The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-06-23

honest and stern, Ben Tillman's name
Will live In history long after the bullies
ana vain carpet-knights who decry him
will have been lost in oblivion.
Money was the cause of the present
trouDle. The issue Is financial reform.
III tneSe newspapers and wise states
men, instead of denouncing Tillman
and every other leader of the people.
would set their wise heads to work to
deVlse a scheme Of relief, we would
soon have the sub-treasury bill or some.
thlng BETTER This ended the meet
ing.
The Berkeloy Meeting.
EONNEAUS, June 15.-The cam paign-
ers spoke at this sovereignty today.
The town is In Berkeley county, on the
Northeastern Railroad, near Charles
ton. 1t would be Chinese puzzle to
most persons to attempt to tell lust
why this village, which the people
around warn you is the Jumping off
place, should be selected as the )ot for
State campaign meeting. Very few
people were on the grounds WI en- the
campaign party arrived, but after
awhile. about 25O persons of all sexes
and colors gathered and the speaking
commenced. There was no disorder
but a trio of Tlllmanites kept up such
a running fire of cross questioning that
fair show was out OF the question
But it was q good .natured crowd, and
the three or four takers in front did
no bowling, confining themselves to in
terruptions. AS Governor Tillman al.
forwards said, "you have got Jnree or
four men here who can Interrupt the
speakers the best ever saw"
Gov. Tillman was first introduced.
He opened his speech by referring to
/ OF ifllf
separating Berkeley and Charleston
county and praised the people of Berke-
ley for keeping the county for the De,
mocracy when there was such fearful
preponuerance of colored voters. He
showed that the railroads were assessed
their full values last year. The North
eastern Railroad made II per cent.
profit after all expenses and taxes were
paid. Did any farmer, after his ex-
penses were paid, have enough to buy a
postage stamp?
ical lawyers?"
Tillman: ut was in Columbia where
so many voted for Haskell, and as be.
tween Haskellite and Republican [
would choose the latter" Applause
Voice: "Couldn't you get a Demo-
crat?"
Tillman: 81 might have, but the
matter was sprung so suddenly by
Haskellite Lyles that l was unable to
PICK. wanted q man with brains and
Melton was sized mp, and Sheppard
can't deny it,"
lie poked little raillery at Shep-
pard. much to the delight # the crowd
which was in a jovial humor, and kept
up some very amusing comments. lie
denounced the News and Courier for
doing all 1T could to run down the price
of State bonds. He touched up Judge
Wallace for his Cantwell decision. lie
denounced the third party and the
crowd was with him &c stand bv the
action Of the Democracy.
Col. \ oumanS was the next speaker
lie said 1t was his first time in Berke.
icy county and saw more farmers in
the crowd than at any other meeting
lie told how he had tried while in the
Senate to have bills passed to protect
farmers who ship produce, cotton, etc,
TO commission merchants, and said Col
onel Robert Aldrich, now leading the
farmers or Barnwell County, was re-
sponsible for XII ling the bill. He said
Melton voted for Haskell. He. You
mans, voted for TillmaE, though they
didn't speak. Turning to Governor
Tillman, he asked: Didn't Judge Mel.
FoIS lOr f1aSK6llI
The Governor-I don't know.
Col. 4oumans-Well, he did SC. The
| lawyer that you preferred to Haskell
lite was both Republican and Haskell
| ite.
In answer to the question whether
ne was In favor of the Ocala demands
Ioumans said-I am for most Of the
reforms In that platform, / want more
money and better distributed curren-
cy; but you will never get that until
you nave two banking systems local
currency and national currency.
Voice-Now you are right! You are
coming on our side. You want Il bank
in each county.
Asked as to what good 1t wonld do
the State to drop Tlllman, Col. y ou-
mans said:
II you put experienced publ c oni
clals in office it will give confidence
abroad. improve credit, encourage i'm
migration and invite capital Gilman
has been crying like a horse leech for
more power. If he can 60 amorg you
ana induce you to change your legisla-
Iors Just TO suit him, why his new
crowd will be afraid to cross his path,
for fear of being turned out, as the
others were. and will do Just what he
wants them to do.
Attorney General McLaurin spoke
next, and the Tillman dlaloguers sub.
sided. He spoke of the dying throes of
the ring" and cracked a great many
| Jokes at Col. YOumans. The problem,
OF the day is to control the corpora
tlons and keep them from being so
powerful as to steal from you. Unless
Ben Tilllnan is slaughtered by the ef-
1orts of small politicians, he will be one
or the greatest neil South Carolina has
ID since the days of Calhoun.
Farley was the last speaker. and
made speech full of fun and humOr.
anecdotes and jokes. The admipistral'
lion tn q was to be commended for it was
the ilrst that ever provided for the edu.
cation OF the women OF the State.
1oumans had sneered at Farley for
telling rabbit stories. Farley told two
or three capital rabbit stories and then
SAID that 1oumars and Sheppard we're
nearer farmers than the other men on
their ticket and all that was needed to
make them right was the rabbit foot.
with preternatural gravity he pulled
rabbit foot out Of his pocket and
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