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BRYAN'S WELCOME TO ASUEVILLE, TWENTY-FlViO THOUSAND PI0O l?IiB Git 10KT HIM. All lllli i i'm inj; Dchci tpllon of tlio Orcat Ovation til von to the Next President, Special to the Greenville Mountaineer. ASHBVILLK, N. C, Sept. 17th. It Is worth going much farther than to Ashovillo to hoar William JenningB Bryan speak, and tho dozen or more Qr/oonvllllans who hoard him horo yes terday felt tnoro t hau repaid for their trip. It was a glorious occasion. All day Tuesday, Tuesday night and Wed nesday morning people poured Into A?hcvillo from far aud noar. Wed nesday morning, a loud clatter of hoofs was heard o?ffltng up the streets. Everybody rushed out of doors to see what, It meant. It was two or thrco hundred sturdy mountninoors riding into town ou mules and horses, and they mado a grand spootaole as they galloped along Waiving their hats and shouting for Bryau as only a mountain eer can shout. They were of all hires and sisoa, but all were for llryan and free nilver. Mr. iiryan on his arrlvul was driven to the Battery Park, whoro" ho par took of an elegant dinner in company with a.few invit"d guests. Host 10. P, McKissiok presided over the table, and Mr. * Bryan, of course, occupied the seat of honor on his right Judgo .1. S. Cothran represented South Caro lina. Tho speaking was scheduled to be gin at'S.SQ p. m., but it was after four o'clock whon tho Bryan party reached tho stund. Tho stand was erected near the depot in a place seemingly designed by nature for such an occa i a?ioui Dfreotly in front of tlto speak i r's stand and several f et lower was a large platform, admission to which was by ticket. Beyond this rises a Curved hill, forming n grand natural amphitheatre. On tho hillsides were' were thousands and thousands of peo ple, all of whom seemed to hear Mr Bryan's words as well as thoso on the pbitfurm nearer hiin. But this .was not all. Bobind tho stand and on the silks people wen: huddled together for several hundred yards. The number of thoso presont was variously esti mated. I tbl?k there could not havo boon less than 25,000, and believe this is a conservative estimate. Men who are good judges of crowds place tho number oven above this figure. Cyrus Watsou, tho Democratic nominee for Governor of North Carolina, told me there were M least 2?,uoo there, and he knows what ho is talking about. The principal thing that struck a South Carolinian was tbo contrast between this mooting aar):a campaign meeting the Palmetto State. There was not ho "slightest disorder. 10very ouo imed intent upon catching every nil that tho speaker uttered, and il thore were any goldbugs presont they niu not matte ttr?ibsetves prominent. Mr. Bryan was Introduced by Mr. Locke Oraigj a young lawyer, of A>he vilie, whose speech was eloquent, but just of tho right length. When Bryan stepped forwardt the-crowd ro?o to a man and yollod until Mr. Bryan hud to wave his hauds to thotn to bo seat cd. From tho start ho had tho crowd under control aud by a moro gesture stopped aoji unnecessary cheering. Hid -p."ii>cl,7ai arguments were mot with re sponsive cheers before ho BOtifetimes reached his climax. In beginning, bo paid a tribute to tho late Senator vanoo, and his eulogistic reforenco to to tiiis great North Carolina statesman set tho crowd wild again. His denun ciation of John G. Carlislo was onthu ili tlcally received by tho crowd, as wus also his sarcastic reference to the "Assistant Republicans." It was a Bryan crowd through and through. Sottio were disappointed in his speech. 1 was not, and yet it was not what I thought ,lt would bo. [laving heard so much of his eloquence, I had expected a succession of well-framed and prettily worded paragraphs with out much real argument. Bryan is not us eloquent us ho is logical. Ho fol lowed up one argument after another with just the l ight thought. Hie, ges tures arc not so carefully studied us to detract attention from the argument, but you don't notice bis gestures or how bo says anything. What he says keeps you fascinated. Hje arguments wore plain enough to bo understood by the most Ignorant, yet not so plain as to weary a trained listener. So much for the sneaker. Tho man, Bryan, is a wonder, too. He is magnificently proportioned. It is doubtful whether his pictures do him justice or whether they flatter him. They probably improve the looks of tho features, but |lo not near give a truo idea of his expression. His mouth is of a peculiar shape, but is not ugly. Llko all the features of bis face it is very largo. Ho oppns It very wldo whon ho speaks. But Lit oyes are what catch one's attentb.i). Tney show determi nation and power and ability to control others. His voice must havo been al mo-t buperhun.ku before he commenc ed his series of tpuoohes, th , one Here being number 1.10. When he b'-gan. his voico was hoarse and husky, but it improved as h?( proceeded and though evidently in a very bad condition is still wonderfu jy strong and far-reach ing. Mr. Brydi looks very tired and evidently can ot stand this strain much longer, llo had to refuse to shake hands, a his right hand is sore and badly rafoilon from continual shaking. ((, Whon ho ol sod his speech, tho Im inciido crowd urnped up and shouted aud then rant ? a rush for tho stand. Mr. Bryan or ie his way to tho depot with difficult] though no had only 11 vo minutes in v iich to catch bis train, i ? speech la ted ono hour and when he closed tho )eoplo shouted for him to go on. It was a : roat day for the North Carolina De. oorats, but thoy wero not alone h their demonstration In honor of th ir leader. Thoro wero people horo from Alabama, Georgia and Tonnosaie and crowds from South Carolina. I tw.n a front woloomo to a g.eat man. \ Clarenck ?A fall of txty-hvo feet generally kills as dead i> a maokoral, but'thoro are exception to all rules. After at tending Sund .' school for forty-eight consecutive Si idays, tho fourteen-year old son of Hot Ir? Partin, a Baptist preacher whti Ivus noar Preaoherviile, Ky., was par adod by some wayward youths to yo ith them tho forty-ninth Sunday mornhg on a fun-i-oarohiug exposition a long the cllfTs of a mourn t&inouK s?ctifr), and, getting too oltwo the pfeolrfce, he foil sixiy-livo feet, jral somorsaulte In bit Bryan's Campaign Speeches. AT KANSAS V1TY. Tho Peoplo are Uoing Ml tlie PoIIh antl (JiKlorutantl tho Vuluo of tho Ballot "You gentlemen who live in this city, surrounded by an agricultural country, know that there is no way of bringing