The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-07-04
A CHANGE TN TACTICS.
SENATORIAL CANDIDATES PUT BY
RAW HIDES AND SALT.

ORDERLY Me Ing at Chester Fl alo-Go1p
Into National Issues-Eue1bs and EV
ans snsr for Potpts-Tbe Crowd Undem
enstrative.
CHESTERFIELD, S. g., June 26.-1bt
campaign of education Is actually
daWning. The meeting of the secono
week opened here today with decided
revolution in the character of the
speakers. Wonderful, wonderful tc
relate, the lambastiug was discontin'
ued and the discussion of issues began
For day, at least, the scorcher and
the roaster have been laid aside and
the people have been RECALLED with
more edifying and enlightening dis
cussion.
The crowd of about 800 persons was
well behaved and in thorough good
humor, interfering with no cne and ap-
plaudinR circumspectly. IN truth the
meeting was really ideal iD comparison
with It's predecessors, both IN respect
to the character of the speeches and
the orderly, good natured demeanor OF
the hardy crowd. About one-hftn OF
the crowd were tar-heelers VINO came
from the Old North State but few
miles distant, and few OF them were
Popullsts to the core.
Governor T1llman made a rather
easy going speech, leaving out al harsh
references to his opponent, and dong
- Skh in a
He went into a lengthy discussion OF
national questions relating TO the CON
dition OF the country. He claimed the
crowd but refrained from taxing q
hand primary. He was Lot applaudeo
at first, but later on he got Tull meas
ure. The Governors speech was by no
means happy effort. It was rather
tame and did not provoke enthusiasm.
General Butler likewise dircnssed 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
orotherly 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 EIlerbe's Reform had revenue
favor about it.
There was not a word from the crowd
as Governor Illlman began to speak.
He reviewed mis- official career, giving as
reason for his second term as GoYer-
nor that he wanted yindication by
the people. He felt and knew that he
had done his whole duty, though he
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 euchered 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 Or
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 1t the pockets of the people had
shrunk. This country ought not to be
paying interest. 1t ought 10 be issuing
its own money. The only reason that
this coul6 not be done was because one
half Of the country was bamboozled by
the newspapers and m2nipulators 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 ST.
monitor and the railroads, and after
showing up what an awful judge he
was, the Governor Went Oh W Iuo it
into Butler for voting for Simonto1's
confirmation as circuit judge, saying
that he wanted to help him for the
sake of his kinsman, Bunch McBee,
whom Judge SimontoD, he said, had
helped out in the railroad case.
General Butler received some cheer
ing and a cry of GOD bless the old
Generslw when be was introduced.
Referring to his fight for silver in
Congress he said he had received let
ters 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 Congressmep, who
had been in Washington several years,
had not swept ont all the abuses that
Tillmaa spoke about was the same
that defeated the South in the war
they did not have enough men. CleVe-
land lad not bought him with patron
age. He lad 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
and that its passage would bring bet
ter times. The trouble with the coun-
try did not lie in the insufficiency of
the money but in tie inequality of its
distribution, aGd it all came from the
national banking system and Republi-
can legislation.
Representative F. p. Taylor asked
General Batler what was his vote on
he 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. Phe bill
that came from the House was nothing
more than a piece of blank paper as
far as its effects for good went. He ad-
vocated free silver because it would, to
that extent, enlarge the currency of
the country and make cotton and corn
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 to
sacrifice the Democratic party in the
struggle because one man, Mr.. Cleve-
land, was not in accord with it. Gen
eral Butler made an eloquent appeal to
the people Of the State to get together
like brethren instead of trying to throt-
tie each other like cowboys. II beg and
prov and hespech Won IF If ia the Iast