The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 27, 1896, Image 1
■ I MF
His Argument for the Benefit
of the Masses.
M r. Chairman, Gentlemen of the
Committee and Pellow-oitizena: I
aha 1, at a future day and in a formal
lett ;r, acce n the nomination which U
now tender'd by the Notification Com-
mit’ce, and I atiali at that time touch
upo.i the presented -by- the
foriii. It it Bttinif, however, that at
thU time, i» the preaenoe of lltuiie here
aeaembled, I should ettealr at rome
length in r> gard to the campaign upon
whtcb we ire now entering. We do
not undure -timate the forcee arrayed
afainat u«. nor are we uomlndfuT of
the impor ante of the struggle in
which we are engaged ; but relying for
■uo-ega upon the rlghteousneee of our
oauae, we snatl defend with all poeeibie
vigor the p JeiUoss taken by our party.
W e are not aurprised that aome ut our
opponent*, in the abaence of better
argument, reeort to abusive epithets,
but they may reel assured tnat uo
language, aowever violent, no inveo*
Uvee, bowt ver vehement, will lean ua
to depart a aingle |hair'a breadth from
tne oounc marked out by the NatioeaJ
Cooveotion The dUaea, either puMie
or private, who aeiaiU the character
and 4 uo».looa the petrioUaa of the I
deiegetea aeaemUeu ia the Chicago
Ceaveattoe. aaeails the character and
aeaesteea tne petrtotUa at VTTTTSM
who have a/vajod 1 hTiralma uader
the ban err there rhieed.
U has tare charged by
er members of society;
it is not the wish of the general public
that these trusts should destroy com
petition and then collect such tax as
they will from those who are at their
mercy: nor is it the w^sh of the general
public that the instrumentalities of
Government have been so often pro
stituted to purposes of private gain.
Those who stand upon the Chicago
platform believe that the Government
should not only avoid wrong-doing, but
that it should also prevent wrong
doing; and they believe that the law
should be enforced alike against all
enemies of the public weal. They do
not excuse petit laroency, but they de
clare that grand larceny is equally a
crime; they do not defend the occupa
tion of the highwayman who robs the
unsuspecting traveler, but they include
through the more polite and lese haz-
ardousvtieansuf legislation, appropriate
to their own use the t proceeds of the
toil of others. The* commandment,
“ Thou shalt not steal,” thundered
from Sinai and reiterated in the legis
lation of all nations, Is no respector of
persons. It must be applied to the
great a» well a* the small; to the strong
a* well a* the weak ; Vo ihe corporate
person created by law a* well as to the
person of flesh and blood created by
the blood Almighty. No govern
ment is worthy of the name which
ia not able to protect from every
arm apiifted for hts injury the hum
blest tllisea who lives beneath the
flag. It (oilows aa a aeoeasary coo-
elusion that vicious legialaliuo must
lover- declares that bhnetaWsm ir desirable
when 't pledges the Republican party
to aid in securing it aa soon as the as-
m*lance of certain foreign nations can
be obtained. Those who represented
the minority sentiment in the Chicago
convention opposed the free coinage
of silver by the United States by inde
pendent action on the ground that, in
their judgment, it “would retard or
entirely prevent the establishment of
international bimetallism, to which
the efforts of the government should
be steadily directed.”
When they asserted that the efforts
of the government should be steadily
directed toward the establishment of
International bimetallism, they con
demned monometallism. The gold
standard has been weigh d in the
balance and found wanting. Take
from it the powerful support of the
money-owning and the
ing classes and it can not stand for one
day in any nation in the world. It was
fastened upon the United States with
out discussion before the people and its
friends have never yet been willing to
risk a verdict before the voters upon
that issue.
There can be no sympathy or oo-op-
e rat ion between tbe ad /ocates of a
universal gold etandard and the advo
cates of bimetallism. Between bimet
allism—whether independent or inter-
] national—and the gold standard there
I la aa impassable gulf. It this quadras-1 it
slat agitation in favor of international
1 bimetallism ooodueled ia good faith,
I or do our opponents really desire to
maintain tbe goldstaadard permanent-
I v V
the greatest good to tho greatest num
ber. The farmers are opposed to the
? old standard because they have felt
t* effects. Sinoq they sell at whole
sale and buy at fhtail, they have loet
mora than they have gained by falling
prices, andHaestdesv Stri*,--they have
found that certain fixed charges have
not fallen at all. Taxjs have not been
perceptibly decreased, although it re
quires more of farm products now than
formerly to secure the money with
which to pay taxes. Debts have not
fallen. The farmer who owed $1,000 is
still compelled to pay $1,000, although
it may be twice as difficult as tormerly
to obtain tbe dollar with which to pay
the debt. Railroad rates have not
been reduced to keep pace with falling
prices, and besides these Items there
are many more. The farmer has thus
found complaint against the gold
standard.
