The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-06
THE CAMPAIGN MEETING.
& Largo Majority of the Crowd in Favor
of TillmaD,

OrdngeburgS campaign udy h"s
come and gone and of course all went
off quietly. All the speakers came
Monday night and were qaarterea at
the Orangeburg Hotel.
Tuesday morning early large crowds
began to pour in from the country and
by ten o'clock the town was all astir
with farmers anxious to see Farmer
Ben.
A number collected in front OF the
hotel where they could get an OCCASION
al glimpse ut the candidates. Gen.
Earle's numerous friends had surround
ed him by this time. a good many
wore red shirts with various devices on
them.
Gen. Bratton's portly and handsome
figure was seen in an interesting group
that was earnestly discussing politics.
About half-past ten the crowd start
ed towards the stand. Numbers of en-
thusiastic Democrats were huzzahing
for their candidates and indeed it SEEM
ed that this was to be a model cam
paign meeting as it turned out after
wards.
All the candidates were seated IN
carriages with the reception commit
tee. Immediately behind Capt. Till
mans carriage came q large number OF
mounted followers adorned with var
ious agricultural products. They loud
ly cheered their candidate on the route.
After Gen. Earle's carriage were a
number of horsemen, whose leader bore
the striking device, Earle and Brat
ton" upon one side, upon the reverse
was "Pure Democracy, Straighout." ;"
Crowds followed the carriages and by
the time all had reached the grounds
the crowd numbered at least 3OOO.
The Orangeburg Brass Band discours-
| ed delightful music on the way and
when the stand was reached Capt. Till
mans men actually took him upon
their shoulders and carried him up on
it. Gen. Earle came a few minutes
afterward in a quiet manner. Num-
bers crowded around the great Re-
former, shook hands and spoke cheer
ing words to him; one old man was so
enthusiastic that he hugged Farmer
Ben" and stuck pretty boquet in his
bosom. The Captain took this out and
quaffed its perfumes while his FOL
lowers crowded around.
Hon. I. NJ. Raysor came upon the
stand with perfect mountain of flow
ers for Gen. Earle. The General receiv-
ed these with smile.
After long time quiet was had and
DR.. \. S. Hydrick, County Chairman
for Orangeburg County, came forward
and in few words asked the audience
to act as Orangeburg men and and he
would have no fear that each speaker
in his turn would have a respectful
hearing. He named the orderin which
the speakers would come, ald then call
ed upon Rev. Mr.. kistler to offer a
prayer.
, Then Gen. Bratton, the old "war
horse" was presented. Loud cheers
greeted him. He spoke only short
time, dwelling upon the necessity OF
white supremacy and hoped that none
would lose sight Of this important mat
ter. He deprecated an abuse of the
present and past government that has
been purely Democratic"
Chairman Hydrick then introduced
! Capt. B. r. Tillman, of Edgefeld, whom
;, ne supposed all had heard of.
Tc say that Capt. Tillman was loud
2 ly cheered would be like declaring there
!. was smoke in the battle and nothing
I else. For ten minutes you could no
: hear his voice. After while he start
ed on one of his characteristic cam
, paign speeches, as one of the candidate
' upon his ticket remarked. He reltera
ted his charges of ring rule and ma
a nipulation of offices. lie was frequent
q " interrupted by his followers, VIII
! loudly cheered him whenever he mad
/ them boil over with enthusiasm.
= He referred to the Dargan apolog
in general manner and said he ha
q made those charges against Col. Dar
\ gan in the heat of debate. He frequent
. " referred to his Friend Earle whom
4 he said was a thoroughbred. He sal
: he had started this fight four years age
and had won the victory almost by him
y self. He favored the primary for ri
o "Friend Earle" as he would beat hlr
anyhow.
;, After speaking for nearly two hour
I I Tillman concluded by warning his me
g not to be deceived in doing their duty
! AS at the beginning he was loudly al
;, plauded.
. Gen. Earle was then presented; h
y was met by loud cries of "Tillman
= After, a moment however, he was aDl
y to commence. Hespoke upon his linz
q denying that the State government ha
, been corrupt. His manner was Strli
y ing and his argument forcible. HI
e friends declare it was one OF his bes
= efforts. At the conclusion he was ask
ed a number of questions, which h
answered in a very clear manner.
He was frequently and loudly al
5 plauded.
5 Col. Young John Pope, or "Joll
d Young John" as he is called, then az
S dressed the audience in his humorou
o manner.
4 Quiet prevailed and for the size of tn
n crown Oranseburg is to be congratul;
V ted for its good conduct.
|; At one time 4 young man tried
4 interrupt Gen. Earle (he also botl
n cred Capt. Tillman some) but he We
Il soon quieted down.
q Earle asked some one to kill tn;
) "Grass-hopper," referring to him.
!. One of Capt. Tillman's friends ser
him a palmetto fan, with a beautif'
= cotton leaf and two enormous Dol
; fastened upon with pink ribbon. II
r Captain evidently liked comfort mo-
s than looks; so he cut off the bollS.
J. When Capt. Tillman put the CUBE
n natorial contest to vote, he was a.
/. parently elected by quite a large m
e jority. =
i Gen. Earle asked if any man in 0
angeburg believed Judge Izlar ha
d perjured himself: only one hand weI
c up.
y. The general said he thanked God II
J. that.
a 1t is generally supposed that tt
~ slime man" came from another count