The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-03
TILLMAN's HOT CAMpAIGN.
The Meeting at Hampton Nearly
Turned Into a Riot.

mlnatlng IN very serious difficulty. At
one time it seemed as if it would be impos-
siole To stop the disturbance, and that the
factions would be precipitated into a general
conflict Appeals aud solicitations for order
fell upon deaf ears. Men in the audience
acted as though they were frenzied by their
madness For fully ten or fifteen minutes
the crowd in front of the stand was in the
widest state of excitement
That Tillman has charged Moore, You
mans, BUST, Smythe, Byrd, Izlar, Bieman
and other senators with perjury every one
knows. The people of Hampton have an
intense admiration for Gen James W,
Moore. The intensity Of it amounts almost
to idolatry. They did not propose to let his
name be associated with that Of perjury.
and this they showed by their prompt and
determined condemnation of the man who
dared to make the charge Tillman did
not willingly wish to call Gen. Moore a per-
Jurer on his own heath. IL was plainly
forced upon him, and when he did SO he
connected the name with the other senator's
whom he has charged with the same crime.
I1llman was in the midst of his talk about
al arlstocracy. he was being piled with
frequent queries, which, TO say the least,
gave him considerable annoyance. He was
not in the best of moods, and by personal
and often abusive answers showed that he
had a somewhat high temper. He called
his interlocutors bull yearlings," sug-
gested to them they had no sense" asked
that they ''shet up if they had no decency,"
told some one he was "a lackaSs, ana
used a number of other remarks which
showed a feeling altogether different from
what he has displayed Mt other meetings,
ana 1t had no good effect on his auditors.
Tillman seemed to take umbrage at some
of the first questions asked him, which, he
said, were dlrec ly personal.
TILLMAN CoRNERED.
He was asked by some one toward the
outer edge of the crowd: "You have talked
about perjured men, how many of them
have we here"
Tillman-You know them as we'll as do.
Why do you ask!
Voice-Who are theyl l want you to
name them.
Chorus of four or five-Who is the man?
Name him.
Tillman-pn name all nine of them.
Reaching to his vest pocket and drawing
out a piece of paper, he said; Here is
| where | keep my bullets
Tillman started to read the list, and called
out distinctly from his notes: "Bieman Of
| Oconee, BUST of Charleston"-
Noice-We want the name of the Hamp-
| ton man, not the others.
Tillman-When [ get to him you won't
| know the difference tomorrow.
Continuing the list, he read the name of
Byrd Of Williamsburg
TILLMAN GETS INSULT FOR INSULT.
| As soon as he mentioned the name OF
Moore man was seen coming TO the front,
| pushing his way through the crowd from
an entirely different direction to the person
| who had asked the question. He came with
| his hat waving in one hand and his right
hand clinched. Advancing boldly and with
| a defiant look came Mr.. A. 2. Youmans.
| Looking Capt. Tillman in the face he hurled
at him this epithet as well as could be heard
in the confusion:
Capt. Tillman, you are a liar a black
liar. You can't prove the charge Of per
jury. We rammed the lie down your dirty
throat at Ridgeway. You lied then and you
| knew it.n
Then there was a rush for Mr.. Youmani
| and the stand.
Mr. Harrison cried out: "Tilman. YOU
are liar if you call Gen. Moore a per
| jurer."
Men caught hold of each others coats
trying to pull them away from the front OF
| the stand. There were hurrahs for Moore
and pandemonium prevailed. 1t was like
a storm ready to break forth in all it!
fury.
| THREE TILLMAN GIANTS.
| In the very front of the crowd were three
men who were especially demonstrative.
| They were the Hamilton brothers, all OF
/ them rabid Tillmanites. They waved their
hats and frantically swore that no one
| should touch Iillman. One of them weighed
about 200 pounds and his cries were uttered
with terrible violence. Another of the
! brothers was so enraged that he was pale
with anger. But there were others who
were equally as angry.
| Chairman Insolvency. rushed to the front
of the stage and yelled out: Gentlemen,
beg you, for the honor of Hampton county,
| to keep quiet" The request fell upon deaf
ears. Then he appealed again.
THE LADIES ALL-PowERFUL.
81 beg you to keep quiet For Gods
| sake don't let us have a row. Hush a
minute (No response.) For the sake of
the ladies who are here, for the women
whom we all honor, keep quiet"
The crowd listened to this appeal, and it
had its effect Friends Of Mr.. Harrison
had caught both of his hands and led him
out of the crowd. Mr. Youmans was
pushed back into the crowd. He had said
what he wished. The Hamiltons and others
were around the stand, and the Tilmonicon
! yellow-striped legislative candidate was
standing beside Tiilman.
TILLMAN SEES NO oFFENsE IN THE EPITHET
''PERJURER."
Capt. Tillman had made no reply to Mr.
| Youmans except II can provelt" As soon
as he could obtain anything like quiet he
went over the same ground on which he has
| based his charges Of perjury. In addition
| be said: "But why should these men take
this thing up? Gen. Moore is my friend. |
met him this morning and shook his hand
as friend. He said nothing to mo about
this matter, and if he did not resent 1t do
not see why these mon should have done SO
l look upon Gen. Moore as a personal
friend What right has a man to say |
took the lie at Ridgeway when he kno VS.
he lies. Gen. Moore is a true man, and
believe he sees his errors now"
Thus ended what at one time threatened
serious trouble. The Symptom" however,
had no sweeter temper after this incident
WHY MOORE SHOOK HANDS WITH TILLMAN.
Many persons thought that in view of the
charges made by Tillman Gen. More
should not have shaken hands with Till
man this morning, and it was even thought
| that, had the crowd known of this incident
| they would not have gene as far as they
| did in the defense of tho senator.
Con- Moore was seen and said that he had
| consulted with his friends about the recep-
ton of Tillman. They advised him that in
| view of his position on the executive COM
1nittee he could act civilly to Tillman. 1t
may in reality be called an official hand
| shaking.
1t was said that Mr.. Youmans. who is a
brother of ex-State Senator Youmans Of
Hafa Of &c har