Tbe wage-earners have been injured
by a gold standard, and have expressed
themselves upoc the subject with great
emphasis. In February, IbOo, a petition
asking for the immediate restoration
. Ckf fpQH mrwi 11 n 1 i IT> 1
XTl wxXT7 11 W wrXXTX u tf I X XXJ I * W
gold and silver at 1H to 1 was signed by
tee representatives of all, or nearly
all, tbe leading labor organization
and presented to Congress. Wage-
earners know that while a gold stan
dard raises the purchasing power of
the dollar, it also makes it mors diffi
cult to obtain possession of ths dollar ;
they know that employment is less per
manent, loss of work more probable,
and re-employment less certain. A
f old staadard encourages tbs board
og of money, berauee money Is rlslag ;
discourages enterpriss and
iry. Os tbs other hand,
the res to ratio* of bimetallism will 4U-
some bankers combine the business of
a bond broker with the ordinary bank
ing business and those may make
enough in the negotiation of loans to
offset tbe losses arising in. legitimate
bankittf business. As Tong as human
ways be danger that,
iblic opinion or
unless restrained
•ublfc opinion or legal enact
ment, those who see a pecuniary profit
for themselves in a certain condition
may yield to tbe temptation to bring
about that condition. Jefferson has
stated that onb of the main duties of
government is to prevent men from in
juring one another, and never was that
duty more important than it is to-day.
It is not strange that those who have
made a profit by furnishing gold to
the government In the iionr of fte ex
tremity, favor a financial policy whiob
will keep the government dependent
upon them.' I believe, however, that I
speak the sentiment of the vast ma
jority of the people of the United
dtates when I say that a wise financial
policy administered in behalf of all
the people would make our govern
in' uuy combiustioo
paralyzes iadutl
the restoration
courage board log.
a DU nut by
*d by the people who suffer
effects of such legtelailoe.
y or rlsleg,
ly ? Are they wlllleg to ooefeas the [afford toiU Idlo la
superiority of e double standard wbeo I The farmers and
jot eed la by the teetlac eat loss of the [er ooostUul* e c
when prices
i*y oaa eot
beak vault*.
Win t r, I) U i*-n« :.u u ..<• .. t:.«, . ia
Is the ouly metal suiteb
moury among eiviliac
w age-ear uor*
oosiderable ■
ot financiers, foreign or domestic.
FALLS BACK ON SHERMAN.
Let me say a word now in regard to
certain persons who are pecuniarily
benefited by a gold standard and who
favor it, not from a desire to trespass
upon the rights of others, but because
tbe circumstsacea which surround
them bind them to tbe effect of the
gold standard upon others. I shall ask
you to consider the language of two
>g public
geetl
whose
public service
fro
lag high »a bus
clrchs that our p«*Uorm ts a
to envois- security eed pebfm
ami tt has been asserted
whom 1 ha*e Me baser. I
bei act ua
pM. .
