asintroduced as the first speaker. - we as greeted with great applause iigldwith a fewi Tiliman yells. He' K ~ I4tat free speebliand fair disecst sion-are the ed of the masses. - ~ .hewisdom o- d has taught *the1ibert~ and freedom ~if the press sh ~be abridged. In those countries where criticism of pub Sle officials has been stifled there jus ticet has died and liberty peished. thGovernor Tillmani as an individ ha-je had nothing to do, but his recor&ass the.servant of the people was , .proper subject cosideration. h Farmers' Move '-had originated and how he hadbe ted to tk dei~ckin an~y action w hic ad the' ap ~pearance of imposing upon the credo Mtty of the class to which lie belonged and which gave color to the 'charges -Tiliman was making against State offi cials. -He referred to the letter which Till man had written him.urging him to *get in on tlie home stretch. Governor Tiliun on the train from Columbia to:Augusta, in November, 1886, said CoL Youmans, made personal appeals to'ns-tohenlist in his movement.- Ma or Anerui stated that Governor Till ma,Had informed him that the whole a sale charges he was preferring against the Administration of the%rhite people of South Carolina, and her public offi ,rials were made for the purpose of at tracting attention, that he could not arouse the attention of the public with out hitting hard. Governor Tillman stated that Major Ancrum's assertions were false.' After Governor Tillman made these appeals to me I stated I was preclided from taking any stock an his movement because I could not aftbrd to give an- blr to those whole sale charges he was making against our Government and our public officials. If Governor Tillmnan denies the truth of this statement, which I make, I de sire to have him do so in my presence. Col. Youmans paused in his remarks, turned towards the Governor, who was sitting at the rear of the stand, took &wo or three steps toward his Excel lene' and waited in expectation af a questioner and then for a moment di rected his gaze to the floor. He slowly arose and directed his reply to the au dience as much as to Youmans. "This is the next to the last campaign meet ing in 1892," said he. "Ihave told this man at Horry that I declined to sink to the level of a blackguard and notice anything be would by or answer any question, and I repeat it." Excitement and applause from the Tillmanites followed. The Governor having delivered himself sat down. His face was very 'pale and some who were near him say they observed evi dences of trembling in the Guberna torial-frame, biit this was not observed from the front. Col. Youmans remained standing within ten feet of and facing the Gov ernor, who seemed inclined to avoid his gaze. He waved his handfor silnece and calmly awaited an opportunity to -speak. His- every action was in keeping with the proverbial coolness of the man. "Do you, sir, as-Governor of South Caiolina," esked Youmans, in meas ured tines and pointing his finger at the Chief Executive, ."condescend to apply to me as a publie speaker of the opposite side the term:of blackguard?" -'You'have your answei,". was the curt reply. "What is your answer!" demanded Youmans. "I say you have your answer," came from the Governor's lips. "Governor Tillman, that is an eva sion. Will you please be man enough to state positively whether or not you intend to apply to me the epithet of blackguard, and untie my hands." Youmang's concluding words were lost upon the crowd. Theaccumulated eicitement of the audienc burst forth in noise and confusion. / Cheers were given for Tillman, and cries came Lon the Conservative throatsTU "Stand to himr-Youmans!" The speakers and the county chair man called for order, but the appeals only added v.plume to:thenoise. Spec tators pressed close- against the stand and the fighters on both.sides forged to the front. The Tillmanites climbed upon the railing in tbe rear of the Gov ernor. State Constable D. -A Diekert and other officers sprang upon the stand. The rear railing of 'the-patform. gave way beneath the pressure of the great number which overrated its power:of support. Governor Tillman and others sprang to their feet to prevent ,tha seives fro Amngbackwar. The Sheppard men in front misun derstood - the Governor's movement. They believed he was about to assault their leader. - They leaped upon Ihe reporters' table and thence 'gsined ac cess to the stand. Weapons were drawn, and men, were jostling each otbein a surging mass. 