The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-07-15

quickly suppressed the demonstration
His first sentence showed that he hac
a good, well modulated voice, but a:
he proceeded he pitched it in a key 81
shrill that it grated like file. H'
was characteristic from the beginning
He realized that, so far as the galleries
were concerned, he faced an audience
which he felt was largely hostile. HI
introduced himself to them by saying
that he came before them as he wa
not as "the lying newspapers had rep
resented him to be-" A round Of ap
plause from the pit greeted this an
nouncement. but it was drowned II
the storm of Kisses from the galleries
which were increased to a perfec
whirlwind of sibilant sounds as ~
said: II come from a State Whlcf
was the home of secession" Senator
Tillman turned defantly and hercelS
surveyed the vast congregation WHO
were Kissing him.
Then with a contemptuous; toss OF
bis head he looked down at the silver
delegates before him, his eye blazing,
and said with sneer: There are
oniv three things that hiss" said he
with a curl of this thin lips, "a goose
q serpent and a man." Raising his
head and addressing the galleries he
shouted that the man who hissed South
Carolina, forgot the history of the
revolution when that State kept alive
the fires of liberty. This provoked 6
wild demonstration from the silver
men. "South Carolina in 1861" hs
said, sled the fight in the Democratic
party which disrupted it. Disrup
tion," he continued, while the CALLER
les hissed, "broughtabout the war and
the war emancipated the black slaves
"No," he added, sweeping his arm
through the air above his head, I'VE
are leading the fight to emancipate the
white slaves" This time the silver
men had their innings but they did
not applaud very Justify when he de-
clared that with conditions reversed
he was willing to again see the Demo
cratic party disrupted.
Repeatedly, as he proceeded, the
galleries hissed and several times the
sergeant.at-arms threatened to clear
the galleries. The silver men had q
chance to shout their approval when
he declared that they were adopting 9
new declaration of independence, "1e
to 1, or bust" The storm of Kisses is
sued from them again when he repu'
dated the denial that this was sec
tional contest. II say it is sectional
issue" he cried, and it will prevail. ,
After these pyrotechnical expires
sions, so characteristic of the man, he
drifted into statistics to show the bond
age of the South and West to the
East, and these dry figures gave the
hostile galleries another opportunity
to cry him down. Thine, Dime, "they
shouted. This aroused the Senator
again to angry resentment. He paced
the platform like an enraged lion.
II know, Tknow," he cried with arms
aloft, "you are against us. There is
not q paper in this city that is not in
the power of the money influences.
They will not give us fair show.
They characterize us as howling der.
wishes and silver lunatics." Many oil
the delegates crowded up the aisles
and STOOD at the foot of the stage,
studying intently the features of the
remarkable man before them.
Continuing, Senator Tillman de-
clared that the only way to avert rev
olution would be to select a man whose
record would fit the platform. Soon
the Kissing began again at some radi
cal utterance, and the South Carroll
nian took occasion to say that -Four
years ago the New York Senator was
hissed as I am now."
"Where is New York now2"he asked
"Where is New York's leader2" From
the gallery came the cry, I'm the
SOUP" which brought down wave oi
cheers for Hill topped with a foam ol
Kisses.
Incidentally he said of Hill: HE
despised the President Of the United
States in 1892; since then he has had
cause to more than despise him, and
scored Hill for assuming the role OF
apologist for the administration. "But
as Grover Cleveland stands for gold, "
he began. whereupon "Hurrah fol
Cleveland" was shouted which drew
quite hearty response from the gal
leries. The attack on the President
which followed did not find any
marked demonstration of approval
''Now, I want you all to listen," Sen
ator Tillman shouted. and then reao
the substitute resolution, which is Al
follows:
"We denounce the administration o.
President Cleveland as undemocratit
and tyrannical and as departure
from those principles which are cher
ished by all liberty loving Americans
The veto power has been used tt
thwart the will of the people as ex
pressed by their representatives in
Congress. The appointive power ha'
been used to subsidize the press, K
debauch Congress and 10 overawe ant
control citizens in the free exercise O.
their constitutional rights as voters
A plutocratic despotism is thus sough
to be established on the ruins of th'
republic. We repudiate the construc
ton placed on the financial plank o
the last Democratic national conven
ton by President Cleveland and Sec
retary Carlisle as contrary to tn
plain meaning of English words ant
as being an act of bad faith, deserving
the severest censure. The issue o
bonds in time of peace. with which t,
buy gold to redeem coin obligation
payable in silver or gold at the option
of the government and the use of tn
proceeds to defray the ordinary expen
ses of the government, are both un
lawful and usurpations of authorit.
deserving impeachment"
The first sentence was a fire bran,