The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-10-27

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large gains. The gains - - IA 5 s
silver Republicans, Populists a. 'g,S
| who have not heretofore voted
Instance there are three brothers Il,
tnls county who have not voted in
Twelve years. They are rcdhOt BRYAN
men and Will vote and work for him.
Our people are confident of CARVING
this State for Bryan by thirty thousand.
90 not know. While the Democrats
viii gain enormously in the country, it
most be remembered that the losses
VIII be considerable in Louisville, Lex
lngton, CovinGto Richmond and other
towns. The Louisville Courier-J Jour.
nal, the Louisville Times, the Louis
Vilie Fost and many more heretofore
Democratic papers are fighting BRYAN
savagcly. These papers are as anxious
Tor Mckinley's success as the Mail and
Express of New York, but AS they still
dub themselves Democratic thcv can
GO us moro harm than they possibly
could do if they were Republican,.
ANY news unfavOrablc to Srvan is
published under llaming headlines. and
all reports favorable to Bryan are sup
pressed.
l heard Bailey, OF Texas, make a
great speech in Lexington last Thurs
DAY night. The papers Friday morning
ala not report one sentence nor give a
synopsis OF the speech; but reported
the Tact that Bailey spoke to full
house. In the same issue in letters
larger than your enterprising adyer-
users use 1T was announced that BOurkc
Cochran and John G.. Carlisle would
make Democratic (?) speeches in this
state. On Friday had a Joint debate
with gold man at Lawrenceburg and
on Saturday morning the Courcr-Jour-
nal reported the debate, cOmplimented
tho other fellow and did not say one
word about my part of it, merely
mention this to show you how extreme.
~ bitter the contest is here and how
thesc papers suppress reports. | care
nothlng about the failure to report nv
part OF the debate, because ! left the
happiest crowd of Democrats You ever
the depot.
The Democrats in this State have
more to contend with than outsiders
can we'll imagine. John G. Carlisle.
Buckner Lindsay and Breckinridpe
nave al been h0nored by tho Democ-
racy OF Kentucky. They are all able
men and each has a personal following.
| made two speeches in Hart county.
the home OF Ruckner . His vote in that
county Is estimated at from 30 to 100.
Hreckinridgc will be supported for
Congress by the ,pubicans in the 7th
district. The 60 Democrats and the
ltepuD!icans are As amiuble and loving
as You please. think if some of our
gO!d friends down South knew that the
9"lo men IN thls section were working
In complete harmony with the Repub.
licans, they would pause to ask them
selves how the Democracy will be auy
more preserved by turning the country
over to Mckinley and the trusts than
to Bryan and his followers. When the
gold Democrats speak here their audi
enccs are composed almost exclusively
OF Republicans. The Republicans talk
about Cleveland and Carlisle and that
crowd as Statesmen and patriots. Are
'almer, Bnckner, Carlisle, Cleveland
and that crowd fighting Mckinley and
Republicanism Are the Republicans
lighting the gold Democrats They
are both fighting Bryan. The boilers
calling themselves the only pure Dem
occrats) and the Republicans are work
Ing TO one common end and that is to
defeat Bryan in the interest Of the
mQ1ay-pt,W-a, ~ +e tttfnhoI yGilfance wilfl
ialI. The p%oplc will render their ver-
DICT on November 3,d i'm these words
we lind for the American people we
ma that men, not money, shall rule |
This country: we find for W. j. Bryan
and bimctallism.