'The excitement was at high heat,and bloodshed seemed unavoidable to the specta,tors. There was a moment of suspense, then came a crash, but an unexpected one. It was only the noise' of the platform as it fell beneath thie weight of fifty men. Theaccident lent a-lighter tinge to thenwar;iike cloud. The jar was great, but-the check was effective. By the -tim' the would-be combatants gained their feet and felt for broken bones the Governor's fol lowers had rescued 'their chief from the debris,'and, with loud hosannas, wrere gparading him -on their shoulders thrbugh the grove. No one. was seri .ously hurt, and- Youmans -never lost his footing, but was found standing up right when his admirers rushed to him and-hoisted him upon their shoulders. Sheppard was treated the same way, liut the most enthusiastIc drew the line at Orr. Youmans was placed upon the stand and cheered to the echio. , Chairman Blease asked that Youmans: be given a hearing.. Govern'or Tillman's proces sion circled back to the stand and en deavored to place th,e Governor - up6n the already crowd4d accomodations provided for the scribes. Mr'. Mart Gary, a one-armed Con servative, was pushed off this emi nence in the mad rush of the Tillman ites to gain a foothold. 'Another Shep pard man retaliated by knocking at one fellow and three Tillmanites fell 'off the platform. Again codfusion ran riot and the timid sought the rear. The Governor's friends concluded not te~~ . A gai gathering him in the they transported him to - tpiazza of the r-esidence of CSummers, twenty yards distant. TIefoverran and trsmpled down the pretty flowers in the front yard and otherwise desecrated thegpremises. "A speech!" they cried, and the Governor, surrounded by coat-tail swingers and others, addressed his one-third of the crowd. TILLMAN'S SPEECH TO THE CROWD. "I am sorry," said he, "that things are as they are. I am not responsible, because this man has been told at least three times that I would not sink to the level of a blackguard, and this whole disturbance is an evidence that they are whipped and that.,they are trying to raise a row. If you can get this crowd quiet so I can go back I will speak. I will speak to the whole crowd, but not to a part of it; They pat this maup at Edgefield, and he liked to. bave created a riot. They put him up first at Spartanburg, and he almost created a riot. They have put him up here as their last hope." . rGreat ap plause.1 Cries: "Let's go back to the stand." The crowd broke and went back to the stand, where Colonel Youmans was dealing his vigorous blows, and pro ceeded to shout for Tillman during his entire address. went out to the crowd and stood within a ear-shot of Youmans until the meeting s had been adjourned. s Standing upon the reporters' table, t Col. Youmans calmly faced the audi- s enee. As soon as he could be distintly [ heard above the noise and confasion, which, though somewhat abated, still c to a great extent prevailed..he contin- s ned to address the gathering before a him. e "Governor Tillman has left the F stand," said Col. Youmans. "I asked ( him if he intended to brand me as a s public blackguard, and he has left the = stand." Voices: "He'll do it every time." "He knows he told a lie." Youmans: I don't want to violate the r etiquette of stump debate. I have never c done so. If Governor Tillman can cast g the epithet of blackguard at me, I take s this opportunity to brand him as a pub- 1 lio blackguard and a public liar, [great e applause] 'and if he wishes personal t satisfaction I hold myself personally i responsible to him." [Cheers for You- ' mans, and Tillman yells from the Edge- I field contingent, who had by this time t again assembled about the stand.] I "The-record shows," continued Col. f Youmans, "that Governor Tillman has been the first man elevated to high of 'fcial position by the white people of c South -Carolina whose standing was so r low that the gentry considered he c could not pass an insult. "I wish to say before the manhood of Newberry that there ;prevailed a cus- e tom in this State which debars a man from seeking satisfaction from a man a of'Governor-Tillman's standing, but a I gentleman could render satisfaction, if a he so Ldesire9, to his bootblack; and if I he fails to, tabe notice of what I say, I E brand him as a public coward." 