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-. IP . OP' -~A THPEPL' JORA ' " oL . - - - NO 'JIIC~NS, S. C., '1'URSI)AY, .. ;',,-'r' 2, .O EJOLRAY A Bryan's Great Speech At Madison Square Gar den. IS ACCEACE OF THE NOMINATION. Hi is ArguImenIt fo the Beneit of the Masses. Nr. (h irman, (enitlemonei. of the Ct.'tlllittee and l.elow-Citens I shalil, at at future day and in a formal letI U, I< !), the nom1ination which is now teider ,d by the Notilienktion Com 1111t. 0C, aUG I satiiih at that Ltime touch 11po 1 tilt) i6 ,u1s presented by the pla)t for.. It is tiLting, however, that at th. b tine, i j the prescuce of those here asst m bled, I should sneak at boie len V th i r 'g I tO 0 tamlipaign upoll wi Ah we are now enLtering. We do not unItdlert A inat'e the forces arlayed alga.ntist us. nor ar'e we niminid ful of the impor ance of the trllggle in wh At we Ie r engaged ; but reli3 Ing forI sue ess uptA I the righteousness of our can , we 'ni de-fend wiLh all possibie vigr the I nitions taken by our party. We are noit, surprised that some of our. op' tsvil:3, ill the absence of better ar11) c nLt, !esort, to abusive epiLhetI,:, bu1t, they 1nly rest as.uIred C ,l. nt I1( lan :uage.. Iweve vVioll, n0o invec ti.. s, hov ver vchuinent, will Ilad us to C lmit n igle jlair's breadth from tihe collrse Ilarked out by the National Col.v e nti on. The citizor, Aither pu blic orl iIva1., Who at:luils the ltaaactcr Itld titu stins i b Life pltr;otisll of th1e neihgat.s assemnbled in the Chicago Coniveition. assails the charactel anid uiestions . patriotisill of milliodu who have arrayed themselves under tile banner there raised. Ii has heln ,hargod by men stand li ig hith in business and political (e;k'LLS thau our platform is a menace to privaut security and public safet,y . and it ha" been asserted that thobe whom ' have the honor, for the time b.ing, to re,!present, not only ileditaw 1 an,1 aLtaek 1.11011 the 'rights O pIrop1ty,f ,ut al ,1e 1h! ftotes of social ord r.1' a i nlational h4n0or. Tnose who stand up)nU the Chicag.to piatforin are prepared to make known and to defend ever y motive which in liucnces them, every purpose which t aniltitis tn1em1 atnd CVe'y h1op1e whicb inspires them. They understand the genius of OUr institutions, they are stallell 5U'poi'rters of the form of gov oriment u.ider which we livo and do build their faith upon foundations laid by the fathers. Andrew Jackson has stated with admirable clearness and witti an emphasis which can not b. urbtpaz-;;d 1-1A thle du11ty anu 4p er oC'04f g r t,. Ile said : .ANDUni:W .ig11sox QUOTim,. " l.ti netons in society will always exirt 11,41i every just goverInmentiii. Iiuality oi talcnts, of education or of wealth an not be produCed by hum rani inst Litions. In tihe full enjoy1mn11t of the gifts oi heaven and the fruits of t1u pej'-rior in iustry, ecolomy il virtt.. every Imall is equally cntlitled to pro tect'ion by aw." We yiet to notte inl our devoLion to the doctri e just entinciated Oul I Campa1ign ! L as nOt f'or its obje , th e re collot'utit. I of society. We Call not I illn'et to .i 0 vicious the fruits of ia vir- f touis life ve would not invade the t loiet of nc provident ill order t, i supply the wants of the spndu-',hriaift: ; we do tint protplose to tra-L..fer' the re- I w ardts of i (duIstIry to the lall of inodo Ilence. 1Prt p0 rty is al will trema inI thle etimi 111 to endeavot'rand the com-~ Jpensation or t.oi! We bel ieve, as ats -s'erlte~d inI ii I Deelar'ation oif InldepeOn (tin :e, Lh a a'l m en are created equna plos teIns <,- rmer'it ; it mleans, that, all sin. I -stnd equarl bef~o the law and1( thu :. Covern mont, ohlicials shall n ot,, inlI ma : ig, e..instri'ilng or1 en1 forcing the law, d1iscri uinIate btetween~ citizens. f 'et551t :bat prioperIty r'ighits, as well Its ire rig Ib Ls <,f pers.onis, areC safe in the h at~d6 of Lth :'()fciommo peOple. A birahamii l Ai oln, in his message sent to Con gre s in I):tcomUber, l1lil, said : " No moe liv ili4 arle mior'e worthy to be Lrun ted Lth m those who toil up from pm~) 'rty ; 1)one less incitl ineid to)Li tk or Liu th augl t which they have not lion cest, y ertn'd."' I repett bis langua ige( wvith uir.qui~ll lied appmvalIi n, and joinU ithL himi in the waring Ito added, namiely: " Let thim be h.ware of surren'C~dr'i ng a piti- i :al power'21 wivcih Lhey alr'eady piossess no1 t whih power, if surr'ienideredi, wvill iin :!y be used to close the doorts iol atdv'ancement agatinst such as they and1( L,) lix n1w di-sailIities and burdens upon Ii them unOtil a ll of li berty shalh beh lost." T1hose who da lily follow the injune-| tioni, "')in the sweat oIf they facoe shllt; thoua (atl brad,"' are' now, as Lily haive ~eer been, the bulwark of law and ordor'-thie source of our nation's gr'eat ness in time of peateo and its surest (10 fonder's int timen of warLI. But I harve only r'ead( at pat (If J1ack SOil's ultteralnce h 10 give you1 hiis conclusion: "BIut when the laws under take to add to those natur lal and j ust ad~vntatges artLiliclial distinctions, to granlt ti tles, ji ratutities and( exclusnivye pivi loges, to miako