Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
4 TALK With 4ILLMAN.
lie Has as High an Opinion Of
His Cwu Views as Ever,
Our AIKEN CORRESPONDENT TAKES
HIM on THE FLY AS HE Is WEND-
ING HIS HoMEWARDs AND GETS
HIM TO TALK ABOUT NATIONAL
AND STATE PoMTIcs-HE STILL
REGARDS EVANS AS A GREEN
YOUNG MAN.
News and Courier.

News and Courier
Aiken, September 25.-senator
B. r. Tillman arrived in Aiken this
morning via the Atlantic Coast
Lie enroute to his home at 'rren-
ton. AZ he had several hours to
wait he went to, the Busch Housa
and took breakfast and rested. Gu
hearing that tie Senator was at
the Busch House your correspon-
dent went down and called on him,
and had a pleasant chat of ab"ut
ten or fifteen minutes. He did not
appear to be the least fatigued, and
was quite talka'ive. He has been
making speeches in Pennsylvania
and other places North, and spoke
twice in North Carolina yester-
day.
In reply to my question as TO
how did he find politics in North
Carolina he answered: "The worst
mixed. up you ever saw" The Pop
uli5ts had combined with the Dem
ocrats on the electoral ticket, and
with the Republicans on Congress-
men. He said he took occasion in
his two speeches yesterday to give
the Populists h. To do this ef-
fectively he paved the way by first
pitching into the old line Demo-
crats-the old oligarchy. He said
he couldn't tell what would be the
result Of these combines, as they
were made by the Populist leaders
and not by the masses,
AS to the chances of Bryan in
Pennsylvania Mr.. Tillman was not
enthusiastic. His attention was
called to Col. McClure's estimate
of the vote in Pennsylvania, pub
iished in to-day's Augusta Chroni-
Gle, in which Col. Mcclure said
Mckinley would have 100000 ma
iority. Mr.. Tillman poohpoohed
this, and said the Democrats would
reduce the usual Republican ma
jority in that Stale and gain some
Congressman.
In reference TO the general out
look for the success Of The Bryan
ticket Mr.. rillman said it was good.
From the information he gathered
from travelling men and from COM
mitteemen that he met in Wash
ington and elsewhere he has been
led to believe that Bryan will car
ry every State West of Ohio, and
the Democrats have good fight
ing chance in Ohio. And, he added,
"we'vp got to elect Bryan"
Mr.. Tillman was next asked
about the truthfulness of the tele-
graphic report that she had been
howled down at Reading, Pa"
Without denying or affirming the
report, he said the article taken
from the Reading Eagle and pub
lishod in Thursdays Columbia
Register was correct.
The conversation at this juno
ture turned OH State politics, oil the
Senator's own mot ton. He began
by asking, "Whats the news down
hore?" TO this your correspondent
answered, Nothing much now;
plenty OF dry weather, with politics
quiet.
"I $ eyou have turned John down
since | left The Senator continu-
ed, "Well, he defeUted himself.
That letter of his on the eve of The
S cond primary was enough TO de-
feat him. | advised him against
sending out that letter. On my
wa5 North John got on the tram
at Columbia and rode with me be-
tween tie two dapots, and showed
me tie letter, but | did not have
time to read it all over. | tod him
then if he published that letter it
would defeat him. The next thing
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