The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 27, 1900, Image 3
M BRYAN'S LETTER
Of Acceptance of tiie Democratic
VAn'tlotlAfl
nuuijiiuiiuiii
IS CALM AND DISPASSIONATE.
The Democratic Leader Presents the
Atitude o? the Democratic Party
Upon tlTe Questions at Issue in the
TAnrnln Wh Snrr-^il ?Tlip lrtti r
of accept-ir-cc of Wii.iatn J. Bryan of
the Democratic nomination for President
was given to the press
The lct'.tr is in part as follows:
"Hon. James i) ' i haulson. Chairman,
ami Others o?*he Notification Committee
of ti e Democratic National
C. mention:
"Ceri.Ie rcn:?In ncc p ring the nomination
lendcred by von on behalf of
- the Democratic party, i beg to assure
ycu of my appreciation of the great
honor conferred upon me by the dolegates
in convention assembled ,and by
the voters v.lio gave instruction to the
| delegate-.
I "J nr.-1 a-?n-=:hl^ nf the resnnnsibilitPs
which rest upon the chief mgistinto
of so grr . t a nation, and,realize the
; far-reaching efleet cf ti e .',ues:ions involved
i:i the present contest.
"In my lettT of acceptance of 1S95.
I made the following pledge:
" "So deeply am I impressed with the
magnitude of the power ve?ted by the
constitution in the chbf executive of.
the nation and with the enormous influence
which he . an wield for the benefit
or injury of the people, that I
wish to enter the ofiice, if elected, free
from any p rsonal desire, except the
desire to prove worthy of the confidence
of my countrymen. Human
judga;ent is fallible enough wncn unbiased
by selfish eon-idorations, and.
in order that I may not be tempted to
use the patronage of the office t > advance
any personal ambition, I her by
announce, with all the emphasis which
words can exp^s;, my fixed determination
not, under any cir umstances, to
be a candidate for re-election, in cast;
this campaign ic-ulis in my election.'
"Further reflection and observation
.constrain me to renew this pledge.
"The platform adopted at Kansas
City commands my cordial .and unqualified
approval. It courageously meets
the issues new before the country, and
states clearly and without ambiguity
the party's position on every question ,
consideration. Adopted by a convention
which assembled on the anniversary
of the signing of the Declaration
of Independence, i: breathes the spirit
of candor, independence and patriotism
% which characterizes thci-e who, a>. Ph.iadelphia
in 177C. promulgat.d the creed
of the. republic.
"The platform very properly gives
prominence to the trust question. The
appalling growth of combinations in
restraint of trade during the present
administration, proves conclusively
that f&c Republican party lacks either
the itjMP or the ability to deal with
the question effectively. If as may be
fairly assumed from the speeches and
conduct or the Republican leaders, that
party does not intend to take the peoncain.-t
these oreanizations.
I then the weak and qualified condemnation
of trusts to be found in the Republican
platform is designed to distract
attention while industrial despotism
Is completing its work. A private
monopoly has always been an outlaw.
."No defense can be made of an industrial
system in which one, or a few
men. can control for their own profit,
the output cr price of any article of
merchandise. #
"Our platform, after suggesting certain
specific remedies, pledge the party
to an nncessing warfare against private
monopoly in n. tlon. Stite and
City. I b eartily approve of this premise:
if elected, it shall be my earnest
nnd rrmsfnnt endeavor 10 fulfill the
promise in kit r and spirit. I shall select
an Attorney General who will,
without fear or f ivor. enforce existing
laws: 1 shall recommend such additional
leg's ation as may be necessary
to d'.r olve very private monopoly
which does business outside of the
Stat" of its origin: and. if contrary to
my belief and h ne. n constitutional
amendment is found to be necessary, I
shall recommend such an amendment
as will, without impairing any of the
existing lights of the States, empower
Congress to protect the people of all
the States from injury at the hands of
individuals or corporations engaged in
inter-State commerce.
viMAVnni, PLANK.
Ii UN 1
"The platform reiterates the demand
[contained in the Chicago platform for
an American financial system made
by the American peonlo for themselves.
