The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, July 23, 1896, Image 4
Bryoo's Groot Speoch.
ip, Pt esidtial Nomilatioll Was Made
Wheli 11 1161ed,
EVEGN THE': Wiflialf RUGS CHEiE.ti4di)
Tilis 31A TC1tiLEaSS ORA'TORt.
The following is the great speech of
\mIi. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, in closing
the debate upon the platform at Chi
Cgo, and which rendered it certain
that he would be the nominee for
President of the United States. Hils
gifts as a speaker were recognized and
appreciated very highly during the
great tariTf debate in Congress, but he
was never at hetter advantage than
when ho met the arguments of Senator
'fill so ably and so squarely in this
speech at Chicago, and it will go down
in history a3 the climax of eloquence
and the vindication of right principles
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of
the Convention-It would be pre
sumptuous indeed to present myself
against the distinguished gentleman
to whom you have listened, if this were
but a measuring of ability, but this is
11ot a contest aImong persons. The
humblest citizen in all the land, when
'illed to arms in a righteous' cause, is
!tronger than all the whole hosts of t
error that they can bring. I come to
speak to you in defense of a cause as
holy as the cause of liberty, the cause
of humanity. (Ioud applause.)
"When this debate is concluded a
motion will be made to lay upon the
table the resolution offered in com
miendation of the adinitnistration and
also a resolution In condemnation of
the administration. I shall object to
bringing this question to a level of
pon"Ts. The individual i-, but an
atoi : lie is boorn, ho acts, he dies, ht
in n cipled arc eternal and this has
beicen a contest of principle. Never be
fore In the hiiistory of tills coontry his i
lhert-been witnessed such a contest a I
tihat, tbrouigh which we have passed. f
Never before in the history of Amel- I
-1an polities has a great issue been I
fought out, as this issue has beeni, by t
the voters themselves.
"On the Ith of Maitreh, IP".i a few t
D)emocrats. imost of thei mimbers of
G0ongress, issued ain address to the t
i)emnocrats of the nation, nsse-rting that I
the money quoestion was the paraiount I
iss.c of the hour asserting also the i
riglh. of allowing the Democratic t
party to control the position of the I
party on t his issue, concitiding with a i
request that all believers in the free L
coinage of silver in the leemoeratic I
party shlould tako charge of and Con
trol the pol icy of the I)etuocratic party. t
Tharee months later, at Memphis, an C
oigaIization wus perfected and the I
sil Dver I )emocrats went forth opoiily,
hholly and co uageotsiy proclaiinilg k
theiri belief and leclaring if successfil t
they would Criystal iz e in a platform the
declaration which they had iitade :and I
then began the eontiliCt with a zeal ap
protehing that which inspired the I
crusatders who followed Peter the ier- I
tit. Our silver I)emocrats went for'..h '
fromi victory onto victory, uinti I they
are assembled now, not to discuss, not
to debate, but to enter up judgment
rendered by them toi .he peoptle of thiis
coun try. (Applause. ) In this coourt
brotheri has been arrayed againust
birother and fathei- against son. Th'le
war-mest lbis of love and actinainti ance
and association hiave b~eenI disregarded.
Old leaders have been cast aside when
they refused to give expression to the4
sentmiment of those whbom they woul
lead, and now leaders have spunzg uip
to give direeion to this cause of truth.
(Cheer-s.)
"'The gentlcmnan wvho has just p~re- t
Ceed ime (Governori lIu~ssell) spioke off
the old State of Massachusetts. Let 5
me assur ie himi that not One l)erson int)
all this convention entertains the least t
hostility to the people of Massachu- i
setts. (Applause.) But we stand here I
relpresenting people w ho are the equals
of the largest citizens in the State oif
M assachusetts. (Applause.)( When,
you come befor-e us and tell us that wve I
wihall dIsturb your business interests we
reply that you have disturbed our
business interest by your- course.
(Grieat a plause and cheer-ing.) We
say to ytcu that you have miade too
Ilimiite'd i nits apiplicattion thme deliniitioin
of businiess mien. The man emphloyeLd
for wvages isats imuch a buisi ness man
as the eminployeri. (Conti inued cheers.)
Th'le attoenecy in it country towvn is as
much a buisiiness moan as a ilawycr in at
gr-eiat metropmtis. Th'le miercihanit iat a
ciross roads Is as inuch I a busi ness man
as a merchant in New York. The
farmer who goes forth in the morning
antd toils all (lay, begins in the spring
and toils .all summeir, and by the aip
plicaition of br-a in and iimtscle to the
naitiiural resourees of this coumntr-y, ecro
ates wealth, is as muchi a butsines
muan as the inan w ho goes upon the
hoard of trade antI bets tipon the prnice
of girain.
"Minris who go a thousand feet Into
te ear-th or cl imh '0o0 feet upoi the
eliifs and bring forth frontmt-ir hiding
places pireciouls metLtals to he0 pout-ed
into the channels of tirade, are as ntuch
hiusinoss men as the few lnancial tmag
iiitesi, wh Io, it a back room, cornet- the
mioney of the world.
"We conmc to speatk for this broader
elases of btusiness men. Alt, my friends,
we say niot cite word against those who
live upon the Atlantic coast, but those
har-dy pioneers who biraved all the
dangers of the wilderness, who made
the dlesert blossom as a rose-those
pioneers aw ay out there roaring thelir
children near to nature's heart, where
thtey have erected school houses for
the education of their young and
churches whbere they praise their Crc
a1toir andl. cemtries~'it where sleep the
ashes of thteiru dead-ai'e as deservinug
of the~ consideration of th is party as
any people In this eountr-y. (Great ap
plause.)
