The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-08-06

llnnse md the Senate. Tho Congrcssnnn
snccrcd 1T il because IT was not polished
production with Ill thci's dotted and nll us
crossed, but they nj thai same session spent n
billion dollars of the peoples money of Which
the farmers pall fuur-litilis Yel they did
havn something to shy about IL. Mr.. Oates.
of Al:iaiiia. first attack cal IL and said IT, was
Unconstitutional, AMI the next week some.
imuiy else said 50. and with such regularity
| that it, Inokn ed like u concert Of action. They
said IL was unconstitutional because The Gov.
erntnenL has hO power 10 lend money. Well,
! the Supreme Court has decided that 1t has.
and would prefer lo be with the Supreme
Court than with Mr.. Oates. OF A!abana. Zap.
| plnuSe
Col. Polk said that this question OF the
right ni the Government to lend lnnney was
settled ny he decision In the Philadelphia
] Exposition ease, and IN the ease Of the New
Orleans Exposition. He did not doubt thai
the South Carnilna Cnngrcsslncn voted foi
the loan In this latter case.
In the Louisiana case the Senate amended
the bill 10 give the money so as 10 rcad "a
bill 10 make loan" etc. Oh. but they say
1t Is parternnlisi. In the morning the ALL
ancc had listened lothc eloquent address of
President Stokes, In which reference was
made to The Clemson College. He would ask
those who tallic,l about I,artermlism 10 meet
him III Clemson Collcgeo ON the 18th inst. and
say that the ting OF S5.U00 By the Fcuc
| ral Government WAS not parternalSm. All
these kinds of arguments depended for their
force as to whose on was gored. Applause! !
Then they say that 1t Is class legislation.
Well, l defy any man 10 put his hand ou any
six consecutive acts OF lawyers or Stale laws
and not find them to he class ltgislations.
The distribution Of the mails In cities ana
towns was class eSs latlon, because the far.
mer and those outside Of towns flhd to ride
FIVE miles for their mails at their own ey
pensc.
II Is all right 10 lend money TO banks ut ]
per cent ON evidences Of indebtedness, built
is all wrong 10 lend money to farmers on
land, the strongest security In the world. BY
holding this Legislators have practically out
awct rlc farmer and his property. ZAP
plniisc.
1t Is all right for the Government In cases
Of panics when the banks cry out. Help me,
CassIns, or sink" TO send them ten million
dollars or so, hut when eight million inrmers
cry out for relief there Is no answer but tD
"pIongh ON" (Applnuse) II is all right to
II is unconstitutional to ask for the sub.treas-
ury bill. (Applausc.) Col. Polk said that
what was needed In the discussion OF the
sub treasury bill was discussion OF us prln'
ciplcS on the three broad questions he had
asked, and not on the means of relief which
might he greatly modified and changed. He
would be satisfied if those principles were
maintained In the argument. lie would be
content with the allegiance OF the Alliance
men who would stand on those principles oi
the bill; and he wonld be glad il the oppns.
Ing newspapers would fight on those lines, be.
cause other considerations were irrelevant.
lie con Intended that the whole secret OF the
fight against lending money to the farmers a
Il low rate of interest wns that it would Kill
The business of those who lent money at
high irtc of interest. lie won prophesy
that those who were now fighting the inrm.
ers would fall in The ruin which would be the
result rf codtnued opposition. Tell the op
position that your allegiance to principle is
higher than allegiance to party. y great
many of the opposition have more party
than principle. Know lhere are good
me- 1ty in tf,tIS ClnrnlHnh
n m stake when lie wrote his letter on silver.
They said they couldn't stand it. Now they
say they don't know whether they VIII vote
Tor him or not. Well, I'll not wait on Cleve.
stand by the majority Of the white men OF
the cSoutheru States and cast my vote agaist
Cleveland If he docs not reccde from his posi-.
lion ON the silver question. tApplanse.l
tThis to the secretary Of the meeting.)
The speaker then took up the Third Party.
Are you going to lmve IL Third Party:
We'll, now, that question scarcs some peo.
pie almost TO death, and hope the reporter
will put down my words just as answer It.
say y there Is Il Third Party established IN
these Southern SMtrs 1t will be due 10 the
spirit of the Democratic bosses. Can you
point to II single Alliance man who has ever
tried 10 establish - Third Party. What ALI.
nnce man has ever boted nomination.
(Applause.), And yet there nre some people
who can't sleep ut night tossing on their pill
lows, seeing tic ghost and ho6goblln of the
Third Party. Great laughter and appauSe9
But TO tell the truth about IL, In this State
the people who did START n Third Party were
the JeffersOnun Straigttouts. (Renewed
laughter and derislve cheerlngl
Col. Polk closed his address by expressing
the hope that the farmers North and South,
who were once divided, should be unit for
at Il great trial an English Judge reminded
a lawyer that he had spoken at great length.
Your hnnor, he repled, 1 am aware of 1t, hut
I beg that you will remember that am
pleading for the life of IL human being; SO
If have wenrled your patience through my
zeal. l beg to plead in eXtenuallon Of the
act the conviction lying deep In my, heart Of
hearts that am pleading for the life or this
Republic and for the liberty Of my people.
(Cheers and applausc9