The purpose of such a system
Is to restore ant* maintain a Li-metallic
level of prices, and in order that there
may h* RO uncertain v as to the method
of restoring bi-metal!ism, the specific
dec:aration in favor of free and unlimited
coinage at the existing ratio
of IP to 1. independen; of the action
of other nations, is repeated.
??,iIir <-T>nr>p>ivahlo that the
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^ American people will deliberately tu-n
^ froiiJ the debt-paying policy of the past
^ to the dangerous doctrine of perpetual
$B"bond:?.
I. LABOR QUESTIONS.
?<Sev'^al planks of the labor plat^fcorm
a:> devoted to qu'stions in which
^Hthe laboring classes have an immediate
^ interest, but which more remotely af^Hfeot
cur entire population. While what
^His generally known ?s government by
^mnjur.otion fs at present directed chief j
against the employes of corpora
! tlo?3, when there is a disagreement be!
tween then, and their employer, it in- i
j volves a principle which concerns ev1
ery or.e. The purpose of the injunction
! in sucli eases is to substitute trial by
judge for trial by jury, and is a covet t
; blow at the jury system. The abolition
of government by injunction is as necessary
for the protection of the reputation
of the court, as it is for the security
of the citizen.
ARBITRATION.
' The platform renews the demand 1
! for arbitration between corporations
ana ineir employes. ;\o uue ?uo uaa .
| observed the friction which arises b?- '
tween great corporations and ih^ir
numrrons employes (an doubt the
wisdom cf titublishing r.r. impartial
c urt for the ju^t and equitable settlement
of disputes. The demand for
arbitration ought to b? supported as
heartily by the public, which suffsra '
inconvenience bec.au e of strikes and (
lockouts, and by the emptoveis ;hcm- ;
selves, as by the employes. The establishment
of arbitra ion will in ure '
friendly relations between labor and 5
capital, end render obsolete the grow- 1
ing practice of calling in the army to \
tt'e labor troubles. ,
DEPARTS KMT OF LABOR.
' * - ' 1 ' it.. *
"! cannot too strongly enipijusize rat
import an to of the platform recommendation
of the establishment of a
department of labor. with a member of
the cabinet at its head.
MONROE DOCTRINE.
"The position taken by the Republican
leaders, and mare recently set
forth by the Republican candidate for
the presidency, viz.: That we cannot
protect a nation from out si le interference
without exercising sovereignty
over its people. is an assault upon the
Monroe doctrine, for while this argument
is at this time directed against
the proposition to give to the Filipinos
both independence and prote tinn. it
is equally applicable to the republics
of Central and South America. If this
government cannot lend its strength to
another republic withput making sub
jects of its people, tnen we mim (
either withdraw our protection from
the republics o the south of us or ah- 5
sorb them. Under the same plea, that :
ilie guardian nation must exert an au- i
thority equal to its responsibility. Eu- .
ropcan nations have for centuries exploited
their wards, and it is a signi - '
rant fact that the Repulican party '
should aecpt the European idea of a ?
protectorate. at the same time that It j j
adopts a European colonial policy, i f
There is no excuse for this abandonment
of the American idea. We have
maintained the Monroe doctrine f :r 1
three-quarters of a century. The ex- (
pense to us has been practically noth- (
inc. but the protection has be n bevond
tvalue to our sister republics. If a '
Filipino republic is erected upon the i
ruins cf Spanish tyranny, its pro tec- i
tion by us will be neither difficult nor t
expensive. t
EXTRAVAGANCE. <
"The Republican party, drawing as j
it (Sees enormous campaign luuus iuiu j
those who enjoy special privileges at ]
the hands of the government, is power- j
less to protect the tax payers from the
attr.ek of those who profit by large appropriations.
A surplus in the Treasury
offers constant temptation to extravagance.
and extravagance in turn.
comp?ls a resort to new means cf taxation.
which, in ceirg kept in the hackground
until the campaign is over, is
a fair illustration of the imposition
which will be attempted when there :s
a considerable amount of money idle
in the Treasury. The rehabilitation cf
the merchant marine, laudable In ilself,
is made the pretext for expenditure
of public money for the benefit
of large ship owners, and in the interests
of a transportation monopoly.
