Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
rnLM.N SAYS BRYAN WILL WIN
The Senator, While In London, Pre-
diets Certain Democratic Victory. =

uctS Serttbn DemOCratlc Victory "
The following special cable dis
patch from Its representative in Lon
don, printed in the New York Her
aid, will be read with interest in this
State:
Among all the prophets of Demo-
cratic success at the coming election
none Is more confident than Senator
Benjamin r. Tillman, Of South Caro-
lima, who after an extensive Conti-
mental tour, Is enjoying his first visit
to London.
1T may be that the wish Is father
to the thought" said Senator Tillman
when l encountered him at the office
Of the American Express Company,
"but 1t looks to me as If Bryan has
powerful good chance of cleaning
up the other crowd this time. In
the first place he has been nominated
In spite Of the best organized news
paper fight against him ever known,
thus demonstrating his innate
strength with the rank and file of the
Democratic party. Taft, on the con-
trary, has been nominated solely at
the dictation of Roosevelt and
against the wishes Of the masses In
the Republican party. While Taft
Is a lovable character in every way,
and / don't wish to be construed as
saying anything against him as
man, his self-obliteration and what I
would call the element of subser-
viency in his visit to Oyster Bay to
get his speech revised are not in his
favor.
Other Factors of the Situation.
There are other facts that must
appeal to the people. If, for instance,
we are going to MeXicanize our coun-
try by having the President appoint
his successor through the machinery
of the Republican party and the use
of office-holders to a stock nominat-
Ing convention, 1T Is simply going to
make great slump downward in the
history of the American Republic.
Again, If the country is really in
love with, and anxious to have car
ried out, reforms which Roosevelt
stole from the Democrats and pro-
claimed as my policy the people
will recognize that Bryan more fully
represents those ideas than does Mr..
Taft.
"Then again the Vice Presidential
nomination of the Republican con-
vention is an insult to the name of
reform. Everybody in Washington
is familiar with Sherman's alignment
with the plutocratic influences of the
country, and unless | mistake the
character Of the people generally
they will consider his nomination as
surrender to the plutocracy.
while Taft's friends are denying
everything that is calculated to lose
him any votes there is still another
important consideration which will
influence the election of Bryan. The
panic Of last winter has only left un-
pleasant recollections and an amount
of damage to business which now is
relatively small. Things seem to be
almost normal at present, but what
ever 1t was, harm resulted with Re-
publicanS in possession of all
branches Of the government, in spite
Of the protective tariff, In spite of the
gold standard.
No Money Issue Now.
"The money question Is no issue
now and cannot be made one. Bry-
ans attitude in 1896 and 1900
would not influence even a nervous
baby, much less sensible voter, and
unless American minds are absolute
ly besotted, Of which in my opinion
there Is not the slightest Indication,
they will realize that to allow one
party to remain in power indefinitely
is not healthy OF for the good of the
country.
Consider, besides, the disaffection
in the West over the tariff, and the
clamor for Roosevelt's programme,
which Bryan represents, and you will
see that Bryan cannot keep from win
ming"
In answer to a qu, ,tion Senator
Tillman said:
mo, | don't think anything much
can be done with the tariff next ses-
sion. Two-thirds Of the Senate are
against any reduction, and If there
were a change this big majority
would rather favor an increase. Even
If a Democratic President and House
were elected wouldn't Aldrich just
sit there in the Senate and laugh at
any tariff bill sent from across the
way?"