The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 09, 1890, Image 1
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SUMTER, S. a, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1890,
New Serles?Yol. IX. l?o. 48.
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BT
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March?
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rm? i Illy.
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The Campaign Grows Hot
ter and Hotter.
Fairfield, Chester, York and Lan
caster Last Week.
Correspondence Augusta Chronicle.
Columbia, S. C, July 1.?Colombia
hot, Aikeo hotter, Winnsboro hottest.
That is the record of to-day's cam
paign meeting at Wiansboro, the home
of Gen. John Bratton.
At no meeting of the past series has
such bad blood been displayed, or a cul
mination of suoh a desperate character
threatened.
In short there came mitbin a pin's
point of being a iiot which, if develop
ed, would ha^e cost possibly fifty or
one hundred men their lives.
For five minutes or more, on three or
four occasions, it locked as though
bloodshed could not be avoided. Tbc
people were wild, and one side was as
much to blame as another, and the
whole thing came up as unexpectedly
as a thunder storm on a summer day.
There were no extra influences to aggra
vate a row.
To keep down such an objectionable
feature the good people of Wiansboro
took the precaution to have the bars
closed, and whiskey, for one time at
least, apparently was oot to blame.
The crowd was variously estimated
at from 800 to 1,200, and prior to the
meeting was so quiet and orderly that
everybody thought the meeting would
be without incident.
The speaking took place in a grove,
about one mile from Winnsboro.
Gen Bratton spoke first. Gen. Earle
second and then Capt. Tiliman The
latter was Cu rried to the platform on
the shoulders of three stalwart young
men.
The General was treated to a genuine
ovation, led off with a "Hip, bip hur
rah for Bratton," and the cheering cou
ticuiog several minutes
Gen, Bratton's speech was nanly and
dispassiouate. When he retired from
the stand he was liberally applauded
During Gen Bratton's speech the
Tiliman contingent had concentrated
on the left band side cf the stand, and
as scon as he was through began to call
for their candidate. Geo Earle, how
ever, was introduced acd spoke for an
hour and a quarter. The first part of
his speech, barring some interruptions,
was listened to with tolerable attention,
but the latter part was drowoed by
yells
General Earle said that for the ex
penses of the State government 70 cents
per capita was paid. They paid 80 or
S2 cents per capita for the support of
thy yoanty government, and about 40
cents per capita f;>r schools throughout
the Stare. Taken on the estimated
value of property each man in South
Carolina paid about 7 mills on $10,
or ?7 on ?1.000. They paid ?5 75 on
$1,000 for the County government and
$2 80 for schools.
"Is that burdensome Y} asked Gen
eral Earle Continuing, he said : I
wan't to ask any fair-minded man if
you have been burdened with taxes?
(Voices : No ! Yes !)
Gen. Earle : Those who assert it
cannot prove it. This government is
one of the most economical in the Union
When you compare you find only four
States have a less rate of taxation, and
when you consider that property is only
assessed at one-third its value here.
South Carolina really heads the iist of
States that pay due regard to ecooomy.
Referring to the reported return of
Captain Tiliman, Geueral Earle said
that he was reported to have returned
1,800 acres of land acd ?$2.000 in per
sonal property and all amounted in
taxes to but ?43
Tiliman?That's State tax ain'c it?
Earle?It is reported that it is all
your tax.
Tiliman?Well, it's alie, then. (Ap
plause from Tiliman mon.)
General Earle?I only stated it as I
beard it reported. Turning 'o the
crowd he repeated Capt. Tillmau's
words, acd said even if only State tax
it showed the taxes were not burden
some. Ke said each man should be re
quired to bear his proportionate share
of the burden and no more. The taxes
should not be more than necessary, and
he would join hands with any one to
reduce taxes whenever practicable.
General Earle next proceeded to show
the baselessness of the charge that there
was corruption in the State government,
and to answer the char?3 that the rail
roads did not pay their share of taxes.
The railroads paid one-seventh of all
the taxes, he said, and the railroad
property was assessed more in propor
tion to its value, he believed, than the
property of citizens.