"'We have petitioned and our pemtl
tions have been scorned :we have
enJItreated, tand our eniitreaties have
been disregardeJ: anid they have
m~ckced, and our calauity came.
''We beg no longer ;we entreat no
more; we pietitioni noC Iore. We (defy
them. (Great applatuse and1 cofu tslon
In the silver delegations.)
"iThe gentleman fi-omn Wisconsin said
ho feared aL Robespilerre. My friends,
in this land of the free we need feai
no tyrant who will spring tip from
among the people. What we need is
an Andrew Jackson, to stand as .Jack
son stood, atgaiust thle encroach mentsn
of aggrand Iring wecaith. (Gr-eat ap
plause.) Trhey tell us this platform is
made to catch votes. We reply to
themn that changing conditions make
issues ; tat princiles upon which
rests the democracy are as everlasting
as the hills, but that they must be ap
plied to new conditions as they arise.
Conditions ilave uarise' and we are
attempting to meet those conditions.
They tell us that the income tax ought
not to be brought i here ; that it is I
now idea. They criticise us for our
criticisms of tile Supreme Court of the
United States. My friends, we have
not criticised : we hove simply called
attention to what you know. If you
want critleisms, read the dissenting
Opinions of the court. That will give
you criticimtu. (Applatuse.)
i"Tiey say we passed an uncoisti
tuti ol law. I deniy it. The inieoio
tax was3 not unc11onstitutionatl whenl It
wias passed. I t wis not ullonstitutIonal
when It went before the suipremiie court
for tho first time. It did not become
unconstitutional until one judge
changed his mind, and we cannot be
expected to know when a judge will
change his mind. (A )pIluse and a
voice, "'hit 'cm again."1) The Income
tax is a just law. It simply Intends to
put the burden of government justly
upon the backs of the people. I am
in favor of the income tax. (Applause.)
"When I find a man who is not
willing to pay his share of the burden
of the government which protects him,
I find a Man who is unworthy to enjoy
the blessings of a government like
jurs. (Applause.)
"He says we are opposing the
nation al bank currency. It's true. If
Vou will read what Thomas Benton
aid you will find that he said that in
iearching history lie could not find but
me parallel to Andrew Jackson. That
,vas Cicero, who destroyed the conspir
tey of Cataline and savod Homo. He
lid for Lnome what Jackson did for this
:ountry when he destroyed the bank
!onspiracy and saved America. (Ap
)lause.)
"Mir. Jefferson, who was once r.
alirded as good Democratic authority.
eem1s to have a ditoreut opinion from
,he gentlemen who have addressed uts
m the part iof the minority. Thoso
,vho are opposed to the proposition tell
., to issue paper money Is a function
If the cank, and the government ought
Lo go out of the banking business. I
itand with Jefferson rather than with
hlcill, and tell them, as he did, the
Isuo of money is a function of govern
nent businiess. They complain about
he plank which declares against life
,enure in oilleo. They have tried to
tratin it to mean that which it does
lot mneani. What we oppose in that
dank is life tenue that is being built
qp at Washington, which excludes
rom1 party representation in the bene
its, the humbler nembers of society.
eannot dwell longer in my limIted
ime. (Cries of "Go on ! Go on "')
"Let mc call attention to two great
lings. The gentlenian from New
Iok says he will prl'opiose an imend
aent providing this change In outr
[iws shal not affect contracts already
Linde. Let ie remind him triat there
s no intention of affecting these con
raets which according to the present
Liws ire iiade payable in gold. But it
10 menlit to Ray that we caninot change
ur monetary system without proteet
ng those who have loaned money be
ore the change was made, I want to.
sk him where in law or in moral, he'
an find aIutlhority for not protectinog
ebtors when the act of 1.73 passed.
"'hey have L-idLL for thirty year to
eeuret. aln intornitionlii agree ment and
hey are waiting for it iost patiently
,nd don't vant, it at all. (Cheers and
aughter long Continued.)
"Now. :.iy frienis, let le collie to
,lu great plaluount issue. If they
isk us why we say more on the mloney
1uestion thian we say on tihe1 taritT
jauestion, l reply, if protection has
dlain its thlousands, the gold standar'd
hats slainI its tells Or thouIsandis, If they
kus why we did not embody all these
tIhings~ inl our pllatformn, wVhiich wVO be
Ilieve, we reply that, when we have
restored0( the mon01ey of the constitution
ill the necessary re0forms will be plossi-|
ble and th at, ulntIlI that is (lone thiere'
s 110 re0form that ca~n he accotmp) lihe.
Cheers.)
"'Mi'. Ca 'lisle said in I878 this year
vas a struLggle between the idlu hold
lr5 of idle capi tal and the str'uggl ing
lasses who pr lloducILe we'al th and pay
he taxes .of the )oulntry, anld, lmy
riends~i, it is a si uj~le (jueistionl that we
hallI decidle. Upon which sidoe shall
lie Democreatic par~lty ligh t ? Upon0
hant of the Idl Ih iolder' of idle capital
r' upon0 the side of the struggling
Ilasses ?
'"Ther'e are two Idea)Is of gover'nmenit.
'here are'i those wvho believe that if
ou legislate to mlake the wvell-to-do
>r'osperous11, their nyJosperity will leak
broulgh 0on thlose tbelow. The Decmo
r'atie idea has been that if y'ou legis
ate to maike the malisses prosperou'O~s
,helr pr'osper'ity wVill find its way ill
uid thrioughi ever'y class and1( rest upon01
t. (A pplause.)