tael lb use
■r the Urn*
''I-
tad
us* wbe
epos tbe Caiaagi
er • prepared to Bieds secs a j
feed every motive wbicb Is
TMl srPOttK oou
Chicago platform ba
rn aa op I aloe rendered by
me* Court dec lari eg tho laeou
tax law asooosilUit IcaaT Oar ertta
| even go so far as to apply tine i“ ‘
| search Ul to tboee w bo stead spas
eak of tbe pisiform It must be
red ibat w* expressly reang
sloe tbe binding force of tbe! decision
*o toeg as It steads as a part of tb*
low of tb* lend, rbsre te Is tbe pisi
form eu seggvwtloe of aa attempt to
dispels tbe aatbcrlty of tbe ttapreme
Cbart. Toe party he Simply pledged to
eos “all tbe raaetitetileaal pee er
eH feftdfff IhBl tioCldtUMt,
\Z
ffus
eswt St
Kqeallty
w«a tb • e* mA b* prvd
it ua* la tbs fsl
• t
Vt
tbe
cam
ma
les i
bun
oaie
we
war
Ue<
tbe
pub
ear'
Uea
but
bav
pu*
sb*
the
tuni
law
I
•ca by
a y Ida
ductai
uatge l
Wtatu
r of
if U«
build tbeir 'a.tb upon iuua. st <
bp tb* feta era Andrew J
stated slit admlrab
wfta aa sstpbaeie wbtab aaa bei ta
eerpaseed r Mb tbe w , i y aad spbr re uf
Ms MM
» Ml ITT I S
mb ta soriely wiUmueyv
every just go* ere meet
■a sets uf sd. ettue or
*d by
ill eajey
tbe fruit* bf
-stay swoomy eel virtu*.
Is equally entitled to prw
ham.
1 to ease la our dovutioo to
e just aseaciate* 1 Oar
us eut lor lie abject tb* re-
j of sue tel* We caa sot
e v hetuus tbe frulte uf a vlr •
ee Would aot iaveds tbe
I be prwtdeot la order W ■
easts uf the spved-tbrlft,
do out propose to transfer the re
de of U c us try to tbe lap of iado-
«. Fra jerty is aad will remain
uimele* to eadeevor aad tb* i
eUwe ior toil. Wo believe, a
id la t •* DeciaraUoa of lode
■e. that a i men are created eq
that d> «e aot mesa that all
e or cm hare equal possession*, tn [
lions o * merit: It moans that all
I slam equal before the law and [
t Gover <ment officials shall not, in
king, c nttruing or enforcing the
dLcrli unato between cltiiea*.
Assert t tat property righto, as well
a* the righ -* c f persons, are safe in the
hacds of thtcommon people. Abraham
Lincoln, in his message sent to Con-
grt»Mi in D icember, 1*11, said: “No
men llvini are more worthy to be
tru-ted tb m those who toil up from
poverty : rone less inclined to take or
touch aught which they have not hon
estly earned.”
I repeat his language with unquali
fied approval, and join with him in tbe
warning he added, namely; “Let
them beware of surrendering a politi
cal power which they already possess
and whlclj power, if surrendered, will
surely bo used to close the doors of
advancement against such as they and
to fix new disabilities and burdens
upon them until all of liberty shall be
lost.”
Those who daily follow the injunc
tion, “?n the sweat of they face shalt
thou eat bread,” are now, as thy have
ever been, the bulwark of law and
order—tho source of our nation’s great
ness in time of peace and its surest de
fenders in tim$T>f'War.
But l have tyoly read a part of Jack
son’s utterance : let me give, you his
conclusion: “But when the laws under
take to add to those natural and just
advantages artificial distinctions, to
grant titles, gratuities and exclusive
privileges, to make the rich richer
and the potent more' jtowerful, the
bumbler members of society, the farm
ers, mechanics and the day laborers,
who have neither the time nor
moans of securing like favors for them
selves, have a right to complain of the
injustice of tbeir government.” Those
who support the Chicago platform in
dorse allof thequotatlon from Jackson,
the latter part as well as the former
part.
POtVERS AGAINST HIM.
Wo are not surprised to find arrayed
those who are tbe benefl-
Governmeot favoritism.
Nor are
ee
easy
IbbB
I* there aay disloyalty to that
pledge * Far a h»*4r»d yean tb*
aeprerae Oaart *1 tb* Usttad Matas
as set e»«l tbe prtoetpla wbleb
dertias tbe taourae tea. Horae tw
years eg* tats seat* eoert eeete
wltbaat a dtraeetiag veto*
tax tow alasoet ids at la* I wtib tbe aa*
r,<-eell/ overthrow* ; ban aot a fatarw
coart ae raeeb right te raters to the
jodtc as praeadeeta ef a aaatery ae the
freer at peart has to depart frora tbera*
to ail Kara rehear.age they
that error te possible . tbe late
tab mm
after a
rehear.eg.
