The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-27

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| platform
Mr.. Sherrard made some reply that
was inaudible on account of the noise
created by the crowd, which became
| agitated at this sensational incident
Scores Of men Jumped up and gathered
| about Mr.. Sherrard and various cheer
| ing and hugrahing enSued. 4 number
| of ladies left their seats quickly and
moved away, and the Governor called
| to them to return, that nobody would
be hurt and that the "feW little pup
pies barking around here can have
their tails and neckS both cut Off, II
| they want to-"
After quiet had been restored the
| Governor continued his speech as fol
lows: Gen. Buffers pretense was that
had insulted him. The insult was that
| said at Rock Hill that 800 men
had been hauled there free to hurrah
for him. | had ridiculed them as the
| new CoXeyites, the tools of the corpo-
ratlons, and | said that somebody had
money to spend and that there was a
corruption fund, and that somebody
had the disbursing of it. | said if be
did do it let him say so. If the railroads
| did not do it let the uperintendent,
who is here say so.
"There Is no doubt that Wall Street,
through CIeveland'S influence, has
raised a corruption fund to buy your
Senatorship. Ii he felt aggrieved, as
an old neighbor of mine, couldn't he
have said to me, Did you mean to say
that ! am responsible for this?' This
| is the way he should have done II he
had been gentleman. He was glad OF
| an excuse to assume the attitude OF
bulldozer and of saying things by innu-
endo, which be knows the men OF
Edgefeld don't take. If an insult is
offered 10 EdgeGeld there is a fight or
a funeral. Gen. Butler had declared
that he was to pitch this campaign on
a high plane, but in an interview at
Darlington for the Associated Press he
characterized me as a bully and brag
gart, vet when l met him at Rock Hill
| addressed myself solely TO the issues.
His speech was made up OF lnnuendoes
aud personalities.
at Yorkville he confined himself to
the issues and at that meeting | ex.
posed the new CoXey business and
intend to keep it to his back as a mus
| tard plaster, until it is explained
From henceforth shall denomlnate
him a. "Coxey Butler" daughter
from the crowd and That's right
from Gen. Butle1.) l thought we had
too much State pride to show ourselves
that way before the world, until the
General disgraced himself by accusing
the Governor of being bully, brag'
CART, coward and thief. He don't make
these charges directly. He out-innuen-
dos innuende, if there is such thing
possible. When he opened his mouth
and put out his tongue to see If it was
bitter, it only stunk from the tou
| words.
The Governor said be beat Sheppard
| for Governor 1900 votes in bis own
county and he would beat Gen. Butler
more than that there.
can afford, said he, to show records
| with him, both public and private, but
| I will not speak Of all the things noto
riously current about his private rec
ord, because l don't fight that way.
believe him honest, Notwithstanding
the Chadwick lottery in Charleston IN
1874. We forgage him that mistake
Notwithstanding We lost our money
and be is supposed to have made a
great deal by it. Soiling another will
not make oneself clean. | defy him
the world, the flesh and the devil tc
bring anything against my private
record. The young man who says
took bis insults, and l suppose he was
Coxeyite, and fair sample Of the
men collected on the stand at Chester
to curse me, tell you the honest truth
my pulse meyer qulckened the one'slx
teenth of an incn.
AS he made the remarks Mr. John
| Dunnoyant, who had been at the Ches
ter meeting, jumped upon the stand
! leaned over the stage railing, and told
| the Governor tnat he wanted to ask
| him question. He was very calm
| Before he could PROFOUND his question
| the chairman and several marshais
| followed out to him to get down from
the stand and not interrupt the speak
er. Dunnovant insisted on putting his
question, but dozen persons clustered
around him and attempted to drag
him from the stage. He persisted that
he simply wanted to ask question
| but that he didn't care to be pulled
down. However, he finally got down
on the ground in soma way and al
excited crowd gathered around him as
he was very determinedly telling the
marshals to take their bands OH OF
him and let him alone.
During all this commoti0n Governor
| Tillman started to resume his Soeecn,
saying he had nc man going around
with him to act as bully; that the
people were his protectors. About
this time there was a sort Of .inclpient
volcano raging behind the stage where
the Chester man stood 10 the midst OF
excited friends and foes. He sung
out that "if Tlllman told him to move
Cd d-n him, he wouldn't Co."
| at this number OF persons shouted
''kill him" and it looked as If the Volca'
no would belch forth fire. People be
gan running to the rear Of the stage
| while Dunnoyant stood COOL ana Gen
ant telling the marshals to take thell
hands off him: that he was doing Eoth
| ing. Governor Tillman sung out thai
he did not know who he was, but Il
they had any law in Lancaster, they hac
better take him to Jail. Some effor,
was eventually made to do this, but
DunnoYant's friends stuck TO him anG
clash seemed imminent.
Where is Butler?' shouted SONS
one.
"Right down there in the thick of it
as he always is when there is danger,
shouted voice, pointing to the lion
like form of Gen. Butler, who was
standing in the midst of the excited
crowd doing his utmost to pacify them
By that Intervention of providence
which is sometimes thrown between
life and death, order was restored ano
the Governor renewed his speech
"Gen. Butler may just as well under
stand" said he, "that such unseemIJ
and disgraceful conduct is not goinf
to phase me one iota. He is the bea'
man, lam not. l am not going to bF
intimldated. They have talked 81
much about killing me that | think
am going to live as long as the Lore
intends me to. ,
I will now take up some of Butler:
false statements. He says that thu
executive committee did not invite hin