1 [Cheers.1 C "I told Governor Tillman at Hamp ton that he couldn't face me six rounds op the stand, and It appears that he has t een skipping the stand to avoid me, or at least it seemthat way.7 "I asked for.permission to speak first here in order to-catch him upon the stand. He could not answer the ques tion I put to him, whether the charges against the Administration and officials were true. He evaded the question. I am fortified upon that position. I have got the statement of one of your own fellow-citizens to that effect. I propose to read it,. and will show that Governor t Tillman could not answer the question: " rEWBEEBY, S. C., August 18, 1892. -Previous to:Captain Tiliman's nomi nation to the Governorship, about two and a half years ago, in conversation with him on the train I said to him that my principal objection to him was that he made too many wholesale char ges gainst the State government and everybody who had held office since 1876, without the proof. He said he had to write as he did in ordertoattractthe attention and get the ear of the people. That if he had written,.in the ordinary newspaper style he never could have gotten the attention of the people. "ELBERT H. AULL." Applause and cries: "He's a good man." "Not alone did Major Ancrum make thiat statement,'" said Col. Youmans, "but N. G. Gonzales made -the same statement, and Governor Tillman de cluned to'answer it. "Governor Tillman wrote from his postoffice at Roper's, S. C., under date I of February 7, -1887, to the Hon. E. B. Murray, of Anderson, a letter which I I have in my hand and from which the I following is an extract, and in reading I it I will show you why the Governor< left. The extract is: "But I must to business. I desire to suggest that if you can possibly so ar-< range it, the offer of the college building, etc., which you told me about, to bei made to the Board of Agriculture for an experimental station upon condi tion that an agricultural station be es tablished hereafteL and let the offer4 get into the papers, especially the News1 and Courier. Then notice adapt yy etc., etc., in as glowing colors as possi-1 ble, be given and enlarged upon. Even a little exaggeration might help and smooth the way to getting the college next winter.' "Governor Tillhban," said the speak er, "has been from stump to stump in South Carolina proclaiming as the truth that he confined thmself to the truth. Here is conviction that he pub lished these wholesale charges for the purpose of aittracting attention. Here he comes out over his own signature and advocates the doctrine of exagger ation to smooth the way for the accom plishment of his purpose. I Great ap plause] That is the way Governor Tillman has smoothed his way to the Gubernatorial chair, not by the truth, but by exaggeration. [Applause,1 ~"When Govbrnor Tillman started this movement he did not say it was a campaign of exaggeration, but said that truth and right were his guiding stars and he called upon God to wit ness the purity of his intentions and the- sincerity' of his motives. Gover nor Tillman was charged with office seeking. What did he reply ? He said : 'I am better able to carry on the fight for the farmers as a simple citizen and only a farmer than I would be as Governor, tainted with the suspicio': of having to advance myself by means of the Farmers' Movement. I cannot afford to give my enemies aglub with 'which to break my own head.' "He said the suggestion coupling his name with the Governorship were de vices of an evil one to lead him astray. He had told old Satan to get behind him. He would not have office; he 'had commenced the fight as a farmer and would end- it as he had began, and for nd your confidence.' What does the equel show ? It shows that these tatements were mere exaggeratioUs; hat this was Tiliman blowing to mooth his way to political preferment. Cheers.] *I charged Governor Tillman with ffice-seeking. What did he say? He aid that examples of treachery to our gricultural interests and of indiffer nce after having obtained political referment ary so numerous in South arolina that it is small wonder I am ceused of trying to feather my own est by acting as e agricultural cham ion.' "What reasons did Tiliman have.for riting the Shell manifesto? Gover *orTillman atBennettsville formulated ertain. demands. The Legislature ave him more than he asked for. He aid he wanted -an agricultural col .ge, and if they would give the farm ra the land scrip and privilege tax hey wonld have a college. The Leg lature gave them that. Why did he rite the Shell manifesto? Whatdid L say in that ? He said they wanted o capture the. State offices. He said te had been pusbed out for Governor, arced to the front. "That is not the record. In the [arch Convention a majority of the lelegates were opposed to 'making a omination, and he was nominated nly because of the votes of two Re iublicans. "Governor Tillman has said repeat dly that the division of the white peo ile of South Carolina meant the ruin