The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-07-05
A CHANGE IN TACTICS.
SENATORIAL CANDIDATES PUT BY
RAW HIDES AND SALT.

Into Nai1onal Issues-ElleIbe ana Ev-
ans Spar for Pc,nts-The Crowd Undem-
onstI ative.
CHEsTERFIELD, S. g., June 26.-The
campaign Of education is actually
dawniDg. The meeting Of the second
week opened here today with q decided
revolution In the character Of the
speakers. Wonderful, wonderful to
relate, tho lambasting 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 regailed with
more edifying and enlightening 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 It's predecessors, both in respect
to the character of the speeches and
the orderly, good natured demeanor Of
the hardy crowd. About one fifth of
the crowd were tar.heelers who came
from the Old North State but a few
miles distant, and few of them were
POpullsts to the core.
Governor Tlllman made a rather
easy going speech, leaving out all harsh
references to his opponent, and doing
bis "blistering" in a very mild way.
He went into a lengthy discussion of
national questions relating to the con.
dition Of the country. He claimed the
crowd but refrained from taking a
hand primary. He was not applauded
at first, but later on he got full meas
ure. The Governors speech was by no
means happy effort. 1t was rather
tame and did not provoke eEth husi asm.
General Butler likewise dircussed 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
DrotherlY 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 nicely that
with him Reform was second nature,
while Ellerbe's Reform had q revenue
flavor about it.
There was not word from the crowd
as Governor IIllman began to speak.
He reviewed his official career giving as
reason for his second term as Cover
nor that he wanted vindication 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 It's treachery,
and Cleveland for having betrayed his
trust. lie pictured the poverty strick-
en- condition of the farmers and said
, they were euchered out Of their earn
inRs by the same scheming scoundrels
In Washington. lie went into an ex-
planation of the money question, tell.
ing how England, the creditor Of ma
tions, had stricken down silver in Or
der to enhance thaValue 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
sbrunk. This country ought not to be
paying interest. 1t ought to be issuing
its own money. The only reason that
this could not be done was because one.
half OF the country was, bamboozled by
the newspapers and msnipulators to
vote the other half down, and the
money power Is always on top and the
thieves In both parties joined hands to
selves rich. He told about Judge ST.
monton and the railroads, and after
showing up what an awful judge he
was, the Governor went on to rub it
into Butler for voting for Simonton's g
confirmation IS crcnit judge, saying
that he wanted to help him for the
sake Of his kinsman, Bunch Nc Bee,
whom Judge Simonton, he said, had
helped out In the railroad case.
General Butler received some cheer.
Ing and a cry Of "God bless tho old
General" when he was introduced.
Referring to his fight for silver in
Congress he said he had received let
ters from people In the North threat.
eniDg to blow him up with dynamite,
but that did not stop him. The reason
he and the Reform congressman, who
had been In Washington several years
had not swept ont all the abuses that
Illlman spoke about was the same
that defeated the South in the war
Ihey did not have enough mon. Oleye.
land mad not bought him with patron.
age. He bad done his best to induce
me party to carry out the financial
platform. lie saw no relief rs long as
GleVeland was President. General
Ducdel suiu IL was DIS opinion that the
tariff Dill would be passed this week
and that Its passage would bring het.
ter times. The trouble with the conn.
try did not lie in the insufllciencv nt
the money but in tie nequality Of tts
distribution, and it all came from the
national banking System and Republi.
can legislation.
Representative T.. Il. TAYLOR asked
General Butler what was his vote on
the anti-option bill.
The General replied that he voted for
IN amendment prepared by Senators
george and Cox which would have been
effective in breaking up the gambling
IN tuturts. and which provided that
any man who traded in futures should
pc put In the penitentiary. The blll
that came from the House was nothiDa
more than a piece Of blank paper as
Tar as Its effects for good went. lie adj
vocated free silver because It would. to
cha6 extent, enlarge the currency of
the country and make cotton and corn
ana all the products bring more. The
next great political battle that would
DC Fought In this country would invite
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