The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-04-18

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in plain words as he held the silver
pitchfork of the senator in his hand
When Mr.. Tillman arose to speak ne
was greeted with deafening applause
All Joined in the demOnstra ton and
while the men shouted the women wav-
ed their handkerchiefs.
SOME OF HIS REMARKS.
Ladies and fellow countrymen, said
the senator, 81 am here before the peo-
pie of Kansas to preach Americanism.
I stand here on the soil of a state that
gave 50 coo Republican majority few
years ago. l am here in bleeding
Kansas and l have not seen drop OF
blood since I have been in the state
am in the state that sent a greater per
centage of her men to the army of the
north than any other state in the union.
I am not here TO wave the bloody shirt.
am here from the birthplace of seces-
sion and I greet my fellow countrymen
| Of Kansas. 1 am here ready to clasp
hands with the great people Of Kansas
| ready and willing to help them to save
| this country from the corporations and
the so-called sound money power.
Continuing. Senator Tillman said that
he was a Thomas Jefferson Democrat
| and an Abraham Lincoln Republican.
! He started in by reading an extract
! from letter from France by eJnerson
| to the American people two years before
| the revolution in that country. In
| the letter he stated that if he were off
erd a government without newspap pers
| or a country having newspapers with
| out a government he would take the
| latter With jefferson he advocated
| the education of the masses as a nee
| essary means TO the highest and best
| independence. He also held with JEFF
| ferson that if the people held fast to
truth errors in government could not
| effect them ultimately. He followed
the career of Jefferson up and beyond
until he came to Jackson to whom he
paid a high tribute and especially that
portion of his career when he engaged
in the fierce struggle with the national
banking system. He said that jack
son was one of the early ideals of the
true statesman and one of the true eX-
ponents Of popular government, He
compared the lives and ideas of Jeffer-
son and Alexander Hamilton very
closely and critically as the representa-
tives of the two iedas that prevailed
when the system of popular govern
ment in America was on the creative
state. jefferson, he said, stood for the
individual as the controlling element
in the new government while Ham
ilton stood for the opposite.
II am,' said he drama tically, "a JEFF
ferson Democrat and not a Cleveland
Democrat. / am an Abraham Lincoln
Republican, but not Sherman or Nc
Kinley Republican" He then asserted
that Cleveland was more Of a Republi-
can than a Democrat and as much of
a Republican as John Sherman or Will
liam Mckinley.
Mr.. Tillmen then arrived at the crea-
tive period of the Republican party
the party of Lincoln. He said that that
party stood for the idea of making the
constitution recognize the proposition
that all Americans were free and equal
and they won on that idea and recrea-
ted the country. But what is it now?"
he said with a sweep of his hand over
5000 faces. I'VE have now more slaves
than we had before the war, two to one,
and they are white slaves, I tell you
my fellow countrymen there is some |
thing rotten in Denmark" He said |
that in 1892 a great many Republicans |
Knowing of this rottenness and desir- |
ing a change went over TO the Demo- |
Gratis and voted for Cleveland. They |
jumped" he said "out of the frying pan |
into the fire, and now they want to /
jump from the fire back into the fry |
ing pan. They elected a tin god, an |
idol, a josh, an animal with a cloven
foot"
Mr.. Tillman then paid his respects to |
POpulism. He said that it meant dis |
gust and a protest against old party |
rottenness. He did not, however, in
dOrse POpulism for he said that il con-
tanned too many fool ideas. He said |
that the Omaha platform was mnre re-
plete with absurdities than any docu-
ment he ever read. He was especially |
bitter against its proposition to buy the
railroads. He said the purchase of
the railroads would not only cost about
six billion dollars, for which bonds
would have TO be issued but that ii
would turn about 100000 railroad en-
DlOyes into Officeholders TO become a
machine for the party in power to use
IN carrying elections and thus entrench
Itself in power. He also said that no
honest appraisements could be made
He then took up the bond issue and
praised the senate for its action to-
wards the original bill. The senate.
he said, had been cursed and abused
but that when a bond bill was sent 10
I for passage it gave the country a
rec coinage bill in return. He then
'eferred TO his own attitude towards
JNbtiC QUESTIONS III the senate ana the |
lumber of letters he had received from
III over the country thanking him for
he position he had taken.
Great God" said the senator with a
sweep of his left hand, hasn't the coun |
~ come 10 a pretty condition when a |
whole nation writes to a man thanking |
lin for telling the truth and doing his
iuty.
He returned 10 heap some more Goals
n the head Of Cleveland an Sherman |
md when asked what he thought OF !
carlisle he said that Carlisle was too ,
eep in infamy TO even mention him
n connection with the other two con- ;
plrators against the country and its
eople's interest. He appealed TO the
.eo pie to know whether they would
7ander away from the wolves while
hey were feasting on mutton or wheth-
r they would band together regardless
T the name Populist, Democrat or Re
ublican and find a shepherd that
Tould protect and defend them. He
aid there was no man on top Of earth
hat he despised more than Cleveland :
not even Sherman.
Mr.. Tillman then tackled the lawyers
nd skinned them. He said that there
re now 25S lawyers in the house of rep
esentaiveS and 81 in the senate. He
hought the people could never have {
heir Interests guarded so long as they
ut lawyers 10 watch them. \ lawyer /
9 said. would take 5000 year 10 {
erve the people and $4,000. $50. 900 or '
100000 according 70 their influence to d
arVA the CorDora rionS sNa r,,o--F,.. : v