The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-22
GOV. TILLMAN'S REPLY.
a WEAK DEFENCE OF IHE ExcORI.
ALTON Br GESEBAL BUILSR.
He Vents His Anger, However. on One Of
His Hearers Who Dared to Mako
Himself Heard.

ShAKLESTON, >. e., June H.-The
campaign meeting at Lancaster to-day
was not unaccompanled by some excite-
ment. although IL was not as lively as had
been expected IN view OF yesterdays oc-
currences at Chester. The gubernatoriaI
and congressional candidates had the
opening, and were followed by Senator
Butler and Governor Tillman, rivals for
senatorial honors. Butler made fine
speech, defending his cause in the Senate
and expressing regret that he had been
compelled TO reply to Tillman's charges
In the spirit he had employed at Chester.
lie insisted that he would not permit
anyone 10 slander and msrepresent him,
and that he would discuss and dissect
Tillmans q public record when and where
and how ne pleased. He denied the
charge that had beer. circulated In Ian
caster county that he was an infdel, and
said on this point. II can only say that
L was raised by a Christian mother and
| have been married 10 a noble Christian
woman for thirty-fOur years and that
untrue as IL Is unwarranted. | recognize
the supremacy OF a great and good God
and the saving power OF great Saviour"
His speech made good impression.
GOVERNOR TILLMAss REPLY.
When Governor Tillman was called he
was received with much cheering. lie
said I'm 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 that he
had done more work than all the Cow
ernors since the war. At Chester he had
not opened his mouth In reply to the
indignlties heaped upon him hy General
Butler, which were fouler and blacker
tnan mad Deen maae against any man.
fancey Shervadd, who was out In the
crowd. cried stXDI fpok fbspaff
Several hundred men at once sprang TO
their feet in expectation Of a row, and
Governor Tfllman shouted back In replys
Yes ! VIII tell you. you cowardly
you whenever you want to. / took them
because |, as Governor. OF the State.
could not afford to create row at a pub
aa nc gas'hhelring hlg and have our people mur-
Shervadd replied, but he could not
be heard. The men around the stand
were all In commotion and yelling for
Tillman. and the women I'm the audi
ence began to run away. Tillman. But
Ter, and the chairman and others called
TO the ladies to come back, as the
trouble was over. and they did 40. Gov
ernor 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 on il they want
to- or both"
Continuing. he said: General Butler
on his character. The insult was that
at Rock Hill ! said that the eight hun
dred men had been hauled there by some
one 10 hurrah for him. and | asked II
fund. I had ridiculed them as Coxeyitea,
as tools OF corporations, and ! aid say
that some one paid their way there. |
wanted TO know who IL was. indicated
that some one had corruption fund,
and did not know who had the distrihut-
ing OF &C.: and ! did not charge him
or any one else with using H. N the
general superintendent OF the Richmond
and Danvile railroad dld not do II, and
If not Cleveland. and n not tho whisky
ring. and II not Wall street some one
had raised n corruption fund to my these
mems fnres wNich wero 20 hnv ~ Yonr
senatorshlp. II he felt aggrleved at
the insniiation as an Od neighbor OF
mine In Edgeneld. could not no have
come 10 me and said. "Dd you mean
To say that am r0enonoihla for fhi~T'
''That Is the way he should have done II
he had been gentleman; but he dld not
do this. He seemed 10 be glad for an
excuse to play the roll Of bundozer lf
men over in Edgened insult each other
there Is generally n fight and funeral
afterwards General Butler had declared
I'm an interview he gave out To the south-
ern Associated Press after the Darlington
row that he wanted the campaign con-
Quoted on a high plane; yet he charged
me with being n braggart and bully I'm
that Interview. General Butler. who was
sitting by. remarked. And / stand by II
yet.)
TERMED FIN coxfy BrTLTR.
"Yet, when ] opened at Rock Hill.
tried to address myself solely 10 the Is
sues" said Governor Tiilman. hut his
speech was full OF innuendoes and per-
sonal suggestions At Yorkville he spoke
OF issues, and 1 then exposed his Coxey
business, and. what is more 4 expect TO
keep IT to hts back at every meeting as
a mustard plaster until get some kind
OF an explanation"
Turning TO General Butler he said:
"Hcnceforth I shall call him Coxey BUT
Ter" General Butler laughingly replied,
That's all right | don't care.D
Then Tillman went on TO say; In
EdQeneld men have too much pride 10
talk OF bully-r9gging I thought yesterday
when the General dfsgraced himself by
calling the Governor "A bully ana cow
ard and a braggart and a thief by IN
direction that he, too. had TOO much
state pride for such. WAS mistaken, for
he ont-inuendoed inuendo, n such
thing be possible"
But IL would take a column 10 report
all that Governor T1llman said ana all
that the crowd said for and against
him. Two or three times there was I'M
minent danger OF n row, but fortunately
the affair passed of without actual yio-
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