Birmingham state herald., 1896-11-07
PULLMAN TALKS.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR
 ON THE ELECTION.
Attributes the Result Largely to the Un- blushing Use of Money.-Says Hill
 Is a Dead Duck

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 6.-Senator Ben Till man, of South Carolina, who was here today on his way home from Chicago, declared that Bryan would be the nomi- nee of the democratic party in 1900.
 "The battle has been the most heated and hardest fought political contest in our history and the democratic party has never shown to better advantage" said Senator Tillman. ''rhe issues have been clearly defined and bravely sustained while our great leader, Bryan, has cover ed himself with glory and is the idol of the democratic masses"
 ITO what causes do you attribute Me Kinley's triumph?'
 There were several causes, all of them makfNA combination that it was inn possib,e to overcome. In the first place the odum attaching to democracy from Clevelandism and all that 1t implies drove from us hundreds of thousands of men. Hard time; 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 democratic newspapers which reach ed the masses in the northern cities were powerless to obliterate the impression. The democratic party suffered, although it had repudiated Cleveland and his poli- cy.
 'Then the unblushing use of money in unlimited quantities controlled many thousands of votes. The campaign of the republicans was conducted by the republicans with great vigor by large corps of well trained speakers, many of them men of national repute, while the democracy, without mea1r, relied upon volunteer speakers and these could not cover the field as thoroughly as their op- ponents.
 "A third fa otor mas tho throat opa,, or implied, by thousands of owners of manufactories and work shops that Bry- ans election meant the closing down of work. The army of the idle were prom ised work if Mckinley should triumph. The republican masses in the country or agricultural districts were promised a return of good prices and prosperous times under a republican tariff policy and with restoration of confidence.
 "The natural alliance of the south and west, though not complete, has received 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.
 We have broken the solid south, while the south is practically solid. The tyran- ny of the federal judiciary and the greed of the plutocrats will drive the masses by the million, to our support in the next great struggle. Jeffesson lost his first battle in 1769, but won in 1900. The re- publican party was overwhelmingly de- feated in 1856, and Lincoln was defeated for the senate in 1S58 but he was elected president in 1S60 We will win in 1900 Me Kinley cannot give relief or restore pros perity unless the law of supply and de- mand, as it affects money, has been re- peated."
 twill the policy of the party leaders look to consolidating the gold democrats ?"
 "No. They have got in the party to which they belong and are good rid dance. There can be no step backward The southern people and the eastern democrats are separated by an impas- sable barrier They are our task masters and we know it. We have turned to the west and must look and work in that di- rection. If the democrats had put up gold platform we would not have carried a single state.
 The men who claimed to be the gold democrats voted for Mckinley almost solidly.
 There may be spasmodic rise in prices and a resumption of business ac- tivity, but it cannot last"
 What do you think of David B. Hills future?''
 ''Hilps dead duck and will never again rise to the surface" was the emphatic declaration of Senator Tilman.