The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-22

tnat negro was as good as & white
man. and Iii show you the daddy
or tho force bill! Tillman was willing
20 put Teller In the White House, with
MS views cf our white people II think
| have right to vote as please on
n2ucncl iss les like expansion. foreign
wa:s. etc. hut on strictly party ques.
lions. like tl:c money question or race
issues. II is right to stand on tho party
plat orm. on bank ISSUES and the
Ike. Tilinan ike. to 81 ia Il bomb
PROOF and always seemed 10 get in
such places. Years ago he told the
boys to vote against anything The
State and the News and Courier re-
commended. Why is this except that
Tilnan had fOrsaken hte principles
and now favored ring rule and '''oss-
ism?" sIcLaurin was to have oL.ned
for half an hour to present any new
matter In addition to his Greenvillc
speech. but he ran overtime and said
he would consent to the same for his
friend" McLaurin was applauded
and spike we'll.
and Tlilman. Chairman DeCamp pre-.
sented Senator Benz. r. Tillmaii. who
remarked in opening that this was
very busy season and the most
serious part OF the year to farmers
but many had left their homes to hear
this discussion and he was glad Of it.
Senator McLaurin Is laboring under
many delusions and you have heard
the special pleading of his detection
as Democrat. The primary is Is
months away and yet McLaurin is
travelling over the State and attack
ing the Democracy with all the
venom Of new convert and when |
came here to talk honestly he says
am boss" and that Then | crack
whip you all jump. and all that. He
has told you | was his guest in 1890
and the like. and | tell yon here. he
has told ME l was the arbiter of his
fortunes. by giving him chance. ami
now he tells you stand for The sup
preston OF free thought, free action.
and that stand for ''bossism" ana
that l have been bamboozled by the
Gonzales. I stand just where did
In 1895. If the road is smooth you
people have made it SO. (Applause.)
was invited here by true Democrats
and did not come here unbidden
There are over $50 names to the re.
quest for me to come here and speak
and he read the formal invitation. He
was not here as q meddler or boss"
Ought he to have rejected the invita-
ton or done his duty? Like sensible
men. the regular candidates for Nc
Laurin's place are waiting for the
band to start In his Charlotte
speech. am attacked from beginning
to end. In his letter in The Indepen-
dent he says the Democratic party
has been mongrelized Tillmanism and
Populism and the like. and yet he
claims to be M original Tillmanite.
In his Greenville speech am re
ferred to a dozen times OF more. He
referred to "tuttelege In demasogy"
under me, and put me up as a DEM
agogue. and yet he says ! have no
grievance! You saw here this morn
ing how he attacked me and tried to
cast suspicion on my Democracy. |
have never minced words and am
here to tell you the Gods truth. I
sent him word last night that saw
no need for personalities. calling me
boss and other hard things. and yet
he started In on me today. am not
going to let you all forget certain
things of his utterances. He is here
as the representative Of Commercial
Democracy" It seems we are no
longer plain Democrats. He then read
the party platform which McLaurin,
he said, seemed to delight to sneer
at and criticise. He left McLaugin
with the platform AMI the people. His
policy seems to be Get money, my
son: get money honestly II YOU can.
but get money and put In thy purse"
1t has been my proud boast that no
election could be bought In this State
by Wall street, and 1t remains for you
to say what the money OF Hanna or
others. IL to be used. can do. Now
as to "bossism." Who r'rote your last
platform but Col. Hoyt. ana yet few
months latter he had to oppose him
for governor. Tillmanism Is nothing
but fair fight. every man voting and
counting the votes. He does not be-
lievc in any best people. This man
stands here and talks Of my being In
bomb proof" Ugh. 1t was foolish.
No representative of the people Is
over in bomb proof" And yet he
has stood behind me in my bomb
proof" ready. as he says. to sacrifice
life For me! When the platform pro
mulgnted what was Democracy. it
must be considered as settled. He
! ought to have resigned II he could
not stand for the Democracy CT his
party. or have gone before the people
for protection. He was q genuine
Democrat and not a sham and a
humbug. l have gone further than
my friend, or any former friend. !
have told the Republicans In the sen
ate in their policy toward the ne
groes that they were arrant hypo-
crits have talked boldly to them.
yet I had the confidence and good
Will Of all the senators who were gen.
tlemen. He related tho complimen
tary notice OF himself by Senator
Hoar. McLaurin changes his politics
FIVE times in 10 years and yet won't