In relation to the charge that the
State Board of Equalization had not
doue its duty and that the valuation of
the railroads ought to have been in
creased he gave some figures of the
valuation put ou railroads by Edge
field's County Board of Equalization of
which Captain Tiliman was a member.
He showed that from the valuation
fixed in 1889. in 1800 a decrease of
$050 had been made.
Captain Tiliman : I don't think our
County Boards have anything to do
with it. You all do it.
General Earle : Oh, yes, you have
as much to do with it as we. Two re
turns are made by the railroads, one to
the County Auditor, the other to the
Comptrol?er-General. and the County
Board passes ou the former.
Gen. Earle then touched on the
general charges and iusinuaiious of
corruption which had been made and
told how no proof had been brought
of a single charge against any ofiicer,
citing his position at Anderson in re
ference to the alleged discrepancy in
Colonel Butler's accounts, and Tiil
mau's refusr.l to accept it. He de
fended :hc Department of Agriculture
at some length, und said i? bad done
s,'ood work. There might ??..? defects in
the law, but why did^t Messrs. Pope
and Gary re?i edy such when they were
in the Legislature. Why had >t
Captain Tiliman consented to be sent
from Edgefield to the Legislature ?
Yet, winter after winter he (Tiliman)
had been in Columbia * 'watching those
fellows," he said. (A voice : That's
right, Cries cf "Hurrah for Tiliman,"
and much confusion )
Earle?I have heard so much of that
in the past two weeks, I am now used
toit. !
This caused a renewal of the cheer
ing and a nandemonium on a email
scale ensued.
General Earle, continuing, said :
Though Captain Tillman for the past
five years bas been investigating the
departments of this government he has
failed to show where one of its officers
has perjured himself, stolen anything
or acted wrongly. I call on b?*? to
point out a single instance and I assert
he can't do it, and he knows he's unable
to do it. (Loud cheers.)
Alluding to Tillman's refusal to par
ticipate in securing experts to examine
Colonel Butler's books General Earle
said : I then said, I will pay for both
experts myself, though I am as poor as
yourself, for the honor of the State.
(Loud applause.) I made him do this
much, thank God ; I made him ac
knowledge that these men he's been
accusing, or some of them, are honest
men. (Cheers.)
General Earle proceeded amid many
interruptions and many rude remarks,
of which "You. set down, old man,"
will do as a specimen.
Re read from Captain Tillman's let
ter in the Cotton Fiant, in reference to
"political leprosy," etc,, and the Till
man portion of the crowd sought to
drown his voice with cheers for their
candidate and said : ' We don't want to
hear," "Where did you get that old
paper." etc.
Finally a man in the crowd, evidently
a Tillmanite, shouted: "They aint cor
rupt, but we want someone else in
there."
General Earle replied: Captain Till
man don't agree with you. I am read
ing his own words.
Captain Tillman asked if it was an
extract from his letter or the whole
thing.
General Earle replied it was an ex
tract; he had called for the full docu- ;
ment, but it had never been produced.
Captain Tillman said he could get it
and would.
General Earle said he brought an in
dictment against Captain Tiliman for
slander against the State, and would
prove it by bis own words. The people
should be the jury.
In doing this he was subjected to fre
quent interruptions and one man said
he didn't come there to hear a man read
a newspaper all day. He came to bear
Tillman. Another asked as the read
ing of extracts from Tillman proceeded :
"Much more like that?" "Yes, much
more" replied General Earle and con
tinued.
Referring to the independent organ
ization of the Tillmaoites General Earle
said they had an executive committee
and they had, so he was informed,
nominated one gentleman on their ticket
at Greenville, lie presumed they had
others. (A voice : They won't say so.)
"That's for them to say" said General
Earle. "There was Mr. Gary who at
first came out for Attorney-General."
Mr. Gary : I was simply mentioned
in the papers. I never came out.
General Earle?How were you
brought out for Lieutenant Governor,
if you please ?
Mr. Gary?Captain Shell, as chair
man of the executive committee,
tendered to me the nomination for
Lieutenant Governor whioh I accepted.
