The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-10-17
TuL.MaN ON THE RAMPAGE.
The Senator Uses His PitchtOrk I'm
Illinois tic Makes Charges OF Cor.
rupiion Against Mckinley and
Hanna.

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The S.. Louis Globe Democrat prints
the following special from C%arrolltop,
Ill giving some choice extracts from
Senator Tillman's speech in That city
"A pitchiork is a mighty handy thing
to have around. IL is good to handle
hay with; it is good for straw and grain;
it 10 absolutely necessary to handle-(a
pause manure. | don't come here to
abuse Republicans or the Republican
party as q body, hut in talking about
some Of the actions OF their President
| shall be compelled to use q pitChfork,
because | don't like TO use my iiagerS
in IT,"
Thus Benjamin II. Tillman, OF South
Carolina, made his opening impression
upon the grand Democratic mass meet.
ipg at Carrollton. He was ch eered
vigorously.
This is one OF the Democratic strong.
holds OF Illinois. The attendance was
large. Che Senator said: This is the
most home like audience have I'D
dressed since | have been among the
Northern people" He went on to ex
plain that his former speeches had
been made in cities and towns where
he hadn't that h0mc-like feeling that
he had when he talked to farmers. 81
am q 'srmer pure and simple the Sen
ator said. THAT is the reason the
word pitchfork is attached to me-" And
then the Senator sprung his manure
Joke. The reception OF 1t seemed TO in
crease his home.like feeling, for he let
himself out as he had not done previous
ly in any OF his speeches in the North.
One of the statements with which
the Senator opened wide the eyes of the
Democrats farmers Of Illinois was his
bald assertion that Mark Hanna had
raised So, 600, 900 or 50, 600, 600 from the
armorplate makers and was using 1T
in the campaign. ~ was on the naval
committee with William f.. Chandler
the Senator said, land | know ONE
thing OF the armorplate business.
There are two concerns in the country
which make this armorplate-Carnegie
! and the Bethlehem. We had a con
tract on which we had been holding
them five years. We had been keep.
ing them down to $500 a ton. This year,
on the last day OF the session of Con,
gress, Mark Hanna took charge OF t.
He went in and ordered his henchmer
TO give authority TO the Secretary O.
the Navy to make acontract for armor
plato at what he saw iii. Twelve
Republican Senators who had stood
with u5 before fell down and voted tc
give Carnegie and Bethlehem this con
tract for SIT, DOC, 900 Ill swear tina
Mark Hanna, to the best of my b slie
ard Knowledge, had al agreement with
those two firms to give him So, 900, 0O(
or So. 600, 600 for the Presidential cam
paign. So you sec you sond men t.
Congress to vote for contracts which
furnish the money to buy our vote.
with"
SDme of Senator Tiilman's dcclara
tions about bribery and corruption
wsrc reckless ever beyond his usua
freedom Of speech. There are
great many millions of good R,publi
caus,' said Senator TIllmau. "rr
only trouble with them is thoy arr
wrong up here The Senator tapDet
his forehead. 81 can cay equally" he
continued, "thatsome OF our Democrats
are wrong up here" The Senator tap
ped his dome again. the crowd laugh
ed and waited for the application. y"
wish to say Of the ID GOO, 600 voters W ht
will march to the polls in Novembe
II .000, 900 are SO narrow and partisan
toey would see you in hadss hefor,
they would vote for the parry othc
than the one they belong to. they ar,
II publicans ami Democrats bec aus,
they were born 80. There arc 1000 OO
such Republicans. There arc 1000, OO
OF such Democrats. Therefore, an
making my appeals 20 tho Independent
voters, To those with sufficient intelli
gence TO vote Tor what they believe {,
be for the best interests Of the country
| want to mako an appeal ~ the inIC
pendent voter, because his vote, CvyI
II he votes for u dollar u day, count
Tor Just as much As the vote of John ID
Rockefeller; that 10 II JOhu ID. RDcke
fCll2r's millions cant find some intern
| nj L.nt, n al r.I, 4, ~. l,-.n .,1I. -.
fellows to bay"
mo stream can rise higher than IT,,
source" the Senator went on oracular
~ after his astonishing lothian. "a
lick at the dollar-a day man, and be
gan to talk Of corruption in COugrCE.
IL wish you could see those fellow.
who sell themselves in Congress Rs
have seer them. | have not seen tn,
money actually passed, but If [ hat
been on u jury and had had the evidpnc,
before me rs saw it | would have
found them guilty.
Senator Tillman quoted from Pr, 81
dent McKinley's letter OF acccptupc,
the passage declaring the duty.impos
cd by honof toward the Philippines
THAT means" said the Senator, "tbt
President will rely upon Mark Hanua'
money to buy enough votes to ~cnslayt
you and your children forever" Thi,
was the Sena cr's starter ON the sub
jcct OF imperialism. He proceeded
Douglas and Lincoln went IN nnt
down this State. Douglas contendeC
that when we said govcrnm MT derived
ite just po yer from the consent OF the
governed II " ) Intended II leave nut
tile nigge =. Lincoln said it vas III,
other way. The North arose en- masst
in 1860 and sided with Lincoln's views
And now you's got 10, 900, 600 niger.
down South to projick on, to exercise
your ingenuity on. But you are turn
ing them over to us to shoot and kill
How will you old soldiers, who march.
ed through South Ca. Olins. and didn',
leave anything but the %chimueys stand
ing, answer the Confederates YOU killed
when you meet them up yonder, and
they ask you, Well Johnny, how arc
things? You'll have to say the Repub
lean party now says Douglas was RICH,
and Lincoln was wrong. You've got
to go to God pretty 5000 and answcf
for your votes.
The most damnable piece of dis.
hon nr," said the Senator, in speaking OF
the Philippine policy, "is that we have
betrayed them. We have disgrGced our
flag and the republic. NV, we call
the F~ilipinOs rebels. We say we arc
carrying Christianity to the islands
God havo mercy upon the Christian
who hopes to miss hell by such doctrine
as that. What Is liberty 2" SeUator
Tillman asked an idoa of Ib,,t, 4,