The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-27
TILLMAN AT GREENTILLE.
t:is Closing Speech on Saturday, April 16'
as Reported by His Paper,
"The Register

t:is Closing Speech on Saturday, April 16,
as Reported by His Paper,
THE Register"
Last week we gave synopsis OF
Tillman's opening speech and Shep-
pard's speeck This week we give Till
mans closing speech as reported for
the Columbia Register:]
In the last campaign ! great deal
was said about Peters wife's mother.
Laughter Some of you don't know
what that meant, but I'll tell you, (and
here Tillman told the story of the inno-
cent abroad in New York who heard a
sermon three times on the subject OF
Peters wife's mother and who Inferred
that the ringing of the bells was in
honor of the old lady's funeral } Ap-
plying the story the Governor said:
Now, have at last discovered the an
cestors of Peters wife's mother on the
paternal side. Here is what the Hask-
elite organ in Columbia said of the
speeches OF Colonel Orrin Laurens and
other places-a speech that had been
printed, but which he would not speak
to day. THE speaker here read an ed
itorial 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. Now,
here you see, gentlemen, that Colonel
Orr was only the mouthpisce Of n. g.
Gonzales. Applause and laughter J
At this point in tie 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 understand what that means, and
that I cannot get along with that bois-
ferrous crowd over there, but it is
small crowd-scarcely more than fifty.
NowI propose to teach them something
My friends, all of you who are going to
vote for me hold up your hands. 1.-THE
crowd obeycd, fully nine-tenths of
those present holding up their hands
and cheering for Tillman.J Turning
to the boisterions fifty he said: 'Now
you young gentlemen can either hush
and so declare yourselves to be gen.
tlemen or continue to be rowdyish.
Cheering and applause.]
Now, those of you who are going TO
vote for Sheppard hold up your hands,"
A very infinitely small portion of the
crowd obeyed.I "Now," said the Gov
ernor, "if you have any decency at all
I suppose you will hush now" The
noise continuing, Orr endeavored to Sc
cure silence but failed, and Tillman
continuing said: suppose that is
what you people understand by peace
and harmony. daughter I'D ap-
plause.7 But I tell you that came
here to speak, and am going to speak
if it takes till tomorrow. tell you,
young men, that you will have to vote
for me or appeal to the nigger just as
Haskell did. [Applause, jeers and
cheers.] You may outholer me, but
you can't out-vote that grand army
out there. Sheppard has alluded to
the farmers movement and said that
every feeling, every motive, of his heart
was loyal to our agricultural people. He
grew so eloquent that he almost made
me believe that be had discovered the
movement instead of myself. Laugh
ter aud applause.] We'll, I tell you
that in 1856 in convention voted for
Sheppard for Governor and tried to
elect him. Why? First because at
that 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 iu the
field-Senator Coker of Darlington,
John Peter Richardson and Sheppard,
who had received the office at the
hands of Hugh S. Thompson. The
movement then had two principal
demands-the reorganization Of the
agricultural bureau and the establish
ment of an agricultural college. I
wrote to Coker and asked him if be
would support these demands. He
wrote me back that he would not, and
I had Richardson approached and
found that he was the ring candidate.
Voice "Tell US about that free pass"
Yes, I'll tell you about it if you'll
hush, because I am not here to dodge
anything. [Cheers for Tillman.l 1
then went to Sheppard, and we had
conference. He told me he was in
favor of everything the farmers asso-
citation had demanded except the abo-
lition of the Citadel Academy-the
dude factory. I was then left in this
condition with Sheppard, who had
been my school fellow. IA voice ::
"And Judge Wallace's son-in-law."]
Well, yes. but that had nothing to do
with it and why shouldn't I vote for
him, anu especially after he came
over and joined US? But what was the
result? Col. Lawrence Orr and W
L. Mauldin headed the delegation
from Greenville, went to Columbia
and were responsible for .Sheppard's
defeat in 1885. John G. Sheppard had
beaten Orr for Speaker and he hates
him for it to this day. lColonel Orr
Didn't you vote for Mason, who was
opposed to the Agricultural College "?l
Tillman-yes,- and Mauldin was OPP
posed to it.
[Colonel Orr. "No, sir; he cast the