The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-29

uressional delegation. This new commerclai
doctrine simply means. we are for sale Bid
np Hanna. Postoffices, jobs, or any old thing,
bid up! He says 10. My doctrine has been II
the stealing must be go on want my share
for you. at,
and he has the felicitatiou and JOY of having
a whole lot hanging on his coat tall. | got a
few Jobs during the Spanish war, but did
not sell ont for mess OF pottage. i ala not
abuse my party as he is DONG; ~, ne r,arH saSs ne
God bless him, he cant stand In the primary.
I want him TO preach his doctrines To the peo-
ple that he says jump when pop the whip:
See II you are sale for money ana otiaGe. haiI or
pose any and every opposition to keep him
out OF the primary. II he takes the oath, he
is now under an implied oath. Has he broken
II? You know; hen anc MN go he oee can from p the
patronage Let him get all the influence
from the cotton mill presidents ana STOCK
holders and their northern bosses, but they
cannot boss the operatives. Why did he not
20 to Kansas City and try TO straighten out
the party? He wanted McLaurin TO declare
himself on the income tax; he ana McLaurln
took the same position as he dld on C!eVe,
land. He did not start or finch In ls96 and
the people III lne ngnI on ole'e
land.
Tillman then related the birth and orsani-
ZaLion OF Bryan Democracy. He never Ut
Tered word against IL and YET To-Day ne says
pile would do for McLaurin-they wont DO "a
lining" for him and he will be lett at nome.
He harps on Democracy being sectional par
ty were not our opponents more 80? are
we to crawl in the niire of Office hunting to
get few crumbs and get lew conceesi0ns9
Are we 10 sell out for nothing? l want him
TO 20 over the State. or course he can manu-
facture invitations. ANY pubic man can 90
so, as did this one to suit myself. l refused
the frst and told them what kind OF an lnvl-
tatlon I wanted, and got II. I'd rather be
defeated q thousand times than desert my
true Democracy. he toid theH Wnen ne VOL,
he simply wanted a small piece OF the steal
for the south that paid such large share OF
the taxes. He reviewed how much money
the north was getting from the south for pen.
sions, river and harbors and the like. The
south pays $3.50 600 and gets back S25 OCO,LOO.
Then he took up expansion orleny, ana talK-
Ing of McLaurins speech said: II talk OF his
stolen speech. can say can prove that one
OF his speeches was taken in ch hunks from Dr..
VanDyke. 1 can say he stole II, and then he
talks OF my pitchiork. But God bless you,
that fork sings It's own tune, and Is not
stolen" Then he took up McLauriD's ad vo-
cacy of ship.subsidy. He talks OF our pros
perity. r, ,b
Ing but another steal-the rankest class legls-
lation. IL is just grab OF $lSO,OOO,OoO He
talks about the mill trade in China. He took
no the official figures and showed that the to-
tai exports were 1870 100000 and the total
shipments to all foreign ports last wear or
all cotton goods TO China was only SSSOOOO,
and et for this we are 10 sell out! Two cnnn-
ties will raise this much crude stuf. The
cotton mills are here 10 make money ana
they made 100 per cent, and II Is thought DAD
business If 80 per cent Ia not made. they
think they can boss the mill vote. They tried
that game before. They did not do II. When
the primary comes off be will see what the
man behind the looms will do. He Will see
a Than he tonk mn the prosperity of the State
and insisted that nothing Mckinley did
helped 10 build the mills IN South carolina.
They began under Cleveland, and he did the
south no good. We get the China trade by
selling the best goods at the lowest price, and
not because of any Republican policies. We
ourselves are responsible for the States proc,
perity, and no one else. If he advocates and
endorses all MIR. Mckinley says and does, as
he says he does, let him 60 to the Republican
party, and II he were honest as he used to be,
m take him by the hand and say, "Johnnie,
wish you all the success In the world" Inc
Kansas City platform is the only way we can
test Dem ocracy. The fight must be in the
party But God knows always did and al
ways will despise hypocrltlstn. IL hnrt hlm
to have McLaurin aud his lrlends thlnk III OF
him, but he believed In fighting fairly and
He proposed that McLaurin resign now and
go before the people and then he Will have
the candidates meet him, and be promised ne
would keep out Of the fight and his mouth
shut If you elect him III take 1t as notice
that you do not want me. II he is q Democrat
am not. All the other fellows want ia
chance TO meet him on the stump. Let him
resign and test the situation. He said he
wouId like to talk longer, but wanted TO keep
to the agreement, and stopped amidst ap'
plause.
