The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-04-28


the State than from 1876 to 1890"
"WaS ever man so bemeaned and
run down ?" was asked.
81 say that there has been to much of
that thing DONE" Turning to A. S.
ScruggS. who had asked u similar uues-
tlon, Governor Sheppard said:" "YOu are
an old and venerable man and no man
will show moro vencration to an old
man than | Will, but you have never in
all your sixty odd years of life seen a
man who abused as many people and
hurt as many hearts as Governor Till Z.
man." Cloud and prolonged cheers for
sheppard, which the Tillmanites did
not have heart to COunter) Governor
Sheppard was informed that his time
was up and said he was sorry for it,
lie said lie didn't feel the slightest un-
Kindness to those who had asked him
questions. "Good bye fellow citizens"
he concluded. 81 hopo to seen you
again"
GARY AND ORR SPEAKS,
Lieutenant Gov. Gary followed in an
address Of thrccquartcrs of an hour, in
which he denounced the old ring and
compared Governor Tillman to Andrew
jackson. lie dcticd the opponents of
tho Administration to find a flaw in the
States management, defended Tillman
III the Coosaw case, condemned the
banks for taking advantages Of technical
lltlcs to escape proper taxation, and ac-
cuscd the railroads of trying to injurc
Illlman by bringing about a scarcity of
money in the State treasury. lie de-
nounccd various newspapers and accused
Mr.. Sheppard Of political Inconsistency.
"llit Orr lick" an admirer shouted,
but MIR. Gary rerained. Loud calls for
Orr caused Mr.. Gary to suspend Tor a
little while. Moderate applause was
bestowed upon his effort.
MIR. Orr was introduced as the pride
OF the Piedmont Belt, who was too well
known to need introduction. AS he
rose he W IS greeted with grand demon
stratlon OF applause of the most cnthusi-
ashc character and made, considering
the surroundings, magnificent address
Oh an hours duration. Mr.. Orr said this
contest would be settled within the
party, Tor which thank the Conservative
Convention. The assertion that his
ticket was the outgrOwth OF lIaskclllsm
was too false to discuss, and he did not
intend to be bulldozcd from expressing
his convictions. The people of Green
vile knew HIM and he did not believe
their friendship would be affected be-
cause of his frankness nor because cf
the scoundrels in Grccnville who, hycna-
llke, had gone into the grave Of his dead
lather tor political capital. Loud ap-
plause. lie appealed to judgment, and
would quote facts to show why Tlllman
should be removed from the Office he oc-
cuplcs. Judge him by his recor.l of false
promises, dctatoral tendencies and
misleading assertions. lie referred
to Tlllman's denunciation of the banks
and factories, and said that the Piedmont
Mills paid to its operatives more than a
million dollars year and schoolcd all
the children free, proving its existence
not an evil, but a blessing. Tillman
has declared himslf greater than the plat
form OF his movement. Without him it
does not amout to a row OF pins. lie is
the big Ike, the high cockalorum, who
amounts to all OF you pot together.
Since the Alliance meeting at Spartan.
burg he Is gentle as sucking dove and
dare not state his position on the Ocala
demands. lie scored the Governor for
his bad management in the CoosaW case;
his advocacy Of three dollar poll tax; his
extravaganza with the States money;
his insult to the judiciary OF the State;
his disposition to remove sherifs and
thus nulllfy the expressed will OF the
people; his veto and defeat of the bills
to regulate railroads, and closed the list
with seating criticism in the free pass
matter, which, though mistake, was
one IN his iayOr and against the people.
The people had been fooled badly, but
they were now awaking. Col. Orr
handled his points ably and received al
most continuous applause.
At the conclusion Of Col. Orr's speech
GOV. Tlllman was introduced and closed
the meeting with the following speech:
GOV. V.TILLMAN'S CLOSING SPEECH.
In the last campaign great deal was
sad about Peters wile's mother.
Laughter. Some of you don't know
what that meant, but I'll tell you, and
here Tlllman told the story of the innO-
cent abroad in New York who heard a
sermon three times on the subject of
Ieters wifes mother and who inferred
that the ringing of the bells was in
honor Of the old lady's funeral Ap-
plying the story the Governor said:
Now, | have at last discovered the an
ceStors of Peters Wife's mother on the
paternal side. Here is what the Has
kelllte organ in Columbia said of the
speeches of Colonel Orr in Laurens and
other placeS-a speech that had been
printed, but which he would not speak
today. The speaker here read an cd-
torlal from The State, the point of
which was that it's editor claimed the
credit for suggesting the points made
by Colonel Orr In his speeches Now,
here you see, gentlemen, that Colonel
orr was only the mouthpiece Of n. G..
Gonzales. Applause and laughter. |
at this point IN the Governors speech
a great howl was raised on the left Of
the stand which was long continued,
and as soon as the Governor could be
heard he said: Now, my friends, you
all understand what that means, and
that cannot get along with that bos-
tcr0us crowd over there, but it is a
small crowd-scarCely more than fifty.
Now propose to teach them something.
My friends, all of you who are Ding to
vote for me hold up your hands. The
crowd obeyed, fully nine-tenths of
those present holding up their hands
and cheering for Tillman Turning
to the boisterous fifty he said: "NoW
you young gentlemen can either hush