The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-13

, of Oconeo and Anderson, and thore
were such hot times then that fow ladies
were present at tho meetings. He was
glad to sec the change, and to have the
opportunity of addressing such large
gath cring in which so many ladies were
Interested participates
Senator Tillman stated that the topic
assigned him was " National Conditions
and Tendencies" and it was n big sub
iect. The masses Of tho people were no
longer frccmcn, and the words were
! hardly out of his mouth when q man
directly in front asked, "Who made us
that way ?" and quick rs lightning came
the answer, "I he fools who vote to put
scoundrcls into Office" at which the
crowd chcercd Justify. He followed this
reply with the declaration that the con-
dition with which we arc now confronted
is that everything VIC buy and every
thing we are too poor to buy has got
into the hands of men who fix the
price of what VIC cat and what we wear,
and this is why we are not frccmcn.
How can VIC restore the former order Of
| things when capital competed with
capital, and not rs now when capital Is
combined with capital to opprcss the
people? We cannot buy the nccessarics
of life with the cotton grown in the
South, for there is no surplus money
made from the crop, and the wheat far.
mcr Of the West is in like condition.
| Frbn A., nv f,,;, ol,
traordinary conditions is that the men
in the Northern States vote the party
tickets without regard TO fitness for
office, and the bosses IN both parties
control the men who a;c elected.
He called attention to one hopeful
sign, which is that the American people
have changed Presidents at every cleo
ton since 1884 at which time the Dem
) ocrats had been successful for the first
time in almost Il generation, and had
put Grover Cleveland into the White
. House He was oustcd in 1888 by Ben
jamin Harrison, who in turn was de-
fcatcd by Cleveland in 1902, at which
time he CTillman) told the people that
there was something dead up the
creek" and four years later there was
something dead in the White House,
following the trcachery and infamous
3 administration of Clcvcland's second
, term. We have had two or three years
of his successor, and God is shaping the
destiny Of this country for the dcstruc
7 ton Of the Republican party and the
4 election Of Bryan in 1900. (This climax
was received with unboundcd chccrs)
, The war in the Philippines then cn
. gagged the attention Of the speaker
u Some say it will lead to the spread OF
d Christianity among the Filipinos, after
G we have given them liberty and freedom
:, He docs not believe in shooting religion
s into people, and the rifle is not goot
IS forcrunncr of the Bible. Where viii
8 the South profit commercially by thi.
& war on the Filipinos? Sugar, cottor
i and rice arc raised there, and cottor
u grows so prolific in those islands thai
e there is no need to plant it but once
Here is more competition for the South
70 crn farmers. The Republican Senators
y said in secret session that they wantet
the Philippines so rs to get foOthol(
1. in Asia, whereby they could force Chin,
r. to buy calico. Senator Mason said w,
,e wanted to make the Filipinos wear calico
r when they had never worn shirts il
;, their lives. We had no business thcr,
"a at the start, and we arc just now where
\ VIC were in February, occupying Manil;
IL | anu l'ollo, W iti fSi5 lltlIC ouIStNC LCl
- rtory. They tell us destiny and duty
~ compel us to prosecute this damnablt
q war, and the average man falls in will
II the doctrine to get all you can and kccl
all you get. We have not yet conquered
the Filipinos, and vino pays for it
Who gets the benefit Of it ? Corporate
IL power is behind this war, and MARI
c Hanna is distributing the benefits ac
l. cordingly. A great standing army vii
q be the outcome, and military OillCcr
20 will obey the orders of the plutocracy
l. which is the ultimate danger from pres
y ent conditions and tendencies.
y The South is powcrlcss by itself tC
% right the wrongs of the present cyl
' using the military arm Of the gov
/ crnmcnt to further its own ends. There
j. are 357 members of Congress, and only
Il seven of them are from South Carolina
Our members are helpless in the House
where Reed is boss, and as they are
{ gagged he concluded to speak for the
Z rest OF them in the Senate, and hc had
o done his share. When he wanted to get
q anything done there, be went to the
y Republican officials and said: "IIcrc, ]
\ want this. Our people pay taxes, and
I why cant you give it to them ?" lie
T. generally got what he went for, but he
|
them. He did stop steal Of four or five
millions Of dollars in the armor plate
+ business.
The Senator said he appreciated the
honors given him by the people, and he
had tried to serve the public faithfully
and honestly, but if they did not want
3 to send him back he didn't care. (Crics
of "we'll send you back.W OF course,
I would like to CO." said the Senator
"it's mighty nice place, and I'll be
asking you boys next year to elect me
9 again"
I The masses at tho North arc GOOD
, citizcns, said Tillman, but they can't get
i along without bosses. New York city
q could buy South Carolina, but the Re.
c publicans OF that State are under the
h dominion Of Platt, a lantern iawcd, lean
@ lanl littlo fellow, while Quay in Penn
y sylvana is an absolute boss, rs much so
Z az ever he (Tillman) was on his own
= plantation. The Southern people are
: Americans, the descendants Of Rcvo-
\ ~.