TUX IMtUMK TAb PLANK
While tb* SMaey qeeetlee prar*
shaJoes ail other qwestioes la laipor-
taare I desire it distinctly eadvrvt<si i
taat I pball offer aa apology for tb*
laeorae tax ptaek ot tbe I t cago [ at
form. Tae last laoora* tax law soagKt
to epportma the frardaes ot gwereeseel
osors rqeaiiy emuag those who
tbe prutacUoq of the gov ere meat At
prvoeat tbe expeasra ot tbe Fi-derei
e er wf j aUmi |po
, wii. sUis egaib'l tac lesx
" sderad by e a shortly of
gurarsraeat, col acted through tatdr- i
eai roveao* taxes aad Impart detoee.
era especially burdeaewrav epoa tb# 1
poorer class** of society. A law which
collects (roes some clitxeae mure thee
their snare of tbe taxes aad collects
from other cl tit a* Ian tbaa their share ,
Is simply an indirect tueaas of the
taaosferring v>f ooe man s property to
u noth er turno* pockot aad whiie the
process may be quite satisfactory tot
the man who rscapra just taxation it
eu n«v*r be setisfectory to those oho
era overbu'dened. Tbe last income
lex law, with iu exemption provisions,
when considered in coffeccllon with
other method* of taxation in force,
not unjust to the po«s ssors of
large incomes, because they were not
compelled to pay a total Federal tax
greater than their share. The income
Ux is not new, nor it it based upon
hostility to <tbe rich. The- system is
employed in several of tho most im
portant nations of Europe, and every
income tax law now upon the statute
books in any land, so far as ,1 have
been able to ascertain, contains an
exemption clause. Whilb the collec
tion of an income tax in other coun
tries does not make It necessary for
this nation to adopt the system, yet it
ought to moderate the language of
those who denounce the incoase tax as
an assault upon tho well-to-(]o.
Not only shall I refuse to apologize
for the advocacy of an income tax law
by the national convention, but I shall
also refuse to apologize for the exercise
by it of.tbe right to disseqt from a de
cision of
ism.
potal eel the evil* of
sad defied Dime tel 11
If. ea the ether head
leg their energies toward
aval ratahl l«li meat bf a g«
trader eorar of a d-claret
ot letereeil»mel bimetallism
jestlded la swggoettag that boskwsi
momry com out be sx posted at tb*!
head* of those wbe deal dlebuSMStiy
wktb tb* Araerteaa peop«e
Mnwaarv in musov.
Wbatte tbelwet af bwsMoty la aMeey'’
It meat cortaMMy *• looad la tb* por
rbaeiag powar ot tb* deilar Aa ab-1
sotetety boaast dollar ooald aad very [
la He goasrel porabaetag power ; It i
a weld ee ebsaioeeiy stable obea mae»
ad by a-wregw priess A dwilar ofeteb
laerweees Ip perabaeiaa power la jest
es dtobuwswt es * dm tor wbtob dw
Laagblla. aow of tbe Ueirarafty ef
Cbtaage. bad see at tb* big beat geld
steadard ewtbenttwa, is bm ware aa
elm*talHess, and aaiy admits Ibat gaM
dose aad roamtd absaletaiy statue la
Is ae seek tbfag as a staadard ef **• <**
far fetere peymests ettbor to g" u «>*
silver, wbleb rasaala* absalataly lave-
tips staadard wberate tbe aalt Is
"HasI'd epoa tb* soillag prise af a
aambar of artlc •* af goaorai eeaearap-
tiue. oou Id De a raarv jest qtaaderd
taaa either gold er .Silver, er both,
twaawee '* a icmg-tlraa oeataeot ooeid
tbera by he paid at ih* eratartty hy tb*
•esoe pare bast eg power a* was give*
la tbe bagtaeiag.'*
It caa aot ae eoaoosofuily etolraad
that moetfamtalism or bimetallism
or aay other system, gives aa *b-
sni stray jeet staadard ot valae.
Under both monometallism aad M-
laetailiswi the gov ere meat Axes
the weight aad fleoaosewf the doiier.