nd disgrace of the State, jand that t meant: negro domination. Who has dvocated the division of the wilte eople .of the State? In 1886 Gpv rnor Tillman, in a letter to the pub ic press, stated that it was the history fall countries where only two parties xisted that corruption crept in and tagnation sooner or later prevailed, hat it had reached the last stage and be other was not far off. "The inexorable logic of such a-state nent is that there was a demand for wo parties. In 1887 he said : "With io opposite party in the State to watch nd expose rascality, we have been etting in a bad way." In November 887, in a letter to the Edgefield Chron cle Governor Tillman said the 'har nony of the party demanded that the Rsues he had raised should be set led as soon as possible. He said in 1888 unless.more regard is paid to.the rights and wishes of the people a split in the )emocratic party. is inevitable at no listant day.' "Governor Tillman, in the March ,onvention of 1890, said he was the >nly man who had the nerve, the brain 6nd the ability to array the common eople against the aristocracy and told hem to put ' him on that ticket. overnor Tillman went before the peo )le. He raised the flag with 'family iuarrel' emblazoned upon it. He went efore the people and spoke of almost very man of intelligence and ability rho opposed him as an azistocrat and n enemy to the people. Hesasserted hat the Government was ruled by ingsters and.- an oligarchy. Gover ior Tillman preferred charges against >revious Democratic administrations md made pledges to the people. "Had Ithe time I could convict Gov. 'illman out of hisanwn mouth of bein'g piltyof every charge that he preferred gainst previous administrations. He ias perfected no reforms; he has lifted one of your burdens. The only thing ae has done is to 'reform' himself and is coat-tail swingers into office." Ireat applause for Youmans and some ~ounter applause for Tillman.] "He now comes before the white peo. 1e for renominati&a, posing as a Dem >crat; but he is n" advocating re-elec ~ion upon the prol of any charges or pon the fact ~Jat-he hasaffected-any eforms, 'but lsimply seeks to ride nto office by dividing the people. -He ~an make no. charge against the Gov ~rnment because he is in possession, ut his war cry g'gThe people against ~orporations,' anCjLabor against capi. al.' He claims to be a Jeffersonian Democrat, yet he is a protectionist and s opposed to Jefferson's free trade, and .s opposed to the Jacksoriian idea of inace. ,He claims to be a Democrat >f the Jeffersonian type, and says he is in favor of equal rights and Jefferson's loctrine, that all men are born free and qual. In his inaugural address he said: 'We ddny without regard to coloi that all men are created free and equal. [t is not true now and and was nol true when Jeff'erson wrote it.' At this juncture the confusion be 3ame so great that the speaker could ot lee heard ~r any distance. The ilmanites at ie rear of the stand and an the outskirt'sof the crowd were yell. ing furiously for the "Great Reformer,' and Col. Youmans's admirers nearei the stand were lavishing unstinted ap> plause upon the speaker. County (Chairman Blease steppec upona the reporters' table beside You. mans and asked the crowd to give hitr their attention. When he was able t< proceed he said that be was exceeding Ly sorry that there had been so mued dsturbance, and after consulting witi the other speakers and Col Hunt h4 thought it advisable to adjourn th< meeting and accordingly declared i adjourned. '1here were loud calls for Youmani to ,ntinue. A leader of the Conser vat.ves leaped upon the speakers' tabli and shouted to his faction to go to thb Court House, where the speakini could be continued. The propositior was received with storms of objections "We will never leave here!" "Tb! Tilmanites would say we ran." Ther< were loud calls for Youmans, who hat stepped from the stand and was sur I were congratulating him upon his effort. Governor Tillman, escorted by Cole. L. Blease and a troop of shoutiug Till manltes, pased through the Antis near the stand, en route from Sum mers's house.'to the Governor's hack. Some of the Governor's followers wanted him to speak from the stand which Youmans had vacated, but to this he would not consent. The Gov ernor mounted a carriage wheel and in tones adiaible to those in his vicinity declared the condition of the crowd in its excitement was such, together with the fact that there was no stand and the further fact that he had ceased to hope for a quiet hearing, that he bad proposed to Governor Sheppard that they