The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
TILLMAN HAS HIS TURN.
The Fiery BOldnGSS Of Buffers Speech
Entirely Lacking.

in the Crowd Than at Anything But
Ter Said-The Meeting in Grave Dam
ger at This Point of Being Turned
Into Free-for-An Fight-senator
Butler Reiterates Some of His
Charges.
Charleston, s. c., June 21.-The cam
paign meeting at Lancaster to-day was
not unaccompanled by some excitement,
although it was not as lively as had been
expected in view of Yesterdays occur
rences at Chester. The gubelnatorial
and congressional candidates had the
opening, and were followed by Senator
Butler and Gov, Tillman, rivals for sena-
torial honors.
Senator Butler made a fine speech de-
Tending his cause in the Senate and ex-
pressing regret that he had been com
PEELED to reply to Tillman's charges in
the spirit he had employed at Chester.
He insisted that he would not permit any
one to SANDER and misrepresent him, and
that he would discuss and dissect Till
mans public record when and where and
how he pleased. He denied the charge
that had been circulated in Lancaster
county that he was an infdel, and said
on this point:
Il can only say that I was reared by
Christian mother, and l have been mar
ried to a noble Christian woman for thir-
ty-four years, and that the charge that l
am an inidel is as untrue as unwar-
ranted.
Il recognize the supremacy of a great
and good God, and the saving power of a
great Savior"
His speech made good impression.
TILLMAN's REPLY.
When Gov. 1illman arose he was re-
ceived with much cheering He said in
beginning that office had not been sweet
to him, that the wheels of state had
dragged along stumpy road, and 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 to reply to the indignities heaped
upon him by Gen. Butler, which were
fouler and blacker than had been made
against any man. -,.-
Yancy Shervard, who was out in the
crowd cried out You took them?n
Several hundred men at once sprang to
their feet in expectation of a row, and
Gov. Tillman shouted back in reply:
"Yes, l tell you, you cowardly hound,
why took them, and I'll meet you when
ever you want to. 1 took them because /,
as governor of the state, could not afford
to create row at public gathering,
and have our people murder each other
like dogs.n
LOOKED LIKE A ROW.
Shervard answered, but his answer
could not be heard. The men around the
stand were all in commotiol and yelling
for Gov. Tillman, and the women in the
audience began to run away. Gov. Till
man, Senator Butler, the chairman, and
others called to the ladies to come back
as the trouble was over, and they did so.
Gov. 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 of if they want,
one, or BOTH
THE CORRUPTION FUND.
Continuing, he said: ''Gen. Bvtler
pretends that l made an imputation on
his character. The insult was that at
Rock Hill / said that the 800 men had
been hauled there by some one to hurrah
for him, and 1 asked if they had, been
sent there by a corruption fund. l had
ridiculed them as Coxeyites as tools of
corporations, and l did say that some
one had paid their way there.
wanted to know who it was L indicated
that somebody had corruption fund, and
did not know who had the distribution of
IL, and did not charge him or anyone
else with using it. If the general super
lntendent of the Richmond and Danvile
railroad did not do it, and if not Cleve-
land, and if not the whisky ring, and if
not Wall street, someone had raised
corruption fund to pay these mems fares,
"hlch were TO buy upyour senatorshlp. >
THE MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
''If he felt aggrieved at the insinua-
a IL AL
could not he have come TO me and said:
Did you mean to say that am responsi-
Dle for this?' That is the way he should
have done, if he had been a gentleman,
but he did not do this. He seemed to be
glad for an excuse to play the roll of
bulldoler If men over in Edgefeld
insult each other, there is generally a
night or funeral afterward.
Gen. Butler had declared in an inter-
view he gave out to the Southern Asso-
clated Press after the Darlington row,
Ihat he wanted the campaign conducted
on high plane, yet he charged me with
oeing barggart and bully in that in
teryew. Gen. Butler, who was sitting
near, remarked "and stand by it yet"
BUTLER's INNUENDoEs.
yet when opened at Rock Hill,
Tried to address myself solely to the
issues" continued Gov. Tillman, land
MS speech was full of innuendoes and per-
sonal suggestions. At Yorkville he spoke
OF issues and l then exposed his Coxey
business and what is more, / expect TO
ep it to his back at every meeting as a
mustard plaster until ] get some kind of
an explanation"
Turning to Gen. Butler he said;
,'Henceforth l shall call him Coxey But
Ter"
Gen. Butler Qaughing) replied: that's
al right, don't care"
Then Gov. Tillman went on to say: "In
Edgeheld men have too much pride to
Talk of bullyragging. l thought until
yesterday when the general disgraced
nimsef by calling the governor
bully and coward and
a oraggart and thief by indirection
mat he, too, had too much state pride for
soch. was mistaken, for he outdoes 1t,
such thing be possible" s"
!. But it would take columns to report all
mat Gov. Tillman said and all that the
crowd said for and against him. Two or
tnree times there was imminent danger
4 OF row, but fortunately the affair passed
4 Oh without actual violence or bloodshed
zimlnerm an Wins at Florence.
Florence, June 21.-The international
bicycle match here today was won by
q Arthur Zimmerman. Harry Wheeler was