The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-24
MONDAY. ArGrsr "a. 1890.
oPITCHFoRK" TILLMAN.

"PITCHFoRK" TILLMAN.
Senator b. r. Tnman addressed large |
gathering Of voters here Saturday evening.
The fact that the man who abused the Presi-
dent Of the United States on the floor Of the
Senate, for which he was severely condemned
by the members Of his own party was to eX-
hibit himself in Shenandoah was in itself
sufficient to attractmuch attention. Curiosity
TO see and hear one Of tho leaders Of the
present ''rcorganizod Democratic party as
he terms it, more than anything else, caused
the great majority of those present to listen
to the man who "pitchforkcd' the only
President the Democratic party has elected
during the past forty years,
-Tillman was billed to odiscuss the financial
question from free silver standpoint. To
say that hc failed, is putting it mildly His
entire spccch-if such it can be callcd-was
flood Of vitupcmtion against what he terms
the mouopolistic power; the classes against
the masses. Such arguments may be CON
vincing among the farmers Of South Carolina,
hut the voters Of the North, especially those
of the coal regions, demand something more
convincing to prove to them that the in
.rc,scd cast of all nccoss,rios of life ,yitbopt
a co,.rosnondino increase il, wopcs will i'm
t,rov. their condition
"A Democratic orator hurllng such cpl
thcts as coward thlei, robber, etc" ut
a Democratic President must have been any
thing but consoling to the great majority Of
those of that marty co,npri-ing saturday
niybt's audience No Republican orator ever
.ncrused the Democratic marty or its reprc-
sentative. with nne-half that TilIman hurled
s,t Cleveland Under these circumstances the
.r}ornblirons can Iool, ON with perfcct com
rlaceucy and view the warfare from atar
while our Democratic friends can console
vthem4elyc- in the fact that fine meeting was
.fhrld ,uudor the auspices Of the "Citizeus
eStIvcr League"
n Appearing !" Vle passions ol tle voters
FsAo argument "ol'i'er Is II convincing II
.'W' 0"'S EMU, " '"'" VI uol'""'ncc ~ lHe
Nsu7e 'SP'"''" ~ Htu"lof llllihah' bul us
The Senator has n Door opinion of the pcoplc
of Schuyliill county if he imagine- that he
can win votes for the silver cause by appeal
ing to their passions and arrayiug one class
against the other. The workingmeu of this
county are intelligent and can think for
themselves. They will not be driven TO the
polls in herds by such base methods. Till
man would be better advocate Of a debased
currency il he had no mouth.
"h"' "Is"i'ch' ne u" use III laNorol the
.n''"Bo P'"Uoiin - "'l"iS worthy VI hotite'
mere were men upon uic same plaIlorih win
financial question than Tillman will learn
during his whole lifetime. He appeared
particularly ridiculous when he referred to
the coal trade. claiming that the price of coal
was too high; that the farmers in the West
and South could not buy sufficient to keen
themselves warm, This must have been
especially humfiating to his supporters. We
are charitable enough to believe, however.
that the speaker forgot he was addressing
miners, whose wages are governed by the
market price of coal.
no 'iASin lil"ue Uh"' lhe ''''cr auNoc"'cS
pan oi '""'p"Bn Is !" "'"A' l'ee co'n"Eo
arguments III Ine "oSI ana oouI"' ana 10
appear 10 ''aS' PIoJuu4uo III 'he Las'' Is l"llS
TilIman in this part Of the country, especially
that delivered by the latter saturday night.
The "workiugman" and the "plutocrat''
were his favored catch-words Such argu-
ment may do among the ignorant classes, but
the intelligent worlingmau will not be de-
cciyed by such appeals. 1t is an insult to
their intelligence and they will resent it in
no uncertain tones in November