The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-06-28

/ 6Svvo1umouG VINO COulu 90 tue peoples
MI MI as Mr: CleYeland had not done.
seigniorage g bill. La the great struggle
Sen. bntler declared he would be found
aiWsys on the side Of the people. To
MS own personal detrimept he had
stood for the people,. "''"
When he concluned Chairman Rar-
per staIe4 tnaG inc Governor wished to
make brief explanation. hut CIen
Butler said that he had himself mada
the same request at Yorkville after the
Governors speech and 1t had been re.
fused. and he preferred that the Cover.
nor take his chances at the next meeting.
TILLMAN REPLIEs TO BUTLER.
At this place today Governor TIL.
man replied to the speech Of Senator
Butter made at Chester yesterday, and
which Is given above. When Tiliman
was introduced he began by saying
that he had done more work than ali
the Governors since the war and he
wanted to be sent to the Senate, be-.
cause he believed he could be of equal
service there. Replying to Gen. But
ler's remarks at Chester yesterday, he
said that every imaginable ihdignity
had been heaped upon him and that it
was blacker and fOuler than had been
made against any man.
"You took them," shouted Yancey
Sherrard, o we'll known drummer.
II will tell you why l took them, you
cowardly hound. L will meet you
wherever you want to-" replied the
Governor Of South Carolina and l can
not afford to create riot on the public
platform"
Mr.. Sherrard made some reply that
was 1naudible on account OF the noise
creaGed by the crowd, which became
agiteted at this sensational incident.
Scores Of men jumped up and gathered
about Mr.. Sherrard and various cheer
Ing and hurrnhing ensued. A number
of ladies left their seats quickly and
moved away, and the Governor called
be hurt and that the "few little pup
pies barking around here can have
their tails and necks both cut off, If
they want to-"
After quiet had been restored the
Governor continued his speech as fol-
lows: Gen. Buffers pretense was that 1
had insulted him. The insult was that
said at Rock Hill that 300 men
had been hauled there free to hurrah
for him. l had ridiculed them as the
new COxeyites. the tools Of the corpo-
rations, and I said that somebody had
money to spend and that there was q
corruption fund, and that somebody
had the disbursing of 1t. [ said if he
did do 1t let him say so. If the railroads
did not do 1T let the superintendent,
who Is here say so.
"There is no doubt that Wall Street,
through Cleveland's influence, has
raised corruption fund to buy your
Senatorship. II he felt aggrieved, as
an old neighbor of mine, couldn't he
have said to me, "Did you mean to say
that / am responsible for thts?" This
is the way he should have done If he
had been gentleman: He was glad of
an excuse to assume the attitude Of
bulldozer and of saying things by innu-
endo, which he knows the men Of
Edge6eld don't take. If an insult is
offered in Edgefield there Is fight or
a funeral. Gen. Butler had declared
that he was to pitch this campaign on
a high plane, but in an interview at
characterized me as bully and brag-
CART, yet when I met him at Rock Hill
l addressed myself solely to the issues.
His speech was made up Of innuendOes
: and personalities.
at YorkvIlIe he confined himself to
the issues and at that meeting L ex-
} posed the new COxey business and l
intend to keep 1t to his back as a mus
tard plaster, until 1t is explained.
him as "Coxey Butler" daughter
from the crowd and "That's right"
from Gen. Butler) thought we had
too much State pride to show ourselves
that way before the world, until the
General disgraced himself by accusing
the Governor Of being bully, brag-
gart, coward and thief. He don't make
these charges directly. He out-1nnuen-
dos innuendo, if there is such thing
i ha HI !,
and put out his tongue to see If 1T was
bitter, 1t only stunk from the foul
words.
The Governor said he beat Sheppard
for Governor 1900 votes in hts own
county and he would beat Gen. Butler
, more than that there.
!, l can afford. said he, to show records
with him, both public and private, but
{ l will not speak Of all the things noto
riously current about his private rec.
ord, because don't fight that way. ]
believe him honest, Notwithstanding
the Chadwick lottery in Charleston IN
Q 1874. We forgage him that mistake
: Notwithstanding we lost our money
and he Is supposed to have made a
9 great deal by it. Soiling another will
not make oneself clean. I defy him
4 the world, the flesh and the devil to
? bring anything against my private
record. Inc young man VINO says
l. took his insults, and [ suppose he was
a COxeyite, and fair sample of the
men collected on the stand at Chester
to curse me, 1 tell you the honest truth
my pulse never quickened the one.six
teenth Of an incn.
AS he made the remarks Mr. John
Dunnovant, who had been at the Ches-
tor meeting, jumped upon the stand
leaned over the stage railing, and told
the Governor that he wanted to ask
him question. lie was very calm.
Before he could PROFOUND his question
the chairman and several marshals
followed out to him to get down from
the stand and not interrupt the speak
or. Dunnoyant insisted on putting his
question, but dozen persons clustered
around him and attempted to drag
him from the stage. He persisted that
he simply wanted to ask question
but that he didn't care to be pulled
down. However, he finally cot down
on the ground in some way and an