' is vests It with legal toader qualities,
sad taco opens the mtele to tie ear*-
staktad cyinag*, leaving the puratiss-
iag poosr of the dollar .to he dstermie-
ed by the Dumber nf dollars Bimetal
lism Is belter than moootn-tall lea, not
because .t gives us a perfect dollar—
that is, a dollar ehsolutely unvorytog
n its general purchasing power—but
it tbaa a 11
hope aad apeueragv
poll sine, hat
holders know teat s.aoe
ralam* rac si rod *
K d. a rising
oil te tbe
pel try beldam.
aAVTJStM bank
Msab aaMdl
hy *e
sod high stand lag Te the party to
ohioh they belong will prwlect them
from adverse crlitcism by oer oppo-
a* ale.
Ia Ifldl Senator Sbrrmaa said : “Tb*
ooataacuoa of Ut* currency is a far
shore dUtreaelag eperntloa that Haas
tors suppose. Our owe aad other ea
Wpl 1 Uom have goe* tarough thai
1; j before. Ills aot puralhto to
♦ oyag* without the surest distress
wbtob is paoullarij I aoapltalUi,
fov MmMastr* he- or e salaried officer or aa-
eeitaat. It is a parted of laae, danger
kaaeitads uf trade, fall af
pension of eetrrprtea, haahnu
a boss debts am twice
tboagh awe third tom tbaa tbeir aotaai
property It amaae tb* fblluf *l r
onlterai prod art ion wltboal bay grant
if laiae Wbat p red set
era te baUd a boose, a rail-
b factory or a bran with this
ry er a barn
store him F*
against
Tbry°ha*^ read our platform. Nor ora
we surorU d to learn that we must la
to is reoi; Iga f*« ^e hostllityof
those who fl ul a pccualary advantage
la advooev u the octal*# of Nutria-
U. I rsan whaa great aggragattoa*
of
the Supreme Court. In a gov
icrnment like ours every public official is
a public servant, whether he holds office
by election or by appointment, whether
he serves for a term of years or during
good behavior, aud the people have a
right to criticise his official acts.
“Confidence is everywhere the parent
of despotism; free government exists
in jealousy and not in confidence.”
These are the words of Thomas Jeffer
son, and I submit that they present
a truer conception of popular govern
ment than entertained by those who
would prohibit an unfavorable com
ment upon a court decision. Truth
will vindicate itself; only error fears
free speech. No public official wbo
conscientiously discharges his duty as
he sees it will desire to deny to thgse
whom he serves the right to discuss his
official conduct-
THE money question
Now let me ask you to consider the
paramount question of this campaign—
of the money auesl.on. It Is scarcely
' necaesary to defend the principle of bi
metallism. No national party durtag toe
retire history af the United states hot
erar declared against It, aad ao party
(bis earn paletots had tbe tam-rity j jwttoj
i?
1l , ____ __
| beaauae It make* a nearer approach
to stability, to honesty, to justice,
than a gold standard possibly can.
i i'rior to 1573, when there were enough
open mints to permit all the gold
and silver avaUable for coinage to find
entrance Into ihe world s volume of
standard money, the United States
might have maintained a gold stand
ard with less injury to the people
this country; but, now, when each
step toward a universal gold standard
enhances the purchasing power of gold,
depresses prices, and transfers to the
pockets of the creditor class an un
earned increment, the influence of
this great nation must be thrown apon
the side of gold unless we are prepared
to accept the natural and legitimate
consequences offsuch an act. Any leg
islation which lessens the *—
axes, and “f 1
y oojtin- £
i mui
world’s
exchangeable value of the dollar;
therefore, tbe crusade against silver
must inevitably raise the purchasing
power of money and lower the money
value of all other forms of property.
Our opponents sometimes admit
that it was a mistake to demonetise
silver, but insist that we should mb-
mit to present conditions rather than
return to the bimetallic system. They
err in supposing that we nave reached
the end of the evil results of a gold
standard ; we have not reached the
end. The injury is a continuing one,
and no person can say how long the
world is to suffer from tbe attempt to
make gold the only staadard money.
The same influences which are now
operating to destroy silver in the
United States will, if successtol here,
be turned against other silvir using
countries, and each new convert to the
gold standard will add to ths ganeral
distress. So long as the scramble for
gold continues, prices must fall, and h
general fail in prices is bat another
definition of hard times.
alleged gold-standard evils.
