The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-08-25

epithet of blackguard, and unite my
hands?"
The excitement increased. Behind the
governor was crowd of Til1manites who
clambered over the railing and began to
cluster around him and make demonstra-
tions.
Their actions caused the governors
seat to be depressed or jerked over, and
he arose. The crowd took this to mean
fight, and pandemonium ensued. Yells
rent the air, pistols were drawn, and the
crowd rushed to the stand.
Governor Tillman's friends clustered
| around him and Colonel YoImans'
friends also surged on the stand.
The scene that followed was almost
impossible for correct description so
thoroughly was everything confused.
One man jumped over the reporters
tables with drawn pistol, making to-
wards the center of the disturbance and
another was seen clim bing over the rail
! with gun in his hand. 1t seemed US if
blood would be spilled. The platform
was packed. Some went thero in the in
terest of peace, and others were evident
| ly bent on having disturbance. Be-
tween the two there is no telling what
would have happened had it not beon for
| Il providential interference.
In the centre of the stand several in
furiated persons seemed to be clutching
each other and rocking to and fro, when
| suddenly the stand fell in with loud
crash, precipitating the occupants to the
| ground.
At that moment the crowd was so
! wrought up that everybody momenta-
! rily expected terrible riot in which
men would have been killed right and
left. It was & critical moment, and
| spectators shuddored as they awaited the
| results.
Tillman was hoisted on the shoulders
| of his followers, and with whoops and
| hurrahs they carried him to a house near
by. There were probably not more than
| 200 or $50 persons in the crowd that fol-
! lowed Governor Tillman, and number
of them were conservatives. The gov
ernor was called on to speak, and spoke
rs follows:
"I am sorry things are as they are. /
am not responsible, because this man has
been told at least three times before this
| that would not sink to the level of a
L IL
an evidence that they are whipped and
are trying to create row. [ have come
| here to speak to this crowd. If we can
| go back and speak to the whole crowd I
| will do so, but I will not speak to part
it.
| "They put this man (Youmans) up at
| Edgetield, and it liked to created riot
there, and at Spartanburg he was put up
| and it almost created riot. They have
put him up here as their last hope."
1Cries of "Let's 60 back to the standby
| Colonel Youmans had been carried on
! the shoulders of his friends to the Ie-
porters' tables, where he spoke. The
crowd before him seemed to be from two
to three times as large as the small con-
tingent that went with the governor.
'1Tillman has left the stand" said he.
IT asked him if he intended to brand me
ns public blackguard and he has left
this stand"
Voices-"He will do that every time.
| He knew he was telling lie."
Colonel -Youmans-"I do not want to
violate the etiquette Of stump debate. I
have never done so. IF Governor Till
man meant to cast that epithet at me I
take this opportunity to brand him as a
pulic liar and public blackguard, and
If he wishes personal satisfaction hold
myself personally responsible" cloud
"The record proves that he has been the
I first man elevated to high official posi-
tion by the white people Of South Caro-
lima whose standard was 80 low that the
gentry of the State considered that he
could not pass an insult (Cheers.) !
wish to say before the manhood OF New
berry county that custom prevails
which debars MAJ from seeking salts
faction from man of Governor Till,
mans standard, but a gentleman could
render satisfaction, if he so desired, to
his boot black. If he fails to take notice
of what have to say, brand him as 8
puplio coward. (Great applause.)
III told Governor Tillman at Hampton
that he couldn't face me for six rounds
on the stand before quiet audience
and he has been skipping from. the stand
to avoid me, or it appears so. asked
permission to speak first today in order
to catch him on the stand, (Voice: He
couldn't stand it, but he couldn't answer
the question put to him as to whethel
his charges against the administrator
and the public officials were true. He
evaded the question. I am fortified
upon that position. I have got the state
ment of one of your fellow citizens te
that effect, and propose to read it
| (Cries: "Read it.")
"I will show you that he could moi
answer the question. Here is written
statement:
'NEwBERRYrS. c., :Aug. 1s, 1882.
Previous to Captain Tillman's nom.
ination for the governorship, about two
and q half years ago, in conversation
with him on the train, I said to him thai
my principal objection to him was thai
he made too many wholesale charges
| against the State government and every
body who has held Office since 1876 with
out the proof. He said he had to write
as he did in order to attract the attention
and get the ear of the people that if be
had written in the ordinary newspaper
style he could never have gotten the
attention of the people.
(Signed) ELBERT H. AULL.
| (Mr. Auu Ia editor Of the Newberry
Herald and Ne,Os.)
eff there are any of Tillman's friends
here who dare to deny that he advocates
the doctrine not of truth but Of exag'
geration am prepared to convict him
over his own signature. The captain
wrote from his post Office at Ropers on
the 18th of February, 1887, to E. B. Muir
raw, of Anderson. will show you why
he left. Here is an extract:
"sBut must to business. I desire to
suggest that il you can possibly 80 ar
range it, the offer of the college building,
etc., which you told me about, be made
to the board of agriculture for the expe-
rimental station on condition that an
agricultural college be established there
hereafter, and let the offer get in the pa
pers, especially the News and Courier.
Then let notice Of the adaptabilitv, etc.,
etc., in as glowing colors as possible be
given and enlarged upon. Even little
exaggeration might help and smooth the
way to getting the college next winter.
(Voice--'No wonder he ran.O
"Tillman is going from stump to stump
proclainning that he confined himself to
the truth. Here is the conviction that
he published these charges to attract at
tention. he comes out over his own
signature and advocates the adoption OF
e1aggeration to smooth the way TO ac-
oomplish his purposes.
"This is just the way that Tillman
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