The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-12

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South Carolina, and as we look down
| through the ages, sir; and think of the
tens Of thousands Of men and women
| that will be blessed from the results of
educational institutions that have been
| established in the last few years, of
which be had very much to do, q re-
fer to Clemson College and the College
for Women;) when think Of the null
tituGes in the ages to come who will
rise up and call him blessed; when l
think Of those VINO had no chances to
even enter the vestibule of learning,
but who have passed through the ves-
tibule and entered the higher coarse of
learning, and when I think of tens of
thousands of others that are yet to be
instructed in these institutions of learn
ing, my heart swells with pride, and,
sir, when recall the fact that B. R..
Tillman was largely instrumental in
establishing these schools, was perhaps
wholly instrumental in establishing
them on such a broad basis, I am sure
he deserves the gratitude of every true
South Carolinian, and when, sir, this
grand building in which We have as
sembled shall crumble into dust, and
when the monuments we have erected
to our heroes shall have crum bled, the
name of B. R. Tillman will be whis-
pered in accents of loving gratitude in
the ages vet unborn. I nominate B. r.
Tillman, of Edgefeld, as the worthy
successor of McDuffie and Calhoun.
Senator Norris, of Anderson:
Mr.. President: When the Farmers
Movement had not yet demonstrated
the ability to give honor and place to
it's adherents we could find no man who
would accept our leadership. In 1888
the fight was lost. In 1890 we reached
the conclusion that we would no longer
look to the opposition for leader, but
would call for men of known fidelity.
Capt. Tillman, by common consent,
was chosen, and, by an ability unparal-
leled and following undivided, he went
on to victory. Since that time his
honesty, his love of the people, which
has been more than reciprocated, and
his craftsmanship have so endeared
him to the masses that now, at the close
of his services as Governor, he is to be
commissioned as their represen tative to
the United States Senate. d.
Senator Barnwell, of Charleston:
Mr.. President: l rise for the purpose
ofputting in nomination for the office
of Senator of the United States the
name of Matthew albraith Butler, a
hero in the late war, leader in the
trying days Of 1876, when the State was
about TO be overrun by hords of bar
barians and civilization had to be
rescued, the faithful servant on the
floor Of Congress and the battler for the
rights1of South Carolina, and the South,
faithful son of the people at the time
when the force bill was about to put Us
again under foreign domination, the
faithful friend of the county and State
that ] have the honor to represent. It
would be invidious and out of place in
me to state the matters in which the
Senator and myself have differed in
the last four years. I would be un-
grateful if, when the time came to casS
my vote, 7 did not give it in behalf of
him. There is no politics in this, it is
simply gratitude. When in 1886 the
terrible earthquake had shaken our
city to its centre and the souls of the
oervous were terrified, I was sent OF to
Washington to see what could be done
there to revive the spirit of our people
and to give them hope uf obtaining in
Congress large appropriation which
would assist our city in connecting her,
self with the commerce of the world! |
never shall forget Gen. Buffers be-
havior. I could not even get a hearing
from the House committee, but when
I went before him he said: II will get
your g. bearing.' He did get a hearing:
and he said TO me then: 81 will get
your peopleI three million dollars for
your Jetties if you can get 1t through
the House of Representatives" l said
then TO myself, and not to him, that If
the time ever came again when could
befriend him, las he had befriended
our State, because it was not only Char
lesion, but all the State that was bene-
fted,) that would stand by him, and
therefore, sir, I am proud to say that I
have now the opportunity to pay a
simple debt of gratitude which I do by
nominating him.
Mr.. Mower: "Mr. President. desire
to second the nomination of NJ. G.. But
ler."
The question being put the vote re-
suited as follows:
For Tillman-Barton, Brice, Brown,
Byrd, Dennis. Derhan, Douglass, Du-
bose, Efrd, Finley. Fuller, Harrison,
Jordan, Kirkland, Mauldin, May6eld,
Miller, McCalla, Mcdaniel, Norris, o.
Dell, Ragin, Sanders, Stackhouse,
Stribling, Walker, Watson, Williams,
Wilson-29.
For ButIer-Barnwell, Buist, Moses,
Mower, Sloan, Verdier-6.
Senator Turner was absent and there
being no tie President Zimmerman was
not called on to vote. J. W.. G.