the rich m'i el~ and1( thbe potent more p)owerfulth humiibler iimmber's of society, the farm' Cl's, mnechan ies anid theo dtay laborers, wvho have nei thr the tim nor 111 the means of secur'ing like favors for them-in selves, have a r'ight to complain of the injutstico~ of their giover'nmtent."' Those5 who suippor't the Ch icago platformi in-' dorso allI of the qunotation from Jackson, the latter par't as well ats the former WVe are' no(t, surisedll5~ to ind tarrayed atga ist u1s those whi) are' the bonelh elaries of( Governmnent favoritisml. T1hey haIvo readt~ our11 latformn. Nor' r -wY. surlpr'iod to b-arn thatt we must in this cai-arl gn facee the hostility of those who1 lfind a peculniary advantage in adtvoeint'ing the doctr'ino otf nont-In' Lut'eace when great aggreogations of weal th arc trespassrin I upon the righlts oIf indlividualis. We Welcome dolrseint which could be bestowed upon us. Wo are contont to have tlh co-operation of those who desire t.j havo the Government adnunistered without fear or favor. It is not the wish of the general public that tjrust Should spring into existence and over rido the weaker nembers of soci .ty it is not the wish of the general public that tlh(:6O tiIists shoul destroy eoum pet.Ition and i.jn coltiet Stuch tax as tbey will fromt those who are at their MCArQ [lor is it thO w iSh of the gle.ra: pubib h the i nstirmiilijentalities of Otiverfeent have beenl so oft-en pr1o stilluted to purposes of private Llain. 'Those who stand upon the Chicago platform belljove that the Goveineinnt. 11ould not only av)id Wrong-doin, but aV o)r(o~, bli tha,,t it Should Ilso pwevent wrolg doing; and they hOlieve that, the law should bo en forced alike against all eictiules of tile public weal. They do not. excuse petit larecmcy, but they de htreiC tl.t iand lar'ceny is e(Iually a 01ri uie ; they do not defen.d the occupa tion of the highwayman who robs the InlslspecLing travelrcI, but they include ,nmong the Lransgressors those Who, Lirouih LIt wmore politi arid lobe haz ardours means of legislation, appropriate to their own lse the proceeds of tiie Loil of others. The coimand menIt., " Thou hialti not steal," thundered from Sinai and reiterated in tho legis atioln of n111 nations, is no respector of persons. It inlst be applied to tl , .Cat as wellt as the small; to the strong is welli a- the weak( to tibu corporate )erson ciated by law as well as to the )erboni of lcsh and blood created by he blood Ahnig,hty. No govertn nieint is worthy of the namile which 2 not able to protect, from every wil uiplifted for his inj u ry the ho iim >iest c itizen who lives boicath the lag. It follows aS a necessary eoi usii that vicious legislation iimuti. >, rem I d i - by the people w h) sul fri romi the CtYeects of emeeh legojs lati ont. nd not by those whvo enjoy its beneJits. Tii St~i'RtIGiE C:OURT. The Chicago platforin has bei con - lemned by some because it dissents rom an opinion rendered by the n-iui relielu Court declaring the income ax law un1mconstitutional. Our critics ven go so far as to apply the name narchist to those who stand upon that tank of the platform. It must be Vmeibered that we CXprcssly recoa ize the binding force of that deCision o long as it stands as a part of the aw of the land. There Is in the plat orm1 noi( suggestion of an attempt to lipoiw Lhe authoilty of the Supriem :0 urt. The pa1rt.y is sim ply pledged tO se "a!0l the constitutional poweri* vihich remai ns after that decision. or chSiceh may Conm froim its reveisal by lie couirt as it may hereafter be con ti tuted." Is there any disloyalty in that >edge ? For a iumindreid years the 4supremUe Court of the United States ias LusLained the principle which un lerlies the income tax. Some twenty ,ears ago this same court sustain'ed vithout a dissenting voice an income ax law almost identical with the one eceently overthirown ; has not a fulure ourt as much right to return to the udicial precedents of a century as tile wesent C11rt, has to depart from theim' 1hen courts alI have rUhearings they dimit that error is possible: the late leison against tihe income tatx was eidot'ud by a iniiajority of one after a ehearing. TEli INiuMI TAX PiL.\Ni. While tile money question over hadow. all othi iuestions in impoi ante I desire it disLincitly undertooI hat I shall iolr no apology for tie neome tax plank of the Chicago pht, orma. 'lhe lat income tax law Sought 0 apportion the burdens of governnilleit inore eq ualI ly among those 1,90Who enjoy he proteUtCion of the government. At, wslt the expelnses of the leeral ~overnmiienit,, collecteid thmrough inter ial revenue taxes and import, duties, Lre especially3 burdiensome upon01 the ioorer classes of society. A law which :olltects from somie citizens more thab ,hei sh)are (i the0 taxes and collects rom1 other eit iz u s less than their shmare s simpl lly aini mil irc meet anI~s of the ,anisferiring of one man'tis prope*rty Lo inother Iman'S picket anit w hile tho >rOcess miay bc (ilto satisfactory to tie man01 who1 escapeus just, taxation it :ai nlever he Iatisfaictory to those who Lre overbullrdenedl. T.lhe last income ax law, with its Ciexemption provisions, vhen consiudered in con nection with >theur methods of taxation in force. vas niot, iunjust tio the poss 'ssors of argo icomnes, becauis0 they were not, 3)0mipelled to hlay a total'Federal tax .treatcir than tihir share. The income ax is not, now, nlor is it based uplonl lostility to 'the rich. '1The systetm is ~mployed in several of tile most imii orltant Oationms of Fiurope , arnd every ne0omoi tax law.