Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-07-21
asths sixth man and offered him
FEFhea First place on the ticket.
Sheppard That is hot 90.

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||fhe argt place on the ticket.
Sheppard !: That is hot SO.
Imam: You can't prove thai
itsisAet 50. By your man Williams's
papesd know that they wanted
On The first place, and that
they ke1egraphed to tie directors
of hg tory to know if he would
be- q lowed Eto accept the nomii--
n[atiSn Isn't TIA nice condition
|of f;ais airs whensa set of rich men
( hfays 30 bel autographed to for per-
MISS 8 man to run for Gov
ohnny was put forward as a
sort .s efsa cats paw to pull the
chez Z sHts out! Of the fire, but he
|iis ding tho chestnuts mighty
lev and the fire awful hot.
men; we're travelling along
fea and q hog chased them.
One. limbed q tree hut the other
vas Isss nimble and could not do
90. lodged the hog around a
ssand fnally got near enough to
gate sits tall They had q grand
scnfe and the man yelled TO his
ffrisad to come down. The tree.
hat do you want ?9n was: the
Fant you to hep me let this
hog
heS appl licatios n of this joke
Waa perfectly plain. Governor
TiIlman said he did not want the
scandi dates Of the other side to
lquii for they were like salt to
meat He could make 9 speech at
AMI ime but he could make q
much better speech with some
thing to hammer on. The finest
:stsA must have a flint to- draw fire
and Sheppard was his flint.
They wanted the campaign run
IN tie ground and stopped. They
preferred for q still hunt to be made
by The banks and corporations.
They want to bulldoze the people
with threats of no rations and no
money, but roasting ears are
plentiful and black kberries ripe.
i y Well y Youmans, 7 wish he was
hesss to. day so you could listen to
him and see how little he is.
bice 81 wish he was here, He'd
talk straight.
snassl Noy1mans. made his
speech with censid derabfe Interrupt
tom Then when McLaurin. was
about tobe introduced, sheppard's
bosom friend and lieutenant steps
forward and said if Younans was
not given another chance to speak,
no one else should be allowed to
speak. Our crowd was willing fer
Sheppard and Orr to come forward
and they would have been heard
without interruption. Youmans
had been put forward first to cause
q row and break up the meeting.
Atthe first Sheppard said it looked
like a riot and wanted to know if
I would agree to adjourn the meet
ingand 50 have no fight.
! TOLD him that many men had
ridden thirty-fve:or OF: forty miles to
hear speaking and we're entitled to
what they had come for. After
fortyshEsi MI minutes l!s.!EI we We gave in and
agreed s 70 an adjournment. I did
not want 4 ]6gght I wanted it. set
tied ether toth9,serTw5ise s5lp for ! detest howl
ing down and bulllydltoPszing. lyltPsg I be-
lieye the more quiet there is, the
more effective my speeches are, for
then tbe people have a chance to
follow the argument.
The whole sum and substance of
the movement is that it is fight
against Ben Tillman.
The railroads of this State
charge higher freight and passen-
ger rates than railroads in other
States and I have always been in
favor of a commission to have
thorough control over things I
wanted the power to elect these
commissioners conferrrd upon the
people for the Legislatu is not fit
to elect anything. Tore the men
bargain and trade, each looking
after,his, own interest. You ought
toelect everything. All that talk
about my wanting to be dictator
is mere rot. I will have to get out
Of Office in two years and why
should I want to build up power
for. some future tyrant to use?
They killed the Asylum bill, that