The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-07-15

Kisses, rent the air. Mr.. Richardson,
who was welding the gavel with the
aid of the assistant sergeant-at-arms,
quickly suppressed the demonstration:
His first sentence showed that he had
a good, we'll modulated voice, but as
he proceeded he pitched it in a key 50
shrill that it grated like file. lie
was characteristic from the beginning.
He realized that, so far as the galleries
were concerned, he faced an audience
which he felt was largely hostile. He
introduced himself to them by saying
that he came before them as he was
not as 1.-The lying newspapers had rep
resented him to be-" A round Of ap
plause from the pit greeted this an'
nouncement. but it was drowned IN
the storm of Kisses from the galleries
which were increased to a perfect
whirlwiud of sibilant sounds as ne
said: II come from State which
was the home of secession" Senator
Tillman turned defiantly and flercelv
surveyed the vast congregation VINO
were Kissing him. -
Then with a contemptuous loss Oh
his head he looked down at the silver
delegates before him, his eye blazing,
oniv three things that hiss" said he
With a curl of this thin lips, "a goose,
a serpent and a man. -" Raising his
head and addressing the galleries he
shouted that the man who hissed South
Carolina, forgot the history of the
revolution when that State kept alive
the fires of liberty. This provoked a
wild demonstration from the silver
men. South Carolina in 1861" he
said, sled the fight in the Democratic
party which disrupted it. Disrup.
ton" he continued, while the CALLER.
les hissed, brought about the war and
the war emancipated the black slaves.
mo" he added, sweeping his arm
through the air above his head, I'VE
are leading the fight to emancipate the
white slaves" This time the silver
men had their innings but they did
not applaud very Justify when he de.
clared that with conditions reversed
he was willing to again see the Demo
cratic party disrupted.
Repeatedly, as he proceeded, the
galleries Kissed and several times the
serpeant.at.arms threatened to clear
the galleries. The silver men had a
chance to shout their approval when
he declared that they were adopting a
new declaration of independence, "16
to 1, or bust" The storm of Kisses is.
sued from them again when he repu-
dated the denial that this was a sec
tional contest. II say it is sectional
ISSUE" he cried, and it will prevail" "
After these pyrotechnical express
sions. so characteristic OF the man, he
drifted into statistics to show the bond
age of the South and West to the
East, and these dry figures gave the
hostile galleries another opportunity
to cry him down. "Time, time, they
shouted. This aroused the Senator
again to angry resentment. He paced
the platform like an enraged lion.
II know, KNOW" he cried with arms
aloft, "you are against us. There is
not paper in this city that is not in
the power of the money influences.
They will not give us fair show.
They characterize us as bowling der.
wishes and silver lunatics." Many OF
the delegates crowded up the aisles
and stood at the foot of the stage,
studying intently the features of the
remarkable man before them.
Continuing, Senator Tillman de-
clared that the only way to avert rev.
olution would be to select man whose
record would fit the platform. Soon
the Kissing began again at some radl'
cal utterance, and the South Carroll
nian took occasion to say that "Four
years ago the New York Senator was
hissed as I am now"
"Where is New York now9"he asked.
"Where is New York's leader~ From
the gallery came the cry, 'In the
SOUP" which brought down wave OF
cheers for Hill topped with a foam OF
Kisses.
incidentally he said of Hill: "Re
despised the President of the United
States in 1892; since then he has had
cause to more than despise him" and
scored Hill for assuming the role OF
apologist for the administration. "But
as Grover Cleveland stands for gold, "
he began. whereupon a "Hurrah fol-
Cleveland" was shouted which drew
quite a hearty response from the gal
leries. The attack on the President
which followed did not find any
marked demonstration of approval.
"Now, I want you all to listen" Sen
ator Tillman shouted. and then read
the substitute resolution, which is as
follows:
"We denounce the administration oil
President Cleveland as undemocratic
and tyrannica1 and as a departure
from those principles which are cher
ished by all liberty loving Americans.
The veto power has been used to
thwart the will of the people. as ex
pressed by their representatives in
Congress. The appointive power has
been used to subsidizs the press, tc
debauch Congress and TO overawe and
control citizens in the free exercise Of
their constitutional rights as voters
A plutocratic despotism is thus sought
to be established on the ruins of the
republic. We repudiate the construc
ton placed on the financial plank o
the last Democratic national conven
ton by President Cleveland and Sec
retary Carlisle as contrary to tht
plain meaning of English words anc
as being an act of bad faith, deserving
the severest censure. The issue o
bonds in time of peace, with which t.
buy gold to redeem coin obligations
payable in silver or gold at the optior
of the government and the use of tn
nrnceeds to defraV the ordinary eXnen