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TH E PEOPLE'S _______ VOL io.---NO.4- PICKENS S. C., T HURSDAY, FEBR UARY :, 1g. ON E DOLLAR A YEAR. THUI N W DISP1NSARY LAW. NEIW FIBAUREs IN TitE S1.s TsrIm. The Governor Has Slgnrd the- Bill as it Finally Passed the Gleneral Assembly. The following Is the full text of the now dispensary measure which was adopted by the Legislature: Section J. That Section 2 of an Act entitled " An Act to provide for the election of a State board of control, and to further regulate the sal-, use, con sumption, transportation and dit p jl tion of intoxicating and alcoholic li quors and liquids in the State ; and prescribe penalties for violation oi die pensary laws, to polica the same, ap- 1 proved March 6, 18906," as amended by i the Act approved 5th of himarci, 1897, 1 be stricken out, and in-urt in lieu i thereof the following, to b and to hb i known as Section 2: Section 2 That the Stato board of control is hereby abolished. Section 3 A board, consisting of < three members, to be known a, the board of diru-tors of the State dspen. - sary, is her.eby established, whose du- 1 ties and powers shall be hereinafter < defined. The members of said board i shall be men of good moral charauter, not addicted to the use of Intoxicating < liquor as a beverage, shall be ilected t by the General Assembly in j )Int ses- I sion as follows: The chairman of the board shall be first elected and then t shall be elected the two rearinling t members. The term of ollice of the a members of said board shall he for two g years, unless sooner removed by the t Governor ; they sball qualify and be a commissioned in the same manner as t other State officers. In the event of a I vacancy on said board, by deauh resi- e gnation or otherwise, such vacancy t shall be filled by appointment, by the s Governor, until the rext seeston of the General Assembly, when an el.ction 3 shall be held to fill @aid vacancy for the d unexpired term. Eaich member of said t board shall receive for hiU services the 0 same per diem and mileage allowed to members of the General Assembly : Z Provided, that no member of said board t shall receive per diem for more than 1 one hundred days in any fiscal year. f The said board ehall devise such a sys- r tem of bookkeeping and accounting as d it may deem advisable. The ia d board t shall prescribe all rules and regula- L tions, not inconsistent with law, for C the government of the Stato di.pensary t and the county dispAnsaries. The Gen- d eral Assembly shall, at the present v session; upon the approval of this Act, n elect the members of said board, as e provided for in this section: Pro- 8 vided, that no member of this board 1 of directors, while holding this utlice, t shall become a candidate for any other e office. e Section 4. A dispensary commission- r er sball be elected h the General As- t sembly, who shall bold office for the a term of two years and until his succes- ) sor shall be elected and qualified, and i M wh' shall receive an annual salary of t three thousand dollars, to be paid as v now provided by law. The Governor f shall have the right at any time to sus- c pend the said commissioner for any p cause which he shall consider sufllcient t, until the next meeting of the General Assembly and appoint some suitable 0 person to fill such vacancy during such 8 suspension. In case of the removal of v said commissioner by the Governor he 0 shall on the first day of the next meet- a ing of the Legislature, make report to 8, said General Assembly, stating the q reasons for his action, which action, 1 appioved by the General Assembly, v hall operate as a removal and the e General Asemblyishall elect a success or to said commissioner. In case of the death, suspension or other dis ability of the commissioner the Gover nor shall have the right to appoint a (1 successor to fill said vacancy untIl the e next meeting of the General Assembly, d Said directors of the dispensary shali, within thirty days after the approval of this Act by the Governor, and there- ' after quarterly, advertise in two or more daily newspapers of this State and one or more daily newspapers pub lished without this State for bids to be I made by parties desiring to furnIsh li quor to the dis pensary for said quart er; said bids shall be placed in an envelope, ~ securely sealed with the seal of com pany, firm or corporation, and hav ing been so sealed, shall be placed in ~ the express office, directed to the State ~ Treasurer, Columbia, S. C.; and only one bid shall be made by any one, which shall state the quantity, price and chemical analysis thereof ; accom panying said bids