The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, September 24, 1896, Image 1
TrHE P[EOPLE'S JOURNAL
VOL 6.---NO. P6 PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPT 1BER896.
BRYAN'S WRLCOME TO ASHEVILLE,
TWENTY-FIVIS THOUSANI) PE()
PIM, GR1010,T H11M.
An Interesting Descu-Iption of the
Great Ovatlou (iiven to tlho NetC
President.
Special to fhe G.reenville M oulntaineer.
Asmitviri., N. C., Sept. 17th.
It is worth going much farther than
to Asheville to hear William Jennings
Bryan speak, and the dozon or moro
Greenvillians who heard him here yes
terday felt more than repaid for their
trip. It was a glorious occasion. All
day Tuesqay, Tuesday night and Wed
nesday morning peoplo poured into
Ashovitlo from far and near. Wed
nesday morning, a loud clatter of
hoofs was heard coming up the strects.
K'verybody rushed out of doors to see
what it meant. I t was two or three
hundred sturdy mountaineers riding
Into town on mules and horses, and
they made a grand spectacle as they
galloped along waiving their hats and
shouting for Bryan as only a mountain
eer can shout. They were of all ages
and sizes, but all were for Bryan and
free silver.
Mr. Bryan on his arrival was d'riven
to the Battery Park, where he par
took of an elegant dinner in company
with a fow invited guests. Host E. P.
McKiosick presided over the table, and
Mr. Bryan, of course, occupied the
scat of honor on his right. Judge J.
S. Cothran represented South Caro
lina.
The speaking was scheduled to be
gin at, 3.30 p. i., but it was after four
o'clock when the Bryan party reached
the stand. The stand was erected
near the depot in a place seemingly
designed by nature for suCh an occa
casion. Directly in front of the sapeak
er's stand and several feet lower was a
large plhtform, admission to which
was by ticket. Beyond this rises a
curved hill, formipg a grand natural
amphitheatre. On the hillsides were
were thousands and thousands of peo
ple, all of whom seemed to hcar Mr
Bryan's words as well as those on 9he
platform nearer him. Lut this was
not IJI. I3chind the stand and on the
si(les people were huddled tog-thor for
several hundred yards. The number
of those present was variously esti
mated. I think there could not have
been los.; than 25.000, and believe this
is a eonsrrvative estimate. Men who
are good judges of crowds placo the
nuumber evcn above this figure. Cyrus
Watson, tile Democratic nominec for
Gavernor of North Carolina, told ne
there woro at least 25,000 there, and he
knows what he is talking about. The
principal thing that struck a South
Carolinian was the contrast between
this meeting and a campaign meeting
in the Palmetto State. There was not
the slightest disorder. EMvory one
seemed intent upon catching overy
word that the speaker uttered, and if
there were any goldbugs present they
did not make themselves prominent.
Mr. Bryan was introduced by Mr.
Locke Craig, a young lawyer, of Ashe
ville, whose spoech was eloquent, but
just of the right length. W hen Bryan
stepped forward, the crowd rose to a
man and yelled until Mr. Bryan had
to wave his hands to them to be seat
ed. ["rom the start he had the crowd
under control and by a mere gesture
stopped any unnecessary licering. ilis
principal argurnents were maet with re
sponsivo cheers before he sometimes
reached his climax. .n beginning, he
paid a tribute to the late Senator
Vance, and his eulogistic reference to
to this groat North Carolina statesman
set the e.~owd wild again. 11is denuin
eiation of John 0. Carlisle was enthu
siastically received by the crowd, as
was alIso his sarcastic reference to the
"Assistant Repu)Iblicansi." It was a
Bryan crowd through and through.
Some were disappointed in his
speech. 1 was not, and yet it was not
w hat, I thought it would be. llaving
heard so much of his eloquence, I had
expected at succession of well-framed
and pre'tti ly worded paragraphs with -
ouit much real argumwent. Brmyan is not
as5 eloquent ats lhe is logical. Hie fol
lowed up one argument after another
with just the right thought. llis ges
tures are not s0 carefully stu~diedl as to
detract attention from the argumnent,
but you don't notice his gestures or'
how he says anything. What he says
keepS you fascinated. His arguments
were plain enough to be understood by
the most ignorant, yet notpjo plainl t
to weary a trained listener.
So mruch for the speaker. Tb'c
man, Bryan, is a wondler, too. 11
is magnificently proportioned. It h
dloubtfulh whether his pictu res (1o hill
justice or whether they flatter himi
Tihey probably improve the looks of th<
features, but do not near give IL trt(
idea of his expression. Ils mou0th is 0
aI leculiar. shaptie, but is not ugly. Lik<
all the features of h Is face it Is voer
large. Hie opens it very wide whuen hi
speaks. But his eyes are what cateh
one's attentIon. They show determi
nation anid power and ability to contr'o
-others. Hils voice must have been atl
tuost Maporhuman before lhe comme
ed his series of speeches, th ione hern
being number 130o. When' he began
his voice was hoarse and husky, buti
Improved as he proceeded -and though
evidently In a very bad conditioni
still wonderfully strong and far-reach
lng. Mr. Bryan looks very tired ani
evidlently cannot stand this strait
mtuchb longer. H~e had to refuse t
shake hands, as his right hand is sor
and badly swollen from continua
shaking.
When he closed his speech, the im
mense erowd jumped up and shouted
and then made a rush for the stand
Mr. Bryan made his way to the dop
wIth difliculty, though he had only i[yv
miniutes In whichl to catch his trair
1-is specech lasted one ho-ur andi who
be closeItd the peCopIo .shouted for hir
to go on.
