The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-08

l9G Cjc. 20 CoElUpIiOu. !; IS uoL Iul IL
tentlou 70 c0nvey tEe Idea that Cover
nor Tillman is disaolesf, bat | do saV
that an Act that gives the power TO any
one man to usa tn" money and creGlt of
the Safe TO the extent Gf hundreds OF
thousands of dollars aud permit his ac-
countingS TO the State for this trust Is
is done in this DiSpensary report is, to
say the least, an unwlSa Act.
have only covered the !iCs5 purchase
made by Governor Tillman and under
stand that allrye liopcrs have SINCE
been bought from this company for
the Stated jSpeasary and will! go no fur
theT, but | would be glad if some one
perfectly familiar With the liquor busl-
ness would carefully review all the
statements issued by Commissioner
Traxler and let the taxpayers of the
State know whether the others purchases
were made at or above their value.
Replying to this article Governor
Tillman said that 1t was another lnsln-
uation that he was either fool or a ras-
cal; that be had been SWindling the peo-
pie or had been cheating. He asked
Butler where he had got his infor IA
ton about the price of WhisKeY a. the
times named. Receiving no answer he
said that Butler didn't know and was
allowing bimself to be used as tool OF
the whiSkey trust. Governor Tillmaa
went over the other destinations OF
Butler and answered them, demanding
Of Butler the source Of his information.
He said he was getting tired Of these
insinuations aad wouldn't stand it.
| lie had never attacked Buffers honesty.
The people of Edgeiel1 know that he
(TilmaD) is honest and endorsed him
two years ago by 1896, maj jority. They
will give him 1900 majority this year.
The Governor said: ut comes with
poor grace from Butler to insl3uate
anything about my honesty when he
cannot say as much about paying
his own honest debts Butler,
he said, charged him with having power
to purchase all the whiskey. This was
not so. The purchasing power is vested
in the Board of Contro'. of which Ell
leTbe and buchanan are members.
They are responsible but all the respon.
sibility is laid on me. They frequently
leave the purchasing of whiskey to me
because am familiar with all details Of
the business, but they know that there
IS nothing in these insinuations.
After finishing with Butler Governor
Tillmaa jumped on Grover Cleveland.
Speaking of the scarity of money he
took a hand primary to see how many
men in the audience had any money. 1t
was a rather delicate question, but the
primary showed au enthusiastic MAORI
ty without cent. Governor Tlllman
touched again today on the Alliance
and the sub.treasury. He declared that
this pressing of that demnad at this
time IS simply blindness and may precl-
pitate row in the Reform ranks which
may allow some of our enemies to slip
in. 81 could have dodged this sub treas
! ury issue and let you 60 on and fall ID
the ditch, but l am not a demagogue
and will tell you the truth every time"
(Cheers.) The Governor told his friends
10 make every man who IS a candidate
for the Legislature tell tx actly how he
stands.
Voice: "They have got it to do
The last thing the Governor spoke on
was the Dispensary. He said that he
had hid the 1888 law from the Supreme
Court because he didn't want the ex-
pense of an extra session Of the Lagls-
lature to renact it. The Goveror was
sustained in what he had done in re-
opening the Dispensary by a hand prl-
mary. The crowd promised to do their
duty as jurors when men are arrested
for violation Of the law. The Governor
told the crowd that when tHay know
man is violating the law to send him
word and he will send {. constable to
take charge of that man. The Cover
nor was uproarlousiy. .applauded throgh.
out his speech.
BUTLER's srEECH.
EVERYBODY who know Senator Butler
can imagine how IL must have affected
him when Governor Ti!lnan told him
his mouth was sewer pipe through
which other people squirt tnelr filth at
him. Knowing this the reporters looked
for hot stuff from Senator Butler. They
were not disappointed, but the occa-
sion was hotter than anybody expected.
1t came near amounting to ariot be.
fore the hour allotted to the Senator
was over. Senator Butler was probably
a little paler than usual as he faced
the crowd of 1 200 men, nearly all OF
them Tillmanites. Grasping the railing
in front of him, General Butler first
paid few compliments to the old SOL
diers OF Union. Then he said in stern
tones: A'Sioce the progress OF this
campain have endeavored to comply
with the rules of parliamentary debate.
The exhibition here this morning IS no
exception to the quotation that when
man gets mad he is a foo.
Turning toward Tillman and back
again to the crowd, Butler said: Il
notify both him and you here and now
that in the future &C not propose to
wash our dirty linen in public. 1t he
or you have any personal grievances
against me let him meet me and we
will settle it. H knows where to lnd
me aud knows be can get satisfaction
sc any time
This statement. or at least that part
directed to the crowd, was drowned out
by the loud cheers for Tiilman.
General Butler explained that he had
prepared the article which was IN the
News and Courier TO use ~ LauTens.
He had given it to the reporters to copy
and mali to their papers. The Courier
correspondent had mailed tito his paper
and that paper had prematurely pub
llSuSu u. IL "tso ptJItSilSN "tDItO 70"
thoritv. Governor Tillman knew the
circums. anceS and yet took advantage
of it. Notwithstanding this he sees lit
to go out Of his way 70 make fings at
me.
General Butler got warm again and
said: Gle (rillmaI) talks about my
mouth being a vehicle for filth. God
save the sewer pipes Of this country If
his mouth is not worse than any sewer
pipe know Of.
This was greeted by loud cheers for
Tillnan which continued for a few sec
oDds Resuming, General Butler said:
"The figures on this DispeDSaTy matter
| secured from competent authority
and not from the Whiskey trust. Why
doesn't he answer aud give facts; sly
whether they are true or not aud not
indulge in nonsense and idle stuff
which has no reason in it.