The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-06-14
SIs,gsal To TuE CAv,.saANl

" asA3nEinn. june lie booked the
country deagon ia h., SUNDAY clothes a. h-
sat sg the Mating rbum 81 thc ral,rnad sta.
uou. II va, Zen T.llman. The rvtythatlsr
Chief Magistrate u Ihv ,ytinnlo ht,!e COIN
ulonwealJh If South Carolina Ia close
conversation sgth h4m ga, the dark sl=as-v.i
bcallc hroUcd, huTly Nc,uu~, the e,itgor of
th, National Economist McJunc Is rvIort-
ed here to be rich man the owner of a
brown. stone front, and sirr>s,-s With the carr
and elegance Of retired hank president,
During the national campaign he got miacd
up IN some way With the wicked J, Font
Illman, who now holds sIuO appoint
meut under Glen - the prloc OF has
pcrtdy and treachcry 70 the Farmer An
ante.
MORE rINE k>ur rnAN HuaTNur.
Among the elite in the cockadc State. blood
that shows no stain OF Ilugenot Is disgust
iugly plcnian. in appearance T,llman Is
backwood-mau of tn. Lincoln type The
pusuacIty aud oombatiN encss that ranks
hIm with Waite. OF Colorado aud rsnnoyef.
Of Oregon, is not visible IN his manner, talk
or general makeup The common under
standing Is that he Is a lemagorue. but the
distinction between successful delnaguEuu
and statesman Il purely metaphy yslcal.
The address he del ycrcd before the Temper
amce Congress in New York typtiies the man.
lie talked temperance to the 'lAnks' in
the same mattcr-of. fact way that lac used
the Shot gam IN The suppression of the recent
whiskey instruction in South Carolina.
The audience gave him an ovation and lac
10. b.
talked Prohibition from the standpoint of
common sense and human experience. lie
has bat one eye but he quickly, intuitively
sees both sides of question. lie may not
| be broad man, but he is quick man. Peo-
! pie who doubt hIs loyalty reserve the priyi-
! legc of indicating hIs name from any ana
all suspicious They watch him not be
cause they suspect HIM, bat just way they
have of adjusting checks and balances"
lie Is close student of men and history.
He Is we'll up i'll the academies an acquisi-
ton since his incumbcncy Is governor
A PICTURESQUE CHARACTER.
lie is an idol smaa her-an iconocast A
spark started the revolution that has made
him a picturesque character in post bellum
politics It began with the agitation looking
to the establishment of an Agricultural Col
lege in the State. It ended in the complete
overthrow of the bourbon oligarchy in the
state, the establishment OF the college, the
election of Irby us Wade Hamptons succes.
sor IN the Senate, and the election of six
anti Bourbon Democratic Congressman.
What is now expected to happen, is TIL
man election to TIE Senate To succeed But
Ter lie is very confident that it will happen
that way, albeit there are mutterings and
mysterious out.giNings among the officially
} unemployed. one looks for some hidden
: force
BEHIND uLLMANs PERSONALITY
= In the attempt to account for these splendid
achievements in South Carolina reform pol
! tics. 1t is discovered by common consent
: in the Laurcns county gamecock, J. l.. NJ.
Irby. He is Tillman's antlthcsis genealog
icaIly. Patrician booded he is kin by blood
and marriage to the South Carolina aristoc-
racy His father was one of the wealthicst
planters in the State, man of exalted viT-
tues and character typical Southern gen
: tleman. Whatever young Irby has attempted
/ since his manhood he has done thorough
"a ly. lie is an earnest, intense, absorbing
| personality. Concentration and organiza-
ton are the forces he has contributed to the
% reform movement. He has the intuition Of
>, a born leader and the impetuosity and reck
. lcssness af political desperate. Yet, para
doxical it may seem, he is a "deliberatiye
/ body" Quick on the trigger his aim is al
y most unerring. lie scents danger from afar
Is is always in the saddle and is the Stone
10 wall Jackson of South Carolina politics
a- He gives no quarters and asks none. A
n Chicago he raised the black flag and has Hey
N er lowered it. The aspersion on his Democ
h racy by the Cleveland administration hai
-, stung him to the quick and provoked Il re
- sentiment that nothing short Of revenge vii
- satisfy lie stands head and shoulder
above any man in the Senate in aggressive
5 ness and independence a fex more like
him would be God send to the country.
3, In the attempt to defeat the repeal Of tn,
f. sherman law he said what other Senator
O. thought but had not the manhood to say
and he is doing what no other Senator dar
L. do, standing up to what he then said.
- TillmaH agita es, Irby formulates and ex
ecutes. Irby is II the throttle, Tiilman sly
=" mails the air braEes leadership has won
great reform victory in South Carolina
has been accom- lished in the teeth of a 81 ui
born, desperate, insoent, tyrannical polit
cal oligarchy. Less manhood, less sagacty
VI less determination, less aggressiyeness, le'
persistency and failure would undoubtedl
No have resulted. 1itlman and lrby are inva
liable to each other They operate in diffe
to- ent spheres. Wnen they part company 0
or differences affecting the reform policy in II
nu State the end is not remote. The repeate
8 a attempts to disparage Irby and sur up VI
lr. pleasantness betw cen Tillman and himse
lg- is the work of mean selfish, designin
/ cowardly spirit.
ur- CRASH CO.'S ANOTHER PLANK.
ith Nothing is now left of the Democratic pa
on ty that met in convention at Chicago in Is
of but Wall street and the sugar trust era:
&c a went the last rotten plank in its scand
o ;S breeding platform when the House to-ds
defeated the bill to repeal the ten per Ger
nv tax on State banks. Every vital party pri
ciple enunciated at Chicago has now be,
III repudiated.
rlV- Tariff robbery, 50 fiercely denounced
hat Chicago, is now Democratic principle. i
inI- McKinleyism there condemned as the "cI
ust minating atrocity of tariff legislation" h
red been substituted GormaniSm, the scand
or lied atrocity of yindictiye legislation al
IA Democratic imbecility. The pledge to
- form the tariff has been audaciously repu'