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i TILLMAN AND BUTLER.
i -- ;
! The principal interest of the Sta
i Campaign meetings has centred up<
the Senatorial fight between Ge
Butler, and Gov. Tillman.
Tlie following telegraphic summai
of the meetings preceding the La
caster meeting, and, the report
their speeches at Lancaster will sen
to show how the contest betwee
these two prominent candidates hi
poogressed :
There was some pretty livel;
sharp shooting at the campaig
meeting in Chester and SenaK
Butler did the shooting. To explain
is necessary to go back to the fin
meeting which was held at Roc
Hill Monday. There was a larg
crowd there and it is estimated thu
Butler's supporters were largely i
the majority. In accounting for the aj
parent disparity of their forces, th
Tillmanites charged that the Butle
contingent was composed of me
who had been taken to Ruck Hill b
Bunch McBee, superintendent of th
Richmond and Danville Railroad i
thi*3 State and they did not represen
ihe people of Kock Hill In hi
speech at Yorkville Tuesday Goven
or Tillman referred to Butler's Roc
Hill supporters as a Coxey army an
gave utterance to the following sen
timents :
"Possibly some of Gen. Butler'
over-zealous friends may have er
gineered this. If Bunch McBee a
superintendent of the Richmond an
Danville railroad is prostituting hi
authority by hauling people free, w
ought to know it. If there is
corruption fund raised in New York
then you ought to know it, for it i
talked about."
On Wednesday, at Chester, Sena
tor Butler made Governor Tillman*
statement the text of his speech. IL
was excited and aggressive and mad*
a deep impression by the spiritec
manner in which he resented Gover
nor Tillman's insinuations. He wa
received with great applause and start
ed out quietly by saying : "At Rod
Hill I announced that I woulc
do nothing to provoke trouble
Governor Tillman said he want
ed the issues discussed, aii<
?yet at Yorkville, where he ha(
! the reply, he put au insult on raj
character that 1 permit no mau living
to do without resenting.*'
There was great confusion at thii
point and indications of a storm. Sena
tor Butler walked across the platform
and, raising his voice, said : "IL
must take his punishment like a mau
He said yesterday, or if he did no
say so, he adopted a meaner form b\
insinuating and suggesting that 1 hat
a corruption fund from Wall stree
or elsewhere, with which to buy my
seat into the Senate."' Then, turn
ing around towards Governor Till?
man, he said: "1 say sta reply that
if Governor Tillman or anyone else
makes that charge against me he is an
infamous liar."
The crowd was dumbfounded It
looked at Senator Butler and Senatoi
Butler looked at Governor Tillman,
and everything was a6 quiet as the
calm at sea, when all of a sudden
there was an outbrust of applause
with mingled cheers for Butler and
Tillman. After order had been re?
stored, Senator Butler continued :
"When he has charges to make
against me let him make them like
j a man of courage and truth : let him
j speciiy and not indulge in the iii hu
j endo" of a blackguard and bully,
j The man has never lived and nevei
! will live who imputes dishonesty to
me' [Hurrahs for Butler and Till?
man. Voice in crowd : "Give him
j hell/*]
j Senator Butler criticised Governor
j Tilman's administration in plain
i terms and made a very effective
I speech. What itfi effects will be no
j one can tell, lt evidently pleased
I the crowd at Chester to-day There
j is general thankfulness that there
j was no disturbance at the meeting,
! and efforts will be made by
; conservative men on both sides to
j keep the peace. Butler opened his
j opponent's eyes by the boldness ot
; his charge to day. As one of the
I correspondents on the ground says :
I "it was the first time Tillman has
j ever been caught by the collar, so
; to speak, and shaken up."
AT LANCASTER
j Following is from the Columbia
j RrgUt* rs report of the Lancaster meet?
ing :
LANCASTER, S. C., June 21.-Sen
; alor Butler was slaughtered here
j to-day He was literally pulled to
pieces by Governor Tillman and then
in a hand primary lie was butchered
: by the men of Lancaster. Tillman
scored Butler unmercifully and taught
him a lesson in dignified debate Ile
taught him how to rip au opponent
?ip the back by the use of plain
English and at the saun: time not UPC
: offensive epithets Ti e Governor's
sarcasm and irony to Butler were the
: most severe and biting ever heard on
; the stump in years, and it is un i ver
sally acknowledged that the Governoi
gave Butler some points in legitimate
oratory and debate which surprised
him.
