The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
EARLY VIEWS true.
TILLMAN'S RETROSPECT In CON.
GRESSIONAL RECORD
SHOWS GREAT Progress

SHOWS GREAT Progress
Senior Senator Tells of Hostile Atti-
tude Of Many Towards Him Eigh-
teen Years Ago, But Since Then
The Things He Advocated Have
Become Part of the Law.
Stating that when he came to the
senate IS years ago he was looked
upon as an ultra-radical and semi
anarchist and that the plutocratic
press has never ceased to hold the
prejudice they then had against him,
though some have become more lib
eral and generous, Senator Tillman
Saturday secured consent of the SEN
ate to publish in the Record and to
have printed as public document an
article he prepared at that time Civ
ing his impressions and beliefs about
Wall street and the money power.
II am asking for it's publication" "
Senator Tillman said, because so
much that was mere surmise and
prophecy then has come true, and I
feel it very appropriate for me to re-
produce it. I shall incorporate in it,
il the senate will permit me, statistics
and facts to make the picture a pho
toeraph Of present conditions, to be
compared with conditions which ex-
listed in 1896 something on the order
OF before and after taking or Till
man on conditions on 1896 and those
conditions now brought down to date.
Ny retrospect is only for Is years.
when I came to the senate Is
years ago I was looked upon as an
ultra-radical and semi-anarchist, and
the plutocratic press have never ceas-
cd to hold the prejudice they then
imbibed against me, though Of recent
years they have become more liberal
and some of them even generous in
their comments about my personal
characteristics.
One point that will strike every
body-and it is most important one
is that the income tax which the
supreme court then declared uncon-
stitutional has just been enacted into
law, the constitution having been
amended so as to make it legal for
congress to do it.
1--WE have had great howl in the
senate about the inequality and in
Justice Of the income tax. Some east
ern senators have lamented the
wrong done to their constituents, the
well groomed and we'll fed million
aires, who will have to contribute to
the expenses of running the govern.
| ment because of this tax. They have
spoken about the injury done theil
'people'-'my people collectively
seemingly unconscious Of the fact
which is very patent to any one, that
while the well-to-do in New England
and the middle West will bear most
OF the burden Of the income tax
these very men haye been robbing
their fellow citizens, the working
| men, and keeping them poor. These
rich men have Systematically MIXED
the door mans cow in the east just as
they have MIXED the farmers COW
in the West and South, but they have
been shrewd enough to make him be-
lieye the contrary. They have ap-
pealed to the poorer classes to vote
with them to keep the Democrats out
of power, and have succeeded until
the last election.
"I do not believe that these poor
men can be bamboozled into voting
against our Democratic president and
his policies by any such claptrap OF
illogical appeals. The time is COM
ing very rapidly when the poor men
everywhere will line up at the ballot
box against wrong and oppression
without regard to party, and a de-
mand for laws which will secure
equality Of opportunity with equality
Of burden will be made in thundren
tones.
"But we have just begun to undo
the deviltry which has been perpetu-
ated by the Republican party in the
past 25 or 40 years. Let US continue
the good work until we enact laws
which will insure the country against
manufactured panics such as was
produced in 1907.
"The Silver craze as it was called
in derision, has quieted down. The
'soldbugs' promised all sorts Of bless
ings to the country if the gold stand
ard was maintained. But somehow
the high cost Of living continues to
climb and the poor people are getting
more and more restless. Some OF
them are almost desperate and hope
less of any relief.
"I do not know myself what Is
wrong with the world, but do know
this: The unrest is growing daily and
Socialists multiplying space, and con-
gress should set itself honestly and
earnestly to the task Of righting
things and furnishing relief. Charles
Francis Adams address will throw a
great flood Of light from the view
point of that distinguished publicist
and patriot now verging on so. The
essential parts Of the Democratic
platform Of 1896 are going to be en-
acted into law sooner or later.
"The people have chosen wise
and patriotic leader, who will neither
betray nor sell them out. Woodrow
Wilson Is making good every day
of his life and will go down In Amer