Our opponent*, while claiming entire
di«intere*tedness ior tbamselvra, have
appealed to the relAsuatesof nearly
every class of peopl*- Bscognlxing
the dUp aitlon of the irafividaol voter
; to consider the rffeet of
elation upon
danger
•orate l
haabs 1
eiteiy
w undraw
ay Hvtag
'
' ft la ewiy eeaeanry to note the t*
creasing aerator ot MO I eras la ardor tw
la mere naate aad raneelnrterare-
Tbrae bwslwera •#* de aot raea# their
prodie frv>ra the paop.e frera oh ’W they
burrroo esanay. f>et frara tbe •eapie t*
• bora they rati tbeir roods If
pie sea not Ntj. ratailera eea net sail
aad If retailers caa aw
ataraheate aad raaeafs
la to aaahraptay
Tboee who ae a perrannent
vaatraeab that etach uf reJlroral* aad
of athar enterprises—1 da aot leeled*
itaes who spoealate ia stoohs or moo
stock hold lag* as a raoaas of obtaining
edvaalag* ia eoaetaectto*
are injured hy agoid staad
ard. Th w rising dollar destroys
earning power of th
witheui red at eg the Uebtuue*.
ot dlv.deed* caa aot be paid aatll
a-Ira aad fixed chargee have boea
Isfled, the stockholders must bear
burdea of hard times.
tia.arias la buslneee oocupelioos ds-
pead upoo busiaee* ooedilt >a*, aad the
gold standard both lessens the amount
and threatens tbe permanency of such
salaries.
Official salaries, except the salaries
of those who hold office for life, must
la the long run be ndjustid to the con
dition* of thoee who pay the taxea. and
if tbe present financial policy eoutio-
uea, we must expect the contest
tween the taxpayer and the
to Increase in bitterness.
The professional classes—in the
main—derive tbeir support from tbe
producing classes and cna only enjoy
prosperity when there Is prosperity
among those who create wealth. I
have not attempted to describe the
effect of the gold standard upon all
claases—in fact, I have only had time
to mention a few—but each person will
be able to apply tbe principles stated
to his own occupation.
It must also bo remembered that it
is the desire Df people generally to
convert their earnings into real or
pergonal property. This being true,
in considering any temporary advan
tage which may come from a system
under which the dollar rises in its
purchasing power, it must not be for
gotten that the dollar can not buy
more than formerly, unless property
•ells for less than formerly. Hence it
will be seen that a large portion of
those who may find some pecuniary
advantages in a gold standard will dis
cover that their losses exceed tbeir
gains.
about banks.
It is sometimes asserted by our oppo
nents that a bank belongs to the debior
class, but this is not true of any sol
vent bank. Every statement publish
ed by a solvent bank shows that the
asset* exceed the liabilities. That is
to sxy, while the bank owes a large
amount of money to ita depositors it
Is not oulv has fenough on hand in
monfcy and notes to pay ita deposi
tors, hut, in addition thereto, baa
enough to cover >$■ capital and sur
plus. When the affilar is rising ia
valit*, slowly, a bank - rax by making
shortHim* loans ao4 taking good se-
oority, avoid lora ; bat, whoa prices are
failing rapidly, the beak ie apt to lose
of bad debt* tbaa It
gain by the iscrees■ ia U*
power of it* capital aad sac
la a
tag •
ta
' el raasilsrattaa Mr
was at that lira* sjaaklag af ike
af IA* mm era* af paper sor
bet ike prlaeipta • kM* karat
_ aratraattaa
ef tn* valsra* ot U* staadard raaaav
vicious financial system remember that
in tbe years to oomo their own ebli-
dron and their children's., children
may, through tbe operation of this
same system, be made to pay tribute
to the descendants of those who are
wronged to-dny. - Arngxinstthc main-
tenanoe of a gold standard, either
permanently or until other nations
can be united for ita otberthrow, tbe
Chicago platform presents a clear
and emphatic demand for the immedi
ate restoration of the free and unlimit
ed oolnage of sliver and gold at the
present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
our nation. We are not asking that a
new experiment be tried; we are in
sisting on a return to a financial policy
approved by the experience of history
and supported by all tbe prominent
statesmen of our nation, frbm the <
of the first President down to I
When we ask that our mints be open
ed to unlimited oolnage of silver into
full legal-tender money, we ar« simply
asking that tbe same mint privilege*
he coorded to silver that are now ac
corded to gold. Wduo we a»l
this coinage beat the rate of 1ft to 1.
we simply ask that our gold coins and
the standard silver dollar, wbleb, be
it remembered, contains the same
amount of pure silver os tbe first
silver dollar coined at oar mlata, re
tain their praraot weight aad flnsnnse
, [concluded NEXT WEEK 1
A MKMOUAHI.K SKA PON.
of taaa Will Always
Noted fbr Ua Heat.