General Earle?So he owns it. I
don't-know how General Pope got out.
I presume Captain Shell put him there,
too. (Laughter, derisive cheers and
cries of "Give us some more of it.")
Gene al Earie alluded humorously to
there being five lawyers on the Tillman
ticket and told the old story of the
negro's toe and the blacksnake, and the
snake having "a heap of nigger in it."
General Earle then proceeded to show
that the Tillman mcvemeut tended to
ward independentism, and then treated
the subject of primary.
Voice : Why didn't you agree to it at
first ?
General Earle?I did agree to it at
first. (Cheers ) Now I should not be
surprised if Captain Tillman and his
followers would be in favor of a con
vention.
Aroices : We don't want a primary
now. Il's a trick.
General Earle?Oh, you don't want
a primary now you're afraid of a trick
you say. You've become one of the
scholars in Capt. Tillman's school.
Honest men are not afraid of honest
men.
Further on Gen. Earle asked if the
party divided who was responsible, and
asserted Captain Tillman and his follow
ers would be responsible
A voice : Oh, come over to the
majority.
Gen lv:rle?? don't know which is
the majority but I know I am with
those who arc right.
Great coufusicu here ensued, and
though it was lessened somewhat, the
remainder of General Earle's speech
was delivered amid great diiHcuiLies,
the interruptions being constant.
Captain Gaillard called for order
several times, and said unless such in
terruptions ceased, the twelve fp-^kers
yet to come would take until endoi^nt.
In conclusion Generai Kirie said that
he was determined to do what lie con
sidered his du.;,, if ho made this man
(Tiliman) admit his chargr s wrong he
would have done some service to his
people and should be satisfied.
Long and loud cheering marked the
close of General Kane's remarks.
it. was while Cap?. Tilimaa was speak
ing that the music began. lie stood
before the au Henee possibly five minutes
before he was permitted to open his
mouth As soon as he could make him
self heard Capt. Tiliman said'his was
the thin! time he had aiuressed the
people of Fairfield County
A man in the audience cried out :
"Ye:>. and I hope it will be the last
time." Capt. Tillman replied that the
next time i;;; came i? would be as the ?
Governor of Soufh Carolina, and those
vviio didn't 1 ;ke it could ; ct help il.. ?n
sci ves.
Her;- ?ho confusion apai fi became So
great ihat ?he spea f-r had t'? c;'a>c.
?>uiing a lull Capt. Tillman said they
would not let l?i?i speak, because they
knew if be did .so he would carry the
county.
G?n. Hrat'on advanced to': e front
and bi'Sp d the crowd to give the speak
er a hearing, ?cd if he could convert
anybody, ?m- Gud's sake Ut ti.;;:: be
convi rted.
For .sverai minutes Gagt. Tillman
was allowed to proceed with his speech,
but he said something that again put
the crowd to veiling, and all efforts to
silence them were in vain.
Captain Tiliman announced his inten
tion of retiring from the stand unless
the disturbance ceased. Some one in
the crowd told him to sit down. This
produced the wiliest kind of excitement.
The crowd in front of the stand seemed
to have been transformed into maniacs,
making the air hideous with yells and
groans, and there was a general move
ment made towards the stand. At last
twenty or thirty Tiliman men mounted
the stand, and pushing every obstacle
out of the way, pressed toward Capt.
Tiliman.
They lifted him bodily from the ssst
and carried him in their arms to the
edge of the platform, where they swore
he should be permitted to speak if their
lives paid the forfeit.
It was a picturesque scene. The re
porters, numbering nearly a dosen,
stood on a table, note book in hand and
recording the exciting incidentals as
they evolved from the lip and move
ment of the angry crowd.
A dead calm ensued, however, in
which Capt. Tiliman replied to the ar
raignment of Gen. Earle. He proceed
ed uninterrupted for several minutes,
when there was a commotion in the
crowd fronting the stand.