INCOME TAX.
"D.. ino/lrnrforun inrfUTlP tlX J
! plank agreed upon by the resolutions
committee, was omitted from the plat- |
form as read and adopted. The sub- i
jert. however, is covered by the re- j
: affirmation of the Chicago platform. ,
and I take this occ:s:on to reassert ,
! my belief in the principle which under- |
! lies the income tax. Congress should (
Jiave authority to levy and collect an .
; income tax whenever necessary, and
an amendment to the Federal constitution
specifically conferring such au:
thority ought to be supported by even
j these who may think the tax unnec?;-:
sary at this time. In the hour rf ;
danger the government can draft the
citizen: it ought to be able to draft
the pocket-book as well. T'n'ess money
is moro precious than bicod. we cannot
affcrd (o give greater protection to 1
I the incomes of the rich than to the 1
lives of :he poor.
IMPERIALISM.
"The subjects, however, treated in
this letter, important as each ma-'
goem in itself, do not press so irapera;
lively for solution as the question
i which the platform declares to be the
paramount issue in this cirapaign.
Whether we shall adhere to or abandon
those ideas of government which
have distinguished this nation from
other nations and given to its history
its peculiar charm and value is a quesJ
1 ?xx 1 /vf n'LinVi on nnof
ucn me seiiieuit-Hi ui un-u wuuvk
be delayed. No other question can approach
it in importance: no other
question demands such immediate consideration.
It is easier to lose a reputation
than to establish one. and this
nation would find it a long and laborious
task to regain its proud position
among the nations, if. under the stress
of temptation, it should repudiate the
self-evident truths proclaimed by our
heroic ancestors and sacredly treasured
during a career unparalleled in the
annals of time. When the doctrine
that the people are the only source of
power is made secure from further attack
we can safely proceed to the settlement
of the numerous questions
which involve the domestic and ecoi
noruic welfare of our citizens.
"Very truly yours.
"W -T. BRYAN /
PLUCKY GALVESM
fhe Ci!y is Once More Doiii?
Business.
A STEAMER LOADING WITH WHEAT
Normal Conditions Being Rapidly Restored,
But Much Yet Remains to
be Dene.
Galveston, Texas. Special.?Normal
londitious arc lust being restored in
Jalveston. The work of Clearing the
streets of del ris continues unabated
aid all relief work is now thoroughly
systematized. Seviral human bodies
.vere four.'! Wednesday. No attempt
vas made to identify them, and they
vcrc. immediately c.. mated. John
sealy, the chairman of the financo
iommittee, made the following statement:
"An inquiry as to the funds is pertlTciU,
and the public should be inforni:d.
In t!:e first place I am not paying
)ut any money to any one except 011
he order c: V/m. a. ancvue, cnunujuji
)i the relief committee. What we are
ooi.Ing after now is the immediate re."pf
of those in distress and furnisning
.lothcs, food and the payment of the
nea who are working on the street,
leaning up the debris and burning the
lean bodies. On the ISth instant we
jegan paving these men $1.5u per day
Hid furnisii.ng supplies for their fannies.
Men who are not working and
vho cannot show tickets to the effect
hat they have been employed get no
iupplies. The question, of the judi:ious
distribution of all funds w<. be
aken up by the central committee
cud a plan worked out for the best in.erest
and benefit of all. Each memjer
of the committee has under consideration
some suggestion and a
jeneral plan will be perfected at an
?arly date.
"A full record of every subscription
las been kept, which I will publish in
iue time, in connection with- the lists
Governor Sayers has received at Ausan.
The Governor and I think best
lot to publish these lists until matters
ire more settled. I am ready at any
;ime the Governor advises to publish
_he entire list. The mayor is turning
>ver to me all moneys he receives.
