The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-07-16
Ti|man and Hill.
AN EXCITING EPISODE IN CHICAGO.
CHEERS AND HlSSIGS FOR TILL,
MAN

CHEERS AND HlSsES FOR TILL,
Ho Makes u Bitter Attack Upon
Cleveland and Dcncs the Gal.
| Icrics.
Ono OF the most exciting episodes in
the National Democratic Convention
was the dobate on Thursday between
| Illlman and Hill on tho currency issue.
| Tho press report IL rs follows:
Senator Ben Tillman, OF South Car
"lina, mounted the stage to open the
great debate In bohalf OF frco coinage.
a striking figure he was ~ he faced
DRESS shabby coatcd, wearing Il heavy
silver chain across his breast, he ia
hthnt!y drcw the eyes of the ~, 900 pcO-
! pie prrrcnt. They turned tDwArd him
hn u t'c "crc Ln unthgOnint fila thick
n't, crntnanbinY torn waa fu! rf de-.
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IN" .r': :H!t %nb ':hn. prs:**t:, N.G m
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their breath. ..r:n :aay :;><:: t;...
Cheers, mingled with hiss.l. '"n> 81 {"
air. Mr.. Richardson, who was vii. T..
ing the gavol, with tho aid OF the us-
slstnnt scrgcnnt-nC-arms, suddenly sup
pressed tho demonstrations lis first sen.
tcncc showed that hu had good, woll
modnl ,tcd voice, but ns he procccdod
ho pitched 1t In II kcy 80 shril that It
grated like file. 1t was chnructoris.
tic from tho beginning.
Tlllmnu realized that 80 far as the
gallcrles wore concerned, he fucud an
audience which he felt WAS largely
hostile. He introduced himself to
thcm hy saying that he cnmo before
thom rs he was; not us the wing
newspapers had rcprcscntc.lIhim to bc."
\ round OF applause greeted this an
nouncemcnt. but 1t vas drowned in the
storm OF hiSScs from the galleries
"hlch WAS Increased 10 y perfect whirl-
. N9G ot s;h.!ant sound aS he added
>%ame from a State which WAS the
-G:l.Sf,t :: &s*s:on."
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;,:,z"en pipoo: h,as >.71s\ : 4" '...';. /. .
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him. t-s *ys clAZ.uC bul :,al 10
tS't h's tr.y itrs,e i-.ngS -
hiss Sh!1 IL viii cur! O! Ms n Il
Us. q ci':,ss. a serpent auG man"
Raising It's heaG an6 a6Gress:ng the
galleries, he shouted iha. the man who
! hiSSed South Carolina forgot the his
! tory OF the revolution when that State
kept the fires Of liberty. This pro.
| voked wild demonstration.
South Carolina, in 1860" he said,
led the fight in the Democratic party
which disrupted it,"
"SecessiOn," he continued while the
galleries hissed, drought about the
war, tho war which cmancipated the
black man
"Now," he added, sweeping his hand
| through the air above his head, "wo
are leading the fight to cmancipatc
the white slaves" This time the sill
vor men had their innings, but tbey
did not applaud very loudly when he
declared that with conditions revcrs cd
he was willing to again soc the Demo
cratic party disrupted.
AS he proceeded the gallc cics again
hisscd and several timce tnc sergeant
alarms threatened TO cloar tho ga..
lcries. The silver men had chance
to shout their approval when he de-
clarcd that they were adopting ~ now
Declaration OF independence of "I6 to
|" or hust.
Tho storm OF Kisses issued forth
again when he rcpudiatcd the denial
that this was a sectional contest.
VI say it Is ~ sectional issue" nc cried
land 1T will prevail" After tho pyro.
tcchnic expressions, so characteristic
OF the man, he driftcd into statistics to
show the bondage OF the South and
West to the East, and these dry figures
gave the galleries another opportunity
to cry him down.
"Timc, time, time" they shouted.
This reused the Senator again to angry
resentment. He paced the platform
like an enragcd lion.
=" know, know" he cried, with arm
aloft, you are against US. There il
not papor In tbs city that is not in
the power of the money influences.
They will not give us fair show.
They characterize us IA howling dor
wishes and silver lunatics"
Many OF the delegates crowucu IN
the aislcs and stood at the foot OF the
stage studying intcntly the features OF
the man before them.
Senator Tillmnn declared that the
only way to avert Il revolution was tC
select man whose record would fit the
platform. Soon the Kissing began
again at some radical uttoranco and
tho South Carolinian took occasion &c
say that -four years ago the New York
Senator WAS hisscd az | am now
= Where is New York now? Where Is
New York's lcader?' From the gal
lcry came tho cry, "In the soup,
which brought down d wave Of cheer.
for Hill, topped with fonM OF Kisses
Tillman stayed, waiting for the noise
to subsidc, and then putting his hand
before his mouth for speaking trum
pct, called like ~ fogEorn in defiance
"iou can just rs well understand
that | am going to have my say If
stand hero until sundown.'
He was permitted to go on with com
parativo quiet for tho chairman hat
pleaded with the auditors and throat
cncd to clear tho galleries. He sur
priscd his hearers anew by an attacl