The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-03-22
TILnSaAN ON GOLD BUGS.
ae Tells the Maryland Democrats
Plain Truths About their Condi-

ton.
Baltimore Herald, 18th inst.
There Is one thing" said Senator
benjamin II. Tillman, OF South Caro-
lima, while addressing q large and en-
thusiastic audience al Raine's Hall
last night under the auspices Of the
Democratic Committee OF '96, Sin
which we cGn join hands with our gold
bug friends, and that Is in defense of
the national honor.
1t Is gratifying to me that l was
able to do consistently q few days ago
In the United States Senate an act in
which Democrats, Popublists, Republi-
cans, goldbugs and silver men all
Joined together enthusiastically, and
that was in voting an appropriation
for national efenses. Great applause
1t illustrates, to my mind, that there
10 one thing that we all can join togeth-
er In, and that Is defending the Ameri
can flag. When it comes to our ma
tional honor we know no party or
faction" Enthusiastic applause and
cries Of " You are right !)
Senator Tillman's address was q
characteristic one, and bristled with
denunciations, which highly pleased
the audience present. Mai. John |.
Yellot, Of Baltimore county, presided,
and opened the meeting with q clever
little speech, in which he defined the
theories Of free silver. When Senator
Tillman came to the front Of the stage
he was greeted with long and loud ap
plause. He said, in part
You have heard much abuse of me
through the c~apitalistic press, and no
doubt think me a strange article. But
the people often love men for the enc
mics they have made. | have received
q little free advertising from the gold
bug dailies. But what of that If
non trnnD hall ~,,. 100. a.
you will find that there we're other
pu1ic men entitled to the recollection
of the American people who were also
abused by ar opposition press. JetIer-
son was the target Of the abuse Of plu-
tocratic papers,, and SO was jackson,
end so was Lincoln. But, although
they were denounced by newspapers
the people rallied to their support.
You are also Ignorant OF me as | am in
reality, as well as you are of the true
merit OF free silver, because you have
not o single newspaper in this city to
advocate free silver, and that stands
for Democratic principles. You are
b~lindfolded, because you are kept in
ignorance by the goldbug press. They
keep you in Ignorance and then ask
you to vote their ticket intelligently
l come befor you as the apostle of the
only Democracy.
81 am the apostle Of the new Demo
cracy and Of that party which has
issued q new Declaration of Indepen
dence. You must study the tinancia
questions Of the hour aud enlighter
yourselves If you would be free. Sophis
try and falsehOod is now your dali,
food as furnished in the daily press
In 1856 the Democracy Of Maryland, a
ruled by your bosses, con:ented itsel
with adopting a gold standard platform
and sent q delegation to the Chicago
Convention. But when William
Jennings Bryan was nominated by tina
convention the course Of some of you
leaders was not an honest one, and yo,
we're stabbed in the house of you
friends. Last summer you did poorl
because the party straddled. a
things we're all Things to all mer
And you were defeated, as you deserv
ed to be.
mo man is fit to lead a people ur
less he is disposed to be honest wit
his followers. The question of tn
hour is whether the people or none
shall rule. (Applause.) 1t is pluto
cracy or Democracy or genuine Repub
canism. The opponents of free silve
= want dear dollars and cheap mer
(Applause.) They denounce the ne,
Democracy as anarchy.
And yet the condition of the work
ing people of ibis country today is
CSl Uudu UudU I
the black slaves of ante-bellum day.
The negroes OF TIE ola South wer
better off han are the miners of Penn
syivania today. The s~o-called Cleve
land ideas Of Democracy mean fv
white slaves for every black one tha
used to exist. (Applause.) You hav
been balnboozled by the politicians fo
parties conferred and settled a
policies beforehand. 1t made no di
ference which party triumphed-golc
bugism survived. (Applause.) Tn
leaders of the Democracy of Marylan
now say to you that a fight can neve
be won on the Chicago platform. The
are afraid to say anything. But | tie.
you that with a rejuvenated party
with new leaders, and that equality c
opportunity and of money which tn
Chicago platform sets forth that me
will rally round our standard in thi
State. | believe that With a square
honest fight, on a free-silver platforr
last year the present Legislature woul
have been Democratic (Applause.)
"Your great dailies all say tina
silver Is dishonest. Well, why don
prosperity return? Why don't tn
good times come back ? Where ar
they \gone? "a voice "Out Vest
Oh mo; they are not out West the.
are just nowhere. Laughter and an
plause.) Why did wheat go up
Simply because the European crop
failed.
Wheat went up because the Euro
peans needed our wheat, and we, hav
ing more than we wanted, could sell i
to them. Next year, when the Euro
pean crops are all right, we shall Sc,
another condition Of things. In fact
the laws OF supply and demand govern
wheat, as well as all products. Tn;
laws of supply and demand govern
money, don't they? "a voice. 80
course.') | say they do also, but the
goldbugs say they don't. Those PEG
pie contend that o can't make {
silver dollar out of q gold dollar. No
OF course not, because they legislatet
all the value of the silver dollar. The,
mad 1t q commodity, and not money
l do not, however, class all of the gold
bugs as our enemies. Some of then
are greedy, and the balance are igno
rant. Some are wealthy, and the rest
are poor as Democrats. (Applause
and laughter.) How long are you mer
OF Maryland going to listen to bosses :
We are going to win out in 1900, and
we want old Maryland back in the
Democratic column. Your bosses want
the offices. They don't want anything
y else. That la Why thev are afraid ~