The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-18
TIE CHARLESTON MEETING.


The Biggest and Noisiest Time ofthe Cam
psign-some Lively Incidents of the
Meeting.
Especial to The State.
CHARLESTON, July l2-"You can GO
to the devil your own way" was the
loving invitation extended TO the
crowd of i've thousand Charlestonians
by Governor Tillman tonight from the
court house balcony, aud such yelling
and jeeriag and Kissing you never
I. heard. On, twas a huriy-burly meet
ing. It's like we will never look upon
again. It was tit for tat between the
Governor and the immense crowd.
Tillman would hurl his double-distilled
maiedictions seCharIeston, and back
at him would come thousand and one
replies expressed in as many ways and
forcihly at that.
The campaign meeting tonight bears
q clese resemblance to the one Of two
years ago, held on the same spot. The
entire space in front Of the city hall
along Broad street, from the new post
office half way to Church street, was
filled with a s>ething, shouting mass
of humanity. For the most part the
crowd was good-natured, and was SIM
ply beut on giving Tilllnan as good as
he sent. At every gubernatorial shot
they would yell and hiss and howl ID
til ''de doom of ole St. Michael" al
most cracked. Several times there were
symptoms of fuse or panic, and the
crowd was stampeded right and left, as
mounted police dashed through it. No
one was seriously hurt, though possibly
there were score or more OF bruised
heads.
The meeting was called to order at
s O'Clock by Chairman J. w. Kinloch,
and Brother u. Walt Whitman led off
with his hell gate illustration.
The crowd had read it in the news
papers before, and they gave the dyna-
mite man some good-natured gags. He
talked Reform, and showed why the
South Carolina College should be ami
hilated.
Representative Yeldell and had his
bout for railroad mmissioners. He
told the Charlestonians they must bow
to the will of the majority.
The honest face of Dr.. Zimmerman,
the Apollo BelSidere OF EdgeGeld Coun-
ty,l next loomed up, and as the crowd
took in the hneaments of manly pull
chritude for which the Doctor is Just
celebrated, they roared and laughed
and aPoked all manner of fun at him.
The Doctor spoke q good word for
Charleston, and was heartily ap-
plauded.
A MISCELLANEOUS GREETING.
Governor Tillman was then intro
duced, and the welkin almost cracked
with a miscellaneous assortment of
cries. ~"
ssThis is the fifth time I have had the
pleasure of appearing before the peo-
pie of Charleston and trying to poke
some common sense into their heads
from this spot" was the Governors
opening remark. It WAS greeted with
q thousand howis and hisses. Every
body began talking and the Governor
was drowned out blythe G6abef<NHo
voices. The Governor recounted bis
former visits to Charleston, reminding
them that on one occasion they "all
ran like pack of towards" He didn't
want their votes, as he was going to
be elected without them.
All manner ofyelling and Kissing en-
sued. The Governor said when ne was
first elected he had appointed all the
county officials recommended by
Charleston and he had the Citadel re-
built. He had given Charleston free
ballot and fair count. Jeers. "Wby
do YOU hate me? I am not to blame
because you are behind the times and
mules instead of electricity. You are
cut of from the whole State in progress,
in sympathy and in politics, and you
can go to the devil in your own way if
you want to, but yov shall not be al
lowed to take the whole State along
with you"
This set the crowd boiling and they
jeered the Governor for all they were
worth. The chairman asked the crowd
to hear him as he was their Governor.
''Then let him talk like a gentle
man." was the response from the
crowd.
The Governor told the crowd they
were going to have the dispensary
again and be would see that it was eG-
forced if it took q thousand metropoli-
tan police to do so and they couldn't
help themselves.
''Sit down, we don't want to hear
YOU" yelled some one.
'Of course you don't want to hear
me and T bet you have blind tiger
with four eyes right around the cor
ner, now," replied the Governor.
The Governor tried to bold some
band primaries, but the crowd would
not let him. He called them a set Of
political slaves and said all their pu bic
men were afraid of the whiskey
influence. They were going to vote for
Butler, not that they love Butler more,
but that they hated Tlllman more.
Voice: 'sIt is because we want to hear
= gentleman"
The Governor lamhasted the fourth
Brigade for not going to Darlington
A lot of Kissing ensued, and be said
he wished some one would start a
drum and run these fools away"
Voice: "You are safety Eyes, am
safe for the Senate. I have got it in my
procket already. (Jeers and bowls.
When I get to the Senate you will be
around begging for the postofhce and
will swear you were not here tonight
daughter and bowls know seventy
five or one hundred men have been
brought here to turn this meeting into
bowling mob. Voice: "You are the
man who did it") l give you this
parting shot: Your dealers better
GET RID OF YOUR wHIsKEY,
because I am going to open the Dis
pensary again."
Only those who were near the Gov
eruor heard this so deafening were the
combined jeers and bowls and Kisses
that ensued.
GEN. BUTLER
was next introduced. II wonld say"
said be. eff didn't know the Governor
so well, that be has had some of his
Dispensary whiskey."
A GENERAL STAMPEDE.
At this juDcture the first stampede
ersued. it was caused by police
mans collaring man in the crowd.
In an instant all was confusion. The
crowd sHarme0 everywhere and yelled