The record-union., 1894-04-09
NO LOVE FOR CLEVELAND.
GOVERNOR TILLMAN SAYS HE
DESPISES THE PRESIDENT.
Claims That He Entered Into Bar
gain With New York Bankers,
and Should Be Impeached.
Special to the RECoRD-UNION.

COLUMBIA IS. O., April 8.-While the
eyes of all the people of the United States
are on this State, in consequence of the
recent alleged insurrectiOn in Darlington,
Governor Tlllman comes to the front
with the suggestion of an upheaval in
national politics. While a correspondent
was at the Executive Mansion to-day the
Governor read letter he received from
Western Populist, in which the writer
said what he did not admire about the
Governors course so far was that he did
not have the moral courage to come
squarely out and call himself Populist.
The Governor called attention to the
fact that the majority of the Northern
and Western papers were speaking of
him as the Populist Governor, and after
ward said:
''rhey call me Populist, but L will
tell them | am the true representative OF
jefferson Democracy. l tell you l
don't see anything ahead now, but for
the Southern Democrats to combine their
force with the Western Populists and 60
into the next national campaign on new
party lines. The Northeastern Demo-
Gratis and Republicans are now together.
1t is a com bination OF mOneyed inter-
ests.''
The Governor then, turning suddenly
in somewhat excited manner, said: II
despise Cleveland and his mugwumps.
He is no better than the rankest Repub
lican. He has destroyed the Democratic
party. The South and the West will be
forced to unite and have complete reor-
ganization 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 one line of fighting the money
combine. Cleveland has been working
under the dictation of New York bank
issue of bonds. He promised the banks
if they would take them that there
would be no more legislation in
silver by this Congress. Congress
passed the seigniorage bill, and he vetoed
the measure, indicating clearly his bar
gain with the bankers. 1t is scheme of
robbery that he ought to be impeached
for. It is a shame and disgrace. The
idea of this great Government having to
beg of lot of shylocks for assistance is
so outrageous that there is no language
too strong in which to characterize it. If
Cleveland is owned body and soul by
these scoundrels. he secured his nomina
ton at Chicago through the influence of q
subsidized press, and with the votes he
lacked there after exhausting such means,
he bought with promises of patronage,
which promises have been since re-
deemed. His attempt to browbeat and
debauch Senators and Representatives
was outrageous in the extreme. II these
cowardly congressman up there had any
appreciation of their duty to their con-
stituents at home they would impeach
him.
Consider the farce and the treason to
the masses, issuing bonds under pre-
tense of releasing the gold reserve against
the gold is paid in at one window and
drawn out at another window, silver cer-
tificates. Another of the same procession
will go on until the silver certificates are
exhausted and the people have to pay the
interest"
"Well. Governor, what's your idea of
what ought to be done?"
The Governor thought for an instant,
and said: "Well, Pll tell you. l think
the silver men of the country ought to
meet at convention at Memphis and or
ganiZe a fight TO control the next Con-
gress. Let the West and the South cast
aside all questions upon which they now
have any differences and get together 1t
is fight between gold and silver, or
poverty against prosperity.
lone word more as to Mr.. Cleveland: I
think it is most outrageous his being die
tated to and bought up by those bond-
holders. 1t is debasing to his high office.
He is abusing his party to dicker with
such people and barter away the peoples
blood, even on the pretext of financial
relief. The newspapers which are snarl-
ing and swapping at my heels as being a
Populist are the paid hirelings of the
bosses. l am Populist in the sense that
| am for the peoples rights, but there
are many planks in the Populist plat
form which L do not indorse. If the sill
yer Congressman will issue call for
silver convention and carry the war into
Africa, we will teach these blood-sucking
gold thieves a lesson in politics such as
they have not had since Jackson's cam
paign against the banks. The farmers of
the South and West will move onward
in solid body and demand legislation
that will give them relief from the grind
ing poverty produced by six-cent cotton
and thirty-cent wheat.n