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What u sound moneyf Is n thai
monev which requires ;xo pound.
OF cotton. two bushels OF ~hea, "a
get - much Of i, as il did on. = fc~
years backi l claim that such =
dollar as thar is q rUbber dollar o.
twS hundred cents They ten you
about the fifty cents dollar. Let u.
ding into their teeth the txo hundred
cents dollar.
When Mr.. Cleveland wrote thA;
famous tArlH message which cause.
the defeat of the Democrats party
by precipitaiing the issue. be said
the only man he thought of while
penning that famous document wAs
the American farmer, but now IN
face OF the fact that there are thirty
hve millions Of us. he has absolutely
forgotten that there is such q man
who follows the plow. At leas, we
must judge so by his continued per
sistent purpose TO strike down the
money Of the common people. and
substitute . standard which robs
them. He has forgotten tina, there
are farmers, but God bless you, the
farmers have not forgotten that they
elected him and won't elect him or
his like any more,
They have dubbed me a Populist,
Well thank God that | am an indie
pendent men, II is nevertheless true
that | have had the good fortune TO
think ahead of the people aud hav.
had them TO side right along with
me. Populist is a Latin word. mean
ing the people," and l am a peo-
pies man, and therefore If that is
the definition, am a Populist. 9th
erwise, II | know anything about the
principles of Jefferson, as exempli-
fed by jackson and Calhoun. am a
Democrat OF Democrats. Applause }
In 1890, in the Is. &. State) con.
vention after a joint canvass with
almost the abIest lawyers in the
State to oppose me, | carried the
State convention by 80 TO 40, and
81 out Of 80 counties. In the next
campaign, after serving two years
as Cove rnor, they tried the prima-
ries, in which every individual voted
for the man of his choice directly.
l got $1,000 to my opponents 5000,
and carried the same 81 counties.
Last year, after serving as Governor
four years. with the dispenssry law
and Darlington riot to boot, i'm a
canvass with distinguished soldier.
who had been in the Senate for Is
years, l carried the Legislature by l3l
to his 81.
What is the condition of the Dem.
ocrattic Ipartyf Where are
wei Wandering in the low grounds
OF sorrow:-a numerical strength in
the House Of Representatives of DAG
or $50, SO great l did not take the
trouble to keep up with it, reversed
oy q Republican majority, even
greater in two years, The pendu.
lum OF indignation against the Re
publican party in 1892 swung away
round here, and Indignation agains,
Democratic imbecility and rascality
In two years afterwards swung i,
away back here. Now, gentlemen
1t is going to swing right over the
top and we will have q revolu.
ton. That is where we are gong
(Applause).
Democrat as l am, coming from
South Carolina, the mother of seces
sion, l stand ready to say right here
and now SO help me God, and speal
tor the State, l believe.-so help us
God-that We will never vote for a
man, no matter who he is, or where
he comes from, who is not for free
and unlimited coinage of silver a,
the ratio of 16 to 1. cloud and pro.
longed applause.) And if we can,
get him in the Democratic party then
We are going out of it.
But the solid south is broken,
Georgia only saved by a beggarl,
900. Texas reduced from 200, ,OO(
to 10000. l don't know whether tina,
is exactly it, but think when a State
loses 1OO, 900 at one dose, il is get
ting sickening anyhow. And what
is the matter with Hannahi Ole
Hannah! Old Democratic Hannah
Simply disgust on the part of homes
Democrats, who saw their party be
trayed by their President, their Con
gress debauched by that President
party pledges ignored, platform
kicked out as being q "good thing
as q member from Maryland said
"to be:elected ON but not binding af