The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-14
1T WOULD MAKE
A PANIC,
Is Senator Tillman's Cheering
PrOgnOsticatiOn
Of the Result of Passing a Sill
yer Bill,
BUT TT MUST COME.
He Says-We Are Having a
Chronic Panic Now.
TilIman Arrives at Denver This
M nmamFT1Cr
BUT TT MUST COME.
TilIman Arrives at Denver This
Morning.

Denver. April Ex-senator Tillman OF
South Carolina arrived in Denver al
7.3O O'Clock this morning. He was met
alt the train by leading Democrats ana
was escorted to the Brown Palace no.
tel where he met the committee OF re-
ception as a body. Tonight a public
reception viii be rendered the distin-
gufshed visitor at the Brown Palace
hotel. and tomorrow night he viii ad-
dress the state Democratic conven-
ton
Senator Tnlman was asked by re-
porter;
IF the sound money men in the
Democratic convention at Chlcaso
control the convention, viii the is TO
faction bOlt?"
u. for one most certainly viii. The
South Carolina delegation VIII ger lp
and leave the hail, and there aEe plea-
ty more who viii follow suit We Will
not stand on q sound money platform
and ignore our principles for the sake
of a few thousand milionaires ln the
east who are clamoring for sound
money That's only an ambiguous
phrase meant to cover UP sold mono
matallism- It's a scheme Of those fell
lows to reap the benefit of the moral
force of the term hard money that
was used during Jacks0n's time
There is nothing ln Jacksons or Jet-
ferson's teachings that VIII warrant its
use"
Where do you get your figures to
lead you to believe that the lis to
men are going 10 have a majority in
the convention 90
They were made UP by the bureau
established by some congressman short
ly after went into the senate for the
purpose of disseminating free silver
literature and finding out the senti-
ment of the people Senator Allen is
at the head of it, They have been
keeping close tab on the situation and
declare the convention viii be under
our control And If it is we viii show
Ihe people we nave the courage of our
convictions We viii declare fO7- is to
J free coinage without equivOcariOn or
compromise"
What do you think the immediate eff
feet of the passage of a free coinage
law at l6 TO 4 ratio VIII be2"
it Will cause q panic, z suppose. But
grant that 1t does. that won't be any
worse than it is now. We better have
a hot fever and get Well than die by
slow process There is q chronic panic
upon us now, and there seems to be no
other way 70 relieve it, 1t viii be bet
ter to have it and set done with it,"
on are getting to be somewhat of
''Wen the Populists say I am a good
enough Populist to satisfy them But
am moi q POpulist and never Will be-
Ihey are too radical They want to
accomplish too much at once; they are
TOO radical and they can't accomplish
1T at an"
Nov in the event that the Is to
and put in a 16 to Il platform 40 YOU
think the sound money men win leave
the convention hall, as you say the is
"Oh, no; believe the gold men win
nold on with the purpose of securing
the nomination of some Weakened.
Ftraddllng struggling, mossback mug
Muihp Wnon they can seduce after the
If the convention goes srverward.
whom do you consider the most likely
IF ry7
That's hard to say. There's Prvan
Of Nebraska. or Bland of Missouri. and
there's plenty of others
VIII the convention go any further
than to declare for is to 1 silver coin
age If the is to 1 men have control2-
Yes, we Will declare in favor of t,a
passage of the income tax law rTpa
issuance of money is governmental
junction The national bank note is a
Hamiltonian. Federalist, Whig. Re-
puollcan idea lit isn't Democratic Tt
mas been the Republican platform ever
since the war till 1884. ] don't know
how it has been since then
wv hat do you think the ReDublicaD
convention viii do when it cOnvenes in
They are going to have just as much
trouble as we are. The convention viii
cause split in the party on account Of
the money plank in the platform. Thav
are going to adopt platform that viii
attempt to straddle the issue. a weak
miserable thing that don saw anv-
thing. something like that thing Mo
hlnley got out inOhi0 the other aat- 49,
u lney oo they are going to drive tbo71s-
ands OF the rank and file out of +ba
party The people are i'm earnest a l,or7+
SIMS money question ana they are NOT
6olhs 70 stand by any party that don't
-ep-esent their principles. If the Re-
l49llcan convention attempts to straa-
1Ae lAe issue 1T viii not be able to carry
. sLIsle state west of the 8IississfDDi
l-Ds1- california is going for is to
AIee coinage of silver and So is Tl1f7,o5s
stlN A4lcnlgan- The south viii be solid
-llel way only q few silver leaders
VIII bolt the Republican c0nz-ar1tfC7-,
ana the politicians viii probably ba,7er
on Tor the sake of the sD0fIs ae 49,,
ger lney nave sure thing of
Inal, put the people you will fnd VIII
not stand it.n -@' VIII
What do you think of this talk about
1ree SILVER and protection 2-,
w ell among the file and rs,7- ~
the Democratic party it is of r,r 80 u
mention it, but in my state the -9e9,Io
would be willing to take ATcIrf,I-,.-,I
plll, bag and baggage. if they oc11i5 -
1ree silver along with it, We bo--s -
ed both tariffs and III be hane-e5 Il 7
san tell which one we derived the lass+
benefit from.
asked as to the general political o7,+
tguh' senator IIlman said. 81 havs
discovered q much stronger spinal COL
uAIn among the silver Dem0rraf- rs H.
80 heretofore it has been a sort 0i
5Sus aI1alr; pressure at home anoors
the constituents of congressn7ar -
senator's and the necessity for Dr0erae-
acton has produced q grae.
Hse' Men who would not speak tC