The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-07-03
County who would back him any time

tion as constables. Sumter had begun
the hatred to these men by rotten
egging them. The men employed
could not stand that. They were of
too sensitive nature. The Governor
said that after that he had to employ
men who would shoot when attacked
and who did not mind doing SO.
! The Governor discussed every side
and phase of the Dispensary law. He
said that high license is monopoly
for the rich man. The people, he
said, do not want any change from the
Dispensary law. If they want it they
can have it.
Voice: "Turn out the anti-Tillman
Judges"
F" If we had done so at first" answer
ed the Governor, eve would not have
had all this. They said that we were
bltter partisans, but we reelected
Mclver, Fraser and Norton"
The Governor dissented from the
views OF Whitman about the South
Carolina College. The Reform plat
form, he said. was pledged to it's sup
port, aud if all the students leave the
institution tho Reformers cannot go
back on their pledges. Tho icono-
elastic tenets OF Whitman could not
and would not be carried out. The
trouble was that tho people of Colum-
bia are SO bitter the Reformcrs won't
send their boys to the college.
The Governor talked on different
subjects and had a fine time with his
enthusiastic supporters. When he
wanted to quit they would not let him.
The Governor said that if the rancor
and bitterness does not cease there
will be an appeal to the negro vote.
The best way to prevent the negro
taking stock in politics in the future is
to vote for the constitutional conven-
tion this fall.
The crowd wanted the Governor to
take hand primary, but he does not
do this when Senator Butler follows
him and he finished by introducing
General CoXcy Butler"
When General Butler arose there
was perfect babel of voices and a
shower of questions were rained on
the Senator. He calmly stood at the
edge of the platform without saying u
word for several minutes. It must be
said in all fairness that Senator But
Ter was not given an orderly hearing
He was not howled down, but there
were several loud-mouthcd individuals
in the crowd who wanted to do the
speaking instead Of Butler. At one
time Governor Tillman arose to ask
for good order for his opponent, but
the Senator told the Governor that he
could handle tho crowd and intended
to do so.
Senator Butler said that yesterday
at Benncttsville the chairman of the
meeting had told him that the people
wanted discussion of issues and did
not want personalities. He had pro-
missed to do this and considered it an
agreement of both Tillman and him.
self. Tillman had departed from that
compact and INDUCED in personalities.
Butler said that he had before de-
nounced what Tillman had said as un-
ture and he would do so again. 1--WE
had better understand now that what
ever personal charges Tillman has to
make let him do so and not be involv-
ing others. He has again indulged in
the abuse of people not present and has
contemptuously referred to his own
friends as small fry"
General Butler was again worried
with multitude of silly and useless
questions. He tried to answer some of
these. Others he let go and did not
notice.
General Butler once more charged
that there was shortage in Dispen-
sary accounts and claimed that any way
the thing was figured out money was
missing.
Once more questions were poured in
on General Butler and there were hur-
rahs for Tillman.
81 understand" f" said General Butler,
that men have come here to howl me
down"
"rain't So" said voices.
General Butler charged that an ef-
fort was being made to suppress his
voice.
Voice: ooh, you can speak week
II you want to, but we are going to
vote for Tillman."
Let's CO." said several men, and
number started to move off.
"That right" said Butler, "Every
time go to blistering Tillman you want
to 60"
Buffers talk was rambling, it boing
impossible, with the Interruptions, to
talk on any subject )r any length Of
time.
A fat man sang out to the Senator
that the people were going to put Till
man in the White House in 1896, so
that he could right the wrongs of the
country.
"If he can do So" said Butter, she
will be the greatest statesman in his
tory"
TO man who said that Tillman
would be the Democratic nominee the
Senator said that if Tillman was the
nominee he would vote for and support
him, as he lButler) intended to go down
with the Democratic party. If the
Democratic party Is as rotten as Till
man claims, popular government is a
failure. The party, he said, is like a
oat 1t has nine lives and will never
die
Senator Butler managed to discuss
national issues some and scored corpor-
ations and trusts.
Do you think Cleveland is Demo-
crat ?" q man asked.
! "You and thought so when we
voted for him." answered Butler.
The man insisted on straight an
swer and Butler said that Cleveland
was not his kind of Democrat.
Toward the last Senator Butler talk
cd seriously, earnestly and eloquently
on home affairs and was not inter
rupted. He begged in the name of al
that was good and holy for the white
people to stick together. He said tb at
he had been asked to make this race
Independent Of the white vote but had
told those who made the proposition
that he would suffer his right arm cut
off before he would do one thing to
disrupt the Democratic party of this
State. That party was the salvation
OF the whito people and they must
stand by it.. The sober talk of the
Senator was listened to quietly by
those who had before been interrupt
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