~ no0w upjon the Statlutie iooks in any land, so faras I11 have Jlen able to ascertLain, contains anm .Jxemp5tionl clause. While the collee sion of ani inceor.iu tax in other (coun1 ries does not make it necessary for this nation to adopt the system, 3 et, it )lught toi mnoderate the language of Ghose who deounll ce the In~como~ tax as in assault upon0 the well-to-do. Not, only shall I refuse to apologize ror' the advocacy of an inconme tax law bly the national conventIon, but I shllI ilso refuse to ap~ologlze for the exorcise by .it of the righ t to dissent from a do aision of the Suipiremo Cgui't. In a gov 3rnmnent, lIke ourisoevery piublic oflicial is E, pubbeiCscrvant, whethor' ho holds ollico by election or' by appointment, whether he servos for a term of years or' during gooid behavior, and tho 1)0op)1 have a right to criticise his otlicial acts. "'Confidence is e!very3where the parent of itespjotism: froo governmeont exists in jealousy and( not in contidene."' T'hese are tflie word(s (of Thomas Jeffer son, andu I submiit, that they present a trucer coniceptionl of popultar govern meunt than (entetalined b~y thoso who would prohibit an unfavorable com ment upon)1 a court de~clsioni. Truthi will vintd icato I tsel f ; only error' fears~ free spueeih. No publ)1Ic ollicial who mousien 0tiously discharges his duty as he sees it wilt diesire to deniy to those w hom he serves the right to dIlscuss hi s ollelal (onduciht. i IW~ (IN iY Q1I'MSTi'ON. Nowv let. nie ask you to conaider the paramnount gujtiontti of th is 'ampaign 11itmnyq.Eon. It Il seaircely necessary to) defeund the prliciple (If bi me31 t5li;.No n iat.onu party din g the ronii hi~i ary of h. i'tedl Statos has Aver dleclared aiginlst it,, and no0 party in this campaigni has had the temerity to 01n1n0n it. Three Partios. the Denm. t'ite., Populist and Silver partles, huve not only declared for bimtaillism, bitt have outlined - the spe:li e logisla tion trice.4sary to restore siv.I ri to its iticient, position by the side of gold. The Republican platform expressly (arC!es that -bimetallism is (t sirable whgi -t p ldges tle Repuiblican party ti iLid in seI tcuiing it a- soon as the as Al.tane of certitni fore ig iln ations (anl be obtaltied. Thoso who 'ep'e'5sented the. ininority senlltieit, in thu iitChicago e-mvention) oppo-ed the free co tIagev (if ,ilvev by the LiUnited States by lnde ientdenA t aetion on the g round that, in thbeir judgml ent., it "would retatrd or entire-cly prevent the establishment, o internautionall bimietallismi, its whichl tt. efforts of the(. governmfiet, shouhi he steadily' ( directei" When they asserilcd tthat. the elorts of the government, should be. steadily directed toward .he tstablisliontent of international bnlietallism, they con deined montiomv.tallism. The gold Statdard hs been weigh a in the ftot It a lie jiw i 11O T.(i th alance atid fund wantiing. Take fromt it, thle power.1ful sutpport, of thle money OWling and thi m lonc'V ehanttg iug Clasbes and it can not stanu for one day in any nation in the world. It wau fastened upon the United States with out, d iselssion blefore the people and itsi friends have never yet been willinlrg to risk a verdict, before the voters upon that, issue. TleUe can 1)1 no0 SympiIatily Or CO'OJI attiOn betweCe the ad voentes of a un1iver'stl gold .tandard and the advo Citesi of himetal slim. let,weeni hieict allisn-whet.her independent or- intLe national-ntid the gold sttandard theire is n iimassable gulf. I thi.s quadren iall altgitatioi in iavor' of international himetallist condueted in good faith. or do Our opponeint's really desiro to imilltaIin the goldstiandard permlaunent ly ? Are they willng to confess t.he .muperiorit.y of a doulbltte standard when joitned ill by the b:adingp nations of the world, (r 'fdo they still isist that gold is the oiniy mtll suitable for st.andilrat mon11ey aiong civil;zed nations Y I f tMy are. inl fal.C, d-ilrous of set~urti ng binIetallism, we nay expect themi to point ollt the evils of a gold standard and defend biletallism as a system. If, o the other hand, they are bend ing their energies toward the perma nont cstablishment of a gold standard under cover of a declaration inl favor of international bimetal I isn, I an justitied in suggesting that honest money cau not, be expected at thi hands of those who deal dishonestly with the Ami-erican people. 