prosperity to Kansas City until you first bring prosperity to tho tollers upon whoso success Kansas City rests. "It doos not require financiers, it docs not require a railroad attorney to toll you wuoro your prosperity lies. (Great applause.) Nor can these men prevent you from exorcising the right of sovereignty us you plcano. (Ap plause and voice: "They are trylug to do it.") "My friends, I met a railroad man yesterday, who told mo that wbllo he did not agreo with me on tho silver question, nn Issue had boon raisod greater than the silver question, und that was whether ho lived in a Repub lic, where a man bad tho right to vote as ho pleased, or Whether his vote was tho property of somebody, to bo used as somchoiiy else pleased." (Applause.) A voice : "Missouri gives you 100, 000 majority, you bot." Anotoor voieu : " Put Kansas down for (50,000. Another voice : " And Arkansas did pretty well hersolf." Mr. liryan : "That sounds very much like ono of thoso meetings whore they take up a collection. (Laughter.) My friends, thoro is one characteristic about this campaign, and that Is tho intense earnestness of tho people. Sometimes in a campaign you find men lukowurm, who do not know whether they uro going to be at tho polls or not; and somotimos you lind it neces sary to got carriages to tako tho peo ple to the polls. Unless ail signs fail, the people aro going to be at the polls before tho booths open and stay thorc until they close, aud there won't bo a man who can got to tho polls but who will bo suru to be there. What does it mean ? it moans that the people aro taking the interest iu tho election that they ought always to take. .They aro beginning to understand tbo value* of the ballot as tho means by which they can redress their wrongs Sometimes people havo complained that tho laws W >re bad and have allowed them to re main bad. Tin y havo complained that they ought to be. better, and have done nothing to make them bettor. If the laws are. bad, themselves are. to blame; and if they wish good laws they niii-,t secure them themselves. Antl this in terest means something. It means that tho government is going to bo made nearly what government ought to be. aud that is a government which will protect the humblest eiti/.eu in the land in his right to work aud to enjoy the fruits of hin toil." (Groat applause.) AT ST. LOUIS. I assume, in the first place, that ?very citizen is competent to form an opinion upon this issue. Our oppo nents toll us that the money question is a complicated question, and t>iiut paly a few are able to master it. There Is no question which can come before the American people which is tootleep for tho American people themselves. [Applause.) There is no question which must be submitted to a particu lar class of people. (Applause.) Tho Creator did not make any class of peo ple to thlnlc for tho rest of tho people. [Applause.) If he had He would have given extra brains to thoso who were to do the thinking and simply have given backi to all tho rest that they mightoarry the burdens of life. (Ap plause.) Tho Constitution did not sug gest, that any class of people was to act for any other class. If the found ers of the constitution had ever sup posed that a question would arise like the money question, and had thought that it could he only settled by liuan ciers, then our forefathers would have written in tho constitution that while on most subjects all the people might vote, on the money question only the financiers could voto. (Applause and laughter.) When tho ballot was given to you it was given upon the assump tion that you had tho Intelligence and patriotism necessary to use it right, and I beliove, my friends thut you nave. In this government publication, Is sued by tho treasury department on tho first of .luly, 1896, i find a statement of tho amouut of money of ull kinds in circulation among tho people for tho various years. Lot mo call your atten tion to tho amount given hero for tho years 18!>l, !)."> and Uli. In 1801 the amount of money In circulation, ac cording to this report, was $1 .(H>0,70C, 000. Ill 1803 that amount ofononey had fallen to $1,661,000.000 ?a deer aao In ono year of 950,000,000. On tho IlOth day of June, 1800, tho amount in cir culation had fallen to $1,000,000,000. What does it mean ? It moans that in two years time, according to tho treasury report, tho amount of money in circulation among tho peoplo had fallen abjut one hundred und fifty million dollars In amount. In other words, In two years time there has boon a decrease of about 10 per cont. in tbo amouut of monoy in circulation among tho peoplo. This, my friends, Is tho Treasury report, and this report shows that wbllo tho per capita circulation In 1804 was $24.28 per capita, in 1800 it had fallon to (21.10, a fall of more than I $3 per capita. (A voioo : "I haven't I got live cents in my pocket.") Thoro ( h? evidence In tho remark of my friend that oven decrease per capita is not distributed with absolute equality. (Laughter). Now I have called your attention to this decruaso shown by tho Treasury report. Let mo show you, my friends, that instead of thoro being a decrease thoro ought to havo been an incroaso each year. Senator John Shurman made aspooch on theOth of Juno, 1800, and in tho course, of that spooch he usod those words: " I? our present ourronoy Is estimated at $1,400,000,000 and our population is increasing at tho rate of three per cent, per annum, it would require $-12,000,000 increased circulation each yoar to kcop paco with the increase of popuution; but as tbo Increase of population is ac companied by a still greater rato of Increase of woalth and business, it was thought that an immmediuto incroaso in circulation might be obtained by largor purchases of silver bullion to a" amount sufnolont to make good the re tirement of bank notes and keep pace with the growth of population. Assum ing that$o4,000,000 a yoar of additional circulation Is needed upon this bails, that amount Is provided for in tho bill by tho Issuo of Treasury notes In ox ctvange for bullion at the market prlct AT MT. VIORNON, ILL. Itrvan Notker Declared that Ho Was Not a fWfaocral ? It was a Cam paign Lie ??/;">'> and. 7,000 people \; t. Vornon, III., wl Mr. Bryan was introduced by Judge Sum pie, of tho appellate court, win; announced that he had always boon a Kopublioau himself until this year. Mr. Bryan Bald : 1 appreciate the fact that this meet ing ib presided ovor by one who until this campaign has been a Republican. 