The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-11-18
TILLMAN ON THE RESULT.
We Would Not Have Carried State on 3
Gold Platform.

We Would Not Have Carried astate on 3
Gold Platform.
Senator Tillman in an interview
says that Bryan will be the nominee of
the Democratic party in 1900.
1.-The battle has been the most heated
and hardest fought political contest in
our history and the Democrtic party
has never shown to better advantage,
said Senator Tillman.
"1he issues have been clearly de-
fined and bravely sustained, while our
great leader, Bryan, has covered him
self with glory and is the idol OF the
Democratic masses"
ITO what causes do you attribute
McKinley's Triumph"
'There were several causes, all OF
them making a combination that it
was impossible to overcome. In the
first place, the odium attaching to De-
mocracy from Cleveland is more and
all that it implies drove from us hun.
dreds of thousands of men. Hard
times; the issue of bonds in time of
peace; the so.called free trade tariff
bill; the loss of employment; all these
were charged to the Democratic party
and the Democratic speakers and the
few Northern newspapers which reach
ed the masses in the Northern cities
were powerless to obliterate the i'm.
preston. The Democratic party suf-
fered, although it had repudiated both
G1aua1ond opd hio ,,o1iov
"Then the unblushing use of money
in unlimited quantities controlled
many thousands of the votes. The
campaign of the Republicans was con-
Quoted by the Republicans with great
vigor by large corps of well trained
speakers, many of them men of nation.
al repute, while the Democracy, with
out means, relied upon volunteer
speakers and these could not cover
the field thoroughly as their oppon.
ents.
ga third factor was the threat open
or implied, by thousands of owners of
manufactures and workshops that
Bryan's election meant the closing
down of work. The army of the idle
were promised work if Mckinley
should triumph. The Republican
masses in the country or agricultural
districts were promised a return of
good prices and prosperous times un.
der a Republican tariff policy and
with a restoration OF confidence. The
natural alliance of the South and
West, though not complete, has re.
ceived an impetus which cannot be
stopped or prevented. The issue of
financial reform and the restoration
of the money OF the Constitution is not
dead and will not down.
1--WE have broken the solid North,
while the South is practically solid.
The tyranny of the Federal judiciary
and the greed of the plutocrats will
drive the masses by the million to our
support in the next great stuggle. JEFF
ferson lost his first battle in 1896, but
won in 1900. The Republican party
was overwhelmingly defeated in 1856
and Lincoln was defeated for the Sen
ate in 1858, but he was elected Presi.
dent in 1860. We will win in 1900.
Mckinley cannot give relief or restore
prosperity unless the law OF supply and
demand, as it effects money, has been
repealed"
"Wlll the policy OF the party lead
ers look TO conciliating the gold Demo
crats2"
"No; they have got in the party to
which they belong and are good rid
dance. There can be no step back.
ward. The Southern people and the
Eastern Democrats arc separated by
an impass;1S.e barrier. They are our
task-mast and we know it. We have
turned +, The West and must look and
work 81 that direction. If the Demo
Gratis had put up a gold platform. we
would not have carried single State.
The men which claimed to be gold
Democrats voted for Mckinley almost
solidly. There may be a spasmodic
rise in prices and a resumption OF busi-
ness activity, but it cannot last.
What do you think OF David b.
Hills future2"
Hills a dead duck and will never
again rise to the surface" was the en-
phatic declaration of Senator Tillman.