110NKSTY IN MON1Y. What is the test of honesty in money? It inust, certainly be found in the pur chasinig powr of the dollar. An ab solutely htonust dollar wouild not vary inl it, genleral purchasing power; it would be nbsolitely stable when ieas ed by average priecs. A dollar Which inter'ses in purchas, lig power Is just as dishonest as a dollar which de rcrases in purchasing power. Iirof. Laughlin, now of the University of Chiengo, and one of the highest gold stanl(1rid authorities, inl his worc ou hi tile tall Ismi, not only admits that gold does not remain absolutely stable in valuie, out x pIcss asserts "that thore is no such thing as a standard of Val ue for future payments, cither in gold or si I ver, which reiainse absolutely inva riaible." He even suggests that at 11111 tiple -tandard whereini the unit is "based upon the selling p)ric of a nitub.r of rtiticles (if gencral consu) mp-ii tion," would We a more j'1st sLtndartd Lhat ei'tIitt gold (-itr silver, or 1) both, because' " a longi- t imo contraict wolid thereby be paid at its maltirity by th.e tlam purchaikting powet' ais was given inl Ulhe beginnling." It, can not he sueen-Sfiully claimed that Ilionometal islu oP bi netal lIm or any otibe' system, gies an ab solutely jlSt sttandard of valle. Underl~i both mfoometal iSm anid bi inetalli sm t he governmn tilcl ixes the we i ght antd Iiineness8 of the doll11at' inv3ests it withI legal tentder'' qulilties, anid then oplenis the mi jts to its Lii i stt'ieted t'.i iage, Ileav'intg the purcha es ng powerp of the doll ar~to be d etermin ed by the ll numb r o'f dollat's. 1i metal lismin is bt~ ter than mi tonomlotallIismi, not beause it gives uts IL per'fect dollar that, i, ado!hltr abhsolutely unvariiiyinrg in its' g'enera'l purci'hasin g p~ower---but, hiecause it, matkes a ntearor' a~lpproach to ~ t i ty, to honesty, to j ustice, than aL gitel standard posily ean. I i.jor to I18 , whllen therte wvor' enou ght (open intits to ptermflit all the gold andl~ silver avilabhile for coiage to 11ind enitr'an1ce itti the wvorld's volu11n1o of standarliLd mioney, the UnIi tedl States mtighlt ha~vo tintiitainied a gold standt ardt wit h less intjur'y to the people0 of this coutriy ;hut, no0w, when each st p toward't aL uiIverI'al golbi stanldar'd enhancesi~i3 the lpurtc hasinug power' of gob, dept esses pice5.s, antd ti'ansfei's to the Vockelts of the cr'edi tot' class an un 4earn ed I inrement, theO inluLenieo of thils lgreat natttion mu tst be t wow 'O0u pont the side iof giild unlmess wo are' preparl~ied coniseqjueces oW itch an act. Any leg jIshition wvhiich lessens the worlk's stOck oif standartttd m1)oey inerealses the oxchanigeable valuei of theO dol lart' therefore, thle crusadoe aginst sil ver' mutlst inevitably traiso the pur'chasintg power' of money andit lower the money value of allI othei' forms of pr'opety. Out' oppon)tst sometimties admniit that it was a mistake to demnonetije silvor', but linsist thait we should sub mit to preset coniditlins rt'thor thanr retit r'n to the htitmetialliesyt3stemi. They ct'r in) supposinlg thaIt we hav'e r'eached the etid (if the evil results of aL gold1 standrd ;i we ha jve not r'eachedM the endt. Thel injmty is a conttinuintg 0on0, and not persont '-an sa:y now long the worlId is to su lfar fr'om the tttompt to make gold t he only stndartd tmone~y. opierati ng to dlestroy silivet' in tile United States will, if sutccesfuil hero, be turnetd aiginst, otlietr silvetr usi nu couttties, andI~ each ntew conver't to tho gold staindard will tadd to the genotral distr'ess. So lotng as the scramble for' gold continues, prices musnt fall, antd a genera'tl fall in pr'ices Is hut ainother' dellinition of hardt L times. disinter'estedness for' thoitso!vYes, hiavei everiity class of peopl e. I i cogilziing thej dispositin iif t'ibe individll votier to consid'er t~n-ie ent of ianiy priopos' dt to the Amer:ticain peopio t~le hinainc'iaL plvouliIned in theI Chiicago plat tilh greatest good ti thL Pittest, tn. bur. Tle farters atr- oppied t ih. pohld standardl beeneuse tney have f, -t its effects. Sinco tiley S at whole sale and buy tit retail, tLe.v have lto 't 1010 thai t.hly have gadined by falling prices, and b, ide.s this, the'. y have foudti that certain tixed enarges ha'v nott fallen at till. tx.,s iive not be,: n percepti bily dolecret.ed, althoughi it te quires imiore (of farii prilduct n14w th-11 lormerly to Stelilo tIe liunn'1y %1.h which to pa. y tIXe-S. DAIS h:Iv Iot faIIon. Thk fairm whIo owId 'I,010 is still compeliclt to piay $1.001). alt.hi.ough it mait.y 6o tv, i o s 1 1 Iicu It, 't, r iy to obtain thbo dollarl with whic.h 1to pay t.h de , !ob t, 'it (ioad ra t Ls have not ) ieen reduce'd to kep pace wltn saliin prices, and besideca tiose!, items there. atre man3y niore. Tie fairier ha1" i"b found complaint agaiist the gT(IIl standard. The wage-earners have ieo injured by a gold Standard, and hatVe ex)preSbi'd thei3olves u pon: the su hjettit w i irea t emphasis. Ii I"Obrutry, I ia, a petition asking for' the immediate rest1oratioii of the free ain( unlimited coinalge of goId and silver at 16 to I was signed by tin he repreosentativos of all, or neaitriy all , the leading labor organ i/.ation ard presentid to Ctongres. Wage iarners know that, witio a Igoid stu n dird raises the pur-chi.g power of the dollar, it also makes it, more difi cult. to obtain possession of tle dollar : they know that em ployment is less per itment, loss of work more probable. and re-em ploy ment less certain. A gold stauid encourages the lioard ing of moncy, hecauso iloney is rising it also discouriges enterprise ain(l atralyzes indtistry. On rhe other hand, the restoration of himeta~lism will di - cou ( 1rage hoardi nt, beenuti e when a rCies are steady or ri -j ing, money ean not afford to lie idle in the bank vault--. The farmer-; and wage-varners toeti er con-tittito a considerable imijority of the pe.