1 also appreciate the fact that while my opponents may say of me,that 1 am young and lacking in public experience, tiiey cannot bring that charge against a member of tho appellate court, whoso judgment and heart havo, letl him to espouse tho causo of the popple/ . I am glad that from day to day wo aro flndiug recruits to our cause from thoso whoso positions in pubiio Ufo raises them ahovo tho slander of those' who a ply tho namo of anarchists or disturber of tho public poaco to thode who raise their handd against the en oroachments of syndicates and corpo rations. (Applause.) .\ . A few months ago I was '1b your midst, then as a private oltlA^Y&imply reprosentiug a cause whi?Kmn near to my heart, and when I told ? y?'? hero that tbo brand of my Djmopraly wrfs different from the brand which ?ras be ing presented by tho adinlnistrathm, your city was advertised bj^tuose who tried to mako it appear that I denied that I was a Domoorat. (A'pplause.) My friends, thoso of you whewuremore know that I not only did not declare mysoff not a Democrat, but that I ftiivo always declared myself a bettor Demo crat than any man who sought to undo what JeiTerBon and Jauksou did for the Americau people. (Great applause.) Since we mot horo last March, the Re publican party met in national conven tion at St. Louis, and did what no party in this nation ovor did before?solemn ly declared that the financial policy of* this country should depend not upon what tho American people wanted, but upon what forolgn nations in their compassion would allow the American peoplo to have. (Applause.) Tho Re publican platform does not say that t?ej gold standard is a good thing. It In suhstuueo declares that a double stan dard is better than the single gold standard, because that platform pledges tho Republican party to get rid of the gold Btundurd and substituto tho .bi metallic principal. When? Not when our peoplo need it; not when our P ople desire it; but as soon as tho leading commercial nations of tho world will join with us in doing it. (Applause.) 1 usk you, my friends, to study that platform woll, because wo may fairly assume that a man elected upon a platform will carry out that platform. When doos the Republican platform say wo shall have bimetal lism ? It docs not state that timo. How long does it say that we must maintain tho gold standard? For ono year? It does not limit it to a yoar or four years. Now, my friends, sc far as that platform goes, it duclaros that whether tho American people I'lco the gold standard or not, Whether they sutler from It or not, they must maintain it forever if foreign nations insist upon our keeping it. (Great applause.) I am willing to submit the question to tho American peoplo. (Applause and cries Of "That's right.") AT LOUISVILLE, IIY. Appeals to tbo Country on Higher Grounds ilinu Party I<'calty. Mr. Bryan recolved a great ovation at Louisville, Ky., where he spoke to 4u,U00 people, and expressed himself us follows : Wo aro entoring upou a campaign, and, as wo have nothing to conceal, 1 tell you frankly that 1 havo come to Kentucky because I want tho oleetoral vote of Kentucky in Novembor. (Ap plauso aud cries " You will get thorn.") As tho nominee of the Democratic party i mi^ht appeal to you on tho ground of the regularity of my nomina tion. I might call your attontion to , the fact that the Chicago convention was regularly called by tho regular authority, and all over this Union Democrats assembled in tbo regulai way to select their delegates to that convention. I might call your atten tion to tbo fact that no convention ever held in tho country as accurately re dacted tho sentiment of tbo party which selected tho delegatos as did tho Chicago'convcntion. 'Great cheering.) In no convention within this gonora tlon havo tho voters takon so active and so inlluential a part as did tho votors of the, Democratic party take In tho Chicago convention. If you havo ro gard for the will of a majority of the party regularly exprossed, then I can appeal to you on tho ground that I am the nominee of the Democratic party in tho regular way. But I shall ap peal to you for your support on higher grounds than party regularity. (Cheor&) I expressly rolease, bo far as f am con corned, from the support 0* the Chi cago ticket every Domocrat who be lieves that the success of that ticket would imperil our country. (Choera.) I Bhall not ask any man to violate his conscionco or bo deaf to the voice of his/Judgment. I shall ask no falso foalty to party above love of country. (Applauso.) I would not do It myself, 1 will ask nobody to do what I will not do. (Applauso and cheering.) I bo lievo, friends, that tho Chicago plat form presents tho polloics which will be best for tho pooplo of this country. I believe that these policies put into law will bring blosslngs to the Ameri can peoplo, and I call your attention to tho fact that in thia campaign tho lines aro drawn botwoen plutocracy and Democracy, thoro la no middle ground. (Cheers and applause.) I say to you my friends that in a campaign like this on tho ono Bido aro arrayed the syndicates, trusts ami combina tions of money grabbers of this coun try and in Europe, and on the other side aro tho toiling massos, and no man baa the right to throw away his ballot. (Applauso.) If tho BuccosB of the Chicago ticket will be a bad thing for thld country, overy ono of you who bollcvo so ought to vote tho Republican tlckot to save your country from distress. If tho elec tion of tho Republican ticket would bo a bad thing for your country, then you ought to voto for tho Chicago ticket to Bavo your country from distress. (Cheers and crloe of " Wo are going to.") The Chicago platform duos not prosontnow doctrines. Our platform doclares agaiuBttho Ibsuo of bonds in tlinos of peace, and against trallluklng with the syndicates which havo boon saving our country at so much por save during the last few years. (Great choorlng.) Let mo read you what one of your own citizens onco naid on tho subject. In 1878 Hon. John G. Carlisle (hlsoes and applause) used tho words which I shall quote. (QIbscs and applause.) Let me read these words: "This trouble now going on cannot oeaso until all the industrial interests of tho country are fully and finally eraanclpatod from the heartlerffe domination of (syndicates, stock exchanges and other groat com binations of monoy gamblers in this country and Europe." (Apnlause.) That, my fr lends, was the language of John G. Carlisle "I thank God ' said Mr. Hryan, "that the