The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-09
senator IiIlmaH Among Walk
Street Money Kings.
From The New York World,

From The New York World.
strange figure appeared in Wall street
on Moudny morning and wandered with
,ho crowds that roarcd between the tow.
n,in~ buildings A tall. stlong man,
,r;tL brown. shavcn face, Napoconc fca-
turcs and siuglc fierce eye. The black
slo,ch hat WAS pulled down in front and
turned up behind. There never was 4
more striking figure seen in the citadel OF
the millionaircS, nor one OF deeper Sig
nilicancc. -,
As he stood in front of the SuD-Trcas.
ury primlv rycing lhc Office of j. Pier
nout Morgan Il few men turned around to
iook A second time ut the dark, almost
c,v,uc couutcnancc. But none in that
y,st' restless multitude seemed to rcc0g-
n;y, Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman,
WHO had come to New York to write up
Wall street ior The World.
$50 that's where Morgan liYcs, yon-
dcr-'
'"hc one eye burned with sudden en-
thu>iasm. The voice was shllll and harsh
Vhr the Senator turned and GHZcd at
Trinity Church. standing like Il bcnodlc.
ton at the top oi the street.
GLOW much did YOU say Trinity Chuuch
has Accumula:rd w
..Mo,c than hundred million.'
Allti 80 liittl l'''' I! Wv '''''N'' ~'''
fc,jnm rs very StranGc.'
With .igl The Senator strobe across
"a fine Stock Exchange. climbed up t" the
gallery and pcrrcd down at the swlrling,
chrickinm Sprctat0rS on the main floor.
the lines in his face dccpcncd.
"I'vc been here bcfNrc,' hr mutterc1.
"I came n Governor Of South Carolina to
sell the bonds of my State. know what
a ho:dlc Of wolves they arc. These are
the men that 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.
"rhcrr isn't drop Of patriotic blood
in this crowd" he said. "And yet in
writes the laws and controls the policy Of
the country. Nothing but revolution
can overthrow the money power. We
must trY the ballot box first, and then IL
we fail-but have said it on the floor Of
dead. thank God. and you fellows in New
York will sOnu hear from the South and
the Wcst.'
Aud presently the Senator sat down in
Dclnonico'S to see the young and old
bucks eat and drink the wealth created
nv the toilrrS. .--Wncrcat he returned to
his hotel auc wrote what he had to say.
These are tho views which Tillman
holds Thcy lave made him Governor of
Soutl, Carolina and United States Scna-
tor.--thc idol Of the Carolina farmer.
SENATOR TILLMAN'S VIEWS.
Wall stlc"t is term III very common
Use and RIOS. people have al essentially
clear idea rs 10 lis meaning. AS under
stood by the masses it stands for what has
come 10 hr known rs the money power.
thc force vNcrtcd by aggregated capital.
There i ut this time q double interest
attaching to tine term "Wall street" by
reason Of the inc, that everything OF po
1itical nature indicates that the struggle
for thd mastery OF this conntry--whethcl
the people shall govern it or whether
money shall govern it's approaching q
climnN.
The financial question and its settle
mcnt Is now the uppermost ono in the
minds OF men. Interested persons may
attempt to push il aside and belttlc it ant
4 TO substitute other issues for it but in tho
8coming Presidential election it must bC
the issue.
Il Feeling thus. and having had cause re
eccntly to give expression to my ideas lnt
Xppinons in the Senate in no uncertain
NManncr. I have thought we'll to ask tht
sncwSpapcr, with q view Of presenting
sse!tan phases Of the question with more
lcarncss than was possible on that occa
lion
8H With that purpose in mind ! have de
Ssotcd daring the past week Il couple I"
lays 10 The gathering of some facts "y ;
Ns4ersnual visit TO New York and TO Wal
1t SO happened that during my
'<se erm rs Governor of Sonth CH" ha'
opportunity while negotiating for re
sHSa Sanhng onr State debt to study the meth
Ids employed by shOse who manipulate
nd control the complex machinery b.
of which II few men, not exceeding
$50 hundred, have laid the Industries, tn
pliics aud, in fact, the government q
lis country under tribute, and are gait
ting for themselves wealth beyond CON
tation in a pcrion Of time so short as
iS{ERSE''t Sgor belief
lsaS&For the reader unfamiliar with Nc,
prk City it is well to give brief dc
BriDtion as to what Wall street taken Il
district Of New York City, really Is tn
When Manhattan Island, Oh whic
York stands, was first settled d
Dutch, they chose to locate Oh il
IRENE southern point, where meet til
and the Hudson rivers. n tow
up, composed Of Il network Of il
gular, crooked streets, without scomin
Ssa6l3tler, and all very narrow.
"a few hundred yards up Broadwl
pm Battery Park, where the histor
lstle Garden, now transformed into
blic aquarium, still stands, Is Trinit
1'sIS5'9Ss|nrch. In the small graveyard Su
lnding it repoSe the bones OF AlcXa,
Hamilton, Captain Lawrence,
Cont give up the ship!" memory, q,
Ter great historic characters.
AZ, Yhen note Is struck on Trinity
hes it is c,iried into every Office al
: tuition in the Wall street district. t,
s.s' district is so small that fl ON Trinity
y it appears to lay directly bencall
office Of Russell Sage looks right OF
IS the old burying grounds. and II dil
lice it is, in dingy building, wher
one of the great money kings {
silica sits and cuts his coupons an
his high rate loans. Casting thel
pws on Trinity when the mornin
sssszssSiscs in the cast stand the great OF
IS buildings, running over twenty ste
ln height in some cases, in Whic
of the greaG trust companies an
have Invested portions OF thei
bus surplus and in which they hav
homes.
u ectly in front of Trinity's bronz'
faezE<SE54 lS--'Hhc Tift 0f an tctDr--oppnc Wal