The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-15
THE LAST STAND.
The State Canvass Closed at Abbeville-A
Meeting Devoid Of Peculiar Features
A Tillman and Evans Crowd.
1Special to The State.

ARBEvILLE, August S.-Down IN
shady hollow, under big pines and
poplsrs. $500 to 5000, some say 3.5U,
people, including $50 Georglans from
Elberton mostly Tillmanites, generally
nicely dressed and well behaved, snd
many pretty girls, sat and heard the
reyerberation of the campaign die
away. Senator Butler did not speak
more than five or ten. minutes. Inc
Georgia visitors are said TO have been
Populists. It is certain that they were
not for Butler, or at least they did not
apusaud hira. Butler did not stigmatlZe
them as Coxeyites. Ellerbe and Tin
dal both made good impressions, but
the vast majority of the crowd was for
Evans.
Chairman Bradley tafied the crowd,
begged that Abbeville's reputation be
preserved and that attention be gwen
all the speakers. He introduced the
Governor, who advanced and began.
Not q sound was heard. The Cover
nor, after a few remarks, observed that
be had more friends in South Caro-
lima than any man. (Who1ps, snort'
sharp and loud.
This is the last public appearance L
shall make as Governor, and 1t IS nj"
ting that I review what has been done
by The Reform movement" remarked
his excellency. This the Governor
did, discharging volumes OF tafty in
discriminatory. He was frequently
applauded by the spell bound con-
course
Then the Governor put in some
words with his brass throat regarding
national politics. why don't we get
more for the products you dig out OF
the ground?" questioned the speaker.
because we haven't men in Con-
gress like Tillmsn,' observed an Aboe'
vile colonel.
Whoops q captain, "Roast old Cleve-
land, Uncle Ben."
II ain just getting bis medicine
ready" This evoked musical dlscord.
PRINCIPLES DON'T COUNT.
The Governor rolled over his de
monitization chapter amid miscella.
neous encouraging comments. "leii
il, tell it," begged the captains and
colonels. T,is excellency broiled Cieve-
land, parboiled him and served him
I'D. He asserted that we are the purest
Democrats 10 the world, but now since
the Demoe ratio party has disgraced it.
self we are casting about for oetter
company; at which there Was another
violent outbreak. The Georgia Demo-
Gratis are the biggest towards IN the
world, uuoth Uncle Ben. Howell and
Smith met the other day and strad-
died on the silver question and moth
ing was left of Democracy in Georgia
thSt he knew of. The Alliance in
Georgia followed Tom Watson OFT and
was lying in the ditch with its neck
broke. (The boys split tie air. -.
"There are some men in the State, "
shouted the Governor, ''who want me
to get on the Ocala platform with all
foHrs. Some of those men would sWal,
low anything to get to the Uniteo
States Senate"
The Governor spoke onjn his usual
picturesque style and the boys kept up
their comments. A young man just
beneath the stand got into an old time
ca,np meeting hurrah and yelled bis.
terically. When the Governor ended
the usual demonstration occurred. lt
was loud.
The Governor turned and sat down
and the reporter for Tom Watson's
paper leaned over and suggested that
he take the hand primary on going to
the West. The Governor complied
and the affirmative vote was general.
When Gen. Butler was introduced
there was some discourtesy to him as,
1--WE don't want to hear you," "go
home" etc. Chairman Bradley asked
for quiet and the fuss subsided.
Gen. Butler welcomed the Georgians,
thanking them for the aid they gave
US in '76. He spoke of his record and
declared that his happiness did not
depend on bis return to Washington,
and he was ready to bow to the will OF
the people, if he was retired without
the agency of political rings and
ciiques. .,
In closing the General appealed to
the people that whatever their political
differences might be that the bond
which held old soldiers together would
not be forgotten. His voice dropped
low and trembled with emation and
the last words were, my fellow coun.
try-men, I wish you all the choicest
blessings of God" A small cheer fol-
lowed, interrupted with Whoop foI
Tillman.
Sheriff Nance read the Alliance ques-
tions. Senator Butler referred for his
answer to the letter he had written
to Secretary Mitchell. The Governor
arose again, repeated bis pledge tc
stand by the sub-treasury II nothing
better was devised, after the pluto
Gratis had been run out" "But be
didn't want any warehouses around tc
store corn and cotton in nor system
which would give the party In power
million men,"
DR.. Pope argued strongly for the con:
stitution convention, and defended
the sub.treasury as "the best of the AL
lance demands" He criticised the re-
opening on the dispenssries and de-
clared if respect for the courts was not
maintained anarchy would ensue. He
attacked the Reform convention and
exclaimed, "I believe a great deal OF
prejudice had been injected into the
Reform movement to place certain men
in office" He close with plea for
harmony and said that the Ants dis
liked him as much as they did any OF
bis competitors. He had fought them,
but had never struck below the belt.
AS be sat down the shriekers shrieked,
Evans"
Ellerbe remarked that the campaign
had been pleasant and instructive. He
thought as much of bis competitors
now as when he went into the cam
psign. He made bis "farmer-for-Gov'
ernor" speech and said that all the Re-
form lawyers were for lawyer Gov
ernor. On this be took hand primary
and none of the one, two or three
thousand Reform lawyers present
wanted farmer Governor. Continuing
on this line he aroused a sleepy little
veil, and another when be desired to
come back and meet Gen. Bob Hemp
hill on the new county question. He
favored the new county. He was in
favor Of all the Alliance demands and
"rll stick to them," be shouted, as he
wsltzed off the platform to carriage
Ellerbe obtained just enough applause