Demoointi party has driven out of its ranks'th representatives of thoso syndicate^' under false prote/se i want your suffrage under no oend ?ns whereby you may be decdivo and therefore- I say to you that if there is one person ?'here who beUevee that this nation should maintain its present gold standard until foreign natlous help us to let It go, that person ought not to vote for me for ) will not carry out his ideas. I am willing to submit to tho Amorl oan peoplo any question, however groat, and abide by their decision, whatever it may be, until the American people themselves reverse that decision. But 1 am uot willing to submit tho most trilling question thateiYeots our domes tie atlairs to foroign intervention or tho uld and consent of any other nation on <-arth. (Applause.) It is not necessary to speak to silver men. If there is an advocate of the gold standard horo, I v?aut to show that gold standard to him until he Will be ashamed to look his fcliow men in tho face and say he wants lt. (Cheors.) Wo aro opposed to tho gold standard be cause It makes" money, dear. Dear money makes, oheap property and ohbap property makes hard timed. Bard time-, makes every producer of wealth taste of distress, and out of thoso yvho would be employed it makes idle mcu, arid out of Idle men it makes destitute men, and out of destitute 'men it makes criminal men. Tho gold standard means more of crime and a larger army to keep tho criminals in subjection. Wo havo not all the nowspapera with ua.ln this light. (A volco : " Wo have jgot the people.") Wo have not ull the newspapers with us, out an odltor only vote.- once. (Laughter and oheors.) An editor only voteB once, and I havo known some editors who had so little i nil nonce over their own conduct that they .could uot eveD control tho vote that the law gives thorn. (Great cheer ing, and laughter.) Wo would like to have the newspapers with us because we -hate' to have our peoplo got mad" every morning when thoy road tho pa-, p>rs (Or^at -aujjhter ) I don't know ul ono thing that has caused so many people to forget tho resolve they mado on the first of the yoar never to swear agatn. I don't know of any one thing .that has made so many break that promise as the gold cdltora. They say we don't think. I adlrun the advocates of free coinage aro tho peoplo in this campaign who apply natural laws to the money quoatlou uud carry into tho discussion of flnauce tho sumo intelli gence that is uaed iu ordinary business. AT LEXINGTON. KY Twenty Yearn of Farming History in the United st ..i cs. Mr. Bryan was given a rousing re ception at Lexington, Ky., and made a .-pcech at tho Fair Grounds to an im mense audience, estimated from 15, 000 to 20,000 peoplo. The appearance of tho candidate was tbo oigaai for* an ovation. Men waved their hats as they cheered, and the women waved handkerchiefs as thoy joined tn the shouting, Mr. Bryan was presented by State Senator Bronsou. Just after tho candidate had begun his speech a heavy shower drove many of tho spec tators from tho Held, but thoir places wero taken by a' continuous stream-of constantly arriving peoplo. One of the pleasant incidents of tho day was tho parade of ovor eight thousand horsemen which passed the stand from which Mr. .Bryan was speaking. In.the middle of his speech the equeatriana made their appearance carrying banners aud Interrupted Mr. Bryan in his talk, making a very im press! vo sight. Thoy cheered him timo and again, and full in line at the outskirts of the crowd and listened to tho rest of his spoeeh. , When Mr. Bryan had been intro duced, ho spoke a) follows : It Is not of ton that the money ques tion is presented to tho peoplo. it is ioslrabio that-thero should bo a lixed and permanentlinanolal policy, but, my friends, for more than twenty years the American peoplo havo been seek lug to restore a financial policy which existed from tho foundation of the govornmont and had the support of every promi nent statesman of all partica uutil 1873. It was changed without tho American people's consent. (Applause.) Ever since that unfortuuato hour the Amorlean peoplo have boon seeking to reinstate the law that was at that timo removed from the statute books.. Some timea they havo passed through the lower Bouse a bill to open our mints; sometimes they, have passed that bill through the Senate; but heretofore they have not succeeded In passing that bill through the I louse and Sonate at tho same Congress. Wo havo boon compelled, timo and time again, to compromise, and then we havo found that our enemies, when thoy havo forced upon us a compromise, havo commoncod the next day to undormlno that which thoy compelled us to ac cept. (Applause.) When tho people succeeded in pass ing through ono houso a bill for tho freo coiuago of sllvor, tho other houso Insisted upon an amendment that re sulted in what wan known as tho Bland Aot of 1878. It gave some reliof to the peoplo. It gave to thorn a short ro apito from tho increased depression that had been forced upon them by vicious legislation ; but no sooner was tho law passed -and romomber that even that law was passed ovor the President's veto?than tho enemies of freo coinage, who had compelled Its adoption, began to work secretly for its ropeal. Then when the sllvor sen timent had grown until, iu February, 1800, thoro wero prospects of tho pas sago of a freocoinago law, our friends again forood a compr.omiao and sub mitted tho Sherman law for tho free coinage of silver ; and no sooner was tho Shorman law passed than our op ponents began to try to secure its re Soal. Shorman, in his book, "John herman's Recollections," expressly states that he secured and favored that bill In order to prevent tho passage of a freo coinago law, and that ho was roady to voco for Its ropeal tho next day if that ropeal could bo eocured without substituting freo colna (Applause.) I call your attention to these facts to show you that during all these years, Instead of mooting open and frank and candid onomioa, wo havo had to tight those who, under the guiso of being friends of free coinage, the friends of bimetallism, have by stealth 6ought to lasten the gold standard upon the Am erican people. (Great applause.) Thoy went to St. Louis and wrote the i I platform of tho Hepublloan party. Did thoy say in that platform tnat tho gold standard was a good thing? No, no, my friends. -To have mado an open decla ration of what thoy wanted would havo been contrary to all their history, and they wero not willing to charge their plans. (Applause) What (IUI they do? Why, adopted a platform whlob pledge^! tha Republican party to get rid of the gold standard and to hubstltut|rt !n motalism. Whon? When leading na tions holp us do it. Having done/that, the same influonces that doinAprfod the St. i.:nils convention wont^sb Ql> and attempted the old gatag. Tficy at tempted to write a mriWralank for tho Democratic platfo/rnfflWat oould not have been dUtlngulslioCrTrom the Re publican plank, ovem^with the aid of a .ope. (Laughter ?ml applauwt Lot uio conohulo tho do. by Baying that tho major?ty did ruhj i Chicago and wrcto tho pi at for pi'tin was Doroucratio. (Applause.)