The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-01
Who got the Commis-
sions2
Tillman's Address to Silver
men at Cooper Union.


night filed, the large auditorium and
all the available standing room was
occupied The audience was entha-
sistic aud applauded loudly every
time an opportunity offered itself
Senator 3 R. Tilman of South Caro-
lima occupied a prominent place on
the platform and was cheered Justify
when he entered the auditorium few
minutes before o'clock
George P Keeney, genera organ''
zer OF the American silver organlza-
ton, presided He said that the
object of the meeting was to get
resolutions adopted declaring for the
free coinage of silver and urging the
adoption of free coinage by the Chlca.
go convention
After Seuator bixby had naade a
few remarks in which he said that
the country needed free silver and
was going to getit, Hon Alexander
Delu5ar was introduced as a recog-
nized authority the world over on the
money question. He made lenthy
speech in which he said that the
capitalists were not content with the
shigh rates of interest, but they want
ed to bind the peple to pay in gold,
of which they had monopoly The
country needed a medium Of ex-
change. Gold would not do because
it would flow out of the country.
Silver and greenbacks would do be-
cause they would stay here. Fifty
per cent. of the business of the coun-
try, the speaker said lis done by NOTES,
proving that there is not sufficient
money in both gold and silver for the
business Of the country. "This ma
tion, fit is to remain in politics,
must devise and maintain its own
system Of money" said Mr.. Delmar,
.sand l say with the monetary com
missions of 1876 and 1878 that all at
tempts to render money International
are doomed to destructive failure.
It took several minutes for the vast
crown in the auditorium to get
through cheering when Senator Till
man was introduced.
Senator Tillman began by paying
his respects to the newspapers tie
saidthat the night would give an
opportunity to show the members OF
the audience what newspapers were
unconscionab!e liars The owners
of the newspapers, he said. were
prostitutes of journalism and, not
paper in New York would dare print
his speech i'll full. The speaker said
that although he had been much
talked about about and lied about, he
had written his name on page OF
South Carolina history in such way
that it would remain there always.
Coming to the money question, the
senator said: eff the Chicago conven.
tion does no. give US Democracy and
return to the faith of Washington
and Jefferson | will have nothing to
do with it afterwards.
"The money question is mp and
has got to be settled 1t is as lrn-
portant as was the slavery question,
and if enough of you can get to-
gether to reverse the verdict of the
Swo million;re conventions you will
desever the thanks of the whole
country
Senator Tilln,an referred to the
money of the east and thlmb'e rig
gers aud repeated his assertion that
Cleveland was a tool Of Wall street
The Senator called on all those who
had handled gold within year TO
hold up theis hands Half a dozen
hands were raised Then he called
on those who lad not handled gold
coin to raise their hanGs Possibly
1000 hands went up
t'Then where has the gold Goi.e
asked Senator Ti|lman.
You have not handled ii although
$3.50, eco 0G0 OF the $500, 100000 IN
government bonds we're sold on Man
hatten island.
The Senator said that if he were
or the senate committee lnvestl-
eating the recent bond sale he would
ask President Cleveland why he made
the private contracts to sell bonds at
1913 per cent when they were SELL
ing on the public market at liz.
The Senator then talked about un-
employed labor, which. he said, was
a lever by which those employed
were ground down to low wages.
"You see on your own street Car
Ines" he continued, "cars labelled
United States mail. Thoee cars don't
carry any mail. They are labelled this
so the car lines can cla;m the protec-
ton of the United States troops in case
of strike"
Senator Ti!!man characterized John
Sherman, Of Ohio, as the high priest
of mammon and the joint owner with