It was a great day for the Nort
C2arolina Do)moerats, but they wer
nol. aLlo ln their demnonstrationi
honor of their leader. There wor
pepIle hero from Alabama, Georgi
anld TPennessee and crowdls from Sout
CarolIna. It was a great welcome to
reat man. CTra n
Bryan's Campaign Speeches.
AT KANSAS CITY.
Tho People are Going to tie Polls
anti Unleratiand the Value ol' ile
Ballot.
" You gentlemen who livo in this
city, surrounded by an agricultural
country, know that thero is no wiy of
bringing prosperity to Kansas City
until you first bring prosperity to the
toilers upon whose success Kansas City
rests.
" It dops not require financiers, it
does not require a railroad attorney to
tell you woore your prosperity lies.
(Great applause.) Nor can these men
)r event you from exercising the right
of sovereignty as you please. (Ap
plause and voice: "They are trying
to do It.")
"1 My friends, I met a railroad man
yesterday, who told mle that while be
did not agree with me on the silver
question, an issue had been raised
greater than the silver question, and
that was whether lie lived in a Repub
lie, where a man had the right to vote
as he pleased, or whether his vote was
the property of somebody, to be used
as somebody olso pleased." (Applause.)
A voice: " Missouri gives you 100,
000 majority, you bet."
Another voice: 'Put Kansas down
for 60,000.
Another voice: "And Arkansas
did pretty well herself."
Mr. Bryan: "That sounds very
much like one of those meetings where
they take up a collection. (Laughter.)
My friends, there is one characteristic
about this campaign, and that is the
intense earnestness of the people.
Sometimes in a campaign you find men
lukewarm, who do not know whether
they are going' to be at the polls or
not; and sometimes you-lind it neces
sary to got carriages to take the peo
ple to the polls. Unless all signs fail,
the people are going to be at the polls
before the booths open and stay there
until they close, and there won't be a
man who can got to the polls but who
will be sure to be there. What does it
mean ? It means that the people are
taking the interest in the election that
they ought always to take. They are
beginning to understand the value of
the ballot as the means by which they
can redress their wrongs. Sometimes
people have complained that the laws
were bad and have allowed them to re
main bad. They have complained that
they ought to be better, and have done
nothing to make them better. If the
laws are bad, themselves are to blame:
and if they wish good laws they must
secure them themselves. And this in
terest means something. It means that
the government is going to be made
nearly what government ought to be,
and tuat is a government which will
)rotect the humblest citizen in the
land in his right to work and to enjoy
the fruits of his toil." (Great applause.)
AT ST. LOUIS.
I assume, in the first place, that
every citizen is competent to form an
opinion upon this issue. Our oppo
nonts tell us that the money question
is a complicated question, and that
only a few arc able to master it. There
is no question which can conic before
the American people which is too deep
for the American people themselves.
(Applause.) There is no question
which must be submitted to a particu
laR class of people. (Applause.) The
Creator did not make any class of peo
ple to think for the rest of the people.
(Applause.) If lie had He would have
given extra brains to those who were
to do the thinking and simply have
given backs to all the rest that they
might carry the burdens of life. (A p
pilause.) The constitution did not sug
gest that any class of people was to
act for any other class. Tf the found
ers of the constitution had ever sup
pmosed1 that a question would arise liIke
the money question, and had thought
that it could be only settled by finan
ciers, then ouri forefathers would have
written in the constitution that while
on most subjects all the people might
vote, on the money question only the
linanciers could vote. (Applause and
laughter.) When the ballot was given
to you it was given upon the assump-)
tion that you had the intelligence and
patriotismi necessary to use It right,
and I believe, my friends that you
havL~e.
in this gover'nment publication, is
sued by the treasury department on
thew first, of July13, l89(i, I find a statement
of the amount of money of all kinds in
circeulation among the people for the
various yarims. Let me call your atten
tion to the amount given here for the
yeairs 1894, '95 andl '96(. - In 18914 the
amount of money In circulation, ac
('coding to this rep~ort, was $1,660,700),
4)00. lIn 189)5 that amount, ofimoncy had
fallen to $l~,5O1,000,00-a deer- ase in
one0 yearI of $51,000,000. On the 30t~h
dhiy of Ju ine, I1896, the amount in cir'
cul ation had fallen to $1,501i,000,000i.
What, (10es it, meanik ? It means that in
t~wo years timelt, aiccor'ding to the
ireasur'y repmort, the amount of money
ini cir cuilation among the people had
falleni about, one hundred and fifty
imill ion dol)1lars in amount. In othei'
wvods, ini tVwo year's time there has b)een
a deccr'ease of about 10 por' cent. in the
amiouniit of mioniey in' circulation among
-the people. Tis 1, my3 fr'iendms, Is the
Tr'ieaisuryn,, report,, and thiis rep)ort shows
that while tbhe per capita elirculIation
in 1 81 wams $2 [28 per capita, in 1896 It
had fall eni to $2 I.-10, aL fatll of moire th an
I 3 per. capita. (A voiceo: "~ I haven't
got, Ii ve cents ini imy pocket.") T1hor'o
is evi denmce in the reim-'i'k of my fiendi
that cv''n d'creaime peri capitat is not,
distr'ibuited wvithi ab~soluto equal ity.
