Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-02

made some time ago by MT. Hill in de-
 fense of the administration in issuing
 bonds. He characterized MT. Hills ar
 gument on that point as the "tyrants
 plea of necessity
 With the representatives of the peo-
 pie in session." he continued, "the pres ident overrides all decency, overrides the will of his own party and accomplshes by indirection that which he has no au- thority to do directly"
 He complained of having been com
 prised by MT. Hill in that "coterie of sen
 ators' whom the New York senator had
 rldlculed by comparing them with the tahers of Tooley street" who issued their proclamation beginning with we, the people of England"
 Mr. Hill assured MT. Tillman that he had not comprised him among the popu- lists of the senate. The senator, he said, had right to define his own position, and if he defined himself as a populist he (Mr. HilD should be entirely content. If was in the company of a populist,' MT. Tillman snapped out, T was in bet ter company than some senators who pose as labor democrats and are nothing but republicans in disguise. And I will prove that they are republicans before get through
 MT. Tillman went on to speak of the politics of South Carolina and said that he could tell what South Carolina would do. And that" said he to MT. Hill, "and l that is what you cannot do." Would the senator have us infer from that" Mr. Hill asked in his mildest tones, | that he can take the democratic state of 1 south Carolina over to the ranks of the populists?'
 "I will tell you,'' MT. Tillman replied, what the democrats of South Carolina propose to do. I can speak for my state; and you cannot speak for yours. Whether I represent the state of South Carolina 1 or not, want to show you what the sen- 1 ator from New York represents and what | he claims to represent
 You" addressing Mir. Hil1 with all 1 the contempt he could put into his~voice 1 and manner, represent the people; yes, you represent the bondholders and bank CTS of New York city and nothing else" He went on to declare on behalf of the agricultural classes that those would re- pudiate both the principal and interest of the bonds. And if not" MT. Hill said with sarcasm, i've will have bloodshed, I suppose"
 You can force the bloodshed," MT. Tillman shouted excitedly T tell you that we are desperate"
 That is very evident" MT. Hill inter- posed with a sneer
 "Yes," MT. Tillman retorted, land be- fore 1t is done with we will make some
 body else desperate, my friend. I know whereof I speak. There is a greater feel ing in the states west of the Mississippi against the bondholding people of New York and the east than there ever was against the people of the south. To para phrase the remark of Charles Sumner, gold monometallism is sectional; free silver Is national"
 MT Tillman went on to contrast the two democratic leaders, Calhoun and Cleveland, and said that Calhoun stood up for the people at large, while Cleve- land was the exempIar and tool of the money classes, and represented only the almighty dollar. He sneered at MT. Cleveland's veto of small pension bills,
 while he turned over $1O0OO,00O to one Jew" uaughter.)
 MT. Tillman declared that MT. Cleve- land had no financial policy except that Of Senator sherman, and said that Secre- tary Carlisle and Senator. sherman had exactly the same notions. Whenever he mentioned Carlisle he meant Sherman, for they were interchangeable except that the one was honest to his friends, the bankers while the other had proved treacherous to his party. If silver coinage were established by congress" he said, when he got on anoth- CT tack, there would be an effort by the shylocks to foreclose their mortgages, and thus reap the fruits of their roguery. They are now swallowing us by degrees, and I would prefer to be swallowed all at once like Jonah and be done with it." Qaughter)
 'The senator from New York;" MT. Tillman continued, asked me what I was going to do with South Carolina at Chi. cago l will say this to him: I expect ta go to Chicago as a delegate to the na- tional convention I expect to do my level best as a democrat to keep my party back out of the woods of republicansm, and to throw off all the slough and rottenness that it has accumulated during the last three years. But if poodle is to win at Chicago then I am willing to take my hat and hid the senator from NpW York and all like him a long farewell" This sentence was delivered in such
 ludicrous manner as to provoke general
 laugh throughout the chamber. "As to where I will go," MT. Tillman
 continued, T do not know. will not go
 to populism. But populism is simply an expression of wrath and anger on the
 part of disgusted democrats and disgust
 ed republicans The populists were in error at the last presidential election They spattered themselves on the wall' daughter) Those of us democrats who have not been debauched, or who do not
 allow gold to, control us, will line up somewhere soon, but we will not be after the election under the gold standard
 If we do not get a recognition of silver at the Chicago convention, then the democratic party is dead and gone for ever. If we cannot beat you this time we will serve notice on you that we will have America for Americans and to h-l with
 
 ter.)
 "If we do not beat you in 1896 we will interest you in 1900.'
 Hills Speech. Mir Hill spoke of MT. Tillman's speech as remarkable performance which did not call for any special reply from him. It would have been wiser, perhaps, when that senator gave to the senate and to the country the spectacle which he did the last time he spoke, never to allude to any thing he said. Possibly he (Mr. HilD erred today in noticing some of his sug- gestions. The senator from South Caro- lima had not wholly addressed his re-
 marks to the naval appropriation on bill, but he had spoken of the finances, of the bond issue and of the bond investigation, and had finally wound up by forming a new party 'all by himself and South Car olina." Naughter.)
 With much that he had said he (Mr HilD. had no concern. In his criticisms of the administration he did not propose to reply. He had Gas the senate of the country knew) fttle in common with the present administration. He had not been f af f,.o,,