Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

more lawyers had been employed
by this administration than by
all former administrations sip, :,
1876. Sheppard was followe1 h. !.
Lieutsnant Governor Grs- !, : NH, ~
spoke most admirably for foytv.ivs s
minutes, and he Sr t,,rn Iu,,y.ms, wa'
followed by Jsmep .:nrr or;;ns. ..
for Lieutenant aaoa,nnr @ . ~.
rledmoat Gas mt. 1t would be al
.n1as'iSs ,al, y 81, !" these gentlemen to con
oense W cir speeches to the extern
nsssU ..ry at thisshouriand they vii
% given as fully as possible Tues
lay morning.
Governor Hllman- then spoke al
follows in reply:
Governor Tillman's Speech.
In the last campaign a grea
deal was said about Peters wife'l
mother. Laughter. Some 0.
you don't know what that meant
but I'll tell you, land here Till
man told the story of the innocent
abroad in New York who heard s
sermon three times on the subject
of Peters wife's mother and who
inferred that. the ringing of the
bells wasin honor of the old 1ady'i
funeral]. Applying the story the
Governor said: Now, I have a.
last discovered the ancestors .ot
Peters wife's mother on the
paternal side. Here is what the
Haskellite organ in Columbia
said of the speeches of Colonel
Orr in Laurens and other places
a speech that had been printed
but which he would not speak to.
day. [The speaker here read an
editorial from The State, the point
of which was that its editor
claimed the credit for suggesting
the points made by Colonel Orr
in his speeches.l Now, here you
see, gentlemen, that Colonel Orr
was only the mouthpiece of N. G.
Gonzales. Applause and laugh
ter. ] AT this point in the Governors
speech a great howl was raised on
the left of the stand which was
long continued, and as soon as the
Governor could be heard he said :
Now, my friends. you, all under
stand what that means, and that
I cannot get along with that
boisterous crowd over there, but
it is small crowd-scarcely more
than fifty. Now I propose to teach
them something. My friends. all
Of you who are going to vote for
me hold up your hands. The
crowd obeyed, fully ninetenths of
those present holding up their
hands and cheering for Tillman.
Turning to the boisterous fifty be
said: "Now you young gentlemen
can either hush and so declare
yourselves to bo gentlemen or con-
tinue to be rowdyish. ICheering
and applause "Now, those of you
who are going to vote for Sheppard
hold up your hands," Ia very
infinitely small portion of the
crowd obeyed.] "Now," said the
Governor" if you have any decency
at all 1 suppose you will hus now."
The noise continuing, Orr endeav-
ored to secure silence but failed,
and Tillman continuing said:I
suppose that is what you people
understand by peace and harmony.
Laughter and applause:] But I
tell you that I came here to speak,
and Z nmgotng TO speak II it takes
till tomorrow. I tell you, young
men, that you will have to vote for
me or appeal to the niger just as
Haskell did. Applause, jeers and
cheers. You may outholler me,
but you can't out-vote that grand
army out there. Sheppard has all
uded to the farmers movement
and said that every feeling, every
of his heart was loyal to
our agricultural people. He grew
80 eloquent that he almost made
me belive shat he had discovered
the movement instead of myself.
Laughter and APPLAUSE.
Well, I tell you in 1885 in con-
tion I voted for Sheppard
for Governor and tried to
elec him. Why? First be-
cause at the time, I knew none of
The public men of the State, and
second because we had been school
mates and were then and are now
personal friends. There were then
three candidates in the field-Sen-
ator Coker, of Darlington, John
Peter Richardson and Shepprrd,
who had received the Office at the
hands of Hugh S. Thompson. The
movement then had two principal
lemands-the reorganization Of
he agricultural bureau and the
of an agricultural
college. I wrote to Coker and
asked him if he would support
;hese demands. He wrote me back
hat he would not, and I had Rich
.rdson approached and found that
,e was the ring candidate. Voice:
Tell us about that free pass."]
Yes, I'll tell you about it if you'll |
lush, because I am not here to |
lodge anything. [Cheers for Till /
nan. I then went to Sheppard, I
md we had a conference. He told |
~ ho woo IN fauor of pvervthinp