No sane man can doubt Tillman'g
triumph here. It was a great victory.
The crowd was with him overwhelm
ing.
The applause for Butler was again
from the same young men who have
been following the campaign. Ol
course there were some Lancaster
men for him
Marshal Hunter's few friends were
on hand. The supposition has been
that Huntei's appointment meant
Lancaster for Butler, but it must have
been a hard blow to Hunter to day
when he saw that the people who
have heretofore honored him will no
longer follow his leadership and will
repudiate him.
Tillman would have had an immense
ovation from his admirers if he had
desired it, but he checked the enthu?
siasm by telling his friends not to
interrupt him as time was valuable
and he wanted to utalize every min?
ute of it.
lt is significant that the only three
i interruptions of the day were brought
on by imported Butlerites. Each time
serious trouble was narowly averted.
The TiHmanites behaved in most
creditable manner They suppressed
their feelings. At times a nervous
twitching- and determined look could
be seen on their faces. This tvas
when some Butlerite tried to insult
Tillman, but each time they refused
to take part in the uproar.
Butler didn't have a single inter
ruption. He did not even have a
question put to him or a remark made
to him.
The speaking had been going on
three hours before the big guns were
brought out. The crowd was eager
and expectant and rose from the seats
to take in everything when Butler
was introduced.
"Bunch" McBee atid Marshal limi?
ter were on the stand at the light of
Butler. Deputy Collector Richardson
stood on the edge of the platform.
Butler was applauded as he came
forward. Ile asked the crowd to sit
down He paid a compliment to the
people of Lancaster especially the
old soldiers. He appealed for fair
play and said if he was to be turned
down, let it be on substantial grounds
It should be shown why he ought to
be retired. He said he had not de?
parted from the rule of discussion of
measures until yesterday at Chester.
The innuendo again cast to-day (al?
luding to ?trait j of a corruption fund
he repeated again was basely false.
Ii 1 can't go to the Senate without
buying my way there, I would not
have the office. lie said that as a
soldier he had always gone where any
? of his men had gone. When became
here this morning he didn't expect to
be assailed by two o{' Tillman's lieu?
tenants. Tillman must have said to
Evans. "Help me Cassius, or I
sink.'' (Applause.) It was inhos?
pitable in Strait to attack him. He
also said Evans wanted to be rotated
from one olcce to another. ?tiait's
complaint about his Democracy is
flimsy. Butler said he hadn't been
in the habit ol' noticing rumors circu
lated to his detriment He had heard
this morning that be was an infidel.
The statement was unfounded and un?
true, lie had a Christian mother and a
j Christian wife Ile paid a beautiful
I tribute to Christianity
i
j Ile said he had to repel nt Chester
J the imputation he thought Tillman
! had cast upon him. Ile didn't like
! that kind o? war, but he Couldn't
I help it. If Tillman will confine him
I self to the record it will be nil light.
. But if he doesn't tie must bo prepared
; for what I give him. He referred to
I Cleveland giving him all the offices
j and told what occurred between him?
self and Cleveland He said tiiat in
: a conference wit!: Cleveland tho Pres
I ident agreed to divide the offices be
' tween the two factions. In carrying
i this out he appointed ?heriff Hunter
of this county as Marshal and Greg
! orv as postmaster. Did Cleveland
: have to get Tillman's gracious per
; mission before making appointments!''
! ls he to boss every th ing ?
Tillman said yesterday that some
j body was responsible for taking men
to Kock Hill. Butler thought Cleve
?land bad nothing todo with it; he
'(Butler) had nothing to do with it;
j he didn't think whiskey was respon
I sible and he didn't see why the rail?
roads were.
At Yorkville, the principal applause
j for Tillman was from North Carolin
I ians. At Chester it was from Fair
; field men.
He said yesterday and he repeated
j it to-day that he intended to criticize
! Tillman's administration. He then
1 proceeded to impute something
wrong in the Dispensary, reading the
same figures as at Chester yesterday
and making thc samo insinuations.
