The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 22, 1896, Image 11
\ HOW BRYAN WON.
FULL TEXT OF HIS GREAT SPEECH
BEFORE THE CONVENTION.
Fighting Not for Conquest, But In Defenc<
of Homes, Ftmlllei* nod l'osterlty?Nc
Question of Honor.
Here is the full text of William J,
Bryan's speech before the convention,
> which gave rise to such a remarkabl<
jSJ outburst of enthusiasm, and did sc
m much toward carrying the conventior
liio nnminstinn.
ft "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen ol
m the Convention: 1 would be presump
I tuous, indeed, to present my sel f agains
I the distinguished gentlemen to whon
' you have listened if this were but i
measuring of ability, but this is not f
contest among persons. The humbles
citizen in all the land when cla l is
the armor of a righteous cau?3 ?e
stronger than the whole hosts erroi
can bring.
"I come to speak to you in c a'cns^
of a cause holy as the cause of liberty
?the cause of humanity.
"When this debate is concluded a
motion will be made to lay upon the
table the resolution offered in commendation
of the administration, and alsc
the resolution in condemnation of the
ftdminUtrAtirm. T shall obiect to
bringing the question down to a level
of persons. Tae individual is but an
atom; he is born, he acts, he dies, but
Ipricciples are eternal and this hps
been a contest of principles. Never
before in the history of this country
r.r has there been witnes?3d such a contest
as that through which we have
passed. Never before in the history
of American politics has a g; oat issue
been fought out, as this kiue has
been, by tbe voters themselves"On
March 4,1895. a few Democrats,
most of them memoeis of Congress,
issued an address to t he Democrats oi
the nation, asserting that the money
question was the paramount ?psue of
tbe hour; asserting a'co the right of a
majority of the Democratic party tc
control the petition of the party on
this paramount irsue, and concluding
with the request that all believers in
free coinage ol silver in the Democrat
- -? 1J :? J i.? u.
ic puriy suuuiu huu i?&c
charge of and control the policy of the
Democratic parly.
"Three months latar, at Memohis,
an organization wasp:2rfect? i, ana the
tilver Democrats went forth opanly
and boldly and courageously proclaimed
their belief, and declaring that if
tucceesful they would cry&talize in a
platform the aeclaiation which they
had made. Ahd then began the conflict,
with a zeal approaching the zeal
which inspired the crusaders who followed
Peter the Hermit.
"Our silver Democrats went forth
from victory unto victory untf! they
are ass3mbled now, not to die cuss, not
to debat9, but to enter up the judement
rendered by the plain p ople of
this country.
*'tn.^v?io sfwi+aot kwfkoi* viae kapti qi*.
rayed against brother and father
against son. The warmest ties of love
and acquaintance and association have
been diregarded. Old leaders have
been cast aside when they refusrdto
give expression to the sentiments of
those whom they would lead, and new
leaders have sprung up to give direction
to this cause of trust.
4 Thus has the contest been waged,
and we have assembled here under as
binding and solemn instructions a<
were ever fastened upon the representatives
of a people. We do not come
as individuals. Why, es individuals
we might have been glad to compliment
the gentleman from New York,
Senator Hill, but we know that the
people for whom we speak would never
be willing to put him in a pesitior
where he could tnwart the will of the
Democratic party.
"I said it was not a question of per
sons; it was a question of principle,
and it is with gladness, my friends,
that we find ourselves brought intc
conflict with those who are now array
nn tvia rtfha* bu?a.
'The gentlemen who just preceded
me, Governor Rus?e!l, spoke of the
old State of Massachusetts. Lat me
assure him that not one parson in a)]
this convention entertains the least
hostility to the people of the Stat3 oi
Massacnusetts, But we stand here
representing people who are the equals
before the law of the largest citizens
in the State of Massachusetts.
"When you come before us and tel]
us that we shall disturb your businer;
interests we reply that you have disturbed
our business interests by your
course. We say to you that you have
made too limited in its application the
definition of 'business man.' The man
who is employed for wages is as much
a business man as his employer. The
attorney in a country town is as much
i a business man as the corporation
counsel in a great metropolis. The
merchant at the cross roads is as much
a business man as the merchant oi
New York.
4"The farmer who goes forth in the
morning and toils all day begins in the
spring and toils all summer, and, by
tne application of brains and muscle to
the natural resources of this ciuntrv.
creates wealth, is as much a business
i man as the man who goes upon the
I Board of Trade and bets upon the pric'
of grain. The miners who go one
thousand feet into the earth or climt
two thousand feet upon the cliffs sud
bring forth from their hiding pi? oe the
precious metals to be poured into tL?
channels of trade are as much busine .'
men as the few financial ma gnat is whe
in a back room, corner the monej
market of the world.
44We come to speak [of that broadei
class of business men. Ah, my
friends, we say not one word against
those who live npon the Atlantic coast:
but those hardy pioneers who brav J
all the dangers of the wilderness, who
nave made the desert to blossom as the
rose?those pioneers away out there,
rearing their children near to Nature's
heart, where they can miagle their
yoices with the voicfs of the birdsout
there Where they have erecfcd
school houres for the education ol
their young, and churches wher3 thej
. praisa their Creator, and cemeteriea
where sleep the ashes of their dead,
areas deserving of the consideratior
of this party as any people in thii
country.
