The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-08-09

| Va Vl10 OUtGS.
Ho touched upon financial logis.
lation, and made magnificent
representation of the pension out.
RACES. He referred to tho fact
that there were over two hundred
thousand Southerners in the Fed.
eral armies. Ho insisted that free
coinage should be made tho prom
mont issue by the Democrats in
1896. He was given an attentive
hearing, every word of his olo-
quent speech boing appropriated
and eagerly devoured. Many said
it was the best speech no has made
during the campaign.
GOVERNOR TILLMAN,
with a boutoniere on his. lapol
looked mad whom he got up. He
waited until the applause was ovor
and it was not long to 500 what he
was voxed about. Uo docs not
liko the monkeying with tho con.
vontion plan, and docs not know
what it all means. Ho did not
like tho looks of things, no said.
lie was not afraid to club whoovor
got IN his way. There was somc-
thing rottOn in Denmark. Tho
paper in Columbia that has been
standing up for "Rcform" until
now, ho charged, was now cla-
moring to do away with tho Con-
vontion, and teeming with lottors
that tho people arc dissatisfied.
| Ho had boen in most counties and
had not soon a man who was dis
satisfied with tho arrangement,
unloss he was n dGfoat ted cnndidatoi
or tho trlcnd Of ono. 1T was, he
charged, an effort to let the 10000
Conservatives IN, and tho timo
had not yet como for them. If |
thcy were allowed to hcI p select W
the Governor The Rcformcrs might II
rs woll surrender what they have e
)ccn fighting for, for the whole Il
hing would toppl" over. The II
ncn who arc clamoring for the [
Conservatives to como in and call T.
II tho Convention simplv V want tp !
ool the people,, and want % trade |
II the Scnatorship for votes for |
h" Govcrnorship. This was not [
Or tho peoples good, he charged,
ut Tor the sollishness promotion !
certain candidates. IIo charged {
'hoevcr now voted to call off the
'otorm primaries and Convention II
as Judas and ought to be
larkcd and remembered forever.
le thought it an effort to fool
nd confuse the people by mixing
p things by calling tho commit
ee at this late hour, and no Wig
rously demanded that things bo
eft alono and bo allowed to 90
light ahead. He explained why
10 did not think primary would
% advisable at this time. There
was no demonstration during this
and tho candidates and
crowd we're all attention. Ho
called for IL hand primary to en-
dorse his position against calling
off tho Convention, but not over
fifty voted at all, and thoy sldod
with him. Something must bo
wrong.
He took up somo questions
which had been prepared and
handed him. TO the first, as TO
his attitude towards the State
platform, hc replied that he had
answered this in his letter to the
Alliance and would abide the
party platform of the State
The third question was as to
his support of the sub-trcasury,
and to this he said he was op-
lposcd to the Government lend
ing any money and among other
reasons argued that it would
open a road for corrupt and
rotton Government by the selfish
use of the lending power.
| lie branchcd off on the letter
question and summed up his
viewes of Cleveland by saving
that II there was anyone who
entertained more contempt and
hatred for him, he was a curl
osity. He had good deal TO