get off to themselves and speak. He thought it would be better to ad journ the meeting and I assented, con tinued the Governor. I am ready to speak or not to speak, as it shall be de cided. I Cries for Tillman.] "Where is Sheppard ?" cried the Governor from his elevated perch. Mr. Sheppard arose in a b*uggy, buta short distance away, and undertook to make himself heard, but bedlam again broke loose. During Governor Till man's ramarks the crowd had partially eft the, stand and sought positions nearer the speakers. The Orr banner was tantalizingly waving its crest within thirty feet of the Governor's carriage. A small band of reckless Tillmanites made a rush to capture the offensive emblem. One of their number made his way to the ban ner and catching hold of the canvas stripped a portion from the staff, but a blow from a stick felled him to the giound, and a rallying color-guard foced back the venturesome assailants. Ex-G'ernor Sheppard shouted from his carriag-..,above the din, to Gover nor Tillman: 'Tam of opinion that we should adjourn this meeting'!"'Tife Governor from his carriage wheel re sponded : "All right, sir." 'kHe asked all the Tillmanites present to hold up their' hands. To all appearances not one-fourth of the crowd responded. The Governor, Gen Farley, Mr. Benet and Cole L. Blease entered a carriage and w'ere rapidly driven away, followed by a comparatively small but enchusiastic concourse. Two or three ardent THlmanites insisted upon riding to town on the top of the Governor's vehicle, and were dislodged with diffi culty. Messrs. Sheppard, Orr, You mans -and W. H. Hunt, Jr., county Conservative chairman, entered an other carriage and were driven to the public square ofNewberry. They were followed by the great mass of the Con servatives, among whose number were nearly two hundred horsemen. The Sheppard flag and the mutilated Pied mont. banner were escorted to town in triumph. A large crowd of people had assembled upon the publie square and called upon Sheppard for a speech. He ascended the Court House steps and-addressed his hearers as follows : "I am desirous of doing-everything in my power to advance th6 interests of the good people . of Newberty and nothing would justify me in saying a word that would add fuel to the flames which have been kindled this morn-* ing. In my judgment it is b>etter for us, better for all the friends of the Administration and the opposition to the Admiinistration, better for the future of the friendship which has heretofore existed among your people, that there shall be no fnrther demon strations. That is my judgment and I think it is the general understanding, and I beg all my friends for the re mainder of the day to conduct them selves as peaceably and as quietly as becomes thelood c'tizens of New bery." [Applause.) There were loud calls for Orr and Youmans, but these gentlemen de clined to respond. THE EXCITEMENT IN NEWBERRY. Large numbers of both Conservatives and Tillmanites remained in town all day, and every appearance of a leader 'of either faction was the signal for ani outburst of applause. Gov. Tillman was driving through the .streets this afternoon and was stopped by a burly worshipper, who insisted on hugging him around the neck. 'BLASPHEMOUS AS USUAL. The Governor left on the 1 o'clock train for Laurens, and is understood to have remarked before his departure that he was going to be Governor in spite of hell. The Conservative candidates are still here. Youmans was called upon by a crowd of three hundred persons to-night and spoke from the piazza of the Newberry Hotel, scoring Tillman and commending the manhood of Newberry. wHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE7 It is difficult to determine what will be the effect of to-day's meeting. The Conservatives, of course, deplore the trouble that arose, but do not consider that they are more to blame than the Tillmanites and are- not, considering the circumstances, displeased with the day's developments. The Tillmanitessay that the trouble was precipitated by the action of Con stable Dickert in jumping upon the stand at a critical perio'd and encour agin; You mans. The fact is he did not speak to Youmans. The Conser vatives rega.rd Tillman's abusive Ian guage concerning Youman's as the prime cause of the'outbreak and justify Youmans in resenting it. .L. D. c. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. [Spec.ial to Columbia Register.1 NEWiBEERY, S. C., August l8.