"'You colme to us and tell us g,'ent
.dties arle inl favor of the gold iltanldard.
l tell you great cities rest, upon1 broad
md fertile prairies. Born dowvn your
sities amnd leave our11 far'ms, and your
:ities will sprlinlg uip again as if by
neigie. intt destroy 0our farms and
r'ass wvill grow in the streets of every3
ty in th is 0011ntry. (Loud appilause.]
"'ly friends, we shall declare this
lation able to leg islato for its OWn p)eo
die on ever'y tlruestlin without waiting
or the id Or conisent of anly nation on
airth. (Applause.) And upon that
ssuie we expect to carry every single
staite in the Union01.
"'it, is tihe isu oif 177$ over againi.
)ur ancesOtor's, whe 1 0011,000oo, had0 the
.stu rage to declare theilr poli ticai inde- 1
liutdelnce of tivery other naltioni on
Learthi. Shall we, thmeir descendanita,
whenCI we have grown to '10,000,000,
declarue we areo les.s inldepunuent thiani
our forefathiers? No, my friends, it
wVill neUver lie the judgment of the p)00
plo.
"Thlerefore wVO care not oii what line
the battle is fought. if they say
blmetalhismi is good but we cannot have
it until 50ome niation helps us5, weO reply
we shall restor'e bimetailisim. if they
dare to comoi ot ini tile open anid do
fend the otti gold standard as a1 good
thing, we shall 1t ight theml to tihe utter'
mlost. You shall not cruci fy manilkind
upon11 a cro55 (If gold." (Great applause.)
Thlien ensuedl 1perhaps11 the mnost x tira
ord inary scone of tlihis ex~traorttI inary
conIlvenItlin. As if by till mkagic touch
of a wandt delegation af1terl dolegationi
rose in slhI plhalanx nd gavo( UvO Vnt t.,
the Inolst enth 1Iusiatic dumonstratin in
honor of t?I.e Nobraskan orator. fdver'y
body stood up I, Oveni the Easternz men01,
w ho at Ii tst woro' disposed to remiain in
thira seats. Westerners shout ed, wvaved
bankerchuiefs, hats, flags, canes, umn
brel las and aniy thing ele conspicuous
andit portable. Deafeing choemrs rent
the ir~, airticles of every description
weore thirownl high above the surging
semi of humanity. The stalfs bearing
the names of the Staites were hold aloft
with lags andI other thlings on top and
waved to amnd froe. Whlen the pastime
became too tame, led by Delegate Gal
wood, of Texas, nicarly all of the silver
States and Torritories and some gold
States joined1 in a precession, bearing
the State poles, and marched in tri
uimph around the floor. Some of the
itastern States kept thleh' sign otaffs in
their places and confined their expres
sion to standing up and giving a mild
cheer as individuals. ThIs fthror con
tinued for a quarter of an hour and no
effort was made by the chairman or
sorgeant-at-arms to obeck its tempest.
uous- progress.
Away to the west and the north and
the south of the platform in the multi.
tude of spectators the demonstration ol
the delegates was repeated. Hundreds
of umbrellas were opened by the up
parently .crazed people. armilees inis
sues of paper and other things were
hurled through the air on delegates
head. The remarkable feature of thl
wild outburst was that Its spontainiety
wts apparent and it was no mitch a
>ersonal tributo to Mr. Lyran that
Eastern delegates who differed with
him caught the infection and joined in
moderately. Nebraska's delegation
was the cynosure of observation and
the smooth-faced silver champion who
had electrified the convention sat tin
moved in his seat at the end of the Isle
opposite his opponent from Now York,
Senator Hill.
BRYANS FOUR GREAT SPEECHES.
WITiOUT A PEERit AS AN OltATOR.
lie Always Receives the Clomest At
tention and Thrills Ills Hearers
With a Melodious Voice.
L. W. Barrett in Atlanta Coisittition.
It was the writer's good fortune to
know Bryan when he was in Congress.
He heard him make his first speech
there. It was on the tariff and It last
ed three hours. He would have stop
pod sooner ; in fact, he did stop sooner
several times, but he was urged on by
both sides of the House, so charmed
was everybody with him, and when at
last he sat down he received an ovation
from young members and old stagors of
the House well calculated to turn the
head of many an older man. Till then
he had given but just one mere sug
gestion of being an orator.
It was during the early days of the
tariti debate in the Fifty-Second Con
gress. He spoke for less than live
minutes. When he sat down there
was a moment of silence. Ills elo
queuce had taken away the breath and
desire for merriment from the sur.
prised peopled. in theo House.
Then there burst forth a volley of
applause and then another. All know
that something big was to be eXJeted
from Bryan and all waited patiently
to learn just what It was.
Though his speech at the Coliseum,
which resulted in his nomination, wias a
masterly one of fervid, glowing, enthu
siasn-producting oratory, It did not
show Bryan at his best. It is in Con
gress in the thick of debate that he
shines in all his splendor. Lie has
been just as lon aunt there, but has
also shown hinisel f a thorough muster
of himself as a debter.
It is tihe habit of old members of the
opposition to trip orators witih inte'
ruptionts. They trieLd it with Liryan.
They failed. No matter' where lie was
Intrripted, he would stop immediate
ly, or at the end of his sentence, and
-ourteously asked what was wanted. He
would wait patiently until his inter
'uptU' had put the question and then,
nuick as a lash, would reply, and ninc
"iines oat of tell, lie would, in the opin
on of tihe galleries, get the better of
is opponent. That sort of thing has
appened i,iue and again in the same
weceh, till one would have fancied
itht even Job would have let loose liad
hao beeni in iliyan's place. lie seemed
to court Interruption. At any rate, lie
was couriteouts to every one, and so
honest and sincere were his replies,
and with allI so apt, that lhe quickly
wvon the respet of all his audience.
