Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-19
DEMOPOLlS.
A Fine House Greeted Senator Pugh-He Made sTeIling Speech-The Campaign
 Doing Good

Demopolis, Nov. 1S.-lSpeciaI Corre-
 spondence. .)-Despite the disappointment
 over the fact that General Morgan did
 not reach here to fill his appointment on
 account of having missed his train at
 Livingston there was a good crowd to
 welcome Senator Pugh, who arrived here
 Friday In fact, every chair in the opera
 house was occupied when at 12 o'clock
 Judge John c. Anderson of the First
 Judicial district came to the front of
 the stage and in & neat little speech, such
 as he always makes, introduced Senator
 Pugh to the audience. Senator Pugh
 was at his best and for two hours held
 his audience without effort, if we except
 the interruptions of a Professor Little
 of Dayton, who interJected several ques- tions and who was met with such prompt reply and keen repartee that he was
 completely squelched. Senator Pugh
 began his speech by stating that the coin
 basis of the United States as defined by the constitution meant gold and silver. They are mentioned together and joined together in the constitution and the question of legal tender is not mentioned.
 Money, he said, is created alone by law. Created to avoid the necessity of barter. The value of money is its purchasing
 power, and it's purchasing power depends on the quantity in circulation, quantity
 necessarily regulates the prices, there fore money makes prices. (Here the senator was interrupted by MT. Little. who rose and asked the privilege of ask ing question. MT. MeCarty came to the front and asked that the gentleman wait until the senator had finished his speech, and that he would promise him all of his questions would then be an- swered.) Senator Pugh said that he did not care to give up half of his time in answering republican doctrines, but the gentleman would not be seated, and at last MT. Pugh asked him to name his question.
 Mir. Little said that it was one that had never been answered. Senator Pugh then said: q don't pretend to have the capac- ity to answer questions that have never been answered. But what is your ques- tion?" MT. Little-You said that the price of money was regulated by the amount in circulation. What was the
 amount in circulation in 1873? MT. Pugh asked him to say. He said $1804, and when asked what was the amount now he said $24.85. MT. Pugh corrected him by saying it was $22. Mr. Little insisted that he was right. The senator then asked him what was the amount in Alabama, and he said the same that it was all over the United States. The controversy was growing so warm that MT. McCaa. of Linden rose from the audience and asked MT. Little not to interrupt the senator any more. MT. Pugh then answered him. self by stating that there was not more than $4 per capita. in Alabama. He then said that he and his colleague had always voted and expressed their views as they do now and that up to this time they had received the hearty and full support and indorsement of every democratic paper in the state and of the democratic leg islature and that if any change had taken place it was not in them. The man who labors is the man who is bene- fited by the best prices. Demand is cre- ated by the quantity of money in circula- ton. A small number having money makes the price much less than if there were a great many having it. l do not believe that six men in each county in Alabama could be found who, if they had to sell their lands for cash could re- alze the amount for which they are as- | sessed. He greatly deplored this fact When the legislature meets next year | the state will be in debt to the amount of | $1 000. 900, and this was due to the diminu- | ton and shrinkage in the value of prop erty. What caused this shrinkage? l say 1t was caused by the diminution of money. Whenever money becomes scarce it becomes dear. We think that it is our duty to support our representatives, but | it is only our duty to support them until | they depart from the teachings of our party, and then we ought to inform them of the matters in which we differ
 He then illustrated the disaster that would follow if the people did not take
 
 ed how easily Mississippi had been held in the democratic faith, and the same applied to Virginia. But in Kentucky, where Hardin had been nominated on the platform of 1892, which declared for the restoration of silver to free coinage and where the indorsement of the ad- ministration was only meant to keep from crushing one of the states sons, John G. Carlisle the gold bug faction had kept away from the polls and were even rejoicing in the election of the re- publican. God save us from such dem- ocrats.
 undertake to say that the restoration of silver will receive a majority of the votes in every democratic state that can be expected to go for democratic pres ident. Watch and see if what am going to tell you is not the truth-Georgia elected legislature after full and thorough discussion of this question and she will elect Crisp to the senate on the first ballot. Now, mark what 1 say. Not one-fifth of the voting population of any state is prepared to accept the gold standard. (Mr Little was on his feet again at this, and asked the speaker if he could prove this. The speaker said that 1t had been proven on the 5th of this month. but said that his friend was impatient, too fast to which MT. Little replied, "The trouble with you Is that you are too slow" Then Mr. Pugh said: eyes, I'm slow, but I'm sure." MT. Lit tie insisted that the speaker prove his statement, to which he replied that if he did he could not convince him, and then reaffirmed that four-ffths of the voting population of the United States were in favor of the free coinage of sil- ver and that the great and only joy of the gold. bugs was in keeping the vote of the party divided)
 Not one-fifth of the voting population of the state of Alabama were in favor of the gold standard, and if you sift the thing down and take away the influence of the banks, money lenders, etc.. there was not one in twenty. (Here he was in- terrupted again by MT. Little, who asked him to prove this. MT. McCaa asked MT. Little to let the ditinguished speaker proceed without interruption. Colonel Pugh said very impressively to MT. Lit
 tie: 'I defy you to prove to the contrary in the balance of the day.") As the speaker scored each point the audience
 greeted 1t with wild applause. If the
 free coinage opinion of the voting power
 of the United States could be found out
 it would prove to be 9,000000 out of the
 12, 100000 Two years ago there was not a man or newspaper In the demo-