The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
THE DEMOCRACY.
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room in the State capitol during Re
publican times with the free sample
rooms at the State dispensary during
Tillman's administration as governor.
His srraignment of Tillman in con-
nection with the dispensary and the
penitentisry scandals was here inter
rupted.
MIR. Stevenson, the presiding officer
ruled that the record Of Tillnan in the
senate, not prior to that time, was
now under discussion. There was mild
cheering from Tillman's friends.
Senator Tillman asked that 'sthis
man" be not disturbed in the enjoy
ment of this luxury, it is not often he
could got people to listen to him.
There was more cheering and cries for
"Tillman" and for "Youmans.
Senator Tillman had during the first
part of the excoriation sat perfectly un-
moved, on the seat direc .ly in front Of
the ch.ir which Col. Youmsns had oc-
cupied, but his fighting face" showed
the return Of the fire of former bouts.
Mr.. Youmans acguiesced in the rul.
ing of the chair and did not conclude
his speech.
Mr.. A. H. Patterson Of Barnweil as
sured the convention that MIR. You
mans did not represent the people OF
Barnwell county in his rem srks.
MIR. Youmans-There is the record.
It speaks for itself.
ONLY ONE VOTE.
The vote on the motion to table Mr..
Youman's motion to table tho resolu-
tions was carried. There was only one
vote in the negative-tbat Of Mr.. You
mans. The resolutions were then
adopted by rising vote, Mr.. Youuans
again being the only one voting in the
negative.
There we're more demonstrations OF
applause, and the report of the COM
| mlttee on constitution and bylaws was
then taken up and disposed Of.
A SPEECH FROM T1LLMAN.
This concluded the work Of the con.
vention, and before the resolutions OF
thauks to presiding officer, clerks, etc.,
some delegate sent up resolution re-
ouestiDg a speech from Senator Till
man. This was adopted by the con
vention.
Senator Tlllnan accepted the invita-
ton aad made short address, which
was confined almost exclusively to ma.
tinual affairs. He said that he didn't
! IL TO talk as he once did, because he
n4l heard SO much talk in the senate.
Four years ago there was feverlsh.
uess and uncertainty as to the policy
of the national Democratic party. Mr..
Cleveland and his party had scuttled
the ship. The national convention at
Chicago was inspiring in the uprising
of the people. 1t vas the first genuine
Democratic convention since the war.
Its action represents the revival of the
party of Jefferson on the only lines 0!
durability. We now face another cam.
paigo. 1t has been estimated that q
wi.llon Democrats left the psrty in
| 1896. We went into that campaign
disorganized with the Palmer aud
Buckner party split off, and scared the
opposition nearly 10 death. If hard
fight was necessary then, it is doubly
SO now. The Republican majority is
arrogant in the extreme and is rushing
into piutocracy which will wreck the
government. Hanna had SIG, 1000, ,00C
with which to buy votes in 1896
We need money to carry speakers
and literature into the middle west.
We are still face to face with the
Philippine war, which has cost US
sl2O, 600, 600 Gncluding the navy and
requires the services Of 65, 600 men
Mckinley had brought on that var ex'
pecting the Filipinos to disband at the
first rush. He had sat in the senate
aud heard them talking of using the
Philippines as stepping stone to China
He declared that the Republican party
has great schemes Of aggrandizement.
He defended his position on the Chioa
open door question in China. He
would stand by it, but he did not favor
using the Philippines as stepping
stone.
He was applauded in his reply to the
statement that he was in favor Of South
Carolina getting her share of the steal.
ing in Washington. It did not imply
a surrender of any principle. The
south pays one third of the taxes and
gets but tenth in return, and he con-
tended it was but right for South Caro-.
lima to get her share Of the appropris.
tions.
This country is in danger. Ii Mr..
Mckinley is elected it means an ALI
ance ~ith England. Inordinate greed
is behind Eogland's unholy war in AT.
rics. The arpet-bsgger will get the
benefit, and We must keep a standing
army Of 200, 900 men, and if the trend
of affairs keeps up that army will be
brought back to this country to shoot
the people of this country into subj &C.
ton to the will of the trusts. He had
denounced the Republicans to their
faces as hypocrites, and the people Of
this State had never heard Of it. IF
the conspiracy Of silence among some
Of the newspapers to keep my constitu-
cn;s from knowing what do keeps up,
cao't help it," he said with a consid.
erahic show of feeling.
The c,ovan'ion then adjourned.
We tuiiy agree with the Columbia
State that the prevalence Of perfect
harmony in the ranks Of the Democ.
racy of South Carolina was most SILK
ingly exempl6ed Wednesday in the
State Democratic convention when Ex-
Gov John c. Sheppard arose, nomina-
tioDs for delegates. at-large to the
national convention having been called
for, and presented in behalf Of The
Eigc6cld delegation the name Of the
Hon. B. R. Tillmsn, and Mr.. Gosgro7e