The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1900-10-19
.5.S''.'EERI0US !. D CHARGES
\ Made BY Senator riIIman Against
Mckinley and Hanna.
SAYS THEY ARE CORRUPT.
Row the Republican Party Ralses
iss immense Campaign Fund
10 Corrupt the
Voters.

4 F , y F..
Senator Tilman haY been speaking
10 Illinois for tho Democratic ticket.
Ono OF tho statements with which tho
Senator opened wido tho oyos Of tho
Remooratio farmers of Illinois was his
assertion that Mark Hanna had raisod
50 1000, 600 OF So, 100000 from tho ar.
mor plato makers and was uaing it in
the campaign II was on tho naval
committee with William e. Chandler y
tho Senator oaid, "and l know some
thing of tho armor plato business.
fhoro arc two concerns in tho country
which mako this armor plato Carnegie
and tho Bothlchom. We had con.
tract on which we had been holding
<hom fvo years Wo had beon koopine
thom down to $500 o ton. This Year,
on tho last day Of tho session Of Con.
greBs, Mark Hanna took charge of it.
Ho won't in and ordered his honohmon
to give authority to the Secretary Of
the Navy to mako contract for armor
plato at what ho saw fit. Twolvo Re.
publican Senators who mad stood with
us before fell down and voted to give
Carnegie and Bothlehom this contract
for $l7, ,000,0 900. III swoar that Mark
lHanna,. 10 tho beat Of my belief and
knowledge, had an agreement with thoao
Two firms to give him 50 900. 900 or
%, ,OoO. o00 for tho presidential oam-
I,algn. 80 you SEQ you sond men to
Congress to vote for contracts which
furnish tho money to buy votes with, !"
Some of Senator Tillman's deola-
rationR about bribery and corruption
wore, fookloss evon beyond his usual
freedom Of speooh. ''Thoro arc great
many millions Of good Republicans, !"
said Senator Tillman. ''Tho oniy
trouble with thom is they are wrong up
here" The Senator tapped his fore.
tlnuod, that some Of our Democrats
aro wrong up here" Tho Senator
tapped his dome again. The crowd
Laughed and waited for the application.
II wish to say of tho Is, 600, 900 voters
VINO will march to the polls in Novem-
Dor ID 100000 arc 80 narrow and par
tisan they would SEQ you in hades bo.
foro they would vote for tho party
othor than tho ono they bolong to.
They are Republicans and Democrats
because thoy wore born so. Thore arc
7TT,5o0,0oo such Republicans. Thore
are 100000 of suoh Democrats.
Therefore, | am making my appeals to
tho independent voters to thoao with
sufficient Intelligence to vote for what
thoy believe to be tho bost interests of
tho country. | want to make an appeal
to tho independent voter, because his
Yote, ovon if ho votes for doilara day,
counts for just as much as tho vote Of
John D. kookofoller; that is if John
d. Rookofc llcr's millions can't find
somo Internal sooundrels among these
dollar-a-day fellows to buy. -
No stream oan rise higher than it's
source, the Senator wont on oraouIarly,
after his astonishing loft handed lick
ut tho dollar-a-day man, and began to
talk OF corruption in Congress. sI
wish you could SEQ those fellows who
sell themselves in Congress as I have
soon thom. / have not soon tho money
actually passed, but if had been on a
jury and had had the evidence before
mo as saw it / would havo found them
guilty"
Senator Tillman quoted from Presi.
don't MoKinley's lottor of acceptance
the passage declaring tho duty i'm
posed by honor toward the Philippines.
That means" said tho Senator. ''that
President will rely upon Mark Hanna's 8
money to buy enough votes to onslavo
you and your children forever" This
was tho Senator'S startor on the sub.
jeot OF imperialism, Ho proceeded
Doug las and Lincoln wont up and
down this State. Douglas oontendod
that whom we said govcrnmont derived
it's just powers from tho consent Of tho
governed 1T was intendod to leave out
the niggors. Lincoln said it was the
other way. Tho North arose on mapse
in 1860 and sided with Linooln's viows.
And now you's eot 10000, 900 niggcrs
down South to projick on, to exercise
your ingenuity on. But you are turn
Ing thom over to us to shoot and kill.
How will you old soldiers, who march.
cd through South Carolina, and didn't
Leave anything but tho chimneys stand
ing, answer the Confoderatos you killed.
whom you moot them up yonder, and
they ask you, We'll, johnny. how are
thingsY You'll have to say tho Repub.
iican party now says Douglas was
right and Lincoln was wrong. Youv's
got to 80 to God pretty soon and answor
for your votes. l9