The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-02

definitely.
The following special cable dispatcr,
from its representative in London
printed in the New York Herald Sat-
urday, will be read with interest i'm
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 Continen-
tai tour, is enjoying his visit to Lon
don.
ut may be that the wish is father to
the thought" said Senator Tillman
when I encountered him at the Office
Of the American Express Company.
but it looks to me as IL Bryan has a
powerful good chance of cleaning up
the other crowd this time. In the
first place he has been nominated i'm
spite Of the best organized 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
nominaed solely at the dictation OF
Roosevelt and against the wishes OF
the maSses in the Republican party
While Taft is lovable character i'm
every way. and I don't wish to be-
constructed as saying anything against
him as man, his self-obliteration and
what I should call the element OF
subserviency in his visit to Oyster
Bay to get his speech revised are not
In his favor.
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 Office holders to a stock
nominating convention. 1t is;
simply going to make a great slump,
downward I'm the history of the Ameri--
can Republic.
Again. II the country is really in
love with, and anxious to have carried
out, reforms which Roosevelt stole.
from the Democrats and proclaimed.
as my policy" the people will reco-
gnize that Bryan more fully represents,
those ideas tan does Taft.
Then again the Vice Presidential
nomination OF the Republican Conven--
ton is an insult to the name of re--
form. Everybody in Washington iss
familiar with Sherman's alignment
with the plutocratic influences Of the.
country. and unless I mistake ther
character Of the people generally they
will consider the nomination as a sur
render to the plutocracy.
while Taft friends are denying
everything that is calculated to loose
him any votes there Is still another
important consideration which VIII
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 10
relatively small. Things seem to Be
almost normal at present, but what
ever 1t was, harm resulted with Bea-
publicans In possession of branches of:
the Government in spite s6 thes,
protective tariff. in spite Of the gold ]
stande-i.
"The money question is no issue,
now and cannot be made one. Bryan1s
attitude in 1896 and 1900 would net
influence even q nervous baby, much
less sensible voter. and unless Aner--
lean minds are absolutely besotted,, OF
which in my opinion there is not tllee
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 disaffector,
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
winning"
In answer to question Senator
Tillman said:
mo, I don't think anything much,
can be done with the tariff next ses-
sion. Two-thirds Of the Senate arg
against any reduction, and il there
were change this big majority
would rather favor an increase. Eve1a
If Democratic President and House.
were elected wouldn't Aldrich just sic
there in the Senate and laugh at any
tariff bill sent from across tho NOW 1sS