The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-06-28
BUTLER AND TlLLMAN.
THE GREAT SENATORIAL RACE BE-
GUN AT ROCK HILL.

Tindsl Do Their DevoAr-The o he;
Candidates Did Not Speak.
RoCK HILL, June 18.-The gree
Senatorial contest has DO gun. During
tho early hours of tho day hundreds o
people were congregated around Turn
er's Hotel, whore both Butler and Till
man were quartered, and 1t was Butle,
crowd, the followers OF the G overnor
not coming up into town IN large nun
bers.
Two hundred Butterflies arrived yes.
terdaY. Fifty OF them came from Edge.
field and the remainder from Greenville.
AT $3.50 this morning the train from Col.
umbia brought 450 more, all wool.hat,
hardy looking fellows, from Union,
Fairfield and stations along the G., c.
& A. road. A good many others came
in about 1880 ftom the direction of
Charlotte. The audience at the meotine
numbered about 1000. One Of the not
able passengers from Columbia was
Newbold, the dspensary detective. He
had to stand some mild guying from tho
country boys.
Shortly after 10 O'Clock th is morning
Senator Butler made a ten minutes talk
to 25O ofhis supporters in Armory Hall
lie started that rumor had been cir.
culated and telegraphed that Governor
Tllman was to be assassinated prompt.
~ at noon by prearranged plan. lie
des'red to slate that 80 far as ne knew.
therumor was unqualiledly false. He
had never, he said, done or said word
TO cause breach among the white
people, nor would he. He hoped his
trends would scatter themselves at this
meeting as they would at any other
meeting. He thanked them for their
presence and hoped they would 90 to
Yorkville tomorrow. He had no fear
Tor himself, and he did not see any rea l.
son why anybody should wish to kill
MN, but he supposed he could as we'll
afford to die now as ever.
The Senator remarked that the
State executive committee had passed O
rule requiring candidates 10 announce
themselves by June II, and that ia COM
pllance he had written the following let
ter:
Edgelield, s. G., June 16, 1894.
10 MIR. d. II. Tom pkine, Secretary of
Democratic Exactive Committee,
Columbia, S. c.:
Dear Sir: hereby announce myself
as a candidate for the United States
Senate for the term beginning March 4,
1895.
L presume tie candidates for the
Legislature, which will elect a United
States Senator, will abide the result of
the primaries set for the 30th of August
next.
hereby request that separate box
be provided by the State executive com. /.
mittee at each and every voting precinct
III the State, in which each voter may
express by his ballot his preference for
United States Senator, said separate
boxes to be managed uuGer tho Same
rule as other ballot boxes in the prima-
ries, and I hereby pledge myself to abide
the result OF tho vote thus cast at the
said primary. An early reply will ob)ige.
Very truly, M. Q BUTLER.
The Senator said that il be could
get tair primary he would abide by it,,
and not whine at the result If the people
preferred tho other man. He could re-
turn to Edgefield and fish for the remain
der OF his life and spend 1T free OF public
cares, What he wished was to get the
people to listen to argument.
THE REGULAR MEETING.
The speaking was mt M 1orn's grove,
halt mile north of the centre of the
city. Congressman Strait was given
thirty minutes, tho senatorial candidates
one hour each and ten minutes for reply
and tho candidates for Governor 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 majestic white
oak. It stands ia the midst OF splendid
grove.
President White introduced Congress.
man Strait as the frat speaker. No
body cheeled as he faced the crowd. 1t
began to sprinkle rain gontly, damper-
ing tho spirits of the assemblage, and the
Congressman's remarks appeared to
have similar effect.
GOV. TILLMAN SPEAKS.
AT the conclusion Of Congressman
Straits speech President White. after
cauttoning the crowd not to interrupt
the speakers, introduced Governor
Tillman.
The Gro wd had waited patiently for
the Senatorial guns to FIRE and broke
into applause when Chairman White
introduced Governor Tillman and an
nounced the order 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
lie brought applause and loud laughter
when he said he was glad to meet the
audience face to face even though many
or them came from North Carolina and
oil over tho globe. He was accused OF
having a bitter tongue, but he stood
mere and said he was not responsible
for all the bitterness. lie had been
more prosecuted and maligned thar
any other man. The people, Tillmar
SAID, had elected him to office before
and were going to send him to the
plause.) 'f
lie said he had been Governor foul
Years and stood ready to defend hi
n a