Two men were striving to get at each
Others throats, while their fierce curses
and imprecations filled the air. The
crowd swayed to and fro, and every
movemeut threatened to precipitate a
deadly conflict, but they were kept
apart. There were about fifty ladies
sitting in carriages on the outskirts of
of the crowd, and, although trying to
brave the confusion, thoir gentle faces
wore a look of dread apprehension
Maj Woodward, one of the "'76"
Democrats, was on the stand wearing a
red coat that he had worn during the
;7C campaign. Ho is an open oppo
nent of Capt. Tiliman. In the course
of Capt. Tillnan'w speech he read a letter
written by Maj. Woodward to the
Ridgeway Advertiser some time since
in which he used sentiments which
Capt. Tiliman declared smacked of
Tillmanism.
This brought Major Woodward to the
front, and he vehemently denied that
he had ever written anything that
could be construed as an assault on the
State government.
The sight of the red coat must have
infuriated the crowd, for the excitement
became intense, and another difficulty
arose, which was only stopped by re
moving the parties from th? crowd.
The situation was made more thrill
ing by Maj Woodward, calling to the
audience that several Tillmanites were
on the stand with hands on their pistols.
It is impossible tc- paint the scene that
followed the announcement. With
terrified faces nearly all the ladies left
the surroundings, while several of the
audience prepared to shield themselves
from an anticipated volley of lead.
Mr. James Tiliman, a nephew of
Capt. Tiliman, who was on toe stand
at the time, thought that Maj. Wood
ward's remark bad reference to him
self, and there was an exchange off
words between the two gentlemen, but
Maj. Woodward assured him that his
remark bad no such application and the
misunderstanding was smoothed over.
I&eeting at Chester.
Spscia? to the Greerm?e Daily News.
Chester, S. C , July 2.?Chester
gave the candidates a fuil turn out to
day, with the Tillmanites largely in the
majority. The meeting numbered
I 200 people, inclined to be noisy but
very good natured. They seemed fully
decided as to their future course, but
were willing to listen to the opposing
candidates with good humor and con
siderable guying.
The meeting was opened at half past
ten o'clock by County Chairman Gage
and the exercises were begun with
prayer.
Chairman Gage asked a patient hear
ing for all the candidates and good
order duriug the day. General Brat
ton made a speeca of only fifteen min
utes, in which be warned the people cf
impending danger to the party by rea
son of probable division, and urged that
the only hope for changing the federal
government and putting down appre
hension from that source, was in stand
ing together as heretofore.
Then Captain Tiliman was introduced
and greeted with enthusiastic cheering
and generally cordial demonstration.
He spuke for only half an hour. He
said he met the people of Chester two
years ago when he came here in joint
discussion with candidates fur Governor.
He ivas here now asking the suiTragcs
of the people as a candidate for Gover- j
uor of the Stato. He rehearsed the
various personal allusions with whieh
he generally pre:?ees his remarks. He
was tj'R'Stioned about the primary. lie
said at the Ridgeway meeting he had
asked for a convention to order a pri- j
mary. Colonel Hoyt said ir, was im- I
practicable and unattainable. Now
since he had swept the State from the
meeting at Crecn^ ilio they say they wan: ?
a primary ? women,children and ai! want i
a primary. Now the Executive Commit- j
tee ha-i ordered " convention fco decide j
the matter. They said they would not
nominate, but if they got. to Columbia
with a majority in the convention they
would nominate some stranger. Il was
necessary for his followers to send good
men to Columbia to the August Con
vention as well as to that in S'ptcnber.
lie referred to the urgent call made on
Knie two years ago and said toe man
who disregarded a cat i of the people
once was not the proper pi rson to he
elected now. He did not believe that J
the people would give the office to a ?
loan who said h his actions before r. I:r. ?
be was a member of the Richardson
nog or that t?o; Columbia Club hud
Sited out : lo? slate.
When Tiliman made his answer to
the charge of class prejudice lie wont on
to bay that he had fought this (i;:?it. for
ye;irs He wanted equal rights for ail
and special privileges for none and if
elected by the eternal God, the people
would bave it. The charge of oligarchy
was being made when, to the amuse
ment of all present, his illiterate fol
lowers a-k:d explanation of the word!