Everything is working with perfect
system, harmoniously and intelligeuty
between the officials and the diferent
committees. The Governor haj
tided us greatly with his zeal and interest
in our trouble."
The report that Miss Clara Barton
s ill and that she has been compelled
:o leave is an error. is indisposed,
though not seriously so, and
vrnains in her room, but she is direct
ng the work of her assistants. A sys;em
has now been inaugurated and the
work is progressing smoothly in ccnlunction
with the local relief commit:ee.
The Red Cross Society has arranged
to use the warehouse at
Fwenty-fitth and Strand as a supply
iepot and office. Herbert Talmadge,
3f Mi&3 Barton's staff, will supervise
the shipment of supplies.
Dr. Donaldson, chief surgeon of a
New York newspaper corps, says it
will not be necessary for visitingsurgeons
to remain here for more than
two or three days. He has written an
article for a medical journal commenting
upon comparatively small
number of seriously wounded persons
by saying lhat most of those so wound
1 .1 Mnnmcl hut S.1VK it is sur
tM WWC uiun iivu, ?u? ? -
prising that more people, especially
women and children, did not become
ill from such trying experiences.
Efforts are being made to open the
public schools on Ccto'oer 1st, the date
set before the storm for their opening.
Throe of the school buildings can be
made habitable at slight cost.
The losses to the life insurance companies
are estimated at $50<j,000. Most
of those who carried old-line life"policies
escaped. The fraternal orders
will lose quite heavily.
News Notes.
Andrew Carnegie lies promised
n -?-> OffiHanH 8r>n OfiO for a li
LUX'fllUtn, k.V.V.W*??..., ,
brary.
Russia has asked prices for CO,C"T000
feet of lumber from Washington
State.
The Governor of Antwerp wa3 entertained
aboard the American training
ship Hartford, at Antwerp.
The Clash Averted.
Harrishurg. Pa. Special.?The ex
pec tod clasn oetweeu tut; umua
non-union miners in the Lykens Valley
region was averted by the strikers at
Lykens abandoning their proposed
mrch to Williamstown Wednesday
night, to attempt to force the miners
there to quit work. The feeling between
the Lykens and Williamstown
miners is bo itter that that the strike
leaders were Induced by the borough
authorities of Lykens to persuadt
their followers not to invade the territory
of the non-strikers.
A GREAT READER
That Is What Arp Says of Tate Simon
R'clrrdsor.
HAS BEEN READING HIS BOOK
Bill Knew the Good Old flan and AdI
i mired Him?Some of His Good
Work.
?
I have not found more entertaining
reading in a long time than the
"Lights and Shadows of Itinerant j
Life." being the autobiography of Dr. !
Simon Peter Richardson, for fifty j
years he was 0:1 the go from the Blue ;
Ridge to Key West, from " Dalt.cn to |
Brunswick and all the intermediate ,
country. He knew more people and ;
was known by more than any man of
li:s any. lie was original, unique,
fear i? :s honest in his convictions and
r-:tjy at all times to maintain thorn,
jlie never complained, never shirked
Ja duty, traveled thousands of miles on
hors buck and sometimes on foot, j
crossed swamps ar.d forded streams at;
his peril, was fed and sheltered by the
peer. What faith, what zeal, what ;
diligence, and all for what?a sense cf j
duty and his love for the Master and I
'.he Master's work. No earthly ?-e- !
ward was ganed or expected for he ;
r...,i l.io. often suffered the nin- I
things of poverty ar..l even the calami- i
ty of having his house burned and all '
its furniture, and his wife and chil- '
Iren had to sleep in the barn upon the i
:otton seed.
But he never faltered and was al- :
ways aggressive. He forught a good
fight and krtpt the faith. He would j
"have succeeded in any of the learned j
professions and acquired both fame
and fortune, for he had great mental I
Torre, quirk perceptions, personal n-.rg- j
netism and was a holy terror to evil
doers.
