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E5 AB IHR 86.NEWBERRY, S. C.,WENDA,T
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ESTALISED 165.NEWERRY S.C.,WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1892. -PRICE $1.50A
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-A BLOODLESS POLITICAL. RIOT.
THE BOISTEROUS END or THE NEW
" 'BEBEY CA3FAIGN METWNG.
Governor Thiman, Being Cornered by You
maosand Unable to Answer his Qnes
tioos, Songh: to Divert Anention by
Insulting his Interrogator-You
-You-'anN IaW imhe has
Waked up the Wrong Man.
A Fight Imminent and
OnlyPrevented by
Collapse of the
Speakers'
Stand
Special to News and Courier.]
NEWBEEY, August I3.-An enthu
siastic assemblage of Tillmanites and
conservattves, an exciting passage at
arms between-Youmans and Tillman,
a lively free-for-all row and an enforced
adjourhment of the turbulent meeting
-4hesewere the cardinal features of4o
day's camsign gathering. For,half
an hor geat. excitement prevailed,
In two ortjree in blows were
resorted::to y irate idividuals, and
that loss of ofe. not result is a mat
ter of as rtL" ose who witnessed
the pecedings ofTEe da.
At an eary hour this moru'tng the
SelansAbegan to gather. From every
sectfoaof te ottry mimerouspitri
ot came. stores were closed and
the i sidents--town mingled upon
the streets in friendly intercourse with
theiriiretb ' Tfi weatherwas
most auspiciofus for & pleasant day and
the god humorof The -crowd was a
miaitter of commendation. The rival
-delegations..began to move towards
Helena about9 o'clock, each side det
siring to-secure the most available loca
tionlor baring the debate.
} aeers were4riven from the
and reached the place
fm a ile and a half from ,
Newlerp ,-at 10.30 o'clodk.
the beautiful grove of spreading
oaks and stately pines that fronts on
i?nadat $ele#a an apparen
substantial stand.had been erected for
the speakers and directly in front of
that ainalerplatform for the report
ers. 'TheC onservatives were:massed
front the stand iniftie Tilimn
-emainly isits rear. The former
eruely decorated- with blue
hun4redfwhieh were
~sr1bieddiiig-the4ay.
A ~ United States flag, with
$hM a i1dOrr badges showing
O Rs na s ta s and a banner bearing
ca s ausacurate .represen
~: ota g aceful Piedmont cock,
w2 was eiatdt.ron after t1e
rs of August, wereeld alo6fIn t
. ioWd by Si3sa McCaughbin Maicus
and ai valibntody guard of
- ewberi 1s'young men..
_ e Conservative speakers and the
xeporters Jbithe.tews and Courier and
theState werecheered as they ascended
theip or:m. The Administration
speakerw'ere alsothe recipients of a
vgorous iilsting. Tweotundred Till
manites:from Fgehed. a omre to
.'setheGorvernoitlarougha and, much
-of thedisorde'rof the-day was due to
tetifr pesnee. There were
freeI1200 to 1,50 ersons in the audi
na'a two-4irds.of this number
-~ w servatives.
waHlsd 1o order by'
E' -Con CaraiH.. H. Blease. The
Re.GeorgeA Wright ofred prayer.
r laeasked for order and an
nouced tht Qve'norTillinan had
appointed Solieitor Schumpert- to act
ajpolated serentar deputies to assist
coL. L. W. YOUMANs
asintroduced as the first speaker.
- we as greeted with great applause
iigldwith a fewi Tiliman yells. He'
K ~ I4tat free speebliand fair disecst
sion-are the ed of the masses.
- ~ .hewisdom o- d has taught
*the1ibert~ and freedom
~if the press sh ~be abridged. In
those countries where criticism of pub
Sle officials has been stifled there jus
ticet has died and liberty peished.
thGovernor Tillmani as an individ
ha-je had nothing to do, but his
recor&ass the.servant of the people was
, .proper subject cosideration. h
Farmers' Move '-had originated
and how he hadbe ted to tk
dei~ckin an~y action w hic ad the' ap
~pearance of imposing upon the credo
Mtty of the class to which lie belonged
and which gave color to the 'charges
-Tiliman was making against State offi
cials.
-He referred to the letter which Till
man had written him.urging him to
*get in on tlie home stretch. Governor
Tiliun on the train from Columbia
to:Augusta, in November, 1886, said
CoL Youmans, made personal appeals
to'ns-tohenlist in his movement.- Ma
or Anerui stated that Governor Till
ma,Had informed him that the whole
a sale charges he was preferring against
the Administration of the%rhite people
of South Carolina, and her public offi
,rials were made for the purpose of at
tracting attention, that he could not
arouse the attention of the public with
out hitting hard. Governor Tillman
stated that Major Ancrum's assertions
were false.' After Governor Tillman
made these appeals to me I stated I
was preclided from taking any stock
an his movement because I could not
aftbrd to give an- blr to those whole
sale charges he was making against our
Government and our public officials.