Then came Senator McLaurin's reply,
which was we'll done. He said he expected
great things but monuments have been In
labor and brought fourth mouse. He came
here with some trepldation, but the speech
OF TlIman was that OF man who knew ne
was wrong and had no heart In the work. he
mad tried 10 make logical speeches. but his
friend persistently appealed 10 class pref uulce
and class feeling. He knew Tillman and his
style vf work. He wanted the movement
kept up for others than himself. He did not
want TO try to stir up strife between factory
operatives and the presidents ana their own.
He appealed TO the operatives as well as the
owners, for he had as high regard for them as
ever did Tillman. Tillman had said some
very har things of him. Last year when he
was chained TO a bed OF sickness, this man,
my former friend, and congressman VINO IL
u candidate against me maze speech alter
speech against me and denounced me az d
traitor, and yet they blame me for coming
He wanted every man who loves truth and
justice to judge him on his speeches, and not
on MISREPRESENTATION. He did not want any
excitement this summer, because his heal lth
Was not the best. He knew my sensitive
feeling aud yet he comes here TO harass me-
He knew 1t, men, he knew my condltlon. lie
knew l could not stand worry 10 my present
condition, but am going to fight this thing
out. Yes, this man tells you he b ad an inVi-
tation fixed up SO as to come here. Gente-
men, it's hard but can stand IT, He talks
about me and says l stole VanDyke's sermon.
The only charge he has been able TO bring
against me is that ! stole sermon. Then
turning around and taking step or TWO lace
to face with Tillman. and pointing his finger
at him, he said with feeling and emphnsis
"You, sir, II charges be true, have stolen
things OF more intrinsic value than hermons.'
Then bubling over with feeling ne said, refer
ring to Tillmhns invitation, Now my idea
of decency, the common decency among gen.
tlemen, was for Tillman To have asked me II
IL were agreee BILE for me TO meet him here. 1t
was brutal way be treated me. NOW want
II understood that am not bully and am
not going TO run. l do not come from run
ming stock on either side. l am not afraid OF
Tlllman. He falls back on his old-time tricks
and goes TO insinuating and talks about Han
ma and his Doodle. II That be meant to insin-
uate that any Of 1t IL coming to me IL Is abso-
lutely false and the insinuation Is unworthy
Of u senator and gentleman; II he means TO
insinuate that / N sham l want 10 say I'm
not q sham or demagogue. Now, Tillman
knows his old tricks or slurrlng ana 1nslnu-
atiug and has the advantage OF me, and he
has no more mercy or pity than tiger over
his prey when he once gets his drop on man
But firmly believe God il on the side OF the
right and will win this fight. TIL llman is a
bulldoZer and bush-wacker. But want II
tnere was no man IN SouLH Caro'
lima who could handle him, and before gel
through, like the small boy. he Will be crying
for some one TO take me of him. I'm not
afraid ofhiIn. When you disagree with him
he seeks the cheap refuge of the demagogue
and calls you traitor and all such stuff,
without proving II, and TO declare this or that
q steal. Instead of answering me he rambled
or talk Ing about pensions and all that Sort OF
rot, and his only reply seemed to be TO sneer
at the mill owners and try TO create dlscord
and strife between capital and labor.
"Tlllman talks like am full-nedged Re-
publican because 1 do not agree with him.
Every one of these questions Is entirely new
cam mpaign here. tie never thought any one
would be SO blind as to oppose Americas lib
eral foreign policy. The Cuban war which
led TO present conditions was Democratic
making"