The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-04-12
TILLMAN'S LATEST BREAK
PROPOSES 10 UNITE SOUTHERN DEM
OCRATs AND POPULIsTs.
He Heartily DsIpises Cleveland and De-
nouncss Him as the Tool Of the
Bankers and Bondholders
of Wall Street..

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States are turned upon this state in
consequence of the recent alleged in-
surrection in Darlington, Governor
Tillmann comes to the front with the
suggestion of an upheaval in national
politics. While the Associated Press
correspondent was at the executive
mansion the governor read letter
that he had received from
Western Populist, in which
the writer stated that the
only thing he did not admire about
the governors political course 80 far
was that he did not have the moral
courage to come squarely out and call
himself Populist. The governor
then called attention that many OF the
Northern and Western papers were
speaking OF him as the Populist gov
ernor. Then, after little delibera-
ton, he said:
Eyes, they call me Populist. |
will tell them that l am the truest
representative of Jetfersonian De-
mocracy in the land of American OIL
itics today, Let me tell you | do not
see anything ahead now but Tor the
Southern Democrats to combine their
forces with the Western POpulists
and go into the national campaign on
new party lines. The Northeastern
Democrats and Republicans are now
together. 1t is a combination Of the
money interests.
The governor then turned suddenly
and in o somewhat excited and forci'
BILE manner said: ~ despise Cleveland
and his mugwumps. He is no better
than the rank Republican. He has
destroyed the Democratic party. The
South and West will be forced to unite
and have q complete reorganization OF
party lines. The people who are
afraid of the negro and other ques-
tions will have to cast aside their
fears on those scores and come to-
gether on the one line of fight
against the combination in which
Cleveland has been working under
the dictation OF the New York
bankers in the matter of issu-
ing bonds. He has promised
the banks if they would
take them there would be no more
legislation on silver by congress-
Congress passed the seigniorage act
and he vetoed the bill, indicating
plainly the nature of his bargain with
the bankers The whole thing is such
q scheme of robbery that he ought to
be impeached for it,
cit is u shame and disgrace. The
idea of this great government having
to beg q lot of shylocks is 30 outrage.
Gus that there is not any language
strong enough in which TO character
ize it. He secured his nomination
at Chicago through the in
| fuence OF 3 subsidized
press and what votes he lacked
there after eXhaustiDg snch means he
bought with premiums of patronage,
which prizes have since been re-
deemed, the goods have been deliv.
cred. His attempt TO browbeat and
debauch the senate and house of rep
resentrtives was outrageous in the ex
IRENE. II those cowardly congress
men up there had any appreciation Of
their duty TO their constituents al
home they would impeach him.
! "COnsider the farce and treason tC
the interests of the masses in issuing
bonds under pretense Of increasing
the gold reserve, when the
same gold is handed in at one
wiaoow and let out at the Other
with silver certificates, and the same
process can 60 On till the silver GER
tificates are exhausted and the peO
pie have to pay the interest"
"Well, governor, what is your ides
of what ought to be done?" was asked
Tbo = h. rOht for iOc
and then said: "Well, I'll tell you
1 think the silver men of this country
ought to meet in convention in Mem
phis or st. Louis and org aniZe
fight to control the next congress
1t is fight between gold and silve
or poverty and prosperity. One NOR,
word as to Mr.. Cleveland. I thinl
that it is most damnable and outrage
GUS his being dictated to and Dough
up by those bondholders. 1t is debas
ing his high office. He is abusing hi
, power 10 dicker with such people ant
barter away the peoples blood, evel
upon the pretext of financial relief
The newspapers, which do the snarl
ing at my being a Populist
are the hirlings of his bosses
I am fopulist in tn
sense that am for tb
right, but there are many plsnks il
the Populist platform which l do no
/ endorse. If the silver congress vii
/ Issue a call for silver convention an
carry the war into Africa we vii
| teach these blood sucking gold thieve
a lesson in politics euch as they hav
not had since Jackson's csmpaig
against the banks. Yhe farmers c
the South and West will move on in
solid BODY and demand Legislation
that will give them relief from tn
grinding poverty produced by 80 cen
wheat.
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LADIES