The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-30
SENATOR T1LLmAH AT TIRzAH.
wHATHEs SAID rO THE ALLIANCE.
MEN IN YORK.

The Cloak OF National Democracy
Thrown nAside--GOvernor sIvans oI
tho Constitutional Convention.
Benjamin II. Tillman made his firs
appearance on the hustings nine years
ago at Tirzah, in York County, and the
reform movement there had its origin
He spoke there agaip on last Thursday
at an Alliance picnic, and openly de-
clared his purpose TO throw off allcgi.
ance TO the National Democracy IL the
South and West will join in the forma
tion OF new party pledged TO silver.
Senator Marion Butler, of North Caro-
lika, first addressed the meeting in q
long and vigorous speech. He main.
tanned that congressman were misrep'
resentatives Of the people: that they
had covered the financial question
that the people had risen III revolt
that q big crop uf millionalres had
grown from the present fioancial sys-
tenn; that the currency question had
become so serious that the time had
come FOR the masses to form their new
party and fight; that the present lead
ers were traitors; that the foreign
financial policy was revolving; that the
time had come to choose between alle-
glance to party and allegiance To tho
Constitution; that Cleveiand had acted
farm; that party labels should be
wiped out; That he was u Popuiist be-
cause he was Democrat. Then he
exclaimed dramatically, Would 10
God we could call up Andrew jackson
today from his grave to lead these pee
pie against the same enemies that he
fought and thought he bad crushed,
TO hurl defiance at and crush the gold
bugs"
He went on to say that we had to-day
tho English on our shores as then and
we had the Tories here fighting with
them. Now that we have all these
dangers here as in his time we need an
Andrew jackson to lead the people
against this tri-headed monster which
will destroy American prosperity and
American liberty.
:" did not have the privilege of liv-
ing In Jackson's time, but when l saw
your distinguished Senator here (Tlil-
maD) stand up at Memphis, and noted
countenance and the ring of his voice
as he declared for liberty, first, last and
all the time, [ said to myself: Here
we've got another Andrew Jackson who
will stand against the Tories and
drive them OUT"
Senator Tillman made the closing
speech of the day. After some prelinl-
nary remarks he spoke as follows:
when l received the invitation to
speak at Tirzah my mind travelled
back to 1886. Capt. Tillman, who had
been raising some rumpus in the News
and Courier with his pen, was invited
to York" The Senator then indulged
in q little fun at his own expense
and referred to the old Tirzah, where
he made his first extemporaneous
speech nine years ago. 81 had been
tongue-tied previous to that, but the
people of York clipped it, and my
tongue has been wagging ever since"
He was glad to be on hand today.
He thought they liked him, because
he had always tried TO tell them the
truth. This was what he wanted to
do now. This was an Alliance meeting.
The Alliance was not 80 strong in
numbers rs heretofore, but as an edu-
cative force it's principles were strong
er than ever. He felt proud that the
Alliance was the organization through
which our principles of reform had been
advanced. Why are you 80 poor? He
said that Senator Butler told truth
when he said fifty voters in one party
are cutting fifty others votes in dif-
ferent party.
Look at your condition. Although
the United States has produced un-
exampled crops for many years, there
are millions of our peope starving, and
other millions naked. We will always
be Democratic in principle, because
we sucked those principles, with our
mothers milk, but we cannot continue
to wear the livery OF party in which
such debauchery and treachery exist.
when you look back at the repeal
OF the Sherman law you find that the
Republicans and Democrats of the
NInrfharp oentinp ypta6 u-ithput raUurd
> party lines. They buy your Con-
3 }ressmen up there at Washington like
)ou buy sheep. They also controlled
Jhe nomination for President in both
parties"
\ 1t did not matter whether Harrison
Tor Cleveland was elected. The Repub-
flicans had been trying for years to
demonetize silver and could not do it.
The change of the government from
one party to another enabled Cleve-
land, by the use of the patronage, to
demonetize silver. The greedy Demo
Gratis who had pledged the people to
fight for silver. sold their votes for
offices for their friends or for money,
/ don't know which, and the conspir-
acy was consumed. The Democratic
platform was good enough to be elected
on, but not worth carrying out The
result has been that our yardstick
which measures values has been cut
in half, with the effect OF doubling the
purchasing power OF the gold dollar.
1t takes now twice as much of labor,
Or the products of labor, TO buy dol
lar. Everything has shrunk in value
except debts. To all intents and pur-
pose they have been doubled. J will
Illustrate. If man had ten biscuits
and there we're two plates of butter,
one white and one yellow, and you
throw away the white (silver) there
is only half as much butter to the bis
Quit as there was before. The shrink
age in the amount of butter represents
the shrinkage OF the price of commodi-
ties, and until we make them bring
back that other plate of butter all the
producers OF this country will have
to spread 1t very thin, and great
many will have neither bread nor but
ter.
1t Is clear that both old parties are
disintegrating and q new alignment
is in process of formation. Party ties
are weakened. Like drowning men
who catch at straws, the people are
casting about for means of relief. The
.5sue has heretofore obscured On side
tracked, but in the iext Presidential
campaign the only question will be
the financial question. A new Mason
81 Dixon's line is forming on the one