Ho asked Tillman t<> explain it JD;
charged that taxes wen; not reduced
under Tillman The latter's friends
exp?ame it by saying there had been
so much litigation Taxes will bo
higher next year. Tillman paid moro
lawyers' foes than all other Gover?
nors put together. Butler said he
could have managed to make the rai
roads pay without litigation. Il
could simply have petitioned th
Supreme Court. He got in troubl
over Agricultural Hall when it W?
not necessary. All these could hav
been avoided.
The chairman told Butler he o?d
had five minutes more.
Tillman arose and said : "Give hir
all the time he wants ! I may war
more than my time. If you'll hea
me I'll tell it all to you." (Loud aj
plause for Tillman )
Butler wound up by repeating th
primary pioposition. He asked Til
man if he would join in a written rt
quest to the State Democratic Exect
tive Committee for one box for Seni
tor at each precinct.
A brass band played some kind c
circus tune. Butler was presente?
with a bouquet by some ladies.
Governor Tillman was introduced
He began by saying this was his thin
visit to Lancaster County, which ha?
always supported him.
Voice: "We are going to do i
again."
The Governor requested that ther
would be no more interruption. II
said he had done more work than al
other Governors since the war pu
together. He thought he could d<
much in the Senate and was goin?
there.
Tillman said Butler had heape<
indignity upon him at Chester
"Butler's words were blacker am:
dirtier and filthier than ever heape(
upon me before."
"You took 'em," said Yancy Sher
raid, a Greenwood drummer.
..Ye6, you cowardly scoundrel,
took 'em,'* " said the Governor
The man shook his finger at Till
man.
"Shake your finger if yon want to
you scoundrel and coward I wil
meet you anywhere." (Loud ap
plause.
Tillman resumed his attack on But
1er. Ile said Butler's pretende<
grievance was because he had spokei
of the Rock Hill crowd as Coxeyitei
and as tools of railroad corporation:
and intimated that corruption fundt
were being used in Butler's inter
est.
"I didn't charge that Butler wai
responsible for the free pass crowd
I would have attacked him if he was
If Butler felt aggrieved at the iusin
uation of corruption, why didn'
he come to me and ask me for ai
explanation like a gentleman. Xo
he was glad lo assume the positioi
of bulldozer and turned round am
used insinuations himself. Butlei
had said in the newspapers that h<
was going to conduct ?1 is carnpaigi
on a high plane. The very firs
thing he did was to give out ai
interview charactering me as a bull"
and a braggart. Was that high an<
dignified I' At Rock Hill I addressee
myself to issues solely. His speed
was not on issues, but was full 0
sarcasm and innuendoes. At York
ville I brought up the Coxey arin*,
matter and I intend to keep it t(
Butler's back like a mustard plaste
till I get to tiie bottom of it
Futhermore, I intend to call hin
Coxey Butler in the future. (Lom
land prolonged applause.) Butle
I insinuates that I am a coward and i
liar, yet lie goes around using in
situations, etc. Ile said he had ;
bitter tongue, but when he opener,
his mouth yesterday there was u(
bitterness on Iiis tongue. It wa;
; filth and actually stank. (Lom
I cheering". )
tillman said he had beat anothei
I Edgefield man in that county am
j would beat Butler, ile proceeder
I to say that he could attack Butler's
! private character, but would not di
! it He, in a spirit of generosity, h ac
i testified to Butler's honesty, notwith
j standing tho Chadwick lottery bus;
J ness, from which all kinds ol' charge*
j against Butler's integrity had beet:
j made. He defied and dared But
I 1er to bring anything against his
j private character, ile charged thal
i the man who interrupted him
! a few minutes previous wai
I a sample of tin; crowd of hired
I braves which had crowded
! around the stand at Chester to abuse
! and curse him
The first really sensational event ol
j the day occurred at this point. A
! well known white man of Chester
! climbed on the back ol" the stand and
said he wanted to ask Tillman a
question Ile probably meant no
harm and afterwards said he did not,
but his appearance was the signal for
excitement. There were cries of
"Get down," "Full bim down/' etc.