' dig ireby.,; Captain Tiliman ex
plained graciously, lie concluded by ?
saying that if the farmers got possessioc
of the government no possible harm
could be done. If farmers were better
off all other classes would be better off.
He wanted them to give every man a
shew and let the majority force the
minority to surrender.
Colonel Earle, wben introduced, wa3
applauded by a small number of people
in the crowd. Fie said he knew the
great majority of the people were op
posed to him, but be had never faced a
more respectable .-audience. He
answered the charge of Tiliman in refer
ence to the '83 convention and said he
would never be a candidate for any
office at the sacrifice of personal honor.
He defied any man present to point to
anything wrong in his political record.
He did not like to refer to personal
matters, but Tillman had seen fit to i
force him to it. The charge of slander j
against tbe State preferred agaicst
Tillman yesterday was reiterated and
forced home in the face of many dubious
interjections fron the Tillmanites in the
crowd.
The ignorant part of the crowd seemed
to thiuk Tillman would deny it, but on
his failure to do so seemed even then to
take the statements and reading of Till
man's own correspondence with great
doubt. Colonel Earle referred to the
economical government which the
State had and showed low taxation
ever since '76. The statement of Till
man's own taxes was repeated. Col.
Mockbee, of Chester, said he paid more
State taxes on COO acres of land than
Tillman did on 1,S00 acres. Colonel
Esrlc said he referred to Tillman's tases
onlv to show that the government had
been economical. He did not say Till
mau's returns was incorrect or
dishonest.
Colonel Earle closed by saying if he
could prove the State bad been governed
by honest men he would hare accom- ?
plished more thau he positively could j
do as Governor.
Colonel Gary followed Earle and I
made a stirring speech, comparing the
present movement to the rising of the ?
Roman people under Marcus Aurelias. |
He repeated the list of reforms which he j
favored and urged the people to stick
to Tillman.
Graydon, Crawford, Pope, Farley,
Townsecd and Mayfield made short
speeches to a steadily dissolving crowd.
The speeches to-day were all shorten
ed on account of the early hour at
which the majority of the candidates
left for York ville. Chester is apparent
ly 75 per cent, for Tillman and that
is the estimate generally put upon the
vote by those who have knowledge cf
the situation.
A Telling Demonstration at York
vilie.
Special to The Greenville Daily News.
Lancaster, S. C, July 3?The
meeting at York to-day was one of the
largest and most enthusiastic of the
campaign. Fully two thousand people
turned cut from all parts of the county,
to hear the most lively contest yet wit
nessed in the State campaign. . The
Tiliman cohorts outnumbered those op
posed, but still there was a considera
ble propotion cf the assemblage eppoaed
to the agitator and his political methods
The meeting was held in a shady grove
in the weslern portion of the town and
certainly no mere fitting selection could
have been made.
From fifty to seventy-five ladies oc
cupied seats just in front of the stand.
When the speaking began it was the
largest female audience the campaigners j
have yet faced, and from an co .thetic ?
stand point, certainly the most beauti- j
ful gathering of women that has attend
ed any meeting. They were specially '
?ood humored, too, and the reporters j
who first arrived on the stand had to ?
meek?y submit to much good natured
bantering. The livery cf "our ably
and fearfully edited contemporary*' was
the subject of many pert remarks.
Two brass bands were on hand and ;
enlivened the occasion with excellent j
music. County Chairman Hart called
the meeting to order a;id requested a
respectful bearing for each a?d every
speaker.
He then introduced General John
Brattou who was cordially received by
the many friends ani .supporters he
numbers among York's staunch ci'.izeus.
Gen. Bratton's remarks were coofioed
mainly to warning against division of
the party and denunciation of the pre
sent federal administration.
Attorney General E ine, who fol
lowed Brattou, received a respectful
hearing, ile make a teiii?g speech and
notwithstanding the ultra Tilintan sent
iment of part of the crowd many of hi<
shot;; at the arch agitator seemed to hit
the bull's eye of proper judgment and
had proper weight in the discussi >n.