- Far On< the convention, took strong, upon, a: equivocal grounds in favor of the im mediate restoration of freo coinage at tho rate of 1<J to 1. (Applauso.) .And what was tho roault V Why, my friends, four months ago tho Republicans thought that all thoy had to do v. nominate .tholr candidate aud olec was sure ; but as soon as tho Ohl? Silatform was written, as soon as leinooratio party appealed to tbo hearts and consciences of the poop, tho hope of tho Republican party changed to despondency and despair. (Groat applause.) Horo tho procession began to pass by tho stand, and Mr. Bryan was inter rupted for tweuty-llvo minutes. When it had passed, he continued : Fellow citizens, I havo been inter rupted in the in hist, of speeches before, but I can say to you tha'< of all, this is the most pleasant interruption of which I havo recollection. 'Applause.) I shall remember this speech, which v. a-, cut in two by tho most romarkablefpa-v rado which It has evur boon ray good I fortuno to witness. (Applauso.). They (boro banners whioh present' mottoes ?which make any further spooking un necessary. If I wero to talk -to you from now uutil night, I could not moro than emphasize the mottoes which they have passed in procession by you. 1 notice ono motto, drawn with letters not altogether according to tho latest patterns, but it represented a senti ment that ought to find a lodgement in tho memories of all; that 19 "High money, low times." (Applauso.) I challengo you to find in any of tho speeches that will bo mado this year by tho opponents of froo silver a single sontenco that contains as much politi cal economy aud common sense as is contained in that phraso, "High money, low times." (Applauso.) I saw Another motto, "Our Darns are full, but our pockuts aro empty," (applause) and In that sontenco is opltomizud twonty years of farming history.. Nature smiles upon your husbandry, your soil gives forth a rich profusion, but according to the cxporlonco of the farinor, with all that he can do with his industry, with his economy, with all his patient toll, ho finds that the load of tho American farmer grows harder every yoar. (Applause.) In olden times tho rule ot thoso who waved and 'swept tho subre, as thoy said, by right divine, eompla'nt was answered with tho lash, but now tho jus. complaint of tho toiling millions of the United States is answered by charges that thoy are anarchists and socialists. (Groatapplause.) My friends, there Is ono unfortunate thing in con nection with tho use of thu word anar chist as applied to thoso who are banded together to restore tho money of tbo constitution, therO is one unfor tunato thing about iU anarchy is a thing not to be considered in a lr nd like this; anarchy can have no home among the people who havo the ballot to right their wrongs. (Great auplauae.) And tho unfortunate twing about this campaign is that the name anarchist is applied to tho bone and muscle of this country by men who aro doing more to overthrow our government than any anarchist who ever carried a red flag. 1 say that when this word anarchist is applied to the tolling mil lions by men who seek without toil to usurp tho fruits and reap the rewards of those who toil, tho danger is that It will make tho namo respectable be cause of its association. (Uproarous applause and loud cheering.) I protest against the uso of that name for the purpose whioh deprives it of its terror. My friends, thoso who aro opnonod to us cannot alYord to piaoo tho farmers of this country and tho laborers of this country in the positiou of enomies of the government, because they are the. only friends that any government over I had. (Applause.) My friends, these aro tho very men who are opposed and despised by thoso who doubt the capac ity of the masses for self-government. These are tho very people who, In time of emergency, must protect their calu mniators from thomsolvos and thoir. assooiatcs. HOW IT WENT IN A IK ION. Interest lag Facts Connected with tho Second Primary In Ail. en County. Aikcn Journal and Review. Tho second primary was tho hottest contested election we have had in Alken for many years. Tho interest all centered in the U. S. Senatorial contest, and the other candidates wero almost lost sight of. Tho Evans men made a dead set at Aikon and cnterod tho tight with tho hope of carrying tho county for Evans by 1,000 majority. This iu the figure Gonorul Watts gavo to it* roportor for Tho Grcouvlllo Mountaineer, and wo su?poct his in formation was obtained from tho Governor himself. Realising from the start that they had to hustlo to win, they Instituted a vigorous cam paign and there was no lot up until tac polls wore olosod. Col. John T. Gaston and Mr. U. X. Gunter eamo down from Columbia und workod for Kvans. It Is said dispensary liquor tlowod freely, circulars wore distrib uted, tho party lash was cracked, and whore a Reformer was known to have a grievance against Evans, strenuous efforts woro mado to roconoilo him. ()n tho other hand the Earlo men workod with a will and not only suc ceeded In holding the Evans men uown, but actually reduced-his majority by.64 votes. Tillmau's letter had the ollect on pome of the Reformors that a red Hag has on a mad bull, and wo hoard a uumhor of men say they would novor vote for Tillman again for his Interforonce. Hill Foley'u box, Mc Tlor No. 2, mado tho best record, poll ing 47 votes for Eftrle and - nothing for Evans ; Shultz came next with 30 to 4, then Hammond with til to 11, Silver ton No. 1, 50 to 18. These aro country boxes, but the hoavy Earlo vote goes to show that " tho boys," as Govoruor Evans was wont to call them, had been doing somo thinking for themselves. Granltovlllo roVersod herself and showed up In great shape on tho Earlo sido. Wards aUo did woll. so- did Sleepy Hollow, Hopewell, Millbrook, Ellonlon, Soivero, and last, but not Feast) tho Aikon box, where n.great ef fort was made to rcduco Earle's ma jority, but with little success. Tho light was short, sharp and de? ?olslve. There Is a general acqules 1'eence In the result and so far as we /know no bad feeUnge llji^ijfJisrryThls Girifjj^meborty! JMvn ?ltii reading in your naner about ii men mid woman ttulttujvo <Doon vtiry HHHBl scIIIhr self heating tint irons, and i.,, , nded i wem Id sou what aijlri could do. orked ; du) h and have*?