(plic of tht countlr. Why1. should their. 5i- :. . I!. ;, "~ : consid .ig linancial legislation A nione ;r1y system which is I)etuliriy ad vam geous to a few syndid iAtes Ia far lis to commend it thain a system whiclh would give hope and encourage ment to those who create thi nition's wealItt.h. Our Opponents have aitlde Ia I'pecial appeal to those vhoi hldo!( fire and life insurance policies. but theie polic!y holders know that since the tIL pre mitnis received exceed the tota' o -ses paid, iL rising standard must he of morciie benefit to the companies thban Lo the policy holders. SAVINGS BANK DEA'OSITlMS. 'Mutch solicitudo has been expresi.-Il by our opponents for tihe deposiltors in isavings wanks. They consttntiy pa i'adC belore these d elositois the tii v'antages of a gold staidtrd, but, these lippeltis will b in Vain, beLause saV ings bank depositors know that under a gold standard thero is increasing danger that they will lose their de posits because of the inability of the banks to collect their aisset.; arnd they still further know that, if th* gklkl standard Is to (tllin tiue i niuelinitec! they may be compelled to withdraw their deposits in order to pay liviling ex pen1Se S. It is only necessary to note the in cIeasinog Pinum ibeir of failuIi'es in order t. know that aL gold I11ndard is ruinol. to) 11'eirAts alf manufatu ''hisMe buttsinet.ss tien do no.tmake tiela prolits froi t.lhe peop!e from whom hy borrro toney, blt frotml lii' 'opl Lo Vho 1,hy sell their o s. If the peO 1)le can not, buy, retaileri Uan I, and if retailers can nt sell, wholohale iorchants and mianufac1-turr mut, go Into OanIllkruptey. Those who hold, its ni permaineint inl vestmeit, that stock of iailroiLIs ILId of othbur ontOrprises-I do nt include: those who speculalte ini ttoiks ori use tlock hold(11ings ats aL mens of ob tatinin g an inside a~dvantage in con~strueit~in contract' s--are iijured4 1 by a gold .sLandl aid. The irising dollarho destroiys the eainiig p)ower o(f Ltese onterpirises wvitliouit reducing the liatbilItie's, iand( as5 dlividenids canl not bie pid un itilI sal artes anid Ii xedl c2harges h ave hiton siat is lied, te stoek ho!lders mutst, beari the buri den of hard timties. Silaries ini buinessi~5OLC oupationiS die piend upon0 busi ness cond(1itionhs, and the gold sltihandar boitlh lessensi the amont~tl anzd l~b reatens the permti~taey of suech Olleial sa laries, e'xcept, the salariv. oif those whoi4 hoild ollico lor' life. mui:-t, in the long run be adjusted to the coat di Lions oIf those who paiy the taxes, iind if the piresenlt fi nanci al policy co(.1 iin ties, we must expect, the contest, be Lteen the Lax piayer anid the tato~~ r to inicriease ini bitternes !s. Th'le prtofessionail claLsses--lin the maiii-deivo yehe ir suppol~irt, from thie )proin(~g classes anfd cani only enjoy prosperity whlen there is prosperIt~y amoning those who create wealtLh. I havi e nlot, aittemplted to describho thIie eilfct (of tbe goltd standard upon all cilassea-il fact,, I have only tatd time Lt) imontion a. feIw -butt each person)f wi be able to apply the IprincipIles stateod to) his own) occupaition. It, must alsio b)e r'emembered thbat, it is the des.irei of peop)lO genera~l ly t~o convert thteir earin~liigs initoi real or p~ersonail hpoper ty. Thliis beinig true, in conisidoering any temtpora~ry atdvanf tago which may come from a sysem tinder which the dollalr rises ini its puitrchais ing po'~wer*, it, mu Lst not lbe for gottoni that, the (10la I ca in not buy miore than formerly, uinless piropert~y sells for less Lbhan formterly. liIenee it, will boen241 thit, aL large potiion of thbose who may' hinid some peciniury advanL't agLes in ii guold standard .''ill dis coveri that, thieiri loss exceedl thir i g ains. Ailot"i' l.ANi(S. It, is soineLi mes itst ed b y ou' oppioa nonhts thitt a ban~ik baionags to thbe debror~i class, btit this is not, tirue oIf any -oi vent bank. I'ver'y statomintt publhIish el bly a SOlvenlt bank shows tbat, the assets exceedi the Ilibil itIes. That is to say, while the bank owes a large iamouint of money to its depositors it is nt onily hats enough oni hand in money and niotes to) payJ its depoai. tors, buit, In aodditLion thereto, has eniouighI to co4ver' i ts caipi tal and sur plus1. WVhn ('thLte do llIar is rising LIn vaie, cosvly, a batiK mayiL by iiaSing' sh ioiL-timl) loansl- atI taking good~ se. ttirity, avoid Ioss ; buit, whoiui pi'ices are falling rapilly. the banhk is atpt to loset moi~re ibecae, ito badl debts than~l it can~ gain by t:.