The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-03-18

Aims of their Party and About Old Par
ties.
WASHINGTON. March 6.-A great
crowd turned out here last night to
hear Senators-elecJ PETER and Kyle and
presentative-elect Jerry Simpson sd-
dress the Citizens Alliance in GTa"d
Army Hall. PETER and Kyle surprised
everybody by displaying more tnan
ordinary oratorical ability, and Mr..
Simpson created great enthusiasm by
his vigorous eloqUence, that was At
tractiye, although unconventional.
Mr.. PETER was seen to be man CT
angular build, a little above medium
height. slightly STOPPING III the should
ers, with long, sharp nose, and long
beard of a rich dark brown, falling
down to the lower buttons Of his waist
coat, and pair Of keen blue eyes, rath'
er close tcgether-a man OF mild, mln-
isterial bearing ard placid, gentle
countenance.
Senator-elect Kyle is six-foot blonde
of athletic build. He is a man Of plain
appearance; a man OF the people. whose
hands have been used to toll. lie does
not look to be more than 80 years old.
His hair and mustache are not quite
red, but nearly so. His complexion IS
decidedly blonde and set CT very
white teeth are frequently exposed hy
a faint smile. His large blue eyes are
expressive of little earnestness or
amiability. but the lines in his face are
strong and his dress and whole bearing
indicate simplicity and freedom
from affectation or vanity.
MIR. Jerry Simpson is distinctly the
antipode of a dude, and is far from the
sockless citizen usually described for
Simpson. He is man OF average size,
with dark hair and Stubbv muStache.
being otherwise smooth Shayen. His
face is bronzed, weather-beaten and
strongly marked with heavy lines.
His eyes have peculiar brightness and
light up with an intellectual tire,
when he talks. A twinkle that comes
into them at times. and a smile that IS
Just visible at the corners Of his mouth,
indicate keen sense of humOr and, at
the same time, degree Of selt-con6-
dence. His suit was a sort Of gray
goods of ':hand- d-me-down" cut. His
shoes were heavy. with square toes, and
laced with leather strings. His neck
wear was a plain standing collar,
turned down at the corners and orna-
mented with a black "Shoestring tie,
and he might be regarded decidedly
unfashionable figure, but not by any
means uncouth.
Mr. PETER deplored the poor condi-
ton of the farmers, who had become
poorer while the country had become
richer. He ridiculed the Republican
pretence of reducing the tariff taxes,
and said that the Mckinley bill would
bring about the importation OF 1)reign
labor. On silver he was fIee-colnage
man. He said that one of Cleveland
good qualities was honesty. There
was not the difference Ct the turning
OF hand on the money problem De,
tween the leaders Of the two Old
parties.
.What would you think he SAID, IF
Grover Cleveland should unite the De
mocratic and the Republican parties
east of the Allegheny Mountains, and
be theft candidate against the united
South and West? This is not lmprob-
able. We leave our friends in the East
to take care of themselves. They can
do so only by getting together. There
is going to be a great storm and our
friends must hustle to get out CT the
rain"
He cited the policy Of the treasury IN
going to the relief Of Wall street last
summer as an evidence of class favor
isism of which the farmers complained.
If that was right, he said, 1t was night
for the Government to come to TIE re-
lief of the farmers of the West.
He drew word painting OF the dug
( outs and sod huts, at the doors Of which
women stood in tears watching TOT the
officers coming to sell them out. He
said they were not repuGiators. What
they wanted was money enough IN cir
culation so that they could get it for
the products Of their labor. He had
asked farmers in Kansas what interest
they paid on short-time loans, and they
replied from Is to II per cent. The
result of their labors on farm products
was not over 11 or 2 per cent.
He advocated the Government Of the
people running railroads for public
Transportation at low rates, to cover
expenses, but not for profit. A new
5 Government railroad should be built
from North Dakota to the Gulf. In
about twenty-five years, he predlcted,
there would be no such thing as inter-
est on money.
Senator-elect Kyle considered the
lack of money the trouble IN South
Dakota and the West. He said that
the Alliance movement grew out of the
discomfort in the South and West on
account of economic conditions. More
money was needed to carry on the trace
of the country. The high tariff was
bad enough, but the scarcity OF money
was worse. They wanted money, and
: Gid not care what sort. Silver money
was as good as gold, and gold was no
better than paper.
Jerry Simpson proves to be keen or
ator, full of anecdote and spirit: The
Alliance, he said, was development.
z 1t was the result Of the awakening of
the farmer to the fact that he was not
getting his share of advantages. The
Republican party, he said, was dead.
There would be two greta parties IN the
future-:he Democratic and the ALL
ance. The Conservatives would get
together in the Democratic party, and
those of both parties or OF no party
who were radical and advanced would
be in the Alliance. The South and
West had joined hands.
The Republicans, he said, had lived
on sectional hate for long time; the
party was no longer the party OF grand
ideas, At the last election the Repub-
: lcans had tried to save themselves IN
Kansas by bringing up dead issues.
They had wrung the bloody shirt in
the Kansas campaign until there was
notanother drop IN it. They had appeal
ed to the old soldiers to stand by the old
party, but conditions had changed
since the Alliance told the Kansas SOL
der that he would get to be as much
slave as the blacks he had fought to
liberate if he did not guard his inde-
Den6ence The black slavery was but
!, clo tho I-arv eSSpnpo