The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-04-28
THE FIRST MEETING.
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making some people very sick right
about now, and / think you might take
those two papers. l Ouly have one
orgaa and that is between my teeth, and
If they can prove that | have ever
ialsliicd pledge l am perfectly willing |
to admit it and 90 home.
Governor Tillman then went INTO the |
railroad and bank litigation and rccitcd |
the causes that led to ii and its present
status. Speaking on The free pass mat |
ter he said: They say | made Il mis-
take. Well, our humble saviour, the
]owly NaraZenc, when something of this
sort was said repeated, "Lct him who s
without sin among you cast the first
stone" III james l.. Orr had never rid
den on lrcc pass or if he was not prcsi-
dent OF the factory that is working Door
men and women thirteen hours day
with only torty-livc minutes for dinner
i Colonel Orr, interruptlng: "That is
not true"
Tillman: Wen | am glad but let nc
say that We have no antaTOnism to capi-
tai nor do We want to Cypress 1t. 1t is
not our purpose to have one law for Il
corporation and another for tho people.
We want equal rights for all and special
privileges for none.
GOV. Tlllman here introduced table
prepared from the official ds of the
Railroad Commissioners Office. from
which he showed by the earnings of the
railroads that the taxation put upon
them was neither unjust now oppressive.
lie charged the railroads with goin. into
The Federal courts with the object of en-
harrassinI the finances Of his administru-
ton. .. what howl they raised when
1t was SAID that County Treas urcrs had
been instructed TO refuse the tender II
payment. 1t was taken up and repeated
ami Colonel Orr stated it.
Col. Orr---'I did not make that state
mcnt."
I1llman-"Truth can never ovcrtakc
Il He."
Col. Orr-"Wcl, it has ovcrlakcn one
nOw.'
After some iurthcr pallcy Governor
!lllman took up Orr's speeches 1T
Laurcns and elsewhere a.d read his
statements conccrnin" him. the Cover
nor, on his refusal to extend the time
Tor the payment OF taxes, Ct. Rrirr.
rtn% to Orr's statement that the people
were i'll as Tad Il condition nov as they
were III ',G, he sad: "Grcat God, has
II In" (" this, chat The maeccs OF hon.
c"l ycom'nary shall have their present
m!slOrtuncS compared to those III Rad.
cal days under Chambcrlainn
Concluding This branch OF the Discus
SIGN he sad: ~ du say that when this
man said that | am unfit 10 unlalch the
shoes OF Judge Wallace he went beyond
the limit Ot human endurance. He used
The language Of John The baptist abeut
the Saviour. Now have it from rcspcc-
table authority that Colonel Orr voted
lor Radical Willard against MCGOWAN,
nave 1t also that an old nero named
Joseph .Iohu2on was appointed Jury
Commissioners when Hampton was Gov
ernor at the instance, | sup pose, OF Sen
al"r Cochran, and James l.. Orr hclped
TO Tut that infamous RaGi al sroundrcl
INTO Office over a gallant Confederate
soldier named Williams.
lettering to Il charge that his admin
lHtratlOn had injured the credit Of the
Nlalc, he SAID: | have been informed
mat 'lcdmcnt stock has gone from | 10
20 ITO since james J.. orr bee anne UrCa-
IdCnt. Now, il, in one short wear. he
wrecked that property and carried stock
from llO 10 10, in God's name, where
would he carry the State bonds if he
were elected Governor? LauHhtc cr aud
WI L .ttl' lolti, 100, lIlaL nc mas
reduced wages there 10 per cent.
CO... Orr, intrrruptnA: 'That is not
uuc."
Tillman: "Wcll, | thank Grd that
Jou have denied it"
Orr: "A on are mistaken about the
sLCCk."
Iillman: "Wcll, II. b. BUST is my
authority. Sui it docs not matter; Mr..
Buist is responsible for the statement" :"
About this time the cheering Tor
Illlman became very loud aud contin..
ucd. The crow d sur~cd upon the stand.
taking his hand, con"ratuaLing him
ON his speech and givin" hlm
lhcir pledges for continued sup
port. Further spccch-nallng was inn
possible. The crowd lifted him bodi-
" from the stage and conducted him to
his carriage, in which lie was driven or
rapidly up the street with Sheppard.
The crowd dispersed and rapidly follow
ru the procession to the hotel, and so
ended the first meeting o.: the campaign.
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