While General irle was speaking
the st-.^jd, which was unsteady from the
firs?, fell, but no serious result followed
the fail.
Gei*era! Earls continued his remarks
from the halt broken stand and was heard
attentively. When he had conclu led
the exercises were discontinued to al
low repair of the platform
When the stand was again in order
Chairman Hart introduced Col. John
C. I taskt ii. of Columbia, who, he said,
had been h, vited by the committee to
address the meeting, and that Ciptain
Tiliman had preferred that he precede
h ini
When Coionoi Hasten advanced
to the frotH of the stand Tillman
asked that he be heard, as he could
answer any charges he might make.
When Colonel Baskell rose to speak he
was greeted with a perfect pandemo
nium of yells and nothing seemed suffi
cient to <|uict them lv.cn Tillman's
efforts were of no avail. For half an
hour Colonel ilaskell stood calmly fan
ning himself and looking over thecrowd
and said he would only (-it down wir.:;:
Major ilari asked him to do so. Final
ly lie began and spoke for thirty min
utes, making a most able defence of the
State government and denouncing -
man's methods.
Tiliman followed, speaking f<>r two
hours, and made ail the charges over
again and some explanations as hereto
fore, ile was pressed by Kirie on the
perjury charge and was asked by that
geu-leman it he wore elected Governor
would ;? in his message Sto the Legis
lature recouuneud the opening of the
State Uuivcrsity to whkes and blacks 1
alike. The cons'.iLutiou required that
and Tiilouan would have to swear to
support it if elected.
Tiliman said be would cot.
ITarle asked if he would net then be
as much a perjurer as the Senators he
accused.
To this Tiliman answered: "The
Legislature can attend to that for them
selves.'"
Tiliman said the charge of robber j
alluded to the failure to punish frauds
in fertilizers and said the State had lost
millions through the robbery of farmers
by fertilizer manufacturers.
Earle's interruptions were most
timely and toe agitator was plied with
many hard questions.
While Tiliman was speaking he made [
a special request of the ladies to cease
interruptions of his speech, whereupon
the whole female portion cf the audience
rose and left the grounds.
The other speakers present made
very brief speeches as the time consum
ed by Uaskell, Earle and Tiliman was
as long as the average meeting.
The Lancaster Meeting.
Correspondence gas ta Cbronicle.
Columbia. S. C, July 4.?The
meeting at L?ncaster to-day broke the
record. It v:as one of the modt orderly
of the campaign.
There wcre~betwcen 2500 and S000
people present. Every candidate was
given a fair ana impartial bearing, and
there was cone cf the discordant yelling
that has disgraced other meetings.
The speeches of all candidates were
conservative and good matured. Ja
reasen of the fact that the candidates
wanted to get home, the time of each
speaker was limited. G;0. Bratton
spoke first followed by Capt. Tili
man. Gen. Bratton spoke only a f. w
minutes, and Capt. Tiliman did not
consume all his lime. G e:-. Earle fol
lowed Capt. Tiiiuian. There was
nothing iu any cf the speeches cut of
the regular routine. Gen. E irle made
the same aggressive attacks on Copt.
Tiliman that he did yesterday, and it
brought about the usual colloquy.
At one time it was pretty lively.
Gen. Earle was discussing his proposi
tion to Capt. Tiliman with regard to
holding primary elections. He said
that Capt. Tiliman had continually
harped on primary elections : to test
his sincerity he had submitted in writ- !
ing a proposition that each candidate ?
wa3 not to accept a nomination except
by primary sod Capt. Tiliman had re
fused to enter the compact. After
lampooning Capt. Tiliman at some
length for refusing to si^ the agree
ment, he turned and asked him if he
would accept a nomination by the
August convention, the object of which
j was solely to cojsider whether the
nomination should be effected by prima
ry or convention. Capt. Tiliman re
plied that he would not consent to have
his hands tied unless the other side did
likewise.
Gen. Earle pressed the question, and
Capt. Tiliman eventually declared he
would not accept a nomination by the
August Convention.
