Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-08-08
4 WARM WAR OF WORDS.
TILLMAN AND BUTLER USE
SOME STRONG LANGUAGE.
Tillmanites Attempt to Howl
Down the General-Cal.
Caughman Attempts
to Draw His Pts
tol on Tillman.
Augusta Chronicle.

Butler had an exciting: personal
alteration in a Pullman car on
the way from Union here tonight.
It ended in smoke, but for a time
trouble was looked for. Boiled
down, the matter was that General
Butler was offended at what Gov
ernor Tillman said of him to-day
and went into the car. He told
Governor Tillman that he had de-
liberately perpetrated fraud and
lie and that he desired personal
satisfaction, and in the future
would take it. Governor Tiliman
told him that be was old and in
firm and one-legged and he would
not fight him. General Butler told
him not to mind his infrmities
but when he wanted to fight to say
so. Governor Tillman told Gen
eraI Butler that his blackguards
are in full swing these days, and
that he (Butler) had helped to re-
peal the dueling law, which pre-
vented gentleman from getting
satisfaction. General Butler an
swered that this didn't matter and
charged Governor Tillman with
having put hoodlums on to him to
howl him down. Governor Till
man denied this.
There was considerable excite
ment in the car. Cal Caughman
cursed Tillman and started to
draw a pistol, but was hustled out.
Governor .Tillman, in opening
his speech, referred to the prema-
turely published report of a por-
tion O. a speech which Senator
Butler was to have delivered at
Laurens.
Governor Tillman took these
things up and said he was tired of
these insinuations of Buffers and
wouldn't stand them. They indi-
Gated that he was either fool or
dishonest. He declared that Gen
eral Butler is allowing his mouth
to be used as sewer pipe through
which other people discharge their
filth at him. General Butler got
figures from members of the whis-
key trust or from some one else
who didn't know what they were
talking about.
When General Butler got up to
speak there seemed to be all ex-
pectaacy for something either i'll
explanation or otherwise. General
Butler said he had appeared in
campaigns since 1870, except for
the last two campaigns when for
some reason he was not asked. He
had tried to conduct the campaign
on high plane and according to
parliamentary rules without any
provocatlon.
Some of the crowd began to
cheer for Tillman. General Butler
went on to say that some philoso-
pher had said when a man got
mad he was a fool, and that to-
days exhibition was no exception
to The rule.
"Governor Tillman has seen fit
to 90 out his way to make some
filings at me-" Then turning to
Governor Tillman and around to
the crowd that was still hurrahing,
General Butler, who was getting
redder in the face, said:
sI want to notify him and you
that in future / do not intend to
wash our dirty linen in public. II
he or you have any personal griev-
ance against me there is another
way to settle it. He knows where
to find me and that he can get all
the satisfaction he wants. / let
such things pass by as idle words
But I want 10 say that its always
the hit dog that hollcrs."
This seemed to get the boys hol.
lering and hurrahing again in
great shape, and they kept it up