- .naireaso in the pa rchasinug powLer of its capI ital and1( suirpl us. t-'imitt. lhe admitte,od howeve, that Somne haltktrs eitibine the businogs of t hnd broltket wit.h tli ordiiary bank ug buisit-s ZI Ilk! thiuo Iliay utakec ellougl ill the mnor ti at ion (f ititlns 1i) oiflset the losses arising in legitinlitg hallking hti in'-, As luIg as InIliat liat~ut- ruiitinini Its it, is thern . will ti. wHys be dan.iigter' t-hat. en ke-s reutrui ned by 1,he piii:111 opiion14 or legal enact, inev.. thbose wll) sut- a p-cunitiiy proltit fo.i tieinei ylves in it '4r-tain condition may yield to the tei tatioi to hriln-r aIbollt Ithat t.oInd11it ;.(),. .1 cetfe.rsonl hs stated tiiat one of Lilt- iatii doties wf oveIL'nli1tl is Lo trevenlt, igenl frowi ill. Jir'itig Oili' 00i0it.heri, tila indver was d'ila 11111y Inore impto(1-tanit Mhail it, is to1-day, it is not stranlIte tlhit tug' who have malde a pro):;t - bin hn b o tri'lli , fla\t t ' i I %;tlwjal j i t V t t:iI' v, Ml keep thIA' , elun e yd n upo I lhIti . I be lie) ve, 1ow 'verl t h. I s imn , f tit . vaNt - o:I: t N.(III "a a ~t. ,1oo' n;i ow In Ow g I II to( city til e t'~i giv o ac thec Lnitil fa it!, nte I ay b a wt i e t itutlsialt o li e utninit red inl ot e half of il gthe peoled would ilmake or. I overna1 mnlit, inldepidet. of any coblihiniation of ti g iers, foreig ol doin estic. PAA~.A B.li (IN SH1-:H\MN. ie tli li.iSay a word Ilow ill regard to ronrtauni persons hilo) are i y Cuiarily beneitU0d by a "-Old .standaitd and who favor it, not troin) a d sie to lsrepa.. up on tIhe righ. .,4f others, but. becaulse tI ireanc which surroind teil i' ind th l to the el eet of ti gold ,tandard uponi Others. I shall aa yout to consbder Lilb. laul~go (if Lo gitile oe o longtat public srvicle and hi..1adig in.bep -y t h l ' ) i ~tid101 nloss il bi t 1La), h to which tey beloni, Will p rt ;ea t, tahemi. from aiverse critteisml by our oppo net'ts. Int ISl Senator S- i ri said .' "The contraction()atild of icurency i a f moraet di.tSim ati o ien i)tillt ializt tori sulppo:se. Our own and ot.her1 nla wos hI aone tbrough th, t ertionl btfog. ' It l tiot, possil 1,n ttak that voyage, Without the 'sorost distres. To every in-on, xCept it capitalist. :Mit- Of debt, 01r at saLIHlaid 0olliNer 01r an nuiuwtn it, i, ds t n i a o of JoS, an iitud I ~of trad , fall 4of wagevl .,1S. pnsion of eniterprise, l i ruptel y ad'i di sat Ito' i n I ans; i n te to all deah. r. Whose dbts are twice theh-' npt ijai. though onle-third less Ohan the.Ir actinea propert.N. ItI mlwans the! fa|| of all agri Cultural product~i-ml %vithout any] g re*:1t. LeILctiol of \aV. \Vat. wrudenit Manl wVouIld11- dar 11 htldd abol( hou ,61.p inoa, a factory or a t n with thi cer-tain fatA betforo him N' .\ S I havc id bfrt. biri lnile aefared to muerhe Wt. man who., ie tab-v i.-, bix.-d for. liie ttim lw0 the mnari W.is Si airy dopendth upn usnel oni ,ionel. When .Si\ tierioan decrib.Se cotitraction of the cuirrncy adens trous to all te people except, the --napi toflistsi out of dent, an stand i tooiie io f position similiar to his, he is stat ina t aleth wiiebmst, the ame pc it to every inonection i ivie et mtti ter' care0ful con1Siderationl. .\le. Sher mnall was at, t-bat time s.>eaelIti i u gi of Lhe ofntracion of L I I the of 1,apel rir 1ecy,Mut, tho prini dI whi e\. hee fort, d applies, if there it: i cont raction 4of the, voluludt of iulidard lituoly of the world. M . oLt AINt1 I (J (.)TE ei. M r. 1htine disculsse o d the smei prin oiilen in conne tion with the det oneti zatiOll Of siVer . Spakin0 Cli thli llt 11ouseL 4)f Itepresenltative. on 1.he 70h (if F<ebru ary, I 718 , hei said : " I belivn the strugwle low in on int this country and tbr Countries for atingle rt t Standard would, if succecessful, produicte widseitd diSaster in an ti ller oft t.he commerutcial wori. Th71e destruec tion of silver. as moni, and ofhe estah ingx of gold holars th otlet it, of valti miia have a ruinous ellect on all frtimpCs of proety I thi invre 1 t, Iedg wich il fixed etttrn In havey. Tnesii ho uhie Lnomouy ehanlced (tiiiiii ini vale and wobl gin aete dispropor ttio thean lunfa i advate tover ecvey oter Lpi es ofsi~m proletic" Iiist iistrange itat w.h i"i ii holri o dnvtstofLuln~ todhc ild fioixdi rettiurn in lmney can regard jitei detiftioniof ivr wOi ithi c~yophccy "~ Wexc iny not'exet the holeirs of io tior form of money ii to priotsjet against iving \t monieyi it droispropotiate dland unfirgw advantge vne every ta,e ifsecies dolla propety." Lif theiit' rofa cliielyinan I, few who (I wseat Loists~ peoplel in fixed Iii iet hmrnt s f in Lrilgto tiseon te hadlit hiy nenance the lueiofii poher invesoutslt wae notd te raesd of the popletir thbo 1 rit', ofiasing poanrd Th piole who musi c tLi durhas monys litte p ro-ifi ductseiof tht tand i ai psituin ntill dhi'feri, Ifromy t oiposit'io iofithofe twhton oney.3 orit recive~~'L annixid in 1com'tie..he l bng fcti- ,bo Litio rye, oficivlizt ion witelf--diiependsiVi uponilili ithe prosLperito heiib nles.t ihfsuch ao dofla ower ihe wtandar ofs I t fivilation apni bing ~isete to i the. thvepurthasingipoer of o'ur duvoartw detroy our abi'O lity op the dbotal - reay co tractedjbytic erig the slaio whainhgipoer itof avt g provert wths whuich teseets mut