Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-10


democratic party of the west was here
in almost solid phalanx to help to
To Relieve the South
of that incubus.
Senator Tnlman went on to give fig
ures from the census by way of compari-
son in order to show how the eastern
states had gained in wealth over the
western and southern states for the last
decade, He said he knew that the news
papers would not publish his figures, but
he would state them to his hearers. 1t
had been asserted yesterday by a dele
gate from Massachusetts (Mr. George
Fred Williams) that this was not sec
tional issue, but he (Mr Tillman) assert
ed that it was. (ShOutS of mo, no. } fne
truth Is mighty and will prevail, he quot
ed and went on with his figures. These
figures, he said, proved the truth of what
he had said, that the people of the south
and west were nothing but hewers of
wood and drawers of water for the east,
and that their sustenance had been go
ing 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 entnu-
siasm in his audience, and the latter be-
disappointment by shouts of time,
time" although he had only occupied
twenty out of his fifty minutes. 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-at-arms
shouted out to subordinates stop that
band" but the music went on in spite or
it ALL
Where" Mr. Tillman asked as soon
as he could be heard once more. Where
is New York now? (Cheers) Where Is
its leader?"
A silver delegate-"In the SOUP"
Gaughter.) ~
When Mr.. Tillman succeeded in get
ting another spell of hearing he spoke
of the newspaper denunciation of him
self and his silver friends as "a lot Of
bowling dervishes and silver lunatics,
and the audience shouted It's approval
of that opinion.
"The men who opposed him four years
ago when HE was a candidate for nom1-
nation for the presidency" he said, are
now at my back.
tion from one of the audience, and the
whole audience took up the idea and
shouted so that Mr.. Tillman was forced
to be silent for some minutes. The SER
geant-at-arms threatened to clear the
galleries unless order was preserved, but
the threat was not of the slightest avail,
the fact being that much of the uproar
and opposition came from the sections
where delegates sat. Proceeding, Mr.
Tillman said he knew what was coming
from the senator from New York and
simply met
It in Advance
in order to explain why he should offer a
substitute to the resolution of Mr.. Hill.
This speech, he was aware, had no con-
nection with the platform, but as Grover
Cleveland stood for gold monometallism
and this convention had denounced that,
for them to be now asked TO ,ndorse
Grover Cleveland was to ask them to
write themselves down asses and liars.
daughter and cheers).
They were asked to indorse Cleveland's
honesty. To this he opposed the fact OF
Cleveland signing a secret contract, with
his own partner as a witness, which gave
$1O,OOOOOO to a syndicate. sCleveland's
courage had consisted in overriding the
constitution, which made both gold and
silver the money of the country. His
fidelity was similarly ridiculed. Mr.. Hill,
he said, now appears here as Mr.; Cfeve-
lands sponsor and apologist. In this con-
nection he read these lines of Byron and
applied them to the New York senator:
'If. fallen rf-evil days on evil tongues,
Milton appealed to the avenger Time.
If Time, the avenger, execrates his
wrongs,
And makes the word 'Miltonis' mean
sublime
He deigned not to lay his soul in song
Nor turn his very talent to a crime;
He did not loathe the sire to laud the son,
But closed the tyrant hater he begun.
The point of the quotation FAILED Ito
reach the audience and it fell fiat.
.The people of the south and west,
Mr.. Tifiman continued, being impover-
ished by the financial system, cannot buy
the products of the northern factories,
and the consequence is that these facto-
ries are idle, and the home market,
which the republican party has always
clamored for partly or wholly destroyed.
The farmers of the north and east are
ready to Join the army of emancipation.
lust as impoverished as we are and are
(Some applause.) AS to the claim OF the
republican party that the democratic
party should be turned out because OF l.s
incompetency, / want to read you an
extract from the speech from republi-
can senator (Mr. Sherman) three months
a go in the senate in commendation of the
Cleveland administration"
He read an extract from Mr.. Sherman's
speech and said that is certlhcate OF
republicanism, so far as that
Is concerned" (Shouts of "good.")
SHERMAN went over with his republi-
can goldbugs to join Cleveland and to
decfy silver, and now, 1T Is proposed 10
ask the American people to reward the
president for his treachery. VIII the
4 nerican people turn down the demo-
cratic party. which has spurned and re-
undated this mans policy? Yes, II you
adopt plank in Endorsement of him or
his administration. You dare not go to
the people of this country and ask them
to support your ticket, no matter whom
YOU nominate, with an Endorsement or
Cleveland in your platform. We OF the
south have s'burned our bridges, so far
as the north is concerned, and have
turned our faces to the western states TO
unite with us In turning the government
over to the condition in,which our fathers
left 1t. and the west has responded: But
Won of the west must get the republican
silver men of the west and the populists
to indorse your platform, or you are
beaten. He knew appeals would be made
70 them by the time-serving politicians
not to listen to the mouthings OF this
south Carolina ranter. but he warned
them that unless they repudiated Cieve-
lands administration they would go De.
fore the country stuItified. II, therefore,
he said. "offer as substitute this reso-
iution. Now listen and be quiet" ne add
ed. ssIf any considerable number OF these
delegates deny the truth of 1t they can
express it by their votes. But those OF
Won who know 1t is true are called upon
10 express your knowledge by your vote"
Mr.. Tillman then read his resolution as
follows:
His Resolution.