Evening star., 1896-10-31

Despite the Opposition Of Com nm tees
He Spoke at Chicago.

He Spoke mt Chicago.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina will
not be side-tracked. The national. state
and city committees declined his services
at Chicago. fearing his incendiary speeches.
but he invaded the stockyards district and
spoke to a frantic crowd at 42d and Union
streets Thursday night. He said:
The goldbug newspapers report that the
men who are supporting Bryan-they
charge / would prefer to say-that the
men who are supporting Bryan are opposed
to law and order. and desire to overturn
the government. array the poor against the
rich. and take from them what they have
honestly earned (Applause.) That is not
true, and you know il is not true; YOU have
no such desire or aspiration. None of us
have. and come to you from South Caro-
INA to let you see and know and under
stand that We reach our hands out and say
to you: We are all Americans. (Applause)
We are all equal, and. so help us God, We
Intend to assert our manhood and our
rights (Applause)
They call me an anarchist / am proud
of the name. "a voice: You're all rightly
They call any man anarchist who does
not crawl on his knees to lick the crumbs
that fall from their tables. tApplauseD
1hey cah any man An anarchist who stands
up and declares that all men are born free
ana equal and entitled to life liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. They called Jef-
Ierson an anarchist in his day: they called
Jackson an anarchist in his day: they
called Lincoln an anarchist in 1S6o-I mean
the southern Shareholders did
nave seen the time when was such a
parIsah' so blinded to the right and wrong
as lar as party was concerned, that II did
not matter who was nominated on the DEM
ocrauc ticket, l would vote for him. \
nave seen the time when / would have
H. peu ior yehow dog If they put him on
the ticket. Naughter.D But the dose of
dog got in 1892 was enough for me-
served notice on the democratic nartv
In 1854 that if Mr.. Cleveland was a demo-
@ ora' I was not. L served notice last Janu-
ary mat II the democratic party did not de-
clare Tor the free coinage of silver Q6 in IA
then j would quit" CApplause.l A voice,
You did not have to quit it," NO. i
biuil hiu nave TO quit it. Mr.. Cleveland and
ms crowd had to quit it. tApplausel
nave no personal antagonism aPsins,
shr. oleVeland Individually. L act from a
aeep sense OF duty to the people of the
Sar Sourh yS ana me west, and IN Chicago in
New YORK who work and VINO are todav
out OF work on account of this system
viii tell you the kind of overproduction
tnat Is grown in America. 1t is the over
In office. Applause) Fools who Inv th.ir
own votes put themselves in the poor house
and Keep themselves there and impoverisb
their children. (Applause)
NOW. they say We appeal to class preju-
dice; that We are endeavoring to array the
poor against the rich. What are they try
ing to do? If their appeal to the wage
earners TO stand by the gold standard isn't
an appeal to you to array yourself against
Lne farmers of the country. what is IL?
This dollar which buys this icheap product
from whom does il buy 1T? Who raises ite
Inc farmers raise 1T, and therefore, they
suner ana We suffer, and these fellows ride
In their carriages and go on their steam
yachts and live in their palaces and call us
anarchists. Applause.)
What more do they do? They have got
so purse-proud. they have got SO insoIent in
their wealth that they cannot afford TO
marry their daughters to an honest Ameri-
can. even thou gh he may be rich They
have got to take some of their stolen means
and go over TO Europe and buy bobtailed
counts or lords to marry their daughters
to. (ApplauseD
My friends, the cry that the republican
party should be put in power today because
the democrats have been in power the last
four years is false. Cleveland has been a
better republican than Harrison ever dared
to be. Cleveland followed the policy die
tated by Harrison and John Foster, and
Mckinley stands pledged to continue that
policy