Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23
TILLMAN'S CANDIDACY
No Doubt He Wants to Be the Silver
Leader.
Enthusiasm of the South Caroline
Convention for Him-ENpects
a Contest Mt Chicago.

The Endorsement of Senator Tillman for
the democratic presidential nomination by
the South Carolina convention puts him
squarely in the race and leaves no doubt of
the fact that he wants to be the silver
leader
The resolution putting Senator Tillman
forward was IS follows, and was adopted
by the convention with a whoop, Tillman
being present:
'The people have the numbers to right
their wrongs If but they had a battle cry
and leader to gather them in solid array.
At every turn the masses are confused,
their minds divided and resolution par
alyzed by the counsel Of pretended friends.
Ofice-holders and bribe-takers manipulate
the party primaries. The policy of the
money power controls the masses in con-
yention. Platforms and candidates Of So
called opposing parties are made such that
each presidential campaign is but a sham
battle.
Tor the presidency who is man of the peo-
pie, himself suffering their hardships and
aroused to Indignation by the general
wrongs, with the brain and the nerve and
the eloquence to enlighten the minds of the
masses as TO their interests and duty as to
klndle throughout the land smoldering
nres OF patriotism They need a man who
owes no favors to the powers that be and
takes the field with no commission from
millionaire politicians
we put forward as that leader a farmer.
pure ana simple, yet an orator who can lay
down the champions of the enemy man
or courage and WILL whose honest heart is
af1ame for the masses. the man of destiny,
b. X. T1llman. We call upon him to 90 forth
70 pattle and TO reach with his voice the
people OF America, slumbering under on
preston and misrule in the past and we
put at his command in the service of the
people OF nation the organized democracy
OF the sovereign state of South Carolina"
To Push His Candidacy.
Senator Tillman will return here tomor-
row from South Carolina, and from no,,
on, it is said, his friends will make sore-
thing of formal effort to secure votes for
lis nomination. The arguments thew will
use, 1t is said are that he is the idol of the
farmers of the south and west, and that
II ne were nominated at Chica go the nonu
list and silver conventions would uanimo,s
~ lndorse him. 1t will further be urged
that II he should be nominated he will got
thousands OF republican votes coming from
the agricultural ranks of that party II
Will be urged that mis- record on silver ba 9
never faltered Or changed. 1t will also he
urged tnat his backbone Is sufficient to
carry out whatever the silver men ask.
In the South Carolina convention thar.
were scenes of wild enthusiasm over ths
possessor OF the allegorical pitchfork.
Nearly every delegate wore a miniature
pltchlork Out OF nearly 400 votes in the
convention there were only twenty seven
against the farmer Senator, less opposition
tnan has ever appeared in a convention
against him.
Expect a Contest.
Tillman and the other leaders of the con-
Ventlon seem to have expected contest at
Chlcago. The convention was adjourned to
meet at tae call of the chairman, and it
was decided that in the event of split 1t
Chicago or unseating of the delegation the
delegates would go back to the convention
for instructions what to do In the event
the action of the national convention was
unsatisfactory in any way the delegation
would go back for instructions 1t is stated
among the South Carolina representatives
here that there would be no doubt what
the convention would do if the delegates
were to call for further Instructions. 1t
would instruct them to bolt the convention
and go to the silver men at st. Louis
A resolution f1dorsing the principles Of the
A. z. A. was tabled by the state conven-
tion.