When ilryan tinishedl his big tariff
speech, old Judge Culberson, of 'T.exas,
the leader of the House on legal mat
ters and one of its veterans, said that
he had been in Congress many years
and had hear'd many a speech in that
time, b~ut that none of themi had
equaled Bryan's, in his opinion.
Bryan made three other big speeches
while in Congress. One wits on the
Siconie tax, ainotheir on silver, and the
tlirid on the tar iff. Thec second tarifl
sp~eech was delivered on the sanic day
thbat H oureke Cock ran made h1is famous
speech on the same subject. Cockran
had been at hiis best, and carried the
House with him.
Th'le mnelodlic thunder of Cockran 's
eloquence was unsurepassable, and the
man who was to follow him was deem
ed foolish. Bryan was nerv.ous and
ap~prehecnsive. lie fully app~reciated
the hit that. Cockran had niado, and
the exceeding dilliculty he would
have in equaling It.
Congrressman Springer', who always
to. * - --.y Meet~p in Bryan, and
to '.: I .. .a''%'es the fact of his
bena~ m v.;. .. a memiber of the comn
mittee on ways t nd nicans, though just
entering on his first term, suggested
that lie post1)one his speech till the
next dlay. That advice was all that
was nteeded to renew Bryan's courage
--he feeds on oppositlon-and lie be
came impiatient for the tIme to come
when lhe should begin. Is friends
were fearful that lie would make but a
poor' show, so shortly after' the speech
of the great orator o: Tranmmany Hall.
Cocki'an had never' appeared to bet
ter advantage, and by hiis speech had
dIiimimed the impr'ession mtade by iBry
an's for'nier specees.
liut lryatn had proceeded butt a l ittlei
way erc hiis mtost timidi fr'iends wore
r'eassur'ed. riyaii speaks from convic
ticon. O( oe hts tact thminik of hh tn as
mer'ely pileadling a cause for pay. lie
btimtulati s hais auidienee in to sympt iatby
w ith hhina, and plays on them like a
hariiti un ihis i nsti'ument.
The miusic lhe produtced in the Hlouse
thbat night wats very effective. E'vena
the Republicanis enjoyed It for its at'
tistie excellence. Th'le lilt he mnaude was
prionoutedt as for'cible as any lie hatd
matdo belotrc, and the receptioni lie re
ceivt cI was just as great as that accord
ed to iHourtke Cockran.
I riyan necver descends to the level of
a i tr'ickster in his speeches. lHe is
always the gentlomnan. lie believes
that w hat, he callis the commtton people
have beent wr'onged. it is his earnest
intetinm to do his best to right that
wrtong, hii so far' as he is able to do so.
1iii may he wrong ini his thecory of the
proper' way to righit the ills cof which
he complains, but, ho is honest and
smeoe, nd ntiledt~othe respectful
e msider'atum of his opponents. WVhen
ii 'yan miukos a speech his hearers
catn nest assuredi that he has studied it
vei'y hard. 11(1 reads overythhlig bear
ing on the subject at issgle. 11 is mom
ory is singulai'ly retentive, and ho can
recall facets andl quote with an acur'aey
equal and faccility stuperior' to ht im whoc
has the authority in book form at haind.
HeI never sp~eaks from manusei'ipt. lie
mnemoriz/es his speech hy patient study.
Hie nevei' makes a slip in his deliv
ery. He is to the letter per'eet. This
is not to 1)0 taken that he memnoi'izes
all his speeches. THe cani jttmp to lis
feet andI make ias effective and delight
ful a speech as you would care to hoar
on the spurt of the lmomnert. But his
big speeches ar'e the prioduct of labor
andl much of it.
When Bryan tlrst wentt to Congress
he was singularly gtreen about some
common things which every reader of
a newaper and mir with m-n I
supposed to know. For lnbt""we.
remember during the debate on the
repeal of the SherimiZan siver purcbase
act, Bryan told ne one afte'1n0,
while we were walking down Prinnyl
vania avenue, that, he had seen an ab
surd statement in a New York news
paper that morning. It was to the
effect that stocks had been infliened
by an Interview, publied with It Cor
tain prominent man. " As if what any
man said would influence the prie of
stocks," said Bryan. I olfored lo provo
it ot his satisfactionlif he would let 1110
print an interview with hi, stating~r
that he htid abandoned the hzope of
defeating the ropeal and that it would
pass. It was at ihrst incoiprehelible
to hU. But he saw the reason of it
quickly. lie had simply never given
the subject any thought before.
Bryan was very popular in Waish
ington. There was much regret when
he failed to return to Cougress. lie
was liked on both sides of thb cham
ber. And he had no better friend
among the Republicans than Speaker
Reed, who, though differing from
Pryan in things political, neverthcless
respected him for his sincerity, his ap
plication, his avoidance of things and
habits which go to belittle so many
public ment and his unquestionable
honesty.
Tile Great issue of the Cam1alu,
A CIMAlE OUTLINE BY BRYAN.
An Ainerican System or iuauce
Demanded-Pari les are Mate for
the People.
Mr. WM. J. Bryan, the Democratic
nominee for President, was given a
public reception at the city park in
Centralia, Ill., and in response to calls
upon him by the large crowd he spoke
as follows:
"We are entering upon a memorable
campaign, and the issues are being
drawn for the contest. The two parties,
described as the two great parties, the
two leading parties, have 'Already
adopted their platforms and have al
ready named their candidates for l'res
ident and Vice 1resi-lent, and inI a
short time the calmlpaign will be opened
fully, and you will be making up your
minds as to wlicl platform and as to
which ticket you will sulipport. I trust
the issues involved in this camnpaiign
will be clearly understood and carefully
stulied. L'arties are not mado to be
worshipped: they are merely the in
struments by which wo serve our
country. P'eople are not made for
parties, but the pa'ties ate made for
the people, and the parties can only
claim the support of the p1eople when
thee parties are ellicient instruments
in the hands of the peoplO for accom
plshing good. And those who are
call upon to vote have the righlt to
consider the platform utterances and
the policies advocated by the various
parties as well as the candidates who
are nominated.
