The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-16
TiLLMAN'S GREAT SPEECH
He Stirs Up the Pennsylvania Miners and
Farmers.

Senator T;llman is doing good work
for the Democracy in Pennsylvania
We extract the following from the
Tamoques Recorder, OF recent date:
United States Senator Benjamin r.
Tillman has spoken here He spoke
in front of the United States Hotel,
and was was listened to by one of the
largest audiences that ever assembled
to hear q speaker in this town. H
spoke for about an hour, and barring
the footing Of q few horns in the
mouths of brainless young men, and
the occasional braying OF a two-leggeo
ass, bis speech was listened to with in
tense interest.
In the vast audience was noticed
many faces from the Valley and the
farming districts. They had come ap
parently to learn something about the
silver question, and il they had moi
made up their minds to disagree with
the speaker, they were all converted
to the silver side before Mr.. Tillmar
closed bis remarks.
J. 0. Ulrich, Esq, Of town, was the
first speaker. His appearance was the
signal for those who were desirous oi
hearing the Senator to draw close tc
the platform. After few appropri
ate remarks, Mr.. Ulrich introduced
William Wilhelm, Esq, of Pottsville.
Mr.. Wilhelm was very hoarse, SO
much so that at times he lost contro.
of his voice. His remarks, however,
were pulctuated with applause, show
ing that his desertion of a party which
has strayed away from the principles
laid down by Lincoln an other men
whose names are recorded in history,
met with the approval of the majority
in the audience. By the time Mr..
Wilhelm concluded his remarks the
audience was fairly in sympathy with
the cause.
In speaking of Senator Tlllman Mr..
Wilhelm said lie Senator was not as
polished II appearance as some United
States Senators; th&t the Senator was
at one time :. farmer and today bore g
slight resem blance of the map in his
earlier days 70 spoke Of him as g
Senator who had the courage Of his
convictions, and was here tonight to
explain the issue of the day.
Mr.. Ulrich then introduced the
speaker of the evening, who was greet
ed with loud cheers.
While the audience was getting it
self in condition to listen TO the speak
er the Senator buttoned up his coat
He gazed FIRST to the right and then tc
the left and in a full, rich Southern
voice began. His voice, too, was
husky from hard campaign work. but
it was very strong and was heard dis
tinctly by every listener. The au-
dience, outside of those above referr
ed to, was in sympathy with his re.
marks, and many times he was inter.
rupted by loud and prolonged ap
plause. While the speech was one OF
his characteristic speeches, no Repub
lican present failed to see that he was
fair in his treatment of their side. He
paid Major Mckinley all honor that
was due him when be said: so far
SIS I know Major Mckinley is clean
man personally, and have nothing
to say against him in this respect. His
character is above reproach, and I
have never heard it said that it was
not.
OF course, the Senator disagreed
with Mckinley politically, and accused
him of not being freeman. He called
attention to the time when the coun-
try was calling to him to declare his
position on the money question, buI
he didn't speak. He laid it to the fact
that his mouth was locked, and that
Marx Hanna had the key.
He called Mckinley a political aero
bat, referring to the times when he
stood shoulder to shoulder with the
silver men in Congress fighting for
their cause. He compared his position
at that time with his position today,
and appealed to the audience if he was
not right in calling Mckinley a politi
cal acrobat and TOOL of Hanna, the
Vanderbilts, the Goulds and of all
men of their ilk.
He spoke in forcible language of the
present condition of the country under
the gold standard com pared with its
condition under the free coinage of
silver, up to 1873. He likened it to the
one-legged man. When the country
was run under the gold and silver
standard, as it was until 1873, he said
it was prosperous; but when the free
coinage of siler was stopped the coun-
try was run on one leg, and it mad
been running on one leg ever since,
getting poorer and poorer.
He spoke in appealing language Of
the deserted silver mines in the West
asking how the miners Of the coal re
gions would like it if their mines were
shut up by any act on the part of the
government. Resume the operation
of the silver mines, he said, and you
will put thousands and thousands ot
the half-starved men in the country Al
work, and by putting them at work
this country will see an era Of prosper
ity as she has never seen before.
He said the Goulds, the Vanderbilts
and all the gold men were not desirous
Of resuml0g the operation OF the silver
mines because great portion of the
endless army of idle men would find
employment This army OF idle men
he said. is the lever by which they are
enabled to reduce wages and keep the
workingmen in subsection.
He said there WIS no good accom-
plished by workingmen organizing tc
maintain their wages and protect then
interests so long as men are idle and
looking for work. Put your idle men
to work first, he said, and then you
can accomplish some good by gour or
carnations. This great army OF un
employed men is the weapon that the
millionaire uses to destroy your inter
ests, and when you do finally become
desperate and strike you lind thai
thousands are ready to take youl
places.
He spoke in glowing terms OF Bry
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