If Governor Tillmnan denies the truth
of this statement, which I make, I de
sire to have him do so in my presence.
Col. Youmans paused in his remarks,
turned towards the Governor, who was
sitting at the rear of the stand, took
&wo or three steps toward his Excel
lene' and waited in expectation af a
questioner and then for a moment di
rected his gaze to the floor. He slowly
arose and directed his reply to the au
dience as much as to Youmans. "This
is the next to the last campaign meet
ing in 1892," said he. "Ihave told this
man at Horry that I declined to sink
to the level of a blackguard and notice
anything be would by or answer any
question, and I repeat it."
Excitement and applause from the
Tillmanites followed. The Governor
having delivered himself sat down.
His face was very 'pale and some who
were near him say they observed evi
dences of trembling in the Guberna
torial-frame, biit this was not observed
from the front.
Col. Youmans remained standing
within ten feet of and facing the Gov
ernor, who seemed inclined to avoid
his gaze. He waved his handfor silnece
and calmly awaited an opportunity
to -speak. His- every action was in
keeping with the proverbial coolness of
the man.
"Do you, sir, as-Governor of South
Caiolina," esked Youmans, in meas
ured tines and pointing his finger at
the Chief Executive, ."condescend to
apply to me as a publie speaker of the
opposite side the term:of blackguard?"
-'You'have your answei,". was the
curt reply.
"What is your answer!" demanded
Youmans.
"I say you have your answer," came
from the Governor's lips.
"Governor Tillman, that is an eva
sion. Will you please be man enough
to state positively whether or not you
intend to apply to me the epithet of
blackguard, and untie my hands."
Youmang's concluding words were
lost upon the crowd. Theaccumulated
eicitement of the audienc burst forth
in noise and confusion. / Cheers were
given for Tillman, and cries came Lon
the Conservative throatsTU "Stand to
himr-Youmans!"
The speakers and the county chair
man called for order, but the appeals
only added v.plume to:thenoise. Spec
tators pressed close- against the stand
and the fighters on both.sides forged to
the front. The Tillmanites climbed
upon the railing in tbe rear of the Gov
ernor.
State Constable D. -A Diekert and
other officers sprang upon the stand.
The rear railing of 'the-patform. gave
way beneath the pressure of the great
number which overrated its power:of
support. Governor Tillman and others
sprang to their feet to prevent ,tha
seives fro Amngbackwar.
The Sheppard men in front misun
derstood - the Governor's movement.
They believed he was about to assault
their leader. - They leaped upon Ihe
reporters' table and thence 'gsined ac
cess to the stand. Weapons were
drawn, and men, were jostling each
otbein a surging mass.
'The excitement was at high heat,and
bloodshed seemed unavoidable to the
specta,tors. There was a moment of
suspense, then came a crash, but an
unexpected one. It was only the noise'
of the platform as it fell beneath thie
weight of fifty men. Theaccident lent
a-lighter tinge to thenwar;iike cloud.
The jar was great, but-the check was
effective. By the -tim' the would-be
combatants gained their feet and felt
for broken bones the Governor's fol
lowers had rescued 'their chief from the
debris,'and, with loud hosannas, wrere
gparading him -on their shoulders
thrbugh the grove. No one. was seri
.ously hurt, and- Youmans -never lost
his footing, but was found standing up
right when his admirers rushed to him
and-hoisted him upon their shoulders.
Sheppard was treated the same way,
liut the most enthusiastIc drew the line
at Orr.
Youmans was placed upon the stand
and cheered to the echio. , Chairman
Blease asked that Youmans: be given a
hearing.. Govern'or Tillman's proces
sion circled back to the stand and en
deavored to place th,e Governor - up6n
the already crowd4d accomodations
provided for the scribes.
Mr'. Mart Gary, a one-armed Con
servative, was pushed off this emi
nence in the mad rush of the Tillman
ites to gain a foothold. 'Another Shep
pard man retaliated by knocking at
one fellow and three Tillmanites fell 'off
the platform. Again codfusion ran
riot and the timid sought the rear.
The Governor's friends concluded
not te~~ . A gai gathering him in
the they transported him to
- tpiazza of the r-esidence of
CSummers, twenty yards distant.
TIefoverran and trsmpled down the
pretty flowers in the front yard and
otherwise desecrated thegpremises. "A
speech!" they cried, and the Governor,
surrounded by coat-tail swingers and
others, addressed his one-third of the
crowd.
TILLMAN'S SPEECH TO THE CROWD.
"I am sorry," said he, "that things
are as they are. I am not responsible,
because this man has been told at least
three times that I would not sink to the
level of a blackguard, and this whole
disturbance is an evidence that they
are whipped and that.,they are trying
to raise a row. If you can get this
crowd quiet so I can go back I will
speak. I will speak to the whole crowd,
but not to a part of it; They pat this
maup at Edgefield, and he liked to.
bave created a riot. They put him up
first at Spartanburg, and he almost
created a riot. They have put him up
here as their last hope." . rGreat ap
plause.1
Cries: "Let's go back to the stand."