Now I have called your' attention to
thiis dece'e ho(wn by )3 tihe Trieasuriy
report,. Le~t ime show you, imy fiendsI~,
- that instead~ of tlihi'e being IL decre'ase
,theroe ought to haive been ani increase
each year'. Senator .John i Sbherman
t made aL speichi on the 6th of .Ju3no, I1890,
3 andl In the cour -se of that speech lhe
-used- these words: "If our' presenrt,
1 currency Is esti miatedl at $' 1030.0: ,d000
1 and ouri po pulationm is incre'ta- ing ati thec
rate of thi'oe per' ,'ent. pir annium~i, it,
would req iri' $ 12 4444.0004 inccased
a cir~ultio Cieh war'14 t o cp paeo('
rt with the i ncm'ease' of popuaiitIin hmt
B as the Increase of popu'ti'i is ac
at comfpanied by a till p-iLter3 raLt' oIf
.i increase of wealth and iu dow it, a
(hought that an Immmediate increase
Inecireuldattn mih be obined by
larger purchases of silver bullion to at
amount suflicient to make good the re
tiremont of bank notes and keep paa
vith the growth of population. Assum
oig thatt$*5,000,000 a year of additiona:
eirculation is needed upon this basis,
that amount is provided for in the bil
by the issue of Treasury notes in ex
change for bullion at the market price.'
A' MT. VERNON, ILL.
Irvian Never Decclarei that fie Was
Not a Democrat -- It was a Ca
paign Lie.
Between 5,000 and 7,000 people
packed themselves into the court
house square at Mt. Vernon, Ill., where
ho denied the allegation that be ever
said lie was not a Dlomocrat.
Mr. Bryan was Introduced by Judge
Senple, of the appellate court, who
announced that ho had always been a
Republican himself until this year.
Mr. Bryan said :
I appreciate the fact that this meet
ing is presided over by one who until
this campaign has been a Republican.
I also appreciate tile fact that while
my opponents may say of me that I am
young and ;ackiug In public oxperienue,
they cannot bring that charge against
a member of the appellate court, whose
judgment and heart have led him to
espouse the cause of the 1)01)10.
I am glad that from day to day we
are finding recruits to our cause from
those whose positions in public life
raises them above the slander of those
who ai.ply the name of anarchists or
disturber of the public peace to those
who raise their hands against the en
croachments of syndicates and corpo
rations. (Applause.)
A few months ago I was in your
midst, then as a private citizen, simply
representing a cause which was near
to my heart, and when I told you hero
that the brand of my Democracy was
di ferent from the brand which was be
ing presented by the administration,
your city was advertised by those who
tried to maka it appear that I denied
that I was a Dmocrat. (Applause.
My friends, those of you who were hert
know that I not only did not duelart
myself not a Democrat, but that I havt
always declarod myself a better Demo
crat than any man who bought to undt
what Jetferson and Jackson did for tht
American people. (Great applause.
Since we met here last March. the Re
publican part-y met in national conven
tion at, St. Louis, and did what no part3
in this nation ever did before-solomn
ly declared that the financial policy oi
this country should depend not upor
what the American people wanted, bul
upon what foreign nations in .thei
compassion would allow the Americat
people to have. (Applause.) The Re
publican platform does not say that the
gold standard is a good thing. It it
substance declares that a double stan
dard is better than the single gold
standard, because that platform pledge.
the Republican party to get rid of tlc
gold standard and substitute the bi.
metallic principal. When ? Not wher
our people need it; not when oui
people desire it; but as soon as the
leading commercial nations of the
world will join with us in doing it.
(Applausc.) I ask you, my friends, to
study that platform well, because we
may fairly asunie that a man elected
upon a platform will carry out that
platform. When does the lelpublican
platform say wu shall have bimetal
lism ? It does not state that time. How
long does it say that we must maintain
the gold standard ? For one year ?
It does not limit it to a year or four
years. Now, my friends, so far as that
platform goes, it declares that whether
the American people like the gold
standard or not, whether they suffer
fromi it or not, they must maintain it
forever if foreign nations insist upon
our keeping it,. (Great applause.) I
am willing to submit the qfuestion to
the A merica~n plel. ( A pplause and
cries of "That's right.")
AT' LO)USVI[,AMl, KY.
Appeals to thle Country on Higher
Grounds(5 thani Party Fealty.
M r. Bryan received a great ovation
at Louisville, Ky., whore he spoke to
4l0,000 ele,~( andi expressed hiimsel f as
follows:
WVe are entering upon a campaign,
and, as we have nothing to conceal, I
toll you frankly that I have come to
Kentucky because I want the electoral
vote (of Kentucky in November. (Ap
plauye and cries "You will get them.")
As the nominee of the D~emocratic
patrty' I might appeaCil to you on the
ground of the regularity of rmy nomnina
Lion. I might call your attention to
the fact that the Chicago convention
was regularly called by the regular
authority, and all over this Union
Democrats assembled In the regular
way to select their delegates to that
convetntion. I mighit call your atten
tion to the fact that noj convention ever
held in the country as accurately ro
ll-icted thu sentiment of the party
which selected the delegates as did the
Chicago con vontion. (Great cheuring.)
In no convention within this genera
Lion have the~ voters taken so active and
so inlluentiali a part as (Lid the voters
oif the~ Democratic paIrty take In the
Ch icago convention. If you have re-.
gatrd for the will of a majority of the
party regularly expressed, then I can
appleal to you on the ground that I am
the nominee of the De~mocratic party
in the r-egular way. But I shall ap.
peal to you for your support on higher
groundls than party regularity. (Cheers]
I exprlessly release, so far as I am con.
cornedtl from the supplIort of the Chi
cage tickot overy Decmocrat who bc
!ieves that the suiccess of that ticket
would iminperil ouar coautry. (Cheers.
I shall not ask anay mamn to violate hih
conscience or be (leaf to the voice
of his judlgment. I shall ask no false
fealty to party above love of country
(Applause.) I would not (10 It my self,
I will ask nobotdy to (1( what I will nol
do. ( Applause and cheering.) I be
lieve, friends, that the Chicago plat
form presents the pollhes which will
be best for- the people oif this country
I believe that these hpolices put int<(
i'aw will bri n i blces in to) the AmI~eri
can peopale, anrd I(L esi or attentior
to the fact thiat in tisCtI campiign tht
lines arei( drav-n bon:ween p)luitocrac1
aind Defmlocracy, thiere~ it no( id(dlt
ground. (Cheers anid appilause. ) I sa)
to you miy friends that ini a camnpaigm
lIke this on the onme side~ atre arraytt
the syndicates, trusts arAl combinai
Lionis of money grabbers of this coun
try and in IEurope, and on the othei
-id aireno the tnlling masses, and mn,
nman has the right to throw away his
ballot. (Applause.)