hpo taiy itu is osserted tha ovbLuie Loll nlstanr nwl Lboa, rt'itepity ht th ref jsticeratito bimelit m wilal res torn to (arisidte ilweert m0'oneyb:Ii and poper t'y anut~i t0bu per dnut, and otirosporitX which t wt'e-ill thnab-.l te Aou the inlpoplet' to bcomei endt's nOf pintevt oit n lii of me be3 11( bu otor ofre iif lieS detir to wo rowc how lotng a ecninuem hiorrow in th~ yeiyt'rs to 'on t'i . ))i ii h'nanti their c-hildren's chlithr!1 tutty, throurih the opeirationl of thbi bIlu systemn, be nutde to paty triblut to tho descendant, of those who art wronged to-d ny. AS guai nst, the inninl teranco of at gOld Standard, (.10.1. per4st13ianntly Or until other luntim l'u1t lit utiited fir its of.htbL- ro , tih and enilpihitic th'nanld fOr tilh! ilnneii at retrat i) I I of 1. fr ee in d I u ni it eri uinlalge of silver ind[ gotflt at tilh pl~es'tIt heval ratio of it to I, withoii waiting filr wi aid Or conen('it, of LI) mlr in tion. \\'e ;r. not, asking ilat, lf'k" Oxperillien11f lit' tri d: w I r in ,iinon a r'ur 11 t, a linancial poli l, tro 3d -by i h( ex 'i of histen(rI \te t: ,v '. li av Inilt' he leen ed 1.1 (If :1te115ili'itt fo tii2 lelit W2: thr il< fuI l I ai I -rl 1 t t' in IIy I. wtie t I ', I s IngI asking that 1he .smul i I ri vi , he I corded tIlver tht, arf nfowea ;a Li d.ed too !goldI.\ wt . at that th I I ei >); -ii a t t Ie rat f 1ii t i i we si m!dy ask I hat, "u r gold mnin, amn IIte t Li.n I i v '- (d)aI I lar, whichl , tA it. r1nt,1 11 be ll I Ilrtains the Sll) a(i ount i f ui r. I I fvr ,- as th 11 ie silver i la c(lin 1.0 a i l our inin ts, rt tain theit prs \n wI ijht, and till ie A 31u~lt\tii' EIAtN The S 1 Ll1lt 4,X' 1416( \'il ..lways 1 N) t I t) Im' its Ilent. New Ymris ilili-h iy. h le jihell i Linemin' t nit itl r of Is,}(; il I-Lal si3' iti flin (If uabliL' fOr ilt,le [ata lt Ofli t, (tLet,, e v 1 L 101h d thi aist Iui, t the sasoni 1w tuhe evntcful in breakin rueotemoogical records. Pm- nlino sue. cessive days, ending with the 1:101 inst., Ubetloridl weather. containuet OVeI LInt- 0i 0 t, tit lf th e - untry 'taasi, () fte \l)is i 1si pp lil i 1n apier-,iStil n1 of :nIt, heLaI'it;. for which it Would i har'd to fill ilt pal'al1 iij in th wof tit-I tillls Of ihe U ii ted S l lts Or l ny Ixl'a l oo L A t 111, 'it It it w.g I (ill)11 u a 801t50it' I t f biti. rat gVt of jit Uil1 111)C 1111. 3 I i a I%, f ill lil IW, I' the . An anit l. r,'ti3;.f ,, it a lnzitI of water vapo( !.U -11 Inh-d in\ isably inl tH0 air and zei,, et ly Inict % 111n1 ((e c1 inloi a~ tlla uli' i nitI tall too int : eupt Ll,u L u '.- . V 41r.0 t l iw n . rt" card %'t t :d tLi h. ren a kable. 1,t tihe lin i lie .an deutil-dealjg:, - elat' a t-r hl , ' I II L hot,(1.!o , in w h ich New Ymr,: iii' of lit] U1.- Aburbahnal r"o, is thet unliil o. ar d 11)(1: notblwed. dev- h p 11nent, oif 1.h, Ins . BU11 I I", b. W ilk:- i"dslinmwr hitg It It U.,, %il+Ia~ie V rikb ll' Cvery3 itllstru - ,i V1'. ThO D0eriod (1f 0he fat~Al hea-,t i indienitedl a, t. t Ill wich'l 1,he elforlt. Of h11 u.h1, lir1 inl abl SeCions11 ear t a the. MNi6sissippi (which have sulfortt SL-v.'rtely fronlt the epidltI.ice of prostCa Mimls anid sti.,rokiwi shiltijd lIm in(W ar~v linp t forth,1 fNi ubl''a i~a o II i(Atig 11 tI W IliitX i 011I1(,110 til Ltn i il Vol to 01u1' .bullil1lcet' 11isually cmil's it) thll lat~ltlr intet Of . lthbe unIW t killinl; heatJL is too ' be expC-ted ' ill Aulgulst. A\ I-Ilt. suillinu' ilaYs begin h) shortgel Wensiblly, the wattars of the \Vesterl Atlan,1titc and tht' Gu0f of .\luXico, Supl plit't by ('urtrent's lih)wlilg fring1 Lit equalIorial regions, ark. growing warill Or ani evNt))Orttiol) frt-Oti tbheir ura is tllle r'apid thitll it) ,)lne lir ,j1113 Thel denie vo),lulets of Vapor forjlning. Over t.hese watersN offl Our A blantl'i alln Guidist inl AwU, infu t r akenl upl hl) Cte Lv. iG~ ~ i !11'( - /.,' and jiled Ill over tlhe i'auta-ri jatwlt ils of the [Jth" State.~. L'Ilhappily, 1.0m, inl the- tie r? half ()f tiu, 1,h1c we.,tlrly air. 4.1r pl'ls w ileh urt)- .hw \1-ity . 11 sonlably oxpect more seagonable -tem peraturel than wo have had since the -th Inst. The cool westerly currents from tihe 11oeky Mountains-moving ealsLwwrd to the iakes--are attaIping l'.r4we strength and volume and will soonl 1)ein to reato "04o) waves. Biut for ,u-vural weeks morm, at each recur'ing hot speil, It will be necessary for atll persons4 living InI thle Central anti Mitiio AtIlantic statos to takQ extrit precitions against fatal pros IC.ND) OF TillE, MAIN Tih(e Closi ng Meeting at Abieville % 114l Time etween Dun can ami Special 4to Atlantai (onstitution: The Cami)MgnI in tils State1t0 came to a cli at. Abbeville to-day. Th.