there shall be a sam ple of each kind of liquor offered for ~ sale containing not more than one-hal! pint each, which sample shall on its ar rival be delivered to the dispensary commissioner, to be retained by him until after it has been ascertained that the wines or liquors purchased corres pond in all respects with that purchas ed, said samples to be the property of the State ; end bids shall be kept by the State Treasurer in his office and he shall not hImself or allow anyone to in- ~ set said bids or the envelopes con taining said bids, but shall deliver said bids to the directors of the dispensaryc at a meeting of the board of directors, who shall open saId bids in public and I record all bids in a book kept for that purpose ; said directors of the dispet,- 1 sary may reject any and all bids and I readvertise for other bids ; said direc tors of the dispensary shall purchase all alcoholic liquors for lawful use in this State and shall have the same tested and declared to be chemicallyC pure ; and if the wines or liquors pur- 1 chased fail to correspond in any respect I with the sample furnished the seller r thereof shall forfeit to the Statc a sum 1 not exceeding the value of said liquor, to be recovered in an action brought by the State against such seller ; and I said contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, for such quantities and kinds of liquors as may 1 be deemed necessary to the dispeosary for that quarter, and said contracts shall fur'her provide that the dIrectors of the dispensary may order additional quantities of liquors suflicent to supply the dispensary, should there be needi for more, from the same persons or corporations at the same prices for that! quarter. Said directors shall require1 from the successful bIddor or bidders1 muoh bond in such sum as they may dem necessary to insure the comn pianes by said bidder or biddsis with the trms of maid contracts : Provided,1 ary Tille LOCAL O1TION LAW. ilny kall How Dispensaries Oan Blo l4stabllihedI er, or Removed by the Will of the I'0o. ept pie. er, all Senator Archer, of Spartanburg, iry who is an advocate of the dispensary his system, introduced a bill at the session iI- of 1899 providing for loial option Liln in the establishment or removal of dispensaries in any county, of which was passed by the Senate, and ,o has been also passed by the House, ar. naking at important addition to the p- dispensary legislation of this State. . The House refused to indefinitely post ic. pone the biil, and several amendments of were adopteu before its finil passage. bo - The following is the measure whici, of p:'ovides the method of removing dis es pensaries where now located : ry " That one or more dispensaries for .o- the sale of alcoholic liquors may be ny established in every county In this x- State, the locality where same shall il be operated to be designated by the in Governor: Provided, That in those u- counties where the sale of liquor ~is ir, no-v prohibited by law no dispensaries Ois shall be established, except as herein ,n- after provided. Any county way secure rs. the establishment of a dispensary or iv dispensaries within its limits, or the or removal of a dispensary or dispen or saries therefrom, in the following ne manner : A written petition, signed of by one-fourtb of the quali'ded voters of nd such county, shall be ;addressed to the 're Governor, praying for an election upon to either the question of the establish by ment or the removal of dispensaries to therein. Said petition shall have at :s, tached thereto a certilicate of the sup rs, ervisors of registration for such coun nd ty, to the effect that the same has been th signed by one-fourth of 'he qualified n- voters thereof. The original petition shall be filed in the ollice of the clerk s- of the court of comiron pleas of such je county for the inspectionof any citizen; to and the clerk shall forthwith forward im to the Governor a certified copy there ,p of. Upon receipt of such coy, which he shall be filed with the Governor at of least :10 days prior to such election, %y the Governor shall order the commis he sioners of elections for State and coun 3d ty olilcers of said county to place a box be at each polling precinct in said county 1 at the next entuing general election II for the purpose of submitting to the ad qualified voters of such county the et question of the establishment or the Id removal of dispensaries wit,hin its '.