"It is for these that we speak. W<
do not come as aggrersors. Our wai
is not a war of conquest. We are fight
ing in defense of our homes, our fami
lies and posterity. We havep9titione;
and our petitions have been scorned
We have entreated, and our entreatic
have been disregarded. We hav
begged, and they have mocked, am
our calamity came.
"We beg no longer; we entreat ni
more; we petition no more. We def]
them.
?
"The gentleman from Wisconsi
has said that he fears a Robespierre
My friend, in this land of the free yo
i need fear no tyrant who will sprin;
up from among the people. What w
need is an Andrew Jackson, to stand
as Jackson stood, against the encroach
* ments of aggrandized wealth.
t "They tell us that this platform wa
made to catch votes. We reply t
them that changing conditions mak
, nsw issues; that the principles upo
, which rest Democracy are as everlasi
5 ing as the hills, but that they must b
> applied to new conditions as the
l arise. Conditions have arisen, and vi
are attempting to meet these cond
[ tions.
"They tell us that the income ta
t ought not to be brought in heie, ths
i it is a new idea. They criticse us it
i our criticisms of the Supreme Coui
i of the #United States. My friends, w
t have not criticiscd. We have siuipl
l called attention to what you know. 1
j you want criticisms re id the dissen
ing opinion of the court. That wii
give you criticisms.
5 "They say we passed an uocanstiti
r tional law. I deny it. The incom
tax was not unconstitutional when i
was passed. It was not unconstitu
, tional when it went before the St
. preme Court for the first time. It dii
> not become unconstitutional until on
j judge changed his mind, and we cat
not be expected to know when a judg
| will change his mind,
t INCOME TAX JUST.
"The income tax is a jjst law. I
, cimnlw intends In niTt. huivlenQ r
government justly upon the back3 c
the people. 1 am in favor of an it
come tax. When I find a man wh
i is not wiUing to pay h;s share of th
government which protects him I fin
i a man who ?s unworthy to enjoy th
; bit -sing3 of a government like ours.
"He says that we are opposing th
national bank currancv. ?-t is true. 1
you w?U read what Thomas Bentoi
' slid you wiH find that he raid that ii
- searching h'story he could find bu
one parallel to Andrew Jackson. Tha
i was Cicero, who destroyed the con
i sDiracy of Cat'lme to save Rome. II
A 1 /I D/\?V%A trrkof Tftl Ire**! /lul TTT Vl Q 1
L U1U IU1 lvv/iiic W u it ju. uiu nuui
- he destroyed the bink conspiracy am
[ saved America.
"We say in our platform that w
i believe tbe right to coin money am
i issue money ?s a function of govern
ment. We believe it is a part of tov
ereignty and on no more with safet
i I 3 de'egated to private individua1
than we could atford to delegate ti
. private individuals the j ower to mak
f penal statutes or levy laws for taxa
tion.
"Mr. Jefferson, who was once re
garded as good Democratic authority
seems to have a different opinion fron
the gentleman who has addressed u
on tae part of the minority.
"Thc?9 who areopposea to this pro
position tell us that tne irsue of pape
, money is a function of the bank, aai
that tne government ought to go ou
of the banking business. I stand witl
Jefferson rather than with them ii
holding1, as he did. that the irsue o
money is a function of the govern
meat, and that the banks ought to gi
out of the government businecs.
i "They complain about that plan!
i which declares against the life tenur
in office. They have tried to strain i
to mean that which it do?s not mean
What we oppose in that plank is th
life tenure that is being bu'lt at Wash
ington, which excludes from partici
i pation in the benefits the humble
i members of our society. I canno
. dwell on this longer in my limitei
i time.
i "Let me call attention to two o
. three great things. The gentlemai
from New York says that he will pre
> pose an amendment providing tha
. this change in our law shall not affec
t contracts already made. Let me re
) miqd him that tnere is no intention c
affecting those contracts which, ac
. cording to the present laws, are mad
payable in gold. But if he means t
| say that we cannot change our mone
> tary system without protecting thos
. who have loaned money before th
change was made, I want to ask hin
[ where, in law or in morals, he can fin
5 authority for not protecting the debl
5 ors when the Act of 1873 was passed
[ when he now insists that we mus
t protect the creditor.
? "He says he also wen's to amem
s this law and provide that if we fail t
j maintain a parity within a year w
i will then suspend the coinage of si]
var. We reply that when we advc
[ cate a thiug which we talieve will b
i successful, we are not compelled t
. raise a doubt as to our own sincerit
by trying to 6how what we wiiaoi
we can.
QUESTION OF PARIW.
"I ask b?m, j? be will apply his log
ic to us. whv lie dees not apply it t
himself. He says that he wants Ihi
country to try to secure an interna
tional agreement. Why doesn't h
tell us what he is going to do if the;
fa'1, to secure an international agree
ment? There is more reason for hin
to do that than for us to faU to main
tain the parity. They have tried fo
thirty years?for thirty years?to s?
cure an international agreement, an*
those who are waiting for it most pa
tiently don't want it at a1!.
