The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-08-01
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
The Events Of the Week.
THE R1cHLAND MEETING.
Disorderly Crowd---The Speakers
Heard With Difficulty - The
Crowd About Evenly Divided.

DlSorderly CrOWd---The speakers
Heard With Difficulty - The
Crowd About Evenly Divided.
The Ricbland county meeting was
held at Shandon, the new suburb o1
Columbia at the terminus Of the cleo
trio car line. The crowd numbered
about 800, and was nearly evenly divid
ed between Butler and Tillman There
we're number of drunken men present,
who kept up continual disturbance and
a, one time almost succeeded in breaking
up the meeting.
The candidates for Superintendent o
Education. R r. Commissioner and
.Adjutant and Inspector General led OF
They had nothing new to say.
Gov. Tillman spoke next. 7H<
States report of Tiliman's and Buffers
speeches is as follows:
When DIR. Ben Tillman, candidate
for the United States Senate, vas intro
duced, three-fourths Of the crowd
raieed sky-piercing yell calculated to
loosen the joints of the solar system.
It lasted for a minute. and as it died
away half dozen Kisses we're heard.
At the same moment the Governor be-
gan to speak, and somebody yelled.
Another spasmodic yell OF two fol-
flowed.
The Governors stern face hardened
..The chairman appointed 6fty mem
bers Of reception committee to do the
courtesies Of this OCCASION he snap
ped. ..and not one marshal to keep the
peace aud put down trouble" CHEERS.
The Governor, deliberately: 4'Unless
can speak and be listened to, I'll
stop right here. CHEERS aed = variety
Of ferocious sounds.
Chairman Ray. in the midst of the
confusion. indignantly denied any res
possibility for the uproar and declared
that be had done his best to preserve
order.
Governor Tillman turned his face
from the music with the parting shot
'.that he didn't care three straws
whether he spoke OF not, . aud sat down
in q chair and also in disgust.
The music proceeded, and Senator
Butler advanced to the from. and
stretched his hand IN deprecating
gesture.
The storm at once increased in vio-
lence. Senator Butler persevered in
trying to be heard. Then the lion in
the soldier of Trevillian's awoke His
voice could be heard, but it vas unip-
telligible in the din.
Chairman Ray again attempted to
ouell the disturbance. A drunken man
tried to climb on the stand. The chair.
msn firmly pushed hin, back. A little
boy came forward With a bouquet for
the Senator, but the Senator was not
in Aowery mood and waved him back.
The air vibrated with the yells. but
they socn subsidized slightly.
Tillman advanced aud stood by But
ler, whose voice could now be heard
exclaiming in tones that rang and rang
again: ..This is an outrage? 1t is a
shame for you men to behave like this.
You are acting like ID savages.
Let Governor Tillman speak! Let
him speak I shall not attack him un-
less be speaks! I give you fair notice
that unless he speaks I'll not appear
before you.' Slowly, as if cowed by
Buffers denunciatiou, the maudlin
howlers ceased and the noise sank
away.
Chairman Ray exclaimed +: Il shall
allow no man to charge me with unfair
ness. l shall give every man fair
showing.
give you notice that unless the
Governor speaks shall allow no other
man to attempt to speak,
Governor Tillman. who ali the time
had remained perfectly cool aud self
possessed, began his second heat. He
explained that he had merely said that
no marsbals had been appointed to keep
order-that vas all.
The Governor spurred himself and
sprapg forward to the charge on Cleve-
land and Congress. 1t appeared to the
reporter that he was employing the
tactics of the Israelites around Jericho
against Wall Street. He blazed, full
minated and catapulted great sounding
epibets. Congressmeo aud Senators,
be said, had been bought and sold. He
waded through twenty sentences Of
scorching iovective and sarcasm.
Governor. what are you going to do
when you get there"
..Do just like I've done as Governor.
Run over all such fellows as you!
Long aud load applause.
The Governor denounced the ''treacb-
cry and double-dealing and hypocrisy"