Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-07-14

saying they would howl down the
other side. Yonmans, of. course,
waited for the noise to subside and
blamed the other side for it.
DR.. DeVore said: I am 76 years
| old and this is the last speaking /
will ever hear and / ask as favor
to my years that you will allow
every one to speak. This affecting
incident had no effect on the
crowd, both sides continuing their
boisterous conduct.
Voice: Talk a little about your
reform. You've done nothing but
talk about Tillman. Tell what
you'll do. What do you promise?
p: Youmans waited while some Of
his men talked about how they had
listened to Gary.
Sheppard was wolf in sleeps
clothing, and in 'S6 when he
nominated Sheppard he said it
was impossible to gid gold or
paint the lily. But when Shep-
pard came after his Office he gave
up his doctrine of rotation in Office
because it would be rotation out
of office.
Voice: Where's that pistol and
walking stick?
Youmans: Tillman says you are
fools and puppets, and that farmer
representatives., though good men
| at home, when they 60 to Columbia
| turn the color of ever JOB they are
asked to peform- He denounced
the farmer Legislature as rotten
driftwoed and lizards. :.
Another difficulty ensued, q
bIue-ribboned sheppardite kicking
and. saying another man had
threatened to use a pistol on him.
Sheppard quoted him, and YOU
mans waited on until one of his
men yelled to him to speak on.
Youmans then got off his Baptist
fish joke.
Voice: Amt Ben looking fat
and sick?
Youmans: He took a free pass.
Voice: Would't you take one?
Voices: Times mp.
Sheppardites: Give him time.
Voice: Times up.
Youmaus: / am informed by
the chairman that my time'sup.
| I would have liked to have talked
to a quiet hearing, but you have
had most of the fun.
The crowd yelled Youmans until
the band struck into the inspiring
s4ains. of Dixie, when with a
tremendous cheer the noise
subsided!r
Mr.. Ernest Gary said he was
sorry that Youmans had not a fair
hearing, for if he had been given
fair hearing ho was going to
introduce one who could have
knocked tbs spots out of him in
fifteen minutes.
The crowd went wild with delight,
anda noise as of Niagara burst
forth, a thunder of applause to the
giant of the Pee Dee, J. L.
McLanrin.
The Youmans' wing kept yelling
Youmans and the Governors fol-
lowers kept sounding forth ha
pane.
A white-whiskered Sheppard
man got to raising Cain, and he
MasAuickly run in, struggling like
ag6od man, by the contstables.
Mark Toney said if Youmans
was not given a hearing no one
would be allowed to speak.
Pandemonium ensued, Chairman
Gary standing like rock immova-
BILE, all the quiet grit of his great
race showing in his face. He was
about to introduce McLaurin and
introduce him he would.
The band played but it's noise
could not be heard amid the tumult
of yelling men.
Every time Gary would 80 to
name McLaurin, the sheppardites
would commence yelling and of
course Tillman's followers would
reply and the volume of sound
would be deafening.
A .Sheppardite gave as the
ultimatum of his crowd that If
Youmans was not allowed another
half hour, and heard as xninter-
ruptedly (?) as Gary was, no one
else would be allowed to talk
Bedlam could not be worse than
the tumult which followed.
A marshal was sent out to see if
there was any chance of quiesing
the crowd and reported that
matters were getting worse.
Some Tillmanites wanted the
Sheep and Goats separated and
each side be addressed by the
candidates.
To show how fair the Reformers
were, they proposed that Sheppard
be put up and they would listen
to HIM without applause.
Both DR.. Zimmerman and Mr..
Gary had talked themselves
almost hoarse trying to get order
but it was useless.
Governor Tillman walked to
the front and said that it was
evident that a serious riot would
result if, the meeting were not
broken up. This was evident to
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