The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-02
TILLMAN RANTS AGAIN.
HARPING ON TINE BoND ISSUE, HE
PREDICTS REPUDIITIOS.

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Senator HIN Answcrs the south Caroiinisn
and Says Cleveland WIN Not Be ~ Cnr-
dldnte at ChicnRo-Oniy Two New Bat
ts ships Provided for In the Navni Biii.
WAsHtNGToN. May /. A remarkable political
debate took place In the senate this afternoon
between Senator Hill on one side md Senator
Tillman Of South Carolina, alleged Popullst,
and Senator Allen Of Nebraska, confessed Pop
ulist, on the other. The debate was remark
able chiefly because OF tho surprising antics Of
the South Carolina Senator aud tho candor with
which Senator Hi, In replying, discussed tn.
past history and tho future hopes of the
Democratic party, particularly in Tho state
OF New York. The four hours Of rough
and tumble political speech making was
apropos Of nothing In particular. 1t all
cnmo uD like n gust OF wind and carried
everything before II. The Senate was consider
ing the Naval Appropriation bill. and Senator
Hale, in charge of It, had given notice that he
would ask for a vote before the close Of the
days session. lie had reckoned without his
host. however, for at an opportune moment
Senator Tillman arose from his seat In the back
row Of the Democratic side and plunged into a
discussion Of general financial and political
questions without any introductlon, except TO
state. with q characteristic sweeping wave OF
the arm, that he would take advantage of the
rules as other Senators did and discuss any sub
ject he saw III without paying any attention to
the question before the Senate.
The picturesque South Carolina Senator had
only spoken at length once before in the Senate,
but OH that occasion he gave the country an
illustration OF what he could do when
warmed up TO the occasion, and lie had not been
speaking two minutes this afternoon when it
was realized that he had blood in his one good
eye and was out for a field day. Senators came
providing into the Chamber from their lounging
places about the building. members hurried
across from the House. and. In the twinkling OF
an eve, the great galleries filled up with that
mysterious crowd that springs up In the halls OF
Congress like mushrooms in the night when the
word goes forth that there is II row on hand.
Mr.. Tillman did not disappoint his audience.
He was more Explosive, uDdignifed. and pictu-
rescue, and altogether original than when he
delivered his maiden speech early in tho ses-
sion. and which made him famous as the most
interesting Senatorial exhibit since the days of
Riddleberger. This typical nineteenth century
south Carolinian Is a ready and fluent talker.
uncouth and ungrammatical at times. bnt sur
prisingly epigrammatic. and while almost every
Senator on both sides OF the Chamber listened
with impatience and sometimes with disgust to
his wild haranguc. 1t was noticeable that when
he struck a direct blow tho object hit plainly
felt it.
Senator Hill happened TO be the target Of this
political guerrilla's warfare today, and he felt
his attacks just enough to feel irritated. He
therefore took the most effective means Of de-
Tense at his command and replied solnewhat in
kind. Mr.. Hill is probably the only mar in the
Senate who could successfully meet on his own
ground the South Carolina political freebooter
who. while claiming to be q Democrat, and de-
nving that he Is a Populist. goes far beyond the
Populists themselves In his thund erings against
the laws. the Administration. and the personal
character of those who happen to be in control
OF the Government.
AS Mr.. Tillmnn talked to-day he flung his
arms about wildly, paced up and down almost
the entire length OF the Democratic eide OF tho
chamber. and in one OF his acrobatic flights
went so far as TO turn his back to the Senate
and address himself 10 the gilded walls within
an inch OF his hawkllke nose. This odd per-
ormance caused a burst of laughter. which did
not disconcert the unconventional Senator In
the least. He did not even smile, but went on
with his declamations with perfect apparent
self possession.
Senator Hill sat a few feet in front of the
South Carolina Senator and did not vince at
the arraiRnment OF him as a defender OF the
financial policy of the Cleveland Administra-
ton and as the representative OF the capitalists
of the East, whom Mr.. Tillman loves to de-
nounce as robbers and liars and ghouls and
hyenas; but when Mr.. Tillmnn sat down, having
exhausted himself and his subject, Senator
Hill took his place and gave him a Roland
for his every Oliver. The particular point
of Senator Tillman's attack upon Mr.. Hin,
II, indeed, II had any point, was to prove
that Senator Hill stood upon the same political
platform with John sherman OF Ohio. and that
therefore he should more rightfully be classed
as q Republican than as a Democrat. This as
sault upon his Democracy is probably what In
duced Senator Hin to make the vigorous and
protracted reply TO his assailant. He denied. AZ
he has denied many times before in the Senate.
that In defending the financial policy of tho Ad.
ministration he was acting In any way as the
representative or a defender OF President Cleve-
land. He repudiated him and his alleged
Democracy. aud spoke In behalf OF him
OF the State OF New York. lie discussed The
history OF the Democratic Convention in 1902,
protests OF the New York delegation. and re-
called how the regular Democracy OF that state
s sWH,sG iSr c' S"s,r utiAp lie fefsrred Ia I" t H"sT press int
situation in the party, and incidentally pre-
and alSIs %f,erWsrd and s1cceeded in conVincine Sl
who heard him that lie at least had never wa
S NeCea sn N he's be would SsyGd'q Se i I" ate IN De ,he iS,uls r "a
tho past, upholdinR the principles OF Jeferso-
Allen OF Nebraska who boasts OF the fact that
he is n pOpulist, and who's, views are so similar
to those of Mr.. It!lmRn that no must no sur
prlsed 10 hear the latter call himself a Demo
crat, was also caught In Mr.. Hillis net and
added his, mite 10 the scrimmage; Mr.. Hin
made the direct charge hat the six Populists In
the Senate, by Withholding their votes. allowed
the Republicans to organize the body and take
possession OF the committees and the offices,
and intimated that in so acting, they had soli
their influence for patronage. Mr., Allen. with
much apparent sincerity, denied this, but It has
So long been believed TO be true that his hurst
OF ~virtuous indignation was not taken seriously.
nv The United Press.
After the passage OF several private bills, the
Naval Appropriation bill was taken up, the
question being on the amendment offered by
NIr. German dem, Md IL reduce the number
~ battle ships provided for in the bill from four
to two. Without further discussion the vote
was taken and the amendment was agreed To
yeas 81, nays 27-as follows:
YKAs-Allen, Raker, Rate, Kerry, blanchard, Butler,
Chiffon, UallinyeE. George, German. I'M. Jones at Ar.
kansas, KYLE Mills, Mitchell OF Wisconsin, Nilsson,
FascO, rettr, PettIgrew, l%Iitchard, ruph, noach,
hlrrnian, Tprnle, Yea, Villas, walthaII Warren, White,
Wilson. NulcOtt al.
NAYS bacon, Blackburn. Brown, Cannon, Carter,
Glars Dan 81, Davis. Faulkner, kTye, Gear, uihS0n,
ItaMlpN. ITnv. Lodge, NChTtle. MpMllnu Mania