Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-14
WORDS THAT BURN.
A Few Extracts from Senator Till.
mans Famous Speech

Senator Ben Il. Tillman, of South
Carolina, has redeemed his state by
the deserved castigation administered
to Cleveland and Carlisle and to til.
cuckoos in the democratic and re-
publican parties, who now display
their punctured cuticles and bewaii
the outraged dignity" Of the House
of Lords" The speech may have
lacked the polish of a Sumner or nj
Everett. but it had the thunder of Il
Webster, the courage of q Calhoun
and the traits of Lincoln in calling
things by their riSht names at the
sacrifice perhaps of elegance in die
ton. His shafts went directly home
as they were intended, and the howl
throughout the entire plutocratic
camp tells in unnistakable language
the ours that were hit. Senator Till
man is a farmer, and his speech was
made from the standpoint of interest
in the honesty and uprightness of adj
ministering the government in the
interest of the people. His speech
opens with these words of truth and
soberness:
Mr.. President, it is not saying too
much, and l feel warranted in charg-
ing that the arrangement in our f.
nances and all this cry about sound
money and maintaining the honor
and credit of the United States are
al! part and parcel of damnable
rf soI, 80.
object, first, the utter destruction of
silver as money metal; second. the
increase of the public debt, the issue
of bonds payable in gold, and third,
the surrender to corporations of the
power to issue all paper money and
give them monopoly of that func-
ton"
HOW CANDIDATES ARE MADE.
He said: II have not the slightest
doubt, that the gold ring of New
York, which embraces nearly all the
bankers in the eastern and middle
states, and the stock gamblers of
Wall street. controlled the presiden-
tial nominations of both tile demo
cratic and republican parties, and
had an understanding with the man
ayers, or with both the candidates
themselves, in regard to what policy
should be pursued towards our
finances. They contributed money
for the booming of Cleveland, as the
only available democratic candidate,
and they abused and ridiculed every
other democratic aspirant."
Is there an honest and intelligent
man in the United States who doubts
the truth of this?
Further on Mr.. Tillman gave ut
terance to these unquestioned truths:
Whose advice has he (the presi-
deDt) recognized? None but that of
the boot-licks and sycophants, who
have crawled on their knees for the
crumbs OF patronage and betrayed
their constituents for the offices in
his gift.
10 the history of this country, the
high Office of president has never
been 80 prostitnted, and never has
the appointing power been SO abused.
Claiming to be the apostle of civil
service reform, he has. debauched the
civil service by making appointments
only of those whose sponsors would
surrender their manhood, and with
bated breath. walk with submissive
head into his presence. With relent-
less purpose. he hts ignored his oath
OF office, to uphold and obey the law,
and has paid out gold instead of coin,
and issued bonds to buy more gold,
by both actions overriding the law,
and giving no heed to the interests OF
any but monied friends-I might say,
his owners and partners.