The crowd broke and went back to
the stand, where Colonel Youmans was
dealing his vigorous blows, and pro
ceeded to shout for Tillman during his
entire address.
went out to the crowd and stood within a
ear-shot of Youmans until the meeting s
had been adjourned. s
Standing upon the reporters' table, t
Col. Youmans calmly faced the audi- s
enee. As soon as he could be distintly [
heard above the noise and confasion,
which, though somewhat abated, still c
to a great extent prevailed..he contin- s
ned to address the gathering before a
him. e
"Governor Tillman has left the F
stand," said Col. Youmans. "I asked (
him if he intended to brand me as a s
public blackguard, and he has left the =
stand."
Voices: "He'll do it every time." "He
knows he told a lie."
Youmans: I don't want to violate the r
etiquette of stump debate. I have never c
done so. If Governor Tillman can cast g
the epithet of blackguard at me, I take s
this opportunity to brand him as a pub- 1
lio blackguard and a public liar, [great e
applause] 'and if he wishes personal t
satisfaction I hold myself personally i
responsible to him." [Cheers for You- '
mans, and Tillman yells from the Edge- I
field contingent, who had by this time t
again assembled about the stand.] I
"The-record shows," continued Col. f
Youmans, "that Governor Tillman has
been the first man elevated to high of
'fcial position by the white people of c
South -Carolina whose standing was so r
low that the gentry considered he c
could not pass an insult.
"I wish to say before the manhood of
Newberry that there ;prevailed a cus- e
tom in this State which debars a man
from seeking satisfaction from a man a
of'Governor-Tillman's standing, but a I
gentleman could render satisfaction, if a
he so Ldesire9, to his bootblack; and if I
he fails to, tabe notice of what I say, I E
brand him as a public coward." 1
[Cheers.1 C
"I told Governor Tillman at Hamp
ton that he couldn't face me six rounds
op the stand, and It appears that he has t
een skipping the stand to avoid me,
or at least it seemthat way.7
"I asked for.permission to speak first
here in order to-catch him upon the
stand. He could not answer the ques
tion I put to him, whether the charges
against the Administration and officials
were true. He evaded the question. I
am fortified upon that position. I have
got the statement of one of your own
fellow-citizens to that effect. I propose
to read it,. and will show that Governor t
Tillman could not answer the question:
" rEWBEEBY, S. C., August 18, 1892.
-Previous to:Captain Tiliman's nomi
nation to the Governorship, about two
and a half years ago, in conversation
with him on the train I said to him
that my principal objection to him was
that he made too many wholesale char
ges gainst the State government and
everybody who had held office since
1876, without the proof. He said he had
to write as he did in ordertoattractthe
attention and get the ear of the people.
That if he had written,.in the ordinary
newspaper style he never could have
gotten the attention of the people.
"ELBERT H. AULL."
Applause and cries: "He's a good
man."
"Not alone did Major Ancrum make
thiat statement,'" said Col. Youmans,
"but N. G. Gonzales made -the same
statement, and Governor Tillman de
cluned to'answer it.
"Governor Tillman wrote from his
postoffice at Roper's, S. C., under date I
of February 7, -1887, to the Hon. E. B.
Murray, of Anderson, a letter which I I
have in my hand and from which the I
following is an extract, and in reading I
it I will show you why the Governor<
left. The extract is:
"But I must to business. I desire to
suggest that if you can possibly so ar-<
range it, the offer of the college building,
etc., which you told me about, to bei
made to the Board of Agriculture for
an experimental station upon condi
tion that an agricultural station be es
tablished hereafteL and let the offer4
get into the papers, especially the News1
and Courier. Then notice adapt yy
etc., etc., in as glowing colors as possi-1
ble, be given and enlarged upon. Even
a little exaggeration might help and
smooth the way to getting the college
next winter.'
"Governor Tillhban," said the speak
er, "has been from stump to stump in
South Carolina proclaiming as the
truth that he confined thmself to the
truth. Here is conviction that he pub
lished these wholesale charges for the
purpose of aittracting attention. Here
he comes out over his own signature
and advocates the doctrine of exagger
ation to smooth the way for the accom
plishment of his purpose. I Great ap
plause] That is the way Governor
Tillman has smoothed his way to the
Gubernatorial chair, not by the truth,
but by exaggeration. [Applause,1
~"When Govbrnor Tillman started
this movement he did not say it was a
campaign of exaggeration, but said
that truth and right were his guiding
stars and he called upon God to wit
ness the purity of his intentions and
the- sincerity' of his motives. Gover
nor Tillman was charged with office
seeking. What did he reply ? He
said : 'I am better able to carry on the
fight for the farmers as a simple citizen
and only a farmer than I would be as
Governor, tainted with the suspicio':
of having to advance myself by means
of the Farmers' Movement. I cannot
afford to give my enemies aglub with
'which to break my own head.'
