The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-06-06
DID NOT SATISFY THEM.
TlLLmAN AND BUFFERS LETTERS
COMMENTED UPON.

COMMEN GD OFOIS.
They no Not Suit 'tA,liancsmeD.' who
Proceed to Show Where They arc Mis-
taken In Dissenting From Any OF the
Alliance Demands
COLUMBIA. S. G., May 31.-The Co
lumbia Register of this morning pub
lis1es the following letter, which Is the
strongest kick yet made against Gov.
Tillman's attitude towards the Alliance
demands:
Edirot Register: The answers of
Senator Butler and Governor Tillman
to tae questions propounded to them by
order OF the State Alliance brings the
Alliance face to face with a crisis.
They are the only aYoHed candidates
for U. S. Senator. Both of them are
practically in the same boat and nelth-
er is in full accord with the demands
Of the Alliance. Both of them gag at
the same 5Wc OF our demands Sena-
tor Butler thinks the subtreasury Is IN.
constitutional and of course 1t never
occurred to the learned Senator that
the Constitution might be amended.
He says the subtreasury has been aban-
doned, but fails to give the time and
place when it was abandoned.
He can see no way of the government
owning ard operating railroads except
by the govern ment buying thosealready
in existence. Ofcourss it has never
occurred to the versatile Senator that
the government has the right to build
aid equip such roads as are needed:
L.llions Of laborers would be glad Of
the job at very reasonable wages to be
paid in legal tender greenbacks-build-
ing two, three or five thousand miles a
year. Or, no; the Senator is too good
railroad attorney to see any other way
of having government railroads except
by purchase of his clients property at
enormously inflated valuation Of wa
tered stock. But the people have been
thinking along this line a little IN the
interest of the people rather than of
the railroad Wreckers and mmanipula-
tors. Governor Tlllman, on the other
hand, objects to the ownership Of rail-
roads on the ground of wisdom and
practicabihty, but he can advocate and
fight for this along with the other de-
mands. To the subtressury demand be
Is "unalterabsy opposed His reason
seems to be that it is identical with the
national BANGING principle. He says
TOO that the Alliance is Inconsistent In
this demand. It would seem that the
Governor has shifted his position
somewhat on this point. In 1891 he OBJ
jected to the subtreasury because 1t
was "paternalisln run mad" now he
objects to IL because 1t Is like the ma
tional banking system. It seems
strange that man Of such splendid
abilities should make 80 egregious
mistake. The only points OF resen-
blance between the subcreasary and tbs
national banking system are purely su-
periciai. Under the nationa1 banking
system the government farms out to
the banks the function of issuing mon
ey, thus giving to a Thousand or two
individuals the right to issue or WITH
hold the circulating medium at will.
Under the subtreasury idea the gov
crnment itself issues the money-not
to few thouand piusocr5ts, not there
10 to holders of cotton and wheat nor
yet necessarily to farmers exclusively,
but issues 1t direct to the masses OF the
people upon such security as the people
can give. He says he is IN faVor Of the
government issuing money direct to
the people. Wnen be considers the
proposition in al its bearings, he will
see that there is 40 other way OF get
ting it to the people. as says hs old
not oppose the incorporation Alliance
demands into our State Democratic
platform iu'92.
It was currently reported at the time
that the Governor did oppose this IN
the Reform platform caucus as contra
to bis judgment, but coupled his pro-
test with the sound Democratic senti-
ment that If "my people won't 60 with
me will go with them" he accepted
this platform aud represented South
Carolina Democracy on itas Chicago.
So much fer the yiewa of these candi-
dates for T. S. Senator. The all inpor-
tant practical question is what are We
going to do2 These gentlemen claim
to be hones5, and we must conceed
their claim. It would not be right to
question their honesty or aouse them
because they honestly differ with US.
We must grant them all the right to
free thought and speech that ne de-
mand for ourselves; bu. we have a
right to protect our honest conVlc-
tlons from being shut in to choice be-
tween two Een almost equally opposed
to US. How shall ne protect ourselves?
l. By protesting against a box for U.
S. Senator ID the August primary, and
if one is provided over our protest,
then refrain from voting In that box
2. We should see that in catechlsing
candidates for the Legislature no canG
didate is required to commit himself
further than TO vote for a .. 5. Senator
who is in full accord with our demands
3. See to it whea the State con7en-
vention meets that the platform OF
1892 IS reafirned.
What is here presentedls not to be
construed as IN opposition to Governor
Tillman. Every Rsformer in the State
would be proud to honor him, where 1t
did not involve sacrifice OF principle,
We could evee VISA BE might see thing
as We see them; We must even COM
mend his candor in declaring his oppoA
siticn to our conviction. But being
equally honest in our convictions, We
are Souad to follow them With the
same itelity and candor that We con-
cede 10 him. ALLIANcE&EN.
1904