Mr. Lucien Knight has reviewed the !
little book with charming and truth- j
ful words. As he says, there is not a
page but shows the genius, the faith
and the humility of the man He was
not bound through prejudice or early
training to any creed, but made his
own and even dared to lmpugii me inconsistencies
of John Wesley. His an.
tipatliy to Calvinism was intense. The
idea of mankind being responsible for
Adam's sin shocked him and he would
have stricken the words "original
tin" and "total depravity" from every
creed and prayer book. The doctrine
of lost infants provoked his bitterest
sarcasm.
I}ut these things are not in the book
to any invidious extent and it contains
but one sermon, and that is in the appendix.
The charm of the book is the
recital of hfs experience as an itinerant-?the
lights and shadows o;' a
busy life and his mingling with the
j great men and ministers of tne oiacu i
time, for he was side by side with such j
men as Judge Longstreet, Bishops i
Pierce, Paine. Andrew, Capers. Soule !
and Kavanaugh, with Drs. Boring. J
Means, Parks, Evans, Anthony and
Glenn, with Levick Pierce and Allan
Turner and in natural mental power I
and pulpit force he was their peer.
The book will make you weep and
laugh by turns. Relating his first ex- |
perience in 1S40, when he left Dublin
for his circuit, he says: "That nigh'. I
was sad as the grave, for I had just
waked up to the realities of my situa^
tion and felt conscious of iny inability
to met the expectation of the church.
After supper I went out in the dark to j
pray, kneeling in the corner of the
fence. The dogs found me an<? I was
forced to get 0:1 top of the fence.
From there they chased me to me sneu
that was built over the potato banks.
The barkng of the clogs aroused the
boys and thty came running with a
torch, shouting "We've got him. We've
get him!" supposing that L was the
pame negro who had been stealing
their potatoes. They scon escorted
me to the house, amid convulsions of
laughter, r.cd the young lady thought
I was intensely green."
He refused to administer the sacrament
to any one who sold cr drank
whiskey. At a revival once a church
member, who was well off but very
stingy, began to shout with great
vehemence, and Simon Peter stopped
his exhortation and peremptorily or
de-red him to stop or leave the church
for no man had any right to shout
who had not paid his quarterage. During
reconstruction days a federal ca^
Iain forbade him to preach unless he
would pray for the president, "And so
I prayed that the Lord would take
out of him and his aJlies the hearts of
beasts and put in them the hearts of
men or remove them from office. The
captain never asked me again to pray
tor the president. 'I have never been
convinced that we did any wrong in
seceeding or fighting, and I can see no
eood reason now why we should not
do it again." Speaking of original
sin. he says: "Mr. Wesley declares
that all the children are born under the
displeasure of God and are subject to
spiritual, natural and eternal death.
This to me is a horrible doctrine."
Speaking at revivals, he saya: "A revival
is a solemn farce that does not
1 produce a radical reformation. Faith
without works is a low form of Calvin,
Ism that has quietly stolen into Methodism
and paralyzed her power."
1 When the earthquake of 1886 came
i the doctor was preaching at a camp
. meeting and says: "The people became
much alarmed and we had no
trouble in getting mourners to flock to
the altar."
A Campbelllte preacher got into a
doctrinal controversy with Simon
Peter, in Augusta, and Dr. Landrma
took it up. Simon Peter says: "Brother
Landrum is a very lovable man and
a very popular preacher, but in his
sermon he is like a pig in a china shop.
He used invectives and personalities
and took in atholics. Episcopalians,
Presbyterians 2nd Jews and stirred up
tnu-n Wo cont mp n Tintr?. nnrl twn
of his sermons. I replied that I was
running fire down at St. James and
had no time to look after his waterworks.
but when my revival closed 1
would take him in out of the wet and
hang him cn the fence tc dry, then set
him afire and take him into the Methodist
church."
But this is enough of the book.
These who expert to read it would not
like for me to anticipate too much.
\Ve had the good doctor stationed
here for two years and it wa?; always
a pleasure to meet him and converse
with him, for he was great of Ireart
and great of mind. I never heard him
env !i fhin?r r>nrl tinrillv ovar
make a commonplace remark. He was
a profound thinker and his terse, vigorous
express' "lis reminded me oI
Esswells Johnson.
