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

q farmer over in Illinois. He was a
schoolmato Of mine in college. He is a
man of exemplary habits, honest, fru-
gal and Industrious. He had his three
children with him in the room and the
tears rolled down his checks as he told
me that If conditions remained as they
were it was the saddest thing ho had
to contemp plate that he could not give
| TO those children the educational ad-
vantages he wanted to. That home is
multiplied by thousands and tens of
thousands in this land, and you tell me
| that 1t is just to have a system Of lcgis-
lation that takes away from the parent
tho possibility OF educating his chill
dren as he would and compensated by
giving money undeserved into tho
hands Of those who by Vaccinations
corner tho money market and spend
the money by buying foreign titles for
their daughters. (Long and continued
applause). My friends, ccivilization is
wrapped up in the solution Of the mon
ey question. 1t is the main question
involved in this issue. The right of
self-gOyernment and the existence OF
republican institutions is involved in
it. If foreign nations can force finan-
cial policy upon the Amer'c can people,
they will want to enforce the system Of
government which is the only system
they can maintain, o system which is IL
monarchical system and which main
tains itself by standing armies. Even
now, my friends, when we speak out
against unjust legislation they say we
are disturbcrs of the public peace End
menace to law and order. DO you
mean to say that the farmers gathered
here and the laborcrs who are congrc-
gated in our cities are enemies to our
1nf frt M hnr Il 1,
eplthets OF our opponents, not because
they menance law and order, but be,
cause they are going TO inaugurate jus
tice, but because they say Thou shalt
not stcar shall apply to the great cor
porations as we'll as to the burglar and
hlgh"ayman. 1t is because they say
that this government was not insti-
tutcd IL order that its instrumcntllitics
shou!d be mUnopolized by those who
use the government for their own ends
and put it in distress (Applause).
y LAST APPEAL TO NEW YORK.
'"rhis is the last opportunity that
shall have for the present to speak in
the State OF New York. For more than
two weeks [ have been sojourning in
the Empire State and for the last week
have been travelling and meeting the
L
interest which is being taken by the
people Of Now York in the issues Of this
campaign. | am able to carry back to
the people Of the West tho news that
while | have not received very hearty
reception in Wall street, | have receiv-
ed hearty reception in every part Of
the State Of New York. And I have
come to believe that there is among
the masses of the people Of New York
about as little love for what is known
as Wall street as you will find in any
Western State. | have been gratilied
to find that SO few relatively OF the
members OF the Democratic party are
going to oppose the Chicago platform
and the ticket. If there is any person
here who thinks that the Democratic
party of the State of New York ought
not to endorse the candidates and the
platform, what | shall say is not ad-
dresse to him, but to those who be-
lieve that the State convention to be
held IN this State in about two weeks
should endorse both platform and can
didatcs, | desire to offer suggestion.
We have had q gr reat light in the Dom
ocratic party-onc Of the most ,uemor-
able contests over wagcd in tho United
States and those who advocate the free
coinage OF silver have won by CARRYING
their cause, not 20 conventions, but 10
the people themselves, the source Of
all political power. Recognizing the
democratic Id a that power comes up
to the machinery OF the party from the
people themselves and does not go
down from the machinery to the pco-
pie, we commenced with the sOvereigns
and we Instructed our delegates from
tho primaries to the counties and from
the counties to the State conventions
and to the National convention. | want
to say to you in this State that if YOU
want the State convention to endorse
the Chicago platform and ticket, there
is only one way to be sure of it and that
is to let no man 90 to any convention.
small or great, until you know how he
stands on this question and know that
he stands with you. Tho mon who as
semblc in conventions do not 90 there
as individuals. They go there as rep
resentativcs. They do not go there TO
act for themselves. They go thcrc to
act for you, who send them, and YOU
not only have the right to know what a.
representative is going to do when he
gets there, but you have the right
to tell him what to do when he gets
there and bind him with Instructions
to do it.
"NOw have not, in this campaign,
insisted that any Democrat should vote
for me, merely because | was nomi-
mated by the Democratic party. have
insisted that the ticket had claims
upon every Democrat who believes that
the success Of the ticket would be bcst
for his country, best for himself, best
for his family and best for his neigh
bors. And have been willing to con
cede that any Democrat who believes
that the election of the Chicago ticket
would not be best, has Il perfect right
to mako his vote express what he
wishes. But when say that to Demo-
Gratis, when cOncede the right of Dem.
Ocrats to leave their party, to desert
the ticket and support somebody else,
| want to assure you that | apply that
doctrine Of independence to members
of other parties as well as to the mem
bers of the Democratic party If a
Democrat who is engaged in some big
syndicate has the right to leave the
Democratic party because he thinks
tho Republican party will be more
friendly to syndicates, then the Rcpub-
licans who Go not want this country
run by syndicates have right to vote
against the syndicates and for the
Democratic party and ticket. There