-De - spite the free Sheppard badges and the y outhful yellers at to-day's meeting. be crowd was two to one in ravor or Ben Tillman and Reform. The meeting was held in a grove -at he old town of Helena, one mile from Newberry, and the road leadingthereto was full of carriages and candidates, nen and mules, donkeys and dust. The crowd numbered between 1,500 tnd 2,000 men and boys. The latter were made conspicuous by their Sheep ibbons and lusty lungs. The Sheep houters were packed almost solidly in robt of the stand, and pressed close up the reporters' table, oftentimes by heir noise rendered it impossible for he newspaper men to hear a word rom the speaker. It is a tale of disorder and tumult he record of to-day's doing. Youmans has all the credit for the iisgitmeful behavior and the resulting tdjournient of the meeting. It was aIs persistant attempts to buldoze mnd 'besmirch Governor Tillman that 3rought about what became almost a ljot. But the farmers' great leadef-the rreproachable "Commoner" of South Carolina-stood his ground, despite Youmans-and his ferocious mustache. The meeting. was presided over by County Chairman H. H. Blease, who, n calling to order, urged all present to iccord each speaker a respeptful and attentive hearing, thereby maintaining Newberry's good reputation for courte y and hospitality. He then read an official document, it being a commission as Special State onstable for 0. L. Schumpert, and 3igned by Benjamin R. Tillman, Gov arnor. Rev. George A. Wright opened the proceedings with prayer. CANDIDATE YOUMANS was the first speaker. This, he said. was the first time he bad-had-fhe ptiv-. !!age of^ppearing before an audience of New berry people. "With Governor Tillman as a private citizen I have nothing to do or say; but Governor Tillman and. his .acts as a public official are legitimate subjects ror criticism." Youmans proceeded to tell what a nice man he is, claiming that a service of two years in the House and four years in the Senate establish for hiin quite a record, on which he can proud ly stand. He then began repeating the same old stuff he has been getting off all the campaign, and which is familiar to South Caroliniansfrot one end of the State to the other. He told about how he had been in vited, in 1886, to join the Farmers' Movement, and said Tillman had writ ten to him to come to Augusta and he would tell him how he could get ihto it. He also reproduced the old gag about Tillman having said that his (Tillman's) charges and arraignment against the old ring rule crowd were groundless, but that he had to resort to such means to catch the people's ear. This alleged admission of Till man's the speaker said, was borne out by proof; and, turning to the Governor, said: "I call upon you now, Governor Tillman, to. publicly admit or deny the charge." Youmans''harangue had been liber ally punctured with yells from ,the Sheep and kids, and when he ttUrned to Governor Tillmnan and asked his question in his own peculiarly disagree able and bullying tone and manner, there was a~ distinct manifestation of excitement throughout the crowd. Governor Tillman arose from- the bench at the rear of the platform, and ignoring Youman's. presence, looked only at the crowd in front of him, and said : "That man has asked the same ques tion before, and I answered at Horry and several other places,'that I would not descend to the level of a black guard and notice him." The Governor then took his seat and Youmans advanced toward him and repeated the question. Tillman, with ou,t rising, said: "You have my an swer." The noise at this time became tumul tuous, and the crowd surged closer to the stand, Yournan's lips rmoving meanwhile, but what he said could not be heard. Men commenced climbing upon the platform and trouble was imminent. Among others rushing up was- Mr. Gus Dickert, a State constable, who ran op in frontofYoumans and said: "Stand your ground, G- d- it, WE are here, go on talking." This was the critical moment; the stand was crowded with angry, excited men, expecting and ready for blood shed; curses and threats filled the air: pistols, knives and sticks were flour ished, and a free fight seemed just commencing. The reporters' stand, just in front of, and connected with, the speakers stand, was overrun by the angry molt in their efforts to get in the "middle ol the row." Cole. L. Blease, a sturdy Reformer, threw himself in front of Tillman, fearing that an onslaught might be made upon the farmer Governor. But the surging mob upon the plat form became so great that just at this instant the stand fell with a crash. Down went Tillman and Blease down went Youmans and Dickert down went all the campaigners, and fifty more besides! But nobody was hurt