The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-09
TILLMAN'S DEMOCRACY
He Declares Himself an Original
JeffeSson Democrat
CLEVELAND BITTERLY DENOUNCED

Inc ffetidehtt says South N"ToiiHh y Wv
ernor, Has Destroyed the Democratic
Party, and Has Been working Under
| the Dictation of New York Bankers.
COLUMBIA, S. c., April 9.-While the
eyes of all the people of United States are
turned upon this state in consequence of
the recent alleged insurrection in Darling
ton Governor Tillman comes to the front
4 with the suggestion Of an upheaval in ma
| tional politics. While the Associated
! Press correspondent was at the executive
mansion the governor read letter he had
received from western Populist, in
/ which the writer said that the only thing
he did not admire about the governors
/ political course was that he did not have
the moral courage TO come squarely out
and call himself Populist The governor
/ then called attention to the fact that
many of the northern and western papers
were speaking of him as the Populist gov
/ eruor. Then after a little deliberation he
said:
yes they call me Populist. l will
tell them that ] am the truest representa-
tive of Jeffersonian DEM cracy in Amer
lean politics today. Let me tell you,
don't see anything ahead now but for the
southern Democrats to combine their
forces with the western Populists and 90
into the next national campaign on new
party lines The northeastern Democrats
and Republicans are now together 1t is
a combination of the moneyed interests.
The governor turned suddenly and in a
somewhat excited and very forcible man
ner said;
81 despise Cleveland and his mug
wumps. He is no better than the rankest
Republican. He has destroyed the Dem
ocratic party. The south and west will be
forced to unite and have complete reor-
ganiZation of party lines The people who
are afraid of the negro and other ques-
tions will have to cast aside their fears on
these scores and come together on the line
of fighting the money combination.
cleveland has been working under the
dictation of the New York bankers and
bargaining with them in the matter of the
issue of bonds. He promised the banks if
they would take them there would be no
more legislation on the silver question by
this congress. Congress passed the seign-
forage act, and he vetoed the bill, indicat-
ing plainly the nature of his bargain with
the bankers. The whole thing is such a
scheme of robbery that he ought to beim-
peached for it. 1t is shame and dis
grace, The idea of this great government
| Il
ance is so outrageous that there is not a
language too strong in which to character
ize it.
cleveland is owned body and soul by
these scoundrels; he secured his nomina-
ton at Chicago through the agency of q
subsidized press, and the votes he lacked
there after eXhausting such means he
bought with promises of patronage,
which promises have since been redeemed;
the goods have been delivered. His at
tempt to browbeat and debauch the SEN
ators was outrageous in the extreme. If
those cowardly congressman up there had
any appreciation Of their duty to their
constituency at home they would impeach
him.
Consider the farce and treason to the
interests of the masses in issuing bonds
under a pretense Of increasing the gold
reserve, when the same gold is paid in
at one window and drawn out at an
mother with silver certificates. And the
same process can 90 ON till the silver GER
tificates are exhausted and the people
have TO pay the interest"
"Well, governor, what is your idea of
what ought to be doneY' was asked.
"Weu, III tell you. Think that the sill
yer men of this country ought to meet in
convention at Memphis or st. Louis, and
organize a fight to control the next con.
gress Let the west and the south cast
aside all questions upon which they now
4 have any differences, and get together II
! is a fight between gold and silver or poy
erty aud prosperity. One word more, as tC
< Mr.. Cleveland. ! think that it is most
, damnable and outrageous, his being die
tated to and bought up by those bond
holders. 1t is debasing his high office. IL,
is abusing his power TO dicker with sucl
people and barter away the peoples blood
even upon the pretext of financial relief.
"The newspapers which are snarlinl
% and swapping at my heels as being a Pop
ulist are the paid hirelings of his bosses.
am a Populist in the sense that l am fo
the peoples rights, but there are man,
planks in the Populst platform which
! do not indorse If the silver congressnel
will issue n call for silver convention
and carry the war into Africa we will teacl
those blood sucking gold thieves a lessor
in politics such as they have not had sine
Jackson's campaign against the banks"
Rfor Eirn of Vonav TsIand.