"He said the suggestion coupling his
name with the Governorship were de
vices of an evil one to lead him astray.
He had told old Satan to get behind
him. He would not have office; he 'had
commenced the fight as a farmer and
would end- it as he had began, and for
nd your confidence.' What does the
equel show ? It shows that these
tatements were mere exaggeratioUs;
hat this was Tiliman blowing to
mooth his way to political preferment.
Cheers.]
*I charged Governor Tillman with
ffice-seeking. What did he say? He
aid that examples of treachery to our
gricultural interests and of indiffer
nce after having obtained political
referment ary so numerous in South
arolina that it is small wonder I am
ceused of trying to feather my own
est by acting as e agricultural cham
ion.'
"What reasons did Tiliman have.for
riting the Shell manifesto? Gover
*orTillman atBennettsville formulated
ertain. demands. The Legislature
ave him more than he asked for. He
aid he wanted -an agricultural col
.ge, and if they would give the farm
ra the land scrip and privilege tax
hey wonld have a college. The Leg
lature gave them that. Why did he
rite the Shell manifesto? Whatdid
L say in that ? He said they wanted
o capture the. State offices. He said
te had been pusbed out for Governor,
arced to the front.
"That is not the record. In the
[arch Convention a majority of the
lelegates were opposed to 'making a
omination, and he was nominated
nly because of the votes of two Re
iublicans.
"Governor Tillman has said repeat
dly that the division of the white peo
ile of South Carolina meant the ruin
nd disgrace of the State, jand that
t meant: negro domination. Who has
dvocated the division of the wilte
eople .of the State? In 1886 Gpv
rnor Tillman, in a letter to the pub
ic press, stated that it was the history
fall countries where only two parties
xisted that corruption crept in and
tagnation sooner or later prevailed,
hat it had reached the last stage and
be other was not far off.
"The inexorable logic of such a-state
nent is that there was a demand for
wo parties. In 1887 he said : "With
io opposite party in the State to watch
nd expose rascality, we have been
etting in a bad way." In November
887, in a letter to the Edgefield Chron
cle Governor Tillman said the 'har
nony of the party demanded that the
Rsues he had raised should be set
led as soon as possible. He said in 1888
unless.more regard is paid to.the rights
and wishes of the people a split in the
)emocratic party. is inevitable at no
listant day.'
"Governor Tillman, in the March
,onvention of 1890, said he was the
>nly man who had the nerve, the brain
6nd the ability to array the common
eople against the aristocracy and told
hem to put ' him on that ticket.
overnor Tillman went before the peo
)le. He raised the flag with 'family
iuarrel' emblazoned upon it. He went
efore the people and spoke of almost
very man of intelligence and ability
rho opposed him as an azistocrat and
n enemy to the people. Hesasserted
hat the Government was ruled by
ingsters and.- an oligarchy. Gover
ior Tillman preferred charges against
>revious Democratic administrations
md made pledges to the people.
"Had Ithe time I could convict Gov.
'illman out of hisanwn mouth of bein'g
piltyof every charge that he preferred
gainst previous administrations. He
ias perfected no reforms; he has lifted
one of your burdens. The only thing
ae has done is to 'reform' himself and
is coat-tail swingers into office."
Ireat applause for Youmans and some
~ounter applause for Tillman.]
"He now comes before the white peo.
1e for renominati&a, posing as a Dem
>crat; but he is n" advocating re-elec
~ion upon the prol of any charges or
pon the fact ~Jat-he hasaffected-any
eforms, 'but lsimply seeks to ride
nto office by dividing the people. -He
~an make no. charge against the Gov
~rnment because he is in possession,
ut his war cry g'gThe people against
~orporations,' anCjLabor against capi.
al.' He claims to be a Jeffersonian
Democrat, yet he is a protectionist and
s opposed to Jefferson's free trade, and
.s opposed to the Jacksoriian idea of
inace. ,He claims to be a Democrat
>f the Jeffersonian type, and says he is
in favor of equal rights and Jefferson's
loctrine, that all men are born free and
qual. In his inaugural address he
said: 'We ddny without regard to coloi
that all men are created free and equal.
[t is not true now and and was nol
true when Jeff'erson wrote it.'
At this juncture the confusion be
3ame so great that the speaker could
ot lee heard ~r any distance. The
ilmanites at ie rear of the stand and
an the outskirt'sof the crowd were yell.
ing furiously for the "Great Reformer,'
and Col. Youmans's admirers nearei
the stand were lavishing unstinted ap>
plause upon the speaker.
