The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-09-25
BENNETrsvIILE, s. q. WEDNESDAY,, SEPTEMBER Is, 1895
ty, Tn all the petitions that had been
presented the name of Butler had al.

ty, In all the petitions that had been
presented the name of Butler had al
ways appeared. He never knew Of
petitions for Saluda county until now.
He had always been the pet of that
section because he had always cham
pioned the Butler county scheme since
he was 81 years of age. 1t i'll became
his colleague from Edgefield (his
brother) after having defeated Gen.
Butler and having dispossessed him
Of his office, to assail man who was
| down. 1t was not manly, magnani-
NOUS or brave. Doubly was this SO
forhim to strike Butler here where lie
could not defend himself.
Slapping his own breast with great
force and displaying great earnestness.
he. tproccded: "This breast never
could have done either of those
things.
| Mr.. Tillman then referred to 78'and
went on to speak of Gen. Mart Gary,
saying: My God, the man is not
living nor is he dead that has over
had q better or more exalted opinion
Of Mart Gary than myself. We had a
largo mass meeting in Edgefiold the
day after his death to pass suitable
resp ltions in regard TO it. / drew
then,sup and mado a speech in which
said that CARY had done moro to
redeem the State in '7G than any single
man In it, Hampton not excepted. I
said 30 then and say so yet. Tho
ingratitude of tho politicians and
the manner in which he was
treated broke his heart. don't
mean to cast any reflections upon his
family, but he left large estate, yet
his grave, I am told, is there now
without stone Of any sort to mark
1T, all covered with grass. (Mr. Till
mans manner was extremely touch
ing here.) On Saturday sald-fCr he
was my friend that I tried hard to
have a marble monument erected to
him Oh the public square at Edgeneld,
with bald eagle on top, indicating
the type of man he was. Other
schemes for perpetuating his memory
were also tried, as were also many
schemes to raise tho money necessary,
but we found we had to abandon them
oil till the prejudice on account Of the
Cash letter and some other things he
had done had subided. He was born
sick, lived sick and died sick, vet
performed all the duties of the high
est type of citizen The same preiud-
ice TINT now enlisted against Butler
prevailed against him. [ for one am
willing to erect monuments to both
him and Butler by calling counties
for them.
| But thero were other Buffers be-
sides %. Butler. I repeat he is a
splendid man, q man Of great ability, "a
born orator. He has acuquired national
influence which took years Of ardluous
service to acquire; it was work to
make friends and divide our enemies.
He IS diplomatist of the first rank.
fear that the Congressman from South
Carolina will find out that it won't
pay to spit against tho Wind, for that
is splitting in their own faces. We
are in hopeless minority In Wash
ington, and it won't do to go there
and talk about using pitchforks on
people. We are not free people.
1t won't surprise me in the least if the
doors of Congress are closed on the
South Carolina Congresmen and its
Junior senator.
| He referred to the force bill; told
how in 1880 it had passed the House
and lacked one vote of passing the
Senate, yet nobody in this State seemed
to realize how near they had come to
having the whole fabric Of the
government, State and national,
revolutionized, don't believe
that this convention is going 10
act like school boys's debating
society and undo today what {
did yesterday, but I believe that YOU
will act like bold and indepent men.
Don't be like the jumping of the
Punch and Judy show, jack responsive
whenever the master hand pulls
the cord. This is the way they are ask
ing you to act. The gentleman from
Spartanburg boasted that there was
no leader here. The vote will show
whether there is or not. There is
nothing in this whole matter today
but bittcr prejudice. Why defer this
matter? That isn't the way grown
mon do business. If you consider ii
you will act exactly like a debating
society of small boys. 1t seems to me
that some of the leaders never intend
to let this prejudice drop.
BEARING WITH BEIIRE.
Mr.. Behre, of Colleton, then took a
hand He said they were sent there
as the representatives of the people.
The people desired the name of Saluda
and they should be allowed to say
that Saluda should be the namo. Give
thom the name they desired. He for
ono thought that tho movement need
ed now leaders badly. Always some
ono was saying that they were sub
missiye to the crack of the whips Of q
few leaders. Get new mon and repu.
diate the charge. He stood there to
say that certain things that George
Tillman had said on this line met Ills
approval He misquotcd Mr.. Tillman
and that gentleman remarked IT nev.
Ell said any such thing" He had great
admiration for Gen. Gary though lie
was. q more boy when Gen. Gary's
deeds were done. i',6
TALBEIsT AND TIT.LMAN.
Congressman Talbert got tho foo,
Inext and there were exciting passage.
at arms between he and ex- Congress
man Tillman, who he defeated in 1902
1t was during their incessant and heat
cd colloquy that the president had tc
send the sergeant-at-arms to quiet Mr.,
|Tillman. And o good many times
thereafter the president called on the
|sergeant-at-arms to preserve tho peace
of the convention.
Mr.. Talbert hoped that the minds
OF the delegates would not be led as
tray by the personalities that had
been injected into this convention. II
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