The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-07-14
TOO MUCH hOWLING.
THE CAMPAIGN MEETING AT OR
ANGeBURG BROKEN UP.


Ssth sidcs Used Their Lungs Too Much
-Ouly Three of the Candidates Spoke.
OKANGEBURG, S. G., July 6.-The
News and Courier in its account Of the
meeting a. this place today says "a hun
dred or 80 wool.hatted howlers, with
their enthusiasm and party patriotism
stimulated by some brand or other OF
IN )ie or less mean whiskey. disgraced
the charming little city Of Orangeburg
today bv breaking up the campaign
meeting here" Aud then goes on and
gives the following acc )unt OF the meet
Ing: The procession started for Dukes
Park, where the meeting was to be
held, at 1890. Carriages had been
provided for the whole party, and as
Governor Tillman emerged from the ho-
tel he was grabbed up by half dozen
Oi his followers and borne on their
shoulders III triumph to the carriage.
By the same means he was removed
frcm IL and placed upon the stand. Now,
as TO the crowd. There were, according
10 the best estimates l could obtain,
ABOUT Twelve hundred or fifteen hundred
people present. This ls the estimate
winch accorded nearest with that made
by the representative of The News and
Courier, though there were others diff
fering fom it very widely expressed on
all sides. The representative of tie
Augusta Chronicle thought that there
We're about one thousand people on the
ground, Of whom three. fourths were
IIllmunltes. The following is detail
td account of what happened at the
meeting:
The opening prayer was offered by
the Rev. G. p. Watson, and was fer
vent appeal for good order. The chair
man then introduced Attorney General
McLaurin.
lie said that this was the first time
that he had been in Orangeburg, and,
III Sfd8s ot. Mr.. Dibble's boasting, he
ioupoison he people about as solid for
IiFsonc other owerc in Marlboro. He
had be "a. -e,..u,.,5 thSte News and Cour-
Ter and had seen that Mr.. Dibble had
been doing most of his talking in the
newspapers.
The speaker continued to ridcule
Chairman Dibble's claims that there
was a great change taking place, and
his wlLllclsms were greeted by loud AVID
enthusiastic cheering from the people in
front o him. The News and Courier
and the other newspapers received q
considerable share Of the speakers
abuse, and some of his references were
greeted with considerable cheering and
laughter. lie said that Col. Orr had
been brought out to crush Tillman,
Sheppnl had been selected as a shrewd,
dodging politician and Youmaus was
thei Hotspur o. The campaign. The
newspapers had started out by swinging
to Orr's coat tail. but they had now
changed to Youmans.
Iillman had made such u speech in
Charleston as those people had never
heard before. The hand primary had
been great success there, in spite of
The newspapers. He did not recognize
his speech as It had been reported. The
Attorney General could hardly be said
To have made cam paign speech even;
what he said was simply humorous
attack on all OF the antl.candidates IN
general and On Col. Youmans in partic-
nlar. He wanted the people to listen
10 that scrap book of Youman's,
A voice: Tell us something about
yourself. What have you done?
Attorney General McLaurin: l will
come to that, but 1 am making your
sheep mighty sick. Wherever I 90 I
give your sheep the dry.rot.
lie PAD his respects to the CoosaW
case. but the crowd were not much in a
humor Tor serious talk and kept up
running lire OF more or less funny COM
mcnts and interruptions. The Agricul-
tural Hall muddle was explained after
the Attorney Generals usual method.
Coi. 1oumans had resorted to his scrap.
pook methods OF attacking Tilman be-
cause they were afraid to come before
lhe people and discuss these questions.
Illnan was the first man who, since
the war, had made fee speech possible
III South Carolina. lie was the father
OF Clemson College.
a voice: II ain't opened vet.
Attorney General McLauriD: No, but
1t will be soon, and you had better go
10 school up there.
When the history of South Carolina
came to be written then. au, not till
then, will Tillman receive Justice. The
s!taker was literally cheerrd when he
closed his speech.
The chairman said that he next had
the honor of introducing Col. Murphy.
A voice yelled out, "a citizen of Or
angeburg County"
squally, but there were numerous cries
OF Hear bim" mo bowling down,n
and III few mements quiet was G..
stored.
Col. Murphy's assertion that there
would always be q warm spot III his
heart for old Orangeburg was received
with cheering. He had not, he said,
been 10 the county since &c, and he APP
peared before them now because he be-
lieved that the ticket which he in part
represented was In tho field for the hest
interests ofSouth Carolina. The crowd
again broke out into numerous wells,
cries, etc, and for few moments Col.
Murphy had to leave OIL speaking. He
asked them as reasonable men to 90
nome tonight and ask themselves it At
torney General McLaurin had said any,
thlng which would convey one single
idea TO anybody's mind. The rowdyism
began again.
Ililman came forward and was about
to speak to ask that quiet be restored.
but Col. Murphy turned to him and
sald: Governor Tillman, L have the