>id i d lions and l,iivo2 *? dollar 10ft ftftor paVin? all ex peSfCH. Kvorybody I?delimited ?? the iron and i nell one. ulmost every place I show It aw i, >|de think ho> oan't nilord io bo with out one as tho> savo ao much fuel and thno Mi don't bum tho clothes. I Hnnw f\|n Sir flvo thousand dollars m a > ur Mow^i tflit 'oratOr * a Obaiiuatk.1 iploudiu, my ?in splendid, you are ^ n u? ?iioihan nlvf. Anyone can ROtcomplete m termat Ion about thoself heating Iron by ad ggrismg.i. i'. i'am:v .v co , st. Ixmia. Mo, A seems to be a winner, as ?very body! sell flag it writes In it* yrulse. Lion last Control, srfollow uli Sot hut raiss a word. ^ Mr. SorUf.':: p. ac by saying that poqoVon his memo, incuts "frotn ee'coti treacherous momory ou s.e business ho was i ho had hurried! lo'otlons of conversations, lU . to tho bust of his know lodge aiul bo-'., liof woro truO. lie thou lowing : What I shall say relating to th tails which led up to this InVi by mo of this rebate question must of necessltyjooino from memory and some things which havo happened may h passed from my miud, but I think ail oesentlals aro still remomborod by tub, All the kuowlcdgo which I have of this affair bearing upon my otliplal in vestigation when fully, told cannot much more than confirm as a whole tho published lottors of Govorpo* Evans, Commissioner Mixson and W. T. Mixson, as I romembor thorn. I have road theso lottors only once then hurriedly ?aud for that l-easou. would not undertake to_contirm them unequivocally, lest possibly some point of issue contained thorolu escaped my attention. From my recollection of Governor Evans's letter, so much thereof us re lates to my oillclaf Investigation of this mattor, is in 'the main correct, although hU statement of tho details leading up to tho investigation aro not wholly eor ruct. This I can easily account for from tho fact that ho is depending en tirely on his memory for every detail relating to tho earliest period of this case. It is true, as Governor Evans states, that 1 reported to him that I believed commissions were being paid to some one : but not, as lie states, that 1 arrived, in a broad sense, at those suspi cions from letters Indiscriminately opened by mo during tho absence of tho Commissioner. My recollection on this point, l think, is distinet, and 1 am confident Governor Evans will bear me out in tho following statement: The only lotters which 1 havo any re collection of over discussing with Go vernor EvanB which at the time bore any evidence to my mind of suspicious 'IRi^tiUlces, was a letter from an Eastern whiskey dealer W?O VWJ3. sell ing Iiis liquors to the Dispensary. Aud this after he had told me I was his personal representative, and that he was depending on mo to keep tho af fairs of the Dispensary straight. This lotter, to tho beBt of my recollection, stated ' that the writer thought ho would be able to got " you " (meaning Commissioner Mixson) some freight rebates on whiskey shijmicnts, but that the Commissioner must keep it perfectly quiet, and'that ho would send the rebates iu currency by mail or ex press. Subsequently tho rebates were sent by mail in currency aud woro turned over to mo by the Commissiom r, und were duly deposited iu the bank to the credit of the Dispensary fund, as the records of this Office svill show. In a subsequent conversation with Gover nor Evans, 1 told him there was uoth ing in tho first letter, as tho seconu letter had brought forth tho freight abatement and it had been turned into the treasury. Tho present board havo dealt with the same firm and havo also received freight rebates from them, as tho ro OOrdsshOW. My purpose in withhold ing tho native of this firm is booauM tin y havo requested it, stating, as they claim, that if the mattor was made public it would destroy their chances for future rebates. Now as to the history of this Investi gation, as my memory serves me, shortly after I took chargo as book keeper for the Dispensary Governor Evans told me that ho had reason to believe that Commissioner Mixson was using his otllco for profit astdo from his salary, or words to that effect, and asked mo had I noticed anything iu his conduct to arouse my suspicion. I frankly told him that 1 did not, for It was in tho naturo of a surprise to mo, as I had never believed that any cor ruption had ever existed in connection with tho Dispensary. Although I think it was beforo the Governor had made this romark to mo Barney Evans had made a similar ono, and told me that W. T. Mixson' had gone to Haiti more, and as ho believed, to get re bates from Boss &Co. From tbat lime on Governor Evans and raysolf dit> cuseed tho matter on divers occasions. Meanwhile I was on the lookout for anything that would lead to a continua tion of these rumors. As time rolled by, tho talk about robatea grew, and tiualy Governor Evans Bald to mo that it did scorn to him that if Mixson was getting rebates 1, as bookkeeper, was In a posl tion to discover it. I explained to tht Governor that all the rebates which 1 knew of woro tho 5 per cont. allowed and deluded on the invoices and that the books showed that they had ad boon duly credited up to tho Kt?m. and which amounted to $21,000 In eleven months. 