The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
TILLNAN TN BALTIMORE,
ne DELIVERS AN ADDRESS TO a
LARGE CROWD.
Ee Fires Cot shct Into the Gold azen and
Cs,?s the Maryland Democrats Plain
Truths About Their Condition-He
Scores tho Republtcans.

! Cslls the Maryland Democrats PlSio
Truths aoort Their condision-He
Scores tho Republicans.
siThers IS one thing" said Senator
/ benjamin. R. Tillman, Of South Caro-
| lima. while addressing a large and en-
thusiastic audience ct Raine's HsIl
recently under the auspices Of the
! Democratic Committee OF 9S, II
which we can join hands with our
goldbug friends, and that is IN defense
OF the national honor
| 1T is gratifying to NE that was
able to do consistently few days ago
! in the United States Senste en- act IN
which Democrats, Populists, Republi.
cans, goldbugs and silver men all
ioined together enthusiastically, and
that was in voting an appropriation
for national defenses. (Great applause)
It illustrates, to my mind, that there
1 is one thing that we all can join to-
gether IN, and that is defending the
American flag. When it comes 10
national honor ve know nc party CT
faction" Enthusiastic applause and
cries Of ''You are right
Senator Tillman's address was q
characteristic one, and oristlee with
denunciaticns, which highly pleased
the audience present. Maj. John !.
Yellot, of Baltimore county, presided,
and opened the meeting with 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.
pIsuse. He said, in part:
you have heard much abuse CT me
through the capitalistic press, and nc
doubt think me 8 strange article. But
the people often love men for the enc
mics they have made. I have received
| little free advertising from the gold
bug 6silies. But what of that? #
YOU trace back our country's history
you will find that there were other
public men entitled to the recollection
of the American people who were also
abused by an opposition press. Jefsr-
son was the target Of .he abuse CT plu'
+: tocratic papers, and so was Jackson,
and so was Lincoln. But, although
they were denounced by newspapers,
the people rallied to their support.
You are also ign Jrant OF me as l am IN
reality, as well as you ere OF the true
merit of free silver, becsuse you have
not single newspaper in this city to
advocate free silver, and that stands
for Democratic principles. You are
blindfclded, because you are kept in
Ignorance 5y the goldbug press. They
keep you in Ignorance and then ask
YOU to vote their ticket intelligently.
I come before you as the apostle OF the
only Democracy.
II am the apostle of the new Demo
cracy and of that party which has
Issued new Declaration Of InGepen,
6enca. You must study the financial
Questions of the hour and enlighten
yourselves if you would be free. So
phistry and falsehood IS now your
IdaiIy food as furnished in the daily
press. In 1895 tbs Democracy OF
Maryland, as ruled by your bosses,
Econtented itself with adopting gold
sstandard platform and sent a delega,
Etion to ths Chicago Convention. But
! when William Jennings Bryan was
snominated by that convention the
!course of some Of your leaders was no;
Ian honest one, and you were stabbed
lin the house of your friends. Last
ssummer you did poorly because the
party straddled. And you were de-
Heated, as you deserved to be.
''No man is FIT to lead people un'
less he is disposed to be honest with
his followers. The question of the
hour is whether the people or money
sshau rule. (Applause) 1t is pluto
cracy or Democracy orgenuine Repub,
licanism. The opponents OF free sill
yer want dear dollars and cheap man,
I(Applause.) They denouncs the new
/ democracy as anarchy.
And yet the condition OF the work
ling people OF this country today is
more CALLING ssrvitude than that of
The black slave of ante-bellum days
| The negroes of the old South were
better off than are the miners Of Penn
Isylvania today. The so.called Cleve.
Hand ideas of Democracy mean i've
white slaves for every black one that
used to exist. (Applause.) You have
been 5amboozled by the politicians TO.
years, because the leaders of both
iparsies conferred and settled al
policies beforehand. It made no diff
lierence which party triumDhed- gold
hurisn, survived. (Applause) The
Headers Of the Democracy OF Maryland
know say to you that a fight can never
| be won on the Chicago platform. They
sare afraid to say anything. But tell
/ you that with q rejuvenated party,
with new leaders, and that equality Of
Ioppor.unity and Of money which the
Chicago platform sets forth that rler
| will rally round your standard IN thi:
Estate. I believe that with asquare,
honest fight, on free silver platform
last year the present Legislature woulc
have been Democratic (Applause.)
Your great dailies all say tha
silver is dishonest. Well, why dom
prosperity return2 Why don't the
) good times come back? Where ar
they gomez a voice ''Out West. ="
Oh! no; they are not cut West; they
are just nowhere. daughter and ap
plause.) Why did wheat go up
: Simply because the European CROP
failed.
Wheat went up because the Euro
: peaus needed our wheat, and we, nav
S ing more than we wanted, could sell
to them. Next year, when the Euro
: pean crops are all right, we shall se'
/ another condition of ming. In fact
Itbelaws otsupply and demand govern
wheat, as well SIS all products. Th'
LAWS OF supply AID demand govern
Ernoney, dom. they2 "a voice. 20
: Icourse. l say they do also, but TIT
goldbugs say they don't. Those peo
pie contend that you can't make
silver dollar out ot z gold dollar. No
} of course not, because they legislalei