"Now, my friends, let me come t
the great paramount issue. If the;
ask us here why it is that we say mor
on the money qucition than we ra;
upon the tariff question, I r?ply tha
if protection has slain ifs thousands
the gold standard has sbin its tens o
l thousands. If they ask us way w<
' did not embed v all thfse thing3 in ou
* platform whica we believe, we repl;
r to them that when we have re&torci
the money of the c3Dst;.tu,;on, e1
' other nec<:sary reforirs will be por3i
ble, and that until that is done ther
' is no reform that can be accomplished
: CHANGED IN THREE MONTHS.
L "Why is that within three month
such a change bas come over the ser
? timents of this country? Three month
. ago, when it was confidently assert
s that those who believe in the gol
' standard would frame our platforc
- and nominate another candidate,evei
I the advocates of the gold standard di
f not think that we could elect a Pres:
r dent, but they had good reasons fo
5 the suspicion,cscause there is scorsel
. a State here today asking the pol
i standard that is not within the absc
5 lute coatroi or ttie Kepublican nartj
"But note the change. Mr. McKii
^ ley "Wfs nominated at St. Louis on
r platform that declared for the mail
- tenance of the gold standard until
- should be changed into bimetallism b
I an international agre2ment. Mr. Mi
. Kinley wps the mcst pjpular ma
s among the Republicans, and even
e t.:dy three months ago in the llepui
i lican party prophesieu his election.
"How is it tDday? Why, ihat ma
o who used to boast that he looked lil
j Napoleon?that man shudders toda
when he thinks that he was nominate
n on the anniversary of the battle
?. Waterloo. Not only that, but as
u listens he can hear with ever inert
g ing distinctness the sound of the wa
e as they beat upon the lonely shores
I, St. Helena.
i- "Why tnis change? Ah, ray frein
is not the change evident to any <
is who will look at the mattsr? It is
o private character, however pure,
e personal popularity, however gr<
n that can protcctfrom the avengi
L- wrath of an indignant people the n
e who will either declare that he is
y favor of fastening the goJd standi
e upon this people, or who is willing
i- surrender the right of seli-governm
and place legislative control in
x hands of foreign potentates and p<
it ers.
>r CONFIDANT OF SUCCESS.
?' ?"T * -i ?i.
I *? w c ku uiriu uuunucut tuai wcau
e w'a. Why / Because upon the pa
v mount issue iu this campaign then
[f not a spot of ground upon which
t enemy will dare to challenge batl
II Why if they tell us that the gold st;
daru is a good thing, we point to tli
l' platform and tell them that their pi
e form pledges the party to get rid o
t gold standard and substitute bimet
l" l:sm. If the gold standard is a gc
thing, why try to get rid of it?
* "I might call your attention to i
6 fact that some of the very people w
l" are in this convention tcday, and v?
6 tell you that we oujjht to declare
favor of international bimetallism, a
thereby delare that the gold standi
t ia itTMnriA nn/l iVia r\wi r?ni r%1 A nf Klmftl
13 YT I UUg auu tliU |il 1UV1|/IW v?* wviuvi
'f lism is better?these very people fc
* months ago were open and avowed:
l* vccates of the gold standard, and t<
0 ing us that we could not legislate t
6 metals together, even with all 1
d world.
0 "I want to suggesttbistruth, tha
the gold standard is a good thing
0 ought to declare in favor of its ret<
' tion, and not in favor of abandoni
11 it, and if the gold standard is a t
Q thing, why should we wait until so
it other nations are willing to help vi
let go?
l" THE LINE OF BATTLE.
? "Here is the line of battle: We c
. nntnnnn which i?iiA thftv fmv.ft 1
fight. We are prepared to meet th<
on either issue, or on both. If th
? tell us that the gold standard is 1
standard of civilization, we reply
them that this the mcst enlightene d
all the nations of the earth, has ne1
? declared for a gold standard, and be
? the parties this year are declari
? against it.
"If the gold standard is the standi
of civilization, wh^, my frien
should we not have it? iio, if tt
come to meet us on Jhat, we can nr
' eat the history of our nation. M<
? than that, we can tell them this tl
they will ssarch the paqjes of histc
in vain to find a single instance
which the common peopla of any la
j have ever declared themselves in fa^
? of a gold standard. They can fi
1 where the holders of fixed investmei
1 have.
J "Mr. Carlisle said in 1878 that t
was a struggle between the idle ho
* pra of irilp p.anifal anrl tViA ctrnorcrli
J masses who produce the weilth a
, pay the taxes of the country, and, i
friends, it is simply a question that
? shall decide, upon wbich side sh
1 the Democratic party fight? Upon i
l* side of the idle holders of idle capi
e or upon the side of the struggling m
t* ses ? That is the question that the p
l" ty must answer firsl and then it m
T be answered by each individual he
j after.
"The sympathies of the Democrc
party,4'as described by the platfoi
r are on the side of the struggling m
a ses who have ever been tne foun
tion of the Democratic party. Th
? are two ideas of government. Th<
are /hose who beiieve that if you j
legislate to make the well to do pi
, parous their prosparity will 1<
5" through on those below. The Der
e cratic idea has b?3n that if you legisl
to make the masses prosp3rous th
5" prosparity w.'U find its way up throu
^ every claes and rest up3n it.
CITIES REST ON PRAIRES.
