The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
AN EXCITING SCENE.

Gov. Tillman said that he was glad Col
orr was there, for he wished to ask him the
uape of the preacher he referred 10 when
| bespoke as follows at Abbeville: NEARLY
all preachers and ladies' are opposed to him
| Crillman). One preacher said 10 me: 81
am no politician, but will no, support any
man who fiaunts his profanity in public and
boasts of not going TO church."
Gov. Tillmau turned to Col. Orr and asked
| the name Of the preacher.
Col. Orr arose and said II do not care
to bring the preachers name into this dis
cussion, but you may appeal to the preachers
or anybody else here aud they will no doubt
| sustain the truth ofihe statement
Tillman If he does not give the name he
| is responsible for the statement.
Orr: Yes, am.
Tillman | do curse sometimes, but there
is no hypocrite in me. ] deny that | faunt
my prnfanmy in public. Whenever nu oath
comes it just slips out. Gov. TiIlman ap-
pealed to the ladies to know if he had said
anything to offend them. They made no
response.
Tillman, turning to Col. Orr said "Any
preacher or anybody else that says boasted
of not going to church, lies"
Col. Orr stepped to the front and toward
Gov. Tillman and said: Governor Tillmau
are you trying to raise n personal difficulty
with me?
Tillman: am not.
Orr: You cannot intimate that ! have
lied without having it thrown back in your
teeth. sad you bOasted of your immoral
ity; and you asserted on the stand that YOU
were God Almighty's gentleman.
Tillman: | am God Almighty's gentle
man.
Orr: Then lie did not do Himself credit
when He made you. you attempt to raise
personal difficulty with me you can do it.
You cannot throw an insult in my face.
Ttllman You have come here and made
an assertion
Orr: did net make that assertion.
Ililman Then you are not called liar
but the man who made the ASSERTION is a
liar
The multitude of hearers closed i'm on the
stand and it looked as if there would be
bloodsbed.
Orr; Do yop intimate that am liar
Illlman: intimate that the man who
said that
Orr: Said what? said that you had
repeatedly cursed on the stand.
Tiilman will leave it to Gov. Sheppard
If he ever heard me curse on the stand but
once. and that at Florence
Orr: Do you deny that you said you had
rather 90 TO hell with one set of men than
to Heaven with another. Ifit is your inten-
ton to make personal difficulty out of this
matter want to know it.
Tiliman: don't want to fight, but don't
allow any man to repaat lie on me-
Orr, Placing his hand ON Gov. Tilman's
arm, as If to turn him around. If you say l
repeated q lie on you, you tell one -.
Here the excitement reached the climax.
Men attempted 10 climb up on the stand
which rocked under its additional weight.
Several Of the speakers went TO the front 10
prevent a difficulty.
Col. Youmans was among tho number and.
he requested Col. Orr not to strike Gov. Till
man. The report that Col Youmaus left
the stand during the affair is not true, and
does him an injustice.
Gov. Tillman was heard TO say above the
crowd "if he Orr says he did not sdy il
thatseitles IL, and that ends it, ("
Through the instrumentali,y Of Chairman
Lyles. Major Townsend and others on the
stand the crowd fnally became quiet, and