- limits. Said box shal have allixed to n. it a label with the words " Dispeniary ts Eleution " written or printed ,hereon. The form of the ballot to be voted in at said box shall be 'Dispensary' or 'No by Dispensary,' and if a nmjority of the Id ballots cast be ' dispensary,' then one ,e or more dispensaries muay be estab is lished in such county : but if a ma c- jority of the ballots cabt, be ' no - .lis a pensary,' then no dispensary shall ot be established therein, and any to dispensary already establisbed shall of be closed. Said elections shall be re conducted in ths same manner as d' the elections for State and county he officere, and the result thereof shall be a certified to by the said commissioners at of election and forwardel1 to the Gover nor." dS The following is the vote by which it of passed : o. Yeas-Speaker Gary, Ashley, Bacot, Blythe, Bolts, Colcock, Dargan, Davis, ,te Dcady, Floyd, Hill, 'Hollis, Hydrick, le Jacitson, H. E. Johnson, Leverett, )f. Lockwood, Lof ton, Mann, Marion, Wim. 3d L. Mauld in, McCullough,;M iHey, M itch '.- ell, Mobley, Montgomery, Nettles, 0, Patterson, Patton, Prince, Pyatt, E ad B. Ragsdale, Geo. W. Blehardson, U. )r E. Robinson, R, B. A. Robinson, Rog cre, h . P. Sanders, Sawyer, Simkins, Bink n. ler, E. D. Smith, Jeremiah Smiti, J. L. Smith, Sackhuse, Stevenson, ty Strom, Saber, W. H. Thomas, Varn, ty Verdier, Weston, Whisonant, Wilson, Wimberley, Wingo, Wiukier, H1. H. ed Woodward, Yoang--58. toNays-Bailey, Bates, Bell, Back, ts Blease, Browning, Caughman, Orcss, u- Orum, Dean, DeBruhl, Dukes, Eflird, E Fpps, Esbtridge, H. II. 1Evans, N. G. E.i'vans, Fairey, Gamble, Gantt, Gause, in' Graham, ?Loffmeyer, W. J1. Johnaon, J.ones, Magill, Laban Mauldin, McCoy, od Moses, Peuriloy, Richards, Henry B. reRichardson,lE. L. Samgdrs, Sharpe, G. Smerman, Threatt, West, Wharton, The il day after the pasage of this he made to a second reading, Mr. Mas.ill a aeamotion to recommit the Archer local option bill to the committee on ir- Inenlipro e. He thought ndteehdbe hneof sentiment tsince the night before. Mr. C. P. Sanders said this bill would onpacify tnings and do great good for in the dispensary. He wanted to see the na perfected and enforced and this aybill will stop the coming danger. heMr. Sharpe said liquor option is a he Sate, not a county or local issue. He was not afraid to let, the people vote on the proper questions. Mo r Mcuug said that dispen or aryadvcates adclaimed that the er system Is a step toward prohihition. or Why then not let a county have abso to lute prontbition if it wants it. on ,Mr. Efird asked if other peoplie would Or not, unite with prohibitionlsts to defeat ye the dispensary. to Mr. McCuilough replied that the in blind tigers are the best, patr~ons of the of dispensary. on Mr. Bloase was opposed to allowing rt' the negro vote to enter Into this elec ed tion. As to the " blind tigers " being by the strongest saupporters of the dispen ne sary, lhe dlid not see how this could be rk true when tnoe " tigers"' can buy on cheaper outside of the State. This bill will be the ruinatIon of the dis iin- pensary and in time will kill the dis Ip- pensary. rer Mr. Ashley-How (10 you expect to all enforce the law in a county where the mry majority of the people are opposed to it ? ets Mr. Blease-Well, it is done. uls Mr. Ashiley-Tney are playing thun der at it. to Mr. Prince said whenever the people )x- realize that this matter is in their own his hands they will be better fsatistled. lot The people believe in county control of by, affairs. Kill this bill and the people ull will resent It. The people will have no institution which is beyond their 1to control. Itis rigbt for the peole t~o val control their own affairs, Mr.- Magi11 arg..e.d tha ths who--' thy ild (rectors of the disen sh-ill not purchase any liquor of person, firm or corporation who al solicit any orders, either by drumn agents, samples or otherwise, exC as bereIn provided: Provided, furth that nothing herein contained st prevent said directors of the dispen8 from making with distillers of t State contracts for the purchase oi quors manufactured by them wit this State. The ilscal year of the transa-tion the State dispensary shall end on I 10th day of November of each ye he Governor of the State shallI polnt not later than the 1,t5h day of iember in each year, two ax pert 3ountants, of good character and algh standing in tbeir profession, w ihall make a thorough examination Ahe books of account, trial balau< ind balance shect of the (ispensi for the year ending Novemaber 30. ,ether with all bill, vouchers and a md all evidences of receipts and c Jenditures wbatsoever. and they sh >ertify to the General Assembly, vriting, at the beginning of the reg ar tession in January of each yet he result of such examination. TI rertiflcate toj ba in addition to the a mnal report, of the board