The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-06-27

ing"
The crowd had gotten between the
reporters aud the speaker and the
chairman requested them to sit down.
"Move up, uOlimber, move the table
closer. you pencil showers, come up
here," and the tables were moved.
Then the Governor took hand pri-
mary ou the question whether he had
said anything insulting to the Senator,
and at the word, the gang directly un-
der him, With a few scattered through.
out the crowd, raised their hands 10 the
negative. Ouly Two or three voted yes
The Conservatives, as usual, declined to
participate.
Then the Governor proceeded: At
Chester. by indirection, "if you said
so," an insinustion. Gen. Butler
charged me with being liar. Men
we're allowed to curse me. Three or
four purposely brought there to create
riot, interrupted and abused me. The
pulsations Of my heart didn't increase
one-sixteenth Of a second, because |
knew they had tried to fix plot to
bring on riot. | was too much of
Governor to allow row to occur and
see my fellow citizens shoot each other
like dogs. l tried to get reply and it
vas refused me. Yesterday the Sena-
tor accused me at Camden of eaying
.you are another and said I played
the baby act afterward | hoisted his
shirt and gave him a byperdermic
insertion y
Voice-There are ladies present here.
Tillman-Ladies know all about
shirts. They know how to make them
besides, sir. you are 10 your shirt
sleeves yourself. You ought to have
the decency to wear your coat 10 the
presence of ladies (Yells, shrieks and
bowls.
The Governor resorted to the hand
primary again. asking, "was | right to
lower my States pride by reseu:ing bis
insult at that time.' The same hands
went up as before. The Governor then
repeated his explanation Of the appar-
cot dispeusary shortage, saying that
once for all he was done With it. IF
Butler sings it out again, I'll answer
him by calling it Peters wife's mother.
At Camden he said the accounts
after being examined by an expert
bookkeeper, we're one hundred thou
sand dollars short 1t reminds me of
FalstaG. who in telling about bis fight
said he caught man on his swords
point. and repeating himself, said, II
pressed thee two hard," aud afterwards
said '.the three men," aud so on until
he had it that he had fought and whip
ped the seven men. When Gen. Butler
speaks next he will accuse me Of swal-
lowing the whole dispensary, bottles
aud all. l am willing to submit the
whole matter to the committee Of three
of the House, appointed by the last
Legislature. aud pay the expenses Of
the investigation out of my contingent
fund.
Gen Butler charged that the dispen-
sary spies received So from wbiskey
dealers. while they were getting 81
feom the State. 1t was mighty ba6 to
utter such SANDERS. You Sumter peo-
pie are responsible in part for those
spies. After you mobbed them here,
the first question I asked in appoint
ing them afterwards was, "Will They
Shoot ?" showed you | meant busi-
ness. Afterwards you behaved your
selves, aud very little ilict whiskey was
sold here.
Newbold, said the Governor, is de-
tective and a good one, but be was not
at Chester to protect me. He was
there on business working up the case
Of the burglary Of the Chester dispen-
sary The people are my protectors,
just as they we're while ago, "nen
that druuken man tried to kill me. |
have no fear, because | know that the
man who shoots first will 60 with me.
But say this and Cunning to Batler)
I defy you to deny it. Two paid de-
tectives of the Richmond aod Dauville
Railroad are following you around.
They are your protectors.
Voice Speak out Butler. Now is
your time" But the Senator paid no
attention to them.
The Governor said that he had been
10 dangerous places many times in
previous campaigns and he sometimes
though. of being assassinated by some
crazy man like Guiteau. He did not 60
TO Darlington, but be staid in Columbia
where there was ten times as danger
Gus a mob on the streets as 10 Darling
ton. He knew that the town was rife
with suggestions to 60 up to Arsenal
Hill aud hang Tillman, but be would
not bulge from his house where the
Law gave him protection.
Il put down that riot in short order