The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-30
TSpecial to the Register.

CHARLESTON, August 2S.-Ihe Great
Reformer reached CharleJton last
night. He was met at the depot by a
committee headed by Mr.. W. P. Rus
sell, the great Ring-Smasher of Char
& lesion, and escorted to the Charleston
Hotel. The committee We're II forr
carriages, and the Great Reforner was
driven ra pidly to the hotel, where q
small but select circle the lesser ring
smashers received him and welcomed
him to this ri g-ridden city. There We're
70 bass drums in the procession nor a.
the reception. :,
After changing their plans a half
dozen times, t.e committee hna''y
pitched upon the Cit, Hall as the place
/. for the meeting tonight. The We Io
asshis morning contains a doubIc-colr mn
ad. in huge bloci- type annoui cling the
meeting aud assuring the citizens that
the police aut! orities will prt Sc We The
most perfet : crde-,."
The funny part Of Mr.. Russeis aQ
vertisemeut was that he called his
meeting Democratic meeting, when
as a matter Of fact, the Democra ic
Executive Committee and its Chair
man absolutely declined to have any
thing to do with it. 1t may be proper
to explain Just here that Captain Till
man was invited to the recent Demo-
cratic mass meeting by Chairman Ery-
an, under the mistaken idea that he
was a candidate for Gubernatoriai
honors. There is somethiDgre y funny,
too, in Mr.. Russell icing at the head
of the Democratic pa.iy, in the face OF
~ 60 la hol hnnn ~ 81
every movement ever attempted III
this city to disorgan'ze the Democ tic:
party-eNcept, perhaps, in the Radical
party. In other o'ds, bis lie las been
spent in smashing the rings since 1876.
Mr.. Russell is a great speaker. He
invariably pulls off his coat when he
starts to make a speech, ard he can
discount his new ally, Refo ner Till
man, in denunciation and invective.
GREEK MEETS GREEK.
The Tillman meeting tonight was q
big and exciting affair. Tie crowd
numbered about 2,500 or 3,0G9 persons,
white and black, and was evidently
about half and alf divided between
Tillman and Dawson sy. u yhizers.
Tillman's speech DIDN'T to lch upon
State politics to any cons de :; .IeeNtent.
1t was confined prjncipa = 10 a vigo-
rous attack upon Editor Dawson and
the News and Courier, and denducia-
tions ofring rulein South Carolina and
Charleston. The crowd was at first
good-humored, and laughed frequently
at his points during the progress Of his
speech. Captain Dawson appeared upon
> the platform and demanded to be heard.
This was agreed to, and Tiilmau,
amid much confusion, finished his
speech.
While Tillman was speaking, Captain
Dawson appeared on the platform and
then the fun began. The meeting was
packed with Ti!manites, and things
looked squally. There was no bass
drum earthquake, but while Dawson
was speaking the mali wagon tried to
get through The crowd. Somebody
Shouted, ''Shoot the mule!' and one or
two men starred to run. The negroes
on the outskirts Of tie crowd bolted,
and for time; a stampede was threat
ened. 1t passed over, however, without
serious result, Dawson pitched into
TiIfnan without gloves. t'iljmal re-
piled in a few words, aud the meeting
then adjourned.
ONE OF THE LARGEST MEETINGS EVER
HELD IN THE CITY.
ICharleston World, 29th.l
Ben T.llman came,