Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-30


and hypocritical assumption OF superb
ority to his party. which has always
marked his career. The tariff law
which he repudiated as unworthy, In
volving party perfidy and party dishonor.'
Is the sheet-anchor to which he clings"
And again, referring to the Presi-
dent: III he was honest at the start
tand i am willing to grant that much),
his association with Wall-street and his
connections with wealthy men have de-
bauched his conscience and destroyed all
sympathy with tho masses"
The Senator then referred TO the fall
In the prices of all farm products. The
impoverishment Of the farmers had de-
stroyed, he said, their ability to pur-
chase. on the one hand. while the de-
creased prices OF their products of eX-
port in European markets had left our
debts for imports and interest on obli-
cations abroad unpaid. Hence the export
OF gold to meet these obligations.
IN this connection he said. in part:
"Rothschild and his American agents
graciously condescend to come TO the
help of the United States Treasury In
maintaining the gold standard which
has wrought the ruin of this country.
and only charges a small commission OF
SlO,O0O.O0O or so. Great heavens, That
this proud government-the richest, most
powerful on the globe-should have been
brought to so low a post that Lon
don Jew should have appointed its re-
ceiver. and presumes to patronize us.'
WHY NOT IMPEACHMENT?
Other extracts are as follows: "The
responsibility of providing revenue and
looking after the solvency OF the Trea-
sury, which rests with Congress. has
been usurped by the President. Why
bo frnpeaQba12 RapHfISp he *
carrying out Republican policies. and the
majority i'm the House of Representa-
tives feel safe. and believe that they are
certain to elect the next President and
obtain control of the government They
are willing TO let down the incompetent
or dishonest Democracy Il say the IN
competent and dishonest Democracy with
the odium OF misgovernment, To
lend their help BY acquiescence in wrong
doing The policy Is to do nothing-to
preserve a mastery inactivity. and only
obstruct where relief could be given.
"'rhe encroachments of the Federal ju-
dietary. and the supineness and yenali-
ty-cOrruptiOn. / may say-of the repre-
sentative branches OF the government,
are causes Of deep concern to all think
ing and patriotic men. We are fast
drifting into government by Injunction,
and the Supreme Court. by one corrupt
vote annuls an act OF Congress look
ing to the taxation of the rich"
The money-changers are I'm the temple
of our liberties. and have bought the
sentlnels on guard. II may be too late.
God grant it be not SO: but this great
republic can only be saved from the mise
! ries Of revolution and internecine strife
in the near future by its citi-
zens casting aside blind allegiance to
party. and marshallirg themselves un-
der the banner OF Jeffersons DemOc-
racy. and Lincoln's Republicanism, de-
termined to restore the empire to the
form in which ii was left TO us by
the fathers"
In concluding. the Senator said: ~
day of reckoning will come, unless there
| is no longer a Just God i'm Heaven, and
| when It does come woe be unto those
who have been among the oppressors OF
| the people The present struggle is un-
fortunately too like that which pre-
ceded the late civil war. inasmuch as
| it is sectional The creditor and the
manufacturing states OF the North and
| East-those which have grown inordinate-
| ly wealthy at the expense of the pro-
ducing classes of the South and West
| are urging this policy with the besotted
! blindness Of Belshazzar The old slave
]
CANT or more determined than the sor-
did despotism of wealth, to use the
apt phrase OF Justice Brown. which is
already felt throughout the land"
TILLMAN A CURIOSITY.
From the opening sentences OF the
speech down to its close, Mr.
Tillman commanded the keencst attention
and curiosity Of a numerous Senate and
crowded galleries. His attitudinizing and
his mannerisms caused much amusement
With his left hand pressed against his
side, and with the printed slips of his
speech from which he frequently strayedl
in his right he wheeled around i'm a circle
| facing the galleries more frequently than
| he faced the Chair.
At the point where he was denouncine
President Cleveland he abandoned his pre-
pared speech. and lapsed into descrip
tion Of how he came to Washington e
| witness MIR. Cleveland's first Inauguration
and had exposed himself for four hour
on the plaza of the Capitol parapet il
the jolliication over a Democratic Presi
dent, a Democratic Senate, and Demo
cratic House. and he exclaimed, dramati
cally, "God forgive me for being such q
fool"
Laughter and applause broke out in th'
ga alleries, which the presiding officer tMr
Faulkner tried TO suppress; and thi:
caused MI Tillman to apostrophize tn,
Chair saying, If you let me down int
the bog and quagmire of having nobody
applaud when l speak | suppose l vii
get used TO it after awhile
Subsequently ne got into a colloquy will
Mr.. Hoar as 10 an expression of the lat
ter's upon the deCadence of southern
statesmen. And when Mr.. Hoar said h
would look up the record TO justify him
self. Mr.. Tillman said that he would wait
but that ne would not wet his whistle
because a windmill could not be run bl
water. Renewed laughter)
Mr.. Tillman said that he would appen'
to his speech that Infamous compac
with Stetson" 0he syndicate contracD
also an extract from the Democratic year
book OF 1858, showing the purchase o
bonds with that surplus which used e
keen this man awake at night" Laugh
teri "And ii must be authentic h
added. coming, as II does, from IN
Democratic National Committee" Laugh
terl II lust want to put the two cheek
by-jowl, ycu KNOWN juxtaposition.''
Coming once more to the denunclatio
of the President. Mr.. Tillman snappe
out the question to the Repubiica
senator's: why have you not impeache
him?" Mr. Hawley replied that III
last Congress was Democratic.
Il have already paid my respects |
the last Congress" Mr.. Tillman said
'and | hope better things from the Con
gress which the people have now sen
here. But you are all of "A kind-cow
ards. tools OF monopolists.' tSensa
tion) "He is not impeached because n
is carrying out Republican policy.
PREDICTION OF CATACLYSM.
Mr.. Tillman spoke for exactly tw
| hn,,r, deliverinr with great dramatl