The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-26
TnLMAN'S PITCHFORK.
FEoURIsHED UNDER THE NOSE OF
THE GOLDBUGS.
Press of New neutrality-suspicious.
or COnfiscatiOn-Whi

NEW YORK, June 25.-The first or
ganized movement in behalf of free
silver in this city was inaugurated
tonight at Cooper Union, and the hall
held a vast assem.blage. The meeting
was under the auspices of the Ameri-
can silver organization, which has for
its sponsors the young Democracy"
better known as eX-Sheriff O'BTien'S
followers.
Senator Ben Tfllman of South Caro-
lima, the chief speaker, received an
ovation as he walked upon the plat
form and took a seat under an ancient
painting Of Horace Greeley.
The meeting was called to order by
George P. keeney, the official general
organizer, who called attention to the
presence of Senator Tillman. The
mention of the senator's name set the
audience to applauding again ard it
cheered vigorously Senator Bixbie of
the state Democracy and Alexander
Delmar made brief speeches, after
which
SENATOR TILLMAN WAS INTRO
DUCED.
He was again loudly cheered and be-
gan his speech with a bitter attack on
the press of New York.
In continuing he said in part:
Some of you have perhaps formed
your opinions about me. | have also
formed mine about you. You are the
most ignorant and benighted conGnu
nifty in the nited States. Your news
papers. on which you alone depend for
your news and knowledge of public
men and public affairs, has studiously
kept you hidebound and narrow by
giving you only one side of this ques-
ton. Right here let me say that you
are the biggest of newspaper gluStons
l ever saw in my life. L have seen
the time l would
VOTE FOR ANY MAN AT HIS
BIDDING,
whether idiot or thief, but 1 have got
above that. Though l appear here as
a Democrat, 1 appear here also in the
higher role of an American"
He sarcastically reviewed the politi-
cal history and legislation since Mr.
Cleveland was first elected president
making bitter attacks on MIN. He
then declared, that the currency fight
was a sectional one, adding that BIZ
metalliz.n is national while ''goldbug-
gerry" is sectional.
You are driving us to the alterna-
tive of Reputation or confiscation,' he
declared. This is why L am glad to
come here and carry the war into At
RIGA, for this Is the head center CT the
devilment That is why 1 come to New
York within a mile of Wall street,
where you are surrounded BY million
aires, where you belong to them as
; slaves, ard ask you to rise in your
majesty and
THROW OFF THIS YOKE.
But 1 tell you right now, we are not
caIcu.at ting upon your doing it. We
4 do not expect your nelp, and our plan
Ming is to beat you at the polls in spite
! of your morey."
/ He compared the wealth of the east
with that of the west and south, and
added: The south and west cultivate
corn and wheat. The eastern man
chiefly cultivates bonds
He said the millions in New York
Golfers had been stolen from the rank
and file, that the money of this country
was congested in the Golfers of Wall
street, and that that was why the
man of the south and west complained.
! At the conclusion of the speech free
silver resolutions were adopted and
! William P. st. John was delegated to
go to the Democratic and Populist
conventions to press them upon the
delegates.
A cali for a silver convention in st.
Louis, July 90 to nominate or endorse
a presidential candidate, was read,
! closing the meeting.