The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-18

idnG OF Heaven upon themeetlng when
deafenins and prolonged and pro.
miscuous cheer Of "Hurrah for Till
man! hnrah for Shell! hrurah fo1
Irby!" came from the crowd, and
Captain Shell again arose and asked
the people in the name Of the love
they had for him to keep quiet and
Listen.
Chairman Shell then introduced
General John Bratton as en old Ro-
man and an old soldier and dis
tinguished citizen. General Brat
ton roso and was greeted with {,
ragged cheer OF "Hmrah for TIL
man!
When quiet was partially restored,
General Bratton commenced his re-
marks He said he had received
many personal kindnesses from the
people Of Larrcns, but he saw that
he.had poor comfort politically. He
woul; speak to them with feelings
of kindness and feelings of common
interests but that he was'avaro that
the minds of many Of his hearers were
already made up.
Here General Bratton was again
greeted with cheers Of "Hrurah for
Tillman" and. Captain Shell had
again to admonish the audience in
Gods name to give the speaker their
attention.
When General Bratton had dreached
that part of his speech when he
warned the people OF danger, voice
in the audience called out, "It's on
your side Of the fence, General" Gen
eral Bratton replied mo, [ don't say
it from personal motives.
Then there was hustle and de-
monstration for Captain Tillman for
full two minutes, when that gentle
man advanced to the front and asked
the audience if they wanted it said
that General Bratton was not heard
at the meeting. II such was said it
would do more to defeat hina else
where than any report which could
so from vhe meeting.
General Bratton then pursued his
remarks il comparative quiet, and
warned the people against any politi-
cal "combineries' and said he was
sure the reason for any, dissatisfaction
was based on the maladministi'ation
81 the Federal government and
not from neglect Or inctficicncy On
The part of the State officers. When
he vas utte1ing his closing words
the old soldier was greeted with the
cheer, ':Hrurah 10. Tillmn, and a
voice in the crowd called out, Down
with General Bratton. while an
other added, "We'vo had enough of
you.
General Bratton spoke with great
difficulty for the reason that the wind
was blowing strongly and his voice
generally weak was not strongenough
to be heard over the rustling of the
leaves and the steady nlumur Of
voices IN the crowd.
Captain Shell then presented Cap
tain TIlnan, the great cor1noner,
the able agitator, the old guard Dem
ocrat from ..Edgefeld
When Captain Tillman advanced
the steady cheering which had kept
up oil the morning was multiplied
into an ovation. The audience al
most as one man rose to their feet
and yelled till it seemed their voices
would give way under the smain.
When they had surfeited themselves
with this kind Of demonstration Cap
tain Tillman commenced speaking.
He said he was glad to return to
Leurens. -Four years ago it was his
pleasure to address the people OF
Layuens frou the sames spot. It WAS
not necessary for him to say he was
glad to be there again # he did not
love those people he would be the
veriest migrate. They had stood by
him from the incipicncy Of the fight.
Voice: and they will die by you.
If hc was elected Governor great
credit would be to them and their
leader, Captain Shell. He was afraid
to poke any moro ''Tillmania" into
them; they might bust The
movement was born in Edgefeld
and he was the daddy" of it. The
people of Laurcns took tie baby
when . weakling and nuscd it till
now he thought it was weaned. He
would tell them what made them
holler. In the first instance he was
a candidate and stood before the
people to announce tho principles on
whichhe stood.
Here Captain Tillman was inter-
rupted by another ovation on the
par. Of the crowd and he had to
warn them that he couldn't speak if
they kept up the following. Shut
up. Put the cork in," he said, and
then he was able to proceed.
Five years ago he stood and fought
along line where few dared to fol-
low and much of the time he fought
alone. The masses had now been
aroused and come to his assistance.
Captain Tillman then proceeded,
and made speech Of about thirty
five minutes, during which time he
was frequently interrupted by the
continued obullition Of enthusiasm
among the audience. At one time
about fifteen rows OF seats just IL
front of the stand iell and there wss
& general stir. The speaker remark
ed that he had poked enough Till
manism into the occupants OF the
seats to break them down.
The speech touched upon the same
general points as the Greenvlle and
Spartanburg speeches. and the
speaker closed amidst deaferIog ap-
plausc.
When Captain Tillman finished his
speech storm cloud which seemed
to threaten csme nearer and heavy
rain seemed imminent. Captain Shell
announced that the other speakers