Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-29
SENATOR PULLMAN PLEASED He Evoked More Applause Than
 the President, so SAYS GOV. ATKINSON A Tremendous Crowd Blocked to the Exposi-
 ton Yesterday. THE MILITARY DISPLAY WAS GRAND The Most Interesting Feature Was the Sem sational Speeches Delivered by Sena-
 tor Tillman and Gov. Evans of South Carolina.
THE MILITARY DISPLAY WAS GRAND

Atlanta Ga., Nov. 28.-Atlanta day, Savannah day, 1nman day and South Carolina day has packed the exposition grounds with people. The crowd was nearly three times as large as the largest up to this date. Every building was crowded and the thoroughfares were thick with people. Atlanta seemed to be full to overfiowing at an early hour, but the crowds continued to pour in all day and at the exposition the turnstiles click ed steadily from early morning until late in the afternoon.
 The military display was the greatest ever seen in Atlanta. Two thousand of the flower of South Carolina's enlisted troops came as an escort to Governor Evans, and they were accompanied in the parade by Governor Atkinson and staff, the Fifth Georgia regiment and the Atlanta artillery. The best of order pre- vailed and the programme was carried out without hitch. The people, though everywhere jostling one another, were good humored and everybody seemed to be happy. The whole of Atlanta was out on a holiday. The stores and offices closed and the business portion of the city had a Sunday appearance. The hapDiest people are the exposition direc- tors, as today's receipts insure the finan- cial success of the fair beyond the shadow of doubt.
 The only sensation of the day was sprung in the speeches at the auditorium, where a new departure was taken by Governor Evans and Senator Tillman of South Carolina Up to this time all the speeches delivered at the exposition. whether by northern or southern men. have been pitched upon the keynote of fraternity and of national unity. No one heretofore has uttered note of section alism. Governor Evans and Senator Till man struck out on a different line and In direct contrast with what had gone before. Governor Atkinson, on intro d.icing the governor of South Carolina, fpd said that "these two gentlemen from the Palmetto State have evoked more ap- plause than the president of the United States did when he was here" Governor Atkinson's speech of welcome was fol- lowed by short one from MT. S. M. Tnman, who spoke in behalf of the expo sitfon company. He said the power and significance of North and South Carolina would be understood when it was re- membered that they equalled in area the combined kingdoms of Norway and Swe- den. which had carved their names upon the history of Europe. He said that in Rome $1000 900 had been spent in churches and palaces but that our coun- try had spent many times that sum in llt ScuOOiS. lH1S was a greater glory to American civili- zation than the costly residences of Eu- rope were to the old world.
 MT. Inman was presented by Commis- sioner Roche of South Carolina who spoke of him as the man who had done more than any other to make this great exposition. MT. Inman was received with cheers, handclapping and waving of handkerchiefs. He paid a handsome tribute to South Carolina. and especially to the military of that state, saying that their appearance today has raised his respect for their native state.
 Governor Evans was the next speaker and began with entertaining pleasantries about Georgia as the promising daughter of South Carolina, whom the Palmetto State had nourished in infancy and pro- tected from the Indians and the Span iards.
 Very soon he got on the line of state pride, saying that South Carolina had never had much brass. She never had need of it, as she had always had brains and integrity He spoke of Georgia as If 1t were part of the same state, quot ing the words of Grady that the Savan- nah river was more a bend than a boundary. It was in this part of his speech that the governor exclaimed: "The southern states are in the union for good and they are going to control it." Then he said: And as for democracy (we ought to be thankful for what is left of iD I want to say to you that the only democracy in America is in the hearts of the agricultural population of the south ern states.",
 Senator TillmanS speech was short and little more conservative than that of the governor. He amused the audience very much by saying at the outset: "I did not come over here to brag. I will leave that to our young governor He Is young and green, you know"
 loo 1f..tA cisms, for which the stern senator show ed remarkable aptitude, he began com parison of northern and southern capi- tai in southern states. Alluding to Gov efnor Atkinson'S statement that south efn development was the result of south ern capital almost entirely, he said that he was not prepared to say that this waa wholly true but that the pension tribute which the south had paid to the north exceeded many times the amount re- ceived from the north. He said that in the past thirty years the United States government had paid in pensions $1,- 860 000, 900. Of this S1, $50, ,000. .000 was paid to people in the northern states. Of this $f,650, 900 900 between one-fourth and one third was contributed by the people of the south. T don't know" said he, "how much money they have invested with us, but, | do know that 1t is not tithe of the amount we have given them in pen sion tribute" Senator Tillman then went on to speak of the tariff tribute and financial tribute paid by the south to the north, saying it was many times as great as the amount which the south- ern states had contributed to the north in pension money. He remarked: "I know that the southern states can never again control the union, but they can be the balance of power between the gigan- tic west and the greedy northeast in their great struggle over the financial question, and if we yield to this power to right we can bring the agriculturists of this section to a better condition, where they&will have something more than bare existence, and In this we should have the. help of all those mer- chants and bankers who are not dom-