The Lamar register., 1894-09-15
TlLLM IAN TO BE THERE
WILL GO MIRO THE SENATE.
H-m.rkAbl. victory over Butler In south
Carolin.--t -Msn Of the People" Who
rriamphs Over Railroads Ranks Hnd
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New York. sept There will be
furocfuI and ecccntric character In the
next senate in the person OF Governor
Tillman OF South Carolina who, the
dispatches from Charleston say. has
carried thiriy-two out OF thirty-rSe
counties in the state against Gen But
Ier. the present senator who has just
concluded one Of the most exciting and
sensational campaigns ever known In
the country. Butler has beeD one OF
the Idols OF South Carolina. and b.
longs to the old slavs-holdinE artstoc-
rscy. while Tillman Is OF The poor
white trash Butler Is gentleman OF
the highest Southern type. Tillman
sits at the other extreme OF the social
category. lie has no education except
what he has picked mp by his own cf-
forts, for his schooling consisted only
OF thre, or four winters in cross
roads SchoOlhous. In the hackwcods OF
South Carolina: and he Is actually an
nIiteraie. although by no means ignor-
ant. man. II there b. such a distinction
His father was n poor white and had
little farm down in the southern
part OF the state. on which he srew cot
ton
Ten years ago the governor himself
had never sven railroad or hInk.
or a hotel and IL was not until the
Farmers alliance developed his some
what extraordinary abilities that he
was ever thirteen miles from home.
He had been In local politics more OF
less. and was always a great hand In
an argument at the crossroads resorts.
and when he commenced TO atfcnd the
Farmers alliance meetings his abili-
ties as a speaker and lcader. ba'h
In thought and action. were soon rec.
ognizcd Leadership developed energy
and shrcwdness. and as an organizer
be showed remarkable ability. There.
fore be left his plow in the furrow and
his cotton unplckesi. and travelled alopt
the state like John the Baptist pro
claiming that the day OF redemption
WAS mt hand. This missionary work
made him known everywhere within
the limits OF the state and aroused his
ambition IL. reaiizcd that be was
somebody after all. and determined to
make other people nrcosnize IT, Tbs.
governor and. TO the -urpris-. OF every.
body. was cle,fcd Now as the cx-
piratiou OF his term approaches a..
steps higher. and viii snccred Butler
In the United States senate. III. even
aspires TO the presidency OF the United
states. and viii ask the nomination
from the Populisis In 1856
Tfilman carried ,hirty-two out OF ths,
thtrty-fiye counties In fh.. stat. with
every corporation. every railroad. -v.
cry bank every saloonkecprr. and
nearly every clergyman and newspaper
against him: and with the South Caro-
lima aristoeracy threatening 10 pun up
and move away rather than BE- repre-
sented In the senate 10y such n crra-
ture- He has proclaimed upon the
stump that when lie reaches the Sen-
ate he Is going TO make the fur fiy and
raise hell with the Democratic marty.
which Is a pr.tensc and putrid reininis
cence." That is one Of his pet phrases
He hates President Cleveland and calls
him "a fat old fraud in his speeches
from the stump. and threatens TO ex.
pend his fury upon the pur.s.-prord
lickspittleS that serve the trusts and
corporations In the senate" A. he calls
his future colleagues.
Tiilman Is a sort Of political sam
Jones His speeches sound very much
Ike that preachers sermons. lie taIk-
Ike cyclone: has a wonderful com
niand OF language, vivid Imagination,
Is a coiiier OF graphic phrases. aud has
much dramatic force on the platform.
although he Is always ungrammaiical
and sometimes friEhtfully biaSphem.
Gus and plllfaup Az ha sa,-, IA. ~, -,