The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-08-09

Republicans sin important matters" ii, d
that he has seen me conferring with ite-
publican senator's AS | will show by
the records he himself voted with The
| Republicans Gin important matters" rs
all other Democratic senaso,s have done
from time to time. 1t is fl, quently nec-
essary, proper and courteous to confer
with members Of the opposite party, as
| he knows and as every man of practical
sense knows. These expressions of his
are attempts to take advantage of credu-
lity and ignorance. lido not think there
is man in South Carolina SO ignorant
as to be really deceived 10y them He
can not put Inc under suspicion as he has
put himself bvh;s own acts. l have not
in public office retrograded from a.
perhaps, honorable bankruptcy to dis
honorable and unexplained wealth. He
and have drawn the same salaries but
l have found it impossible TO save dol
lar from mine. 1 have never, however,
truckled to corporations with the fawn-
Ing OF tanned spaniel made speeches
against them, then voted for them, and
accepted favors as he has done. [ have
never been the sole boss and buying
agent of a newly created whiskey trust
with its rebates of $4,000 to S7O,O a
year, none Of which ever reached the
state treasury. 1 have never had the
| handling of State bond refunding
sch' ma with S2S,00O of commissions
never yet accounted for or explained
| "A year ago Senator Tillman went in O
N rth Dakota and made spec ches advu=
Calling the reelection of Republican
Senator-Mr. Pettigrew. Senator Till
| man and this Senator were prominent i'm
preventing by fiilibustering tactics vote
on the subsidy bill. The newspapers
said that Mr.. Hill, head Of the MOI thern
Pacific lobby against the. subsidy bill,
gave Senator Tillman's friend and as
sociate "trip" which paid him $780,
600 in the stock market. Birds of a
| feather, gentlemen of the committee,
always flick together.
TlLLMAN NOT A DEMoCRAT.
Has Senator Tillman; prosecuting at
'oiney against my democracy, ever
| failed to abuse Democrats and democ-
racyp Do you know that in tho last two
Democratic national conventians he has
supported the nomination of Repub!i-
cans? In 1896 he favored Senator Teller
f'r Ptesident, an old line Republican and
one Of the bitteiest foes of the South in
reconstruction days He had himself
alpar before; the convention AS a
competitor of w. J Bryan and was ig-
ANONYMOUSLY showed under. H. 1900 he
was for Towue. also Republican, for
vice president. Is he the man to be
supreme arbitrator and ,dge of what is
democracy i'm South Caroliua?
GIVE THE YOUNG MEN A CHANCE.
In the Senate have labored, as the
records will show, to broaden the pros
perl'y of The country. to promote the in
terests of my own people, to spread civil
lzatlon, to enlarge aud increase nppor-
tuulty for our young men and to slim
'iiate enterprise. His. whole political
'urse and method has been to tear
down, to abuse and oppose, to flight and
restrain, to bite where he daI ed and TO
fawn where he feared or Songht favor.
| shall ask the people to contrast the
records and shall, claim nv right as a
free man, a born and reared Democrat
and a Senator from South Carolina. to
do IL re ardlpss Of the orders of twenty
one menr bers of tie executive commit
tee shall ask the people to decide 'be-,
tween the man who has tried to help,
c"itnn factories. open highways of com
"rrce and to SO command rhe Democratic
Ir'ty rs to comma d for it the conf
.'-ice and respect of the business and
ldboring elements north and south; a d
ila' of the man whose conduct and
record has been To sink the party to dis
repute and impotence. shall ask them
To say whether they prefer the Senator
who has tried to retain for South CARO-
liua the honor and dignity won by along
line Of illustrolls sons and glorious deeds
or the Senator who has postured rs buff
fnon and bully and who proclaimed on
the floor of the Senate that he renre-
sented constituency of ballot box
suffers and murderers who wanted
their share of the stcalage. e. -
lie is now in a northern State holding
up our people az negro murders and
ballot box thieves.
TARIFF SUBSIDIES AND EXPANSIONS
You have undertaken to condemn and
eXpel and expose me, not only without
q hearing but without evidence Upon
what ground are my good faith as
Senator and my fidelity as Democrat
assailed? Is it on the tariff? None of
You OF the committee can prove to the
people that the Democratic party is n
free trade party. 1t has opposed a
tariff for protection only, but as early
as 1897 we had protective tariff and
We have never in the one hundred and
four years since known free trade. Gen
eral Hancock, the party nominee for
president in 1880, regarding the tariff |
AZ local question. Samuel j. Randall |
for years the party lader and speaker of /
the house. was prOtectionist In every |
congress where the question has been |
presented numbers of Democrats have |
voted against and helped to kill free
trade. / have contended that Southern |
products should be put on equality with |
others, and in 1897 fought to have rice,
pine lumber and cotton protected The
cry of "Republican' was raised against |
me then, but tho people, before whom
the issue was squarely put, endorsed me |
by an oYerWhelminp vote Arn vnn