The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-10-08
on the g RS lands and chattels, and
ther .1oE> he farmer goods charging

goods ana risk getting 1t.
Why. down in the cotton belt, up to two
years ago, there was very sad state of af-
fairs. A farmer would 60 TO the merchant
for supplies. The merchant met him and
would say, "Now, want to furnish you
this year. l want to keep you going,
but | want to know how little you can
get along with till the crops are gather
ed" And then the merchant and farm
er would sit down and begin to figure
And the figuring would be done on salt
bacon, brogan shoes, meal and other
BARE necessities : not single comfort,
not single luxury-but the commonest
and most meagre necessities of support
| tell you, want to see the time come
when merchant will meet the farmer
and say, II want to sell you some goods, :"
and | want the next question to be not
''how little can | sell you," but chow
much can | sell you.''
Matters Getting Better.
We are travelling right along that road
my friends, and we are going to get
there, and we want you to come along
with us.
A Better Fate Deserved.
Now my friends, the farmers and la
borers deserve better fate than they
are subjected to and are now enduring.
Don't you think so? Are you willing to
help them? Don't you honestly think,
now, that these classes of people who
provide EVERYTHING for the whole peo-
pie of the country, deserve the consider
alton of the whole people? They have
been groaning under oppressive and un-
just legislation for years, and now they
have come forward and asked for relief.
They have presented plan by which
they think this relief can be given them,
and they have expressly said: eff you
don't like this plan, and can substitute
one which will give us the relief we so
much need, we WILL TAKE YOUR PLAN
and accept the relief you will give u.s.. y
But my friends, what was the result of
| this appeal? We were met with reply
from every Senator in Congress, from
| both my State and yours, that the plan
was unconstitutional, and this reply is
all that we have got. They didn't try to
help us. They didn't offer us any sub
| stitute, when the very last thing we said
was: eff this plan won't work, give US a
| plan that WILL WORK and give US relief,
and we will accept your plan"
| Now you see how we stand before the
| great legislative body of the country
| Farmers in Congress-.
Now who are you going to send tc
that body at the next election? Are you
| going to send some fellow there who is
not in sympathy with you, and who will
| meet you with 'unconstitutionality
and who will not try to help you? II
the Methodists were holding confer
ence over yonder do you suppose hhe
| Baptists would try to send delegates
| there? Not much A creed couldn't be
| formulated that would embrace or ex
| clude everything that each side wanted
| You want to send people to your legis
la'iye bodies who will carry out your
| wishes.
| The Alliance and Democracy.
Some people have said that the Ali
ance had taken hold Of the Democrat,
| party and proposed to run it at all costs
! The only answer | have to make to tina
is ''let the majority of the Democratic
party rule the Democratic party of thi
country" Isn't that good Democratic
doctrine? There is struggle going OF
now as to whether the people shall con
troll the Democratic party or whether i
shall be controlled by "bosses." That
the question, and on that question ther
is struggle
Measures and not Men.
| now want to announce this Demo
cratic doctrine that men are no
| ,oooe1roc vot oil nvor tbic oOnptrv ro or
hearing the cry for men and no cry TO
measures. | want the time to come whe
great measures shall take precedence Q
men. Why, if the angel Gabriel wer
down here and were a candidate,
wouldn't support him if he were a higl
protective tariff man.
The COnstitutiOnality OF the b-Treas
ury bill.
Now about this sub-treasury matter
1t has been cried abroad, that it is un
constitutional. say that it is constitu
tional If there is anybody here wh
doesn't believe this let him stand up.
you don't stand up | wont argue th
question. Nobody stands up.O Well, L
60 this far any how. The cry has gor
, out that it is unconstitutional for til
government to lend money. Well tt
, government thinks the constitutio
! gives it the right to BoRRO
, money. Now anybody orc orpors
, ton that can borrow, can lent
and l defy any lawyer to separate tt
two rights. Within the last twenty day
the United States Supreme court has d
cided that the ub-treasury bill wasconst
tutional when it decided that the gover
: = ment could lend money. He cited tt
: case where Congress lent money to tt
> Philadelphia centennial exposition.
The government coins money. Ii
). does that it has a right to lend that mo
ey. If it has this right, it has the rig
!, to prescribe the method OF loan. Nc
= let somebody deny this.
;, IsThe Sub-Treasury Practical
4 Well, the sub-treasury is practic'
and it CAN OPERATE WITHOUT INJURY
the business of other classes. Let's s
. something about its practicablllty. 7
, take hogshead of tobacco or bale
IL cotton to warehouse and deposit it, a.
get deposit certificate. You can ia
. that certificate and step to bank a
~ get money on it. You do that every q