The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-15
BUTLER AND TILLMAN.
The Probable Race Between the Two
Distinguished South Car0linians.

Relieving that It Is the part of wisdom to
take counsel more from our reason ana com
mon sense than from our hatred or prefer
| enre or selEinterest, we say what we do, ana
trust that they who have eyes but see not,
may finally conclude to do little OF their
own thinking.
| If there IL a subject which we can talk of
dispassonately and without prejudice IT Is
| the forthcoming contest between senator
Butler and Governor iIiInan. ,o,ne ne Rm,tar Rrsl
| has never strained his vision sufficiently to
enable him TO see anything as small & as the
| Press and Banner, and Governor Iillman
seems to have a rahid hatred for all anti
papers. The honors being ensy, and having
no interest one way or the other. and having
| no ends to subserve, we are indinerent as 10
the personal preferment OF either.
These remarks are induced by Washing
ton correspondent Of the newspapers who
has taken upon himself to dispute any re-
port looking to the appointment OF Senator
Butler TO position under the Cleveland ad-
minIstrat ion, and closing his article with the
assertion that he wi II contest the election
with Tillman before the people, and will car
ry on the fight to finish, or words to that
effect
The time was when politicians and news.
papers, standing on the heights OF ohclal
doOrstepS In the cities and capitals OF this
political world. but that time has passed.
The people are now in the saddle and are
being led by new men who have inspired
their followers with the belief that old things
In the race for Senator which Will vir-
tually come be fore the people In the next
campaign, the contest will be to elect repre-.
sentatives TO the General Assembly VINO VIII
favor either Tillman or Butler. and whoever
goes to the next Legislature Will go there
pledged tor the one or the other candidate.
Butler has been In the Senate for nearly
twenty years, and In that time he has come
very little in contact with the people. Many
OF his old friends are gone, and vast multi
tude OF the present voters have come upon
the stirring scenes OF life since he was sent TO
Washington. He Is, therefore, but little
known to cast majority o our people, and
having made no special effort TO maintain
the friendly and intimate touch OF the elbow
with the masses, he will come into the con-
test i'll prepared tor success.
On the other hand, Tillman Is In power,
flushed with recent victory, and In touch
with his followers, who seem mad with their
hatred Of old men and old things.
Whatever his record may be as Governor,
he will turn II to good effect before the peo-
pie.
has put thousand new men In office, and
we presume that there are thousands OF
other men looking for office, who have no
hope except In their fidelity to Tillman's
cause.
cial conduct, and will show wherein he
played the hero act In many instances. By
that time the dispensary act will have been
tried. That act alone will give his admins.
oIS sohInS0 tho "
that plan OF selling whiskey will put more
money In the treasury at Columbia than all
the phosphate beds In the Stale. It will put
into the county and city treasures enough
money TO materially lower the State and
county taxes, while shutting up the bar
rooms.
He will recount his efforts against the rail-
roads In extorting unjust taxes from them,
and he will readily convince his hearers of
the wick kedness Of soulless corporations. This
act alone will give him an immense advan-
tage before such peple as despise men or cor
porations for no other reason than they
have earned and saved money.
He will, as before, make a great outcry
against the manner In which the old judges
interfered with him. and the people will no
doubt be stuffed with the idea that the courts
have not been efficient In the en- forcement oil
the law against criminals, and will most
Tx ely charge them with granting new trials,
from time to u ''e, until an acquital has been
secured In nearly every case where the crim-
inal has had money or influential friends
to hack him.
All these reasons. added TO the present ex-
allied condition OF the public mind, will give
Governor Tillman an overwhelming victory
over any man who may enter the race against
him for United States Senator.
Senator Butler will not be re elected. He
needn't base any hope on any such result.
For this reason IT is barely possible that he
had better accept any desirable position that
may be offered him at Washington.