Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-05-06
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BATTLE or PIHCHF0RKS.
TILLMAN AND HILL HATE 4 LIT.
TLKBOUT.
JOHN SHERMAN KEEPS MUM.

There was q most dramatic and
sensational debate In the senate last
Friday. It was between Senators
Tillman and Hi ind the newspapers
say it's equal has bot been seen since
the famous Inga u.s. Voorhees, contest
There was big q dowd in the galleries
and large number tof people who were
anxious to hear were unable to gel
Admission. he9Nsociated Press &C.
count is as follow4
Mr.. Chandler ID offered an amend.
Fment to the naSal appropriation bill
proposing the construction of 80 fast
torpedo boats, when Mr.. Tillman took
the floor In opposition. He said he
had found during his brief experience
here that there were some strange
things happening in the navy depart
ment and all other departments. at
Iseems to be suffering from too much
red tape, too much bureaucracy" he
|spoke of the great number of bureaus
land divisions In the navy department,
which see-sawed and divided RESPONSE
bility. The senator !, had concluded
that the main purpose was to make as
much money as possible out of the
government.
The senator said he followed the
fbad example Of other senator's by
branching off on finance and other
Epublic questions. He said he denied
Ethe right of the president to issue
bonds for meeting current expenses.
There was no law allowing the presi.
Ident ito hocus-pocus and bamboozle
the people by doing by indirection
what he would not do by direction.
1.-The president overrides all decency,
toverrides the will Of his party, to
accomplish indirectly what he dared
mot do directly.
/ Mr.. Hill entered the chamber and
Ftook a seat in front of Mr.. Tillman.
THE latter went on to refer to Mr..
lHill's designation of him (Tillman) as
a Populist, zone ofthe tailors of Tooley
street."
II deny the right of the senator
from New York to catalogue my poll
[tics," said Mr.. Tillman-
Mr.. Hill rose to state that he had
never classed Mr.. Tillman as q Popu.
list. He had referred to others.
/ Mr.. Tillman insisted that Mr.. HiH's
remarks as to "coterie" included
him and exclaimed: II would rather
Fbe in such coterie than with certain
linen on this side, who 60 around labeled
EsDemocrat,' but who are not Demo
crats, and I will prove it before I get
Through"
The South Corolina senator said he
came from State that supported and
followed him, and that he could place
Tits vote where he desired. "And can
YOU say as much ?" he asked of Mr..
Hill.
Mr.. Hill blandly inquired if Mr..
Tillman meant to say that he could
carry the great State of South Carolina
into Populism.
MIR. Tillman replied that he meant
to say he represented his State and
could tell where it was going and how
it would vote, and, turning to MIR.
Hill said savagely, "and that is more
than you can do. The people of South
Carolina have not yet been bamboozled
and debauched."
Then, again addressing Mr.. Hill, he
declared sarcastically, "You represent
the people? Yes, you do. You rep
resent the bondholders and the bank
ers."
After criticising bond issues, Mr..
Tillman exclaimed, "If you force this
thing much further, there will be a
Reputation of bonds and interest,
too"
"And if you can't have that" coolly
suggested Mr.. Hill, "I suppose you'll
have bloodshedP"
eyes, and the blood will be on
YOUR hands," responded Mr.. Tillman,
bis words ringing through the cham
ber.
"I tell you we are desperate" Mr..
Tillman went on. ~ have been
through the West and I know how the
people feel"
The senator drew a comparison be-
tween Andrew Jackson and Grover
Cleveland. Zone was the man of the
people but Cleveland stands as the
tool of the classes" he declared, add.
ing that the president represented only
money, the almighty dollar. The pres
ident had no policy, he went on, except
the policy of the senator from Ohio
(Sherman.)
eff Grover Cleveland" he shouted
with emphasis that fairly made the
chamber ring, "ever goes before the
people again he can bear on his brow
the eulogy of the senator from Ohio
(Sherman) who declared on the floor
of this chamber that the president has
simply done his duty. They are
linked together. Grover Cleveland
John Sherman and John Carlisle are
affinities. The question is will the
people be so damnably foolish as to
trust them again ?"
Proceeding, he argued with vehe'
mence that the taxes to pay for the
bonds would be wrung from the hands
of thexoiling masses. Nothing would
be pail by the plutocrats, who sat in
the off and clipped coupons.
Mr.. pan referred to the Ohio