Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-18
JAYNEsM M .# wALHALLA. oUT CAROLINA PrEMBER 49, $500 VOL

BennettsYllie, he never before having
appeared before am audience, and
this was the beginning OF tho career
which, led his nomination for Cow
ernor to-day. 1t isSs true, however,
that although tho Bonnettsyille
speech was his first ap general politi-
cal principles, ho htd held the. posi-
ton OF chairman ff% Gdigefieid County
in the most troubled period of It's
history, and had doubtless addressed
the conventions when occasion re-
quired.
After his wcll-kndwn letter Of re-
tirement from politics, which was
brought about by his temporary fail
ure at BcnnettsYilles he kept up by
means of letters inS the Neps and
Courier the agitation for an Agrioul-
tural College and Other reforms in
favor of the farnners. The part
which he took III the Farmers Con-
vention of 1887 is 0f too recent a
date to need comment in detail in
this brief sketch, nor is it necessary
to repeat the history of the famous
March Convention of 1890, when
Capt. Tillman was put forward as
the rcprcsen tative of the farming in
~tcrcsts of the State
No subject has ever been more
fully discussed in public than Capt.
Tillman and his speeches and writ
ings within the past four years, and
the discussion has given him a wide
reputation all over the United States.
Capt. Tillman is about five feet
ten inches in height, and dresses
usually in the plain but substantial
garb Of the well-to-do Carolina far
MGR. His family consists of a wife
and five children-three daughters
and two sons. lie is considered q
very successful farmer, his prosperity
being due to an undivided attention
to business, which has only been bro
ken by the necessities of his recent
canvass Of the State.
All the lines of his face indicate
determination and independence of
spirit and action, and this impression
is heightened by the firm set of his
lips and a very direct and continuous
SdTc WHICH III COtlSCfStIlOU,
TO the casual observer Capt. Till
man appears to be very %ascetic in
habit and decidedly of an unsociablc
nature. :
On the contrary he is Mt all times
accessible, and while he is capable of
the most bitter and uncivil sarcasm
and denunoiation, that is not one of
his methods of argument which is
most generally exercised. All of his
arguments on the campaign were
very remarkable for being upon facts,
actual or alleged. His favoritc
method in the campaign was the
bold assertion of statements from
which he drew conclusions which
became the real points at issue in the
struggle. 1t was the exception when
hc was ever charged with misquot-
ing a public record. His construc.
tons and deductions were always the
sole uses Of attack both on the
stump and in the newspapers. II
has been conceded that. Capt. Till.
man made n fearless, if at times
reckless fight, and was congratulated
on tho close of the campaign by his
opponents for his endurance and
pluck. ...
The mor notable of his faculties
in debate are mis- %altncss in repurtce
or rejoinder, and his power of self.
control. During the heat of debate
in the campaign there were, never.
theless, several lamentablc failures OF
his efforts at sclf-control, a special
instance being the Dargan Incl
dent during his Anderson speech
The amende honorable, which was
subsequently made to Dargan, was
the subject of compliment in nearly
all of the papers in the State.
In the house of his friends Capt
Tillman is q type of the sociable
Carolina farmer. Although not
communicative, he is always courte-
ons to visitors and strangers, and he
seldom talks politics unless the sub.
jcct is preached. III this way he has
succeeded in retaining the friendship
of many who arc opposed to him in
policy and principle.
lHS hiCttoNiCS "flCll III VIII at
wise, aside from those to which he
has committed himself on the stump,
in all probability will not be known
until the meeting of the Legislature,
The compromise of the two com
mittccs has been the cause Of great
and unexpected reaction in favor Of
the nominee for Governor. The
union of the conflicting wings has
produced a very patent %softcning of
the aspcritcs between Capt. Tillma,'
and his hitherto bittcrcst enemies,
of whom there are nevertheless some
who ave that present or future
reconciliation is absolutely impossi-
bic.
Capt. Tillman is credited with be-
ing sincerely pleased with the re.
union of the Democratic party, and
it is stated that he will assist in every
way possible towards a perfect recon-
Citation. This, in fact, appears to
be the policy of the Tillman wing,
as was evidenced by the action Of
Col. Irby in throwing no obstacles in
the way of the compromise between
the factions. The policy of the
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