The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-03-18
Pjtche6Sorksd Wall Street.

SeQaLOE 1lllLudu LAS UCON uP AA
Wall street with his pitchfork. He
turned up some startling facts about
the dark methods by which the wealth
of the nation is being rapidly ab-
sorbed by the unconscionable financial
vampires that infest the big cities OF
the country. Here is what the New
York World says of Tillman's pres
ence in that city:
A strange figure appeared IN Wall
street on Monday morning and wan
dered with the crowds that roared
between the towering buildings. a
tall, strong man, with brown shaven
face, Napoleonic features and a sin
gle, fierce eye. The black slouch hat
was pulled down in front and turned
up behind. There never was more
striking figure seen IN the citadel OF
the millionaires, nor one of deeper
significance.
As he stood in front Of the Sub
Treasury grimly eyeing the Office OF
J. Pierpont Morgan a few men turned
around to look the second time at the
dark, almost savage countenance.
But none in that vast, restless multi
tude seemed to recognize Senator
Benjamin Ryan Tillman, who had
come to New York to write up Wall
street for The World.
$50 that's where Morgan lives,
yonder!"
The one eye burned with sudden
enthusiasm. The voice was shrlll
and harsh. Then the Senator turned
and gazed at Trinity church stand
ing like a benediction at the top of
the street.
How much did you say Trinity
church has accumulated"
ssMore than a hundred million"
With sigh the Senator strobe
across to the Stock Exchange, climbed
up to the gallery and peered down at
the swirling shrieking spectators on
the main floor. The lines in his face
deepened.
'I have been here before" he NUT
tered. II came as Governor of South
Carolina to sell the bonds of my State.
I know what horde of wolves they
are. These are the men who have
the nation by the throat"
So for two days Senator Tillman
went about in the strongholds Of the
money kings of America searching
for facts.
There isn't q drop of patriotic
blood in this crowd" he said. "And
yet it writes the laws and controls the
policy of the country. Nothing but
a revolution can overthrow the money
power. We must try the ballot box
first, and then if we fail-but I have
said it on the floor of the Senate.
The American spirit is not yet dead,
thank God! and you fellows in New
York will soon hear from the South
and West"
And presently the Senator sat down
in Delmonico's to see the young and
old bucks eat and drink the wealth
created by the toilers. Whereat he
returned to his hotel and wrote what
he had to say.
These are the views which Tillman
holds. They have made him Gov
ernor of South Carolina and United
States Senator-the idol of the South
Carolina farmer. The World has OBJ
tanned and now publishes his opin-
ions, but does not endorse them.
Having investigated Wall Street
and having giving numerous statis-
tics showing the startling aggrega-
tions cf wealth amassed by these
avaricious financial ghouls, Senator
Tillman closes his long and interest
ing article, published in the New
York World, with the following apt
illustration of the situation. What
the future will bring forth is, of
course, a matter OF grave doubt. Here
is what he says in closing his article:
1T cannot be gainsaid that Con-
gress has legislated steadily in the
interest of the corporations, and to
curtail and restrict the power Of the
States in controlling the railroads and
protecting the small investors and
shippers. The machinery of the
Federal courts has been the main en-
CINE in this robbery and ruin. During
the past thirty years, with very few
exceptions, and I speak of the ex,
ceptions to the honor of the judges
who have withstood the almost over,
powering temptations with which
they have been beset, the decisions
Of the Supreme and Circuit courts
have been uniformly against the peo
pie and in furtherance of the aims