The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15

'eHave YOU never regretted any part
of your speech 10 the senate 10 which
YOU were so severe iu denuncatlon OF
Cleveland and Carlisle 2"
mot one word of it. | have re-
ceived not less than 10000 letters
from every State lu the Uoiou com"
mendiog my course. The people are
with me aud so are some of the sena-
tors. if they were not afraid to say SO.
Not long ago we'll known Southern
seuator, who is gentleman and an
orator, came to me and said: 'Tillmap.
your speech vas all right, but doo,t
YOU think that you might have left
some things uusaid, for instance, that
reference to manure ou a pitcbsork was
little rough ~ 1 replied to this:
My dear sir, my farmers in the South
understand that illustration better than
anything could have said. and they
appreciate the aptpess of the illustra-
ton 30
..In your short experience 10 the
senate. whom do you consider the
ablest Democrat p
..Vest of Missouri He is great
man and fearless man. Morgan and
Daniel are also very able, and Dave
Hill is a shrewd parliamentarian."
"Who is the greatest Republican
there ?''
''To tell you the truth, none of the
members Of that party have impressed
me very much. l suppose that Sher-
man aud Hoar are the best, You
speak of Teller. He is smart man,
but don't consider him Republican
any longer. WolcotS is talented, but
he broke bis neck by his speech against
the Monroe doctrine. have had as
many letters from Colorado as any other
State, and they all roast Wolco't, be-
sids Wolcott is inclined to stick to his
party, no matter how the St. Louis,
convention treats the silver question.
Whom do you think the Republi-
caos will nominate for President p
'Itlooks like Mckinley The party
is going to try and sidetrack the silver
question for the tariff. but it won't 90.
The people will not be deceived in that
way
Wheu asked if he were Presiden.
tial candidate, Senatar Tillmau turned
the question off with a laugh, and de-
clared that he was simply ou mission
Of peace aud good will for good money
and good government. He talked en-
tertalniogly about the South. aud told
bow be had overthrow the old South
Carolina ofhceholdiug arlstocracy. He
said that his State had always had the
misfortune to have only the one party
and little ring had parcelled the OIL
ces out among themselves for many
years. The abettors of negro DONNA.
ton had forced the white people to
unite, and all it was necessary 10 do
was to name a ticket aBd all the white
people had to do was to vote for 1T
without any question. 10 his fight
against the ring he was opposed by
every paper 10 the State except few
country eA eklies. The people had
won there, as they would do every
where, when they had confidence in
their leaders.
Senator Tillmau gave the members
of the Silver club in his room some
good advice about organizing He
said that few oficeholders could con-
troll county as against the people,
Just as we'll drilled troops could whip
mob with a captain in command.
The senator stated that he would be
pleased to address the people Of Ciuclu-
natl en- route to Washington on April
"a, if meeting could be arranged for
him. He had received several offers 10
make speeches in various part of Ohio.
but had declined them all. He is very
much interested in the result of the
election of delegates from Ohio to The
Democratic national convention, and
says that if the silver men can get
half of Ohio and Indiana there is 90
doubt that they can win at Chicago.