of directo ['he accountants so named by the G< wrnor of the S'ate shall each receiveI ,heir servicos four dollars per day I iot exc'eding thirty days In any o 'ear, to be paid from the earnings he dispensary. The commissioner a he members of the board of directu re hereby directed and commanded ive to the accountants appointed he Govcrnor free and full -access ,11 books of accounts, trial balane alance sheet and every and all bool uvoices, receipts, bank books, a very and all papers connected wi he financial overations of the dispe ary. Section 5. The dispensary comm loner shall, before entering upon t uties of his office, execute a bond he State of South Carolina in the et f $75 000, waich bond shall be a roved by the Attorney General of t tate according to the provisions he law a3 now provided, or which m 'e hereinafter enacted, and for t aithful observance of all rules a egulations made and adopted by t irectors of the dispensary during I ern of clice; said commissioner sh c charged with the management a ontrol of the State dispensary, subje o the rules and regulations of si irectors of the dispensary and the p: Isions of the dispensary law, said co 2issioner shall enter into contrac mploy all assistants and help nec ary to manage the State dispensary, alaries not to exceed those fixed he directors of the dispensary; sa ommissioner may discharge any of t mployees at pleasure, and report I eason therefor in writing to the dirt ors of the dispenbary: Provided, ti aid dispensary commissioner shall : mploy any person who is related im or any members of the diractors he dispensary by blood or marriaj rithin the sixth degree:. Providc urther, that the liquors sold to t ounty dispensaries shall be sold at rofit of not.over 10 per c3nt of the cc 3 the'State. Section 6. That the county boar f control be appointed by the board tate directors in the manner how pi ided by law, and with the advice a unsent of the members of the Sena nd House of Representaives from t .veral counties, or a majority there( 'he county dispensers shall be elect y the county boards of control: Pi ided, that no person shall be elect ounty dispenser or clerk who is relat ,ithin the sixth degree, by blood ( aarriage. with any member of t eoard of directors of the State dispc r with any member of the cout card of control by whom such cout ispenser or clerk are to be elected. Section 7. All constables appoint nder the provisions of this "Act rovide -for the election of a Str oard of control, and to further res mte the sale, use, consumption, tram ortation and dIsposition of intoxic eg and alcholic liquors or liquids he State, and prescribe penatiesf lolation of dispensary laws, to poll he same, approved March 6, 1896," a tcts amendatory there.of, shall, bef< ntening upon the duties of their 0111, nd in case such constables shall ha een already appointed, then witi hirty days from the passage of t: tct, each give bond to the State in t urn of $509, with surety and sureti o be approved by the Attorney G: ral, conditioned for the fathful p ormance of the duties of his office; a n case of the breach of said bond, a nay be brought therein by any pers ggrieved thereby, either in the cour where any of the obligors reside or ny county where said breach in ave oeaurred: Provided, that t lovernor shall report, all such appoi cents to the General Assembly at t e xt ensuing session, the date and tem 'f service thereof. Section 8. It shall be unlawful he State commissioner, or any ofili r employee of the State dispensary, ny county dispenser, or his clerk, mut any false or misleading label bny package of liquor to be sold uni bny provisions of thib Act, or to rece bny samples for peCrsonal use, or irink, or to give away any l.:quor8 tock; and any person found guilty riolating the provisions of the sect hail, upon conviction in any Con if competent jurisdictIon, be punishl y a fine of not less than $100 or mprisonment for not less than< nonth, and such conviction shall W( bforfeiture of the office or posit ield by such persun. Section 9. The State board of c rot shall, within ten days after the; >roval of this Act, on :lemand, deli' o said directors of the dispensary >Ooks, accounts and property of evi ature and kind whatsoever. Section 10. All Acts or part of A neonsistent with the provisions of t act be, and are hereby, repealed. Section 11. That all Acts relating he sale, used1 and consumption of int eating liquors, now of force in t state, except such as are In confi pith this, be, and the same are here reenacted and declared to be in I fonce and effect. Section 12. This Act shall go I effect immediately upon its appro by the