The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-11
TILLMAN TALKS.
he Seems to he Mad-Wants the South to
Unite with the PopulIets of the West
Possibly AN Effart to Make Friends
with the Alliance Wing.
TSpecial to News and Courier.

Special to News and Courier.
COLUMBIA, :. c., April S.-Gov.
Tillman to-day gave surprising in
terview to the press. l read to the
Governor an extract from letter from
a Populist, 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
L, that he did not have the moral cour-
age to come out souarely and call him
self Popu!ist. then asked the Gov
ernor if he had seen all the references
made to him by the Northern press as
the Populist Governor.
! Governor Tillman rose and walked up
and down. His eye flashed fire, and in
| the most determined manner he said:
"Yes, they call me Populist. I will
tell them that am the truest repre-.
sentative of Jetfersonian Democracy
| in the lead in American politics to-day.
/ Let me tell you. don't see anything
ahead now but for the Southern Demo-
Gratis to combine their forces with the
Western Populists, and go into the
next national campaign on new party
lines. The Northeastern Democrats
and Republicans are now together. 1t
is combination of the moneyed inter-
ests."
VIOLENT DENUNCIATIoN OF Mr..
CLEVELAND.
The Governor then, turning sudden
| ly and in somewhat excited and very
forcibIe manner, said: II despise
Cleveland aud his Mugwumps. He is
| fho hn n
He has destroyed the Democratic
party. The South and West will be
forced now to uGite and have COM
plete reorganization Of party lines.
The people who are afraid Of the negro
and other questions will have to cast
aside their fears on these scores and
come together on the one line of fight
ing the money combination. Cleve-
land has been working under the die
tation OF the New York bankers and
bargaining with them in 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. The whole thing is such
a scheme OF robbery that he ought to
be impeached. 1t is a shame aud a
| disgrace.
HOW ABOUT THE "sHYLoCKs" WHO
TOOK THE SOUTH CAROLINA BONDS?
The idea of this great Government
having to beg y lot orShylocks' assist
ance is so outrageous that there is not
any language too stroug in which to
characterize it. Cleveland is owned,
body and soul, by THESE scoundrels. He
secured his nomination at Chicago
through the influence OF subsidized
press, and what votes be lacked there
after, after exhausting such means, he
bought with promises Of patronage,
whch promises have been since re-
dec,ned-the goods have been delivered.
His attempt to browbeat and debauch
tie Senators and Representatives was
outrageous in the extreme. Ii those
cowardly Congressman up there had
any appreciation of their duty to their
constituency at home they would inn
peach him.
"Consider the farce and treason to
the interests of the masses of issuing
bonds under thespretence OF increasing
the gold reserve 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,"
"Weil, Governor, what is your idea
of what ought to be done?" was asked.
WANTS TO ORGANIZE A SILVER PARTY.
The Governor thought for an in
slant and then said: well, I'll tell
you. l think that the silver men Of
this country ought to meet in conven-
tion at Memphis or st. Louis and Or
ganiZe 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 a fight between gold
and silver or poverty and prosperity.
One more word as to Mr.. Cleveland. l
think that it is most damnable and
outrageous, bis being dictated to and
bought up by those bondholders. 1t
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 fnan-
cial relief.
THB USUAL ABUSE OF THE PRESS.
1.-THE newspapers which are snarl-
ing and swapping at my heels as be-
ing Populisr are the paid hirelings
of bis bosses. I am Populist in the
sense that am far the peoples rights,
but there are many plauks in the
Populist platform which I do not
endorse. If the silver Congressman
will issue call for silver convention
and carry the war iuto Africa, we will
teach those blood-sucking gold thieves
lesson 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 WASH
ington in a solid body and demand
legislation that will give them relief
from the grinding poverty produced by
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