The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-14

cics are determined from time to time
by party elections and conventions,
and no man nor body of men has the
power to say between those elections
what policies shall he the tests OF
party loyalty. Senator Tillman is as.
sumlng the prcrogativc Of supreme
boss and dictator to say who shall or
shall not be regarded as q Democrat
next year. do not conccdc any such
power to him nor to you. lie, nor all
OF your committee together, has not
the power to exclude from candidacy
nor the polls Ut the Democratic pri
mary the humblcst citizen Of South
Carolina who declares himself to be a
Democrat and pledges himself to sup
port the party nominees. Suppose in
1870 the Executive Committee of the
State had ruled out Of the party all
who engaged in the Farmers Move
mcnt?' Suppose two years later it
had excluded ali who favored the Sub
Treasury idea? Such action would
have been unjust, tyrannical and in
sultIng to thousands Of good citizens
and Democrats, but not more so than
this proceeding Of yours.
In his double character as prosccu
ting witness and attorney against me.
Senator Tillman is reported as saying
before your committee that | have
voted with the Republicans "in i'm.
portant matters and that he has seen
me comforting with Republican Scna-
tors. AS | will show by the records
nc himself frequently voted with the
Republicans "in important matters"
as all other Democratic Senators have
done from time to. time. It is fire.
qucntly necessary, proper and cour-
tcous 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 credulity and
ignorance. I do not think there is q
man in South Carolina so ignorant as
to be really deceived by them. He
can not put me under suspicion as he
has put him self by his own acts. Ihave
not in public Office retrograded from
a, perhaps, honorable bankruptcy to
and unexplained wealth.
lie and | have drawn the same sala-
ries but | have found It impossible to
save dollar from mine. l have
never, however, truckled to corpora
tions with the fawning of tanned
spaniel. made speeches against them,
then voted for them, and accepted
favors as he has done. 1 have never
been tho sole boss and buying agent
OF newly created whiskey trust with
its rebates of 100000 to $40, 900 a
year, none of which ever reached the
State treasury. have never had the
handling of State bond refunding
scheme with $4,000 Of commissions
never yet accounted for or explained.
A year ago Senator Tillman went
into North Dakota and made speeches
advocating the recollection of Re-
publican Senator-Mr. Pettigrsw.
Scnatorr Tillman and this Sen
ator were prominent in pre-
venting by 6llibustcring tactics q
vote on the subsidy bill. The news
papers said that Mr.. Hill, head of the
Northern Pacific lobby against the
subsidy bill, gave Senator Til!man's
friend and associate a "tip' which
paid him S450,0OO in the stock mar
kct. Birds of feather, gentlemen
OF the committee, always flock to-
gethcr.
Has Senator Tillman, prosecuting
attorney against my Democracy, ever
failed to abuse Democrats and Demo
cracy? Do you know that in the last
two Democratic national conventions
he has supported the nomination of
Republicans? In 1896 he favored
Senator Teller for President, an old
line Republican, and one of the Bit
terest foes of the South in reconstruc-
tion days. He had himself appeared
before the convention as competitor
OF W. j. Bryan and been iguomin-
iously showed under. In 1900 he was
for Towne, also q Republican, for
Vice President. Is he the man to be
supreme arbiter and Judge of what is
Democracy in South Carolina2
In the Senate I have labored, as the
records will show, to broaden the
prosperity Of the country, to promote
the interests of my own people, to
spread civilization, to enlarge and in
crease opportunity for our young men
and to stimulate enterprise. His
whole political course and method have