Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-19
BRYAN AT CHARLOTTE.

BRYAN AT CHARLOTTE.
He Is Seen and Heard by a Crowd Of Over
Twenty Thousand People.
1t was the largest crowd that has
ever been seen in Charlotte. That is
the unanimous testimony of old resi-
dents in regard to the great multitude
that assembled at the postoffice park
last Thursday to hear Candidate
Bryan. And there is little reason to
doubt the truth of the assertion.
Great crowds of people were there
from all the surrounding portions OF
North and South Carolina. Yorkville
had a delegation of between 20 and
80, and the attendance from various
parts of the county, more especially
Bethel and Fort Mill townships, is
conservatively estimated at between
400 and 500. The entire crowd, in
cluding, of course, a majority of the
people of Charlotte, is estimated as
numbering somewhere between 10000
and 10000.
Mr.. Bryan's special train arrived at
a late hour Wednesday night, and was
sidetracked until Thursday morning.
The candidate was up before $3.50
o'clock. The people were already as
sembled. There was great process
sion, which wound up at the postofice
park. The speaking commenced at
$50, and lasted only about half an
hour, during which the enthusiastic
people-Democrats, Populists and Re-
publicans alike-howled themselves
hoarse. Mr.. Bryan's speech is report
ed as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Re-
publican party has been legislatiDg to
make a dollar dearer, and then they
deny that legislation has anything to
do with the dollar. I want, this morn
ing, in the very short time can keep
your attention, to call it to the con.
ditions in the volume of our money.
Now, 1 want to assert at first, as a
proposition that cannot be disposed of,
that the money of the country must
keep pace with the population of the
country and with the industries of the
country [Cheers1 and that unless the
money does so, we shall find that a
dollar rises in value all the time. Now
when a dollar rises in value, it simply
means that prices will fall and falling
prices are an injury to- the men who
produce the wealth of this country,
when the products of their toll buy
money. Falling prices are good for
the man who has and wishes to use
that money to buy the things falling
in price.
Senator Sherman who stands at the
head and front as the recognized lead.
er of the Republican party and all
that portion of the Democratic party
which is trying to elect Republican
for president, used these words in a
speech which he made in behalf of the
Sherman bill on the 5th day of June,
1890: eff our present currency"
said Senator Sherman, sis estimated at
81, 400, 100000 and our population is
increasing at the rate of 8 per cent. per
annum, it would require $42,000,0OO
increased circulation each year to keep
pace with the increase of population
and as the increase of wealth and bus
mess is continuing at still greater
rate than the increase of population,
it was thought that an immediate in
crease in circulation might be obtain
ed by the larger purchase of silver
bullion to an amount sufficient to
make good and retire all bank bills
and keep pace with the growth OF pop
ulation. Assuming that S54, 100000 a
year of additional circulation is need
ed upon this basis, that amount is pro-
vided for in the bill by the issue OF
treasury notes in exchange for bullion
at the market price"
There Senator Sherman declared
that money must increase with popu-
lation and even more than that says
that wealth and business should in
crease more rapidly than population,
and therefore he defends the Sherman
bill on the ground that it gives to the
people about $54,0OO,O0o each year in
new money. Remember that the very
man who gave that did 80 as reason
for tie enactment of the Sherman
law then turned round and joined with
the opponents of free coinage in re-
pealing the Sherman law and leaving
nothing to take its place. Instead OF
having s54,0OO,O00 of new money
each year we have been decreasing In
our circulation for the last two years.
What provision does the Republican
party make for the supply of the mon