The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-14
CLOSING SCENES AT ABBEyIIIiE
n Peaceful Ending to a Heated Cam
paign-Thc Crowd Large and Or
dcrly-Tillman and Evans Still i'm
the Lead.

A Peaceful Ending to u Heated Cam
paiSn-Thc Crowd Large and Or
derly-Tillman and Evans Still i'm
the Lead.
ABBEvILLE, S. c., Aug. S.-"The
greatest circus on earth" made its last
public appearance as Il collective ag-
gregatiOn here to-day. The various
individual performers will appear in
spots again, but as q body as the most
magnificent three-tent exhibition ever
seen in South Carolina it has been dis
banded.
An audience of fully 5000 people, 400
OF them GeOrgians, who came here on
excursion this morning, witnessed the
final performance. They saw the po-
litical acrobats, jugglers and riders of
many horses go through their perform
ances. Performers behaved we'll and
the crowd did likewise.
None will shed tears that the cam
paign is over. 1t has ended without
bloodshcd. Seven weeks ago nearly
everybody predicted that quantities of
blood would flow. More prophecies
have been made and have failed of full
fillment than were ever before record
ed. There may. however, be moro
trouble in store in this poor old State
in the next few months than even the
surcst prophet can predict. Men mar
vel that in three months, tho most
heated campaigns in the history of
South Carolina, not a man has lost his
life. They say it cannot go on long in
this way and that merciful Almighty
has borne long and patiently with the
wild, unruly and blood-thirsty men who
have been restrained from violence not
OF their own vOlition.
Secretary of State Tindal developed
good deal of strength in the audience
to-day, and next to Tillman, Senator
Evans received the most applause.
County Chairman Bradley presided,
and the exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. Mr.. Ariail. Governor
Tillman had to get off to go to Glenn
son College and the programme was so
arranged that he could speak first.
Not q sound was heard as he was in
troduced, but in few minutes ringing
cheers greeted every point in the re-
marks he made. A
The Governor enumerated what has
been done by Reform that is of value
to the people and State, beginning
with the choking of Coosaw into sub
mission and going through other things
as follows: Giving the people the
right to sec candidates before voting
for them; making Railroad Commits
sioners elective by tho people direct !;
reapportionment of the State primary
elections; refunding the State debt ;
building Clemson College and the
Woman's College; collection of rail
road and bank taxes and making cor
porations obey the law after a
hard fight; calling a constitutional
convention, and, last and greatest, the
Dispensary law. The Governor was
applauded as he went through this list
and spoke strongly and forcibly of the
/ various achievements of tho greatest
of all movements.
When discussing the scarcity Of
money there were many sharp COM
ments by the crowd. The Governor
asked what is money!"
Voice; "We haven't seen enough of
it to know" (Applause.)
The Governor began to skin and stew
Cleveland.
Voice: "Roast the old devil"
| (Laughter.)
Tiilman "I'm just getting read y
to give him his medicine" Zap
plause.)
He was more than usually bitter on
Cleveland and Congress and repeated
his charges that Congress had been
bought, referring especially to corrupt
and bought-up Senators.
The Governors pet plan OF getting
the South and West together, politi-
cally, was given good deal OF atten-
tion by him. He incidentally said that
he had seen nobody against him be.
cause he was against the sub-treasury.
He declared that there are hundreds
of men in the Alliance who will swal.
low a court house or anything else tc
get to the Senate. 1t was these men
who were kicking up all this row. The
politicians had always been against
him and now bave knives up their
sleeves for him and will continue tC
keep them up there, but his strength
lay with the common people and wool
hat boys. Great cheering.)
The Governor wound up his last
, campaign speech by thanking the peo
} pie of Abbeyille for their past and fu
ture support. He spoke forty minutes
and was accorded an ovation as he fin
J ished.
Gen. Butler went to the front amit
; hand-cIapping for himself and cheer.
for Tillman. Butler wanted to catch 8
!. train and said he would speak only {
! few, minutes. It was thd briefes
J speech he has mado and was simple
} statement OF his record, together Will