The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-04-10
TILLMAN ExPLODEs.
The Governor of South Carolina reads
the riot Act to President
Cleveland.

According to yesterdays tele-
graphic news, from the seat of
state Government in South Carroll
ma, the eyes of the American peo-
! pie are turned, with one accord,
upon that state, in consequence of
| Governor Tillman's latest outbreak,
coming in the shape of a suggestion
of an upheaval in national politics.
The suggestion was made to d
newspaper correspondent by the
Governor during a call, by the for
mer, at the executive mansion, at
Columbia. The conversation came
up over a letter the Governor had
received from a western populist, in
which the writer said the only thing
he did not admire about the Govern
or's political course so far was that
he did not have the moral courage
|
to come squarely out and call him
self a populist. The Governor then
called attention to the fact that
many northern and western papers
were speaking Of him as the popu-
list Governor. Then after a little
deliberation he said
''Yes they call me populist. |
will tell them that I am the truest
representative of Jefferson Demo-
cracy in the lead in the American
politics today Let me tellyou l do
not see anything ahead now but for
the southern Democrats to combine
their forces with the western popu-
lists and go into the national cam
paign on new party lines. The
Northeastern Democrats and repub-
licans are now together. 1t is a
combination of moneyed interests.
The Governor then, turning sud
denly and in somewhat excited
and very forcible manner said; 81
despise Cleveland and his mug
wumps, He is no better than the
rank Republican. He has destroy
ed the Democratic party The
south and west will be forced to
unite and have a complete re-or-
ganization of party lines. The peo-
pie who are afraid of the negro and
other questions will have to lay
aside their fears on those scores
and come together on the one
line of fighting the money com
bination, Cleveland has been
working under the dictation
of the New York bankers in
the matter of issuing bonds He
has promised the banks, if they
would take them, that there would
be no more legislation on the silver
question by this Congress, Con
gress passed the seigniorage bill
and he vetoed it, indicating plainly
the nature of his bargain with the
bankers, The whole thing is such
4 scheme of robbery that he ought
to be impeached for it. 1t is a
shame and a disgrace, The idea of
this great government having to
beg a lot of Shylocls assistance is
so outrageous that there is not any
language strong enough in which
to characterize it. Cleveland is
owned body and soul by these
scoundrels. He secured his nomina-
ton at Chicago through the inhu-
ence of a subsidized press, and what
votes he lacked there, after eX-
hausting such means, he bought
with promises of patronage, which
promises have since been redeemed
the goods have been delivered His
attempt to brow beat and debauch
the Senators and Representatives
was outrageous in the extreme, If
those cowardly Congressman up
there had any appreciation Of their
duty to their constituents at home
they would impeach him
Consider the farce and the rea-
son to the interest of the masses in
issuing bonds under a pretense Of
increasing the gold reserve when
the same gold is paid in at one win
dow and let out at another with
silver certificates. And the same
process can 60 on till the silver GER
tifcates are exhausted and the
people have to pay the interest"
The Governor continued in this
strain for some time, reading the
riot act to Mr.. Cleveland and his