Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

or the fOrco Dill! Iillman was Wiling
to put Teller in the White House. with
his views Of our white people. 81 think
| have right to vote as | please OH
national issues like expansion, foreign
wars, etc, but on strictly party ques-
t!ons, like the money question or race
Issues, 1t is right to stand on the party
platform, on bank issues and tho
like. Tillman liked to sit in Il bomt-
proof and always seemed to got 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
Tillman had forsaken his principles
and now favored ring rule and boss
ism?" Mcl.aurin was to have opened
for half an hour to present any new
matter in addition to his Grccnvillc
speech, but he ran overtime and said
he would consent to the same for his
friend" McLaurin was applauded
and spike well.
After tho applause for McLaurin
and Tlilman. Chairman DeCamp pre-
scnted Senator Benz. II. Tillman, 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 deusions and you have heard
| the special pleading Of his defcction
as n Democrat. Tho primary is l5
months away and yet McLaurin is
travelling over the State and attack
ing the Democracy with all tho
venom OF u new convert and when
came here to talk honestly he says
| am II boss" and that when | crack
a whip you all jump, and all that. He
has told you | was his guest In 1890
and the like, and | tell you hero, he
| has told me | was tho arbiter of his
fortunes, by giving him chance, and
now hc tells you | stand for the sup
preston of free thought. FREQ action.
and that stand for "bossism" anal
that have been bamhoozled by the
Gonzales. stand just where did
| I'm 1895. If the road is smooth you
people have made it so. (Applausc.)
| was invited here by true Democrats
| and did not come here unbddon.
/ There arc 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 a mcddler 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 Indcpen-
dent he says the Democratic party
has been mongrelized Tillmansm and
Populism and the like. and yet he
claims to be an original Tillmanite.
In his Grcenvillc speech am re.
| ferred to dozen times or more. He
referred to "tuttelegc in demagogy'
under me, and put me up as II 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 OH me today. | am not
going to let you all forget certain
| things Of his utterances. He Is here
as the representative Of Commercial
Democracy" 1t seems we are no
longer plain Democrats. He then read
the party platform which McIaurin,
he said seemed to delight to snccr
at and critcise. He left McIanrin
with the platform and tho people. His
| policy seems to be Get money, my
son; get money honestly if you can,
but get money and put in tn! ursc.
1t has been my proud boas, lat no
election could he bought in this State
| by Wall street. and it remains for you
to say what the money Of Hanna Or
others. if to be used, can do. Now
as to "bossism." Who wrote your last
! platform but Col. Iloyt. and yet Il few
months latter he had to oppose him
/ for governor TillmanSm is nothing
| but n fair fight. every man voting and
counting the votes. He does not be-
! licve in any best" people. This man
stands here and talks Of my being in
a bomb proof" Ugh. 1t was foolish.
| No representative Of the people IS
! ever in q bomb proof" And yet he
has stood behind me in my bomb
| proof" ready. as he says, to sacrifice
/ life cor me! When the platform pro.
mulgatcd what was Democracy. it
must be considered as settled. He
/ ought to have resigned If he could
not stand for the Democracy Of his
party, or have gone before the people
for protection. He was Il genuine
Democrat and not Il sham and q
humbug have gone further than
my friend or any former friend. |
have told the Republicans in the sen
ate in their policy toward the nc
grocs that thcy were arrant hypo-
crits have talked boldly to them.
yet had the confidence and gOQd
will OF all the senators who were gen
tlcmcn. He related the c0mplmcn
tary notice of himself by Senate"
lioar. Mcl.aurin changes his politic''
five times IN 10 years and yet won
let Teller change once in 30 years. He
believed Teller q good candidate. but
the delegation would not go with him
and that settled IT, and SO il was with
FOwnn Bryan voted for Weaver IN
der tho advice Of Cleveland as a party
nXDCdiNnt. IN thiS gNmn OF DOlitiAG