The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-19


biggest tinle In The world throvang rocks
% thoss Republicans and waschin' EN-
The mata thing he had como to- talk With
them about was slicher.'
sYou people viii have 10 eottls'tbiS q'les.
tion for yourselves no said. I'm not
hero to give orders, ~ soma OF tho news
papers would have you belisve.' :
dHurrah for >Tillman. We nsed eonae-
body to give orders, . some shouted.
aWell, but South C~arolinans Win noe
take orders from any mani much less me-
he said. In o moment he added; 4 1nean
the genuine article. We got some cur doss
among ub, just like thore are some 'vsry-
where
sHurrah for Ole Ban Tllman.'
Soon after tho speaking began men
climbed upon tho platform 70 gss Q better
view. This platform was . shsky looking
thing; about ak feet from the ground. 30
many got uron IL that 1t shook. Wth
o jar one side Of II tilted and II looked - Htt
would fall. Some one gave tho Plarrn.
.weli, why don't everybody git down
Of OF here hut meS' shouted TTlnan 10 an
angry manner.
At this the crowd laughed and shouted
again. "Hee.eei Hurrah for Tfllmanl' The
stand did not fall, and Tillnaan went on.
It was q legislative investigating oonn-
mlttee that had unearthed alleged corrup-
ton In 'Ols Ben's' dispensary, and be was
wroth with the committee.
1T was conceived In deceit, he declared,
aand its only purpose has been to raise q
howl and O hullabaloo against the dispen-
sary by saying there Is corruption In IT,
Then no told them that this COMMITTEES
had failed to show that tho dispensary
was bad or corrupt.
sThat's sol That's col HurTah for ole
BENZ shouted several.
A little later he told them that Tho dis
pensary had been grossly n~nismanagod and
that those who had been running % bad
got It into a terrible mess.
That's col That's sol Hurrah for Ole
Beni" shouted the same ones.
'The worsr thing they have done,' went
on Tillman, Shas been to give you tho
meanest liquor any man ever drank
what we want cried o man standing
near the stand, is the State ~dispensary
and good licker.'
This man had evidently other resources
than the dispensary, which several months
before had been voted out Of Union county
and closed up. Turning to him, Tillrnan
said:
SIN afraid; my friend; that you are q
Of those who are willing to have liquor any
way you can get IT,
that's right Hee-eel Hurrsh for Ole
Bent"
Then Tiilman vent on to tell them about
how to get good ticker.
"You pass the Tillman- Manning
bill, which the last Legislature killed, and
then you'll have good lioker. Pass that
bill and I'll guarantee theren be nc moro
stealing on the Congaree.'
They. did not know what the Tfllmsn-
Raysor-Manning bill was, but II had the
name Tillman attached to It,, and they
swore they would pass It.
Interested as they were In good slicksr,'
they had not seen him In q long time and
they did not know whom they were going
to zee him again, % that after q while
when he began to tell them a little about
himself and his adventures they gathered
still closer around the stand, all standing up
to get as near him Is possible, and hung up
on his every word.
sTbis may be the last time I'll rot TO
speak to you, he said.
"Oh, no; come again, every year, and
zee us, they shouted.
well, I'm getting up in years. he said.
One fellow far out In the crowd cried
out above the din:
Il hope you'll live to be a thousand years
old and III git to como to your buryin'.'
This caused a stay In the proceedings
till the crowd could recover from its
laughter; during which the fellow lying
on the platform drawled out sHurrah for
Ole Ben Tillmanl'
They got most interested; perhaps; when
Tilman began to tell them about how he
discussed the negro question up North.
when I 60 up there to speak for
money he began.
Some OF the crowd looked astonlshed
at the information, while others wondered
at his admission before that crowd that
he left the musings In South Carolina to 60
into other Staten to speak for money.
..Yes, for money he said. in q defiant
tone. Then he paused again and looked
out over the crowd. which stood stiIl star
ing and wondering. I'm going up there
next week." he said. Il speok to make
mo- money the next week than you'll mako
the mex TO- years."
Then they laughed and shouted; end the
fellow on the door leaned further over
and cried -Hurrah for Ole Ben Tillmani'
Il do love to 60 up there and tell thoss
Yankees tho truth about the negro and
recount their treatment Of the negroes who
come up there from the South and their
treatment Of the Filipinos, then tell them
what damnable hypoorites they are; and
the best part OF II all is I make 'em pay me
80 or rs cents apiece to hear me do IL. It's
the sweetest money God Almighty ever
let me make