The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-21
A TALK WITH TILLMAN.
A Great Many Kinds of Animals Now
Labeled Democrat he Says

A Great Many Kinds of Animals Now
Labeled ADemocrat' he Says.
CHARLESTON. S. G., Sept. Governor
Tinman said today to an interviewer that
he did not regard Grover Cleveland as a
Democrat
Upon what grounds do you hold Mr.
Cleveland is not Den0crat?" was asked.
.sThe appointment OF a Re2u bIicau to
the highest position in his cabinet, his
joining forces with John Sherman and
the Republicans against majority Of
his party IN the demunstizaflOn Of silver;
his veto Of the seigniOrage bill in face OF
the Chicago platform and his debauch-
ing the house Of Representatives and the
senate by tho use Of patronage IN carry
ing out his anti-silver policy. These are
my reasons for charging him with being
more of a Republican than Democrat"
'What do you hope to do for silver if
you get in the senator
"One man can do very little, as it takes
forty-dva votes TO pass any BILL
there. One thing is very certain, I will
never be found voting with Mr.. CIeve-
land or with any of his goldbug tools.
He, however, is himself a tool Of the
goldbug"
"WilI you affiliate with the Demo
cratsT"
~Of course I will. with the decent,
honest ones. who stand by the party plat
form as interpreted by sensible. honest
men, anG not by knaves and charlatans;
but | expect to vote with absolute inde-
pendence, always looking to the best in
terests Of the masses Of the people.
The label Democrat Is worn by
great many kinds of animals just now
a regular msnagerie IN fact. Democracy
in New England and the middle states
means IA single gold standard and a high
protective tariff as far as the party policy
goes. Democracy ia the south meant,
heretofore, a solid white front against
b0 afF of bn III fr,
overthrow our civilization by the negro;
the free coinage of silver aud as low
tariff. except on rice. iron, coal and lUm-
ber, as we could get The fundamental
principles of JeffersOu"lOcal self gov
ernment and equal rights to all with spe-
cial privileges to nOne-are perhaps
equally dear to all sections Of the party,
but it appears to me as inevitab BILE that
the creditor and manufacturing section
north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers
and east of the Mississippi, which
now control and dominate, must
be confronted in the future by
a solid phalanx of the rest of
the union with Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan and Wisconsin as debata BILE
ground The south and west are the
debtor and producing states Their peo-
pie are now the hewers of wood and
drawers of water for the north and the
east. They can throw off the yoke
whenever they sink all the issues result
ing from the war in the one grand pur-
pose to restore this country to the rule of
the people and under the banner which
jefferson threw to the breeze in 1901,
and which jackson carried to victory in
1929 The issues now confronting Us are
identical with those which wrought such
= revolution at the periods named"
What about the dispensary lawf"
at is stronger today with the people
than it has ever been. The mem bers
nominated for the next legislature are
thoroughly committed to it and they Will
adopt amendments calculated to rigidly
enforce it and make it permanent thing
in the state. The decision Of the su-
preme court will remove all doubt to
its constitutionality Certainly the dis
pensary law is a permanency. Public
opinion will enforce the law when it is
thoroughly under way, and il is now as
much fixed fact as the free school We
shall never return to the old method. In
stead expect other states to adopt the
dispensary system"