In this campaiign [ bele11 I c there will
be less of personalities and more of
p)rinciple than in any cam paign which
we have been in recent years. The
pCOplc have before them two great
ublie questions. We must not expect
hat any platform will contain all you
lesire. No thinking person finds in
my platform an expression of every
~hing which he believes, nor must you
~xpet that any platform will be free
conm somec objection. We select our
atrty; we select our platform; not in
hte hope of linding something which
.s absolutely in accord w ith our opinion,
,ut we take that platform which for
Lhe time being promises to us the best
egislation on the most important ques
Lions. And in this campaign it is
lecided by all sides that the miost
important issue is the money (question,
It matters not whether you believe in
the restoration of silver or in the gold
standlard, you must admit that the set
t~lement of the money (question is of the
Iirst and greatest importance, one that
when settled leaves nothing else to be
considered. On the money question,
the two great parties have taken posi
tions directly opposite to each other.
Four years ago the position taken by
the Riepublican and D~emocratic parties
were alImost Identical. The Riepubli
can party said the Anmerican peCople
are in favor of bi-metallism and the
Democratic party were heading to the
use of both gold and silver as a standard
mnoney for the country and to the coin
age of both for money. Thus you aee
that both parties declared in favor of
gold and silver as the money of our
country. Four years have passed since
that lhatform was written and these
four years have been full of monentous
h~appenings, but as this campaign aip
proaches the great parties lined them
selves up for the fray.
Upon this question the party at St.
Louis declared for the maintenance of
the gold standard, but that platform
does not say that the gold standard is
ma good thing, because that platform
leldges the party to get rid of the gold
standard, but declared that this change
canntot be made except by internatIonal
agreentent, until the leading nations of
the world should help. The Decmo
eratic party met at Chicago and it
adopted the lhatform which is it direct,
oppositiont to the platformi adopted at
St. bouis. Tihe St. Louis Convention
declared for the gold standard until
something else could be dono1 In the
neatr future. Hut more than thtat the lte
publican~platfomn does not promise any
complete monetary system. The Doum
neratic party outlined what It desired
to have done, anti declared that the
silver dollar should be of logial tender
for all deb's, public and private, anti
that such legislation should be enacted
as is necessary to the restoration of the
unlimited coinage of silvcr and gold at
the present legal ratio of 163 to 1, with
Out waiting for the aId of any other
nation. We also declared that the
silver do'llar- be. legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and that
such legislation should be enacted as
is necessary to prevent for the future
the demontetization of any legal money.
Tlau platform declared that the gov
ernent should exercise the right to
redeem its obligations In either gold
or silver.
The issue Is drawn and we have our
choice it this camplaign between an
A meriean flnancial system for thte
American peopile andi an English finan
cial system for the English aristocrisy.
If I mistake not the patriotism of the
people whlo have novel' been appealed
to ini vain, thtore can be but one issue
in this camtpaign and but one result.
If they ask us what about other ques
tions we tell them that so long as the
right of self-govornment is in danger
there Is no other question. But I want
to impress upon your mind two things.
I want me tsk two questions. They are
questions that will be asked ever and
over agair mIn this campaign. They are
qluestions that will be asked with over
increasingi emphasis.
'rhe twc quiestions are these - if the
gold stant ard is a good thing, why
should wi ry to get rid( of it; and If
theo gn'd s andard is a bad thting, why
should we wait until some othei na
tinsa are 11illin to help us let go.
We care not upon what issue they
force the fight. We are prepared to
imoot thom upon either issue, or both.
I thank you, friends anl fellow citizens,
for the interest which you have mani
fested and for' the compliment which
you have paid to us by your asbmblage
hero today. I can but beg of you that
you will remember your duty as citi
zeniS. We wio stand upoi the platform
adopted at Chicago, do not come to you
as suppl)ialts to bog for your votes.
Your votes aro your own and no man
is abked to do anything save as his
consciencee dictates. And wo bog you
to study all the questions presented,
study all the issues involved, and then
let your balilot register a free nan's
will.
PASTI THlIS IN YOUR HAT.
The Data on Which to Make Caml
paigu Prophecies.
This is Presidential year, and even
the imost conservative man must be in
torested in politics and become to some
extent a prophet of the result in No
veinber. In order to prophesy intelli
gently what the outcome of the elec
tion in November is likely to be it is
necessary to have a knowledge of the
votes which each State has in the olec
toral college, and also to know how
that vote was cast in the last election.
Of course, it does not necessarily follow
that a State will vote this year for the
name party that secured its votes four
years ago, nevertheless a knowledge of
the last vote gives a starting point up
on which to base this year's predic
tions. l0or the information of our
readers we give here a tabulated state
ment of the result of the last Presi
dential election:
Q 0
STATES.
Alabama...........
Arkansas......... . ..
California............
Colorado............ . .. 4
Connecticut..........
Delaware...................
1"lorida.................... 4
Ge'orgia.................1
Idaho... ............ ...........
Illinois...............
Indi na .....................
Iowa...................... 13
K ansas.............. . . i
Kentucky...... ......
Louisinna .......... ......
Nai8 e........................ .
Maryland............
Michigan .. .. . ... . .
