The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-06-27
TIE CAMPAIGN.
PROGRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE CANVASS.

The meeting mt Abbevillc on the
18th inst. was attended by between
1000 and 1,200 people. Good order
and good humorprcvailcd Speeches
were made by Capt. Tillman, Gen.
Bratton and Col. Earle. No new
points were developed. Captain Till
man stated that whilo opposed to the
Citadel he would not, if elected Gov
crnor, recommend the closing of that
institution. General Pope. Colonel
Gary. Colonel Farley and General
Donham also spoke.
An audience numbering between
1000 and $500 people assembled ta
hear the speakers. Capt. Tillman s
friends were i'll the majority They
were very cnthusiastic-somc otthcm
lifting him from the train to the car
rage, others drawing the car
llaSc III which he rode from the hotel
to the speaking ground. The candi.
dates for Governor wen. over p,cttv
luuch the same ground covered j.,
'hClr remarks at previous meetings.
About the close of the speech
Captain Tillman suid he had some.
thing to say which would doubtless
surprise them. When he spoke here
before he had said certain things in
reference to the situation OF Col.
John }. Dargau. 1t had been said
III tho heat Of debate and he con
sidcrod it his duty to rctract it. He
desired to Withdraw his charges and
apologize to tho people who heard
llm and to Colonel Dargan. He spoke
of MIR. Latimcr,s letter to Colonel
Dargan and said that gentleman had
| withdrawn what lie had said, and as
Colonel Dargan was present he hoped
the people would hear him and let
him explain his position.
Colonel Dargan was not on the
stand and said nothing during the
meeting
Colonel Gary spoke hnli an hour.
lie defended Capt. Tillman and cX-
pressed the fcarthat somebody would
nssassinatc hin. He spoke Of rail,
roads and banks uot paving .hc
proper amount OF taxes, criticised.
The News and Courier and the
Twcnty-Cnc Conference and closed
with an appeal to tho fnrmcrs to
watch close or they would lose their,
rights.
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Il ~ :. .-~o--o conference. He np-
pcalcd to Colonel Tindal to substan-
tiatc what he said in reference to the
cutting down of appropriations by
the Committee of Ways and Means
There was no need to discuss reap
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he said. He defended the Agricul
tural Department and State Govern
mcnt, making worry able speech, and
receiving a. very quiet. respectful
hearing.
General Pope spoke humorously
for twenty minutes. The greater
part of his speech was directed at
The News and Courier and it's editor.
He culogizcd Captain Dawson and
ridiculcd the present editor He
said General Earlc's explanation of
why he would not accept the nomi-
nation for Governor in 1888 was salts
factory.
captain j. Il. Tindal made a speech
announcing himself rs candidate for
Secretary of State.
"Dr. Orr announced that General
Bonham was a candidate for rc-olcc-
ton and Colonel Hugh Farley made
the announcement for himself. DR..
Orr also read a letter from Edmund
Bacon, announcing his candidacy for
Comptroller General.
AN EPISODE.
"ln the course of his speech Col.
Earle referred to the Gossctt episode
at the Anderson meeting. Captain
Tillman told young Gossett, when lie
was manly enough to disagree with
him, you arc dyed III tho wool and
you will die So Then some one had
said, Hos a Radical
Before Colonel Earle had closed
his lips after this statement, Mr.
Josh Ashley, who up to that time
had seemingly taken little interest in
the meeting, arose and said he had
said what he did on that occasion il
q 'joking wy" Colonel Earle re
piled that he should never have said
80 even in Jest.
Here Colonel Earlo opened pa
per which ho held in his hand an(
proceeded to ask the question of Ash
+ ley if he had not said, in the prcsenc,
of several gcntlcmcn, that if Tillmar
. was not elected he would go over t,
tho Radicals and he would carry tw,
; hundred votes at Honca Path will
him.
! Mr.. Ashley arose and with the ut
i most emphasis characterized tn
= statement as q lie Suddenly he wa
= surrounded by mob, and it wa
= said that pistols and knives wer
: ready to resist any efforts TO SUI
press him.
Colonel Earle, ,loftcr waiting, nc
. vAd the crowd to let Mr.. Ashle
> n statement This, at first, h
. sCssmed determined to do and cam
up on tho stand, but he seemed to b
. persuaded by his friends to say notl
ing. and Dr. Orr made n statement t
!, that effect to the crowd.
:, During the clamor Captain Til
y man advanced to the front of I'll
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