The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-12
THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGS.

THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGS.
Politics, Politics Politics in bust
ness, Politics in society Iolllics
everywhere and in everything. This
seems to be decidedly a year politics.
Everybody is politician, some more
and some less. have been Tcr some
time of the opinion that | was not
much of Il politician, and l am now
fully convinced that am no politician.
The campaign Of education" that
we are TO have in this State this year
opened at Greenville on Tuesday.
Reinu anxious to see the ball open L
went to Greenville on Monday. On
board the train going up We're Gen. }.
n. Earle, Gen. Jno. Bratton, candl-
dates for Governor. Comptroiler-Gen-
eral Werner candidate for reelection,
Col. J. O. Marshall, candidate for re-
election as Secretary OF State, Messrs.
Loudette and Gibbes Of the Charleston
World, and Hon. J. NJ. Johnstone
from Newberry. Gen. \. }. Pope, OF
Sewberrv. went up on the early train.
We arrived in Greenville in the after
noon and took quarters at the Mansion
House. The place was full otpolltlclanS.
All the candidates Tor State offices were
there, and among them were Capt.
Shell and Col. Irby, of Laurens. Capt.
Tillman had headquarters there too,
but did not lningle much with the
crowd. He remained in his room ana
received his friends. Numbers called
on him during the evening, and early
next morning he was kept busy recelv-
ing his friends.
Arrangements were made during the
night for Col. Gary, of Abbevllle, TO
announce himself as a candidate Tor
Lieutenant Governor, so as to leave the
field clear Oh the Tillman ticket to Gen.
Pope for Attorney General.
All the candidates were looking well
and seemed in good spirits, just as II
they felt like their friends were going
to elect them. 1t is good to feel so, and
in this way to keep up courage.
Not being politician, l was not able
to get into the councils Of any faction,
or any candidate, and neither did l
care to get into their secrets. | merely
went I'D to observe and look on. had
not been 10 a genuine campaign meet
ing that had any interest or excitement
connected with it since the lively days
of 1876, when as 4 l6 year old boy, l
wore a red shirt, rode and whooped for
HAMPTON. I observed one thing at
Greenville, and that was that Capt.
Tillman and bis friends seemed to get
together and to stay together, and they
did not mingle much with the other
candidates.
On Tuesday morning about II O'Clock
carriages drove up to the Mansion
House and the candidates were driven
TO the city Park, where the speaking
was to take place. Capt. Tillman, Gen:
Pope, Col. Gary, and Col. Farley, Il
believe all the candidates have titles,)
occupied the first carriage. Whether
this was meant as the position of honor
or not, am unable to say. I observed
that this carriage was adorned with
sheaves of wheat and oats and other
emblems of agriculture, supposed to
indicate that it contained the farmers
candidates, yet the reader will observe
that there were one farmer and three
lawyers in this carriage. The other
candidates were divided up among the
other carriages, it seemed without any
special arrangement.
Arriving at the grounds was disap-
pointed at the number of people there.
had expected to see some 5, GOO or 1000
people present. l do not think the
voters present would exceed 600 people
There were some ladies and few citi-
zens from the city present. 1t appeared
to me that most Of the people present
were from the country. County chair
man B. +. Perry presided and intro
duced the speakers.
Capt. Tillman was the first speaker.
I will attempt no report of his speech
as it will appear elsewhere in these
columns. In my Judgment he delivered
one of the best speeches I have yet
heard or read from him. 1t was not
full of abuse as some of his utterances
have been, although he said he thought
there was need in many places for the
application of a mustard plaster and
not for poultice Most Of his speech
was devoted to answering the open
letter of Col. \. p. Butler in regard to
the Agricultural Department. will
attempt no abstract of his speech in
this connection. The crowd that was
there was decidedly, in my opinion, in
favor of Capt. Tillman, and everybody
seemed to be in a good humor. Yet
there were 4 goodly number Of people
present who had come there to hear
and to listen and INDUCED in very little
applause. Capt. Tillman paid a very
high compliment to 4. B. Williams Of
the Greenville News as an able and
fearless, honest and outSpoken editor,
bat he thought he was little off the
track at present, and he advised the
people to read the newspapers, whether
the editors were on their side or not.
He was frequently and loudly ap-
plauded.
had TO leave Greenville at > o'clock
and as Capt. Tillman spoke for two
hours, l heard but little Of the other
speeches. Gen Earle was speaking
when | left. lie is a fine speaker. Yet
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