The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-11
A POLITICAL DRAMA.
The Inauguration of Governor Tillinan at
Columb;a.-A Spectacle that Means
Great Deal TO the People Of
South Carolina.
Especial to News and Courier.

Governor of South Carolina in the pres
ence of a large assemblage in the shad-
ow of the State Capitol. There is no
need to tell anybody in South Carolina
or perhaps in the United States now
the change in this State Government
was effected. The history Of it all is
too fresh in the recollection of every
man, woman and child in the State.
Whether there is any resentment in
the mind of the Chief Executive re-
memoering that history, can be fairly
inferred from the words of his inaugu-
raj address Whether the address will
heal or tend to heal the wide difference
or political opinion between the new
regime and the old regime will be de-
veloped in much briefer time than is
generally believed; and this carries
with it the problem as to whether the
white people of this State, in divisions
relatively small or great, will again be
united and made politically homogen-
eous. This, perhaps, is the thought
that was uppermost in the minds Of the
thinking white men of the State
who were present to-day and wit
messed the ceremonies which proclaim
ed the triu wph of one party and the
downfall of another, yet both proclaim
ing to be the Democratic party.
AS to the matters of detail incident
to the inauguration, they were necessa-
rily impressive and interesting. The
ceremony was in open air, the drama
being enacted on very spacious stage
in front of the State House. The
weather was superb and although the
crowds in the city were large they
were probably not half asnumerous as
were anticipated.
Among the faces on and around the
platform there were noted but few from
Charleston and Columbia. The very
large proportion of the gathering was
therefore from the other cities and
towns, and from the country districts
of the State. The crowd began to as
sembled at the grounds about - M,
the hour fixed for the opening of the
ceremonies. Previous to that Main
street was very lively with the people
on the pavements and the large num-
Der of carriages, buggies, wagons,
horses, mules. ETC., which went to and
fro, and all weighted down to their
full capacity.
1t was easy to distinguish the con-
tingents from the cities and the coun-
try districts. AS is usual there was a
great mass Of bright coloring in the
dresses from the interior, and much
more Of the exactions of the modern
style in the bellies from the social centers
of the State. Good humor prevailed
everywhere in the crowds, both on the
streets, at the stand and in the beauti-
full gardens of the Capitol, which,
thanks to the good taste and direction
of Ex-Secretary of State Marshall, are
now in excellent order.
HOW THE CROWD LOOKED.
About half-post II there were three
or four thousand people on the street,
around the stand and abroad in the
gardens, taking in their beauty and en-
joying the exhilarating and somewhat
necessary sunshine. 1t was, in truth,
a very picturesque gathering, and look
ed as much like an immense gathering
on picnic grounds as anything else that
could be fancied. All around there
were groups of ladies congregated in
families and friends Of families, here
standing around the trees, beside the
monuments, or stretched off at ease on
the grassy mounds, lunching and may
be talking about the fireside stories Of
the campaign. There was no question
as to what the great majority of the
men were discussing. They had very
early congregated near the stand and
they amused themselves just as they
used to do at the mass meetings at An
derson or Ridgeway or any other of the
first meetings of the canvass. The
crowd was filled with the friends of the
Governor-elect, who hurrahed for Till
man, and quite frequently there was
an outburst for Irby. A case of drunk
enness was the exception. All of those
who expressed themselves were evi-
dently in a most excellent social hu-
NOR, and it soon affected the greater
part of the crowd just in that way.
on THE STAGE
the chairman Of the Senate committee
on arrangements, Gen. Hemphill, and
Col. John Gary Evans, of the House
committee, had their hands full in at
tending to the steady stream that came
in by card. The constabulary vas Ger
tainly needed at the stage entrances,
for there was great impulse at all
times to invade the stage with or with
out card. But the very best order was
preserved, and it was only after the
exercises had begun that the rules were
relaxed and the patient crowd of the
uninvited who could find room man
aged to stand on the platform.
THE BAND STRIKES Up.
Shortly after p. NJ. the band, which
was stationed at the rear of the plat
form, struck up the Pamela march.
While the march was being played the
procession filled in from the State
House to the platform. First came Ser
geant-at-arms Stansell and the SER
geant-at-arms of the Senate bearing
tho iDSipni1 of their Office Envarpor