oernor. were favoring the bill were not friens of the dispensary. Mr. Winkler said he had alwan been an advocate of the dispensary. He suggested the )rcsr-nt bill. If had( not heard a single valid reason why this bill should be killed. T'e pt opie wanted the dispensary and the peop! ought to have the opportunity of doling, as they lHas. Mr. C. E. Robinson thought it In consistent to pass the bill that has been passed and then kill this bill. The motion to recommit was lost [by the following vote. Yeas--Bates, B3al1, B3lack, lvesw Brantloy, Caugbtman, Cross, Crum, th-an, Dukes, Etied, ,-pN. G. NI~', ilairey. Gamiblo, Ganti., Gause, Gratii m, Htlmnyer, W. J. Job n:on, Jones, LleS. Magill. Mauning, Ltban Mauldin. Mc Coy, McCraw. McLnurin, Mlohlcy, Moss, L'eurifoy, 1-. L. Sanders, Sharpe, G. 1'. Smith, J'hvus, Timmerman, Vest, Wolfe.--:38. Nays--Spcaker Gary, Ashley, liacoh)t, iiley. 13Its, BrJwning, i-)'cock. Cor grove, Dargan, Davis, Dndy, l~stridge, Ploy(, HenderSon, Hill, Hollis, Hydrick, Jackson, H1. E.. Johnson, Luverett, Lockwood, Lofton, Mann, Marion, Win. L. Mauldin, M :Uolioue h. McDill, McLauchlin, Menn-. .\ Iey, Mitchell, Montgomery, Mose-, N'ltive, Prince, l'yatt, ". 13. RIgsdale, .1. W. lRmsdale, Geo. W. LWcharion, ,llenry 13 Richardeon, C. 1E. IRlo'inson, h. 13. A. RObiLson, Rogers, U. 1'. Sanders, -yr, Slimkins. Sinkler, 1-'. 1). Smith, Jeremiah Smith, J. L. Smith. Stack house, Stevenson, Strom, Sube.ir, W. 11. 'Phomas, W J. Thomas, Varn, Verd me, Wharton, Whisonant, Williamez. Vi son, Wimberley. Wingo. HI. I. Wood ward, Wyche, Young.-68. HOW THE STArE's MONIEY GOICS. & Summary of the Appropriation Bill for the Coming Year. The following are the main foaturts f the appropriation bill introduced last. week in the House, which will be passed s.bstantially in this form. The items are worthy of careful study, and every citizen should know how the taxes are spent: Governor's Ollice-Governor, $3,000; privete secretary, $1,350; messenger, $400; contingent, fund, $i,000; station ery, etc, $300. Secretary ol State, $l.000: c:erk of Secretary of State, $1.350: continzent fund of Secretary of Stato, $150: s-tationcry and stamps, $500; books, blanks and stationery general election, $500 ; extra clerk hire, 30o. Comptroller General, $1.1100: chief elerk, $1,400: bookkeeper, $1,400 ; con. tlingent, fund, $200 ; stationery, $300 ; printing, $300 ; travoil ing ex pense. and his assistants in examining buoks, tapers and accounts Iertatning to ollices of the auditors and treasurers of the respective counties and other coun ty (Ilicerts, $500. State Treasurer, $1,90U ; cbief clerk, $1,500 ; two bookkeepere, eac h $1,350 ; contingent fun , $200 ; printing of bonds and stocks, :-,r: to pay for bonds and stocks already printed, $500 stationery, $2.0. Superintnndent of E iucation, $1.900 clerk, $(00; contingent fund. $200 printing, books, $600 ; hoard of ed uca tion, $500 ; stationery, $125 ; travelling Lxp~enses, $300. Adjutant and Inspector General. $1,200 ; clerk, $900; armory, $350; con tingent fund, $500 ; stationery, $150; ex)enses, $550; comnpanies $8,000. Attorney General, $1 900 ; assistant Attorney General, $1,350; contingint fund, $150 ; stationery, $75 : litigation, $1,500; for emergyancy, $590 is neces sa ?y. Railroad comin issioner-, $5,700 secretary, $1,200 ; contingent fund, State librarian, $807); contingent fund, $125 ; utationery, $300 : expenses, $100. T1wo) watchmen State [louse and grounds, $800 ; janitur, $100 ; engineer, $75 per month; two firemen, $35 per month ; engineer $25 per' month for rest of year; contingent fund of keeper of State House, $100. Judicial Department-Chief Justict, $2,850 ; Associate Justice, $3 221) 17, E:. I3. Gary ; Associate Justice, $2.850, Y. J. Pope ; Associate Justice, $850, Ira B. Jones. iFar each of the Circuit, Judges, $3,000. Solicitors, stenographers and clerks as pirovided by law. Board of HUealth-Quaranti1ne oflcer at Charleston, $1,650 ; station, $1,000 ; at St. Hlelena. $700 ; ex penses, $200 : at 1'ort Royal, $1100 ;expenses, $300; keeper of hospital, $l75 ; at George town, $450 ; expcnses, $150 ; keeper of lazaretto, $300. iFor thbe purpose of carrying out a State hoard of health, $2,200; for qutarantine purposes, $15, 000. Tax Deopartment-Salaries of audi tors, $25,500; printing for auditors, $2, 500. State Col leges-Soumth Carol ina Col lege, $27.500 ; Win throp College, $33, 000 anti $5,450 for scholarships. South Carolina Military Academy, $23,250 ; for def"'lency reported by board of visitors, $11.250. State Colored College, $8,000. Bouth Carolina l'enitentiary- lor salaries, $4750. State 1Ilospital for the Insane-Sala ries, $3,000; board regents, perP diem and mileage, $1,200 ; maintenance, $100,000; bui'l~ing purposes, $10,000; Wallace debt, $4,600. Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, $30, 000. Indians, $800. Water, $2 000. Claims, $8,000 ; public prInting, $12, 000; Journals, $510 ; Governor's Man sion, $250 ; lights anu public bufld ings, $4,750 ; f uel, $1,000 ; Con federate pen sions, $100,000 ; pihoephate inispetctor, $l,200 ; State iFair, $1,200 ; com mis - sioners and managers of elections, $1,6000; advertIsing $2 000; for rewiring State Hlouse, *2 000 ; interest on public debt, $283,832 5i. -Saturday has been fixed as the dray for adjournment of the Leglslatureo. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Ders the WHY THIU GO1D STANDARD? I Et, GAUs' FINANCIAL BILL. Setator Chaiadlo r Ploats Willi His Ite)pubiahlen ColeIasguait to Staaul by P'ast l'arly P*icdges. SenIator W. 1,. Chandler, of Now lillmipshire, opposod the gold standard bill in an able specoh a few days ago, from which we mako the following ex traCts : Az Lo the courso of prices, there is no ceurtaint-y that, the risU in pricee, which are still only about three-fourths of their former rata, will bu ilicreased or even maintatued. Thero Is an ebb and [low in every pro:onged moveient in human allairs, Neither is it certain that the in creased production of gold will con Linue-. At various times In the history of the production of gold and silver theau lais been alarmai azuounting al muost to p'uin1 in collnection W itlh suu den discoverias of larvo bodios of on, or the other of the precious ictals. Therefore, not by reason of thctse IluCtuations in Irod uction was the -Vtem of bimetalitbm tempormrly broken down. The conunsi of the niations maintained thu value of the mectals in accordance with the ratio I1, 1', or 16 to I -and if silver wUre nowv to be remonetizLed thero is not the l -ighteet reason to bielve that the ratio of that consensus of the nations would be disturbed by tho large quan tities of gold coming from the mines t-f the world. On the contrary, this .ncreased production of gold Is exactly whAt is needed to olset, the increased silve'r production complained of, which lcd to thbe steps which have been taken toward tihe demiionutzationa of silver. Look at tho comparative pioduction of thu two netai within the last live years and sece if it can be said that iLeru is to-day any danger that with silver completely renionetized the new silver mnonAty would Zo far exceed thu new gold Ioney that thu systuem of aetallic money, consistinzg of both gold and illver, whi icrl has exibted from the ioundation of the Volr1, mu111"t be dc .troyud by the exclusion entirely of one of t,u mietal from bei ng treatud ats taly part of that, byteAm of me-tallic money. (old h , , been lcing inl propor tion to tilver, but tbat 1b li) reasoni aor dernaunctizing th latter. What, ha-, become of the fright, abit, the ove:r production of silver. which hat lelped tho work of demonetLizing that, imetAl minee 1873? A cbange inm the ruiative prouut;ion of the two mtalt from tam1 to time docs no harm so long as bouh are real money. Thu great ditcoveric of siiver in A meriea did not demone tizu it, nuithur w as ol d acta;LI ly at Lm netized. notwithi-aading the fright, about its overprotluction in 1S-118 and 185 in Cliforna ia and Auetralia. The outCry which is bUing amadC ag aiist bametallisri in w-ntnn with tilu increased production of gold and the benelicent clizct of that ilcreatse upon moneg and businets ontitled ttie bimetallists to ask the gold monometai lists with increacsd earnestness, Wnat right have you to dostroy the silver of the world as a money metal simply because there Is ju-. low a laroiv in croased quantity of gold ? You aimit by your present claim the quantity theory of miney, and that, tui more metallic money tbure is thu bctter- for mankind, the more active will be our ind uetrics, and the more prosperoAus wi.1 be our pcoid-. Mr. Georgo I', Wjboi-ts, Director of tibe Mint, in his report for 1899 (pago b), says : The world's stock of coin is now being Increased moro rapidly and by a hiigher annual percentage to th exist Ing stock than during the period from 18I tIo iI, wha 11 he greaL, outIput of goald from (Cahifor-nia and Autralur statrtled the econaomrim, of all couraa and gave the no (rid ab depreciatinzg standard of value. Thu ehfeet, of thai necw Ilood of staz:dhrd mloney up)on tf)& mnar-ket, than lind ilt ies, t1,bt earnings of thbose wvho work foa- wages, and alh the varied relatlons of the pecoplo in our present highly organazed socier~y will be a most Inteoresting study. It, must be ai p)otet, factor ini