seriously. Only a few bruises and barked shins her4 and there attest the hear of battle. Probaf>Iy the falling of the stand al this early stage of the proceedings was the best thing that could have hap pened, as . the sequel will show-fo: Youmans had obtained permissior from his bosses to let him shoot off hil iitue air gun at Lue neginning vI Lne meeting, and he, or any ordinarily sensible man, might have known from former experiences that his slanderous abuse of the people's popular Governor would excite the passions of men, and probably provoke trouble. When the fallen statesmen and can didates regained their feet, Governor Tillman and candidate Sheppard con sulted together as to what was best to be done. Tillman said: "If you say speak, I'll speak; if you say quit, I'll agree to that." Sheppard thought it advisable, in view of the disturbance and the temper of the crowd, that the meeting be adjourned, and to this Till-1 man agreed. Hundreds of Tillmanites -gathered around the Governor, hoisted -him triumphantly upon. their shoulders, and marched with him all around the grove And to the front yard or Mr.'H. C. Sumners' house, about a hundred yards from the site of the late stand. His admirers besought the Governor to speak to them there, but he made only a very brief talk, in which-he said that whenever Youmans spoke first, disorder,,and sometimes a-row, always resulted. ~It had been so at Edgefield and Spartanburg and other places, and it is so here to day. He, Tillmao, was ready, and wanted to speak, but, in view of his agreement with Shep pard would not do so. He ended Iy saying that the Sheep know they are defeated and that is wby they act as they do. While this ovation was- being ten 'dered Tillman by his followers, candi date Youmans had mounted the re porters' table, and beganpgain on his self-interrupted tirade. He said: "Governor Tillman .has left this stand. (There was-^ stand_.nsw ye. '"kidd him if he meant to de nounce me publicly as a blackguard? (This question had been answered by Tillman all over the Stat, and was again answered'but a few minutes be fore.) I have always complied with.l3e proprieties of stump- debate. I asked and received the permission of the leading'men on our ticket tospeak first at that meeting, in order to catch Till man on the stand, and press.thischarge against him." (Here's where he opened his mouth and put-his foot in it, show ing -s determination to pursue the course. which had caused excitement and trouble wherever his infanious charge b been made during the cam paign.) - Youmans'next read a letterwhich he thought corroborated hischargeagainst the Governor. Every one who reads it will at once see that it bears upon the case only inferentially: "NEWBEEY, S. C., Aug 1192. "'Previous to Captain Tdlnan's nom ination to the. Governorship, about two and a half years ago, in conversa tion with him on the train, I said to. him that my principal objection to him was that he-made too many whole sale charges against the State govern ment, and everybody who had held office eince 1876, iMithout the proof. -He said he had to write as he did in order to attract attention. and get the ear of: the people., That if he had written in .ordinary newspaper style, he. never could have gotten the attention of the "(Signed) ELBEEr H. AULL" Following this weak effusioni, You mans read a letter from the now fam ous "corn-dodger"~ of Anderson County -Maj. E. B. Murray, which declared Tillipan in favor of boasting, and even exaggerating, in order, tg carry one's~ ends. --~ Tillman was next abused for-allow ing himself to be made Governor and, indeed,.he came in for all t41aiuse Youmans could lay his tongue to. He said "Tillman had 'reformed' himself and his coat-talswingers into office." Voice: Who's@rwinging od your coat tail? Another voice: Tillman's been in two years, and will have twormore, no matter how much you talk. Voice No. 3: Make hiaste and get down-we're tired of hearing you. The scrap-book speaker then got out one of the many little books a patient friend was holding for him, and was proceeding to read from it, when Coun ty Chairman Blease climbed upon the table alongside of Youmans and his mustache. pnd expressed great regret for the disorder and 'interruption that had occurred, and said that~ after con sulting with the executive committee, it had been deemed advisable to die continue the meeting, whereupon he declared it adjourned. And so Youmans was' at last forced to stop, much Co therehef of many who liad either heard or read his hackneyed harangue before. By this tid3e Governor Tillman's