County (Chairman Blease steppec
upona the reporters' table beside You.
mans and asked the crowd to give hitr
their attention. When he was able t<
proceed he said that be was exceeding
Ly sorry that there had been so mued
dsturbance, and after consulting witi
the other speakers and Col Hunt h4
thought it advisable to adjourn th<
meeting and accordingly declared i
adjourned.
'1here were loud calls for Youmani
to ,ntinue. A leader of the Conser
vat.ves leaped upon the speakers' tabli
and shouted to his faction to go to thb
Court House, where the speakini
could be continued. The propositior
was received with storms of objections
"We will never leave here!" "Tb!
Tilmanites would say we ran." Ther<
were loud calls for Youmans, who hat
stepped from the stand and was sur
I were congratulating him upon his
effort.
Governor Tillman, escorted by Cole.
L. Blease and a troop of shoutiug Till
manltes, pased through the Antis
near the stand, en route from Sum
mers's house.'to the Governor's hack.
Some of the Governor's followers
wanted him to speak from the stand
which Youmans had vacated, but to
this he would not consent. The Gov
ernor mounted a carriage wheel and in
tones adiaible to those in his vicinity
declared the condition of the crowd in
its excitement was such, together with
the fact that there was no stand and
the further fact that he had ceased to
hope for a quiet hearing, that he bad
proposed to Governor Sheppard that
they get off to themselves and speak.
He thought it would be better to ad
journ the meeting and I assented, con
tinued the Governor. I am ready to
speak or not to speak, as it shall be de
cided. I Cries for Tillman.]
"Where is Sheppard ?" cried the
Governor from his elevated perch.
Mr. Sheppard arose in a b*uggy, buta
short distance away, and undertook to
make himself heard, but bedlam again
broke loose. During Governor Till
man's ramarks the crowd had partially
eft the, stand and sought positions
nearer the speakers.
The Orr banner was tantalizingly
waving its crest within thirty feet of
the Governor's carriage. A small band
of reckless Tillmanites made a rush to
capture the offensive emblem. One of
their number made his way to the ban
ner and catching hold of the canvas
stripped a portion from the staff, but a
blow from a stick felled him to the
giound, and a rallying color-guard
foced back the venturesome assailants.
Ex-G'ernor Sheppard shouted from
his carriag-..,above the din, to Gover
nor Tillman: 'Tam of opinion that
we should adjourn this meeting'!"'Tife
Governor from his carriage wheel re
sponded : "All right, sir." 'kHe asked
all the Tillmanites present to hold up
their' hands. To all appearances not
one-fourth of the crowd responded.
The Governor, Gen Farley, Mr.
Benet and Cole L. Blease entered a
carriage and w'ere rapidly driven away,
followed by a comparatively small but
enchusiastic concourse. Two or three
ardent THlmanites insisted upon riding
to town on the top of the Governor's
vehicle, and were dislodged with diffi
culty. Messrs. Sheppard, Orr, You
mans -and W. H. Hunt, Jr., county
Conservative chairman, entered an
other carriage and were driven to the
public square ofNewberry. They were
followed by the great mass of the Con
servatives, among whose number were
nearly two hundred horsemen. The
Sheppard flag and the mutilated Pied
mont. banner were escorted to town in
triumph. A large crowd of people had
assembled upon the publie square and
called upon Sheppard for a speech.
He ascended the Court House steps
and-addressed his hearers as follows :
"I am desirous of doing-everything
in my power to advance th6 interests
of the good people . of Newberty and
nothing would justify me in saying a
word that would add fuel to the flames
which have been kindled this morn-*
ing. In my judgment it is b>etter
for us, better for all the friends of the
Administration and the opposition to
the Admiinistration, better for the
future of the friendship which has
heretofore existed among your people,
that there shall be no fnrther demon
strations. That is my judgment and
I think it is the general understanding,
and I beg all my friends for the re
mainder of the day to conduct them
selves as peaceably and as quietly as
becomes thelood c'tizens of New
bery." [Applause.)
There were loud calls for Orr and
Youmans, but these gentlemen de
clined to respond.
THE EXCITEMENT IN NEWBERRY.
Large numbers of both Conservatives
and Tillmanites remained in town all
day, and every appearance of a leader
'of either faction was the signal for ani
outburst of applause.
Gov. Tillman was driving through
the .streets this afternoon and was
stopped by a burly worshipper, who
insisted on hugging him around the
neck.
'BLASPHEMOUS AS USUAL.
The Governor left on the 1 o'clock
train for Laurens, and is understood to
have remarked before his departure
that he was going to be Governor in
spite of hell.
The Conservative candidates are
still here. Youmans was called upon
by a crowd of three hundred persons
to-night and spoke from the piazza of
the Newberry Hotel, scoring Tillman
and commending the manhood of
Newberry.
wHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE7
It is difficult to determine what will
be the effect of to-day's meeting. The
Conservatives, of course, deplore the
trouble that arose, but do not consider
that they are more to blame than the
Tillmanites and are- not, considering
the circumstances, displeased with the
day's developments.
