The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-01

elect delegates to the State Convention
so as TO give each candidate his propor'
tioDate strength or vote in the State
Convention, the chairman to take the
vote with him to the State Convention
which shall! count the whole vote cast
for each candidate. BY this means the
party will be fully satisfied and DO dis
satisfaction Will result.
The audience expected hot stun from
Euerbe when he got up ard they got
some warm material. General Ellarbe
said that he and Evans had been spar
ring. SO tar they had not hit below the
belt, but the newspapers friendly 10
Evans had hit him (EIlerbe) below the
belt in a most toul manner. Larry
CAN'T was one of these men. Can't
had deliberately slandered and mlSrep,
resented him and had scattered the
Headlight broadcast to iDjure him. In
view OF all the false charges against
him he thought that Tillman ought to
say to the people that he (Eherbe) IS no
traitor.
General Ellerbe then went oa to Ssy
that he did not desire to bring out GER
tain things but was forced to it. lie
repeated most positively that Governor
Tlllman had solicited him (Ellerbe) to
make the race for Governor and had
told him (Ellerbe) that he would not
have to scramble for the place. Col.
w. A. Neal was present when Governor
Tillman told him that and he would
prove it by Neal. The people, General
Ellerbe said, want farmer and not a
LAWYER for Governor. Furthermore,
Ellerbe said, sitter Governor Tillman
had told him Ellerbe) what he did, the
Governor telegraphed to Evans to
come to Columbia and advised Evans
to get out of the race. The Governor
and Others knew that he (Ellerce) had
not wanted the office of Governor and
had been solicited to make the race
General Ejlerbe said that 1t was re-
ported everywhere that orders have
gone out from headquarters that Evans
must be Governor. He (Ellerbe) pro-
posed to show that 10 such orders have
gone out.
Governor Tillmap," General Elierbe
declared, "is an honorable man and
would not induce me in this race and
then 60 back Oh me. He has fought
the lawyers all his life and why should
he be supporting one noW?
General Ellerbe next scored Evans
for what he considers the Game Cocks
faults and mistakes of the past. Evans,
he said, had promised not to sulk if
beaten for Governor, but Evans had
sulked when defeated for Speaker OF
the House by Irby. He had sulked
with Tillman as late as 1891 and had
abused the Governor then.
General Enerbe made a strong appeal
to the farmers not to let lawyers get
possession of this movement. If they
did it meant goodbye to the move
ment, If the farmers have any amol
bition for their sons they must not al
low the movement turned over to glib.
tongued lawyers. What encourage
ment would it be to 2 farmer boy
when he wanted to seek Office to know
that the lawyers own everything?
Evans, he said, has not discussed the
Alliance demands on single stump
and has talked as all lawyers do.
THE ZIG GUNS.
Senator Butler was in humorous
strain today and kept his audience
laughing from beginning to end. He
said that the sports Of the DAY remind
ed him of line of poetry. "Oh, liberty,
how many crimes are committed IN
thy name?" A little transposition
would make it read: "Oa, Reform, how
much humbugsery is committed IN
thy name?" General Butler defended
the Democratic party and asked why
the whole party should be condemned
and spit upon and yillifed because one
man has not sustained his pledges? In
acting as they are The Democrats are
simply paving the way to the success
of the Republican party. General But
ler said the Reform movement IS get
ting sick and the best thing it can do is
to Keep MaIse Ben in this State to get
it Veil and return him (Butler) to the
Senate.
:; General Butler advised the ConserVa-
tiyes to elect delegates from their clubs
to the Reform County Convention and
| in that way offer to take part in the
primaries. They ought to want to take
part as good citizens. He did not be-
lieve, however, the Reformers would let
them in. Gensral Butler received some
solid cheers. He was not once interrupt.
ed. His discussion of national issues
was brief and was Oh the same line
with what has been published before
in my correspondence. Tnere is d
complete change in General Buffers
tactics since the Edgetield meeting
He Jokes and makes humorous per-
sonal remarks to men he knows IN the
audience.
Governor Tillman was then introduc
ed and began by saying that be felt
like spanking the Reformers who are
quarreling among themselves. He be-
lleyed he would just spank the "whole
bling of them" Instead of their tell
ing what they intend to do if elected
Governor they go around quarreliDg
with each other. Evans, he said
claims all the credit for retunding the
State debt. Evans did nothing bu1
bring sham suit in court. He Gilman
and Bates did the work. E!lerpe talked
like he had done all the fighting agalns'
the railroads and the banks when i
has since been found out shat another
man originated the plan against TIE
banks and roads.
Tindal, he said, is going around get
ting off some doubie.twisted, back ac
ton schemes for primary instead o
the plan now adopted by the Reform
ers. The Governor acknowledged thai
it would be better to have direct
vote, but thst would bring up the ole
question between the Ep-country ant
the low country about the negro. /
the equilibrium between the low
country and the up country is to b
preserved the system as adopted mus
stand. The Conservatives, he said
want to come in and pick out and elec
a man who will surrender all We hav
fought for.
| Just here there was one shout TO
Ellerbe and one for Evans. Tillmal
told the shouters to shut up aud thel
went on to say:
.sNow, will touch on the coat tai
business. People are trying to MAX
out that am trying to play double
| WIN ~ b that nEva