I see that Dr. Robins hn3 edited the
book and that it is published at Nashville
by the Methodist house, but I do
not know the price. It -o good reading
lrcin the preface to the end.
Two Mississippi girls have challenged
those Alabajna girls to answer
the following Bible enigma. It is 4
good one and kept me pondering for a
day or two. I can't neglect the children
and this enigma wi~ perplex tho
preachers, too. I have lost or mislaid
the verse spnt tn me but. the followine
Ls in substance the same:
God made Adam out of dust,
But in His wisdom made me first;
He made my body all complete,
tut gave me neither hands nor feet,
No living soul in me did dwell,
Nor was I doomed to heaven or hell;
Put later on old Adam came
And gave me what is still my name.
And later still God chose to give
A living soul in me to live,
in course of time He did reclaim
fThat soul and left me just the same
f\s when first made?without a soul,
And now I roam from pole to pole,
A boon to mam though out of sight,
^"or in my death I leave him light.?
Bill Ary in Atlanta Constitution.
vicious Hummlnz Birds.
In the island of Minora, one of tb?
Philippines, the humming birds are
pugnacious little creatures. A iiuuting
party had a novel experience with
them. One of the huntsmen wandered
off from his comrades, but soon hi*
screams were heard. Thousands o!
the humming birds had attacked Lira
and wounded him In hundreds of spot*
on his face and neck. When rescued
he was streaming with biood.
BUELL & ROBERTS'
CASH
If Ml SI?.
A'e continue offering inducements to eiosa
out our Summer Goods. We can mention
only a few of the many Roods reduced:
Ladies' 8c Uudervests for 5c.
10c Ties and Bows for 3*%
25c Ties and Bows f r 15c,
Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 8., embroidered,
3 in a box, ior 19c;25c goods.
15c Men's Black initiai Silk Handkerchiefs
for 10c.
| Meu's large White Figured, Drawn-Stitch,
Japnnet Handkerchief for 15c; worth 25o.
I Six Large White FioeH. S. Handkerchiefs
for 60e. in fancy b< x; cneap m <oo.
Three large White Fine B. S. Handkerchiefs,
in fancy bor, for 40c* worth 5:o.
Black-bordered Linen Handkerchiefs for
12c; cheap at 15c.
Good Mourning Handkercbiefsforlc.
Handkerchiefs for lo.
Handkerchiefs fori l-2e.
Handkerchiefs foe Sc.
33-inch Madras for 7 l-2c; worth 10c.
36-ln h Madras for 6 l*2c; worth Sc.
LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR
Tinli rr.tr t vr Oi iCT
LLOO iOAil Wux.
Shirt Waists for much lew than it cost to
make them.
BiO REDUCTION ON SKIRTS.
40c Pique Skirts for25o.
93c Crash Skirts for 81c.
Ail Summer Goods are being sold at re?
duceu prices.
NEW GOODS.
One case Lontrcioth 5c; no starch.
Fine Black Henrietta at COc.
TINSEL DRAPERY SILKALINE.
BALL FRINGE.
Black Duck at 8 and 10c.
KURMTURK DEPARTMENT.
10-piece Walnut Suits $75 to $100.
10 piece Solid Out Suits $18, $25, $30,
$35. $40. $50. $55.
Oak Hall Hacks, French Plate Glass, $7t
$8.50, $0.50.
Wardrobee $8 to $25.
Bed Lounges $9 to $15.
Bedsteads $3.25 to $10.
Iron Beds. Iron Cribs. '
Parlor Suits $36 to (50.
Baby Carriages $6.50, $7, $7.50.
Hour Oilcloth 30c.
Matting 10; 12, 14. 15, 18. 20. 23, 25, 27 and
30-.
"" -* ?k? .?5> 1 9 to 83.
IVPIWC VUBUIW. " -Window
Shades 11, 15,3', 35. 4!)c to 81.2&
Stem* *6.50. *7.50. ?10 to $15.
Trunks ?2.50 to 16.50.
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