The Tillmanitessay that the trouble
was precipitated by the action of Con
stable Dickert in jumping upon the
stand at a critical perio'd and encour
agin; You mans. The fact is he did
not speak to Youmans. The Conser
vatives rega.rd Tillman's abusive Ian
guage concerning Youman's as the
prime cause of the'outbreak and justify
Youmans in resenting it. .L. D. c.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
[Spec.ial to Columbia Register.1
NEWiBEERY, S. C., August l8.-De
- spite the free Sheppard badges and the
y outhful yellers at to-day's meeting.
be crowd was two to one in ravor or
Ben Tillman and Reform.
The meeting was held in a grove -at
he old town of Helena, one mile from
Newberry, and the road leadingthereto
was full of carriages and candidates,
nen and mules, donkeys and dust.
The crowd numbered between 1,500
tnd 2,000 men and boys. The latter
were made conspicuous by their Sheep
ibbons and lusty lungs. The Sheep
houters were packed almost solidly in
robt of the stand, and pressed close up
the reporters' table, oftentimes by
heir noise rendered it impossible for
he newspaper men to hear a word
rom the speaker.
It is a tale of disorder and tumult
he record of to-day's doing.
Youmans has all the credit for the
iisgitmeful behavior and the resulting
tdjournient of the meeting. It was
aIs persistant attempts to buldoze
mnd 'besmirch Governor Tillman that
3rought about what became almost a
ljot.
But the farmers' great leadef-the
rreproachable "Commoner" of South
Carolina-stood his ground, despite
Youmans-and his ferocious mustache.
The meeting. was presided over by
County Chairman H. H. Blease, who,
n calling to order, urged all present to
iccord each speaker a respeptful and
attentive hearing, thereby maintaining
Newberry's good reputation for courte
y and hospitality.
He then read an official document, it
being a commission as Special State
onstable for 0. L. Schumpert, and
3igned by Benjamin R. Tillman, Gov
arnor.
Rev. George A. Wright opened the
proceedings with prayer.
CANDIDATE YOUMANS
was the first speaker. This, he said.
was the first time he bad-had-fhe ptiv-.
!!age of^ppearing before an audience
of New berry people.
"With Governor Tillman as a private
citizen I have nothing to do or say; but
Governor Tillman and. his .acts as a
public official are legitimate subjects
ror criticism."
Youmans proceeded to tell what a
nice man he is, claiming that a service
of two years in the House and four
years in the Senate establish for hiin
quite a record, on which he can proud
ly stand.
He then began repeating the same
old stuff he has been getting off all the
campaign, and which is familiar to
South Caroliniansfrot one end of the
State to the other.
He told about how he had been in
vited, in 1886, to join the Farmers'
Movement, and said Tillman had writ
ten to him to come to Augusta and he
would tell him how he could get ihto
it. He also reproduced the old gag
about Tillman having said that his
(Tillman's) charges and arraignment
against the old ring rule crowd were
groundless, but that he had to resort
to such means to catch the people's
ear. This alleged admission of Till
man's the speaker said, was borne out
by proof; and, turning to the Governor,
said:
"I call upon you now, Governor
Tillman, to. publicly admit or deny
the charge."
Youmans''harangue had been liber
ally punctured with yells from ,the
Sheep and kids, and when he ttUrned
to Governor Tillmnan and asked his
question in his own peculiarly disagree
able and bullying tone and manner,
there was a~ distinct manifestation of
excitement throughout the crowd.
Governor Tillman arose from- the
bench at the rear of the platform, and
ignoring Youman's. presence, looked
only at the crowd in front of him, and
said :
"That man has asked the same ques
tion before, and I answered at Horry
and several other places,'that I would
not descend to the level of a black
guard and notice him."
The Governor then took his seat and
Youmans advanced toward him and
repeated the question. Tillman, with
ou,t rising, said: "You have my an
swer."
The noise at this time became tumul
tuous, and the crowd surged closer to
the stand, Yournan's lips rmoving
meanwhile, but what he said could not
be heard.
Men commenced climbing upon the
platform and trouble was imminent.
Among others rushing up was- Mr.
Gus Dickert, a State constable, who
ran op in frontofYoumans and said:
"Stand your ground, G- d- it, WE
are here, go on talking."
This was the critical moment; the
stand was crowded with angry, excited
men, expecting and ready for blood
shed; curses and threats filled the air:
pistols, knives and sticks were flour
ished, and a free fight seemed just
commencing.
The reporters' stand, just in front of,
and connected with, the speakers
stand, was overrun by the angry molt
in their efforts to get in the "middle ol
the row."
Cole. L. Blease, a sturdy Reformer,
threw himself in front of Tillman,
fearing that an onslaught might be
made upon the farmer Governor.
But the surging mob upon the plat
form became so great that just at this
instant the stand fell with a crash.