Capt. Tiliman has his eye on thfs ?
convention, however, and Gen. Earle
didc;i probe him deep enough, or he
would have go: some information that
was new to him. Speaking of the
convention to a party of friends this
afternoon, he said he was going to
capture it, and after reapportioning the
repr?sentation by the census of 18SU,
would elect a new executive committee.
This will deprive Charleston of ten rep
resentatives and two or three other
counties of several, while it wiil in
crease the representation of several
counties favorable to Capt. Tili man. It
is a big card and there seems to be
nothing iu the way to prevent the Tili
man faction from playing it.
The colloquy above reported led to
another more cxeiclng. Gen. Earle
nade a remark that again brought
Capt. Ti?lman to his feet, an ? the issue
of Gen. Erie's refusal to ?ccnp". the
nomination for Governor in 1SSS wa^
sprung. Capt. Tiliman asserted that
he made a compact with Governor
Richardson cot to oppose him.
Gen. Earle denied that there was
such a compact, and explained the cir
cumstances that led to his refusal to
allow the use of his name in the con
vention When he finished Capt. Till
a said that the explanation of Gen.
Earle was an admission that ho had
entered into an agreement with Gov.
Richardson not to oppose him. Gen.
Earle replied vry hotly : i-? deny the
charge, sir. The man that says I made
such an agreement, wirh Gov. Eichard
son "utters a falsehood."
Cant. Tiilann did not reply, ?and a
few minutes later left the stand to catch
a train for home.
Gen. Karle, it seem', did tell Gov
ernor llivhard-ion he would not oppose
him, but what ho ohjee'ed to in Capt
Tinman's version of the transaction was
calling it, "trade" cr "compiei "
The candidates for the other o?jjc;
spoke in their regular order.
Will They Take the Respon
sibility ?
Gre- :i ville Ne ics.
Our information indicates clearly the
purpose cf the Tiliman wing of the
Democratic party to force a nomination
of their candidates fu* Stale oilijers on
the August Conven tton.
We do not see any smso in the idea
fron: a political point of view : but there
are so many things in this campaign in
which we can see no sense?there is so
little reason, thought, purpose, idea cr
plan in most cf it?that we have con
cluded that either we have lost our per
ception of what sor.se or that the peo
ple are not in the humor Tir scuse and
have gone on a kind of a big political
spree during which they will listen to
und c msider ?thing.
The f ct that there if" no sinse in or
reason for or iustiu-vatio for nomina
tions by the .* ugus? Conventi r; is one
thing that makes us fear such nomina- j
tions wiii then he made.
The Convention called by the IState 1
Executive Committee to do a certain
thing will refuse ?? -lo it and w: i very '
likely oust the Executive Committee <
and appoint a new one. Then we will I
be cootrontcd by two Executive Com
mittees and two Conventions. ?f the ?
Tiilman people capture the September 1
Conventi also the situation will Le <
simplified, if they stand by the August- ij
Convention and ignore the September""
Convention, leaving the iatter body tc
nominate a new State ticket, the night-"
mare that has been haunting cs for
fourteen years will be realized. There
will be two Democratic nominations,
each with a color cf right, and a split
with the resulting appeal to the Negro
vete.
The Greenville News has not cried
"'wolf!'' and has cot tried to alarm any-'
body. We have held our faith that the
common scr.se of the people would as-"
cert itself before the crisis came.
That cri.iis appears be now impend-'
ing. Wc are drifting straight toward
the rocks and it is time for eli men of
ail opinions who bave any love of State
or people, who look an inch ahead of
then:, who are cot entirely blinded and
bound by prejudice cr greed of power
or place?it is time for all honest, manly
and patriotic men to consider the future'
and begin work to prevent disaster.
The Executive Committee called the'
? ugust Convention f >r a special, named
purpose. Ifi cali that Convention
was the only method in its power of
taking the opinion of tLe people on the'
important question whether the Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor shall be'
nominated by primary cr convcnfiGU. It
is a very doubtful question whether that
committee can limit the scope cr action
of a convention once met in session.
There is much to be said on both sides
of that?so much that good and think
ing men may well be divided on it.
