The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-06-27
BUTLER AND TlLLMAN.
THE GREAT SENATORIAL RACE BE-
GUNAT ROCK HILL.

Candidates DID Not speak
Rock HILL, June lS.-The great
Senatorial Contest has begun. During
the early hours IF the day hundreds OF
people were congreeated around Turn.
er's Hotel, where both Butler and Till.
man were quartered, and 1t was Butler
crowd, the followers OF the G overnor
not coming up into town IN large uum.
bers.
Two hundred Butterflies arrived yes.
terday. Fifty Of them came from Edge
field and the remainder from Greenville.
At6:30 this morning the train from Col
umbia brought $50 more, all wool-hat,
hardy looking fellows, from Union,
Fairfield and stations aloog the G. C..
s. A. road. A good many others came
in about 1880 fcom the direction Of
Charlotte. The audience at the meeting
numbered about 1000. One of the not.
able passengers from Columbia was
Newbold, the dispensary detective. He
had to stand some mild guylng from the
country boys.
Shortly after l0o'clock this morning
Senator Butler made ten minutes talk
to $50 of his supporters in Armory Hall.
He started that a runor had been cir.
culsted and telegraphed that Governor
Tillman was to be assassinated prompt.
" at noon by presrranged plan. He
desired to state that 80 far as be knew,
the runor was unqualidsdly false. he
had never, he said. done or said word
70 cause breach among the white
people, nor would be. He hoped his
friends would scatter themselves at this
meeting as they would at any other
meeting. He thanked them for their
presence and hoped they would go to
YorkYille tomorrow. He had no fear
for himself, and he did not see any rea.
son why anybody should wish to kill
him. but he supposed he could as well
afford to die now as ever.
The Senator remarked that the
State executive committee had passed q
rule requiring candidates to announce
themselves by June II, and that in COM
pliance he had written the following let
ter:
Edge6eld, S. c., June Is, 1894.
To. Mr.. D. 81. Tom pkins, Secretary Of
Democratic Exactive Committee,
Columbis, S. c.:
Dear Sir: hereby announce myself
as a candidate for the United States
Senate for the term beginning March 4,
1895.
T presume the candidates for the
Legislature, which rftt etoc+ -t-,ted
States Senator, will abide the result Of
the primaries set for the 30th Of August
next.
I hereby request that separate box
be provided by the State executive com.
mittee at each and every voting precinct
IN the State, in which each voter may
express by his ballot bis preference fer
United States Senator, said se parate
boxes to be managed unGer the same
rule as other ballot boxes in tie prima-
ries, and hereby pledge myself to abide
the result OF the vote thus cast at the
said primary. An early reply will ob]ise.
Very truly, NJ. G BUTLER.
The Senator said that il he could
get talr primary he would aide by it,
and not whine at the result If the people |
preferred the other man. He could re-
turn TO Edgefeld and fish for the remain.
der of his life and spend 1t free OF public |
cares. What be wished was to get the
people to listen to argument.
THE REGULAR MEETING.
The speaking was at M,creis grove
halt mile north of the centre Of the
city. Congressman Strait was given
thirty minutes, the senatorial candidates
one hour each and ten minutes Tor reply
and the candidates for Governo. thirty
minutes each. At precisely two minutes
past eleven, Senator Butler and Con-
gressman Strait arrived on the ground.
The stand is an ordinary wooden plat.
form, built against a majestic white
oak. itstands in the midst OF 8 splendid
grove.
AS the Senator steps upon thestand,
attired in blush cambric neelisee shirt,
scarf. and black clothes, some one
sho..s, "Hurrah for Butler" and con.
siderable cheering follows. One voice
shouts for Tllman.
In amoment Governor TLlmau. wear
ing a white helmet and black alpaca
coat, low qusrtered shoes and gresnlsh
yellow socks, follows, and cheers, scarce.
ly 80 generalas Buffers, greet him. He
takes seat at the rear of the stand and
leans against the oak. John Gary Evars
seats himself at bis right elbow and Tin.
dal directly behind. Samps Pope, FL
lerbe, Buchanan, Watts, John Walter
Gray and May6sld seated themselves
around the stand, with Butler holding
the lett fanklDg seat.
President White of the Rock Hill |
Democratic Club called the meeting to
order. Rev. W. G. White prayed and
the band played.
President White introduced Congress.
man Strait as the first speaker. No
body chez, ed as he faced the crowd. It
began to spriskle rain gently, damper-
ing the spirits of the assenblage, and the
Congressman's remarks appeared 10
have similar effect.
GOV. .TILLMAN SPEAKS.
At the conclusion of Congressman
Straits speech President White, after
cautioning the crowd not to interrupt
the speakers, introduced Governor
Tillman.
The GRO I'd had waited patiently foc
the Senatorial guns to Ere and broke
into applause when Chairman White
introduced Governor Tillman and an
nounced the erder of the remainder of
the speaking. The Governor advanced
in the cool, deliberate manner usual to
him. he said he was the only man In
South Carolina who had tried to canvass
the State three times, county bv county.
He brought applause and loud laug ghter
when he said he was glad to mee5 tne
audience face to face even though many
of them came from North Carolina ana