The evening times., 1896-07-09
HILLS 0NE-YEAR PLAN
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of what he had said. that the people of the
South and West were nothing but hewers
and their substance had been going to the
East by reason of the financial system and
Republican legislation,
Up to this time Senator Tillman had
failed to stir UP any sympathy or en-
thusiasm in his audience, and the latter
BEGIN to give evidence of impatience and
disappointment by shouts of Time"
Time" although he had only occupied
twenty out of his fifty minutes
TILLMAN GREW ANGRY.
This demonstration plainly irritated him,
but his anger was still more aroused when
band in the vestibule began to play a
popular air. The sergeant alarms shouted
out To some-uf his subordinates .:Stop that
land" but the music went on in spite of
those orders.
ers ON every hand. They were out before
he could he heard once more, where is New
York now? tCEeers.) Where is its lead
Where" Mr. Tillman asked, as soon as
--Laughter)
When Mr.. Tiliman succeeded in getting
another spell of a hearing he spoke of
the newspaper denunciation of himself
and his silver friends as a lot of bowling
dervisiies and silver lunatics," and the
audience shouted its approval of that opin-
ion.
The men who opposed him four years
ago when he was candidate for nomina-
ticn for the Presidency, he said, are now
at his back.
"Oh, boil down, came asaDinterrupt:on
from one of the audience. and the whole as
seniblage took up the idea, and shouted so
that Mr.. Tiiinan was forced TO he silcGt
FOR SOME minutes. The sergeant at arms
threatened to clear the galleries unless Or
der was preserved but the threat was not
or the slightest avail, the fact being that
much OF the uproar and opposition came
from the sections where delegates sat.
TILLMAN GETS POETIC.
Proceeding, Mr.. Tillman said he knew
what was coming from the Senator from
New York, and simply met 1t in advance in
order To explain why lie shall offer sub
stitute to the resolution of Mr.. Hill
His speech, he was aware, had no con-
ncction witt the PLATFORM, but as Grover
Cleveland stood for gold monometallism
and this convention had denounced that.
Tor them TO be now asked to endorse Grover
Cleveland WAS to ask them to write them
selves down as asses and liars. daughter
and cbcers.i
They were asked to indorse his huncsty.
To this he opposed the fact of Cleveland
signing secret contract with his own
partner as witness, which gave $4,000
100 10 syndicate. Cieveiand's courage
rad consisted in Overriding the Cnnstitu-
ton. which made both guid and silver the
money of the country
HIS fidelity was similarly ridiculed. Mr..
Hili. he said, now appears here as Mr..
Cleveland's sponsor and apuiosist In this
connection he read these lines of Byron
and applied them to the New York Senator:
IF fallen in oyil days On evil t,ngues,
Milton appealed to tie ayenger Time.
Ii Time, the a'errer, execrates his wrongs
And makes the word 'Miltonis' mean
sublime
de delgned motto tclie his soul in songs,
Nor turn his very talent to a crime;
lie did hot |, athe the slre 10 laud the son.
But closed TIE tyrant hater he tegun.
The point OF the quotation failed to reach
the audience and it fell fiat.
CLEyELAND'S REPUBLICANIsM.
The people OF the South and West" Mr..
Tiliman continued. being Impoverished by
the financial system. cannot buy the prod
ucis of the Northern factories, and the
consequence is that these factories are Idle.
and the home market. which the Repub-
.ican party has always clamored for, has
been partly or wholly destroyed
The farmers OF the North and East are
Just as impoverished as We are, and are
ready TO Join the army of emancipation.
soinc arpiause.l As TO the claim of tile
republican party that the Democratic
party should be turned out because of its
iicompetency, want to read you an alb
Stract from the speech OF a Republican
senator tMr. Sherman three months ago
IN the Senate. in Commentator Of the
Cleveland administration"
He read an extract from Mr. Sberruan's
speech and said that is a certificate of
cieveland's Republicanism. so far as that
Is concerned tShouts OF .Good-,.
sherman went over with his Republican
gold bugs 10 Join Cleveland and to decry
SILVER, and now it is proposed to ask the
ahfilcah people TO reward the President
for his trcachery.
VIII the American people turn down the
Dem"oratic party, which has spurned and
-epudiated this mans policy? Yes, If you
idopt an Endorsement OF him or his ad.
You dare not go to the
people or this country and ask them tn
'upport your ticket. no matter whom YOU
nominate. with an indorsement of Cleve-
and in your platform.
we OF the South have burned our
orldges,' so far rs the Northeast is con-
cerned, and We have turned our faces to
lie West, asking cur brothers OF the West
erh states 10 unite with US in turning the
government over to the condition in which
our fathers left it, and the West has n.
'pondcd- But you OF the West must get
NE Republican silver EeD of the West and