The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-08
TILLMAN AT BARN WELL.
The Governor Makes One of His
Characteristic Speeches

Characteristic Speeches.
| BARNwELL, S. c., June THE opening
meeting Of the democratic state campaign
was held here to-day in the presence OF
about 700 persons, two-thirds of whom
! were Tillmanites. IL was the most orderly
political meeting that has been held in the
| state for years, and it was not characterized
| by any uuseemly demonstrations. Gov.
| Tillman took several "hard primaries, -
showing that he had the majority of the
crowd with him, but it was apparent that
| the supporters Of the Sheppard ticket had
| greatly increased in numbers. Gov.
| Inlman acknowledged that he had ridden on
a free pass all last year, and said that
| the fact that the railroads are fighting him
| to-day shows that they did not buy him as
! they bad done some of the members of the
former administration. He endeavored to
defend his appointment Of Thomas Kilman,
the untutored Columbia mechanic, as a
trial justice by saying that the ring in CO.
lumbia were so down on him that he could
not trust them. and that he had to make
the selection on his own hook. He said he
noticed lots of rottenness among the public
officials of the state, and that if he had the
power he would take his boot and kick them
out of office. He gave a practical illustra-
ton OF bis wish by throwing up his
right foot and striking some imaginary de-
llnqueut. The governor made what is prob
ably his most sensational utteTRnce when,
abiding to the recent lynchIng of Dave
Shaw at Laurens he said that there was
only one crime for which he countenanced
lynching With dozens of ladies standing
around, he cried in dramatic tones: Il, as
governor, would head party to lynch any
negro who would rape n white woman"
He said that some persons in the state
thought him omnipotent, and that one man
had written to him saying that his wife
was mad with him, that another woman
loved him, and "for Gods sake to turn him
loose from this woman"
THE STATES CREDIT.
In regard to the charge that he had in
jured the states credit the governor made
the most pronounced countercharge that he
has yet uttered. He said that this charge
was made by newspapers owned by banks,
who attempted to poison the minds OF
northen capitalists to depress the state bonds
of widows and orphans in order that they
might speculate on them next summer. 1t
was pure scheme of robbery, and these
banks we're in collision with the robbers
Some one in the crowd made some reference
to the profanity recently used by the gov
ernor at Greenwood, and he answered that |
he was no church member, and that he did
curse once in while, but was sorry for it. |
The speeches of eX-Gov. Sheppard and |
Col. Orr, the conservative candidates, were |
mainly argumentative and educational. |
Gov. Sheppard said that in the alliance |
caucus before the state convention the gov
erner, who was opposed to the sub-treasury, |
had saved his bacon by smothering his |
convictions and bowling submissively to the |
alliance for the purpose of modifying the |
opposition and the echo of his kiss on the
rod that smote him had not died away |
The meeting was held under the trees where
the lannon's lynching Of eight negroes took
place two years ago.