The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-09
TILLMAN IN AFINE FRENZY.
He DGSpiSGS Cleveland and Wants
Him ImpeaChed.

The President Represented as Owned
Body and Soul by a Lot of Scoun-
drely Shylocks-He Wants the DEM
oorats of the South to Unite With
the Populists of the West to Teach
the "Blood-Suoking Gold Thieves" q
Lesson.
Columbia, S. c., April s.-Gov. Tillman
to-day gave q surprising interview to the
press l read 10 the governor an extract
from letter from a popullst, which he
had received, in which the writer said
that the only thing he did not admire
about the governors political course so
far was that he did not have the moral
courage to come out squarely and call
himself a populist. l then asked the
governor if he had seen all the references
made to him by the northern press as the
populist governor.
Gov. Tillman rose and walked up and
down. His eye flashed fire, and in the
most determined manner he said: 'Yes,
they call me populist. will tell them
that ] am the truest representative Of
Jeffersonian democracy in the lead in
American politics to-day. Let me tell
you, don't see anything ahead now but
for the southern democrats to,combine
their forces with the western populists
and go into the next national campaignon on
new party lines. The northeastern demo-
Gratis and republicans are now together. IL
is a combination of the moneyed interest"
DEsPIsEs CLEVELAND.
The governor, then turning suddenly
and In a somewhat excited and very forci-
BILE manner, said: 81 despise Cleveland
and his mugwumps. He Is no better than
the rankest republican. He has de-
stroyed the Democratic party The south
and west will be forced now to unite and
have complete reorganization of party
lines. The people who are afraid of the
negro and other questions will have TO
cast aside their fears on those 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 on the manner 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 seigniorage act and he vetoed
the bill, indicating plainly the nature Of
his bargain with the bankers.
OUGHT TO BE ISIPEAoHrD.
"The whole thing is such scheme of
robbery that he ought TO be impeached
for it, 1t is shame and disgrace The
idea Of this great government having TO
beg lot OF shylocks assistance is so out
raReous that there is not any language
too strong in which TO characterize It.
Cleveland is owned, body and soul,
by these scoundrels. He secured
his nomination at Chicago through
the influence Of a subsidized
press, and what votes he lacked there af-
ter exhausting such means, he bought
with promises of patronage, which prom
ises have been since redeemed--the goods
have been delivered. His attempt TO brow
beat and debauch the senator's and repre-
sentatiyes was outrageous In the extreme.
If those cowardly congressman up there
had any appreciation of their duty 10
their constituencies at home, they would
impeach him.
"Consider the farce and treason to the
interest OF the masses Of issuing bonds un-
der a pretense of increasing the gold re-
serve, when the same gold is paid in at
one window and drawn out at another
with silver certificates. And the same
process can go on till the silver certificates
are exhausted and the people have to pay
the interest"
WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE.
"Well, governor, what is your idea of
what ought TO be done2" was asked.
The governor thought for an instant
and then said: "Well, I'll tell you. I
think the silver men OF this country
ought TO meet In convention at Memphis,
or ST Louis and organize a fight to con-
troll the next congress. Let the west and
the south cast aside all questions upon
which they now have any differences and
get together. II is fight between gold
and silver, or poverty and prosperity. One
more word as TO Mr.. Cleveland / think
that it is most damnable and outrageous,
his being dictated to and bought up by
those bondhoders. IL Is debasing his
high Office. He is abusing his power to
dicker with such people and barter away
the peoples blood even upon the pretext
of financial relief
1.-THE newspapers which are snarling
and swapping at my heels as being popu-
list are the paid hirelings Of his Bosses
! am populist In the sense that am for
the peoples rights, but there are many
planks in the populist platform which
do not indorse. If the silver congressman
will issue call for sill
yer convention and carry the war
into Africa, we will teach those
bloodsucking gold thieves lesson in poll
itics such as they have not had since
Jackson's campaign against the banks.
The farmers of the south and west will
move on Washington in solid body and
demand legislation that will give them
relief from the grinding poverty produced
by cents cotton and 30 cents wheat.n