"You come to us and tell us that l
. great cities are in favor of the g<
[ standard. I tell you that the gri
cities rest upon these broad and ferl
prairies. Burn down your cities a
[j leave our farms, and your cities v
0 spring up attain as if by magic; out <
e stroy our iarms and the grass
|. grow ii the streets of every city in t
j. country.
e "My friends, we shall declare tl
n tb's nation is able to leeislate for
y own people on every question, wi
f out waiting for the aid or consent
any other nation on earth, and up
that irsue we excact to carry ev<
single State in th;s union, 1 shall 1
slander the fair State of Massachuse
0 nor New York by sayin* that wb
8 its citizens are confronted with t
k" proposition. Is this nation able to
6 tend Id i*s own business??I will i
P slander either one by saying that I
people of thoie States will declare c
1 helpless impotency as a nation to
L" tend to our own business.
r ISSUE Ob1 1776 OVER AGAIN,
j "It is the issue of 1776 over aga
Our ancestDrs were the 3,000,000 w
l" had the courage to declare their pol
cal independence of every other ]
0 tion on earth. Shall we, theirdesci
y dants, when we have grown to 70,01
e. ,000, declare that we are less indep<
P dent than our foiefathers? No, i
1 friends, it will never be the judgm<
i of tlrs people.
1 "Therefore, we care not upon wl
B lines the battle is fought. If they ?
r bimetallism is good, but we cam
J have it until some nation help us,
j reply that, instead of having a g<
1 standard because England has,
L" shall restore bimetallism and then
? England have bimetallism bscause 1
' United States has.
"If thev dare to come out and in 1
open defend the gold standard e
l' good thing, we shall fight them to 1
j uttermo3t. Having behind us the p
j ducing masies of this nation and I
world; having beh'nd us the comm
Q cial interests, and the laboring inl
j ests, and a'l the toiHng masses,
r fhall answer their demands for a gi
l" standard by saying to him: 'You sl!
>r not press down upon the brow of
J bor this crown of thorns. You sb
^ not crucify mankind upon a orcrs
\ gold." "
1- Republicans Joining.
a Butte, Mont., July 11.?A trem
1- uous mass meeuog was neiu in uu
it last night, and the Bryan and Sovs
y Club organized. Over 2,000 vot
2- signed the roll, including many of
n most prominent Republicans in
r- city. Mayor ThompsDn and State
) torney W. L. Wines, both llepu
cans, made strong spcscheT declar
n no silver man coula CDnsistently s
ce port McKinley. Sp:echrs were s
y made by prominent Populists i
id Democrats.
?f THE CROP OUTLOOK.
sasves
FOR THE WEEK ENDING LAST
10f SATURDAY.
ds,
3116 Cotto" 1,1 of Sunshine Sluce tire Wet
110 Wenther, But the Frosprcts Goo?l?Other
Crops Prospering.
?at,
ng The following bulletin covers the
l{?n weather and crop conditions for the
wofilr on/linm QofiiM/laxr Tilltr 11 oc va.
Etrcl vuuiug uatuiuuj, w *V/
r to ported by Observer Bauer, which were
ent prepared from reports lrom one or
the mo^e correspondents in each county
>w- of the State.
Ordinarily, the week justpassea includes
the dates of hignest temperaiaU
tures for the year in South Carolina,
ra_ and about stationary temparature may
' be expected for the remainder of the
,l month and into Auguut, after whica a
[je slow decre??e at first, then more rapid
" will ordinarily eccurj'
The mean temperature for the past
* week averaged 5 degi3*3 ccaler than
? _ normal; highest temperature 96 on the
5th at Black ville, and on the 6th at
^ Spartanburg; lowest 52 on the 9th at
L toper's. Mean temperature of 40
Uie stations, 77, and the aporox'mate nor,|10
mal for the same period is 82.
rjj0 At many places there was rain on
, itl ssven days of the week. Out of 41 re*
Q,j ports t^e smallest amount reported
ircj was 1.82 at Yemp-^ee. Tne distnbuta^_
tion of the rainfall is shovsn by the
fnllnwin(ri<ATint>fo' Anoiigto fJa R At'
>\ir - WC & vrwl . v. ^^,
j AUendale 1.88, Batesburg 4 CO, Black11
ville 2 56, Greanwcsd 9.71, Grsenville
wo 8.51, Spartanburg 6.03, Cheraw 6.05,
Florence 3.61, Kingslrca 3.20, St.
George's 3.11, St. Matthew's 3.58, rinof
Dolis 2.33, Darlington 3.85, Tiller's
Ferry 7.41, Shaw's Fork 6 00, St.
George's (2) 4 50. Charleston 6.31, Libfn?
erty 5.75, McColl 6 40, Beaufort 6.00
Wirusboro 5.15, Anderson 4.90, San}rt
tuc 6.48, lieid 5.75, Trial 3.61, Columt
bia 6.85, Camden 7.27, Chesterfield
6.18, Mont Clare 6.75, EUoree 2.37,
Longshore 6 80, Loopsr's 8 05, Trenton
6.51. Little Mountain 8.67 Walhalla
5.36, Ciemson College 9.48, Poverty
to? Hill8 35, GiUisonville 1.95, Statf *burg
Bm 7.57, Hagocd 4.20, Society HiJl 5.21.
|?y The average of these 44 reports is
the 5 45 and the normal for the rame DartO
irtH is ftnnrmrimftt?!vr 1 29 inches Thft
?* rain fe) I so that much of it san into the
7er ground and the subsoil is now
tnoroughly Saturated and no apprenE
hension of drought need bs felt ior the
remainder of this crop season,
ird There was le^3 than half the usual
ds> duration of possible sunshine, the parl?y
centage for the State havine been 37,
es' ranging from 18 at Trio to 53 per cent.
