The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-13
AN oUTsPoKEN CRITIC.
The Administration OF Mr.. Cleveland
Censured by Ex-Congressman Till
man.
From the Augusta Chronicle.

Ine huHnniStrdJlOnO Oh MT. Cleveland
Censured by Ex-Congressman Till
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Ex-Congressman George ID. Tillman,
OF South Carolina, does not claim to be
an original Cleveland man. He prides
himself, however, on being the original
apostle of free and unlimited coinage
Of silver in his native State, and the
original anti-Cleveland man. Uncle
George" as he is endearingly call
cd by his old constituents, is q
very entertaining talker, anda sharp
critic. He hews to the line as he
sees it, and lets the chips fall where
they may. His honest adherence to
convictions, whether popular or not, is
responsible for the fact that his seat is
now filled in Congress by less able
man. "Uncle George" was in town
teresting things to say. He is a strong
advocate of the income tax. "Of
course" he said, "there is no reason
in law or equity why an income tax
should not be passed by the next Con-
gress. 1t is the most equitable and
righteous tax that can be levied, for it
makes mon pay in accordance with the
protection they receive for their great
property, and in accordance with their
ability to pay. If the income tax was
now in force just as it was when repeal
ed in 1870 1t would bring in an annual
revenue of two hundred millions, and
only five men out of every one hundred
would have to pay any of it. A law
that Is fair and honest and will bring
in that amount of revenue, while call
ing on only five men in hundred to
pay it is bound to be mighty popular
with the people. But dont't you fool
yourself into believing that Cleveland
will favor such law. 1t will not be
popular with Wall street, and Cleve-
land is on the Wall street side"
When 1T was suggested that Secre-
tary Carlisle had notified speculators
longer come to the rescue of Wall
street when, by it's gambling specula-
tion, it got in tight place, he laughed
at the idea, and declared, Carlisle
will never hold any such position. |
have heard him and Hilary Herbert
denounce the demonstration of silver
as the crime of the century, but they
have sacrificed their honest convictions
and smothered their consciences for
cabinet places under Cleveland, an
apostle of the gold standard The
Democrats have the House, Senate and
Vice-President, but not the President
l.
and Cabinet, and it is cabinet of
clerks, not advisers"
Referring to recent article in The
A1uericus Times-Recorder, which was
taken as rejecting the views of
Speaker Crisp, and in which a fluctuat-
ing ratio between gold and silver was
advocated, Colonel Tillman said:
"Crisp was elected on the free silver
issue, and 1t is the only issue that can
re-elect him. If he goes to wabbling
now and advocating any twenty to one
ratio it will, and ought to beat him.
Free coinage at twenty to one is no
the correct standard and there it will
stay. This talk about parity is all
hocus-pocus. 1t has as many aspects
as the facets of q diamond, and shines
one way here and another way there.
and still another there"
When asked if the repeal of the
Sherman law was the first duty of Con-
gress on reassembling, he udeclared
emphatically, Nor and said the
"silver men would fillibuster until the
crack of doom before they would ever
unlimited coinage of silver was
adopted. That is the first thing for
Congress to do. The passage of bill
providing for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at sixteen to one will
be equivalent to the repeal of the Sher-
man act, and the silver men will never
consent to anything else"
When asked what he thought of the
assertion that the payment of silver
instead of gold for the treasury notes
issued to purchase silver under the
Sherman act would produce O financial
panic he declared it was all "stuff the
Dr1x off l1 90 II k<>
silver and depreciate gold. Mr.. Cleve-
land is not following the Sherman law
in paying only gold, for it provides
that the payment shall be in coin, and
there is no reason for paying only gold.
There is not enough gold in the world
to make 1t the only money coin, and Bis
marck once said that trying to make
gold do the business of the world was
like two-fat men trying to cover up
with one little blanket. The people Of
this country will never consent to any
thing but the use of both metals, and
Mr.. Cleveland will never force the
country to his way of thinking. Lord
Burieigh said, liberty would never
perish until the law making power be-
came more corrupt than the execu-
tive and it is the wisest maxim of the
ages. We now see the executive using
its patronage to influence the legisla-
tiOn of the country along lines in ac-
cordance with his views and influence
ing with office the honest opinions and
consciences of men,"
Our Carolina friend is frank and fear
less in speaking his mind, and is a most
entertaining talker, and forceful
thinker. He ebelieves what he says, and
is always ready to say what he believes.
He is not alone in his views there are
people all over this country who think
just as he has expressed himself, but
we are disposed to believe theirs is an
extreme view. We endorse cordially
all that he says on the silver question
and the proper course for Congress to
pursue; but though we have never
been one of the Cleveland worshippers
we are disposed to accord him honesty
of purpose, and to believe that he will
favor legislation in accordance with
the platform of the party on which he
was elected. The people of the coun-
try will submit to nothing less, and
it will be suicidal for the party to fail
to carry out it's pledges to the people.
We prefer to believe that the admins
tration purposes to secure the Legislation
needed to carry out the party pledges,
and we shall 80 MAINTAIN till convinced
to the contrary. The =" Numidian
Lion of Edgefield has lost none Of his
fire and those who think he is on the
shelf to stay may wake up some bright
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