The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-14
TILLNAN At RIDGEWAY
THE OPENING SPEECH OF HIS CANVASS
FOR GOVERNOR.

FOR GCVE.KNOR.
A Statement of the Reasons for the Farm
ers' Movement In the Present shape
Where the Legislature Has Done Wrong
How to Correct Existing Evils
The following is the report made
bv the Columbia Register OF the
speech of Capt. B. R. Tillman at the
public meeting held in Ridgeway:
MI. Chairman and Fellow Citizens
Of Fairfield County: Before I begin
to say. what 7 have to say, | nust
specially request the men behind me
to come around in front and be where
they can look me in the eye. Gap
plause.) I will make further re-
quest, and that is that you give 1ne
YOUR undivided attention. Voice:
We'll do it.'') II there is any one
here who loses his interest, If he
wants to talk, he should walk one
side where he won't disturb those
who want to listen.
I am pleased to meet my fellow
citizens of Farfell county. 1t al
way affords me pleasure to meet my
fellow citizens Of any county that they
NAV look me in the eye and Judge
whether I am the man have been
painted.
From what you have seen IL the
newspapers YOU have reason to be-
lieve that you would see man with
horns, hoofs and q tail, who would
belch forth fire and brimstone. But
YOU Will see only simple farmer, who
up to four years ago never had made
speech
THANKFUL FOR FREE ADVERTISING.
want to getuun my thanks to the
newspapers of South Carolina for so
hberany advertising me. I think the
newspapers should furnish me- s.
purse for giving them SO much ma
teriai to put in their papers gratis.
CHILDREN OF ONE FAMILY.
We are here rs the children Of one
family, sons of old South Carolina,
aud | feel that can appeal to all OF
YOU to do nothing to cause heart
bulnings OF cause any to regret this
meeting.
We have q family quarrel in this
State. When it is over we must come
together as one man and see to 1t
tuat the ascendency of the Demo-
cratic party in this State is main
tanned.
At TER NEWSPAPERS AGAIN.
I have no bad feelings against the
newspaper men. Icannot feel other
wise than grateful to them for draw
ing to me- friends, such friends as
always come from just men to any
one unjustly treated It is sweeping
through the State, from county to
county. This intolerance, this abuse
0. an honest white man and q Demo
crat, is having the natural effect OF
<aaking ms friends. And IN some
places they are taking most efec-
tive Way of bringing the newspapers
to taw; by refusing to subscribe to
theln. )
I don't want to be understood as
saving anything against the freedom
of the press. a free press Is the pal
ladium of our liberties Ahcenhous,
a one-sided press-every paper OF that
kind should be made to see that you
can maintain your OWE right to think
for Yourself and keep your money IN
your breeehes pocket at the same time.
But they'll get right They'll get
step in IN time. You need more pa
pers; you need good newspapers. You
read too little. We are too ignorant,
That is one reason of the trouble II
the Democratic party Of this State
to-day. This has driven us to can
yass to meet the people face TO race,
and explain what tho Newspapers
suppress and garbie, and tell them
the truth.
ALL sNoKE AND POWDER
While the newspapers have thun-
dered to the night and to the LETT OF
me. it has been all smoke and powder.
They have shot no bullets.
A gentleman is here (turning to
Colonel Youmans) with q carpet-bag
full of them (refer1ing to the Coo
nels valse on the platform} and l
hope and beg you to give him re-
spectful hearing. (From the crowd:
well listen at him, but they didn't
listen to YOU.
Captain Tillman: q had q good
AL ~ cboar;no tha last time / was
in Bal7,well."
Resuming the direct line OF his re-
marks, the Captain continued: What
is the charge against me! Sl1ted
down it is that I have dared to allow
the Farmers Convention to put me
before the people as q sulta BILE man
for Governor.
Abiding to what he was pleased to
term the suppression of his speech
before the March convention: L am
here as the
EXPONENT OF PRINCIPLE.
and advocate of a policy. I am the
champion of the principle Ibeteve to
be for the best interest of this people,
and that is self-goyernment. The
policy I refer to is fair play among
Democrats, and such reform as will
give US an economical and good gov
eminent. This IS Tllmanism.
IF you have self-government, and
have bad government, you are to
blame, and you can remedy it when
the shoe pinches. Now you don't
have self-governmsnt, and when the
shoe pinches you can't remedy it
Why THE CONVENTION WAS CALLED.
Captain Tillman then went on tx
= explain how and why the Farmers
ACenrention was called. He said he
had something to do vi h having the
convention called, and had beer