The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-08-06
TILLMAN AND COBB At 0RANGEBURG,
THE BOY ORATOR OF GEORGIA
ON FREE SILVER.

1
ON FREE SILVER.
The War Horse or Carolina and the
Young Racer from Georgia Organ
izo Mutual Admiration Society.
| The anniversary of the Tillman Vol
unteers, a crack military company OF
Orangeburg, was the occasion last
week Of semi-political meeting, ut
which Senator Tillmau and Mr.. Thos.
Il. II. Cobb, of Atlanta, Ga, wero the
orators Of the day. Mr.. Cobb is only
% years old, and is u very inc speaker.
He began by saying thatOhe felt that
he was no stranger to South Carolina,
because he had learned from his text
books whom boy that Georgia had
been founded as an outpost between the
settlements in this State. and those in
Florida. The committee had kindly
| allowed him to select tho subject on
| which no would speak. There was but
one subject to speak on today, but be-
| fore starting into it he had something
| else to say. Some years before he had
| learned to look deeper into men than
the characters which were given them
| by the newspapers he had thought that
| if there was one tlannel-mouthed, black
| hearted Anarchist in the country that
| man was B. Il. Tillman. But since he
had learned to look deeper than the
| temporary flash of the daily press he
! had learn to know him as truo man
| battling for tho common people. (Ap-
| plause.) They could be pretty sure that
when in these days the entire press OF
| the East was pecking at any man that
| it was his Democracy and not his an
archy which was feared. (Applausc J
| He referred to Tillman's fights in the
Senate with Hill, and tho n he went on
| to talk Of the recent growth Of political
sentiment. 1t was more like 'rlilmun
scattered here and there over the coun-
| try which had brought about a plat
| form and candidate which they could
support. Some time ago they had seen
| man after man refusing to be ~ candi-
date for the nomination, because none
thought the ticket could possibly win.
But look at it now. 1t WAS when it be-
came apparent that the party was
making great strides forward in the
| race, even before the convention had
| assembled, that the first saucal had
| been brought from our elephantine OK
ecuttve. Now the country was rising
for Bryan and Sewall.
A Voice: "Watson How about Wat
son? You can't leave out Tom Wat
| son, OF Georgia" !"
Cobb: "My friend, | don't know
whether you are Il Democrat or Pop
| ulist, but"
The other fellow: ';im a Democrat,
but | am Southern man. They have
given us Southerner, and you shall
not leave out Tom. Watson"
Cobb: "Well, my friend, my feelings
on that subject are like yours. Porsdna,
| ally | have all the pride Of my section.
| Tom Watson is q dear friend of mino.
l admire and love him, but regard my
par ty higher than my personal prefer
ences, and l stick to Bryan and Sewall.r -
| Great cheering for Cobb.)
He wanted to speak Of the Supreme
| Court Of the United States. The plat
form did not mention it. He stood with
| Bryan, however, and If they wanted
criticisms OF that body they should go
to the dissenting opinions. He grew
blbEoal and made u comparison, the
point of which was that even the des-
ciples. 1t they did wrong, should be
criticised. 1T was question of what
was right, and he did not care if his
publican. If they were right he would
hold them. 1t was true that the SUI
preme Court:was:a most sacred bulwar1
| OF our liberties and should be criticised
| slowly, but he believed there were
cases on record that showed, at least,
| suspicious conduct on tho part of q
member or members Of the court. Hero
the Democrats had been lighting Fed
erallsm for q century, and what had
they come to ? Cleveland had done
moro towards upholding the Fedcralist
| idea than any man since Lincoln He
would namc the act. He did it when
| hp sent Spl1 inrs inf of+ = l.
Union to quell a local disturbance
Cleveland struck at the very heart o
our dual system OF government when ir
supreme self confidence and contemp
Tor the Constitution he sent soldiers tt
Illinois to shoot down the citizens O
that State. And now rumblings are
heard in the East, rumblings that in
dicate that Cleveland will be the nomi
nee OF the gold democrats for the Pres
idency. He did not believe it, he hoped
it was not SO, but if Cleveland would dt
such thing after what he had rcceiv-
cd from the party he was the basest OF
Judases. (Appause.)
What was the government coming to
anyhow 1t was only a short time age
that people, free born citizens, had
gone to Washington to exercise the
sacred right Of petition, and they had
| been prosecuted for dosecratiOn of the
sacred grass about the capitol. We
see riots in the East, riots in the West
and debts and desperation in the
South, and we are asked, what is the
matter :" 1T reminded him Of the
little boy out West who was holding Il
sick baby and looking very disconso.
late. Somebody came by and asked
him what was the matter. Tho little
fellow had replied that there was mat
ter enough. His father had stolen and
got caught, his mother was drunk, his
sister was flirting with total stranger,
the baby had the collie and he didn't
give a----whethcr the old expedition
cver got to California or not. This
joke was productive Of much laughter
and applause. The speaker said that
when an American boy felt that way,
when there were I0,0OO,OO OF them
feeling that way, that he himself
began to feel that If satisfaction could
not be gotten from the ballot box that
it would come from the bullet box.
(Cheors.) He was sorry to say 1t, but
that was his conviction. (Morc cheers.)
a Voice: "You are right this time,
for that's what it is coming to-"
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