5r? at Winnsboro. The effcct of so much
ia? cloudiness was in the main beneficial
?y by preventing scalding, wh;ch would
^ have cccurred had the sun shone hot
nd before the ground had btcome partial
ly dry. .
na Too much rain. That and hi<?h
ats winds on Wednesday, 8th, causea a
general falling off in the condition of
"y corn ana cotton, but witn less ettest on
other crop3, in fact, minor crops were
n? decidedly i no proved except on over*
aa ilowed land. The wind is reported to
have blown a gale in the wfitern counties,
breaking down and tangling corn
and large cotton, and owing to the
J1? changing direction of the high wind,
'^1 it worked holes around the roots of
a3* cotton, breaking off the upper roots
ar" and retarding its growth materially.
ust Much of the green fruit remaining on
!re\ the trees was blown off, thus further
shortening an already small crop.
l"c Tile rivers, and many of the smaller
'm' streams, overflowed their banks and
ruined a large portion of bottom land
^a" crops. In estimating the damage from
0r3 this source, the fact should ba taken
9re into consideration that bottom lands
us' yield nearly, or quite, twice as much
'?s* as the same acreage of ordinary uplands.
Q?" The Great Pee Dee rose to within 6
aJ9 inches of the great frechet of March,
eif 1SC5. The Broad, Congaree, Wateree,
Ljnches, Savannah and other riveTs
were over tliair banks .more or lers,
but the d? mage can as yet not be acLhe
curately estimated.
>ld Farm work was delayed by the rains
sat and wet coil and crops are f*st becomile
ing grassy, but as fields were previousnd
ly we] I cultivated, except in a few
nil counties, the grars can ba brought untie
der control before much injury will
rill result from that source. Hillside lands
bis were badly washed in six counties.
The general condition of corn is not
lat as good as it was a week ago, with the
its exception of upland in Laurens and
th- ChesterGeld where it is very fine. The
of greatest iujury 1 :> corn was done by
on the wipd. The rains prevented the
:ry sDreau of porlen. Dry weather and
lot tne wet soil wi.'l improve late corn, so
itts that a rapid improvement in the condiien
lion of corn is expected.
he . Cotton was a?so injured by the wet
at- weather but to what extent can not
lot now bo definitely stated. Shedding of
-he squares ?s reported from four counties
>ur and the lack of sufficient sunsnine h?s
at- causrd rust to appear at places and
the plant to turn yellow. It is sappy
and growing largely to weed, neverin.
theless it continuts Id fruit heavily and
uu me general conuiuon is gcou.
iti- Tobacco curing was retarded by the
aa- rains but the condition of tobacco in
en- general is very promising now.
0,- liica is in excellent condition but
sn planters on lower Santee are apprehenTiy
sive of overflows when the high wat?nt
era of the Wateree and Congare3 reach
the first named river.
lat Peas are stil I being sown to some exsay
tent. Peas as well as all other minor
iot crop3 are in excellent condition,
we Sweet potatoes doing very well, also
Did sorghum cane, lata gardons and paswe
tures. Truck along the coast is rotting
let from too much rain,
the
Luddeu & Bates are Four Men.
Lhe If you want to buy a fine piano di
s a rect from factory, and without paying
the middlemen's, profits, write the wellr<^
known Southern Music House of Ludthe
den & Bates, Savannah, Ga., about it.
lp - They are your men. They manufac05*
ture the new Ludden & Bates piano,
wi) They own an Interest in the great
old Mathushek Piano, sold by them for
a11, twenty-five years past. They control
la- almost the entire output of the facto9ll
ry and have just opsned large whole1
of sale warerooms in New Yoric City.
They sell from factory direct to purchasers
and save purchasers all intermediate
profits. They are your men.
liead their latest advertisement in tbis
itte issue and write them either at Savanr?
nah, Ga., or New York City.
Airs ?
tlie A Prophecy Half Fulfilled.
ine jtalkuju, in. u.. Juiy j;>.?two
At- years ago William J. Bryan delivered
b)i- a commencement address at the State
ipg Normal and Industrial SshcDls for
up- girls here. Miss Gertrude M. Bagby
ilso was class prophet and said Bryan
ind would ba the next Democratic nominee
for President and would be elected.
A SPfCY MEETING.
[CONTINUEDFROM PAGE 0Ni?.]
one occasion have shown he did nc
love the honor of his office we
enough to keep from disgracing i
This young man has seen nt to attac
me on political grounds. The*
is no question no dispute a
to where I stood in 189(
nor where I am and have been for tb
past four years. My rccord is open
whatever I did was done oil convi<
tion and with honesty of purposs, cor
cealing nothing from aoy man. Bu
can my competitor say as much ? 13
was a Bratton man in 1890, and do<
not deny it, knowing I have the proo
Can he tell you truthfully that he a<
quainted Gen. Farley with his hones
views on politics that year, before a<
cepting that office under him?
' 'AA7 ill M \A7 dHo Q I DA ontr h?