If the success of the Clh icago t icket
will be a bad thing for this country,
every one of you w ho believe so ough t
to vote the Republican ticket to save
your country from distress, If the elee
tion of the Republican ticket woulid be
a bad thing for your country. the you
ought to vote for the Chicago tieet to
save your country f rom id istress. (Cleers
and cries of " We are going to.") The
Chicago platform (oos not present new
doctrines. Our platform decitres
against the issue of hids in times of
peace, and against traulicking with the
syndicates which have been saving our
country at so much per save during tbo
last few years. (Great cheering.)
Lot inc read you what one of your
own citizens once aid On the subject.
in 1878 Hon. John G. Carlislo (basses
and applauso) used the words which I
shall quoto. (Hisses and applauso.) I.et
ie read these wo'ds ': "Tiis troublo
now going on cannot cease until all the
industrial interests of the country are
fully and finally emanipated from the
heartless domination of syndicates,
stock exchanges and other great coi
)binations of money gaiiblers in this
country and iurope." (A pplatso.)
That, my friends, was the language
of John G. Carlisle. I thank God,"
said Mr. Bryan, " that the Democratic
party has driven out of its ranks the
representatives of these syndicates."
I seek no votes under falso protensos.
I want your sullrage under no condi
tions whereby you may be deceived,
and therefore I say to you that if thero
is one person here who believes that
this nation should maintain its present
gold standard until foreign nations help
us to let it go, that person ought nlot to
vote for im1e for f Will not carry out
his ideas.
I am willing to submit to the A meru'i
can people any question, however great,
and abide by their decision, w hatever
it may be, until the American people
themsel.ves rev erso' t ih t (1 . ,I
I am ni'. %%Wt -ttillt i : fi t -
trillin:t question that t.fleets our doim
tic alflairs to foreig.n intervention or
tihe adt and consontof any other nation
Oil earth. (Applause.)
It is not necessary to speak to silver
men. If there is an advocate of tLie
gold standard here, I ailt toi show that
gold taindaLd to him ul intil h will be
ashamed to look hi- flihow men in t1w
face and say he wants it. (Cheer.) W.
are opposcd to the gold stlnda rdh
cause it nakes moiny dear. Dear
money makes clihap propecrt3 anl
cheap property makes hard tinme,.
Hard tinmce. makes every producer of
wealth taste of a(Irtaess, and utIit of
those who would be emiIployed it malks
idle men, and out of idle mnen it mnak
destitute anen, and out, of destitute
men it makes criminal men. The gold
standard mneans more of crime and a
larger army to keep the cilninals in
sjubj"etion.
\ 0ehave not all the newspapers with
us in this light. (A voieo : " We have
got the people.") We have not all the
newspapers with us, but an editor only
votes once. (Laughter and cheers.) An
editor only votes once, and I have
known some editors who had so little
influonce over their own conduct that
they could not evev control the vote
that tile law gives them. (Great cheer
ing and laughter.) We would like to
have tile newspapers with us beciause
we hate to have our- peo)ple get muad
overy morning when they read the pa
pers. (Great laughter.) I don't know
of one thing that has caused so miany
people to forget the resolve they made
on the irst of tihe year never to swear
again. I don't know of any one tihing
that has made so many break that
promise as the gold editors. They say
we don't think. I allinm tihe ad vocates
of free coinage are the people in this
ciampaigni wlo.r ap.ply natural laws to
the money question and carr~y into the
discussion of fi nance the same intellIi
gence thaat is used in ord inary bus inelss.
AT1 LiEXINGT'ION. KY.
Twenty Years oh' F~arininhg i stor'y in
the0 Uitteil Stiates.
Mrt. Breyan was given a rousing re
ceptionl at [hex ingtoni, l\ y., and amade aL
speech at the i'ani' Graounds to an im
mense audlience, esti lmatod fromn 15,
000 to 20,00)0 peCople. Tiho appearamance
of the candidate was the signal for an
ovation. Men waved theirt hats as
thcy cheered, aind the women wvaved
handkerchiefs as they joined in tile
shouting. Mr. Bryan was presented by
State Senator 13ronsonl. .1 ust aftor tihe
candid ate hIad beguin h1is speech a
heavy shower drove many of tihe spee0
tators from the field, but their places
wore taken by a continuous stream of
constantly arrivIng people.
One of the p~Oleasant inelenats of the
day was thle p~iaade of over cight
thousand horsemen whIichd passeoa thl
stand from which MI r. IBrya~n was
speaking. In tile mliddleI of hIls speechdi
heequestr'ians made tbeira appeaannce
ciaryiang ban noers andl interruallpted Mr.
Br'yan in his talk, making a very', jm
pr'essivo sigh11t. Th1ey chaeerede hIm111
time andl again, and fell in lin e at the
outskirts of the crowd and l istened'( to
the rest of his speech1.
When Ma'. Brayan hadl been inltro
duced, he spoke as follows:
It is not often thait thi' amoney qutes
tiol ipiresentedl to the peopleo. It is
desirabic that there shouldi he a fi xed
and permanent finnc0ial p11ey, bu' ht, any
friendls, for' more thlan twianty years the
A merican people)1 hav"e beent ieiki'''Ctg to
reCstorei a finlancia! po'icy III w OXe xi.td
fr'om tile foundationa aof th averma alt
anid hand I he suppIJot f t very pr'omli
nuent; btatismian oif jal parithe iunt il
187:3. It, was chease w. n hat ulthe
Amer~l~ia peUople'. In- .i \ lApphow.)
