The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-28
TlLLMAN'S TALK,
In HIS Own r,ar,icular Style He Size.

IN HIS Own Particular Style He Sizes
Things Up.
New York June Ex-senator Tillman Of
south Carolina, when asked what ne
Thought of the platform adopted at Sara
toga, said
1T Is sneaking. hypocrtical canning
appeal 10 he South and Wos-an apology
TO me goldbues-a gold straddle. / call 1t
c"wardly platform. IT insults orr In
tell!gence. while It ridicules our idea Of
sincerity and honesty.
This is a sectional fight. Mr.. whitney
mas said SO. 1t is fight of the Eas,
againsu the South and West, supposs
we may as well concetie Pennsylvania and
al; Al north of the Potomac 10 The goldhugs
Illinois Michigan. Wisconsin and Iowa,
and ! suppose there VIII be n fight in Mis-
sour and Kentucky. though there no
;he others. ohio will be holly contested
en- account of State pride, but the strong
under current In the West is rapidly be-
coming nina, an upper currept IN Indiana the
Many republicans there are for silver We
coun. on from 10000 to $1,000 majority
S,owh OF the Potomac and west az the
Mississippi there ara 23l electoral, votes, or
seven more than majority, that are as
sured TO the free silver cause IT the silver
men VIII unite on candidate the vic'ary
The democratic column this year WE
discoun; her lsss. We give tho co,dbugs
TINS corner OF the country. and we VIII
take me rest OF course. New York has
inc pr VileEo OF coming into the camp
aud nob1dy wi object If tho Empiro
STATE falls into line and indorses free
DO you think the gold men Will bot"
:, Bot - said ihe senator. his eye twink
ling. Il guess not for Two reasons First
they VIII want to hold on TO the loaves
fishes lfh i..h Inc al
machine will g-ve them. and. second. they
want TO be able 10 decker through their
local ganzations."
What do yon think of the Why ney and
Russell destinations to run in order to he
able TO fight for sound money unham-
pered?
have come anywhere near nomina ton
No Eastern man can be nominated. The
nomination has got to be from the Sourh
ca West"
DO you hear any talk OF HIP"
He is a weak candidate" was the 70
"iIow about Campbcll?"
Campbell" said the senator, stretching
his hands wide apart. lis like this. He
has straddled and he Is 30 far apart he
can't get Together
How about Partison?"
Hes a gol1bug."
And Cleveland's letter."
81 look upon ti~t bid for a third
term. 1t would be iust like him to come
out nav and take some acton which
would make Spain hot and spring he
roorhack the day before the Chicago con-
yeNtion. He can't raise any new issue
that viii nominate him. though. We have
taken care ~ prevent his nomination and
rho ovcrshadowing of the silver question
The platform will be the hing first AT
tended 10 at Chicago and We will put IN "A
silver plank that will leave no room for
IN sconstructi7n. And then We Will nomi-
nate n silver man who will be n platform
in himself. No one can he considered to
have a mortgage on the nomiuai cn az YET.
don'e think Teller will he Endorsed, He
has been a republican, and the !adorse-
mept Of a republican would ALLEVIATE a
great many democratic votes.'
How about the two-thrds rule?"
1T is an undemocraiic rule spd II the
gold men attcmIf any Obstructive tactics
at Chicago 10 force a mugwump candidhte
on the convention. ,hs SILVER candidates
will set that rule aside so quick that a
viii make your head SWIM
Senator Tillman thinks Mckinley is
about fhc wcakes. candidate the repuhl-
| cans could have selected.
~ won, say he hasn't chance" he
added, "because he has mint of money
back OF him. But hc WIN not be elected.