The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-07-25
MARIoN's MEETING.
IT IS MARRIED ~ A VERY EXCITING
3 t,t, EPISODE. ~

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camp rsat,ng toda5. u -
Thers were about two thoysand
people II attendance, among whom
were a Rrge number of negroes.
With tie exception of one incident
it was onS of the quietest iand best
ordered meetings. yet held. } This in
cident o9mred during Capt. Till
mans speech and came near precipi-
tating bldbdshed. For several min
utes the situation was thrilling in the
extreme t..tE L .8s...
1t has been the custom of Capt.
Tillman in oil of his speeches to re-
fleet severely on The Charleston News
and Courier. In the course of his
remarks today he paid his usual COM
| pliments to that journal, referring to
it as that Infamous lying sheet which
continually misrepresented him by
lying head lines and otherwise. Fol
lowing a statement of this kind today
he told his audience to watch this
meeting and the report of it in The
News and Courier and observe the
difference.
The meeting was being reported
for The News and Courier by Mr..
Shirley HuShson, one of the staff
members OF that paper. He was
seated at th b same table with The
Chronicle correspondent, and as soon
as Capt. Tillman made the remark,
Mr.. Hughson sprang to his feet and
said: "Capt. Tillman, if you mean
to say, sir, that have ever misrepre-
sented you, you are an internal liar
and the truth is not in YOU"
The two men were within five feet
of each other, and the eyes of both
sparked with anger and resentment.
Capt. Tillman turned around and
faced the newspaper man, making
some remark which was drowned by
the noise.
They stood glaring at each other
for q moment or more and in the
meantime the audience began to sway
with excitement A chorus of voices
said: "Put him off tie stand. nut
him off the stand" and there was q
Wild rush made for the platform.
Gen. Earle, Gen. Bonham and other
friends on the platform advanced and
placed themselves at the side of MIR.
Hughson, while score or more of
anti-Tillman men crowded on the
stage with open knives and other
weapons of defense.
Again and again the cry rang out:
"Put him off, put him of, put him
| OFT" In obedience to the command
three or four policemen with drawn
clubs cinched on the banisters of the
platform and started towards Mr..
Hughson, who stood with one hand
on his hip pocket and detied them to
put their hands Oh him. MIR. Hugh
! sor IN the meantime was completely
surrounded by his friends and the
policemen were forced back to the
ground, The platform literally trem-
t-AA-sa A------se ~kho<--:slA
and every Smoment threatened /,
hand-to-haad struggle between
twenty or thirty men.
Capt. .Tillman appealed to his
friends to keep quiet, but the only
thing that prevented row of the
most serious nature was that the
candidates and others blocked the
entrance to the stand and thereby
prevented the friends If Capt. Till
man from mounting it.
When the excitement was at it's
height several Of the candidates ap-
preached Mr.. Hughson and com
mended his action, while he received
an ovation at the hands of the anti
Iillman men generally. Large mum
bers called on him at the hotel dur
ing the afternoon to offer their con-
grat,llations. Many of Capt. Till
mans friehdsS however, regarded the
declaration ofiMr. Hughson unneces-
sary. They Gaim that Capt Till
nan,s remark had na1,sre.:i"--.-rn
cation to Mr.. Hughson, and was not
intended toretect on him.
Capt. Tillman concluded his speech
as soon as the excitement subsidized
but before doing so he called on his
supporters to hold up their right
hands. What appeared to be three
fomrths Of the crowd raised theil
hands.
| Capt. Tillman, as on yesterday
commented severely on the proceed
lings of the anti-Tilman conferenc,
of Columbia. He referred to Col
Joseph Barnwell's speech and othel
demonstrations as embodying threats
of assassination as means to pre-
vent him from being Governor. Thil
brought about an exciting colloquy
between him and Gen. Earle, which
led up to the episode with Mr.
Hughson.
! TIE speeches of Gems. Brattop ant
Earle were strong and aggressive
and wero listened to without inter
ruption.
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