Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-04-09
TILLMAN'S DEMOCR ACY
WANTS THE SOUTH AND WEST
TO UNITE ON SIi.vER.
Makes a vicious Attack on CleVe-
land And The Gold Bugs-The
Called a POpulIst

COLUMBIA, S. c., April 9.-Gov. Till
man yesterday gave a surprising inter
view to the press. The Southern Asso.
ciated Press representative read the
Governor an extract from aletter from a
Populist 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 Populist.
Governor Ti'lmans eve flashed fire
and in the most determined manner he
said: "Nes, they cal, ms a Popui,st.
will tell them that am the truest rcE-
reSentative of Ieti,rsonian Democracy
in American politics today. Let me tell
you don't see ANYTHING ahead now but
for the Southern Democrats to combine
their forces with the Western Populists
and 20 into the next national campaign
on new party lines. The northeastern
Democrats and Republicans are now
together. 1t is a combination of the
moneyed interests.
81 despise Cleveland and his Mug
wumps. He is no better than the rank
est Republican, He has destroyed the
Democratic party. The South and West
will be forced now to unite and have a
complete reorganization of party lines.
rhc people who are afraid OF the negro
and other questions will have to cast
aside their fears on those scor,s and
come together on the one line of fighting
the money combination. Cleveland has
been working under the dictation of the
New York bankers and bargaining with
them ia the manner of the issue of bonds
He promised the bankers ii they would
take them there would be no more legis.
lation on the silver question by this
Congress. Congress passed the seignior
age bill and he vetoed it, indicating
plainly the nature OF his bargain with
he bankers.
Consider the farce and treason to tn,
interest of the masses of issuing bonds
under a prctense OF increasing the gold
reserve, wien the same gold is paid in at
one window and drawn out at another
with silver certificates. Aud the same
process can go on till the silver certih,
Gates are exhausted, and the people have
to pay the interest"
well, Governor, what is your idea
of what ought to be done?" was asked,
The Governor thought tor an Instant
then said: well, III tell you. think
that the silver men OF this country ought
to meet in convention at Memphis or St.
Louis and organize hight to control
the next Congress. Let the West and
the South cast aside all questions upon
which they now have any difference and
get together. 1t is fight between gold
and silver or poverty and prosperity.
One more word as to Mr.. Cleveland. |
think that it is most damnab!e
and outrageous, his being die
tated to and brought up by
those bondholders. 1t is debasiug 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 relict. The news
! papers which are snaling and swapping
at my heels as being Populjst are the
paid hirelngs OF his bosses Lam Pop
| ulist in the sense that am for the peo.
pie rights; but there are many planks
in the Populist platform that | do not
endorse. II the silver congressman will
issue call Tor silver convention and
carry the war into Africa we will teach
those blood-sucking gold thieves a les
son in politics such as they have not had
since Jackson's campaign against the
banks. The farmers OF the South and
West will move on to Washington in a
solid body ard demand legislation that
will give them relief from the grinding
poverty produced by six cents cotton
aud thirty cents wheat"