The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-08-06
NO 46

laws, instead Of the partisan favOritism
shown by the Government in the main
tenance of national banks and nursing
private manufacturing industries. TAp-
| plause.
POLK AS A SOCIALIST. .
He characterized Col. Folks views on
the money question, referring to the
Government lending money with the
avowed intent of iniuring other classes
of business, as Socialism. 1t would
amount In the end to division of the
property OF the people and produce a
condition in which the provident and
the lmprovident would share alike.
Governor Tillman repeated here that
the Alliance all agreed as to greivous
wrong existing, and that the dispute
was only as to the remedy. He pointed
out as causes Of the burden on the peo-
pie OF the South the inequalities of the
burdens laid on their shoulders as COM
pared with the people of the North and
| elsewhere. He showed that the mil
lionaire and the poor farmer were the
simultaneous and necessary product Of
such laws. He thought that there was
just as much hope at present for getting
the sub-treasury bill through as there
| was for the South being paid for ne
groes or getting the Federal pensions
reduced. On the contrary, he saw a
disposition to pension every hummer,
whether or not he had ever heard the
| whlZ OF bullet. In fact, he believed
the time was coming when the pensions
would be increased to $2OO,OOO,OOO.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE THIRD PARTY.
| Governor Tillman then paid his re-
spects to the Third Party. He read
tabulated statements showing the eec.
t0ral strength of the Democratic and
| Republican parties of all the States.
a f,,t1 :~l. A..
ers were in the majority and said that
II all Of them declared for Third
Party they could not elect the President.
The idea is, he said for the Western
| and Southern farmer to control the
| country, but that would be impossible
| If they carried all the States in which
the farmers have majority. 1t should
| be remembered that, while there were
100000 engaged in agriculture, there
were III 100000 engaged in other occupa-
tons. They should remember that the
Republican farmers in the North were
particularly bitter, hostile and partisan
as regards the South, and that the
! Democrats were for the most part from
the cities. They should remember that
the Democratic majority of 10000 in
the city of New York had been, and
could be, discounted by the Republican
farmers of New York State They
should remember that Kansas had
given 10000 majority for Harrison, and
yet we are asked by them to turn our
backs on the Democrats Of Connecticut,
New Jersey, New York and Indiana,
and this too for the mere risk of elect
ing q DemocI attic President by the
Western vote.
THE DANGER OF DIVISION.
Governor Tillman showed that the
SuD-treaSury bill could not be forced on
the National Democratic Convention
, and that the issues now could only
have the result of dividing the National
democratic party, as it did in 1860 and
give the Republicans a continued lease
OF power. L ask you, he said do you
tlcians all over the United States, and
right here, too, in South Carolina, who
are ferVently praying that we divide
mere today? DO you not know that
the Haskell party watches our proceed
lngs and Is hoping for and expecting a
division, and so are the Republicans
and all other opponents of the State
democracy? He would remind the
Alliance that Senator Petfer the ex-
ponent OF the Kansas Alliance, had
said that, of course, he would support
the Alliance, but he would vote With
the Republicans on other interests, and
that Powderly, the chief OF the other
wing of the industrial army, the
knights OF Labor, coupled his support
or the Alliance demands with the con-
dition that political equality should be
accorded the negro. | maintain, he
concluded in vigorous style and earnest
manner, that division in South Carolina
means the negro.
TIE GOVERNORS IDEAS ON THE CUR
| RENCY.
| Governor Tillman gave as his remedy
for flexible currency the repeal Of the
10 per cent tax Oh State banks and the
establishment of banks to issue money
based on land and crops Just as our
credit is now based on loans and mort
cages. lie was in favor Of the farmers
establishing their own banks and print
| ing their own money instead of paying
| such rates of interest. He held that
we might have q Sub-treaSury under
State control, but Sub-treasury under
national control meant the perpetua-
ton in power of the party by which it
was established.
TIMELY WARMING.
lie would warn his brethren that q
| division In the Democracy at this juno
tiOn meant a continuance of the Re-
| pnblicans in power and the possible
enactment of the force bill. He would
further say that a division between the
Farmers Movement and the Alliance
meant return to power Of the Ring,
which they. with such hard fight,
oyerthrew last fall. lApplause and
cheers.l Governor Tillman closed by
making an appeal for unity, harmony
and charity, and the State.
| - Resolutions of thanks were rendered
Governor Tillman and Colonel Terrell
tor the information they had impaired
by the discussion.
\ Work Shop.
Every farmer has freuuent--almost
constaut-nced of q work shop. 1t
may not be seperate building; place
at one side Of the carriage-room will
answer. There should be good sized
bench with vice at one end and Il
place for using the planes, of which
hn NJ nI 4 Ii iI,Llo In1.C-