The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-23

81 think that the five Senators VINO
refused to vote for the tariff Dill, Car
| ter, Teller, Mantle, Dubois and Can
non, will surely bolt their party II u
gold platform is made ut 81: LOUIS.
Don't you think that II tno gU'u g;u
men are heatcn at Chicago thcs VIII
bolt?" ~,
eyes, do and let them go: we
will have tho name and tho goou Will
which is worth heap, especially IN
the South. | am firmly convinced tnaC
silver will win the fight *lll DC a
! delegate at large from my State ana
| il some of the present Senators aoh
! leave the Chicago convention WIN me
If gold platform is adopted, | p!ty
them. They will lose tholr JOBS.
This is true of Vest and Cockrcll OF
Missouri. If they don't leave the gold
wing Of the Democratic party in that
event, the people Of their State VIII
leave them"
Have you never regretted any
part Of your speech in the Senate IN
which you we're SO severe in dcnuncia-
tiOn ct Cleveland and Carlisle
Not one word of it. | have receiv-
ed not less than 10000 letters from
every State in tho Union commencing
my course. The people are with me
and SO are some Of tho Senators, if
they were not afraid to say SO. Not
long ago we'll known Southern Sena-
tor, who is gentleman and an orator,
came to mc and said: 'Tillman,
your speech was all right, but don't
you think that you might have left
some things unsaid, for instance, that
reference to manure on u pitchfork
was little rough - | replied to this :
My dear sir, my farmers in tho South
understand that illustration better
than anything | could have said, and
they appreciate the aptness of the
illustratiOn.'
"ln your short experience in the
Senate. whom do you consider the
ablest Democrat ?"
Vest OF Missouri. He is great
man and a fearless man. Morgan and
Daniel are also very able. and Dave
Hill is q shrcwd parlianentarian.'
Who is the greatest Republican 2"
ITO tell you the truth, none of the
members Of that party have impressed
me worry much. | suppose that Sher-
man and Hoar are the best. You
speak Of Teller. He is a smart man,
but | don't consider him Republican
any longer. Wolcott is talented, but
he broke his neck by hie speech against
tho Monroe doctrine. | have had as
many letters from Colorado as any
other ST ,t". and 'h"y III roast VOL
colt; besides WOlcoIt Is lucuncd f.,
stick to his patty, no matter how the
st. Louis convention treats the silver
question:
"Whom do you think the Republi-
cans will nominate for President ?"
ut looks like Mckinley. The
party is going to try and sidctrack tho
silver for the taritf, but it won't go
The people will not be deceived in that
way
When asked II he were a President
ial canuiGatc, Senator Tillman turnoC
the question off with laugh, and de
clarcd SHAT he WAS simply on u mission
| of peace and good will for good none,
| and go!crnment He talked enter.
tainingiy about tho South, and told
how he nad Overtnrown the old South
Carolina oiliccholding aristocracy
| He said that his State mad always huC
the misfortune to have only the one
party aud q little ring had purcelle(
the Offices out among themselves fol
many years. The abettOrs of negro
| domination had forced the. white pco
pic to unite, and all it was neccssar,
TO do WAS to name Il ticket aud all tho
white people had to do was to vote foi
it without any question. In his igh
against the ring nc was opposed b,
every paper in tho State except a few
country wecklies. The people ha,
won there, as thcy would do evcry
where, when they had confidence i
| their leaders.