The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-06-28
the CANDIDATES START THEIR
RACE.

Rock Hill, S. e., June lS.--Special:
Fifteen hundred attended the first cam
paigu meeting here to-day. Probably
1000 OF them were imported Butler
boomers aud 500 Of that number had
never before heard Of any such town .aS
Rock Hill. They were brought here
like sheep and will be returned to their
homes the same way. The remaining five
hundred we've farmers Of this county and
the surrounding counties. They were
Tillmanitcs and will vote for Tillman.
Butler may get Il fow of them, but there
is nothing to give him hope in the aid he
expects to receive from the men OF this
county who were present to-day.
The Butler boomers began to come i'll
Yesterday on all trains and on This morn.
ing's trains from Columbia and Charlotte
from 600 to 800 arrived. They were from |
nearly every county in the State. They |
had no railroad tickets and 40 fur as
known tickets were not asked ofd dthpm.
The crowd from Columbia was co 'oscd
largely of men from the mountains OF
Spartanburg and Grcenvlls. They were
taken to Columbia last night on the Spar
tanburg Road and shipped here on the
Charlotte, Columbia anA Augusta train,
which left Columbia ut 2:l0 o'clock this
morning. 1T was n rich crowd. They
were comlny here TO yell for Butler 1t
didn't matter to any OF then what bo.
came Of them after they got here. Each
squad was in charge OF Butler leaders
From Tryon, n G., near the Spartan
tanburg line, there was II gool.slzed dele
CATION including tho Fisher boys, who al
ways take hand in South Carolina poll
tics, Observation-Disclosures Of them can
not vote in tins State. This is Il sampl,
Of majority Of the boomers. There
were however, men from various citic
and towns along the roads.
QUID PRO QUO.
Also In tho crowd were Marshal Hun
ter Internal Revenue Collector Tewnc
and Janitor Moore, of the Federal build
ing in Columbia. Besides variety c
United States officials including nun
Der Of deputy marshals. or course, the
u
ler, but Just to see fun. Atstations alon
the route between here and Columbi
small squads Of whoopers got on th
train. At 10 this morning n train whc
arrived from Charlotte brought IN severa
hundred more of the free excursion con
tngcnt mayy Of them from Charlotte.
THE WINNER.
Tho crowd had waited patiently for th
Senatorial guns to fire and broke into up
plause when Chairman White Introduce
Gov. Tillman and announced the order Q
the remainder Of the speaking. The Gov
advanced in the cool, deliherate manne
usual to him. He said he was the only MAJ
III South Carolina who had tried to canvas
theIState three times, County by County
He /: brought applause and loud laughte
when he said he was glad to meet tho audlcr
CO face.to face even through many of thcl
came from North Carolina and all over Il,
globe. He was accused Of having bite
tongue, but he stood here and said he W.
not responsible for all the bitterness. II
had been more prosecuted and malignc
than any other man. The people, Tillmu
said, had elected him to Office before a,
were going to send him to tho Senate su
asa gums Iron. cloud applause.
Ho said he had been Governor four yea
and stood ready to defend his every &C
He made an appeal for brotherly lovo
the coming campaign and paid all eulop
to the farmers as tho backbone OF tho con
try. He said he was proud Of being farm
Or Governor. He has never run for Off,
till over 3s years of age. Then he had gor
for the biggest plum on the tree and shoe
1t down. He was now after u bigger plu
and intended to got it. (Applause.)
His friend Butler had been In office eigl
teen years. The Office belonged to I'll
people and not to any man.
A BIRDS EYE VIEW.
The Governor next said he supposed tn
candidates for tho Senate must discuss nj
tional issues. He would simply take
birds eye view Of the situation. Thor
were only two big questions-the tariff ant
finance. He wouldn't touch on the tariff
to-day and would discuss finances to some
extent He jumped into the question by
showing the great contraction of the mon.
ey Of the country. In 1865, he said, there
was $4,000, 900 of money in circulation
now tHoTo III only $lJVOO,oOo,OUO. Ihat was
2bhe reason the poor farmers Of the country
were not getting reward for their labor.
yHe charged all this to Wall street. Shy
looks, backed by Lombard street, London.
Thona Shylocks had caused this contraction
by putting the issue powers In national
banks. The people were continually get
ting pooror and ali the wealth OF the. coun-
Try 10 in the hands Of a few thousand mil.
tonaires1 $s -