The Tillman side might claim that a'
Democratic State Convention once prop
erly called a?d organized is a soverigu
body, directly representing the people,
and can take any action its majority
niay decide upon.
The ^ther side might claim that a
convention called and elected by the
people for one special purpose, to de
termine one special matter of party
policy, would have no tight' to go be
yciid that purpose and would be be-'
traying its trust if it did so.
Those are what may be called the
legal points. To go behind and below
them and come down to the simple, bed
reck rights of the matter, there can be
no doubt that the August convention
ought to do just what it is called to do
and what it will be elected to do, aud
that is decide whether the delegates to
the September convention shall be
elected by county primaries cr county
conventions.
That is the simple, plain, easy way to
avoid all complications and dangers,
and there is not only no sense in doing
otherwise but no excuse for it.
Whether the Esecutive Committee*
was right or wrong a cet calling the
convection to decide on primaries at the
beginning cf the campaign is not the
question. It has called that convention
for that purpose dow. It has frankly
and fairly left the matter with the Dem
ocratic voters of the State to decide.
No harm can be done by sending dele
gates to Columbia and having the
question dealt with direc-ly and
decisively. If the Tillman side prefer'
using the Tillman control of the party
machinery to elect their man and clinch
their hold on the sixteen delegates al
ready chosen for Tillman to standing
by their cwn principles and securing
self government, they can vote to do so.
They can go to Columbia in Aagus?
and vote for and, if they have the ma
jority carry, resolutions tc adhere to
the convention system. Bat they have
no right to force confusion, disruption
and disaster upon ths party and the
State. They have no right to risk the
horrible results likely to fol?w a split in
a blind, frantic determinativ to use
every pretext and opportunity tc ad
vance the interest cf cue man.
We warn.them now to stop and con
sider before they urge the scheme that
seems to be maturing to force nomina
tions by the August convention. In
taking that action they will be taking a
fearful responsibility. They will be
risking without cause cr excuse the
safety and waifare of the State and the
people. Their action may make South
Carolina once more the "prostrate
State" and quench forever her hope^acd
gbry. Wi:h Radical, N-?gro or mon
grel government once established here
there would be no more redemption for
South Carolina cr r?surrection cf her
life or strength. It is a hideous vision
which imagination can not make more
hideous that the realities would be.
We remember the horrors of Radical
rule io the past ; tber were light com
pared with the !i:rrors of Radical rule
in the furure if ir is ever re-established.
Such re-establish ment would mean the
depopulation of the Srate. Her sous
ard daughters would with bursting
hearts and lingering looks turn from
the dearly loved Commonwealth which
wouid no more offer them honor or hope,
shelter or safety, and dear: her to be
come a wilderness, a desolation, a by
word among the peoples of the earth
with iM her b^-uty aud pride but
nieu'Ories.
It is just that result that will be in
vited by those cf a:?y party who under*
ta*:e to force nominations by the Au
gust Convention. If there be any rea
son i :ft among us, let us face the fae-s
as they are a::i be waruei and guided
by then:.
The SIiell-Tillman Program.
Members of the Shell-Tilican esecu
tive co:ui?:itlee, we harn, aves at Lau-'
rcn? yesterday to discuss the political
situation, and to advise such action as
they may deem proper, to view of the'
recent action of the Demcratic Execu
tive Committee in calling a convention
of the party to determine the question
of choosing State o.'Veers by primary
election.
What action will be recommended we
are not authorized to say, but reason
in* from the endorsement which the
a! clubs have received in prematurely
electing delegates to the Srata Conven-'
fcion, ir may be fairly inferred that an
effort, at least, will be made t. nomi
nate Tillman at the cr.l!ed meeting of
the part y on the loth of August.
That the Sacll-Tillman Executive
Committee will recommend the election
?f a new Kxeeurive Committee, we be
i?v? i.? a foregone conclusion.
As the TiUmanitee srem determined
,o put their man iu any way, it is use
ess to argue the question as to fairnt-?e*
)? ua^airncrs of the proposition.?Abb^
: ??e 1 Ve o? u e d Bj. nrter.