Evei' since LIhat uanft ,'nia te haour a'LIae
Amor'ican people have' been~t seekinag to
r'einstato the law that wasL at thlatL tane
remnoved from the si att I books. Somoa
times they have paas ed thlrouighl the
lower IHouse a hill to oplen our a'int;
somnetimes10 thecy haive passedl that bil1l
through the Senate: hut haeretoforeo
they hlave) not succdedl' in passing
that bill through the ltioase and Senato
atL the onmaIe C '.\ ehave been1
I oinfpelledi, ti a ail tKm aIC[gain, to
Icompr~tomaire, a:; thert wc have found
that, our enaem~i.. wheni thley hanve
foi'ced upon01 u- *a'la'mprmise, have
commened the next day to tundermn!nte
that whichl t bey tcomlpclle I uts1 to ace
cept. (Applania
When thle p)etple suceceedled in pass
ing thr'oughl one houtse a 1181 for the
free coinage of siver, the other hlouse
inluitnd nunn ain amaendmant that r-.
stilted iI what, Was known as tihte tland
Act, of 1878. It gave some relief to the
people. It gavc to thei at short re
Npito from the increased depression
t-hat had been forced upon them by
vicious legslittion : but no sootner was
the laiw passed- -and remen ber that
even that law wais passed over the
I 'resident's vet-o-than the enomn ies of
free COinltage, Who ha d ome11 d1)(1114-d its
adoption ,ia began to work secretly for
its repeal. Theni when the silver sen
tilient had grown until, in Fehruary,
lS110, there were prospects of the pas
sagel of at free coinauge Itw, Outtr frienids
agaiii forced I com promise and sub
iitted the Shermtuan :atw for the 1ro
coiniage of iilver ; and no sooner was
tie Shermlian0 law pasted titan our. O)
poneunts began to try to secure its re
paul. Slerian, in his book, ".ohn
Sheratn's ltecollectionls," expressly
stattes that he Secu-ed and favored that
hill in o'der to prevent. the passage of
a free coinage law, antd tiatt he Wats
ready to vowo for its repeal tie next
day if htu repealt could be secured
without substitutitiag freo coinage.
( Applaustte. )
I call your attention to these facts to
show you 111hat ,n111ring ati ths year0 ,
instead of mlectiLe open atnd fratnk and
Candid enemia es, WO liLv had IO light
those wh11o. undailer the guise of be itng
friends of free coinage, the friends of
bimetallism, have by stealth sought to
fasten the gold staIdatd upllol the Amta
crican people. (Great applause.)
They wvent to St. Louis and wrote the
latform of the lIpublicaA party. Did
they say in that platform that the gold
stanidard was a good thing? No, to, mly
friends. To have mditlt 01)011 edeci
ration of what they wanted would have
beenl contrary to atl their history, Itiad
they were not Willing to change their
plans. ( A pplause.)
\Vhaat did they do? Wly, they
adopted i platforma wic plUdgod the
R epublican party to get rid of the
ool stalidard antid to Stistitte bi
'netalism. Whea ? \len loading Ila
tiolnt hel uis do it. ilaving done LLa,,
thbe same inllIIueCaes that domta inaaated the
St. ILuis convention went to (Clicigo
aid attettInpted the Old gaumC. They at
tepll)tedL to wri t2 aMoley p1n11k fotr
the Dcmocratic platform that could not.
have been distinguished fromth lit e
pubilican oplank, even with tiae aid of a
mni cro1 cope. (Laughter and aPplau e.)
L et ame conclude the descriptive part
by sying tialIt tiae tajor ity lid rle it
CIago Ind Wrtote the i)lttforIam tillt
was D)emocratie. (Apphise.) F'or once
the convention took staong, open. inl
cqiuivocal groulds in favot of tihe im
medilate restoration of free coinatge it
tile rate of It to I. (Aplause.) And
what was tile result ? \\ ly, any friends,
four months Igio tie lIAiIulicants
thought that Itl they bad to o(1 Wts to
noaminate their candidatO iad ec-tioni
wits sure: but as soon as tile Chicago
platfo.'tm wats written, as soon as tiae
Demuocticttj party appealed to the
hearts and consciences of the peopie,
the hope of the liOplicf21 an party was
changed to despondency and despair.
(Great applause.)
1)ere the processionl begalln to pass by
tie stand, and M1lr. IIIh3ana was inter
arupteI for twenty-five minutes. When
it had passed, lie Continued:
Fellow Citizens, I have been Intelr
ru2 pted inl the m1iust of speeclbcs before,
but I Can siy to yol that, of all. Lhis is
the m)lost plelsantt interruption of w hih
I Ih ave trecolIe('CLion. ' A pphluse.) I
shal I remteie r tia is speech, w haichl wav
cut in Iwo by the most, rtmarkable, pa
rade whici it has ever been Iay good
fortune to witness. (Applause.) They
bore banners which presont mottoes
which mnake any further speaking iln
necessary. If I were to talk to you
from now until night, I could not more
than emplhasize tile mottoes which
they haveVI p~assed ini proLcessin by3 yolu.
I nlotile one0 mtalto, drtawni witLIhLeters
ntIO alitogetiher- accordi intg Lto the ittest
paitternls, bitt it reprersenited at senti
met thait (lught to lindi a lodgetment inl
the aaemtorles of ai!: that is " 11igha
monafey, low itimes" ( Appiue.)