Tue crowd rushed towards the plat?
form amid mingled cries. Pandemo?
nium reigned fully live minutes, dur
: in<r which Governor Tillman told the
j crowd in front that the mau was a
! fair sample of the bullies going
! around with Butler. Tillman said he
I didn't need even oin1, that the people
wore his protectors They hail
threatened to kill him, but he
wouldn't die till tin; good God was
ready for him to go. Ho said lie
couldn't Ix; intimated by Butler and
his crowds, and Butler had as well
I understand that he couldn't be dis
turbed by any such disgraceful con?
duct Butler is a beaten man. I am
not.
Butler had to go off the stand to
quiet his excited friends who had
brought on the disturbance.
The Governor said he would take
up Butler's false statements, for they
were foully false. He proceeded to
show that Butler had been invited to
speak in the campaign, but when
Butler said yesterday that I was in a
plot to prevent him speaking he said
what was unworthy of an honorable
man. When Butler says I have to
have help to clean him up, it sounds
funny. Have I cleaned up Earle,
Orr, Sheppard, and others, and can't
I clean up another little lawyer ?
(Great laughter and applause.)
The next sensational event of the
day was when Tillman touched on
the alleged insult to "Bunch"
McBee's wife. He said he would
say in McBee's presence what he had
said at Yorkville. He retold the
incident and then, turning to McBee,
said: "Was there any offense in
that ?"
McBee arose with eyes snapping
and answered : "This is a political
campaign in which I have no interest.
I have not attended these meetings
and do not intend to attend them,
except where I have business and
I say to you now that so far as Mrs.
McBee's name iu concerned, you
must keep it out of this campaign. I
do not want any explanation and do
not say any m o re."
Tillman: "I will say more.''
McBee, with emphasis : "Don't
say another word about my wife "
Tillman: ' But I will say more
about you and lay it on you thick."
The Governor then 6aid if McBee
considered the name of his wife used
in an unwarranted manner, he would
apologize, but that Butler, in the
very next words, had lugged his
(Tillman's) wife's name in a political
discussion.
"Then I apologize," said Butler.
"All right," said Tillman, "we will
exchange prisoners," and there wa6
general laughter and everybody
breathed easier.
Tillman in the next breath de?
nounced McBee, if he was responsi?
ble for the Coxey crowd at Rock
Hill. Ile said it was au interference
with the liberty of the people.
McBee did not say anything.
The next sensation was when Till?
man said the 1891 free pass produced
at Chester yesterday by Butler wa9
not the original one and that he (Till?
man) had the original in his possesion
Ile said that the pass Butler had was
a duplicate made out b}' "Bunch''
McBee. This created a sensation
and all eyes were turned to McBee
and Butter. McBee made some
remark about betting it was the
original and started to get up, but
the crowd tdd him to sit down.
Tillman ridiculed Butler awfully
about th? mare's nest he had dis?
covered in th? Dispensary figures and
amid th?* enthusiasm ol' his friends
showed where the discrepancy in the
report was accounted for in the same
book from which Butler had found
the alleged shortage, lt was a sim?
ple omission of the printer. Every
newspaper man in Columbia knew
about the error long ago ile also
explained the matter of wines and
showed beyond doubt that Butler
didn't know what he was talking
about.
ile next showed how ridiculous
was Butler's assertion that Tillman
was not authorized by law to spend
over ?50,000 in Dispensary purchases.
\ lie showed by the statutes them
' selves where he had the authority,
and asked Butler ii" he did nut recog
now that he had the authority
! "I am not running the Dispeu
I sary," said Butler
j "Then leave it alone," said Tillman
j amid deafening applause.
! Tillman next said that Butler had
<riven birth to other stinking and foul
words, imitating Haskell in bringing
forward the fact that he (Tillman)
was not in the war. Ile told why he
had not been in the war and turning
to Butler said ; "Shame on you,
generous soldier that you were, to do
that."
"Butler also made another insinua?
tion about my not going to Darling?
ton. My enemies wanted to kill me.
Did Lincoln and Davis go to the front
in the late war. Butler also accuses
me of not being in the riot at Ham?
burg."
Butler : "I did not say it."
