The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-17
THE ONLY TlLLMAN

Last Evening in the Auditorium
"A Very Small Turnout
The Representative Democrats
Of Our City Fail to Attend
Even the First Regiment Band
Fails to Draw the Crowd-The
Admission Fee of Is Cents
Charged With Keeping the
People Away-As a Drawing
Card Senator Tillman is a Fail
ure.
Although the Free Silver League had
the services of the First Regiment Band
last night, 1t failed to draw the people to
hear the fiery Senator Benjamin r. Till
mana of South Carolina, (who was It's
Governor for two terms, and after much
blood shed had The liquor business placed
in the hands of the State officials). There
was very small audience in the auditor
ium.
The audience did not number over four
hundred persons. The chairs on the stage
were occupied by Senators, John Pyle and
Samuel Meredith, Representatives, Chas
NJ Adams; Charles G. Dempsey, John W.
Mattford Short; Clerk, G. w, Spioer Jr. ;
Chaplain, II. G. G. Vincent Sergeant at
Arms, W. b. Hazel x-Secrctary of
State, John A. Hawkins and John h.
Salisbury.
The First Regiment Band struck up
Hail to the chief" when the Senator
took his seat at the front of the
stage. President Morton Of the Demo-
cratic League introduced Congressman
Handy to the audience as chairman of the
occasion
L. IRVING HANDY'S SPEECH.
Mr. Handy arose and spoke as follows:
1.-The business situation in our country
is, to say the least unsatisfactory. Our
new President thought 1t SO extraordinar
lily unsatisfactory that be promptly call.
ed an extraordinary session of Congress;to
pass remedial legislation Is unsatisfactory
and wO are ready to agree to the PROPOSE.
tion that 1t is in the power Of the general
government to bring some measure of re.
lief if 1t will do the wise thing. But what
is the wise thing? The President in his
",
ignores all else and bids us lay Il heayier
burden of taxation on the people.
Although four great appropriation bills
extravagantly passed failed of passage In
the closing hours Of the last Congress and
they might now be revised and cut down
to the point of economy. We hear naught
of cutting down expenditure to meet The
reduced revenue of people In reduced cir
cumstances. The cry is for higher taxes
and we are warned to be very qui,k about
imposing them upon the people. In re.
sponse TO this demand Mr.. Dingley Chair
man Of the Ways and Means Committee
in the House introduced yesterday the new
tariff bill. notice among the provisions
contu aimed therein that 1t empowers the
President to impose by proclamation IA
tariff of | a cents pound in such skins
and hides rs Wilmington's Morocco lacto,
ries need for raw material. What will
such tax do to our important morocco
industry? This question Ia worthy of
careful consideration by our manufacture.
ers and their employees and of every man
who has the welfare Of Wilmington at
heart.
SENATOR TlLLMAN SPEAKS
Mr.. Handy introduced Senator Tilman
asa plain spoken and honest man. who
had come to our city to discuss crrrent
Issues, with our fellow citizens of Della.
ware. He began his remarks by saying:
Ladies', gentlemen and fellow citizens,
he wanted to have his say without being
called harsh names. That he came to dis.
cuss the great problems of trade and
finance that were pressing for solution and
while many of these present might dsa
gree with him he Cheerfully conceded their
right to criticise, but denied their right to
call him an anarchist because he disa,
greed with them. He paid his compli-
ments to the press and the newspaper
writers OF the country in no very Compli-
mentary terms.
The people evidently did not want Mr..
Bryan as president or they would not
have elected Mr. Mckinley President God
forgive them for what they have done for
they will never forgive themselves
You have elected il King, n man who
will lord IL over you for the next four
years. His power Is even greater than
any King on earth.
We have been restless for the last ID
years In 1884 we were so tired of Repub.
lican Rule that we elected Democrat.
In 1888 we took back what We had done
and elected a Republican. In 1892 we
went back on the Republicans and again
elected Democrat and in 1895 we Topped
again and elected u Republican.
1t was out OF the frying pan Into the
fire, but experience had taught him that
whether it was Republican or Cleyo.
land Democrat the Same bandlttl ruled
the roost Harrison carried out the policy
of Cleveland. Cleveland then carried out
the policy Of Harrison and MI, Mckinley
will now carry out the policy Of Cleveland,
We are ruled by tie Wall street gang.
They have the Government by the throat
and have their hands down in the pockets
of the people up TO their elbows
The last four years Of Democratic rule
was the worst the country has ever seen
3 (Applauso')
After hoodwinking the people on the
money question the Republican party WAS
now shouting tariff rs the only way out Of
the wilderness. They need have no fear.
He for one would help cram as much of
the tariff down the threats of the people
as they could stand. The tariff is not The
cause of the hard times. Such times AS
the country has never seen before and he
hoped would never see again, we are pass.
ing through. It's the money question
which wants to be settled. The East has
destroyed her home market by her ad.
heronCe to the English policy of gold
monometallsm. He was as good an
American rs ever lived. He believed in
protecting the working man from pauper
labor. Ho would like to see the seventy
million people in this country able to con.
sumo all of the products Of the manufaC.
turers but we can't do ii.
If the factories start up they will only
pile up goods SO fast that they will be-
come burden upon the shelves of the
store keepers, and then the factories will
all shut down again If the markets Of the
world arc not thrown open to them.
Cotton has never been so low except in
1896, when it sold as low as "A cents per
pound. The South has been skinned 50
long that its down to the bone. They can
standit awhile longer. The tariff has
done this and with the Sherman law ID
was possible,
You people know nothing of the m onoy
question. You have never studied it. A
farmer down my way who does his plow.
ing with a bull team knows more about
the money question than any Of your
bankers up here. (Applause.)
The shrnkage in farm lands in Penn
sylvania aud Delaware have been enor
nous. =
| don't believe I or my countrymen
were put here to be hGwcrs of wood and
drawers of water for these money kings.
He alluded to the numerous empty
seats in the hall, saying, that ii no adj.
mission had been charged the seats would
have been all occupied by tho poJpio
whom he would like to talk to, and who
no doubt were talked into voting the Re.
publican ticket, for which they are no
doubt now trupy ashamed of and have