The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-25
NATIONAL POLITICS
SENATOR TILLMAN PREDICTS
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.


NOlnlEatION an lHSult 10 the Name
OF Reform.
The following special cable dis
patch from it's. representative in
London. printed in. the New York
Herald Saturday. 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 Il. Tillman, of South Car
Dina, who after an extensive Con-
.tinental tour, is enjoying his first
visit to London.
1T may be that the wish if faith
er to the thought said Senator
Tillman when | encountered him at
the Office of the American Express
company, but it looks to me as If
Bryan has a powerful good chance
of cleaning up the other crowd this
time. In the first place he has been
nominated in spite of the best or
ganized newspaper fight against him
ever known, thus demonstrating his
innate strength with the rank and file
OF the Democratic party. Taft, on
the contrary, 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 70 be construed as
saying anything against him as a
man, his elf-obliteration and what
| hor'I cal the cismenJ Of sac
serviency 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
country by having the president ap-
point his successor through the ma
chinery OF the Republican party and
the use Of ofIice-holders to a stock
nominating convention, it is simR!y
going to make a great slump down
ward 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
Taft.
Then again the vice presidential
nomination Of the Republican con-
vcntion is an insult to the name Of
reform. Everybody in Washington
is familiar with Sherman's align
ment 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 anol..er
important consideration which will
influence the election of Bryan. The
Ipanic 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 it was, harm resulted with Re
nublicans in possession of all branch
es of the government, in spite or the
protective tariff, in spite Of the gold
standard.
No Money Issue Now.
1.-The money question is no issue
inow and cannot be made one. Bry,
ans attitude in 1906 and 1900 would
not influence even a nervous BABY
much less a sensible voter. and un'
less American minds are absolutely
bestotted, 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 or for the good of the
country.
Consider, besides, the disaffec
ton in the west over the tariff, ano
the clamor for Roosevelt's program
which Bryan represents, and you VII
see that Bryan cannot keep from win
ming.
In answer to a question Senator
Tillman said:
mo. don't think anything mncE
can be done wit hthe tariff next Sc
sion. Two-thirds of the senate are
against any reduction, and If there
we're change this big majority
would rather favor an increase. Ever
If a Democratic president and mouse
were elected wouldn't Aldrich JUS
sit there in the senate and laugh IL
any tariff bill sent from across the
way"