The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1890-08-20
From the Augasta Chronicle.

.WAsHrNGToN, August H.
Congressman George ID. Tillman
Of South Carolina. the brother oil
Farmer Ben Tillman, who is to
! be the next Governor'of the Pal
metto State, has written an alli-
ance letter, which Will ereate a
sensation. He is brief and poin.
ted, and IN answer to the sub.
treasury question firmly replie:
"no."
The letter is written to an AL.
ances committee ofBarnwell, com
posed OF Messrs. w. B.. Rice, W
G. Sims and j. II. Smith. He
says:
| have received your officia
letter, as the organ Of the Barn
well County Farmers Alliance
requesting my views as Il candi
date for Congress in the Second
South Carolina District on Ger
tain measures Of proposed legls-
lation indicated in five interroga
tories.
Understanding from your com
municatiOn transmitting the in
terrogatorles that you do not
want a long letter, but only cat
egorical replies, l shall be as
brief as possible to define my
position without equivocating, by
merely quoting each interrogato
ry separately and making abso
lutte answers thereto.
Will you, uninlluenced by par
ty caucus or otherwise, support
the following propositions in the
National Congress
First-The abolition of the ma
tional banks and the subsntu
tion of legal tender treasury
notes in lieu Of national bank
notes issued in sufficient volum,
to do the business of the country
on a cash basis ?
Yes.
Second-A freer, unlimited
coinage Of silver?
Yes.
Third-That Congress issue
fractional paper currency in suffi
clent quantity to facilitate ex
change through the mails?
Yes.
Fourth-Do you approve, and
swill you AupfS the finant t:..l
system known as the "su -Tfea-
sury plan" adopted by the Ma
tional Alliance and lndustria al
Union at st. Louis, December 7
1899?
No.
Fifth The enactment of such
laws as will prohibit the owner.
ship oflands by aliens ?
Yes, but this has already been
done by an Act of March 3, 1887
AN ALLIANCEMAS AND FARMER.
Permit me to add that for thir
ty years | have had no industrial
occupation but cotton planting
which ought to identify me yea
lously with the welfare Of cottor
planters, who not only constitute
the bulk Of my constituents, but
have repeatedly honored me
with high commissions. and thai
If reelected to Congress | shall.
continue in the future as | have
done in the past 10 support what
ever | believe to be the best fol
the interest of my Class and sec
ton. | myself am Il member oi
the Farmers Alliance, and deep.
ly sympathize with the purposes
and efforts Of the organization tc
relieve the widespread and Ions
continued agricultural depres-
sion, but the South alone cannot
correct the fiscal and financial
abuses of the Federal govern
ment, which is now and hassbeer
dominated by the Eastern State.
eyer since the war. The West
must CO operate with the Soutf
before success can be achieved
and in conclusion, let me take
the liberty of advising the South.
ern wing OF the Alliance to move
a little more cautiously till il
shall have been demonstrated
that the Western wing areif,s G ar
nest about taking the proposed
new departure of abondoning
sectionalism and uniting with
the South for redress Of mutual
grievances. Very respectfully
G. w. ID. TILLMAN. =
In speaking of his letter to.
night Colonel Tillman said "My