The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-10-31
BE OF GOOD CHEER" !"
SENATOR HILL SPEAKS TO SOUTH
ERNERS IN NEW YORK.

ChNEno IN NEW I IOnNs
The Empire STATE VIII Check the Rspub-
llcsn Tlds-Nos Question Of Rnl or
olevelsud, ba. o; Dsmocracy-The Par
tvs Peril.
New YORK, OF. 24.-Senator David
B. Hill this afternoon addressed a
meeting Of Southerners in the st.
James Hotel. The Senator was asked
to meet the vice presidents and the
members of the executive committee Of
the Association of Southern D Democrats
in New York in their headquarters in
the st. James Hotel before going to
the Carnegie Music Hall. He agreed
to do 80 aud the time was fixed for
O'clock. No one bnt the Off csr5 of the
association and few Of their friends
koeT anything about the affair aud
consequently when Senator Hill enter
ed the headquarters promptly at
O'Clock there were less than hundred
people present. Before he had finished
his speech, however, the news spread
that Senator Hill was making speech
and the large room was very promptly
filled. The association embraces nearly
all the D1mocratic S)u5nern business
men in the city.
President Dlckersoa introduced the
Democratic candidate for Governor to
the audience. Tle Senator talked more
10 a conversational tone than he usual.
ly does and his sDsecn, although it was
evident that he made no preparation,
made favorable impression. Senator
Hill began by saying that be did not
intend to discuss the tariff question or
the monetary question. Il simply
want 90 tell you,'' ne said, "that the
Democratic party is the party of ths
Constitution, that it beiisvss in the
State rights, IN the sovereignty of the
States and IL the personal liberty of
citizens. It i5 the party cf Jefferson
aud Jackson. It is the party upon the
supremacy of which depends the future
security Of this country. Its the psr.
~ to which I have always belonged
aud to which l shall always belong
| 80 long as It remains true to it's princi.
pies.
The Democratic party is a nstIo1al
party. 1t does not believe In strong
centralized government. It believes in
the government Of Ghs United States.
It believes IN an honest administration.
1t mas record Of which all good citi-
Z9nS might well be proud. II has re.
Gently been as5ailed oa every hand and
fears for its safety have been enter
| tanned. But rejoice with you that If
there is any such idea In other parts of
the country, it has not entered into the
heads Of the Dem mocracy of the Empire
State. (Applause.) We, here, have
stopped the tide. We do not propose
to ALLOW the rising tide of Republican
ism to sweep over the country. We
hsYa given reasonable satisfaction to
the people. Some mistakes haye been
made-some mistakes IN locsl affairs
but that Is no reason why the great
party Of tue country. the party upon
whom the dsstinas Of the country de-
pend, should suffer.
It is much easier to break down a
party than to build it up. Mr.. Whit.
ney never said truer thing thaG When
he said: Let 1895 take care Of ITSELF
| Lei Us take care Of 1894. If the Wssth.
er permits, and I don't think you
SouJhsrners are afraid Of rain, I hops
many Of you will be With me tonight
il Carnegie Music Hall. Personality /
am largely Indifferent to the result Of
this contest, bl5 the life Of our party
Is at stake. The constitutional amend.
ments have been discusss I'll aud debated
and am here to assure you as one who
possesses or is supposed to possess
some political judgment, that We are
going to defeat those amendments. I
am satisfied even if my canvass only
involves taat result. II We do not de-
feat the constitutional amendm snts at
this election We might as we'll disbaud
as party. The best business interests
OF the city will be served by their de-
feat. | congratulate you upon your good
organization. believe in organic at1oa,
although [ am opposed to what is
sometimes called machine, I believe In
detail and legitimate expenditure Of
money for the printing of documents
and the dissemination of good doc
trines. | AN opposed to any corrupt
means In politics. a kind friend Of
mine said few days ago with the best
intentions, I do not doubt: Hill Is a
great vote-getter; he ought TO be elect
ed. l object to those phrases. I have
no more means Of getting votes than
any other citizen. ! have no methods
of getting votes than that of going be-
fore the people and presenting to
them the living questions of the day.
1t has been my fortune, or misfortune,
ii you like, to be opposed to candidates
who are millionaIre5, but l, myself,
have no great means. I know no leger-
demalne by which to secure votes. The
citizens OF New York, who have among
them large number Of Southerners,
have been very generous to me in the
past. This time, am the representa-.
tive Of the party. We must win or lose
with the candidates who have been
nominated. | wanted other candidates,
but now that the candidates have been
chosen, want to win this igat. Sena.
Tor Faulkner spoke the truth when he
told me that our campaign is attract
ing the attention of The country. The
interest IN it is great. I have been In
many counties i I this State and never
have seen so much interest displayed.
Nov, we propose to stand By our
national administration. What the
country Waots low is fair trial Of
the Democratic measures that have
been passed. WHAT Wonld you gain by
voting the Republican ticket. You can
| turn over this State to the Republicans,
but you cannot have the Mckinley law
enacted because the Presidents veto
stands in the way. Thera is nothing to
be gained by giving the Republicans
control of this State.
"Be Of good cheer. We can win this
fight. know the country people. They
are not ickie. They are not excited.
Taeir heads and brains are working in
the right direction. They are not
Cleveland men, nor Hill men, they are
Democrats. Of course it must be ad-
mitted that there is not the high exhi-
bition of party patriotism that there
should &c in New 7 York and Brooklyn.
l suppose that certain degree OF self
ishness is incident to human nature
and we must overlook these things. AT
any rate your association does not mix
up these things. A. any rate your as.
sociation does not mix upin these local
matters. You can afford to look high