The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-23
NARION'S MEE1ING.
IT IS MARRIED sY A VERY EXCITING
EPISODE.
An Angry Colloquy Between Captain Till
man and Mr.. HuGhsDn OF the News and
NuIiAr.
(Augusta Chronicle J

(Augukta Chronicle
MARION, S. c., July 17.-Al of
Marion county turned out at the
campaign meeting today.
There were about two thousand
people in attendance, among whom
were large number of negroes.
With the exception Of one incident
it was one of the quietest and best
ordered meetings yet held. This in
cident occurred during Capt. TIL
mans speech and came near precipi-
tating bloodshed. For several min
utes the situation was thrilling in the
extreme
It has been the custom of Capt.
Tillman in all Of his speeches to re-
hectseverely on The Charleston News
and Courier. In the course OF his
remarks today he paid his usual com
pliments to that journal, referring to
It as that Infamous lying sheet which
continually misrepresented him by
lying head lines and otherwise. Fol
lowing a statement of this kind today
he told his 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 Hughson, one OF the staff
members OF that paper He was
seated at the same table with The
Chronicle correspondent, and as soon
as Capt. Tillman made the remark,
MI. Hughson sprang to his feet and
said: Capt. Tllman, if you mean
to say, sir, that I have ever misrepre-
sented you, you are an internal liar
and the truth is not in 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 at each other
for moment or more and IN the
meantime the audience began to sway
with excitement. A chorus of voices
said: s:Put him off the stand, put
him off the stand" and there was a
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 a score OF more OF
anti-Tillman 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
of" In obedience to the command
three or four policemen with drawn
clubs clinched on the banisters of the
platform and started towards Mr..
Huehson, who stood with one hand
on his hip pocket and defed them to
put their hands on him. Mr.. Hugh
son in the meantime was completely
surrounded by his friends and the
policemen were forced back to the
ground. The platform literally trem
bled under the weight and strain,
and every moment threatened q
hand-to-hand struggle between
twenty or thirty men.
Capt. Tillman appealed to his
friends to keep quiet, but the only
thing that prevented row of the
most serious nature was that the
candidates and others blocked the
entrance to the stand and thereby
prevented the friends If Capt. I'LL
man from mounting it.
When the excitement was at its
height several of the candidates ap-
preached Nh. Hughson and com
mended his action, while he received
an ovation at the hands Of the anti
Tillman men generally. Large num-
bers called on him at the hotel dur
ing the afternoon to offer their con-
sratulations. Many of Capt. Till
mans friends, however, regarded the
declaration Of Mr.. Hughson unneces-
sary. They claim that Capt I'LL
man S remark had no specific appn-
cation to MI. Hughson, and was not
intended torefect on him.
Capt. Tillman concluded his speech
as soon as the excitement subsidized,
but before doing so he called on his
supporters to hold up their right
hands. What appeared to be three
fourths of the crowd raised their
hands.
Capt. Tillman, as on yesterday,
commented severely on the proceed
ings of the anti-TIlman conference
of Columbia. He referred to Col.
Joseph Barnwell's speech and other
demonstrations as embodying threats
of ASSASSINATION as a means to pre-
vent him from being Governor. This
brought about an exciting coloquy
between him and Gen. Earle, which
led up to the episode with Mr..
Hughson.
The speeches Of Gems. Bratton and
Earle were strong and aggressive,
and were listened to without inter
ruptlon.