The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-22
A TALK WITH TILLMAN,
WHo WILL BE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDI-
DATE FOR PRESIDENT.
Senator Tillman Decliucs TO Spccify Eur.
ther Than to Say ii VIII be Neither
Cleveland nor Bryan.
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SieNSl'tHu n0f Bryan.
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Washington, May l9.-"Neither
Cleveland nor Bryan arc Presiden.
tial possibilities on tho Democratic
tlcket,' remarked Senator Tillman,
Of South Carolina, today, while dis.
cussing the political situation from
his point Of view.
"Ihere are over six million Demo
cratic voters who would not support
Mr.. cleveland if nu nllenpt WAS
made no nominate him on the Demo
cratic ticket. My opinion of Mr.
Cleveland," continued the SENATOR
"is 30 we'll known to Mr.. Cleveland
and tho whole country That it is u
waste Of time for mo to discuss him
in connection with the Presidency.
MIR. Bryan has the good sense and
Judgment to renlizo that No is not a
possibility, having had two tries for
the prize. He is sincere, however,
in demanding that tho principles of
the Democratic purity shah he nd
hered to, and he will us" the iutIu.
once he unqnost'onahly rossesscs in
the Democratic part! to prevent the
nomination going to anyone who has
tried to disorgauize and disrupt the
party simply to HrNtify personal am.
bition.
BRYAN KNOWS HIS WEAKNESSES
"Mr. Bryan knows that he conuot
be Il candidate, and he and those
who believe with hin, will go to any
extreme to prevent such mau "a
Grover Cleveland incorporating as Il
Simon Pure Democrat. Mr.. BRYAN
is not disposed to fore" tho freq sll
YER question upon the Dem )cratic
party in view of existing conditions,
but he has tho right to insist that
the Democratic standard bnulrr shall
be man whom tho rank and file OF
the pnrty can trust to carry out the
fundamental principles of the regular
organization.
GOOD DEMOCRATS ARE PLENTY
VI am not prepared, nor am | al
thorized, to select candidHto who
IS qualified to load the Democratic ic
party to victory. There are thou.
sands of good Democrats who are az
well qualified to occupy the White
House as President Roosevelt, und |
hope at the proper time the Demo
cratic party will be wise enough to
select a man who will command the
unitod strength Of the entire party.
| fully appreciate that absolute hnr-
mony in Democratic ranks il Il some.
what difficult result TO achieve, but
there seems to be a growing desire
on the part of all good Democrats tc
get together and tax" advantage Of
what seems to m" the opportunities
which our Republican brethren arc
unwillingly perhaps, offering us"
Without intending to discourage
the Democracy or in any way throw
q blight upon the chcorfn nnticipn
tons with which some OF iho leaders
OF the party are now r"gnlin8 them
solves Senator TIIIman frankly dc
clared that Democratic success de
pended upon getting rid OF somr o
the rnscAls who now control tho If
fairs OF The government.
| BOGUS INVESTIGATIONS.
"lf we could get ~ WORKING ma
jority in the House or Senn,. at,
appointa good stiiT. .backol commj,te
to go through tn" departments AN,
make n thorough investigation C
the way tho peoples business is be
ing transacted, the pcopl" wonld 4
once realize the Immediate nocessit
for n change in tho administration
| We cannot turn the rascals ont u
| long az they are permitted to inves
tigate themselves. The pending in
vestigation OF tho postal service an,
all the other Investigations which ar
supposed to be gong on in varion
branches Of the service are Of lttI
value, because they arc being con
Quoted by tho party in power. |
we could turn some Of our own Drc