Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-09
THE PULLMAN TRADE.
what President Cleveland Thinks
 of It's Author.
rbs Anarchistic Yawper from South Caro- Iina Has Hurt Nobody But Himself An Explanation from the
 Vice President.

That he will be charged to the demo- cratic party and that his speech in the senate will be regarded as democratic senatorial repudiation of the demo- cratic administration"
 Mir. Crisp is not the only democrat of prominence in the national capital who repudiates Tillman and bis ut- terances. As a matter of fact Senator Tillman is Q populist. He was regard. ed as member of that party when he was elected to the senate; was counted by the popuhst senators as one of thei, number; and only decided to call him. self straight democrat when he came to Washington and entered the senate last December. He was elected by a combination of recalcitrant democrats with the body of the populists of South Carolina, just as Senator Butler. of North Carolina, was elected to the sen ate by a similar combination in that state. Although Senator Butler has taken a seat on the republican side of the senate he is honest enough to state that he is a popuIist, while Senator Tillman sits on the democratic side of the senate chamber and asserts that he is a democrat.
 The recent sensational speech of Senator Tillman is generally regarded as the most disgraceful utterance that has been made upon the floor of the senate for very many years. 4 num- Der of senators say that if the speech had been delivered during q campaign in any public place it might have met with approval. because of the many truths told by the senator in home ly manner; but the utterance of such Q tirade upon the floor of the senate was altogether out of order, without precedent. and receives. as 1t deserves. general condemnation. Although the senator who delivered the harangue claims 10 be democrat, no sensible citizen will suppose for a moment that his utterances can be charged to the democratic party. Senator Tillman is political freak. He will strut about the legislative stage for six years and then drop iato the oblivion to which all terrible nightmares are consigned.
 Immediately after the utterances of Senator TiIlman became public prop erty, the Washington correspondents of republican papers and the editorial writers in similar partisan newspapers began to taunt the democrats with sneers concerning this new accession to the democratic party. It would be just as reasonable to charge Senator Peffer, of Kansas, the long-whiskered popuIist, to the republican party, be- cause he sits on the repub- Iican side of the senate cham Der. Senator Allen, of Nebraska, the populist who spoke continuous ly for 15 hours on the silver purchase repeal bill, was elected by a republican legislature; but he is popuIist, and it would be unfair to charge him to the republican party. Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, was elected by repub- lican legislature, but it would not be right 10 charge him to the republican party, because he is populist. The only difference between the populist senators from Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and the populist sena- tor from South Carolina is that the lat ter has recently proclaimed himself to be d member of the democratic party, without the consent of that party. He may swing his pitchfork, use billings gate, wave the red flag of anarchy and otherwise disgrace the United States senate, but he cannot make himself democratic leader.
 The speech of Senator Tillman was aimed at the white house, but oversboS the mark. X democratic sekator who has long been on terms of personal friendship with President Cleveland called at the executive mansion on the day after the delivery of the speech and incidentally referred to the matter, when the president said: Il was moi surprised when informed that Senator Tillman was delivering speech de- nuneiatorv of the administration anu filled with personal abuse of the presl- dent and members of his cabinet. That is what Mr Tillman came to Washing ton for. was not amazed nor startled when I read the speech, because had AShS hiIoNu bllc SlidA siStN it'S'S i ~
 and radical methods of the new senator from South Carolina. l presume that he will deliver other speeches of slml- lar character from time to time. 1t may do him good and will do DO one any harm except in as far as it may bring contempt upon the senate.
 Secretary Carlisle was called upon and asked for his opinion concerning the new senator and his new style o1 speech making. and Secretary Carlisle said q have been democrat all or my life and have been before the puollc .'for many years, and my political pubic career is in itself all of the answer it seems to me should be necessary to an assault of that kind"
 In reply to an inquiry made by your correspondent, Vice President Steven son said: Those who have crltlclsea me do not understand the fact that the rules of the senate give the presiding officer no authority to interfere with the utteranees of senators. It IS only when one senator calls another to order that the vice llreSident is called upon TO