The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-07-14
Ti||man and Hill.
AN EXCITING EPISODE IN CHICAGO.

N ~ 'SopI F" OtHuIiuU
CHEERS AND KISSES FOR TILL
He Makes q Bitter Attack Upo,
Cleveland and Defies the Gal
1erfes.
One OF the most exciting episodes |,
the National Democratic Conventio,
wa was the DEBATE on Thursday between
Iiliman and Hill on the CURRENCY issue
The press report is as follows:
Senator Ben Tillmau, OF South Car
oilna, mounted the stage to open the
great debate in behalf OF free COINAGE
striking figure he was as he faced
the audience. With no pretensions ir
dress, shabby coated, wearing a heavv
silver chain across his breast, he in.
stant!y drew the eyes Of the &c, 600 peo
pie present, They turned toward him
as III he were an antagonist. His thick.
set, commanding form was full OF de-
nance. His head, thrown back, wa.
strong and powerful, were cast in !,
classic mould. The nose was STRAIGHT
the lips thin and compressed, the law
! square ana pugnacious. but the sunken
| cavity which marked his left eve gave
| TO his face sinister expression. II
was lace once seen never to be for.
gotten. On one lapel OF his coat he
| wore a Cuban flag, on tho other a
| pitckfork.
One moment the 10000 people held
Gnelr breath. Then they broke forth.
air. Mr., Richardson, who was wieid.
ing the gavel, with the aid of the as
slstant sergeant.at-arlns, suddenly sun
pressed the demonstration His first SEN
tence showed that he had "a good. we'll
modulated voice, but as he proceeded
he pitched 1t In a key SO shrill that f.
grated like file. 1t was characteris-
tic from the beginning.
Illlmau realized that so far as the
galleries were concerned, he faced an
audience which he felt was largely
hostlle. De introduced himself to
them by saying that he came before
them as he was; not a. "the lvinS
newspapers had representative to be. ,
a round OF applause greeted this an
nouncement, but it was drowned in the
storm OF Kisses from the galleries
Wnlch was increased to perfect whirl-
wind of sibilant sound AZ he added:
came from State which was the
home of secession"
), senator Illlman turned de6antly and
hercely surveyed the vast congrega-
tlon who were Kissing him. With a
contemptuous toss OF his head he locke
down at the silver delegates before
him, his eye blazing, and said I:
There are only three things that
hiss" said he with curl Of his thin
p5. "a goose, serpent and a man."
Raising his head and addressing tho
galleries, he shouted that the man who
missed. South Carolina forgot the kis-
tory OF the revolution when that State
kept the fires of liberty. This pro-
voked wild demonstration.
South Carolina, in 1861" he said.
led the fight in the Democratic party
which disrupted It,"
secession" he continued, while the
galleries Kissed, drought about the
war, the war which emancipated the
black man"
Now" he added, sweeping his hand
through the air above his head. i've
are leading the fight to emancipate
the white slaves" This time the all
yer men had their innings, but thev
Iid not applaud very loudly when be
declared that with conditions reversed
ne was willing to again see the Demo
cratic party disrupted.
AS he proceeded the galleries again
missed and several times the sergeant
alarms threatened to clear tho ga
lerles. The silver men had a chance
to shout their approval when he de-
clared that they were adopting q new
Declaratlon OF independence OF "l6 to
!" or hust.
The storm of Kisses issued forth
again when he repudiated the denial
that this was a sectional contest.
J., II say it is sectional ISSUE" he cried,
and 1T will prevail" After the pyro.
Cecnnlc expressions, SO characteristic
OF the man, he drifted into statistics to
show the bondage Of the South and
west TO the East, and these dry figures
gave the galleries another opportunity
to cry him down.
m Time, time, time" they shouted.
This rouscd the Senator again to angry
resentment. He paced the platform
like an enragcd lion.
It" know, | know" he cried, with arm
aloft, you are against us. There Is
not paper in this city that is not In
the power of the money Influences.
Ihey Will not give us fair show.
They characterize us as bowling der
wishes and silver lunatics."
Many OF the delegates crowded up
the alsles and stood at the foot OF the
stage studying intently the features OF
Senator Tillman declared that the
only way to avert revolution was to
select man whose record would fit the
platform. Soon the Kissing began
again at some radical utterance and
the South Carolinan took occasion to
say that -four years ago the New York
Senator was Kissed az | am now.
Where is New York now? Where Is
New York's leader % From the gal
lery came the cry, "In tho soup"
which brought down wave Of cheers
for Hill, topped with foam OF Kisses.
Tiliman stayed, waiting Tor the noise
to subside, and then putting his hand
before his mouth for a speaking trum-
pet. called like foghorn in defiance :
You can just as we'll understand
that L am going to have my say if |
stand here until sundOwn."
He was permitted to go on with COM
parative quiet for the chairman had
pleaded with the auditors and threat
ened to clear the galleries. He sur
prlsed his hearers anew by an attack
on Senator Hill because the Senator
from New York had refused to make
the first speech on the platform and
| give the South Carolina man the reply.
Incidentally he said of Hill:
| '" He desplsed the President OF the
| United States in 1892; since then he
has had cause to more than despise
| him." He scored Hill for assuming
the role OF apologist for the admins