The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, February 22, 1900, Image 1
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.
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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 !
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