The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-25

spoke General Butler had closed by assur-
ing the audience that he would beat Gov.
Tillman three to one. and Governor Till
man began by assuring them that public
sentiment indicated his own election beyond
doubt. Then he referred to the indigni-
ties which had been heaped upon him by
General Butler at previous meeting and
said they were fouler and blacker than
had been put upon any other man." At
this point, says the report, "Yancey Sher-
rard. who was out in the audience, cried
out: You took them.'" Then several hum
dred men in the audience jumped up as If
something were going to happen, and there
was a general movement towards hip pock-
cts. There was no shooting, however, but
Governor Tillman shouted at Mr. Sherrard
Yes. I'll tell you, you cowardly puppy,
why I took them, and I'll meet you wher-
ever you want to- 1 took them because I,
as Governor OF the State. could not afford
TO create row at public gathering and
have people murder each other like
dogs" This seemed to be. very satisfactory
to the Tillman part OF the crowd, who were
! a majority. and they cheered wildly. The
report says
The men around the stand were all in
commotion and yelling for Tillman, and
away Governor Tfllman, the chairman.
General Butler and several others called
out to the ladies to come back, as the
waved his hands for the crowd to sit
down. and then he cried out: "A few pup
necks cut off If they want TO. or both"
The puppies did not evince any desire to
be operated upon. and the discussion pro-
ceeded. Pretty soon it began to grow per-
sonal again. The Governor complained
given out to the Associated Press, had
charged him with being "a braggart and
a bully when the General, sitting on the
platform, remarked, "And 1 stand by it
yet" Then the Governor said:
We Edgefield men have too much pride
10 talk by bullyrags. | thought until yes
terday, when the General disgraced himself
by calling the Governor a bully. and cow
ARD asot,o and th bEaggart and and thief by indi-
outdoeS innuendoes, If such thing be pos
sleis. l said had a bitter tongue, and he
said he had one bitter. but when he put
1t out 1t only stank from the foul words.
This incident did not create as much ex-
citement as the other The hip-pocket
movement was not so pronounced. and the
disposition to laugh and cheer seemed TO
be uppermost. 1t ended with wild hurrahs
for Tilman. who, the crowd seemed to
think, had proved his claim to have a Bit
ter tongue. He proceeded to defend his
official record. and things ran along
smoothly little while, till Mr.. John Dun
novant, of Chester. got up on the rear of
| the stand and called out, Governor, 1 want
| to ask you a question:" The Governor
turned and looked at him. We quote again
| from the report:
The crowd recognized the man and his
| determination, and then there was a cry
| of Pull him down. Take him away.''
/ just want to ask question" But the
| crowd had bulged out toward the stand:
| they were massed behind the stand to
take charge of Dunnovant to help him.
| Governor Tfllman called out for the crowd
| TO sit down. but without avail. The mar
one caught hold of aeg a
| even pulled his shoe off, and that seemed
TO make him all the more determined to re-
main there.
While the crowd was surging around
| Dunnovant General Butler stepped down
| from the platform and succeeded in quen-
| ing the excitement and getting him to
| leave. AS he did so he shouted: IF Gov.
| Tillman tells me to move III not do it,
and the Governor retorted with 1T amt
| the barking dog that bites" After devot-
| ing little more time to State issues he
began to apologize for having introduced
| the name of a certain Captain McBee's
wife in politics. He was proceeding to say
| that 1t had not been done in an offensive
spirit when Captain McBee, who was sit
| ing the Governor informed him that he
was not taking any part in this campaign,
i and did not expect to attend the meetings,
Y but he added, II want to say to you
now, Governor Tillman, that so far as
Mrs. McBee's name is concerned. you have
got to keep it out of this campaign. Yes,
| 1 say you have got to keep it outr' The
Governor tried to explain, but the Captain
said he wanted explana tons on the
stand, and the incident closed with the evil
| dent understanding that the lady's name
was to be kept out of the campaign. The
report says There seemed to be another
| row imminent, but, fortunately, nothing
came of it." Governor Tillman only
stopped speaking to catch a train, and his
speech closed the meeting. All around, it
| was typical South Carolina affair.
| In response TO editorial paragraph of
the Journal opposing an appropriation of
100000 for Southern exposition, the At
| lanta Constitution says:
| The 100000 appropriation asked for is a
mere trife. What is really wanted is the
| authoritative sanction of the government
| in shape that will favorably impress the
| Spanish-American countries and induce
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