The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-06-07
DID NOT SATISFY THEM.
TlLLMAN AND BuTLER'S LETTERS
COMMENTED UPON.

They Do Not Suit "Alsancs III 3D." who
Proceed to Show Wherein Thsy arc Mid
taken In Dissenting From Any of tho
Alliance Demands
COLUMBIA,S S. g., May 31.-The Co.
lumbia Register of this morning pub
liskes the following letter, which is the
strongest kick yet made against Gov.
Tillman's attitude towards the Alliance
demands:
Editot Register: The answers of
Senator Butler and Governor Tillman
to the questions propounded to them by
order Of the State Alliance brings the
Alliance face to face with crisis.
They are the only avowed candidates
for u. S. Senator. Both of them are
practically in the same boat and nelth-
or Is IN full accord with the demands
OF the Alliance. Both Of them gag at
the same two OF our demands. Sena-
tor Butler thinks the subtreasury Is un-
CONSTITUTIONAL and of course it never
occurred to the learned Senator that
the Constitution might be amended.
lie says the subtreasury has been aban-
doned, but fails to give the time and
place when 1t was abandoned.
lie can see no way ofthe government
owning ard operating railroads except
by the government buying thosealready
In existence Ofcourss 1t has never
occurred to the versatile Senator that
the government has the right to build
and equip such roads as are needed:
Millions of labOrers would be glad Of
the job at very reasonable wages to be
paid in legal tender green backs-build-
ing two, three or five thousand miles a
year. On, 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
thiDking along this line little In the
interest Of the people rather than Of
the railroad wreckerS and mmanipula--
tors. q vernon Tillmap, OIL the other
hand, objects to the ownership Of rail-
roads on the ground Of wisdom and
practicability, but he can advocate aud
fight for this along with the other de-
manas. TO the subtreasury demand he
Is "unalterably opposed His reason
. seems to be that 1t is Identical with the
t national banking principle. He says
too that the Alliance Is Inconsistent In
. this demand. 1t would seem that the
] NONolnOl ldS bul'lCu
! somewhat on this p lint. In 1891 he OBJ
jected to the subtreasury because IL
s was "paLernalisn run mad" now he
). objects to IL because 1t Is like the ma
tioual banking system 1t seems
f strange that man Of such splendid
; abilities should make SD egregiOus a
= mistake. The only polnLs Of resem-
!, blancr between the subtreasary aud tbs
!. national banking system are purely gu
Q perflclal. Under the national oauking
system the government farms out tC
Q the banks the function OF issuing mon
ey, thus giving to Thousand or two
. Individuals the right to issue or with
, hold the circulating medium at will
Under the subtreasury idea the gov
} trnment Itself issues the money-not
, to q few thouand plutOcrats, not mere
lp to holders Of cotton and wheat noI
yet necessarily to farmers exclusively
/ but issues 1t direct to the masses Of the
4 people upon such security az the people
/ can give. lie says he Is IN favor Of the
government issuing money direct ia
the people. When he considers the
proposition In all its bearings, he will
,, see that there is no other way Of get
! ting 1T to the people. He says he did
not oppose the incorporation Alliance
demands into our State Democratic
platform in'92.
1t was currently reported at the time
that the Governor did oppose this II
the Reform platform caucus as contra
to his Judgment, but coupled his pro-
1 test with the sound Democratic senti-
: ment that If "my people won't 90 will
. 3 me will 20 with them" He accepted
:, this platform and represented Souti
Carolina Democracy on 1t az Chicago
: SO much for the viewa or these candt-
= dates for u. S. Senator. The all impor-
. tant practical question is what are We
u going to dO2 These gentlemen claim
J. to be honest, and we must conceet
their claim. 1t would not be right tt
. question their honesty or abuse then
y because they honestly differ with us
J We must grant them all the right tt
. free thought and speech that we de-
. mand for ourselves; but we have
q right to protect our honest conyic-
o tween two men almost equally oppose
II to us. How shall we protect ourselves
u, l. by protesting against box for u
- $. Senator IN the August primary, an
IL II one Is provided over our protes
l. then refrain from voting In thas bo,
~ 2. We should see that in catechlsin
10 candidates for the Legislature no car
~ didate Is required to commit hlmsel
al further than to vote for u. s. Senate
ss who Is in full accord with our dem and
10 3. Sec TO it when the State cOnyen
u ventiOn meets that the platform o
ia 1892 IS reaillrmed.
~ What Is here presented IS not to b
A. construed as III opposition to GOYernO
d Tlllman. Every Reformer in the Stat
81, would be proud to honor him, where
,al did not involve sacrifice OF principle
ng We could even wish he might sec thin
'ie as We see them; we must even com
IN mend his candor In declaring his oppc
a.. sitiOn to our conviction. But bein
re equally honest In our convictions, W
te are bound to follow them with til
10 same liltlity and candor that we col
'es cede TO him ALLIANCEMEN,
w. May 80, 1894.
at Mad Cht,