15.innesota..
Mississippi . ......1
Missouri .................. . . .
Mn tbaska .. ..... ....:
MN ane a.. ................ .... ..
Nevada. ................. .I ... .
New H an... ............... p.i.
New Jersey...............10 ......
New Yorks s ................ . .
North Carolina ............ 11 ......
North Dakota......... .. . I ..
Ohio........ .... 1 22 ..
Oregon 3...-- ........ . 31
Pennsylvania ................. 32 . .
Sorth Carolina............11 ..
South D)akota........' ii
Rhode Island.................. 4
Sot CArIn............. .....
Vouthniakota..... ........12..4.
Teasngson................12....:.
WexsVra...............1 ....
Wirmonsi................1..2 ..
Wyoming...................... 3..
STotals................27 1452
In the last election there were 444
votes in the electoral college, but by
the addition of Utah to the Union 3
votes more are added, making the
total 447, and the number necessary to
elect 224.
OFIFICIAL~ DEMOCRtATIC FORECAST.
The following table has been prepar
ed at the Democratic headquarters in
Chicago, showing the States expected
to be carried by the Democrats, to
gether with the electoral votes in
each:
Alabama...11Motn. ...
Arkansas ... . ...8 Nersa8..
California.8 Not8aoln.
Colorado. . ..... Not4akt
Florida. ... .. ..4 Orgn4...
Georgia.......13SotCali.9
Idaho.... .....3 Tensse 1
Kansas ........ 10 Txs....1
Kentucky. .. 13 Ua.....
Louisiana..... Vigna8..1
Maine.... .....0 6 ahnto..
Maryland......8 WetVrii8
Michigan...14 Woig
Mississippi. ... 9 -
Misour......7Motala......23
As 24elctoalvoebska......id th
mattr, his ombnatont waold ive1
Brya a ajoity orhDakota.. Deo
sothioan SothDouta Casoua.
ful, nd thseha ennestalo 7. .e.le.e
Texas....ote.s.
Mr.'r.C. ~ eon aofMoile, n wri
tin t afren aou tetegna. P.
M. B.Youn, who omen...... in
isur.....pa. 17 hadomtribute...22
the 224alnt vorandte couly enetle
man.or, ths courseinathn wolter hie
Ban ckt maniy aoo fvello Till eft.
sota, Ohioand frindthraoughsout
Sfuth anwtee leioavle w oas ot o ly
ta ahngado erlselgtebu.n
in alhaT brilint ary.OUNecal
him w most iidlyas e adPpear
whenhe whthoeu ns ea
tongathe at Mointgaomery Aboult hen.P
tme w.hYong Mism et Tyler unfurle
thmately, which as toandsome ributorto
thvalbfor Abiramo and cory sagntse
death.s rntecurie ofwhe 'uledtfer,-h
eveneo Young's ther.Athougll car
ashockln tocaet wh good lo l left.s
Hi pronlfed theveogrutiot oihe
hsuh swr tohiegion, he was ev ny
thneof the most lefolouresonll
hoi noums ividly aou he alee
ofwhe Coedeeragc' lan litean
tater agt ogomanry. A o-h
thee byhentiss imiaTler unaured
chatfeag under w-aelas thatm wmore
tany afooreAlbamlnt Ryan, singt
andve'rving was corion Aftog aciv
serice.n cadhetoh agrlte
p'offere on juteneyeof rad b'so faousfe
leion swoudt his sectionve wasteven
e n o of taarhestil picturequthn
if te Cnonhidory.' al ih n
ir Viyininc, hi s mpteuosf naurn
caed ner poed-tar delay ,that keen
angwomryn of tcomssio dayr act
yong, gradsonbme a mluajr asn
was-and he was over a great 'ladica
man' at the proper seasons-ho nevo
lot social blandishments hold him bacl
for ono Instant from volunteering fol
most arduous and disagreeable duty
through August sun or winter's snov
and slush. Any allusion to his know,
courage and dash were a 'twice-tohl
ti.' Ho was the Murat of the Vir
ginia lines.
"When I began to write my novel
'Creole and Puritan,' Young largel,
furnished the best traits in the Soutli
een twin of its heroes, as Charles Kini
did for the Puritan. Of course, as
have told you, the pair were not mean
for portraits; for King was no more i
Puritan in the generic sense, than thl
Georgia boy was a real Creolo. Yo
these two best typed those essentia
points of divergence, to crystallizi
which the novel was written. Whilh
the critics were saying very pleasan
things about that story, many of then
objected to my making the Creole '
major general on his twonty-fourtl
birthda ;' advising me to stick t(
probabilities. I ,wrote King the fact
at the time; and later when I publish.
ed 'Tho Puritan's Daughter' as its sc.
quel, I noted that the statement wat
well within the facts. After Young
returned from St. Petersburg he visit.
ed us at Mobile. Then he told me
with all abseuce of vanity in his blunt,
simple way-that he commanded hit
division when he was only twenty.
three. If I am not in error, that
makes him the youngest major gen.
oral in either army.
"An odd joke on Young during that
visit recurs to me now. Four of uE
drove down the shell road for a dinner
at South End. A gulf storm had torn
away a section of the long wharf, only
narrow planks loosely lying across the
gaps. Louis Chaudron, Shelton SlimE
and I passed the first plank; looked
back and saw Young besitate and with
uncertain foot upon the thither end.
Sins called back: 'Well, here's an an
omaly. A man who has ridden gaily
into hail of lead and iron--whose front
is tattooed with wounds-fears tc
charge a plank to capture his dinner !
