Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-22
TILLMAN REPLIES.
He Tells Why He Took Buffers Insults
at Rock Hill.
A ROW.
Trouble II Avcrted, However. by the
Cooler Heads--Ctarge Of Infideiity
Against the Senator.


CHARLESTON, S. c., June n.-The
campaign meeting at Lancaster to-day
was not unaccompanied by ex-
element. although 1t was not as lively
as had been expected. In view Of yester-
days occurrences at Chester. The gu
bernatorial and congressional candidates
had the opening. and were followed by
Senator Butler and Governor Tillman.
rivals for senatorial honors. Butler made
a fine speech, defending his course In the
Senate. and expressing regret that he had
been eompellsd to reply to Tfilman's
charges In the spirit he had employed at
Chester. He insisted that he would not
permit any one to siander and misrepre-
sent him. and that he would discuss and
dissect Tillman's public record when and
where and how he pleased. He denied
the charge that had been circulated In
Lancaster county that he was an infidel.
and said on this point: II can only say
that 1 was raised by Christian mother.
and have been married 20 a noble Chris
tian woman for thrty-four years: and
that the charge that / am an infdel is as
untrue as 1t is unwarranted. 1 recognize
the supremacy of a great and good God,
and the saving power of a great Saviour"
His speech made good impression.
When Governor Tillman was called he
was received with much cheering Hc
said In beginning that office had not been
sweet to him: that the wheels or STATE
had dragged along a stumpy road ana
that the records would show he had done
more work than all the Governors since
the war. AT Chester he had not opened his
mouth in reply to the indgnities heaped
upon him by General Butler. which were
fouler and blacker than had bean made
against any man.
Yancey Shervadd who was out In tho
crowd. cried out "You took them"
Several hundred men at once spran8 70
their feet in expectation Of n row. ana
Governor Tillman shouted back In reply
Eyes, I'll tell you. you cow3rdly houEG,
why / took them: aud I'll meet you
whenever you want to. ! took them be-
cause |, as Governor Of the State. could
not afford 10 create row at public
gathering and have our people murdered
like dogs"
CoMMoTIoN.
Shervadd replied but he could not be
heard. The men around the stand were
all in commotion and yelling for Tillman.
and the women in the audience began TO
run away. Tillman. Butler, and the chair
man, and others called to the ladies TO
come back, as the trouble was over. ana
they did so. Governor Tillman waved his
hands to the crowd to sit down, and
then cried out: "a few puppies around
here can have their tails and necks cut
off IL they want to, or both"
Continuing. he said: General Butler
pretends that I had made an imputation
on his character. The insult was that at
n "a haH hpRn
hauled there by some one to hurrah for
him, and | asked If they had been sent
there by a corruption fund. ! had ridi-
culed them as Coxeyites, as tools OF cor
porations. and | did say that some one
paid their way there | wanted TO know
who IL was 7 indicated that some one
had a corruption fund, and that did rot
know who had the distributing OF 1t, but
/ did not charge him or any one else
with using IT, If the general superintend-
ent OF the Richmond and Danvilie rail-
road did not do Il. and If not Cleveland,
and II not the whiskey ring, and II not
wall street some one had ra-sed a cor
ruption fund to pay these mems fares.
when were to buy up your senatorship.
! Ii he felt aggrieved at the inslnuation,
as an Old neighbor of mine I'm Edgetield.
could not he have come to me and said
ifld NOu hiNtA ~ Sey N''e~N a e''
BILE for this|
THAT is the way he should have done.
IL he had been gentleman, but he did
not do this. He seemed 10 be glad OF
an excuse TO play the roll of q bulldozer.
II men over in Edgeiield in,ult each
other there Is generally "A fight. and a
funeral afterwards. General Butler had
declared In an interview he gave out 10
the Southern Associated Press after the
Darlington row that he wanted the cam
paign conducted on high plane, ye'
he charged me with being braggart
and bully in that interview" General
Butler, who was sitting by, remarked;
"And stand by IL yet.O
"Yet when / opened at Rock Hill tried
TO address myself solely to the issue" p"
said Governor Tillman. but his speech
was full of lnnuendoes and personal sug-
gestions. At Yorkville he spoke Of issues,
and | then exposed his Coxey business,
and. what is more. I expect TO keep IL to
his back at every meeting as a mustard
plaster until l get some kind OF an ex'
| PLANTATION"
Turning 10 General Butler. he said.
'Henceforth T shall call him Coxey But
! ler" General Butler. laughing. replied
That's all right; ] don't careD.
Then Tillman went on to say: In Edge
| field, men have too much prffs TO talk or
buly-ragging. l thought yesterday when
the General disgraced himself by calling
| the Governor a bully and coward and
a braggart and a thief. by indirection,
| that he. too. had too much State pride
| for such. / was mistaken, for he out
innuendoes innuendo, IL such thing
be possible"
But 1t would take a column to report
all that Governor Tillman said. and all
| that the crowd said for and against him.
Two or three times there was Imminent
danger of row, but fortunately the
affair passed off without actual violence
| or bloodshed.