The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-09-10

me have onc?' He got rcd in the face,
he did not have any. And then call.
| cd the attention OF the audience to the
fact that was defending silver and
had the silver, but he did not have the
gold with which to illustrate his argu-
mcnt, and he had just told them that
gold was the only good money, but he
did not have any OF it, and they did
not have any Of 1T.
We arc opposed to the gold standard
because the gold standard means ris-
ing dollar. ~ rising dollar means fall
Ing prices. Falling prices mean hard
times. The party that tries Oy raising
the value OF the dollar to lower prices
for the general products of human la
Dor is tho party that logslato stagna-
tion upon people and drives mon into
bankruptcy.
We believe that the opening Of our
mlnts will bring into circulation moro
standard money: 20 tho gold Of the
world will add tho silver, and whom
the gold and silver together measure
tho prico OF all tho property Of the
world, that price will DO higher than
it Is now, and having been restored it
will remain moro stable than it is now
and that is why wo arc in favor Of
bimetallism.
HUMOROUS SPEECH AT SpRlNGTIELD,
OHIO.
Ladies' and Gentlemen: For few
moments only shall occupy your at
tcntlOn because large portion Of my
voice has been left along tho line Of
travel, where it is still calling sinners
to repentance. Great laughtor.)
l am told that in this city you man
ufacturc moro agricultural implements
than are manufactured in any other
city Of the country. am glad to talk
to people who recognize their depend
encc upon the farmers OF this country.
J. have had occasion to talk to some
who soon to imagine the harder up
they could mako the farmers, the bot
tor they would be Off. as u matter of
are the foundation Of society. (Chccr-
ing.) Upon this foundation Is built the
commercial classes and the financicr
acts as Il sort OF roof over the whole
thing. You can take of the roof and
put on another, but you cannot destroy
the foundation without running the
whole building.
Goldsmith has well expressed it
when he says.
Princes and lords may flourish or may
fade
" a breath can make them as u breath is
made;
But bold peasantry, n nations pride,
"Whcn once destroyed can never bc sup
pliCd.'
The Democratic party, in it's plat,
form at Chicago, is pleading tho cause
OF nations peasantry that cannot be
destroyed until yoI destroy the founda
| tion OF our nations greatness. Upor
the prosperity Of the great producers
of wealth whom we call the masses a.
distinguished from the classes, depends
all the prosperity Of this city. II yo,
you have gold standard, you leg islat,
the value OF money up and you lcgis
late the Value Of property down.
DO you remember when We wcr,
young how we used to get on the tcctc
board, and when one end of it was vi
the other was down? 1t has remained
for modern Gnancicrs to declare tha
you can keep both ends OF the tcctc
board up at once. Laughter.)
| Assuming to be statesmen, they dis
regard every law OF trade, cvcry law
OF economy, every law Of nature and
every law OF God. There is not a law
human or divine, they respect, because
they are bigger than the government
and greater than the Almighty
(Laughter)