I chatllenge you LI) finid iaa any of the
speechles that will be moade Lbhis yeatr by
tilbA opponents of free silv~er a sintgle
sentence Lhbat conftainl s aa inuh po)1li
cal econlomay and1 cotmimon senset a5 is
conltlained inl thatp lratse, I ligha
montey, low Ltmes."' (A pltase.) I satw
Antl)her mt lott), "( )tr Itmrn1 ar e fullI,
but oiur pockl jut~sae emp jty." (applauase)
andic in thaztt senateitce is ep~ittmiz.ed
twenity yearts (of farmaintg ih bity.
Nattute sm11is uon youar huisbandiry,
yourt stil gives forthi a richi profusiona,
buit. atccordling Lio tlhe expaerne of the
fatraetr, w.'it~h all thaot lhe enn do with
hiis indaiustay, wvitlh hi is ecotnotty, wit h
all hais paitlient toil, hi',irauls that the
lioadl of Lthe A inlericant farmerIO grows
ioldent timaes Lhe rle of.1 those who
wvedt atnd swpt thi 1.Ile sabret', as Lbhev
saidi, by tighlt, di vinei, comnplai nt wa'ts
answered with the bish, tbut no0w the
juast comliaintt (If the toilinog milions
tof the Unitell States is answeredl by
ciharges LIhait t lwiy are atnarchaists anod
sociali ists. I (reaL apiplause.) My frienads,
theret is ione untfortuntatei thinag in COtn
nteit,lion wih Lb ihe use o f thle word-t anarL
ehist as appliedt to thtose who aire
hanoded~ tot gethter tto rolstoreLI tfbe oney
of Lie I~conlsti Lt uion, ther (is on 01un21for
tatuate t hing~ 1)1 aut it, atnatrchay is a
Lhin~g not to he cionsidet.red itt ta land
like this: anrchy ctan htave noi home
amoni~fg thet people whLo have the hatllot
to righ1t thaeir wrtongs. (G r i t)II opluse.)
Andii hle uanfortunatie t wing ahoutt Lthis
titatpaigni in, that tihe namlei anarci'itI
is atppl itd to thbe hotnt andi tnotseli. of
LIIis cotryi by mten w ho aric doiintg
tmore Lto o *ert!hrow iour gave rimtl
thant tay ataard.i -t w!.' everP e-t.r i dia
liotns by mtaen who0 se wt,noV t toili toLI
uosurp tuhe ftruits andi reatp Lihe rewVrtd s
ofi thaose whoi toil. tlhe dan~tger itat it
wI'ill m akeCLi t iltam respIiectable he
cause5I (If it.,s1~ asoia.Ltiona. (Uptoatrous
applause)51 and)1)11iI ou he arng.) I pr2oLest
purpse whiteb depr iv.es It of its terrtor.
.\y fienids. thise whoii arel opponi)ed to
12s carnnot ittor It pLa ! tile fatrmeras of
thlais cuat~ t nd 1il inlaLotrr, of this
countatry in LIII pition i o(f tneiets of
onl Iy frind tha L it any) ioverCs2-nm t ever
tic piihid by those wi iht doibt th. ilapaci
iy' (If the' malt-sses for -idif-governmient.
Th~ese arP till very~ peo:(le whot, In timel
of omeiIrgenlcy, must protecilt their caltu
minators froam themelen~ atnd thair
An Address to South Carolina Democrats,
Till', GOIal' BUGS M AL1'E A LUSTY
They Aswri'that B11.1 iryn Will be to I lhe
Nalion Whia TillIitin 111a1 4een (o
Smit h Caroilina.
To L:mI Dlemocra ts of South Carol i t
The0 1114ional Ine )nIocratie Convention
whicb asseibled it Indilailapolis on
the 20 Of Se;ptvembetr, mindful of the
tru-t. i m posed by I )ec I I riaLie trad itions,
jealous" oif tho honlor and ti'rue to the
principles of the party, entered the
solemn(1 protest igitiniSi thec p laLttforIi
and Inminee-us of the Chicago conivoni
tioa ; aga-.inst the dangerous and radi
val experiment of t fret. and uilim
it.d coilage of sil er. and atgailst, tho
unholy wedlock of I)emocracy with the
paintied jadc of popiil.im antId te con
11u10.
'l'ortl ti lig a plittforill, worthy of
the best, days of tihe republic, broad
enough, trong etniough and sound
etnolgh to afford ecIuillu footing for all
hont L I. intiligilt and IaLi iotiC A miler
icans, it pilcedi1upon,it.; cinididates for
tle prieidenc Iy and vice-presidency
re1pe-sn ii alt t.hat is let of A ieri
enn,1 honor01, vatlor, political experience
and ability, amtd contidenitly appecals to
A merican manhood for support.
I is0ewhIr in thin Iroadi lanti1,d COM
muntilism, populisi uid execltive tyrani
ny is a dread, a fear. In Solith Caro
lii it is anl expe , ice.
Fdr six in;.1 years w- have " it
nessedtle suppei-c-son of individual
liberi'ty, tie( violatioil of CI)oor e and
municipal rights, the usurpation of
exceuntive authorit y, the domilati on of
the jiuldical ticIitim.uent of our i Statc
gIOV ern mieit, all in tit sacretid Imtuin of
the peopht...
WeC have L'e o1url OU it.zens nordered-t
withokut redri1- -- by the ame11d COns.-tah-I
ullary Of ani irresoll si leh , and tyrannI oll
excuitti ve. We Liakc .uln tho felon'L
stripe placeid ilon a citizt n within tie
walls Of the itItlitnIltiay w.oitiite a
Irial by jury, :al upon the dcree of at
u1ei1 en lt jmieltw, itat the hidding
(i oof o wh llinin ile.ly Iti d dis
by ijn to .
