The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-05-20
TiIIman the BraUley.

That senatorial IODcntOI " sSui'
ton, sectionalism and strife-who
disgraces the United States Senate
and the country at large-B. Il. Illi-
man, whose hollow claim of democracy
finds repeated illustration in the con-
tempt with which he speaks of the
respectable portion his own state, as
though it had been entifely y subju-
gated to mis- sway. yesterday again
demonstrated Ills unftness to repre-.
sent respectable constituency any.
where by attacking the President Of
the United States Til.man had the
supreme insolence to assume to voice
the feeling of the West, and his state.
ment stopped very short of a treason.
Gus declaration. This Is what he
said, as reported: Il know the West
as we'll as the South, and | tell you
that in the States west of the Miss
issipi, there is more deep seated ha-
tired of New York and Wall Street
thao there ever was againt the South
in war times. know how the agri.
cultural interests feel about these
things. You will drive them through
starvrtion to bloodshed, and then
may the blood be on your own head
not on mine. This is what is coming
of the policy of Grover Cleveland,
who vetoes bill giving miserable
pittance to few poor tramps who
were once Union soldiers, and then
turns round and gives ten million dol
lars to one jew" This is cuning
ly devised SANDER against the great
agricultural States of the Union,
such as Illinois; Iowa, Ohio, Michi-
gan, minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin,
the Dakotas and at least one of the
more remote Western States. Kan
sas has recently thrown off its Pop
uliss yoke. Michigan, Ill; SIS, Ohio,
Minnesota and Wisconsin 20 for
sound, hard money by large major.
ity of their voting strength, and
when it comes to test on that ques.
ton, New York city will Ind strong
friends in every principal town in the
country, East, West, North and South.
The image of starvation and blood,
which this bogus South Carolina re :
pudiationist conjures up. is only the
phantom of his diseased. contracted
brain, and perhaps the best punish.
ment for him would be confinement
in mad house. He does not pos
sesses the political knowledge and
foresight to see that the course
he is taking may compel citizens hav-
ing substantial interests in the
country, whether business men. bank
ers or farmer, to look for some presi.
dental candidate unlikely to be awed
by any Of the "raw head and bloody
bones" Populist politicians that in.
fest the land The agricultural
interests Of this country, as whole,
want ;he very best money that it IS
possible for them to obtain. And
when the emergency requires they
will come down heavily on all poll
ticians Of the Tillmsn stamp. What
an utter collapse, political, mental
and moral, is revealed in such utter
ances as the following by Tillman
.'if the silver Democrats did not
get recognition of silver at the Chi
cago convention, then the Demo
cratic party was dead and gone for
ever. \ new party would spring
into existence If we cannot beat
you this time we will serve notice on
you that we will have America for
Americans And to hell with Great
Britain and the Tories , Laughter J
If we do not beat you in 1896, we
will interest you in 1907
The 'honorabIe senator's who
could sit still in their seats and not
rebuke such vrlgerity as that nnw;t-
tinsly furnish conclusive evidence Of
the degradation OF the Legislative
branch OF which they are members
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