The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-08-09
TILLMAN'S DAY-GONTINUED.

to the Filiponos and say TO them, run
it to suit yourselves under an Auer'-
can proteesorase. which We will declare.
and repay to us the $20,0o0,0O0 We
paid to Spain. We will retain coai'og
stations and harbors of refuge. but the
natives will have full liberty to govern
themselves as they see> fit, free from
foreign interference. This is the way
We should get out. and it is the only
read open to true Americans aud bon
est democrats. It is the way | believe
Bryan would settle 1t.
When Senator Tillman concluded
there we're calls for Hon. j. Wm.
Stokes, but Mayor Hughson announced
that recess would be taken for dinner
{ and that De. Stokes would speak 10 the
afternoon.
An abundant dianer of all manner OF
good things was then spread before the
Z
crowd, aud sill went away from the
ssbses satisfied; for there was more than
enough provided for much larger
crowd.
10 the afternoon Hon. j. William
Stokes spoke, discussing, national
affairs; the Issues that have been before
Congress eud the efforts that he has
made 10 behalf of his constituents.
Hon. &. D. Smith vas called on fer
i speech and be finally consented to
comply with the wishes Of the crowd.
He stated that he agreed perfectly
with what Senator Tillman had
said as to the right of free men to
differ, and the right to think and
speak as they believe to be right.
In pursuance of this belief he would
proceed to give utterance to opinions
that would probably not coincide
with the views of many of his hear
ers, but if his remarks served no
other purpose they might at least
rub off some of the butter that had
been so heavily laid on Senator Till
man that he was embarrassed
thereby.
He then briefly outlined the re-
suits that have followed the Reform
upheaval, the establishment of the
dispensary and the creation Of
Winthrop and Clemson Colleges.
He criticised the management of
these institutions. The dispensary
system with its beer privilege an
mex was characterized as an enor-
nous and growing evil that is an in
cnbns fastened upon the vitals.of the
State. Winthrop and Clemson, he
asserted, do not accomplish the good
results they should; that the results
are not commensurate with the ex-
pense of maintaining them; that a
poor boy or girl has no chance of at
tending them; that there is too great
a gap between the public schools and
the colleges, and that there was no
bridge across the gap for poor girls
and boys.
He said. he like Senator Tillman,
did not desire to stir up old animosi-
ties, but he would ask any one in the
crowd who had received any benefit,
whose taxes were cent less, whose
burdens had been made lighter as
result of the strife and turmoil of
1890 and the triumph of the reform
movement, to stand up. No one
came forward. NO said Mr..
Smith, athere has been no change
except in the men who hold the of
fees and the people are not a whit
better off,
He could not agree with all that
QdQ USSu Sdto III Cioio0 va ASAi'eo~A
Tillman the olympian from Olympia,
but if the Senator will rid US of the
raise the standard OF the
public schools, SO that the poor people
can receive good common school
and prepare them to en-
ter the great colleges that he points
to as monuments of pride, he would
be proud to honor him and ready to
assist in laying on even thicker
veneer of "butter" and praise.
Senator Tillman replied in speech
nearly an hour long that had the ear
marks of an 1890 campaign meeting.
He said that all Of the butter had
been rubbed off, and as it was his
rule to rub pepper on the back of the
man who put salt on his, he would
talk straight truth.
He repudiated the demand that he
his duties in Washington