Down went Tillman and Blease
down went Youmans and Dickert
down went all the campaigners, and
fifty more besides!
But nobody was hurt seriously. Only
a few bruises and barked shins her4
and there attest the hear of battle.
Probaf>Iy the falling of the stand al
this early stage of the proceedings was
the best thing that could have hap
pened, as . the sequel will show-fo:
Youmans had obtained permissior
from his bosses to let him shoot off hil
iitue air gun at Lue neginning vI Lne
meeting, and he, or any ordinarily
sensible man, might have known from
former experiences that his slanderous
abuse of the people's popular Governor
would excite the passions of men, and
probably provoke trouble.
When the fallen statesmen and can
didates regained their feet, Governor
Tillman and candidate Sheppard con
sulted together as to what was best to
be done. Tillman said: "If you say
speak, I'll speak; if you say quit, I'll
agree to that." Sheppard thought it
advisable, in view of the disturbance
and the temper of the crowd, that the
meeting be adjourned, and to this Till-1
man agreed.
Hundreds of Tillmanites -gathered
around the Governor, hoisted -him
triumphantly upon. their shoulders,
and marched with him all around the
grove And to the front yard or Mr.'H.
C. Sumners' house, about a hundred
yards from the site of the late stand.
His admirers besought the Governor
to speak to them there, but he made
only a very brief talk, in which-he said
that whenever Youmans spoke first,
disorder,,and sometimes a-row, always
resulted. ~It had been so at Edgefield
and Spartanburg and other places, and
it is so here to day. He, Tillmao,
was ready, and wanted to speak, but,
in view of his agreement with Shep
pard would not do so. He ended Iy
saying that the Sheep know they are
defeated and that is wby they act as
they do.
While this ovation was- being ten
'dered Tillman by his followers, candi
date Youmans had mounted the re
porters' table, and beganpgain on his
self-interrupted tirade. He said:
"Governor Tillman .has left this
stand. (There was-^ stand_.nsw
ye. '"kidd him if he meant to de
nounce me publicly as a blackguard?
(This question had been answered by
Tillman all over the Stat, and was
again answered'but a few minutes be
fore.) I have always complied with.l3e
proprieties of stump- debate. I asked
and received the permission of the
leading'men on our ticket tospeak first
at that meeting, in order to catch Till
man on the stand, and press.thischarge
against him." (Here's where he opened
his mouth and put-his foot in it, show
ing -s determination to pursue the
course. which had caused excitement
and trouble wherever his infanious
charge b been made during the cam
paign.) -
Youmans'next read a letterwhich he
thought corroborated hischargeagainst
the Governor. Every one who reads it
will at once see that it bears upon the
case only inferentially:
"NEWBEEY, S. C., Aug 1192.
"'Previous to Captain Tdlnan's nom
ination to the. Governorship, about
two and a half years ago, in conversa
tion with him on the train, I said to.
him that my principal objection to
him was that he-made too many whole
sale charges against the State govern
ment, and everybody who had held
office eince 1876, iMithout the proof. -He
said he had to write as he did in order
to attract attention. and get the ear of:
the people., That if he had written in
.ordinary newspaper style, he. never
could have gotten the attention of the
"(Signed) ELBEEr H. AULL"
Following this weak effusioni, You
mans read a letter from the now fam
ous "corn-dodger"~ of Anderson County
-Maj. E. B. Murray, which declared
Tillipan in favor of boasting, and even
exaggerating, in order, tg carry one's~
ends. --~
Tillman was next abused for-allow
ing himself to be made Governor and,
indeed,.he came in for all t41aiuse
Youmans could lay his tongue to. He
said "Tillman had 'reformed' himself
and his coat-talswingers into office."
Voice: Who's@rwinging od your coat
tail?
Another voice: Tillman's been in
two years, and will have twormore, no
matter how much you talk.
Voice No. 3: Make hiaste and get
down-we're tired of hearing you.
The scrap-book speaker then got out
one of the many little books a patient
friend was holding for him, and was
proceeding to read from it, when Coun
ty Chairman Blease climbed upon the
table alongside of Youmans and his
mustache. pnd expressed great regret
for the disorder and 'interruption that
had occurred, and said that~ after con
sulting with the executive committee,
it had been deemed advisable to die
continue the meeting, whereupon he
declared it adjourned.
And so Youmans was' at last forced
to stop, much Co therehef of many who
liad either heard or read his hackneyed
harangue before.
By this tid3e Governor Tillman's
friends again had him on their shoul
ders, marching from Mr. Summer's
house to where the carriage was await
ing to carry his Excellency back to
town.
But the people weren't ready for the
IGovernor to leave; they wanted a
speech from him, and they wanted it
bad, too. So hundreds of them crowd
ed arounsl the carriage and besought
and demanded that he address them.