1 also explained that if Mix son was getting an additional rebate for bis own privato gam that it would show on tho Invoices and that, thoro foro, thore could possibly be no record of It In this oiliee, that if tho Commis sioner was receiving rebates he would not be foolish onougb to lot It appear In tho Invoices. Sorto time In tho fall of last year Mr. White of Cinoinnatl oamo her andrem allied for several days. During hi) stay I became satisfied from tho trend of his remarks tbat ho knetv somothing more than ho would state, and that ho knew or believed that W. T. Mixson was receiving brokerage cliarges on the sales of whiskey to tho Dispensary by the Live Oak Distilling Company. During this vinlt I think he oa'tied on Governor Evans, but I urn not positive about that. Now, for the first time, I hellovcd that I had tangi ble evidenco of wrong-doing and in conversation with Governor Evans ho told me that I must do my best to de toot tho guilty parties.; that I was bis pot'Bonal representative and he looked to mo to keep everything straight, and for me to consider that I had his an thortty to go anywhere at any time in tho prosecution of this investigation, it. was my intention to proceed to Cin cinnati at once, hut tho vast amount of {work which 1 had done that year in straightening out the terrible condi tion in whioh tho books of the State arid> county dlsponnarioH had gotten proved ^" a reut u strain oa mo tt.at I was'nj^ voi with a uovero caaoof slcl^ neat) ami v/aa threatened with nervous pi'ostration. On account of iuy ill-health and tho rapidly increasing demands on my time to consequence of tho largo volume of fait and wlutor business, I was furced ?to defer'my trip until tho following February. Reaching Cincinnati 1 asked tho manager of the Live Oak Distilling ?Compuuy why his lirm had discharged "Mr. White, lio replied that Mr. Wnito had not beon listed as a salaried em ployee (or employer, 1 disremembur which) Of hio lirm. That ho (White) had represented to them that he had *givat inllueuco with too Dispensary authoritics In South Carolina and could uoutrol tho trade in tho inturost of any houso ho chose, and he bud re mmmended the I.he Oak Distilling '-Company as a houso that sold tho best grade of whiskies for tho monoy of any House lu tho West. Upon that repre sentation they agreed to pay him a com mission or brokerage ou all whiskies that he would soil and stated to me thut they hud d'jno so to tho amount of betwoon$l,800a!id $1,900. They further stated, as a reason for subsequently ,deola,ring" their trade 'on' " with Mr. White, that they could not uitord to pay li brokerage to both White and Mtxsob ; further stating thut it was a >tt iotly business agreement which they ^l.a.l with Mr. White to pay him a gtaokoragc on all tho trade which his ?Rorta or inllueuco brought to the linn; that Fubscquently ho was informed Bolat Mr.'Wbito's influonco had come Ott au end and that ho entered into tho ywiue agreement with W. T. Mixson? jpW. T. Mixson making the same ropre fflfttattoos which Mr. White had form 9ffljr made as to his ability to control \??-told the manager that either be -VMS b.elng Imposed upon or elso tho chasing power of the Dispensary wi.i prostituting his authority aud sug MHBu'that hediscontinue this practice, fid replied that -the Dispensary an ?^h^ryaes were strangers to him and tbt.t Jt was only a business matter -wltufiJis firm ; that the proposition had beon made to them by these partiesi to throw tho trade luto their hancfsjfcr a reasonable commission und as a business proposition it was agreed ;tp^_h.U^'lf questionable he would stop it. ; Tliis is to the best of my recollec tion tho conversation which look place botweep.tho tnauager of the Live Oak Company and myself. The result of my investigation was I discovered that tho sum of $2,009.45 had been collected by W. T. Mixson and $091) 50 by James Mixson, aggregating $3,350.05. I immediately returnee to Columbia, arriving hero lato at night. Tho next morning I sent for Secretary of State Tompkin-, who is my neighbor, and re ported to him tho facts in the case as a member of the board. I told him to toll Colonel Mixson to call at my house. Col. Mixson came around and I told htm of my discovery and told bim that tho indications were to my mind that he was a party in it. This he solemnly sworo was not the case. The next morning I eallod on Governor Evans and made a verbal report to him of my Investigation, and told.bJ.mJ -vas ready to .hunt.1 it1 a NTi'tton statoment of it whenever ho wished mo to do so. lie told mo to knep tho matter quiet just then and that bo would sue me aud talk ovor tho matti-1 within a few days. Sovoral days after i c.'lled again to see the Governor. Ho thou told mo thut Colonel |Tompkins and Commissioner Mixson had called to w. him on the night of tho morning after my return from Cincinnati, and that they had stated that W. T. Mixson had con fessed everything and that no ease could bo made against Commissioner Mixson. I remarked to Governor Evans that I waa ready to hand in my official report whenever bo desired it, and ho rep ied that ho would let me know when ho wanted it: that W. T. Mixson bad confessed aud as there was no way to reach him through tho law be diu not then sou what good tho report could do. It was my intention to proceed to Baltimore from Cincinnati to investi gate at that end of the lino, but 1 de cided to lirst return to Columbia and then proceed to Baltimore from here. But as the investigation resulted as it cid 1 dismissed the Idea-uf any further prosecution of tho investigation, and this was the end of tho matter so far as 1 was concerned. Mr. Barber asked Mr Scruggs to turn to that portion of his evidence, referr ing to amounts paid to Mixson's boys and asked whore ho got his informa tion, from the books V Mr. Scruggs : Yea, but I have no cer tilied copy. Tho amounts appeared In tho cash book of tho company. I mado a memorandum of dates, but haven't them witli me. Tho books were for 1895 and 1M10, tho last pay u eit being made in 1890. I didn't see any receipts for the amounts. Manager Yost talked to mo and showed mo the books. He said it was simply a busi ness propoaition, but if It was wronfc he would stop it. Mr. Barber asked him about those letters previously referred to. Mr. Scruggs replied there were only two. Govornor Evans: I am positive thoro la a letter about White's commis sion. I told you to keep it. Mr. Scruggs : No, tbat was only a conversation. Mr. Barber: What facts led you U? suppose, rebate., woro being gotten in' Baltimore ? Mr. Scruggs : Just analogy. I sup posed if they woro bolng gotton in Cincinnati the same thing svas going on in Baltimore. Mr. Barber : Did you find any facts that would bo conclusive ou F. M. Mix-on ? Mr. Scruggs : No, that's just the trouble. I saw nothing to show that ho know his sona were getting commis sions. 1 saw nothing against Colonel Tompkins. Thoro was only ono suspi cious circumstance against him, which I remarkod to Governor Evans, and that was his intimacy with Mixson. I asked him why ho stuck to Mixson and ho said ho didn't boliovo ho waa guilty. Colonel Tompkins: Well, is thoro anything suspicious about that ? Mr. Scruggs : Again Colonel Tomp kins w,?s at my house, and I was copy ing oil what was paid to W. T. and James Mixson. Ho was looking over my Shoulder. I put down a certain am?UDt und said that was "for James.1' Ho replied " No, that Is for William?!? Mr. Tompkins : Why did 1 say that? Mr. Scruggs : L may havo gotton ti wrong. Mr. Tompkins: It was in a little memorandum book. Whore is it? Mr. Scruggs : No, it was on a pioco of letter papor in tho memorandum book. Mr. Tompkins ? Well, Ij-.