alfailrs. The true lesson to be learned from the increased gold paroduct Is that this Is a most favorable moment, for reta ing the steps which havo boon taken toward the demoneutiz~ation of silver, and that bere and now, In ionniction with tihis largely inacreased goid suplply, we s houlId aestor a(silve .oi*- its pJ~sI tion of real iaoney and securea- a inuw coan sensus of thbu nations, whIch wVill not be likely to again lao baroken, but, will last as long as thu precious imetais are rmade the medium a of uehanges amoaig amankind and constitute the ameasure of thu values of the world. This Is not a (question of lb year or a decade, but, thbe qluestlion of lb policy to be pursued through ceuntuieis. We do not change from well -settled iarinci pls of u'ovorai mental pol1icy by reasun of accidenlltal happenings, w hich amay be tempoarary. It, has indeed i aready been a lon~ag period1 durIng which thu effects of pro g rubsivo demonati z~tloa ihave amado themaaelves (only lpartial ly fe,. t.lis takes in argumuont, have heun mado on both bides, as specciali and teampoary causes haave intensi lied or delayed thc elfects of demiionetiza~tiona. Whena the prices of commondiaties go up, gold mnonomiaetallishtr say t.hu bi metaillis arec demzoh~~aed. Wizen wheat, goes downa, thu bimaavtallists say thbo monoaietallists shaoiuld hao confounaded. Thiuso are the ups aind downs of what, is. on thbu wholo, the progress of demanutiz-tion, which If not arrested~ is Ina thu end to maike gold thae only real money of the world andi silver meraely a metal for which thaeae is toa be1 somfl limia ted demand for toke-n coinage and foir uso In the arts. Thaer-foar, insteiad of takIng advant, age of tane paresent, favorable condltlon of bousinaes anzd finane in the UnitLed States by repudiat~Ing any Idea that stiver is to b)e remonetizted and by de claring for gold maonomea~taillsm, it sue to me, with all duo defereance to per-haps wiser, c-ortainly more pouwe ftul mcen, now is the very time to irenaw and carry to a successful concluislon the movement toward reamonotization of silvor to which we Republicans hiave so often pledged ourselves. The attempt to establIsh the g'old standard In IndIa has been a signal ailure. Infiaite dIstress h~i as ean caused to tne people of India by thu attempt, but success haas not, been ac comniilshed. The goern mnt of Inda will g'vo rupees for gold sovereigns, which have been m'ado a legal tender, but will not give gold sovereIgns for rupees. India Is a sliver country and can not b) forced olther to use gold as money or toa eccnt gold as the measure of Coilmnercial values, notwithstanding there is no sielf-government, and the people have ipparontly no effective imeans of protecting themselves from v rongs wh ich the holio governinent tin L'(ndon may attempt to inIlict upon theti starving oriental subjects. Tihe public sentiment of 1ngland would, I believe, welcomo another movement for te( remonetization of silver and the reopening of the India mints for that pur-pose. Elgland suddenly finds herself in connection with her war of conquet, agaainst the Transvaal .e puInic ohligcd to horrow money, and if I t war cort tinues may soon become willing to enlargo the mutallIc o0noy of t.c world through renewed negotla tjons for an international agroemont. Why not, then, now renew efforts in th11 nanio of t1he United States for himetillibin ? Why undertake by the lirst ten iines of this bill to trike one mire blow tit remionetization and fal sify all the pilelges which the Republ - can party and its leaders have been mak i in ad i tit( so past, years ? is its po)Issible t hat wo were all mistAkei when these pledges were mado? Were We bliulderere, ") ignoratit of the priln ei p)o.if inanlicial acienee that we lodly shouted oier aind over again for the renmonetizat.ion of silver when gold mionoimetalm 1was the truO linancial system ? Is It not (juit possiblo that we were right then and that we are wrong now if it is proposed to forever discard any idea of the remonetization of silver and to complete the m ork of establishing gold monometallisin as the final money system for the United states and the world ? Tle Senator from Rhode Island sI.ys ttat it is not intlnded by this bill to reject tle IPea of International bime tauijisn if it ever becomes attainable. Tlen why not say eo It, this bill in un - iuivocal languain. ? Thero ex ists th(3 'aeelai ation of 1893, placed uoon the statute book when tibe silver-purchas ing clause uf the Sherman act, of 1890 was repeated. Why not, Insert it In this bill if the Senator from Rhode Iland means what he says? Aro alt tihe pledges of the Republican