The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-08-28
TILLMAN SURE OF HIS FAME
He Says His Name Will Live
Forever in South Carolina
Bryan's Day Has Passed.


Bryan's Day Has Passed.
Senator Tillman was at farmer
cncampmcnt in Pennsylvania la
week, and as usua! he created a sens
ilon. He spoke on " National Cond
tons and Tendencies of Our Country,
and addressed large audience in th
Chatauqua auditorium:
In opening he said people will 90 I
see man for his fame, popularity an
notoricty. My namc,' he added,
VIII not disappear from the annals o
South Carolina, and my actions and say
lnSS will forever live there, while m,
Tame as politician is in its boyhood, 70
have been at Washington only 81,
years, and do not know whether o.
not L shall be among the thousand O.
nobodics who have been in Congress
L am not worrying about my populari
| W, notorlety or fame, as | am com.
Dlnatlon OF brutal frankncss, and, well
ultra 1t is a luxury to say what
please, and, as [ greatly enjoy it, will
not give ii up.n
The Senator said forty years ago the
Northern people thought they knew
something about the race question, but
have found out that they did not, and
today the South is DISTINGUISHING the
coIorcd man and nothing is said about
1t. Nobody is concerned, and the law
is being observed. President McKin-
lcy's policy in the Philippines he gave
as an Instance in support of his con
tcntion that the very men who were nj
the head of the negro suffrage agita-
lioh years ago now say negroes arc not
lll to govern themselves.
Speaking of the growing evils of
great wealth, he said the people must
begin to think or they will find hand
cuils on their wrists, and the result
VIII be general uprising. The remedy
Tor this, he said, was the proper use of
The ballot box. The domination of boss
rule in Ncy York and Pennsylvania
was degrading, he declared, but he cx-
pressed some hope that the kicking,
biting and bucking Pennsylvania brom.
emo Will be successful in unscating its
boss. Pcnnsylvania's political condi
ton is not healthy, like that of The
New England States, he explained. be-
cause there the legislatures are close TO
the people, the Representative being
In close touch with his constituents.
The Philadelphia situation he char
acterlzcd as a"swcct, home-lke, broth
erly love affairs, in which the people
are imposed upon and robbed.n Boss
ism, he insisted, Is spreading, and
Icnnsylvania is the pioneer in the
business. Continuing, he said: "Thcrc
Is an old saying that Representa-
represent, but if that is 80 as TO the
pennsylvania Legislature and Phiadcl-
phia's councils, thcn may God have
mercy on your souls, both of you"
The individual voter who will not
vote lor good government, without re-
gard Tor party, is to blame for this
lamcntablc condition Of AFFAIRS, he con-
tinued. The race question has never
been brought home to the Northern
people, he said, and the South is
amazed at the reconstruction present
cd by the carpct-bag regime appointed
at Washington governing the Filjplnos.
The Constitution and The flag went
together in the troublous times of the
civil war, yet they do not now in the
Philippines, he declared, with en-
phasis.
in answer to n question, he said the
South is solid, principally because 1t is
homogeneous, and its people are de-
sccndants of the Revolution, and arc
old fogyisllenough to cling to their doc
trlncs, even to their religion and regard
for sclf-prcscrvation.
The trust, he declared, levics tribute
on consumers. No longer do supply
and demand govern prices, but The
trust limits the production and fixes
the price. The cause of this condition
the Senator insisted, was the tariff
which keeps out competion and trade
monopoly can be stopped only by open
ing the doors of Europe. Even thel
there may be an international comb
nation. He added: " Scventy-si.
million people are floating down th,
stream of time, with, fear, the dcvi
at the helm"
The Pennsylvania people are to b.
prayed for if their Representatives re
present them, he repeated, and the in
dlvldual citizen, who IS the source o
political power, should bo scnsibl
enough to vote for the right man; but
instead of being Americans, of bein
good citizens, we would rather see on
parties win than have decent govern
mcnt. Tie added that he was glad ths
. IN Philadelphia and in the State IL,
people are making an homes. effort fc
p a decent, clean and honest government
|, Pennsylvania was at one time Dem,
cratic and changed, and may chang
q again, he insisted.
In reply to the question, els Brya
:. the remedy for business and trusts9
Il the Senator said: :" Bryan is no lon
p er an active political force. He is Il
70 greatest Democrat alive, and the grca
70 est, clcanest American alive in publ
"a life. What would have happened hi
I he bcon elected l can not say" Cal
- talists are the mon who are destroyil
W the Republic, he said, in concluill
=. what he characterized as few pla
ii truths told in blunt fashion, withc
~ any oratory.
r. CASToRTA.
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