friends again had him on their shoul ders, marching from Mr. Summer's house to where the carriage was await ing to carry his Excellency back to town. But the people weren't ready for the IGovernor to leave; they wanted a speech from him, and they wanted it bad, too. So hundreds of them crowd ed arounsl the carriage and besought and demanded that he address them. Nothing else vlould satisfy them, and Farmer Ben mounted the baggage board en the back of the old-fashionel vehicle, and bowed his appreciation of their courtesy. This set the people wild with delight, and the air was filed with their vehement shouts of praise and coming victory. When the Governor could make himself heard,.he told the people again that he could not speak, on account or his agreement with Mr. Shefpard, but said if Sheppard was w~ilng to have the speaking go on, he (Tiliman) would gladly address them. He called out cover the vast assemblage to know ii Sheppard were present, and.if so, what he had to ,say as to continuing the ' speaking. - onepparm noL making bmdi or heard on the subject, Hon Benet went from TiUmn's over to w}ere the coro date for Governor wasan what his decisionwass and,Sheppar&said :.swa that ft would be better:nc . Benetthen go Sheppard Ii:a carriageI it alge to Governor Tilipan. During this parley his hundreds of followers e around Governor TMml"s the time away he tooka hand primary,whech; ably oVr'a thousand for Tillman and Reforn. doing pretty weA ; acounthat"an foot, who are Before ' bone had.left the gndsi the meeting was d Chairman Blesse. Another little diversion about thistime and 8a cock that never cowecY ad% " wll. Soon after Youmans ti i hisj speech on the e sj table, an anti bannerwas frojitDof him, which seiZtla en"him ip ab,a ed.delight to:theett less youths bered-ar fine cock-bwnore thea asant1 lrd, vice" Itbore, ~- 'fr' thanthestrangedevlee "Excelsior," for it told of August the Sheepr:p the fold by reason of:... votes! - Well, the ouiav thusiasm tha prudence the immense cro trheir barer necessary toatyiath to furl it, ere then i bird were ,pluckl bIn the fancy fi h 2 end it borewere a j nority as.the Sh 9.a-d will be in Ise tha i & The speakers abwie-' o in the.me eting t .x frodi dOin&SOjti ment, were N tary Tidaia W; C. Beneao e~~ and ex-Governor ry President Orrof Brag bluster.and theirpfetty snners ig _ now can do tokeenow If all South-= as.well,as e-er to do hers at t; mary,there wont. in the State:to borytN rd t Many Sheppardit e so - ternoon to create an um Tillman'h eft the odo d earlier than was they insinuated thatb s The plain, ordinary all that is appliabir. disposing of sqehia Saxon, the man who ernor Tllinan on-the n. was one a I o evason, to &eyzhanguende jial Indluence" at th'sa rageous conduct. Quey Wimt say of his condition on ti. the Newberry Hotel at & last night? A barbecue waspreparedatth for1I,500 tp1,butoncute breaking up of the meeng getastuck pretty badly for the eous behaviour of thi8epot~ There were severaf ceseof ness on the sfre$ts afterth turned to town, and~three o manifes were arrested for and disorderly conduc,whs many inebriated Sheepw - "hail Columbia," but were ~o~*i indulge their ownasweet wgj All in all, the meeting r has strengthened, the Ran. ment in bTewberry Cut disorder)f the antis and'the ported from Anderson, IAnAe Fairfield Counties. The next meeting thie last one ofth campaign, wi bed at Laturens m Saturday next. - S. T. Frank Leslie's Popular 1 tnt& 5'. The political kaledoscopeof the-Centa ral and South Americals conUaal changing. and probably fewevens a best "vosted" readers cudnm hand the actual Presidents O1& ous Latin-American. eain current (September) number of Leslie's Popular MonthIy gives'se eise account of them all, withnniM rous -portraits and illustratInsi;x timely article entitled "A Birdi..e. View of Latin-American PoltcsN"I Jose Bornn. A fivacious and interesting paper, in thissamenumber, is "With the Paris Arb-Studentpby1 Corwin K. Linson, capitally mnarrata ed by the author. Dr. W.Serd Webb's famous Ghelburne Fam Lake Champlain, is described as "I American Gentleman's Ese" -1y2 George J. Manson. Other notable ene~t tributions are, "An Tsiend of Ain zons" (Capri), by Margaret B. Wi tK "Beneath the Surface of the Sea,"by Captain H. D. Smith, U. S. N. "f Supernatural in History," by LucyHj Hooper; "A Day with Vlctor Hugo, by J. W. Fosdick; "A Cruise inib4 ,% Erie Basin," by Don C. Seltr, md<' "Port Limon," by CecilChari... ibmebe Sare also excellent short stouiuesand sketches by Charles S. CrandIINEa>e W. Pierce, Francs IsbeICne$ji Marble. John MaMleld|ei