Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-08-14
ApPELT HITS AT TILLMAN.
Wants 10 Know How the Farmer Has Become
PIutocrat.
[Charleston Post, August Sd. ]


a mombor of the Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee, who engaged Senator
Tillman In heated discussion over the
passage of the resolutions recently passed
by the State Democratic Committee re-
luesting Senator McLaurin to resign his
seat in the Senate, is stopping at tho
Atlantic Beach Hotel who're he was seen
last night by reporter of tho Evening
Post and asked for somo expression on
tho political situation:
81 am not down hero to talk politics."
said Senator Appolt, "but am hero to
enjoy this grand surf. l havo only been
here a few days and already feel greatly
ion of tho recent action OF the State
Democratic Committee which adopted
those infamous resolutions demanding
the resignation of Senator McLaurin. l
OK pressed my opinion i'm tho presence of
the committee in q most emphatic man
ner, and was not fairly quoted by the
newspapers, so emphatic that it brought
distinguished senior United States Sona-
tor. Tho Senator, in my opinion, at
tended that meeting for the sole purpose
of exciting his Quay Platt Crokcrism
| with that body, to excOmmunicato Sena-
tor McLanrin from the Democratic party.
1 do not believe any such action as was
taken would have been thought of had
|
tom. believe Tillman is fighting for
his political life, and proposes to save
himself by making tho party close
corporation whose rules and regulations
must DO stamped with his approval. Io
knows that if McI.aurin is permitted to
go before. tho people, tho arrogance,
greed and Inconsistencies of Tillman will
be so thoroughly exposed that it will
bring on q revolution which will moan
the retirement of all politicians who arc
now worsniping at Tillman's feet. You
will remember that in 1900, while Capt.
Tillman was selling butter and eggs on
tho Augusta market in order to help
| how he went over tho State hurlinG
anathemas at tho ''obligarchy" in Colum-
bia, and warned the people that if they
did not rise up and resist tho manipula-
tions Of that crew, no man, however
meritorions, could even hopc to seek
political honors. Our political affairs
had gotten in such n shape that pcrmis-
sion had to be obtained from tho "obli-
garchy" before Il man could even seek
political prcfcrment. IIo pleaded for
political freedom. lie wanted the white
| masses to have voice in our govern
ment, and that whoever was chosen to
| administer affairs must meet the people
face to face. 1t was then he wanted tho
discussion of public questions with the
|
then urged, and which brought to him
many sympathizcrs, myself among them.
"Tillman denounced trusts, corpora
tions, etc. To-day see that he is living
in such grand aiilucncc that he no longer
pcdtlles butter and eggs on the streets of
Augusta, but he has become a dovotce
to Horticulture. Instead of watling knce
deep in mule lot with pIow gear in his
hand at daybreak, to gear up "Sallic"
for tho days plowing, he is plucking
magnificent roses to adorn his table when
Republican Senator Proctor, of Vermont,
visits him. His mind has undergone a
great change, too, about corporations,
because ho now appears as "a director of
n corporation with capital stock of
S5,000,000, chartered in New Jersey.
do not know how much stock he has in
tho concern, but do know that corpo
rations do not give away dictatorship
prizes for good looks.
"Fillman is strong man, of course,
but have heard of giants being shorn
of their strength. [ honestly believe
Fillman's popularity is waning fast, not
withstanding the News and Courier and
the Columbia State are now his strong
allies and slobbering over him. | am
sure Iillman inspired those resolutions
and believe he will, if the people will
permit it, undertake to dictate n pledge
in the coming convention which will
exclude Senator McI.anrin from partici
pating. But If Tillman secs, as believe
he must see by now, that his schcming
will prove n boomerang he will take q
back track and vocifcrously claim that
ho was misunderstood, and he will out
llcrod llcrod in bleating for free speech
in tho primaries.
'"Alrcady tho people arc beginning to
ask the meaning of this attempt to stille
free speech, and tho moro they think
about it, the moro glaring will Tillman's 8
selfish Inconsistencies become. Tho
people are very jealous of thoir rights and
when thoy see for themselves that an
executive committee is Attempting to
rob thom of their right to judge of pub
lie men and measures, they will make
tho wclkin ring with their disapproval."