The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-12-17


in his public speech he charged that
the trouble was that the law was not
being properly administered and that
there seemed to be something in the
charge Of incipient rottenness," not
only in the dispensary, bat in county
affairs and for such conditions ho CEN
sured the grand juries.
This is the first speech, other than
free silver, that Senator Tillman has
rlade in some time and is all the more
important. Strange to say in his
speech yesterday ho did not mention
free liver Or anything about it in any
shape, form Or fashion. So much for
the speech.
There has recently been considerable
discussion about the possibility OF re-
ducing the Congressional representa-
tlon from this State on account OF the
light vote cast in tho last Presidential
election, ard tho restrictions to the
franchise that cXist and arc operative
in this State. Somo outside papers
have started the discussion, and seem
to think that there is something in the
possibility.
Senator Tillman was talking about
the matter while on his way to Wash
ington aud one thing is certain he is
not giving himself much concern about
1t, and Is Of the impression that moth
ing VIII coiio ou1 VI Ine az ltatlOn and
talk. Ho thinks that some Rcpubli-
cans may want to make capital out Of
such Il proposition and would like to
go for the South in a speech on such g.
subject, but he has little idea that
such plan would or could be carried
into operation. 1t would, he,said, tako
a regularly passed act OF Congress to
reduce the representation from this or
any other State az is contemplated.
Tho House OF Representatives. he said,
might pass all the resolutions and do
what it pleased about the matter, but
without tho consent OF the Senate it
would be without ciloct. 1t Will take
an act regularly passed by the House
anu Senate and approved by the Pre-
sidcnt to reduce the representation in
Congress from any Of the States. Scna-
tor Tillman thinks that it would in any
event be impossible for such a PROPOSE
tlon, and he thinks that when it comes
to such question that Senators like
Cannon, Duboso and Teller and that
class would stand by the South in any
such fight. In the opinion of Senator
| Tillman it is u free silver alliance that
will act on the defensive on all PROPOSE
tions that might hurt tho prospects Of
free silver.
Senator Tillman also talked about
|
which he favored q commission to look
into the possibilities OF bime ta!lsm
and the like. Senator Tillman said
that he had no objection to such plan,
rs the sooner it was shown that this
kind Of phySic would do no good the
| better it would be. He has but little
! idea that anything will como out Of the
! proposed commission, but wants it ap-
/ pointed. so it can be shown as quickly
as possible that there is nothing to be
hoped for in this direction.
Senator Tillman says that he would
not be in the least surprised if the Re-
publican party did not provoke IL fight
with Spain just for an excuse to get q
large standing army. He is Of the
opinion that when the army is once in
creased there is but small prospect OF
its being reduced, rs the Republican
party wants to Increase the army, not
SO much because Of tho fear Of foreign
war, but because Of the possibility of
local conflicts between capital and
labor, and it will be, he thinks, the
purpose Of the Republicans to increase
the army and keep it Increased SO 60
put down riots that are antiepated
The additional troops that he looks
for have to be kept somewhere and
they might as we'll be stationed at
Charleston as anywhere in the coun-
try, and as there are no troops nearer
here than Atlanta there is all the moro
reason for such disposition OF the
trOOlS.