The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21

1t embarras Sed
man.
some boiste rouSn' s.
he said, but it amt
npared TO our meetings in
rolina, this is but i gentle
zephyr"
invited their Interruptions. He
I'd them 10 down him, and their
Lestions only served to elicit his Bit
ing epigrams.
I've got SO much devlment in me
tonight, L want tC throw out some
heelltire in your direction" he said,
and that started things:
why should the laborfng man vote
or ParkeI?' shouted Mrs. Lillian
Forberg, one of the most inSistent Of
the Socialists present.
Why" thundercd Senltor Till
man, because if you were In he'll
wouldn't you like to get into purga-
tory while"
Again, when the Socialists were
harassing him on all sides, he yelled.
Amy Socialist who votes for Debs in
preference to Parker is splitting in his
own face and is a donkey"
He was proclaiming the principles
Of Bryant was much more a Bryan
than a Parker meeting throughout
when some one asked him why Bryan
hadn't been elected.
Because you people didn't vote the
way you whoop. When man talks
one way and votes another, God have
mercy on his soul, because the devil
has bill of sale on him."
Picking up the pink card, upon
which the Socialists had printed a list
of questions for him to answer, Sena
tor Tillman exclaimed:
Socialism, social equality on the
one side, yes, and amalgamation Of
races, and hell and damnation on the
other"
His choicest invectives,, however,
were saved for President Roosevelt,
whose policy towards the blacks in
the South he bitterly assailcd.
II niger is good enough for the
President to eat with, he ought to be
good enough for him to sleep with"
he said.
Niger" explained the Senator,
means black man, and is the phrase
used colloquially when spoken. Negro
| is the term you use when you write
and want to be polite"
Are you going to trust this coun-
try again to a man who wants to be
the whole shcotin match?" was
another of his phrases to describe the
President.
A man, evidently leader Of the So
ialists pres mt, havin Z r, questt d that
enator Tillman be allowed TO have
his say before he was Interrupted with
questions, the Senator was left com.
paratively unmolested during the
opening of his speech. lie was well
aware that there were many Socialists
present and he commenced with the
remark.
There is an old adage which says
that fellow feeling makes US wond-
rous kind. Now, l have been dubbed
crank, an Anarchist, a wild man
from BorneO, and am sure that no
one here will tie any wilder than l
am. / come from 4 part Of the cOun-
try where we have a problem which
dwarfs all other problems, anu it is
that which keeps the white men in
the South in solid line in the Demo-
cratic party. You can't tell any thing
about it unless you live there.
The Republican leaders Of to day
are subservient sycophants, bowling
and scrapipg at the White House, and
beilding themselves up to enc man
who directed and controlled them in
the National Convention. Every last
one Of them falls down whipped cur
before this man in the White House
have heard Republican leaders, talk
ing among themselves, say that they
had no personal liking for Roosevelt,
no not one OF them, but they bow to
him because he has the whip hand and
can distribute the patronage.
Il know you fellows want to vote
for Dcbs. He is my friend. We have
had many little cOnfabulation to-
gether, and think that he is a little
rattle pated, and maybe am, but
believe l still nave some sense. want
ed to elect Bryan, but you fellows
wouldn't vote as you whooped. have
been in Chicago before, right out in
this district, too, and | heard you fell
fows whoop for Bryan, and | said to
myself, there Is nothing to this, |
have carried the town. But when e!ec-
tion day came | found that you didn't
vote the way you were yelling"
DO you stand for the equality Of
the races?" he thundcred
I'VE stand for their equality as far
as wages CO." came the answer.
You can't stand upon one platform
and not on the other" Jhundercd Till
man. The record OF the ages shows
that wherever the white and black
races have conllcted the whites have
been the masters. You can't tell his
tory that 1t lies"
Has Parker declared himself upon
the negro question:" came from the
hall.
My friend, we OF the South are
to trust tc Parker, certainly
you ought to be-"