Young made a wry face, swore it wa
a very different thing: then marched
across the plank that bent under hit
weight to threatening of leaving us lit
erally with no bridges behind us. But
that dinner with its reminiscences,
stories and jolly chaff comes to me witti
elear echo to-day across the valley o
the shadow of death. As these cchoeE
(lie away from memory, resistlessly
come to replace them the living wordk
of Margaret Preston, in her dirge for
another beau sabruer, earlier borne tc
the A talon of Southern valor :
'-Ieard ye the voterans--hearts that
had know,n
Never a throb of fear; never a groan
Sob, 'mid the fight they win,
Tears their stern eyes within
Ashby, our Paladin ! Ashby is dead!'
"So wrote the Southern Barret
Browning, three decades ago. Tinic
has filled our lives with new duties and
avocations since then ; newer memo.
ries have dulled somewhat the sound
of once familiar voices. But when wc
of the old set hear the toll of the fune
ral boll, even now the mists of circum.
stance and surrounding clear away.
Time itself rolls back, and we stand or
the edge of each new grave, once more
under the star-barred Ilag and with
the fresh of our youth-again in the
young Confederacy !"
KILLED) BY LIGHTNING.
Senator Till man's Eildest. D~anglatea
andI Her Escort Killedl in a Thuntlea
Storm.
Miss Addle Tillman, the elde.-,1
daughtcr of Senator Tiliman, and lier.
R.obert A. Lee, rector of the Episcopal
church at Yor-kvillc, were killed by a
stroke of lightning at 3.30 o'clock or
Wednesday afternoon, while on a
mountain party seven miles tfram Bre
yard, N. C. This brief statemecnt con
veys the bare facts of an occurrence
which has called for-th expressions c1
(lee) and genuine symp~athy from all
parts of the State. There was only
one eye-witness sto the sad tragedy,
who was Mr. T. C. Meceely, general
agent of the Hendersonville and B3re
yard Railroad, and who was one of the
mountain party, standing only a few
feet away, and receiving a slight
shock from the bolt of lightning. Mr-.
McNeely's statement is as follows:
"The mountain p~artyT was given in
honor of Miss Addle Tillman by her
friend, Miss Addicks. whom she was
visiting. There were nine in the party
and all were enjoying themselves im
mensely. We were on Rich Mountairi
and stopped under a tree to exchange
horses with Miss Tillman, as her horse
was not riding well. The rest of the
party galloped on ahead, leaving my.
self and Mr.'Lee to make the exchange.
While the exchange was being made a
thunder storm came up and we waited
under a large tree until the shower
was ever.
"Miss Tillman was sitting on her
horse. Mr. Lee was standing on the
ground about ten feet away, holding~
his horde. I was about thirty feet off.
Just as we were getting ready to leave
a bolt of lightning flashed from a cloud
which wvas directly overhead. It first
struck thestree, and then Miss Tiillmnan
A $25 0 JiKI IG STOVE
wnA co n-.rn oUPTrrr on
IOnly 212.00.
De')liveredI to r ral roatd depot, all
-p fiel~.g ch, e - ct I :,d tis~ descrip
.}t ton, ii iru s. c olid C.ooking
- ~ Sta o i N . I'; ha -- 10 inc pnt holes.
t6%16 inch~ ow I . , t'r \ bx24inucholi
h igh ;t 21.! ie, t t onio, casting,
SI haveo hadt :!,a s .,..,'I. f->r my trado 4
bafter toy owno ':hea, nasinini,' all the good
a ponta f a nwd :-'me'' "oes, and
* :"a'vo all do''b' . ' etN No. 8 Cooking
iStove" in adle, I--' hI 1- .t - , lited with 2~
ota,2 pt co pre aImen, 2 grldilea,8
:p akny pas, a 'o - ' (' e, I elbow, lcol.
; lar, 1li , r. g i *,:: poishi 1 iron
: tea kct ti'e, I shoy~ I '. w ,nt to mnaIo etts
pSoutih, for the ' .! 4- ,ntroducing our
pbauinea%1 t nv w N '. :'1 t o roenow our
}acquian c n i h ~ ilt.
p owilhip rlu- .1 i.n otkin~g Stoeq
wheni the ent hs "'n '- 2,u the ordter. This I
.stoveo is a go't * ...,. n yi il
ah giv ',I, .f.r ''n our illI,,atrated
CarrIages madueg I .. ." Qgu,an Hb
L . F. 1 DG ET T,
848 Brondi Stre.. t A ugusta, Ga.
and Mr. Lee. Both were killed in
stantly. Their horses were also killed.
The lightning glanced and kr'oaked a
'00e ofY the left hind foot of my
horse. I was al:o slightly stunned.
"Tuo lightning left no marks on Mis.'
-Tillinu. Mr. Lee was burned on the
arm. The rest of the party who were s,
0some d istanc' ahead cane back to us
and we secuti d a wagon and a nmattress
and carried their bodIes to Brovard,
whorethey wore prepared 1or ship
inent."
bliss Tillman had recently graduated
atWiitlhrop College, and it, was the in
tontion of the famnily that she should
make her debitt In Washington society
> next wintei-.
Mr. Leo was aon of Prof. J. F. Le
I of Due West, and was about 25 years
old. le had beon in Yorkville for
i several years, and was highly regarded
by All th0 denominations. His remains
wore taken to Abbeville yebterlUy for
burial.
The body of Miss Tillman was takjen
to Columbia, nd thence on a sp3cJal
i train to 'ir(nton, where the family
reside. Governor Fvans and his
mothler, B. I. Tillman, jr., and Miss
Lona Tillman, with a nuluber of friends
from Columbia, escorted the remains
to Trento.
LaIxol Is not a mixturo of ougs. It
ts nothing but Castor Oil made palatt..
ble.
