Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-23
South Carolina Politics.

South Carolina Politics.
The fifth of the series of campaign
meetings was held at Camden, S. c..
yesterday. Gov. Tillman had the open
ing aud Senator Butler the closing
Tillman was very tame in his introduc-
ton, but warmed up as he went along
He spoke of his unusual experience in
this campaign, and protested against
the policy of conducting the meetings
on the line Of personal abuse. Speak
ing of the way he has responded at Lam
caster to the attack made upon him By
Senator Butler, he said 'When got
to Lancaster I pulled off his shirt and
lifted the hide and put some salt and
pepper under it, AT Edgefeld fellows
know how to use pepper. He may have
some more pepper, and I'll give him all
the tine he wants, rs / will only take
20 minutes. Buffers charges that | am
liar and a thief and coward do nc
good"
He was willing to discuss public is
sues if permitted TO do so, or, if it were
preferred that he should pitch rocks, he
promised to pitch two rocks 10 Buffers
one. There was nothing TO hide in his
public record. His private life was
open to most careful scrutiny. He had
lived Tor the last five years under a
calcium light, and if anything could
have been found against him it would
have been discovered by this time. Here
there was vigorous outburst Of APP
plause for Gov. Tillman, and in response
to this he cried out : ''They burnt the
woods and sifted the ashes and have
not found louise" Butler was the
friend Of the corporations and their can
didnte. Mr.. Cleveland would rather
see Butler in the Senate than to have
Ben Tillman go there. ''If | go there,
promise that l will use that pitchfork
in his old fat ribs"
Governor Tillman spoke for about
fifteen minutes and wound up with an
appeal for peace.
Senator Butler was received with
great applause, and made telling
speech. If no other good had been
done by his lambasting OF Tillman, it
had at least taught him lesson in de-
cency. When Governor Tillman made
the proposition to discuss public issues
he more than met him half way, but at
the first opportunity Tillman had in
dulged in line of speaking which re-
duccd the campaign to the line of a dog
fight almost. He again denounced as
untrue any statement that he had or
knew of Il campaign fund in his inter-
est.
Senator Butler devoted some time to
the idle talk about the assassination of
Gov. Tillman, and, walking up to him
with outstretched arms said: "Tll
guard him myself, and, in heavens
name, let him stop that penny game of
demae gerry. What is he doing it for
except to excite your sympathy? /
think that by the time | get through
with him that is, if have the strength
to get through he wont be worth kill
ing. It's all nonsense about his being
killed. 1t is all buncome. He has
played that card for the last time, and
I promise III guard him all the time if
he'll just quit talking about being kill
ed" General Butler then talked about
the Darlington matter, and said it was
Il ridiculous idea ON the Governors
part to speak of being wanted in Oar
lington so that he might be killed.
What had he done? Think of it.
The idea of the governor of COM
monwcalth being afraid to go among
his people for fear of being killed!
What had he done for anybody to kill
him?
There was some attempt at this
point by Tillman's friends to interrupt
Buffers speech, but the Senator said to
the chairman of the meeting that these
men must shut their mouths: that there
were not enough men in the country to
intimidate him, and they need not
think they could frighten him.
In reply to Governor Tillman, he
said ''He is inclined to attack my re-
cord, about which he keeps talking, and
I'd have much more respect for him if
he came out and said what he wanted
to, and did not keep On intimating
things. He said something about what
it meant to give the lie over in Edge,
field. What ne said is so: but III tell
YOU they don't come back and say
you're another. They act. Now, l
commend him for not resentlng what
he regarded as an insult because he IS
governor, but because he is governor is
no reason why he should offer insults
and then hide behind that fact That's
his way. Now, if he hides behind his
being governor, he has no right to
whine That's the baby act, and it
won't do him any good. | want him
and everybody to understand that lie
is at absolute liberty to attack my
character, private and public. When
he and get to comparing records, if
he does not come out behind, I'm the
most mistaken man alive"
The meeting to-day will be held at
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