Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-07-17
crowd was SO carried away with en-.
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thusiasm that,it could not be con-
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Some Of Capt. Tillman's friends
wrote him a note asking himto leave
the stand aud go to the depot, where
8 hearing woa!d be given him, but
he refused to do So. q,
His speech was very aggressive.
He faced the crowd with dogged
determination, sometimes laughing
at their jecrs and at others hurting
anathemas at them. He disclaimed,
however, any charges Of corruption
against State officers.
e. Onco during his speech there was
row started in the crowd fronting
the stand, but by prompt, interior
ence tho police, who stood up to
their duty manfully, nipped it in the
bud.
If mis- speech made an impression
on any save his avowcd friends the
evidences Of such fact were not
perceptible. 1t only served to in
tensify the bitterness of his friends,
and to awake his enemies to renewed
opposition.
On facing the audience General
Earle was greeted with tremendous
applause mingled with which were
many Kisses.
Tillman's friends concentrated to
the left Of the stand and at the be-
ginning of his speech manifested a
determination to howl him down.
General Earle was kept standing
fully half an hour before he was
permitted to say anything whatever.
The yclls and howls were terrific.
Every effort was made to silence the
crowd, but to no effect. AS last
resort the most noisy of tho crowd
were selected out and the police
were ordered to arrest them. Then
camo period OF wild excitement
which threatened bloodshed. The
mon who were raising the disturb
ance were some Of the most despc-
rate characters of Orangcburg, Berkc-
ley and Clarendon Counties, and
encouraged by the sympathy Of their
allies, they We're defiant and resisted
arrest to the last extremity.
For awhile pandcmonium prevail
ed among the throng. Packed to.
gether as close as they could stand,
they swayed back and forth as four
or five policemen would gather one
man and attempt to drag him away
to the station house. Now and then
q murderous knife could be seen
cleaning in the sunlight, with here
and there pistol One man after
another was seized and carried off,
and always followed by an angry, ex-
cited crowd, which made desperate
efforts to rescue him from the
clutches Of the officers. Every mo-
mcnt threatened tho crack of pis-
tol or the slash of knife. The Ia
dies who were present looked on
with wild eyed apprehension and
shrank behind Instructions to shut
out the scene. 1t was not uutil six
or seven arrests were made that
General Earle gained n hearing.
He spoke for about two hours,
taking up the charges made by Till
man in detail and dcnouncing them
in the severcst terms. At the be-
ginning OF his speech he was lifted
bodily from the floor of the stage
and stood upon n table where he
would command full view IF the
crowd. While he spoke his friends
stood around holding immense bo-
qucts in their hands and waving
them as they applaudcd.
The other candidates followed in
routine. General Bonham's speech
was the best of all. Hundreds
rushed to congratulate him when he
concluded. Colonel Gary's speech
also made good impression, as did
also those OF Colonel Farley and
General Pope.
Judge A. G. Haskell was Oh the
stage but did not speak. lie re-
ceiycd great ovation while walk
ing up to the platform and one old
hero Of the '76 period rushed for
ward and kissed him.
General Earle has some opposi-
ton in Sumter County, but its cx-
tent is a matter of doubt. Some of
Tillman's friends say that the opposi-
tion is in the majority and tho latter
will carry the county. Such a con-
tingency, however, was not suggested
by appearances to-day. Earle's
| friends claim the county by q two