SOUTHERN RAILWAYe
I.IADMONT AIR LIEN
Condensed oeedute of Passeager Tr4afta
Northbound V**.
un 1 if N. 8 No. S No.1 Ex.
Daily. ally. Daily Sun.
Atlna' 0'1T is m 11 15 P 70 5
Atyant-, XI p1216 as80 608%
" o C or6' s''' P' 1- 2 6 a1 058 e 1 0
.... ... . . . .. ..... ...- aa 8 p
(Minesvillb. 9%'* 21 a102 a 7 81
........ ........ 2,1 Silvia6Sass
. . t y --..... ........ 9 50 a1180 8 87 I
., o o a .r. a p 5 81 a 58% .......
" on ' - -' ... 8 8 a 12 20p .......
" C on ita l ' . P 4 05 a 12 41 P .......
" B l --..-... ..I 3 a 4 1p...
iSpar~amdburi. 6 18 ~ 18 a 92 .
Gtffna*... . 1658 a 'lip..
Plc -br-. Ci 7 0 a 400 P .....
" a s ..a --''.... 781 a 500 p.
Ar. Char lotte.. ' ' 8 3
Danville -.- 12 00 a 1 80 p 1125 p.
Ar.Rihnmond ... -00- a 40 p 00 a.
Ar.Washtpiton 6 42 a 04p.........
' Balt1' P4R. 8 06 a 11 2 p...........
Philadolphia, 10 25 a 8 00 a ..........
X wYor ... 12o3 0.20 a......=4(
Vex. Fet.Mi No.17
Bouthbound. No. 87 No. 85 NO-14 Ex.
Daily. Daily. Daily BUDA
Lv. ..Y.,P.R.R. 480 p 121 a...........
Pilladelphia. 0 p 8 50 a ..........
timoro.... 920 p 8 22 a.
"Vamhington.. 10 48 p 11 15 a .............
Lv. Richmond ... 200 a 12 5 p 200 ..
Lv. Danville . 60 a 005 p 6
" Ciarlotte .... 9 85 a 106 6 p 12 20 p.
G4stoni -..... ......1100 p I 1p
Gaffnienys ..... .......1224 a 220p.
" Spartanburg. 11 07 a 1 00 a 805p.
" Grenvillo.... 12 28 p 1 50 a 4 40p.
" Contral..115 p 885 a 40 p.
Mneca...... 1 p 2658 a 606 p...
*M et Ainter.......... .......02 p....
Conla....... 4 21 a 7 45p 8 86
' i~da.......... l18p 41st9 a 8l2p 067 a
H(mnewivlle... 8 81 p 4657 a 886 p 72i lb
H It ord .---.... .... 00
'4Noroross-----.---... ........948 p 87 a
. tlanta, E.&. 0 620 a 10 30) p 0:10.
v. A'':m:taC. T. 855 6 20 a 9 0 p8 l0
"A" a. in. "P"~ p. mn. "~M" noon. "N" night.,
Nos. 07 and 88--Washington and Southwesf
ern Vestibulo Limited. Through Pullmain
loo iers bot woon Newv York and New Orlans~
Via Va.shion Atlanta and Montt~omery,andm~
slao botwooni low York and Momaphis, vmi.
W ashigton, Atlanta and IBirmiinhm. This
train also carries Richmnond-Augusta sleepun
oars betweon Danville and Charlotto. First
class thoron~ghfare coach betwoon WVashington
and Atlanta. Dining Oars serve all mecals en
route.
No. 85 and 88-United States Fast Mrail. Pull.
man 6lop n gcare between New York, Atlanta
No.1 an d12r-Pillmian sleeping ears between
Riohmond and Dlanville.
The Air Line eql train Nos. )7and 18, WI))
omnJun let to Qot ber imat, 180 bo opert
twee Atlanta and Mh. Airy, 4a., daily em,
eept Sunday.
ngto, D O.Washington~b a
RKS. I!,. H ARDWIO
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
Cendeue4 lekedule In 3flieo
hz2r 14, 1806.
ril ty...,............ 1 p m
reenwood ............146, m
kr. Abb ado ....................
\r. el "................... a
Sr. neowo. ... ........,....... 6 5
~nt4i........-....
dmont .--.---.................. 10 55 a
........ -.... ....................... 7 ps
r. lruLeto . -~lso r~~1 0
Wiat ... 7Ciifia...TA
07a 11 59a ....ston.......
4a1253p "....ntuo...
18 ...Union..... " 12
1o ..Jonesville ....' ** 12 f
a pAr.. bpartanburg...L, 1148
45a 1 Lv..8 rtanburg.. .Ar 1128a
10p03Af.... hvllon..yv20%
"P," p. In. "A," a. m.
Trains 9 and 10 earry elogant Pullman
sleeping care )e tween Uolaubia and Ashevilleb
enrouedailbetween Jaokson vilfload noin.
Trisleave kartanburg, A. & 0. dIvisio.
northbound 6:la.ma., 8 :2-4 p. in., 0:18
(Vestibule JMnied); lou thbound 1:00
:.L5p. m., 1 :017 a. mn., ( Vestibule I imited.)
Trinfaiy~ G reenvi lie A. and V. d vsion,
;rth un 4, 6:26 a. in., 2:1lip. mn. and 5:0 p. mn.,
Pullman ServIce.
Pullmianpalaoe sleew.ng cars on Trains 85 and
8, 87 anid 88 on A. anid 0. division.
W gion D. O. Waahir-- tonD . G
W. A. , S. H. H A R.1 VIOK
Gen. Pass. A g't. AA't Gon. Pass. A g t.
Washington, . . Alantaf.