The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-24

little air gun at the beginning of the
meeting, and he, or any ordinarily
sensible man, might have known from
former experiences that his slanderous
abuse Of the peoples popular Governor
would excite the passions Of men, and
probably provoke trouble.
When the fallen statesmen and cam
didates regained their feet, Governor
Tillman and candidate Sheppard con
suited together as to what was best to
be done. Tillman said: "If you say
speak, I'll speak; if you say quit, I'll
agree to that" Sheppard thought it
advisable, in view of the disturbance
and the temper of the crowd, that the
meeting be adjourned, and to this Till
man agreed.
Hundreds of Tillmanites gathered
around the Governor, hoisted him
triumphantly upon their shoulders,
and marched with him all around the
grove ,andto the front yard or Mr.. a.
c. Summers house, abouts hundred
yards from the site fthe late stand.
His admirers besought the Governor
to speak to them there, but he made
only very brief talk, in which he said
that whenever Youmans spoke first,
disorder, and sometimes arrow, always
resulted. It had been so at Edgefeld
and Spartanburg and other places, and
1t is SO here to day. He, Tillman,
was ready, and wanted to speak, but,
in view of his agreement with Shep-
pard would not do so. He ended y
saying that the Sheep know they are
defeated, and that is why they act as
they do.
While this ovation was being ten
dered Tillman by his followers, candi-
date Youmans had mounted the re-
porters' table, and began again on his
self-irterrupted TRADE. He said:
Governor Tillman has left this
stand. (There was nc-stand Gs1 ts
Leave. 1 asked him if he meant to de-
nounce me publicly as a blackguard?
This question had been answered by
Tillman all over the State, and was
again answered but few minutes be-
| fore. I have always complied with the
proprieties of stump debate. I asked
| and received the permission of the
leading men on our ticket tospeak first
at that meeting, in order to catch Till
man on thestand, and press this charge
against him." Here's where he opened
his mouth and put his foot in it, show.
ing his determination to pursue the
course which had caused excitement
and trouble wherever his Infamous
charge had been made during the cam.
paign.)
Youmans next read a letter which be
thought eorroborated his charge against
the Governor. Every one who reads il
will at once see that it bears upon the
case only inferentiaIly:
"NEwRERRy, S. c., Aug. is, 1892.
Previous to Captain Tillman's nom.
ination to the Goyernorship, about
two and a half years ago, in converse.
ton with him on the train, I said te
him that my principal objection to
him was that he,made too many whole.
sale charges against the State govern.
ment, and everybody who had held
Office since 1876, without the proof. He
said he had to write as he did in order
to attract attention. and get the ear OF
the people. That if he had written In
ordinary newspaper style, he never
could have gotten the attention of the
people. b
+" "(Signed) ELBEsT 81. AULL.n
| Following this weak efusion, You.
mans read 8 letter from the now fam.
Gus "corn-dodger" of Anderson County
Maj. E. B. Murray, which declared
Hllpau in favor of boasting, and even
exaggerating, in order to carry ones
ends.
| Tillman was next abused for allow.
ling himself to be made Governor, AND
indeed, he came in for all the abuse
Youmans could lay his tongue to. He
said s'Tillman had reformed himself
and his coat-tail swingers into office.n
Voice: Who's swinging on your coat
tail?
| Another voice: Tillman's been ir
two years, and will have twomore, M
matter how much you talk. ~
| Voice No. 8: Make haste and gel
down-we're tired of hearing you.
| The scrap-book speaker then got out
one of the many little books patient
.tfiend was holding for him, and wa:
proceeding to read from it, when Coun
| ty Chairman Blease climbed upon the
table alongside of Youmans and hi.
| mustache. and expressed great regre
| for the disorder and interruption tina
had occurred, and said that after con
sulting with the executive committee
it had been deemed advisable to dis
continue the meeting, whereupon b.
| declared it adjourned.
/ And so Youmans was at last forcet
to stop, much TO the relief of many wht
| had either heard or read his hackneyet
| harangue before.
/ BY this time Governor Tillman'
friends again had him on their shoul
ders, marching from Mr.. Summer
house to where the carriage was await
J ing to carry his Excellency back t.
| town.
| But the people weren't ready for th
! Governor to leave; they wanted
speech from him, and they wanted
bad, too. So hundreds of them crowd
ed around the carriage and besough
and demanded that be address them.
Nothing else would satisfy them