The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-05-05
CAMPAIGN NJ EETING.
7 TlLlMAN AMI SHEPPARD MEET ON
THEIR NATIVE HEATH.

There IS no Howling Down on Either
Sido and Everything Passes on Quietly.
EDGEFlELD, :. c.. April 23.-Thc
second meeting of the campaign took
place here today. There were about
5000 people present, and the crowd
was Il thoroughly representative one,
coming from all parts OF the cO,,nty aud
included many ladies. The gathering
was entirely good naturcd and, with u
lew unworthy exceptions, sober. Not
u single fight occurred during the five
hours the speaking lasted. y stand had
hccN erected and was occupied 10y Gov.
B. Il. Tillmau, EX-GUV. Jno. &. Shcp-
pord, Col.JaS. i. Or, Attorney General
j. l.. Mclau"in, Coz. l.. w. Ioumans,
| Secretary OF State Jas. T.. Tindal, w.
! ". Dixon 3Hd several others. The
| meeting WAS called TO oti'Gr hy Ernest
Gary, as chairman, ard PRAYER was Of
tered lor ruler who !car5 God.
The first speaker was Gov. Tllman
and as he arose he was greeted with
loud and cnthusi iastrC cheering. lie
opened his speech by sayil":
II w"s born III EdScGvld, as YOU all
known. have been away from YOU
10y about eighteen months. sent to CO.
lnmbla TO perform Il public duty, and
rtcd not tell YOU II affords me exquisite
pleasure 20 return and look YOU i'm the
face. Sir Walter Scott in one Of his
novels gives the, history OF Rob Roy, the
famous Scotch freebooter. His hand
vas against every man, that ls he resisted
oppression, ana the Outiawry pronounced
against him and the effort to Capturc
lam were so strong rs TO make him
Change his name t" Campbell and ac-
knowledge the icalty Of the chl2ltain of
another clan. After escaping from CAP
turc and %"iDg back TO his followers, a
stranger addressed hm as "Camphcll.n -
His feelings were highly wrought up.
and this !rcc-born Scotchman drew him
self up and CXclaimrd: MY foot is on
my native heath and my name is Mac
grcGor." And |, who have been equally
traduccd and maligncd and charged With
all the sins. the dccaloguc since COM
mCnccd your battle, an proud to be
among YOU, look these men III the eve
and let you judge between us. have
everything to gam and nothing to lose by
4 cool and calm discussion that Will iav
everything bare.
| lave rough outside. God did not
hoOZlc men, to how-dyr-dp them. to give
lAcm lp-scrvicc and prctCEd kind feel
ln%S, but my heart beats rs warm and
true Us any ones does, and those who
know me best love me most. When
You gave me your banner TWO years ayo
l had long and StumDY road to travel.
but l won the fight. told you then |
would be watched closer thar any Cow
,,r ln
crltlclZcd more. | iOrcSaw exactly the
line u conduct my antagonists would
pursue.
We used to have staynatjon in our
politics. The politicians used to force
you TO swallow the nominations, but ut
last we have genuine Democracy. The
Governor then rehcarscl his GrccnYillc
story about the ring wi"gii.g together.
and declared that even his enemies said
that he made Il good Governor. The
reason he assigned for the March con-
NclltlOn was that there was disintcera-
ton in the ranks of the politicians of
the Farmers Movement; that the Lee
lslaturc dld not support him, and that
the newspapers hcarldcd these things
about. Were these papers subsidized!
Were they bought? a bank president
ol Grccnvlllc and another bank prcsi-
dent and railroad man Of Columbia have
Sald that the banks and railroads would
raise 500, 600 but what they would beat
Us, but | tell you one hundred million
CAN'T buy you, but Il very few thousands
can buy these little pcnncy-a-lncr news
papers. Who led the pack? Who was
the lead dog whom AL OF them followed
and copied alter. 1t WAS y. G. Com
/alcS--llaskcll's mau Friday, who edits
That Infamous, independent paper at CO.
lunbla. This llaskclIt;" sheet was
founded IN hate and mliica TO keep alive
the cmbcrS III order that it mi"ht live.
Gonzales, YOU know, was out of a lob.
When ! tell these fellows their move
n"nt is lIaskclism in d;sgmisc 1t har-
rows their s0nS. Tell me the company
" man Keeps and II tell you what he is.
lhcY cOnsOrL with llaskCllilcS and are
tiand III glove with the representatives
.. corporations and banks. He said
''n"Dody bothered the crrp0ratl0nsn un-
I'll he GOT III Office. They had their own
sweet way and because he "rcsistcd
their cncroaChmcntS they carried the
state INTO the United States Courts
where you and can't co." He de-
cIarcd that all who were opposed TO Inn
mad favored Coosaw, and they would
nave lct COoSaw 90 on in spite OF The
law. lie dld not come OF the Connrom.
Ising sort. "What am, am.o
lie sald that one OF the ,'lanks in Jhis
iaimcra' Movement platte m was in re.
iallom TO sclp>l districts. The Lcy,!o-
lure would not touch il 'Iith a tcn-looC
ro!c. | couldn't get thum to do a thing
wlthl 1t. lie favored increasing the poll
lax 20 50 because the free school system
was Il humbu9.
nc Governor said that Sheppard
never originated anything Tor the benefit
"l thc lrrmcrs. When Shcppard ac-
ccplcu The nomination he said it would
DC " dish0nor tC 90 back with plcd9cs
not carried out. OF course thai vas
a!'llcd at me. That's tie old straw
Earle thrcshcd.
Orr saws ! have not tried to do my
duty.
Cot. Orr said you had ailcd.
Governor Tillman-N on will rcmcm-
Der That ! always said that | must have
The help OF thc IooielaIurn If T, m,