The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-07-25
MARION'S MEE1ING.

MARlON : MEE1lNG.
1T is MARRIED 81 A VERY EXCITING
EPISODE.
An Angry CoiIoquy Betwctp Captain Till =
man and Mr. Hughson of thc News ard
Courier ,s,, - ,-ses ieie-:
Au' -adtwenty -fiW
Marion esy 4.sEroS: ss 49,, stl the
campaign rdeStlns fodaJ
There were about two thoysand
people in attendance, among fwhom
were large number of negroes.
With the exception of one incident
it was one of the quictest and best
ordered meet lgs yet held. This in
cident oG,. rcd during Capt. Til
mans spach and came near procipi-
tating blDdshed. For several min
utes the situation was thrilling i'll the
| extreme.
1t has been the custom of Capt.
| Tillman in all of his speeches to re-
fleet severely on The Charleston News
and Courier In tho course of his
remarks today he paid his usual com
plmcnts to that journal, referring to
it rs that Infamous lying sheet which
continually mlSrcpresented him by
lying head lines and otherwise. Fol
lowing Il statement of this kind today
he told hs audience to watch this
meeting and the report of it in The
News and Courier and observe the
difference
The meeting was being reported
for The News and Courier by Mr..
Shirley Hushson, one of the staff
members OF that paper He was
seated at the same table with The
Chronicle correspondent, and as soon
rs Capt. Tillman made the remark,
Mr. HuShson sprang to his feet and
said: Capt. Tillman, if you mean
to say, sir, that have ever misrepre-
sented you, you are an Internal liar
and the truth is not III you
The two men were within five feet
Of each other and the eyes of both
sparkled with anger and resentment
Capt. Tillman turned around and
faced the newspaper man, making
some remark which was drowned by
the noise.
They stood glaring ut each other
for a moment or more and in the
meantime the audience began to sway
with excitement. A chorus of voices
said: "Put him off tue stand, put
him off the stand" and there was q
wild rush made for the platform
Gen. Earle. Gen. Bonham and other
friends on the platform advanced and
placed themselves at the side of Mr.
Hughson. while score or more of
anti i-Tlllman men crowded on the
stage with open knives and other
weapons of defense.
Again and again the cry rang out:
Put him off, put him off, put him
off. In obedience to the command
three or four policemen with drawn
clubs clinched on the banistcrs of the
platform and started towards Mr.
Hu"hson, who stood with one hand
OH his hip pocket and dctied them to
put Their hands Oh him. Mr.. Hugh
son III the meantime was completely
surrounded by his friends and the
policemen were forced back to the
ground. The platform literally trem
and ever" ,niomcnt ihi6t threatened a
hand to-hmd struggle between
twenty or thirty men.
Capt. ,Tillman appealed to his
friends to keep quiet, but the only
thing that prevented Il row of the
most serious nature was that the
candidates and others blocked the
entrance to the stand and thereby
prevented the friends of Capt. Till
man from mounting it.
When the excitement was ut it's
height several IF the candidates ap-
preached Mr.. Hughson and com
mcndcd his acton, while he received
an ovation ut the hands of the anti
Tillman men generally. Large num-
bers called On him ut the hotel dur
ing the afternoon to offer their con-
gratulations. Many of Capt. Till
man $ friends, however, regarded the
declaration OF MIR. HughsQn unneces-
sary They claim that Capt Till
"nu,,G rcmark had :n ar"";s~ ~rrE
cation to Mr.. HughSon, and was not
intended to reflect on him.
Capt. Tillmm concluded his speech
rs soon as the excitement subsidized,
but before dong SO he called on his
supporters to hold up their right
hands. What appeared to be three
fomths of the crowd raised THEN
hands.
Capt. Tillman, rs on yesterday
commented severely on the proceed
ings of tie anti-Tillman conference
Of Columbia. He referred to Col
Joseph Barnwell's speech and Other
demonstrations us cmbodying threats
| of assassination as means to pre-.
vent him from being Governor. This
brought about al exciting colloquy
between HIM and Gen. Earle, which
led up to the episode with Mr.
Hughson.
The speeches of Gems. Bratton ano
Earle were strong and aggressive
and wer" listened to without inter
| ruptlOn.
LACY JUMPS ON EARLY.