^ewai it S iHplclous to way VAflMa-fc M r. B t.r.ne 1 ^HH how you know what svas WlSBH what was James'. w| Mr. Tomnk'ins. Y?n fivlfl wer? susptoh Ds as to me. NoVJ were they ? j9 Mr. Scruggs : l ban no i i on SB suspicious because of yujajdH^B n -H jiir M xs m. / HJ I ? m Mm whiskey drum mors *ay eo^fl Mr. Scruggs : No; White said he was guilty and then said ho wasn't. Governor Evans: Didn't Kam ham i say Tompkins was too smart to be caught V Mr. Tompki,ns : That's right. You'd novor get no through any ooys. Mr. Scruggs : To tho host of my re- . collection White said he was In It. I told Tompkins and thou White denied it. 'Mr. Tompkins: Yes, I pulled him ; out of bed early in the morning and I he donied It. In reply -to further questions by Mr. Barber Mr. Scruggs said : 1 saw noth lng in Cincinnati against Tompkins. ' Saw no entry against Mixson and no - drummer ever told mo anything. By reason of his relation to his two sons 1 suspected his guilt. 1 don't know whether ho received any'robat08 or whether auv officer of tho Dispensary did. Governor Evans : Did Tompkins visit the Dispensary fr< qucutiy'. Mr. Scruggs : Yes, he came hero every day. Mr. Tompkins : Don't you know I'vo been here as much since tho board has been in oilico as before ? Mr. Scruggs replied that ho did not know, ilu was upstairs now-. Mr. Nicholson asked whether ho did uotvibit tho Dispensary frequently by reason of being a memoe" of tho board. Mr. Tompkins : 1 didn't como in that capacity, but simply as a friend of Mix sou. WEEKLY CHOI* UUIiLiKTlN. This bullotiu covers tho weathor and crop conditions for the weok ending Suturday, Sopt 12, aud in its preparation were used reports from ono or more correspondents iu each county of the Stale. Tho past week was a hot ono on tho whole, with two days quite cool, that greatly reduced the average weekly excess oyer tho normal temperature. Tho midday heat was intenso, and as great as in July or August. Tho maxi mum temperature for the week was 95 on the 7th at Beaufort and on tho 12th at Spartauburg ; the minimum wus 53 on tho 9th at Cheraw. Tho weekly mean tcmporaturo was 77, ranging from 71 at Greenville to 80 at Poverty Hill. The normal Is ap proximately 75. The past week was the dryest ono of tho season. Tho only section of the State that had any rain was a narrow Strip along the North Carolina border, reaching from Greenville to Lancaster county. All other portionsof tho State were absolutely without rain, other than possibly a light sprinkle on tho 6th. The drought is becoming intenso. The approximate normal rainfall for the past week is 1 27. There was scarcely any cloudiness during the week, the average percen tage of possible sunshine was 92, and the lowest was (i* per cent, at Heid, Greenville County. T.'.v.:?????or if* V.vrh winds or local storms. The week favored farm-work, and was especially favorable for saving tho lint of cotton in tho best possible con dition. The drought is, however, dis tressing in some localities, as water for stock is scarce. Tho ground is too dry for plowing aud seeding, although some fall oats have been sown. Vegetation of all kinds is fast dying, and one correspondent in EdgetloTd County reports that oak and hickory trees and shrubbery dying from effects of continued dry weather. The weathor is too hot for harvest ing corn, although the crop is entirely made. It is feared that it will be In fested with wcevolsshould it bo housed now. Some corn i- being 'ilthorcd from bottom lands subject to jvei How. .. Corn is dry and hard, but on muny ears the graiu is shrunken. There is a unanimity among the cor ' esponit- u s ol this service on the con ditin of cotton ; it is that thoylelrJ is shorter than previously estimated. Cotton is about ail open and over half picked; some fields being entirely piokca out. Hoi!.-, continue to open prematurely, ami the sei d in such bolls is not matured nor doc the lint separate cleanly from the sect; In g.n hing. It is'generally stated by the corres pondents that the entire crop will bo picked by the eud of this month, if tho weather continues as favorable as it has been. They also have reduced their esti mates of the probable yield and now very generally put it at half a crop. Tho plant is dying and it can be defi nitely stated that there will be no top crop. Sea-Island cotton is in need of rain. It showed deterioration iu con dition for the week. Peas are not doing well generally, although in Union they appear to bo fruiting heavily, but the better con dition of all minor crops in tho up counties is duo to the copious rains dur'ng tho latter portion of the pre vious week. Turnips in most places aro a failures so far, for where tho seed germinated and came up tho plant was subsequent ly killed by tho intenso mid-day heat. Truck along the coast needs rain badly. Second plant'ng of Irish potatoes, in tho interior, an entire failuri^ Sweet potatoes doing fairly well Tn places, but aro generally a poor crop. There was ideal rice harvest weath er during tho entire week, a id that work rnado rapid progress. Tho weather also favored gathering forago crops. Reports on sorghum and sugar cane vary considerably now, some indicate a poor yield of pap while, others say the cane is as juicy as usual but all agree as to the excellent quality of tho sap and syrup made from it. Gardens aro burned up Ki?i largo portion of the State vf aro scarce. Pastures aro b to afford scant grazing. .1. W. Bau Kit, Di ?About a year ago a Wichita man was a juryo an at the tri man accused of counterfeiting. Implements of tho counterfeiter7 in evidence, and the juror examiTJ them closely. A'ter tue trial wasOVet he woo", homo and mud' ?>rpo counter feiting tools him .If. lie was caught, was r".ocnt !y tried and is now iu prison. ?There lias nevor been proof of an 'Indian being killen by a cyolone. Poor ble who arc klllo 1 in cy?l?hoa live irt ? I'brlok or frame l.ou-es. -A carpet in the room of the Eng lish mint, after being In wear souio. years, was recently burnt in pans,'and yielded $2,500 worth of gold. ?-The piles of old London bridge' driven 8(in years.lWorc, were found to ,ti ?n w!n n tho now wus et)fCt< d ?nrinkled'