Wh. se n wc the imit-hon1ored1 anLd
chartered (iht )f htwal ,elf-govern
mniclt rueoly ttricken dowi for party
purpose!s anld to gratify personal pique
WU ha1ve -OVen the eitrdapa
Of 01 pe1110 l L 1111OhibitioncI a wri d Ii
by at state m1onOpoly of Lhm whiske'y
tralie, besotting th petople inl the
namieof of haw and 1ehalebili tile waIak
viru of our chosn officials, and a. i
natuiral anld I)tiing eci, Our polit
ical aitmophe r e e . sl with tel i piu
traer;C eeL1 arliminlg fr-oml tht, un ,,-\Cvered
grave ,of private and ollicial corrup
tion.
i'e metshdcS, tie purp(thoses id thle
very utterances of hc Chicago 11ni
neo fOlr resident Iae p1ifully faces1amiar1
to Carolinians.
The eIYort to arraIy ClaLss againlSt
ClaSS, coutr aVgintw the poori3 (f 10
gint Iti rih, Uh appeals to pas
SiOt, prjutdiCo and iglorIIICO, h1h
reckless attack- upon the itmliciary,
tile linI ilres of speculation, fraud and
dishOnI)Lrt in il high helelL S , Iro ilt
faithful ecsoes of cilufpig methods
iLn this State within tit Lemo LI Of all.
iAtlali mal il tak , fellow Democrattis;li gll Ilil
nial-iolutl seale.
TAi ItL SourLts Cl tt-OH 1(Was thle fhatrb
ing place Of Tililoutuiism is charged
Ig i i IIt. , Iald In or . iid inl ill See -
M.lln of th republic. dTillat Si still
Supports it and atti-mpts t~o thrust it
up11111 entil. I-lire funi try by in sis inigr
upoIl t <-. lLI,'fol i Of tbe Chjiigo iloinf
inces afitr .ix eariof exp(erincel-n
test., w ill jugtli Lx os usn to theiiiIl exI
rionI~II of uh fellow men( troughout
AsIM(8 im iieras w anntvtefr.h
N)iy i us, pr nteet1inLfo Jtho ii ona(1iro
inan il In big LO r ca t, heu d ulistiji 11u is'i(j
nlilile LOwi leit'.I~isag,~i~ tuti
i W,- I '7 Ilanicit v iie Io thea nongines <,f
IIIPi.itoo ourV( (Iwun xpLeienc~e fIo ix
Liear, enilred to the orVt imnins ofI
.henning republi f and int I'nsi(ed hv, he' foi
of anarchyl as11 fortuatel w d no~iItl~i
pi oe in tthis nSt(fj i~iaLIte.iLY111
Lo mian~ gin.Su~ aoiawoi
unw,ilg hto se illma11fni played3
uoniII th at-iina sta(e, ith othe armyo
ind navtiy ofit the mInt. e States in th'eL
rli c If id lhnrian m3)ilitia,15 I Con res re-O~1
hurc lgiCLature, li (!heIpuppet (alndia the
\obedi etsaof an au ig tocrat in V xecu..1 (I
thiose in ivheLi leilaiv heartmentay
vCh isll susaini 1his1,W citi Itto'subver
th depart~lllm)tof jusatio to patyl' Iur
puatyn that, thei peleC of South Caro-li
lina arge8 struggrl in the dpth of
hindu(I hPstil'.onditpis of Arpople:
arel(I pictured iI coor o.also trhat -the'
natual ruLt ust. o touS ~ ropo inini
ignratin and~esofI frhon away cap s %'ita.
Wlhilte ieon 01izig thei Int alet Li)
oenchoin welt whif have1 a1Ilways('
lxisted amlongtionalw ad ll sattention
wi3th prid lon laisfaclg~tionof 1.111
pe/ity h~tl pthey Wase tofi 1 urpecopl
pnaoy an~ldith rnui fa~ton unbeeied
hfoes beigoad *'1308fin etabhe dviy
ur fatmer and allecha~pont th itam0
rtiid nXthethistory fth.taen
the, peopl en. joye more( ofci thile ('om fors
and Inlxuri of lfe,1 andl23 thii we at
(''riuteoi som measureO altit CIleastsflto
rnetardiingh claslgisation101 oI~fuh
tRepub 1ltinprty. WitlhlrCin ~ft reconr
pas't a ipenda manut~ factuinghha inty
)inued epansion.byh uapot n
anltion' of bthe currency whshnwe
hae bolte soe bo'oy fh aots and~
voters of the State are prepared to
think for themselves. They will be
slow to e(lorso the purely speculative
financial remedy olfered by the obam
pions ('f freo silvor at 16 to 1. They
will halt long before hazarding the
inevititblo panic in business and
pitralysis of inlustry which must fol
low its adoption. l3esides, when it is
brought home to them that reckless
tanpering with the ioney standard
involves tho probability of repudation,
the principles of strict and storn hon
esty, theirs by ancestry and education,
will assert themseylves and ropol the
insidious apocals to th'3mi to compro
misO or tempij)oriZo with constcince.
The political atinosphoro i clearing
in South Urolina, and.the temper of
tlhe people is favorablo for the return
to old, trie.l, safe and established mone
tary prin1 ciples.
Th national Doimooratic party of
fors you ii tho persons of John M.
'almer and Simon Bolivar Buckner,
candidates safe, conservative, wiso
and pure. Men whoso lives have been
consecrated to duty broadened by ex
perienec and elucated to the dis
chartige of executive trusts, and who in
every eliergeney and place have
lroven theniselves honest, faithful and
true. and! equal to position. Repre
selting, as they do, the blue and the
gray their noinaiution upon the same
ticket marks the grovoof sectionalism.
