The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-07-04
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CHESTERFIELD, S. C., June 26.-Ibe
campaign of education is actually
dawning. The meeting Of the second
week opened here today with decided
revolution in the character Of the
speakers. Wonderful, wonderful tc
relate, the lambasting was discontln'
ued and the discussion of issues began
For a day, at least, the scorcher and
the roaster have been laid aside and
the people have been RECALLED with
more edifylng and enlightenlng dis.
cuSsiOn.
The crowd of about 800 persons was
well behaved and in thorough good
humor, interfering with no one and ap.
plauding circumspectly. In truth the
meeting was really ideal In comparison
with its predecessors, both in respect
to the character of the speeches and
the orderly, good natured demeanor OF
the hardy crowd. About one-ffth of
the crowd were tar.heelerS who came
from the Old North State but a few
miles distant, and few of them were
Populists to the core.
Governor Tillman made a rather
easy going speech, leaving out ali harsh
references to his opponent, and doing
his clustering" in very mild way.
He went into q lengthy discussion OF
national questions relating to the con
dttion of the country. He claimed the
- crowd but refrained from taking 8
hand primary. He was not applauded
at first, but later on ne cot full meas
ure. The Governors speech was by no
means happy effort. It was rather
tame and did not provoke enthusiasm.
General Butler likewise dircassed pub
lie measures and had nothing salty to
say Of the Governor. His speech seem.
ed to be effective with the crowd and
is regarded as one of the best he has
made. He was listened to very atten-
lively.
The feature of the meeting was the
brotherlY spat between the Marion
swamp fox and the Aiken game cock.
General Elerbe charged his brother
candidate with tacking himself on to
Tillman's coat tail and with voting
against salary reduction. Evans, in
reply, demonstrated to a nicely that
with MIN Reform was second nature,
while Ellerbe's Reform had a revenue
favor about it.
There was not a word from the crowd
as Governor Tlllman began to speak.
He reviewed his official career, giving as
q reason for his second term as GoYer-
nor that he wanted vindicstion by
the people. He felt and knew that he
had done his whole duty, though be
may have made mistakes. He scored
the Democratic party for Its treachery,
and Cleveland for having betrayed his
trust. He pictured the poverty strick-
en- condition Of the farmers and said
they were eachered out Of their earn
ings by the same scheming scoundrels
in Washington. He went into an ex-
PLANTATION of the money question, tell
ing how England, the creditor of na-
tions, had stricken down silver in CT
der to enhance thevalue Of the interest
received from other nations. Every
man having an income from bonds and
stocks was opposed to silver. These
fellows had manipulated Congress in
regard to the issue of paper money and
now control the outlet Of money, prices
and products. Silver had shrunk and
with it the pockets of the people had
shrunk. This country ought not to be
paying interest. It ought TO be issuing
its own money. The only reason that
this could not be done was because one
half of the country was BAN booZled by
the newspapers and m2nlpulators to
vote the other half down, and the
money power is always on top and the
thieves IN both parties joined hands to
keep the people poor and make them
selves rich. He told about Judge 81
monitor and the railroads, and after
showing up what an awful judge he
was, the Governor went uu W Iub 1t
into Butler for voting for Simonton's s
confirmation IS circuit judge, saying
that he wanted to help him for the
sake of his kinsman, Bunch McBee,
whom Judge Simontop, he ssid, had
helped out in the railroad case.
General Butler received some cheer.
ing and cry Of "God bless the old
Generalp' when he was introduced.
Referring to his fight for silver in
Congress he said he had received let
tiers from people in the North threat
ening to blow him up with dynamite,
but that did not stop him. The reason
he and the Reform Congressmen, who
had been in Washington several years,
had not swept ont all the abuses that
Tillman spoke about was the same
that defeated the South in the war
they did not have enough men. Cleve.
land had not bought him with patron
age. He had done his best to induce
the party to carry out the financial
platform. He saw no relief as long as
Cleveland was President. General
Butler said it was bis opinion that the
tariff bill would be passed this week
Rand that its passage would bring bet
Ter times. The trouble with the coun.
txy did not lie in the insuficlency OF
the money but in tie inequality Of its
dis, -ibution, and it sll came from the
national banking system and Republi.
can legislation.
Representative F. 2. Taylor asked
General Batler what was his vote on
the anti-option bill.
The General replied that he voted for
an amendment prepared by Senators
George and Cox which would have been
effective. in breaking up the gambling
in futures, and which provided that
any man who traded in futures should
be put in the penitentiary. The bill
that came from the House was nothing
more thar~-a-Diece of blank paper as
far as its e.-ects for good went. He ad'
vocated free silver because it would, to
that extent, enlarge the currency OF
the country and make cotton and corr
and all the products bring more. The
next great political battle that would
be fought in this country would invite
all men, Of all parties for financial re-
lief, and he for one was unwilling tc
sacrifice the Democratic party in the
struggle because one man, MI. Cleve
land, was not in accord with it. Gen
eral Butler made an eloquent appeal tc