The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-08-04
TILLMAN AND COBB AT ORANGEBURG.

llllMAN ANU CUB6 Al URhNGtBURG.
THE BOY ORATOR OF GEORGIA
ON FREE SILVER.
The War Horse of Carolina and the
Young Racer from Georgia Organ
ize Mutual Admiration Society.
The anniversary OF the Tillman Vol
unteers, a crack military, company Of
week of semi-political meeting, al
which Senator Tillmau and Mr.. Thos
II. II. Cobb, OF Atlanta, Ga, were the
orators of the day. Mr.. Cobb is only
% years old, and is very fine speaker
he was no stranger to South Carolina,
because he had learned from his text
books when boy that Georgia had
been founded as an outpost between the
settlements in this State and those in
Florida. The committee had kindly
allowed him to select the subject on
which he would speak. There was but
one subject to speak on today, but be-
fore starting into it he had something
cloS W say. oOlno yodES DSlOT6 no nbu
learned to look deeper into men than
the characters which were given them
by the newspapers he had thought that
IL there was one flannel-mouthed, black
hearted Anarchist a the country that
man was B. II. Tilllnan. But since he
had learned to look deeper than the
temporary flash Of the daily press he
had learn to know him as true man
battling for the common people. zap
plause.) They could be pretty sure that
when in these days the entire press Of
the East was pecking at any man that
1T was his Democracy and not his an
archy which was feared. (Applause.)
He referred to Tillman's fights in tho
Senate with Hill, and then he went on
to talk of the recent growth of political
sentiment. 1t was more like Tillman
scattered here and there over the coun-
try which had brought about plat
form and q candidate which they could
support. Some time ago they had seen
man after man refusing to be a candi-
date for the nomination, because none
thought the ticket could possibly win.
But look at it now. 1t was when it be-
came apparent that the party was
making great strides forward in the
race, even before the convention had
assembled, that the first squeal had
been brought from our elephantine ex-
ecutive. Now the country was rising
fO, Bryan and Sewall. MH q.
"A Voice: watson How atS At Wat
son? You can't leave out Tom Wat
son, of Georgia" !"
Cobb: "My friend, l don't know
whether you are Democrat or Pop
nlist, but
< The other fellow: ''I'm Democrat,
but am a Southern man. They have
given us Southerner, and you shall
not leave out Tom Watson"
, Cobb: "Well my friend, my feelings
on that subject are like yours. Person
ally have AL, the pride of my section.
Tom Watson Is q dear friend of mine.
admire and love him, but regard my
party higher than my personal prefer
euces, and stick to Bryan and Sewall.'
Great cheering for Cobb)
He wanted to speak OF the Supreme
form did not mention it. He stood with
Bryan, however, and If they wanted
criticisms of that body they should go
10 the dissenting opinions. He grew
Biblical and made comparison, the
point of which was that even the des-
ciples. II they did wrong, should be
criticised. 1t was q question of what
was right, and he did not care if his
views were those OF Il Populist or Re-
publican. If they were right he would
hold them. 1t was true that the SUI
preme Court was most sacred bulwark
OF our liberties and should be criticised
slowly, but he believed there were
cases on record that showed, at least,
suspicious conduct on the part of q
member or members of the court. Here
the Democrats had been fighting Fed
eralism for century, and what had
they come to? Cleveland had done
more towards upholding the Federalist
idea than any man since Lincoln. He
would name the act. He did it when
he sent soldiers into a State of the
Union to quell local disturbance.
Cleveland struck at the very heart of
our dual system of government when in
supreme self confidence and contempt
for the Constitution he sent soldiers to
Illinois to shoot down the citizens OF
that State. And now rumblings are
heard in the East, rumblings that in
dicate that Cleveland will be the nomi-
nee OF the gold democrats for the Pres
idency He did not believe it, he hoped
it was not so, but II Cleveland would do
such thing after what he had receiv-
ed from the party he was tho basest Of
Judases. (Applause.)
What was the government coming to,
anyhow 1t was only short time ago
that people, free born citizens, had
gone to Washington to exercise the
sacred right of petition, and they had
been prosecuted for desecratiOn of the
sacred grass about the capitol We
see riots in tho East, riots in the West
and debts and desperation in the
South, and we are asked, "What is the
matter?" 1t reminded him of the
little boy out West who was holding q
sick baby and looking very discoLSo.
late. Somebody came by and asked
him what was the matter. The little
fellow had replied that there was mat
ter enough. His father had stolen and
Q OF caught, his mother was drunk, his
sis ter was flirting with q total stranger,
the baby had the collie and he didn't
give a---whether the old expedition
ever got to California or not. This
Joke was productive Of much laughter
and applause. The speaker said that
when an American boy felt that way,
when there were 70,000,O00 OF them
feeling that way, that ne himself
began to feel that II satisfaction could
not be gotten from the ballot box that
it would come from the bullet box.
(Cheers.) He was sorry to say 1t, but
that was his conviction. More cheers. J
A Voice: "You are right this time,
Tor that's what it is coming to-"
Mr.. Cobb said he hoped not. The
peop,e could settle their differences by
u peaceful revolotion just such as was
nnuy in y,,'Opress