['heit election will hind together in
triple bands of steel al I sections of our
comon111011 cotniftry. Every intorest,
every cause and every man dosirious
of prez.erving unimpaired the liberty
of the citizen, with the constitutional
powers. of the government in all its
departit..nuts, iti honor, its integrity
atl the pulic faith, will drive af
frighted( it their loathsome dens the
hideous for:n, Of anarchy, license and
dlisorder, evokd by the noinai)itioni at,
Cliicago and St. Louis of the grand
Illgh priest of coninunistic agrarian
isi, and will traismit, to posterity the
blessings of ctOnstitutional governt
ot ent, 4trolg in justie, teipered with
tei'ey and utinl litniel igly sustained i by
ever'y American worthy of the nane
Ian(d Of suffragO.
I Eletcors will be chosen and tickets
provided in this State for all w ho wish
to joini in the eliort to avert the d]is
atsters whlich thrveaton ourl Civilization,
to porpotuiaLc the name,,tlho faitI aid
the principles of Dlemocracy and to
ju.ti fy the cotn lidence w~hich tle AmeNr
i an publi has always placed in the
grand old part-y of the people.
We iivit, an11k irgo all Democrats in
thte Staatel who appreciate the n'x-cesity
for the reorganiZation of the national
Dtemocracy to join actively it our of
foris and to this end they are asked
to place theinselves in comininication
Wi l Mr. W. It. Davie, tho state con
mi tteeana, at Landsford, S. C. Their
suggestions, advice and co-operation
are needet.
W. It. DAVyE,,
Member National Execttivo Coiniult
tee fromt Sou thi Calrolina.
W. W. HA IA,
PUANK EVANS.
IHOW IT WEINT IN AIKEN.
In1tereNting itets (onliectel witll the
second i'rimary in AlIcon Couitly.
A iken Jouria ai id Review.
The second primary was the hottost
contlesteod election we have had in
A iken for many years. Tihe interest
aul centered ini the U. S. Sonatorial
coitest, and Ite other candidates woro
almost lost, sight of. Tihe Evans mon
made a dead set at Aiken and entored
the ight with tho hope of carrying
the county for Evans by 1,000 majority.
''his is the figuro General Watts
gave to , reportr for TIe Greenville
.\ (11 uttinee', alnd we suspect his in
formttation was obtained from the
(tovernor himsul f. Iloalizing from
the start tht they had to hustle to
wV in, thbey intsti tuted a vigor'ous cam
paign andt there was nio let up until
taic polls5 wuro~ closedi. Cot. John T.
Gaston and1( Mr. U. X. Gunter' came
do4wni from Cotluminbia aind wvorked for
Evans. it is sidC dlispensary liquor
11(owedt freely, ci rculars wore distri b
u ted, the Party lash wais cratcked, and
wvhere a lI eformner was known to have
a gr'ievancie against Evans, sttrenuouts
effrorts wvere miade to reconcile hinm.
)On the other hand the Earle men
worked wvitht a will aund not only sue
eced t in ho11lig the Evans men down,
hitt actually reduied~ his majority by 614
votes. TIil liman's lotter had the et~ect
<ml somet of the itoformners that a red
thg hta on a mad bull, and we heard
a nmber' oif men say they would
necvei' vote fort Till man again foi' his
inate rfrencce. 11ill Poley's box, Me
TJiter No. 3, made thme best recor'd, Poll
tng P7 votes for E:irilo and nothminug for
IEvans ;Shultz etame next with :16 to 4,
then tlaiminmd wvith til to I1, Sil ver
toni No. I , 50t to I M. Theoso ai'e coun 1tr'y
box es, but the Ithimvy Earlo voto) goes
to litow thtat "the boys," as Gov'ornor'
doinig somne thiniking for tlhemnselves.
Grantitel ' rversed( hei'self antd
sitde. A'urds :th'e did wvetl. so did
Sleepy Illoihtw. liopewell, M illbrook,
Elen ton. Se'rtverntt, andI last, but not,
I- ant. the A it botx, whiore a great of
fort wa'. maude to redutce Eatle's ma
jiity, but, itlh 1 tile stuccess.
TheI I lt w ias short, sh arpi and (de
Ih iv14. Tlheie is a general acquies
ieenee ini the re.suilt, and so fari its we
knowI no hadt feel ini.s.
.\ Mte unaker.i .vas taken upl for
i - y, anai' hotu g bt, he fore the sit,
tI i.magi-,:tra:. "Wio i wi vife."' some
* a Id, be a obligdn tj take?''
- -, a~ co!bbb~r, antd, of course, muist
..4 . to lhit iat," replied the mnagis-.
T1hte piles ;of old London bridge,
driivlen "00 yeai's bofot'c, wei'e found to
bo in g'.oodt condition when the new
biidg') was cret'e'td.
Marry Tis Girl, Somebody!
I have been reading in your paper about
several mon andt womaun that have been vory
sntecesslful selling self-heating flat-iron.sand
I conciil~ued I wotuld eo what a girt couk~ ico
ittve wotrked '4 <httys an havo sol 151 irons
tand hav'e S 'lo tioa loft al'tor' pay!ing all ox
poinses. Evertybod~y-isdetlghtml wvitt theo Iron
and1( I sel ttne tahost eory plitac I show It,
ias pleolet ihihik hoy (can't a iord to be~ with
out one as hey save so much ifut aintd time
andt don't, i.,rnt t~to elothes. [ know .I canf
(our live, instind dtollars in a yt ar. Jiowlis
that fort a t'r a A GRnA'ord.
Splendlio, my gIrl, aploendid, you are a trad'
Anmotricant girl. A nyono cani got~bompic~ In
lormaioin abtout ItIto solf-hoeating Iron bjd+
dressigJ. F. A8E Y& (00., 8t.-Loufs,MQ.
Itt3( is to) be a winner, as Ooroy body e
ing~ writes in its praise.