The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-29

House nnd the Senate. The CongFlEsmal
Snerred al it because it was Eot pc,ishet
production with uli the is dotted and nIi T.
crossed, but they ut that same session spent I
billion dollars of the peoples money or whiGi
ihc farmers paid four-Gfths. Yet they dix
Iave something TO say about IT,. Mr. Oates
of Alabama. first attack ell 1t and said IL wa
Unconstitutional, and the next week some
hody else said so. and with such regularity
| that IT. luokr'. like Il concert nf action. They
| said il was unconstitutional because The GOV
rriiincni h:,s mn power Ia lend money. Wen
| lur Supreme Court has decided that IT, has
| aid | would prefer to hr with the supreme
Court ihau with Mr.. Oates, oi Alabama. lAP
plnlSe
Col. Polk said that this question OF The
| right OF the Government to lend money wa:
| Ex position case, and in the case Of lhe New
orleans Exposition. lie did not doubt thai
the South Carolina Congressman voted fol
| the loan in this latter ease.
| In the Louisiana case the Senate amended
| the bill to give the money SD us To read: ~
| bill to make Il loan," etc. Oh, but they say
| IL Is parlernaIsm. In the morning the Ali
ancc had listened to the eloquent address oi
President stokes, In which reference was
made to the Clemson College. He would ask
those who talked about partarnnlisIn TO meet
| him ut Clemson College on the 18th inst. nnd
say that the granting OF Sl5,G0O by the Fede
| raj Government was not parternalism All
| these Kinds OF arguments depended for theil
| force as TO whose OK WAS gored. lApplause.
Then they, say that IT is class legislation
Well, defy any man to put his hand on any
six consecutive acts Of lawyers or State laws
and not find them 10 be class |, gislati0ns
rhc distribution Of the mails In cities ana
towns was class legislation, because the far
mcr and those outside Of towns had to ride
five miles for their malls at their own eX'
pcnSe.
IL Is all right to lend money to banks Mt
per cent. on evidences Of Indebtedness, but II
Is all wrong TO lend money To farmers on
land, the strongest security In the world. By
holding this legislators have practically out
Iawed the farmer and his property. Zap
plauSc.
of panics when the banks cry out. Help me,
Cassins, or / sink" 10 send them ten million
dollars or so, hut when eight million farmers
cry out for relief there Is no answer 6nt !"
"plongh on" (Applanse) IT is all right I"
supply bonded ware housCs for whisEey, but
II is Unconstitutional toask for the su6;treas.
Wry Pill t6e Ge PSIs e'E Of S
sub treasury bill was discussion OF It's prin
ciples on the three broad questions lie had
asked, and not on the means of relief which
might be greatly modified and changed. He
wonld be satisfied If those principles were
maintained In the argument He would be
content with the allegiance OF the Alliance
men vino would stand on those principles ol
the bill; and he would nc glad II the opp4s-
Cnuse other considerations were Irrelevant.
lie coutendrd that the whole secret or the
fight against lending money to The farmers ~
Il low rate of interest was that 1t would XIII
high rate of interest. lie would prophrsy
that those who were now lighting the iarn'
ers would fall in The ruin which would bc the
result IF codtnucd opposition. Tell the op
position that your allegiance to principle is
higher than allegiance to party. A great
many of the opposition have more party
than principle. l know there are good
many In the South who said Cleveland made
), mistake when he wrote his letter on silver.
They said they couldn't stand 1t. Now they
say they don't know whether they VIII Sote
for him or not. Well. I'll not wait on Cieve'
land to tell me how TO vote, but Intend to
stand by the majority of the white men Of
the Southern States and cast my vote agais'
Cleveland If he does not recedc from his posi-.
tion OH the silver question. (ApplanSe;l
"Isn't that straight goods, Brother Retd?"
(Ths to the secretary Of the meelingD
The speaker then took up the Third Party.
Are you going to have Third Party"
Well, now, that question scarcs some peo'
pie almost to death, and hope the reporter
viii put down my words just as 1 answer II.
| say If there Is a Third Party established IN
these Southern States 1t will be due 10 the
domin cerinS. proScriptiVe and 1ntoleranl
spirit of the Democratic bosses. Can you
point to n single Alliance man who has ever
tried to establish Il Third Party. What ALI.
nnce man has ever boiled nomination.
(ApplauSe) And yet there are some people
who cant sleep ut night tossing on their pil.
COWS, seeing the ghost and h0bsoblin OF the
Third Party. Great laughter and applause.)
But to tell the truth about II, In This State
tho people who did start Third Party were
the Jeflersonian StraigEtouts. QteDcwed
laughter and dcriSive cheerlng)
Col Polk closed his address By expressing
the hope that the farmers North and South,
who were once divided, should be unit foi
mutual benefit. His closing words were
"ln n great trial an English Judge reminded
n lawyer that he had spoken at great length.
Your honor, he replied, am aware OF IL, but
/ be. that you will remember that l am
for the life Of n human being. SO
if 7 have wcaried your patience through my
zeal, | beg to plead In eNtenuallon of the
act the conviction lying deep In my heart OF
hearts that am pleading for the life OF this
Republic and for the liberty Of my people"
(Chccrs and applauseD