The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-18

| ing about the poor negro" They love MIN
according to the square OF the distance, and
Gods earth than tor perpetuating the hePuo.
! lican party in power. Now they talk about
taking away certain part Of our representa-
| tion and DISTINGUISHING the negro.
| There are men at the North. and there are
hundreds Of thousands OF them, who are
ready to join US 10 scheme 10 dlsiranchlse
| the poor and ignorant everywhere. Inc an
archist, communist and other foreign rlH ran
give them the ague. When they enfrancblseo
| The negro they gave US a club that we have
since used in a very scientific manner 10 cluo
them with. They gave US thirty u forty ad-
dItional votes IN the Electoral College ana the
additional members Of Congress by reason Oh
negro represen tation.
| HAVE USED THE CLUB.
We have used this club very skillfully to
preserve our liberties up 10 this time. Iney
gave us the club 10 use and we are going 70
hold on to 1t, and II will be 10 your oenent
| that we do hold on 10 II, because with II we
will win this fight for silver and the rights OF
the masses In which we are now engaged, ana
beat those who are mainly lnsLruiiien,al un,h ~
enfranchising the negro to perpetuate Repuo-
lcan rule.
Now, gentlemen,I have told you that the ia
negro Is the trouble with us. Ihe olacResC ses;
Republicans, the staunchest and most OUT
rngeous, in their demands that the negro IN
the South should have q free vote ana Iair
count, were in the Northwest That ~ was liner tnetr
shlbboleth and hattie cry. II was the Kepuo-
lican watchword In this qnartero OF the MON.
Kansas used to give $1,000 majority to the Re
publican ticket; Colorado. Nebraska ano
Iowa were equally safe. Those Republican
States have been as safe and certain for the
Republican nominee as South Carolina Il for
the Democratic party, In spite OF the 4O9oo ne
gro majority. This whole North-and espe, s,
cIully the iarmerS-was that way and they
used the spites and hatreds OF the war 10 In
duce you to vote as you shot" and they
have quietly regulated the progress and
growth of the C. untry In that little corner
over yonder East OF Lake Michigan and
North of the Potomac River.
PERTINENT QUESTION.
what are you going to do about it?'
"Where are we at?" asked you moment
| ago II we cou Id trust you; and some Of you
said yes" Iowa is not represented here
Minnesota is not represented here; neither OF
| the Dakotas Is represented here.
Governor Lewellipg: Iowa was represent
ed here by General Weaver.
Governor Tillman: Yes. and be said he was
thing. and then he stopped. Where did we
look for assistance and help? We found u In
the staunch Democracy or New YORK, New
Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana. We could
not come here because Ephraim was welded
10 his idols and we had to let you alone. IL
you are ready TO leave those idols and set up
d new CODA god of our whole country-a gou
whom we can all appreciate as free Ameri.
cans-we are ready 10 join hands with You.
/ (Applause) But we cannot, we dare not,
spurn the bridge which has carried US safely
over until we know upon what we may oe-
pend.
Today, gentlemen, some OF your Represen-
tatives In Congress W no are making this gal
| liant fight in behalf OF silver and Tor The
cla thraldom are as bitter In their feelings
TO The South as they have ever been. This ~
a complex condition for US. II we would
keep from being ground TO powder we will
join forces with you rs soon as we have guar
anJees that can be trusted implicitly. Zap
plause) The Democracy Of the East appear
10 have deserted the Democratic standard ,are
| ignoring our platform or are constituting IL to
suit themselves. and are In open alliance with
the Republicans in their financial policy. AS
they have left us of the South on tue silver
question, can we trust you of the West on the
negro question?
| "CAN WE TRUST YoU?"
The gentleman from Kansas tells me we are
right. My friend over there says they Will
turn their Senators out if they try that, and
all that sort OF thing. Perhaps no. tell you
IL Is the Gods truth and that as much as We
realize and understand the evils that confront
us In the single gold Standard and the losses
that II will entail upon the people, the glind-
Ing, perpetual poverty that con fronts US II the
gold standard Is adopted In this country, II
d,,es not begin TO compare with negro domi-
NIT IT we will die.
Understand me. we are ready TO give The
negro all his rights under The law. We do
not propose 70 oppress or injure him In any
way. While do not pretend that there was
not fraud and bullbozing, both In 1916 and 1878
In South Carolina, there has been none Of
either since 1882; and IL we ure left to solve
the negro problem In our own way, the better
II will be Tor him and all concerned. Unless
the white men of the south and West can re-
move this stumbling block which now sepa-
rates them, the next decade we will see more
white slaves In the United States than there
were ever colored ones. The emancipation OF
The AneloSaxon and the preservation OF our
goyernmenl-lhe prevention OF a plutocracy
grinding than that Df Rlfn6 mPrits 0Qr
attention.
lam nearly through. think we under
stand each other Iully, but IN order to turn
right AS told you. am not politician,
unless you consider p'aiu common sense pol.
itics. Let US come right down 10 practical
aud Ohio Rivers and West OF the Mississippi
will send " the electoral college 2A votes
two more thad enough u elect President.
They have nfty 'ur Senators-a majority OF
twenty. They have 10 Representative In the
House, nine less than majority. Let us
cross the river and zee what our prospects
we can hold the Senate; we can capture 1t
and we can hold II, aud we can capture The
Presidency: [Applause.l There are illinois,
Indiana, Michigan ana Wisconsn-I won't
20 " Ohio because l believe they are SO we'd
ded-or rather they have developed their man.
ufacturng Industries To that extent that they
will stick 10 the Republican party. or the
Eastern Democracy. because II looks very
lutely ob!iteraled in CongreSs-l think 1t Is
question now OF "each man for himself and
the devil take stHunCh allies and vote solid
ly with US. (Applause.J
!, THE FOLKS ACROSS THE RIVER.
But what Is the prospect Of carrying these
I don't know anything about the situation,
except In a general way. Chicago Is a inelrop-
Oils with q vast floating vote They ought TO
vote with US, because we are fighting here the
battle OF the lAborer and Of the factory oper-
ali, e as much as we are fighting the battle Of
The farmer. Those men who are idle over
ltherr-hundreds of thonsa nds OF then-some
\ Of them starving while wheat In Kansas is
II worth thlrty-tve cents bushel, ought 10 be
our stnunch allies and vote soIidly with US.
llAppause.] And yet we say this Is q great
! American Union, the best OF all free insLitu-
tions. and the grandest of governmen
Il II things were not wrong such condition
could not exist AS farmers starving with too
much wheat and laUorers starving with no
bread. Ii things were AZ they should be every
i man who wantel work could get IL and could
gel food aud clothing for his family.
WILL NOT cRITICIsE THE PRESIDENT.
What do those millionaires up there care SO
long as they can clip their coupons and go to
Europe and buy such official positions as Min
lister 10 ltaly-did say buy Oh, no Laugh
Is done when Democratic President gives u
nice fat position To Il fellow who helps out q
| campaign fund-like Mr.. Van Allen did. But
the Republicans were just as bad: Look Mt
| Little johnnie Wannamaker. UaughterJ
Right here will take occasion 10 say that
haven't word oi abuse for MIR. Cleveland {;
don't think II does any good. was sorry to
hear the gentleman from Alabama (Mr.
| Skaggs) pass those structures on him this
! morning. He is the President OF the United
States, and he was put there by large ma
jority, and under circumstances thnt ought
10 make him the proudest man In American
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