The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-27
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patronage and not marked Congress
sional." IIurrahs for Strait and SAY
DIR ZIMMERMAN
was introduced as candidate
for Lieutenant Governor. AS
he got up there was a litter, and
few said, "Oi, my, look there!' .s they
looked st the man With the h2relip
nose He said what he wanted about
politics and announced that his chief
claim for the nomination WAS his good
looks. (ChIs was joke on Its face
The crowd yellsd and whoCped. but DR.
Tim norman went on and said that
about his only rival on looks was Nor
man Elder, of York, and they kept on
laughing. The woman, be said, must
see something in his looks as he had
been married twice. Laughter and
hurrahs
SENATOR BUTLER
was greeted with applause as he walk
ed straight up to the end of the plat
form. He spoke right out and was
given close attention. He said an Of
flee holder was responsible to the peo-
pie and the officers were not the masters
The people here are the rulers and the
soyerelngs 1t is not oaly your right but
your duty to demand of every man in
Office an account Of the trust. JUST
hereI would like to make a personal
explanation. Messrs Shell snd Nc
L2urin Lave requested me to say
something about an alleged politlca!
combine with them. and statement
thatthey had been traitors to the Reform
Movement. There never was any
foundation for the report, and should
not have noticed it except for their re-
quests. have always tried to treat the
Reform" Congressman with respect.
Just at this jucture two men got into
a personal fight, but Gen Butler and
Chairman Brice quteted the crowd.
Continuing Gen Butler said he would
critics. Governor Tillman's public re.
cord as much as be wanted to and he
did not want Governor rlllman to get
mad about it. Is there any OBJ 2ct'on
to asking for an explanation from
Governor Tillman? Fifteen years
ago said we ought to have jnst such
a college as Clemson and have al ways
favored such colleges. They talk OF
oaptizing ms when / advocated
measures they are talking of before they
we're born. In 1880 l voted for the free
coinage ofsilver and have voted for 1t
ever since.
He went on briefly to explain what
there was in free coinage and said that
the Government could not, unless 1t
increased its mint capacity, give more
than one dollar pen capita per year.
Continuing be said: / never owned
a dollars worth of stock or bonds In
railroads or banks, but Lam in favor OF
protecting their interests. The light
began twenty years ago. When it comes
to pensions the soldier vote is so strong
that neither side will fight it in the
North or East. 1t does look alarming
to see the pensions steadily increasing
and We, my old soldiers. we who fought
for four years, have contributed over
S3OO,0OO,OOO towards it. would stand
that without a murmur If they did US
justice In other respects. When the
Democratic Convention met 1t agreed
first to repeal the election law, second
to change the tariff law, and third to
give financial help. The election relief
has come, and the Wilson Act IS now
pending. That tariff bill is not all that
| I would like; there were compromises,
vet l believe it the best tariff bill almost
ever passed, In the bill Is a tax on In
come, and it is the first opportunity to
reach the bondholders, 1t is fair, II IS
| Democratic. | regret to say that the
third most vital and more Important
demand has not been granted, and L
fear will not be as long as Mr.. Cleye
land is our President. You and | voted
for him. Although the people knew
Mr., Cleveland was opposed to free Sill
yer the people voted for him. he was
the choice of tile Democrats. don't
believe him thief or scoundrel, yet the
masses and not the leaders wanted and
elected him. My judgment is that the
| fight against corp Jrations has been en-
cOuraged by the Republicans. 1t Will
be death struggle in the next election.
It will be triumph for Republican IN.
stitutions or it will be the beginning OF
the end Of popular government. we
ought now to organize silver leagues on
which to build a financial system on
which to give relief to the people. am
not a pessimist, but my experience is
that the struggle must come and Will
come between the money interests and
the masses. They have found men 10
shoot down citizens. There are TOUR
teen States in insurrection. There is
dynamite, death, destruction ID the air.
I advised to let Coxey alone; that is q
mere symptom Of the disease that Re
publican legislation has brought about
He referred to Governor Tillman5
throwing rocks iokingly and tlelng OK
tails up in Washington. / should 60 10
the West for our next President. lie IS
with US and l have my eye on him. IL
Governor TilIman has gotten any more
abuse than have, Lord help him. l
don't mind that, it Is the right or tne
newspapers to comment o2 my record
but I don't get mad about it like he does
l don't think the newspapers mean
much by abusing US. They have right
to crlticise. They talk about my taml-
ly holding office. The fact is l am toe
only man in my family who has had an
Office in the forty years. WenI
through the storm of abuse IN 1876, l
stood it for your sake. Everyone
thought I was fool to make the tlgnt,
but did get my seat.
What have l done? Among my first
acts was to get 100000 for Charleston
harbor; that was the first of "a So. .OOO,OOO
appropriation. 1 got the first sppropria-
tion for WiDyah Bay l helped get a sur
yey of the rivers of the State; l got an
appropriation of half million for the
dry docks at Port Royel; got the dl-
rect taxes reimbursed to the State; l
had S5OO,OOO paid them for their LANDS;
have participated ID all the debates
to my best ability; l helped MAKE the
AGRICULTURAL department what it is. l
do not feel l have neglected my duty,
It is not common sense to turn man
down because be has done his duty.
The secret of New England's influence
is that she keeps her good men in WASH
ingtop. If had devoted the same time
ani devotion to any other business L
would have made my fortune.
lido not agree with Mr.. Tlndal that
the Office holders have never until now
addressed you. We have always done
so since 1874. / have begged
for a constitutional convention
We ought to have called a con-
yention 10 1880. l am, however
| Of