Tillman : "Yes you did, and didn't
you ride down the road with me ?
Highest of all in Leavening Po
ABSOLU
Why does Butler want to gratify his
spleen and passion that way ? When
he talks about the courage of the
I Tillraans lie's not sane. The bones
of three Tillmans lie in a field in
Mexico, with those of Pierce Butter.''
Ile jumped on Butler about what
he said about State litigation and
lawyers' fees. Ile said if Butler
knew so much law, they had better
make him Attorney General, but he
believed Buchanan could beat bim all
hollow in law. The Governor gave
the history of the railroad fight and
said his friend was the head devil in
it. He gave blue blazes to Simouton
and railroad corporations and charged
all the Federal Courts with being
bought by Wall street.
Ile told of the Agricultural Hall
case and said the hall should never
go out of the hands of the State.
The Governor had some fun out of
the ox-cart story and said some peo?
ple would rather see the devil in the
Senate than him. (Cheers.) But he
was going there,
To Butler s charge that Ben Terrell
had made JTillman stand around, Till
mau said he had not done so and
then said: "What became of Butler
at Batesburg when Tom Watson got
I through with him ?"
j "Used up," admitted Butler.
Tillman : "Honest confession is
j good for the soul and when *I get
j through with him (speaking about
! Butler) he will learn to hit in front
i and will quit wanting to be a black
? guard. 1 won't call him a friend until
j he apologizes for his conduct yester?
day."
The Governor discussed the Dis?
pensary law and how much money
? was made and its benefit. He said
the barrooms were dens of hell. Till?
man charged Butler with voting for
Simonton's confirmation when he
knew Simonton's nomination was an
invasion of the State's rights. The
Governor's hour was up, but the
crowd wouldn't let him stop He al?
luded to Butler's separate box propo?
sition and intimated there was mouey
to buy Reformers.
Voice : "We don't want anv of it "
He said Butter was afraid to trust
the beople- Butler knew he was
beaten and didn't believe Butler
candidates for the Legislature would
be put out in one-third of the counties.
The Governor concluded by saying
he wouid show Butler how the peo
i pie stood and called for a hand pri
i mary. A perfect upheaval of hands
j and wild applause for Tillman follow?
ed. One hand was raised for Butler.
It was so late wh*-n he concluded
that the other candidates did not
j speak and the party left at 5 o'clock
for Camden.
Saving Pea Vine Hay.
i "A Subscriber," io the Barnwell
People, says : "Now for my plan for
saving pea vine hay. Three years ago,
! I was cutting early iu the morning,
; when an old neighor caine over to spend
j the day with tue, aod very soon after
the clouds looked very threatening. I
said to him that ? was afraid ? would
lose my hay. He told me to go and
stack it. I said, not green ? He said
? it would not hurt if stacked as he
j said. I wed out aod piled it in piles,
j when there came a right hard shower
! of rain I said to him theo that, my
? hay was gone, as there was a very
! heavy cloud coming on behind the
. shower He told me to go and sta.>k it.
j Well, I thought that: it would be worth
I nothing if much rain came on it. as it
j was, so I went and .-tacked it whiie wef
I and green, as ir was cu? in the morning
J and this wa< before noon. This w:?s iu
August, and iti February following I
j hauled it in, a- brig ri* atu: fioe hay as
i evt r ? saw. and I have followed that
' plan successfully ever slue, with just?
ifie pea vines, ar?.3 when they are mixed
with grass, and have ?ever had any
mouldy or dark hay >snctf, at:d it don't
*he?i the leaves io handling
THE PLAN.
Procure vour pole same as for fodder :
but in trimming leave about two feet
apurt limbs two t.; t h roe fret. long.
Have your poles as high as you can
well throw the vines with forks.
Place bru-h or something undjr to hold
1 them off the ground, then pack in
I between the limbs, letting the vines
! extend out over ends of the limbs,
i Keep snx>"th on out edge, so as turn
: water. Fill your pole, covering top of
I pole, and as they settle the limbs will
hold the vines up enough in centre to
admit euough air to cure the vines.
If there are any doubting Thomases,
as I was, all that I ask is a trial.
wer.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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