? ? 1U iU.I( ?f akbO O'OV oaj VV UCbUl
or not he is a member or attende
upon the meetings of an organizatio
known in Columbia as 'Scatterwoo
Al'iance or Club.' and if so, to te
yoa truthfully the purpose of ths
club? When he doss, I will show yo
that organization is looked on wit
abhorrence by true Reformers fror
both amoral and political standpoint.
Messrs. Robinson and Mayfielc
candidates for superintendent of educf
tion, and the candidates for congre*
?Finley, Trantham and Strait? wer
the other speakers.
MISS TILLMAN'S DEATH,
[CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONE. |
over the same railroad.?State.
THF. RF.V. MR
The following special was receive
by The State1 from Ya?kville about th
Rev. Robert A. Lee:
Yorkvillk, July 16.?The Mr. I*
referred to in The State today as bein
killed yesterday at Bravard, N. C.
is Rev. R. A. Loa, rector of the Epii
copal church in Yorkville. The new
of his sudden death has cast a gloor
ovor the whole town. He was a ver
promising young man, and ha
strengthened the church here. H
was almost idolized by bis congregs
tion and was popular with other de
nominations, as he was a Christiai
first and an Episcopalian afterwardi
His parents live at Due West, 8. C
His remains will be buried tomorrow
at the family burying ground in At
beville. Mr. G. vV. S. Hart, Mr. W
F. Marshall, Dr. R. A. Bratton an
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Moore, member
of his congregation, left heie tonigh
for Abbevjlle. The St. Agnes Guil
and Ladies' Auxiliary sent beautifu
floral offerings. Much sympathy i
expressed also for Senator Tillman i
his affliction.
Many Men Drowned.
Cleveland, July 16.?The most aj
palling disaster which has occurred 1;
Cleveland, except the Viaduct horro
last winter, when a loaded car plunge
one hundred fedt into the river cccui
red tonight at 8 o'clock. While a flal
bottomea ferry boat, loaded with btween
forty and fifty laborers wa
crossing the old river channel, it wa
capsized and all the men thrown int
the channel and between fifteen an
twenty drowned, fourteen bodies hav
ing been taken from the water up t
11 p. m. The accident was due to
panic among the men on board Tb
boat was so loaded that the gunwal
was only three inches above the watei
and*a passing tug made waves whic
came into the boat. At once there wa
a rush to the othet side and tl&e boj
went under and spilled the men. The
were all members of a gang of or
handler^ and were coming to the
homes. The scene in the river, as d<
scribed by the men on the tug and tt
steamer Lingdon, which were passing
was one of wi'd straggle lor lift
Lines and life preservers were throw
from both vessels and many were pu
led aboard. Others of the unfortunate
were rescued by small b^ats, and som
swam ashore. The life saving ere
was summoned and the work c
searchfcig for be dies at once begur
Within a short time seven of the ur
fortunates were brought to shore an
taken to the morgue lor identificatior
Those who escaped scattered in ever
direction, and it is uncertain just ho1
many lives were lost.
Bryan Going to Ohio.
Toledo, Ohio, July 16.?The Be
says tcdav: If William J. Bryan ha
his way Ohio will be the storm cente
of the ensuing caynpaiga. The Demc
cratic candidate promises to stum
tbis State and to deliver at least on
address in Toledo. Mr. Bryan is de
sf^ous of having a joint debate on, th
currency auestion with ex-Gov. Mc
Kinley ana he will let Mr. McKiule;
select the time and nlace. Among tb
callers upon the distinguished nom:
nee iust after the nomination was
ter It. Degnan, of this city, alternat
at large.
"Can we hope to see yoa in Obv
during the campaign, Mr. Bryan?" h
asked.
"You certain^ can," was th
prompt reply. "I expect to make
number of speeches in Ohio betwee
now and election."
"What, invade the home of McKic
ley?"
"I know Mr. McKinley very well,
returned Mr. Bryan, "and esteem hit
very b'ghly as a m*n. We were t<
getaer in Congress and worked togett
avi'n tlio WQt7D onrl Moonci f!^mmilfp<
He is an excsllent gentleman an
thoroughly honest in all he says an
dc~V
- "If you come to Ohio you may ha]
pen to meet him," was suggested.
"I would not ask anything bett<
than to meet Mr. McKinley m joit
debate," raid Mr. Bryan, h><> eyes kit
dling, "ri^ht in his own State and i
his nome."
The conversation was continued i
an informal way for some time an
Mr. Bryan several times referred 1
his desire to meat Mr. McK'^ley.
Their Prayers Answered.
Baltimore,July 15.?Mr3. Klizabst
Siemaker and Mrs- Lucretia Woolfort
sister3, aged 65 and (53 yeais, resp c
ively, who had lived together all tbe
lives and who last Sunday prayed ttu
they might die together, wera burnr
to deathlast night. Their husbanc
died years ago.
British Slit ps ColMde.
London. July 15.?The Atianl
Transporoition Company's stoinrMi
HT?U: T nnlnnH fe\v> v..
1UUU11U, vapi>. UAjiauM,ivi iiwn XVI
collided \>uth the British str?ui
Storm K;ne, bound for Baitimoie,
Gravc"3nd today. B>'h vp^ ?!>i ;
damag:d,
Jefferson said of agriculiuia that
is the grand exchequer of the wor
that honors all drafts however larg
To express the idea otherwise, all tt;
world stands with opan mouth, wai
ing for the farmer to Gil it with foo<
>t
M Tho trustworthy euro for the Whiskey,
Opium, Morphine and Tobaoco Habits.