party, piled mnltIItailn h Igri d uring the last twenty-live years, to ho now reduced by Congress to a grudg9ing minimum It a i1mu when the PI'resident of the United States does not even mention the subject of tli:, remonotization of silver In his annual miebssage to Coni grese ? It se. ii plain to ii that the de claration for gold in this bill is unwise, both in a business and political sense. There is no need of Its enactiment, no )ub)lic demaSnd for it, no husi ness or liniacill condition which is to be heled by it. In 1,473 the mints of the United States were closed t.o the coln age of silver dollars and no power on ea-th can open them to fur her coin age except the President and the two Houses of Congress, or the two Houses of Congress by a two.Liirols majority Without the Presitient. The first tlen iitnes of the bill are a work of mauororn gation, gratifying only to the gold class, wio aro hent upon Incropsing the value of their gold by legislation. Seniataors contend that the bill does not change existing law, but only reiterates (xisttlng law. If that he so. I say there is no necesslty for the reiteration. M r. l'resdL nt, it is with sincere re grIet that I difiter ro raically from so mnilly of mIy political asslociates in this hody. But my convictions of duty will rot, allow me to do otherwise. I have not abiandoned the faith of the fathers I stand up)on the ancient ways. " I want lte u(Iul~O standard ." So de th'rtaen h und red mill ions of tihe peo0 IleO oif this world of ours, whi le onl3 200,000,000) want the ningie gold stan dlard. We want the real money of th( world t~o lbe $8,00)0,000O,000) ini Cin . The3 want, It to bo only $4,000,000,000. Tho diference means injustie, injury, suf f.: ring, and( dIistress LI) i llions of God 'a poor people the world over, n~ hilo th< gold class i.s to wax fat, at, the cost oi thbeir helpless victims. The Riopublican party ought not te do any such grievous wrong. I entreat its icadeis not to burden us with gold imoonmetallismi, but to renow In uanmis takabie language our oft,-repeated plledges to renmonetlzo sliver. Let us not justify the asJporslon lateoly cast uploni us by Mr. liryan when he said lie diad not believe that, the IUepubliceans would hold lit, i ntejrnationaal himietal l ismn in thoir platform of 1900, anal that, he expected to) sec their platform de clare unequivocally for the gold stan dard, Hie further said' "Th~ousands oIf votes wont to the I liipublican canadites in 18901 on their prom iso to do( (everythiing possible to brlng about bliietallism by intena tional agreement. The falsity of that pretenise was demnonstrated1 early In the present AdmInistratIon. I do not thbink they will try the same trick aigalin, but if they do they will not sue coedi in fooling very many people by It." Let us repel this chairge as unjust andi untrue by reatlllrming the oft-oro claimed prIncIple of our party and the ever-present desire of our people, that both gold nind slver shall he the stan dard money of the nation. If we are thus true to our tradit~tons and to the wishes of our constlituuits, we shall re elect, our gracious and patriotic Il'resi (lent by po:)ular' and electoral majori ties greater than any President has ever* received. Can we ailford, by the plassage (If thu neeless fIrst tenl lines of thIs bIllI, w thaouat sufficlent,( quaIlIlica tion, to add to thie chances (If his de feat ? The gifted Senator from New York (Mr. Doaprw) is said to) have designed for the Rtepublican Party a n6w carm palig n mnotto) for 191)0 : "Gold and Gl ory." TIhe allIiteration is pleasIng. It, will look1 uiely on gilded banners, iad w iilI)oubtless lead to viotory. But if the word "gold '' means geld mono mnetallism, It will he necessary for the goldenO-tongued orators of the party to ex patiate with) marvelous eloqueonce over the glory to the flag coming from the war with Spain, in order to over come the utany evil offets at the p)olls in Noavembher of the deep dam nation of the destruction by legIslation of half the motallic money of the nations of the earth. Mr. President, thou canet not say I did it ! N o crop can grow with out Potash. Every blade of Grass, every grain of Corn, all Fruits and Vegetables must have it. If enough is supplied you can count on a full crop if too little, the growth will be " scrubby." Send for our books telling all about composition ol fetilim% best adapted for all crops. They cost you nothmng, GERMAN K A .vORKS.93 Nansaij St.. New York TO OUR Pickens Friends, We beg to announce that we have opened our Branch Store in Easley, next to Dr. Smith's drug store. J. 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