Nothing else vlould satisfy them,
and Farmer Ben mounted the baggage
board en the back of the old-fashionel
vehicle, and bowed his appreciation of
their courtesy. This set the people wild
with delight, and the air was filed
with their vehement shouts of praise
and coming victory.
When the Governor could make
himself heard,.he told the people again
that he could not speak, on account or
his agreement with Mr. Shefpard, but
said if Sheppard was w~ilng to have
the speaking go on, he (Tiliman) would
gladly address them. He called out
cover the vast assemblage to know ii
Sheppard were present, and.if so, what
he had to ,say as to continuing the
' speaking. -
onepparm noL making bmdi
or heard on the subject, Hon
Benet went from TiUmn's
over to w}ere the coro
date for Governor wasan
what his decisionwass
and,Sheppar&said :.swa
that ft would be better:nc .
Benetthen go Sheppard
Ii:a carriageI it alge
to Governor Tilipan.
During this parley his
hundreds of followers e
around Governor TMml"s
the time away he tooka
hand primary,whech;
ably oVr'a thousand
for Tillman and Reforn.
doing pretty weA ;
acounthat"an
foot, who are Before '
bone had.left the gndsi
the meeting was d
Chairman Blesse.
Another little diversion
about thistime and 8a
cock that never cowecY ad% "
wll.
Soon after Youmans ti i
hisj speech on the e sj
table, an anti bannerwas
frojitDof him, which seiZtla
en"him ip ab,a
ed.delight to:theett
less youths bered-ar
fine cock-bwnore
thea asant1 lrd,
vice" Itbore, ~- 'fr'
thanthestrangedevlee
"Excelsior," for it told
of August the Sheepr:p
the fold by reason of:...
votes! -
Well, the ouiav
thusiasm tha prudence
the immense cro
trheir barer
necessary toatyiath
to furl it, ere then i
bird were ,pluckl bIn
the fancy fi h 2
end it borewere a j
nority as.the Sh 9.a-d
will be in Ise tha i &
The speakers abwie-' o
in the.me eting t .x
frodi dOin&SOjti
ment, were N
tary Tidaia
W; C. Beneao e~~
and ex-Governor
ry President Orrof
Brag bluster.and
theirpfetty snners ig _
now can do tokeenow
If all South-=
as.well,as e-er
to do hers at t;
mary,there wont.
in the State:to borytN rd t
Many Sheppardit e so -
ternoon to create an um
Tillman'h eft the odo d
earlier than was
they insinuated thatb s
The plain, ordinary
all that is appliabir.
disposing of sqehia
Saxon, the man who
ernor Tllinan on-the n.
was one a I o
evason, to &eyzhanguende
jial Indluence" at th'sa
rageous conduct. Quey Wimt
say of his condition on ti.
the Newberry Hotel at &
last night?
A barbecue waspreparedatth
for1I,500 tp1,butoncute
breaking up of the meeng
getastuck pretty badly for the
eous behaviour of thi8epot~
There were severaf ceseof
ness on the sfre$ts afterth
turned to town, and~three o
manifes were arrested for
and disorderly conduc,whs
many inebriated Sheepw -
"hail Columbia," but were ~o~*i
indulge their ownasweet wgj
All in all, the meeting r
has strengthened, the Ran.
ment in bTewberry Cut
disorder)f the antis and'the
ported from Anderson, IAnAe
Fairfield Counties.
The next meeting thie last one ofth
campaign, wi bed at Laturens m
Saturday next. - S. T.
Frank Leslie's Popular 1 tnt& 5'.
The political kaledoscopeof the-Centa
ral and South Americals conUaal
changing. and probably fewevens a
best "vosted" readers cudnm
hand the actual Presidents O1&
ous Latin-American. eain
current (September) number of
Leslie's Popular MonthIy gives'se
eise account of them all, withnniM
rous -portraits and illustratInsi;x
timely article entitled "A Birdi..e.
View of Latin-American PoltcsN"I
Jose Bornn. A fivacious and
interesting paper, in thissamenumber,
is "With the Paris Arb-Studentpby1
Corwin K. Linson, capitally mnarrata
ed by the author. Dr. W.Serd
Webb's famous Ghelburne Fam
Lake Champlain, is described as "I
American Gentleman's Ese" -1y2
George J. Manson. Other notable ene~t
tributions are, "An Tsiend of Ain
zons" (Capri), by Margaret B. Wi tK
"Beneath the Surface of the Sea,"by
Captain H. D. Smith, U. S. N. "f
Supernatural in History," by LucyHj
Hooper; "A Day with Vlctor Hugo,
by J. W. Fosdick; "A Cruise inib4 ,%
Erie Basin," by Don C. Seltr, md<'
"Port Limon," by CecilChari... ibmebe
Sare also excellent short stouiuesand
sketches by Charles S. CrandIINEa>e
W. Pierce, Francs IsbeICne$ji
Marble. John MaMleld|ei

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