The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-07-11
TIE MARION MEETING.
IT WAS A GOOD ONE DESPITE The
BAD WEATHER.

IT WAS A GOOD ONE DESPITE TIE
BAD WEATHER.
Interest Shown Chiefly In the Senatorial
F,ght-Goyernor Tillman's Questions
and Senator Buffers Answers.
MARION, 5. C., July 3.-If this had
been a ball game instead of campaign
meeting here today its record would
have been written, "Rain-no game
But the candidates could not be fright
ened by wetting, so anxious were
they to have their innings, look the
dear people 10 the eye and see them
face to face. There were about 700 per-
sons who turned out to see the Senate
rial rock. pitching and the various and
sundry side accompaniments to the
big political show. They were martyrs
to their curiosity, interest or whatever
feeling that took them there. They
not only saw reeds shaken by the wind,
but felt themselves 6renched from
head to foot by torrents Of water from
black clouds that hung over the town.
For several hours there was a terrific
doWn.pour and the crowd and most OF
the speakers had to succumb to first
class ducking. The meeting was held
in grove about a block away from
any shelter, and the crowd were sensi.
bic enough to keep budding together
and crouching under what umbrellas
were on hand, otherwise they would
have been like drowned rats had they
broke for cover. General Buffers
speech was the feature of today's meet
ing. 1t was really a gem, and the big
Tllmanije audience listened to him
with such rapt attention that he actu-
ally seemed to have made severe in
roads into the Governors Marion
> forces. His speech was combination
Of eloquence, wit and practical Illus
trstion.
County Chairman J. D. Montgomery
opened the meeting by asking the
crowd not to put any injecting ques-
tions" to the speakers and reminded
them that the city needed money so
that if ahy one misbehaved himself he
would be sent to jail and made to "giVe
up the stuff"
Voice-Let every man consider him
self a marshal for good behavior. Gap
plause)
After prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Beas-
ley the chairman began to call out the
programme and was about to ring in
the Senatorial candidates last when
Governor Tillman halted him with the
remark: "Oh, no, they had US last at
Florence and you amt going to put us
at the tail-end this time" The chair
man succumbed and reversed his pro-
gramme.
Railroad Commissioner Thomas came
in on the lightning express. He re-
hearsed his devotion to reform and
quoted Trautwine on Civil Engineer
ing, declared that the transportation
question was live issue and there
was no better way to make the great
engine Of State strike stump than to
put unskilled men on the board Of
railroad commissioners.
Commissioner J. a. Sligb, of New
berry was the next speaker. He &C.
knowledged that he was not pretty
man, but consoled himself with the
thought that his wife contended he
was the best looking man in the
world, though he could get nc one else
to sympathlZe with him.
Voice-That's right. (Appluuse.)
Mr.. Sligh-You know how 1t feels
don't you? (Renewed laughtef.)
Mr.. Sigh was very bashful refor-
birth and be could not be anything
else. he declared that as railroad COM
missioner he had always risen above
factioaal prejudice and had endeavored
to solve all questions in an equitable
way between the people and the rail-
roads. He had Just remarked that he
vas for unity among the people when
time was called on him.
Mr.. G. Walt Whitman spoke next.
He took a hand primary to ascertain
how many persons in the crowd had
read the Alliance demands, four per-
sons responding. de began to tell
about how a straightout and mono
metallist in Columbia had written to
the Governor thanking him for sup
porting the South Carolina College,
when it began to pour down cats and
dogs" and he suspended for while.
He was dead game, however, and re-
sumed when the rain slackened. He
was still discussing everJ thing in sight
when time was called.
Governor Tillman declared in his
speech that General Butler had hOller-
ed like Tucker for Office after 1876.
He offered to join Butler in signing a
request to the State Executive Com
mittee to have separate Senatorial
box in the primary. He added that
even if Butler. could get more votes IN
a separate box ne was going to get the
legislators or there would be hocus-
pocus somewhere.
don't understand an expression
that General Butler used at Darling.
ton, but 1 tell him If he will quit abso-
lutely discussing anything but public
questions and quit accusing me Of
being thief with his dispensary queS-
tions, I will promise TO quit pelting
him, for his record is twice as Vulner-
able as mine, If he treats me courte-
ously will not hit him below the belt,
!, but say that am not to be intimida-
-Sted or browbeateD. There are three
questions that I want him to answer:
First. let him name the man who he
saws told him that l ran at Hamburg
and will prove him liar by all the
other rioters.
Second, let him give me the names
of the constables who he says received
50 per day from the whiSkey men
while they were getting 50 from the
State. I tried to get the best men l
could for constables but expect that
i did get some black sheep in the
crowd. If he or any man knows of
such cases let him name them.
The third case l want him to settle
with County Chairman Brice Of Y ork-
vile. General Butler said I insulted
him at the Yorkville meeting and at
the Chester meeting he pitched into
me in very ungentlemanly and outrs-
geous manner. He says he asked per
mission at YorkVille to reply to me
and that he was refused. I read from
the Yorkville Enquirer that Chairman
Brice asked General Butler If he wished
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