The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-28

words before ID. a. G. Outzs, Of cam
paign famc, forged his way through
the crowd bearing aloft handsome
pitchfork decorated with ribbons and
appropriately inscribed. He passed
up the aisle holding the fork over Till,
man few moments, and then placed it
on the presidents desk. Tillman was
frequently interrupted by loud applause
He spoke rs follows.
Mr.. President anu gchtlcmen Of tho
convention q: Wo have had many re-
marketable and interesting exhibitions
tonight, such as cur past history has
never seen the like Of. l suppose that
SO ill-assOrted and uncOngenial u COM
oinaticn as the ono which has oxhib-
tied its venom hero tonight on this
floor has never been cqualed. We have
had hero man who has been honored
by South Carolina q great deal more
than he has h0nOred himSclf-
Senator Irby-"That's lio ~
Senator Tillman's reply was lost in q
storm OF cheers and counter cheers,
while prominent Re former of the dis.
pensary force lugged in a hugo pitch
fork.
Senator Tillmnn, continuing, as soon
as the storm had somewhat subsidized,
said We have had this man, Il repre-.
sentative Of the people OF South Caro-
lima, undertake to speak TO us here as
master, and tell you to your tcoth
that you arc not representing the peo-
pie. pray to God, such assurance.
Why, he could not have been elected
to this conYention II he had not made
q combination with the Cor scrvatives.
And what is all this about? Is thcre
u syllable in the principles that we
sdvocatc that is not Democratic Talk
about boiling, [ know that our people
despise tho idea OF u man going out
and pulling in the negroes, but two OF
the men who have spoken here to-
night have done it. "Don't even hint
at q proposal to go to Chicago unprc-
pared to lie down and let the Shylocks
and gold bugs tramp,e on them.
| have been doing moro than any
other Democrat in South Carolina to
bring about a revival Of the hopes of
the Democratic party in the nation
and make it go forward as the party o
the people rather than rs the tool OF
the moneyed classes. Two years ago
when L was running for the Senate, |
told the people. Of Lexington County
about the rascality and treachery of
Cleveland, and said to them, ;lf this
man Is Democrat, l am not a Demo
VI "p, GNU oo llSlp iuC you, YOU Will
never find me in alliance with him"
(Applausc.)
You arc told that the Shell manifcs-
to, (Which | wrote, II you want to know
III was altered at the dictation of the
Senator from Laurcns. Mr.. President,
when the Reform movement started in
1850, and Richardson was nominated
IN tho opera house. | moved to make
MS nomination unanimous. And again,
IN 1883, when the machine was too
STRONG for us, moved to make it unan-
lmous. But when | was put forward
by the common people, as the exponent
Of the new Domocracy-the only real
Democracy wo ever had in South Car.
ollna, as the other was only an oligar.
cny-thesc men got up and went out
Went whore They went to the negro
and begged the Republican party tc
sustain the old oligarchy and retain
them IN oilice. And now they under
take to come to lis and say, "You must
obey the National Democracy and
crawl In the miro for it,"
jefferson taught no such and Jack
son son taught no such doctrine as this.
What are parties? They are organi-
Zatlons to accomplish what they believe
TO be the best policy for the govcrn-
mont; Tho Democratic party has fol-
lowed It's leader, Jefferson, for more
than hundred years and clung to his
principles until four years ago-and
now they say we must not bolt There
IS no oDllgatlon to freeman to stand
by party that has deserted its princi-
pies just because it is labeled Demo
cratlc. We have been hampered by
negro majority in South Carolina, and
Democracy meant white supremacy
and nothing more. But now, no man
can claim that ] did not in the Consti-
tutlonal convention, rise above personal
and endcavor to give
the people OF the State an organic law
that would last for all time, and insure
them good government. And now |
can turn TO these mon and say to them
that we are ready to meet them TODAY
With their negro vote. If thcy want
to draw the issue with the Democracy,
however, let them do it under the name
of Democracy.
If we stand together like frecmcn,
we may not accomplish what we hope
in National affairs but we will at least
exhibit that manhood of manner that
has characterized South Carolina since
the days of the Revolution.
This man exhibits lack Of historical
knowledge when he says that South
NafOllua always voted the Democratic
ticket In 1882, Andrew jackson ran
on the Democratic ticket, and South
Carolina was mad vt him on account of
notification and voted for his oppo-
mont; ard on another occasion, South
Carolina cast her electoral vote for a
man who got the vote of no other State.
And So If we go to hicago, VIC will
not be bound by the action of u convcn-
tion controlled by mon elected from
States that cannot cast q single Dem.
ocratic vote in tho electoral college,
and whose representatives in Con-
gross are cheek by jowl with John
Sherman.
He pointing to Senator Irby) saws
that the Democratic party was good
enough to elect me governor twice. and
good enough to elcct me Senator, and
that the trouble now is simply that /
want to be President. | think, nv
friends, that gentleman has simply
misunderstood the situation, and that
all OF this outcry is simply due to the
fact that tho gentleman wants to be
Senator again. So far as nv desiring
to be President of the United States
Is concerned, | view it simply in this