-re, haive beel thirty-eight moet I- -- hetd. and the Imeeting where some mn has no0t heen called a liar, thief, ra or shainderer. eaunlot be namled. CJandidates for tiht) United StatCs n 1i4 one(. of whom is th( Governor of tilt State, iavo led in this kind of debate. General lEarle sidd yesterday 1,butt. had he anticipated tile caImpaign heir1g such a dirty one, he would not have entered it for at connisi4on to the St: nate. The oly Ierson' I. !8,at nouter4 ha1ts belen that, h-t wooln (b-neral Ilo~il and Gov i-rnor l'vans, at l''lor-nce. TPhe contest hit1wen (;4Iral \Vatts an1d General liich bourg, for Adjutant, General, al 11oist reaiChe'd tile lighting stage ILL 0110 e tili. Tile 11tter Wis accused of do fraudiig cro)ditors, failieg rib and strah g. lit -i'engaged pistols for two, but the toile of t noirp discussion was changeu :Wxf, d1y and thc guns were nlot u1sed. ''ie Cli IN I' rached to-day whOn Duna)n11 spkIe4 0f th Gov1-rno' as Ia "diry puppy," id when one 'of the (aldidatos for (dovernor had consuled. Loo much of th products of thle dispen 5)sar4' to Io a Lip to rId his pooch1. Governor lNvans said he had been dogged arould this Stato by ils lp)(o 41t414 s, a44tlckod when his hitiIs were tied, bit timniked (od at diy of reckon iui wmudi iote. llo thought the troul hiO abouit his taking a4 fUC while Suna tior was that lie iad nla offered to di Ii. I Eivtnls read Senator 'i,'I 1 I 14la 's lexh. vich thinlcanl claimled Is; his ontly : ri tial to th11 Senalt,U. lI IC a1id th.t bi its a'lt 'illmn candidato. 1.' a %.aiL' ied the cILrges lbolit at hon:1. illn n-iiol was a cooked ilp job by t W11e wh t k'%Vew1C he 1 Iwi a. fienid of - Ithe. fraI14 'ine 7Th( 'overnor4)I'5 51ttI~lment5 timt,'ivln was aworso Replublican,1 tIln mliy ad thbat Tillman Was U.' bir-gg-St manu1 at, the Chiengo Col ven ti,. w re The Gover'nor' was 1. zied at tle1gram. "W ait i inuti., hoy, ho said, "I mov have to rpi.$4te1 a niggrl." 'T'll telegralm anl.1o4unced that 'T1h(e iA'l'' zing '., of Uh'arleston, had de: Clited14 fo' NIei:)1Nley inl )refero iceO to Brya. Evns aid Chariuston had heRI lepublicanl for eight yuear's. H1e I V . cd 1hI far me rI nt, to rU '.'hIe t; ollH News 4or N-ws and Courier,' .they were stal)bing them in the ack. T li' ederai ci'irts, ho said, WerC' oweil body anld sLul by the cor pora.tionIs and Ju .dg 0 1)I0nto1n Was in Ii JilnketsI (of the28C rIds. One of thle jtiig.., who voted for thle income tatx put11, Iis had1141 bohiid his back, got it full of hoodle, and the next day ro vr i'm144elf. (;overnor Iva18 Wis proplom(led this tillustioll by the chair If you art! ieLted to the Senate, Will you ever Work foir at corporation ?" " I don't think I Would, boys," ho rI.( i4i4, " I am H4lsur I Won't. When I 4rt) t.0 1, 'en)atU I will (illit th1e pra - thv, 4)f law." lin1111u 1ha fl.4an 1wv,1' With slandel I h~inean said4 he1 11( hadben looking up re4 tord4is and4 foundd11 'n 1n1n1 m~onthsB that,4 - ans1,- hadLt paidi for 7..I ieiIs of travel 0o1t'4of' -h1 is)4 Loningen~ t hand14. 11 is prvate \V hen1 you4 phico11 such) m140n as, th is,'' ho asked14, " ini a4 wider1 field, whiat, will 1)01 t0b resl'1t, and14 whatI your4 rodro1 I y5~ WVhat, are we c:oing l.0 when this man r'l can g ino 11.)h.4e2 54 pulic treasulry for .)priva'te expen~lses ? 'Wh4.1en ho can act1 as) lawyer0I forI a4 Charleston br'Ooory wihilil hie is State SonaI1tor ? When ho (1n41 represent,' a. hond01( synldicate anud act tIr the4( State ? " l.'vans ha1.4 said there' wolid be a 4day oIf reckon(in4g. 1e t come <010qu1icklhy. I'ra'11s wats bac41ked4 and whooped up by ' consta:1 hles at1.1.1b4u1.einlgs and1( attempt od to do( by buto ht his(5.1PI 34.11 couriage wo04 uld not)1 I0permit. i" In hs apology at A nder'son, for' his silander1 oif MLaxwe tii llIvans1," said Dun can,1, ''S1tted the4 044se flsly. Th'le 'dirty puppy3' has4 sploken about miy brotA~ber beingfJ. in the~ Stat~1.'s O)mploy ment1 1. Wha is41 I'a's' record' ? I~e had4( wiV'Ittena messa(881ge to tile Leogisia Ltiuee, reLconnn41end( ig Lirouble lgil nst the l'.i'oter went, 4,4) W'ash igton to got a - Jobl as. (onnl1, and1( all act111i)n aLgainst thet road,4 cea14,se d. Wha 144.was the shak ing nyp of thec SouthernI (1011 for except to1 g il4. his brothler a4 chlance to get, a jobl yif 41.h4re weoI Ilns b'other1s .' 1nu4g h, all StatLo o)1110s wonlId be Iilloeil .- An immeriu41e melt-or' is rpor)lte3d to ha1ve flln 144n41 Autguel, 91.h 140ar4 Tucs1on1, A rimima. The noise was8 like that of many44' ennnon1(1 filed s31iimulneouly13. Tholi ir for4 miles11 around4( was4 Iilled with . 1.u41p.1u44us 41 as and th114 meteo40111r came down11 red4 and14 smlokinlg. It COVers~ abouiit twoneres of ground, 1LI appo)ar'Ing t(beimbled~i lundreds(1) of feet in the i:arth, and1 1now1 f() '14 a4 grt,44 mo44untain1 in Ihle d4'eer. A\ herd's11" 1hut1 and cor ral, wer44 in4 thle mfeteor's path. TLhe herder,11P his wi fe and1( thre children, all Ni'xicans44, together withl about 1,200 shoop1J, wenit do4wr iunder' the1 ighty ville, Ky., whio was of tihe party, was overcomo)1( by the phIonomonOnl. "'It was, the4( 4444t brilliant, grand a4nd awe-In spiring sig~ht ever wvitnossed," said the mau4jor. '1it is simply beyond the powor' (if tonigue or111 o oaccuraltely describe it. T he hea'1t fr'om- the meteor Is so in 4.en1se, thal4t it w'ill be se4verai4 dlays he fri' 1.,u mlound (canf be examined close -T'ieore is a man44 atnd his wife in Jas4 per 'ia., who hiave twventy-nine 01h11 dren1, tw.enty sons and nine daughters; b)esides they have sons-in-law aind daughters- in- law to the number4 of -twnnty-six.