For further information address The
? Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia,
? 3.0.
te
>;
SIN A
iGREAT
* MEASURE
Feop'e have to depend
od the word of the dealer
! as to the quality of groceries.
It is very easy to
it make the price cheap at
u tbe expense of the quality
h ? Ea?y to hide the cheat,
n too. Only safe way Is to
y^anl n f a ra.iahlO hnilQA
such as ours Is. |
1 We call attention to the lev items below. I
These are our Retail prices: 9
'e W ELCH & EA*ON -PERFECTION" fi
FLO UK, Finest Flour Made,
3 Barrels $4.75, Half barrels |2.50.
WELCH & EASON'S "BEAUT
FLOUB, Next Bast Grade,
94.50 barrel.
Choice Family Flour |4.25 barrel.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEX SUCH
BR1CES BEFORE?
d. Best Leaf i^ard, 50 pound cans, GXc pound
e Best Leaf Lard, 20 pound cans, 7c pound.
Best Leaf Lard, 10 pound cans, 8.J pound,
'e Compound Lard, 50 pound cans, 5X<j pound
? Compound Lard, 20 pound cans, 6^c pound
' Compound Lard, 10 pound cans, 7c pound.
; IN RICE
y WE ARE
d HEADQUARTERS. jj
e We have it at 2Mc, 2^c, j1
3c, 314c, 4c and 5c pound j
Q In any qurntity less than j |
a barrel. Samples mailed I
* : free on application. * j
ICOFFEES
J We have all grades at
s 18c, aoc, 22c. 25c and 30c ]
t pound to suit all lovers of
d a good cup of co?fee. i
1 mr^ i m
? 1 ilA^
Q Green and Black at 25c,
50c, 75c and fl.00 per
puunl.
) i
I Granulated Sugar j
^ J3est quality In 100 pound
^ sacks at 5%c pound by the |
j, sack or 5%c pound in j
s smaller quantities. ,3
Second quality, and very I
o nice, in 100 pouud sacks at
d 5 l-2c pound by the sack
r- t or 5 3-4c pouud in smaller !
O I quantities. |
Cheap Biscuits ]
* By tue Box ONLY or 20 to 25 pounds. '
\ Ginger Snaps 4 1 2c pound ~
h Lemon?sweet ?51*2c pound
ks Nic Nacs?sweet...... 5 l-2c pound
Soda XXX?plain 4 l-2c pound
Plantation 6 1 2c pound
w Fluted Vanilla 6 l-2c pound
|e Lunch Milk 7c pound
ir We have the largest aud most varied asa
sortment of eanned goods, etc., to 1m had
Le in the South. Get a copy of our Prica List
y and peruse It carefully?you'll tueu tiud it
to your advautage to send us your orders. ..
0* One order will make you a customer of
Q ours. Our guarantee stauds bjhlad j,
everything we send out aud we live up to
N3 it in every instance. Vour wouey lsa't 9|
,e our money until you are pleased.
" WELCH & JfiASON, b
" UNIVERSAL PKOVIUEH1, d
l' 185 bad 187 Meeting and 117 Market Sts., ^
j CHARLESTON, S. C.
v
l* k
j| TOERE IJi
>r I Mb Preparation that can compare j
>[M with Hilton's Life for ths Iirer ^Hjg
p I SB an^ ^dney*?,n rtMnttfw j,
eljH o< its action and tha certainty
1 Jg of its effects, to the relief and IB I v
e J Bvl core of Dyspepsia and Indlgba- 10
j-1 |ra| tion, and all their attending I.
y I f|?p Ills, auflh as sick headache,
e I ^ai aoar stomach, want of appetite, I 8
i-1 etc., and as a regulator fa I
}-1 Habitual Constipation. A law I
61 g|jk doees will tell something of its
I Jafl merits. No need of a long eon- HI
o I ai tinned course before its bena* H j 6I
MM become apparent. I
gaS- TRY IT, AND Ml I (
CONVINCE^. gj
i-j ^Id wholesale by L
?lThe Murray Drug Co. L1
?| COLUMBIA, 8. C. D
l-F AND (D
* Dr. fl. Jiaer, Charleston, S.O, j
- HELP WANTED!
c
?* MEN WANTED iu every Township in this
county to advertise Diamond Crystal Syrup.
)r Those willing to work hard eight hours per
it' day can make from ?3 to $10 per day. No
l- more hard times for you or your dependents
it if you engage with us a'nd hustle. Send
stamp for particulars to Lock Box 122,
a Orangeburg, 8. 0.
-JOHN A..