New York Herald.
Tb* pbeaoraeral summer ef ISM i
always W rnsranr
of it* heel, even shoe Id
tbe raaeoa be aanveatfal la
ogiaal records, for sia*
iwdlag with Me U$b
last., IA* torrid weaUffir eneUaaad
over almost tn* whole seaatay east ef
r M • ,t. .« ng s p^rs'.Ut »
of tele see heat for * kick it woaid he
hard t* find a aareilei la
earale af th* retted a
extra treptaal no oat
si maty a qeaeU* i af
• .art A
* ff
of *e*er vaaa m •paaded
tn* air aad aaraealy era
lata a stead raff etaeUy intek
eapt Ma son s $ era reirr—tM
sard wwatd s*U Hla reraarhahie. Bra
tn* raarblM mo deatn-daaltag a
actor af in* m uW 1 he* spoil, ta
several Keadre^ a*raws pratehaff t
Now Yartetli aad tteratra
w the eataw* esdassrat ant
meat of the aranra
Bwt tn* tarrtks* raideamatar has left
t»*a TV* parted ot in* bS hara w
will
for toe fatality
to* last part af
But for
recurring I _
for all person* living in the
and Middle Atlantic
extra precautions against ft
tr&tion and xunatroke.
KND OF THE OAMP4
The Closing Meed— ^
A Hot Time Bet
Evans.
Hl>ecial to Atlanta Constitution
The oampalga ia this Stal
a ctoee at Abbeville to-day.
There have been
lags held, and the i
ooe has not been called
rascal or slanderer oanne
Candidates for the United
Senate, one of whom 1*
of the State, have led ;
debate. General Earle
that had he ootid paled
being such a dirty one.
have entered it tori
The only personal
that between General
ernor Bvoas. at Florenoa.
between General Watte
Utchbourg, for Adjutant
most reached th* fighting i
time Tb* latter s
fraud lag creditor*,
steeling. Ha
but the tune of
changed e«-xt day
erf the
‘2.
ir
Mat
Iasi
ly ta
only
that b* *as a TUla
» mm i r_ .
than MaKlalap. t
mm*
^=s
OrUral* pet lor th ter pnhlte
Thwegk tn* maatraara
*1 Jaly. tn* mera auiiag
hara le to h* aaparaad la Angara
the seraraar day*
seaeiM^
Can as ntxMs sera
to*,^ f*wrajl
tireewvHle Maaara
► •• iVartoa I ff wi * , * > **
j—weraweellia* HL
fell ef I
a Jean er Jeiy
j * - I raaa:
sped
tivelj
ild. If
tn* raramsrrlil
Uaa of direr a*
..Sk bg *f
veie* raast
for era ef pr^^ w , _
ed whlek yield a fixed
Thera wraid be
la raia*. sad sraald ffMa
tloaata aad aafalr advaa
every other t pact as of properly"
1* It simage that th* ‘ "
lavratraeats •hlah yield a
la mossey caa regard th* dwtrocUoe of
silver with oomplaoeacy f” W* may
not expect th* holders of other forma
of mossy to protest against giving
to ■nary “a disproportionate aad
aafalr advantage over every other
of property." If the rela-
vely few whose wealth oooelsto
largely la fixed tavestmeots have a
right to use the ballot to aabaaoo
the value of their Investments, have
not the rest of th* people the right
use the ballot to protoot them-
>lves from the disastrous couacqueDco*
rising standard f The people who
must purchase money with the pro
ducts of toil stand in a position entirely
different from tbe position of those
who own money or receive a fixed in
come. The well being of the nation-
aye, of civilixatlon itaelf—depends
upon the prosperity of the mooses,
what shall it profit us to have a dollar
which grows more valuable every day,
if such a dollar lowers the standard of
civilization and brings distress to the
people ? What shall it profit us if in
trying to raise our credit by increasing
the purchasing power of our dollar we
destroy our ability to pay the debt al
ready contracted by lowering the pur
chasing power of ; ,the products with
which these debts must De paid ? If it
is asserted that the gold standard will
enable us to borrow more money from
abroad, 1 reply that the restoration of
bimetallism will restore the parity be
tween money and property, and thus
permittan era of prosperity which will
enable the American people to become
lendera of money instead of perpetual
borroirers. Even if we desire to bor
row, bow long can we continue borrow
ing under a system which by lowering
the value of property weakens tbe
foundation upon which credit rest ?
