The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-08
Which tells the Truth 7

wnlch tells tne lrutn
Wo have never been more troubled to 6ud
he t'u,h in public affairs than we are in
getting tho Truth about the campaign meet
ings, through the daily newspaper reports
The reports published in the daily Regis
ter, 50 flatly contradict tho reports in oil
the other papers that we caunot help sxclaiu-
ing in the language of Til'manite a, our
side, There's . lie out somewhere"
On reading the Registers report ono
would think that at every meeting at slsast
four-hfths Of the crowd were undismsyed
and unterrifed Tillmanitss that Tillmsn,
McLaur;u, Farley, Tindal, aud occasionally
Ellerhe, had tetotally anuihilatol Sheppard
foumans. Murphy and Orr and made one
or two Of them feel like "sheep-killing dogs"
or like crawling through a sm,ll knot hole
In the platform on which they stood that
the crowds and arguments were all with and
for the Administration party.
| Now take UP the State and the News and
Comie",'hoth representing the conservative
party and both represented a. every meeting
by abe reporters, and read the proceedings
OF the Same meeting, and you will be amazed
| to find that the Registers four-6fihs for Til
man is transformed into a majority for
Sheppard and Orr; that Youmans and Muir
ply so completely "us.d up Tillman that
hcran away aud hid himself, oil except hi,
boots, il the hotel, from whence lie had to
be drawn, like badger from barrel; while
Sheppard's dignity. eloquence and logic
gathered converts to him e~d ~lSls party by
the soor.s thrt Faricy's -rssLit-foot speech
and McLsurins pungent thrusts fell fat and
cold upon the crowds.
We, however, are not a little surprised to
find those p,psrs getting so close to-
gether on the number and party complexion
of the c. lumbia meeting, which everybody
outside Of that city expected TO DO over
whNlmingly conservative. but evidently, from
the lecture of The State to the conservatives
for not turning cut, and its apologies; the
open bo'st Of the Register that "the citadel Of
the nntis surrcnders," which, in the minds
o: many, is corrohorated by the rough way
the conservative speakers were used and
"howled down." it was quite q Tillmsn
gathering and the prestige of that meeting
will lie worth hundrsd Of volo, to Tillmsn.
The Registers story that q large msjori,y
Of those from, other counties were eonssrva-
tive, or brought there by the conservatives,
won't hold water. II that was the case, HOW
came it that, in . community overwhelming
ly conservative before an influx Of fnonser7a-
tivss gave amsjority &c Tillmsnitss! The
boast Of the~antis :einforeing themselves and
then surrsndering the citadel. sounds very
much like the cry of the Now York newsboy
to excite the unthinkiug Passer TO tuy his
papers-"The Dutch have taken Holland"
No doubt The Stale tells the true story ot
that meeting in the following plain editorial
of the day following:
The campaign m ee ting yesterday was mol
creditable to Richlanh, partly from the
fault of the Conservatives Of Columbia and
partly from the fnul, of the Tillmanites i'm.
ported to Columbia.
The fault of the Conservatives was in not
attending the meeting in the numbers they
could have done. Our people are peculiar
They vote right. but they will not attend
campaign meetings. Their mind, are made
up, but they neglect tho demonstrations
Others. % We spprehended tins s result, ltfsI' and
| urged our people u attend the meeting as q
duty and an example. Upon Those who did
not need this appeal must rest the rssponsi.
bility for whatever Of encouragement Tillman
personally and through his organ, may b
able to give to his supporters elsewhere
We havo at least ! 200 Conservatives 10 this
city, but they allow their opponents to
claim that their strength was fully repre-.
~ y ,.Il 4
The fault Of the 1illmnnites wa, obvious
and audible. or this, too, we gave warning
Shouers came from various neighboring
counties, chiefly from Lexington and Fair
field, TO make dsmons trations for Tjllmar
which could not have been made by q Rich
land audience. and 10 givo snch approval o
attacks upon Wsio Hampton n, disgraced
the meeting. These men, who will be repre-
sented by Tillnan as C tzen Of this county
made plain their porpose 10 prevent Col
Youmans from making himself heard. ",
are glad, however, that they went to sucl
an extreme as 10 reveal n ''howling down
conspiracy. The contrast between ,hei
conduct and that Of the conservatives was
so marked that it will aid the cause of fa
play and good government.
|
The Closing Exercises Of the Graded School
The closing exercises Of the Union Graded
school took place Thursday evening, the
oath ult., in the Hall.
! Prof. Morrison read his rapport which wa.
very satisfactory. slowing an average alton
dance of seventy moe.
Two pupils, Miss Maggie Young and Mr
Nathaniel g. Geo, having completed the
prescribed course of studies were presentst
with certificates by Maj. J. W. McLurs
Chairman Of the Board of Trus'oos.