MANUKACT
? TOZERE.
it BARGAIN LIST
1 have In stock, in thorough repair, repi
fol'owing s( ?od(1 band Engines and lioileis :
One 12 H 1' Portable Tczer Engine and lioil
One 6 11 F Portable Tozer Engioe and Uoll
.lc One CUT Portable Tozer E ngine and Boil
1L)
One i> II P Portable fox er Engine and Boll
One HHP Portable Oneida Engine and Boi
al One 12 II P Portable C & G Cooper & Co En
j One hHP Semi-Portable Ames Engine and
Otw 7 11 P Kemi-Portable VViod, Tatar & M
^ 'I'liese Engine i and Boilers have been
. . nmi nr<> In as yood condition as it is 1
Ill
e> ing to liavo your order, 1 am, Youis i
te
t- Always iu stock, a full line of TOZKK
i. prices. KEPAJKINO OK ALL KINDS I'K
A $25 Cooking Stove
WITH A COMTLBTl OUTTTT W?
o^TJLnr $10.00. j
Delivered to your railroad
All freight charges paid. Ilead tMi
description carefully. This spkedii
Cooking Stove in No. 8; has (oar i
inch holes; 16x18 inch ovea; II
Inch fire box, 24 Inehee high; llrfl
inch top; nice smooth easting. I
have had this stove made for mj
trade, after my own idea, oombiniaf
all the good point* of all medium
priced stoves, and leaving out tke
objectionable features.
Beyond all doubt the best Ne.
Cooking Stove made, for the prfoe.
Fitted with 2 pots, 2 pot eorwn, %
skellets, 2 griddles, 3 baking r?
I joints of pipe, 1 slbow, 1 collar, 1 j
lifter, 1 scraper, 1 oake polish, 1 Lie*
tea kittle, 1 shovel. We waak te
make customers and friends in iwij
part of the South, for the pvyeae
of introdnoing oar business to new
people, and to renew oar aof tia> I
ance with old friends. 8
We will ship this splendid Geekftaf
Stove and the above described fw I
to any depot, all freight libera? I
paid, for only $19.00 when ibe I
?uh hakim vitk tb? rdar TUi I
tort Li a good om, wall aaifo, ui 1
will giva ntira latiafaotiam. OwH
illuitratad eatalogua of FxizmHere. I
StOTM and Baby Carrlagai wtiM B
trM. Addraw g
x7. 3F. FJLDCi-ETT, ?
849 Broad Stbkkt, AUSUBTA, S
?nmnmn?inmnmrvw3!
!f you WanC a Fine piano ^
From Factory direct and all
Intermediate Profits saved 4
LUDDEN & BATES]
HlliBbMEN 5
They have sold Pianos . the South enc* ^
187o and are still at it. 4
They don't get old-foeyish or tired, bat al? M
ways keep at the head ot the procession, ' T
They have Inst opened Wholesale Head* ?
quarters ana Warerooms in New York City, M
They manufacture the Lndden dc Bates
Piano and also own an interest in the great _
IHfUhtiahek Piano Factory,with control V I
of nearly its entire output. m I
They Supply Purchasers direct from
Factory at Wholesale Price*, thus ;
saving large intermediate profits. M
They will save you $50 to $ 100 on a Piano. %
They are your men. Write them, either at M 1
Savannah, New York, or any of their South- ^ |
era Branch Houses. M ;
LUDDEN & BATES, ?i
91 & 93 Fifth Ave., N.Y. ?j
Main House, - - Savannah, Ga. J:
Brandhet?Macon, Columbus, Waycross, Ga J m !
Jacksonville, Fla.; Mobile, Ala.; NewOrleans; ;
Columbia, S. 0.; Charlotte, Raleigh, N. O. ^
A A At
Advice to Mothers.
Wj take pleasure In calling your at tea
on to a reme dy so long needed In carrylg
children safely through the critical
Age of teething. It Is an incalculable
leasing to mother and child. If you are
hturbed at night with a sick, fretful,
ttthing child, use Pitts' Carminative, It
rill give Instant relief, and regulate the
owels, and make teething safe and e^sy.
t will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea.
Mtte Carminative is an instant relief for
ollc of infants, it will promote digestion,,
lve tone and energy to the stomach and
>owels. 'J he sick, puny, suffering child
r 111 soon become the fat and frolicfciug Joy
f tho Household. It Is very pleasant to
he taste and only cost 25 cents per bottle,
old by druggists and by
THE MURRAY DRUG CO*
Columbia, S. C.
COTTON
GINS.
Complete glnnlnij systems rontrtolei for
rtth Thomas Elevator, LI at K.uh, b-Attaiy
londenser, Self-packing Kiv<>!vin.? Cjx
team Cylinder Pre a-it aivl all iui|)roveleuts
for aa up to d*te 189U glonei). Bay
o other until you i?<t pri-wi on the
'homas.
INQlNifii,
BOILKHS,
JJA.W MILLS,
JANE MILLS,
KICK MILLS,
Gttl-sr MIL' S.
Write for Prlcw.
V. C. Badham
OOLUMM A. S. C.
Wl l jl JIB,
LTKKK OK
NGils' US.
li.ited name as ne ?, and cnpfa'.H, tin
er Prion 5500 (
er Price ;;sO (JrhIi
er Price 3<>o ('nili
ler Pi ice 1'90 C;i<?h
iler i'tii-H 'jho (Jasli
... i,..,i.., |.M1.M .}7,|
iKiuu rim .??
1 Boiler IV cm 'Jyo cash
one Engine & Boiler I'ru'n lilt) Casii
thoroughly overhauled tinl tui-*! at my
lossible for fieeonti liaud j ?'.<s to b*. Hopespectfu'iy,
JOHN A. WJU-1S, Columbia, S. C.
ENGINES AND BOILKBS. Write for
OMPTLY EXECUTED.