HOLDERS OF FIXED INVESTMENTS.
Even the holder* of fixed Invrament*
though they gain an advantage from
the appreciation on tbe dollar, certain
ly ree the injustice of tbe legislation
wbicb gives them advantage over those
whose incomes depend upon the value
of property and products. If the hold
ers of fixed investment* will aot listen
to argument* based upon justice
S ully. I appeal to-them to oonsldqr
e interest of posterity. We
live for ourselves alone: our labor, oer
seif-denial, aad oer aa
tbera are for those wb
after as a*
U
rill
’ll
-jHa
Use of law.'
Dsara
■TttraffiL
le ia
fatality aad
wave le directly
It
1 uraiioa of this beet
to aa ■ Baa-
Del I y strong aad persist**! flow of air
from tba ooeea are*—l sol ad lag th* I Prifra*
Bermudas aad th* Wratara North “ “T
generally—where
relatively so I
Atlantic generally—1 »hlle he le
metric press a re bra
uch higher .thee upon
that the vapor-laden air bra been
forced to the North w rat ward aad ac
cumulated upon tbe seaboard. It will
hereafter be practicable for our meteor
ologists, by keeping up a daily study of
the fluctuation* of ta* barometer la
the Bermudas and tbe Bahamas, to pre
vise and predict with considerable ac
curacy tbe formation of great hot
waves of the deadly type over th*
eastern half the of United States. With
sufficient daily data from these Mends
of the Western Atlantic any unusual
movement of the vapor-oharged atmos
phere of tbe ocean upon our eastern
and southern corals could be most
readily foretold and due warnings
given <to all the States in the Missis
sippi Valley and the country eastward
to tbe Atlantic.
| The summer of 18kfl opened with un-
visual force in tbe Southern bemi*-
here, and in January tbe terrific beat
roke notable records in Australia.
It was natural to eipeot that when
the sun moved north of the equator
into our hemisphere we should have be
fore our summer closed some startling
weather experience. It is interest
ing to note that tbe extraordinary beat
records made this year have oocurred
at a period when tbe sun’x activity and
spotted ness are decreasing—after a
long period of intense solar disturbance.
It lx not inconceivable that during the
latter period the sun’s evaporative
force upon our globe wra exceptionally
great, causing an excess of tbe notoal
humidity in tbe atmosphere of ail re
gion*, which would fully account for
tb* unprecedented mortalii
torrid spell.
It ia probable that the tropical bar-'
ricanee of tbe Atlantic during th*
coming season will be ra raver* a*
usual, and may be exceptionally vio
lent. Had one of thaw oyclooes skirted
the Atlantic curat lest week it woaid
certainly ftav« caatad>torrential rales
h the vapor-teasioe may b* ro-
shortly
what
tor the I
M Eva
day of reckoelag. Lot It <
Evans was booked and w
constables at th* i
ed to do by bluster
would not permit.
“ In hi* apology at <
slander of Maxwell, Eva
can, “stated tbe case
‘dirty puppy’
brother being in the
meat. What is Evaae’s
hod written a message to
tore, recommending trout
Southern railway. Just
brother went to _
job w counsel, and all
the road ceased. What wra I
lag up of tbe Southern done i
to give his brothet
job ? It there were E«
enough, ail State offloeai
with them."
Washington
»chance 1
ity of the la$*
wan40*
hurricane
Galfea
ia large
I AUaa-
—An immense, meteor is
have fallen on August 9th 1
Arizona. The noisa i
many caonoo fired elmalt
air for mile* arotutd was
sulphurous gra and tha
down red and
about two acre* of
to be imbedded I
earth, and now forms a |
in the desert. A i
ral were in the
herder, his wile aad 1
Mexicans, together
sheep, went down
mass. Major «r
vllle, Ky M who
overcome by 1 ‘
the most I
•plriag i
major,
of tot
it.