The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-24

dienee as much as to Youmans. 'This
is the next to the last campaign meet
| ing in 1892" said he. "Ihave told this
| man at Horny that I declined to sink
to the level of a blackguard aud notice
fanything he would say or answer any
question, and repeat it."
Excitementand applause from the
Tillmanites followed. The Governor
having delivered himself sat down.
His face was very pale and some who
were near him say they observed evil
dences Of trembling IN the Guberna-
torial frame, but this was not observed
from the front.
Col. Youmans remained standing
within ten feet of and facing the Gov
ernor, who seemed inclined to avoid
his gaze. He waved his handfor silnece
and calmly awaited an opportunity
J. to speak. His every action was in
I keeping with the proverbial GOODNESS of
the man.
Do you, Sir, as Governor of South
Carolina asked Youmans, in meas
| ured tones and pointing his finger at
the Chief Executive, .'eondescend to
| apply to me as public speaker of the
opposite side the term of blackguard?"
You have your answel," was the
curt reply.
/ aWhat IS your answerw demanded
Youmans.
sssI say you have your answer" came
from the Governors lips.
| "Goyernor Tiliman, that is an eva
sion. viii you please be man enough
to state positively whether or not you
Intend to apply TO me the epithet Of
blackguard, and unite my hands.'
Youmans's concluding words were
lost tupon the crowd. Theaccumulated
excitement of the audienc burst forth
I'm noise and confusion. 4 Cheers were
given for Tllman, and cries came from
the Conservative throats to "Stand to
him, Y Youmansw i,
The speakers and the county chair
man called for order, but the appeals
only added volume tothenoise. Spec
tators pressed close against the stand
and the fighters on both sides forged to
/ the front. The Tillmanites climbed
upon the railing in the rear OF the Gov
ernor.
| State Constable D.. A. Dickert and
other officers sprang upon the stand.
The rear railing of the platform gave
way beneath the pressure of the great
number which overrated its power Of
support. Governor Tllman and others
,|sprang to their feet to prevent them
selves from falling backward.
| The Sheppard men in front misun-
derstoed the Governors movement.
They believed he was about to assault
their leader. They leaped upon the
reporters table and thence gained ac-
cess to the stand. Weapons were
drawn, and men were jostlihg each
otherin surging mass.
The excitementwas at high heat, and
bloodshed seemed unavoidable to the
spectators. There was a moment of
suspense, then came a crash, but an
unexpected one. It was only the noise
Of the platform as it fell beneath the
weight of fifty men. The accident lent
a lighter tinge to the. war-like cloud.
The jar was great, but the check was
effective. By the time the would-be
combatants gained their feet and felt
for broken bones the Governors fol-
lowers had rescued their chieffrcm the
debris, and, with loud hosannas, were
parading him, on their shoulders
through the grove. No one. was seri-
Iously hurt, and Youmans never lost
his footing, but was found standing up
right when his admirers rushed to him
and hoisted him upon their shoulders.
! Sheppard was treated the same way,
/ but the most enthusiastic drew the line
at Orr.
Youmans was placed upon the stand
and cheered to the echo. Chairman
Blease asked that Youmans be given q
hearing. Governor Tillman's process
sion cireled back to the stand and en-
deavored to place the Governor upon
1.-THE already crowded Accommodations
provided for the scribes.
! Mr.. Mart Gary, a one-armed Con-
servative, was pushed off this emf
nence in the mad rush of the Tillman-
ties to gain foothold. Another Shep-
I pard man retaliated by knocking at
one fellow and three Tillmanites fell of
! the platform. Again codfusion ran
riot and the timid sought the rear.
| The Governors friends concluded
not tetarry. Again gathering him in
theirarnis they transported him to
/ tBe3ffoat piazza Of the residence OF
Clint Summers, twenty yards distant.
They overran and trampled down the
! pretty flowers in the front yard and
fotherwise desecrated thepremises. "a
speech" they cried, and the Governor,
| surrounded by eoat-tail swingers and
Others, addressed his one-third of the
crowd.
TIL1MAN's SPEECH TO THE CROWD.
+ II am sorry" said he, "that things
are as they are. I am not responsible,
because this man has been told at least
three times that I would not sink to the
! Level of blackguard, and this whole
disturbance is an evidence that they
are whipped and that they are trying
to raise row. If You can get this
crowd quiet so I can go back will
! speak. I will speak to the whole crowd,
but not to part of it.. They put this