The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-06-10
THE SWEEP OF SILVER.
IT CARRIES EVERYTHING BEFORE 1T
SOUTH AND WEST.
Merton Madder Than Wet Aen-A Tr.l

SOUTH AND WEST.
Merton Nadder Than a Wet Hen-A Trip
Over the United States Conyinces Him
Tha. Silver VIII Win-Another Gold Bug
View.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Secretary Of
Agriculture Morton, one of Cleve-
lands right hand men, returned from
an extended trip in the West few
days ago. He had been gone FIVE
weeks. has travelled about 10, 900 miles
and has seen a good many people and
good many Things. He comes home
very despondent in regard to political
affairs, and fears the election of sill
yer President. Like most folks. he
gives up all hope of a sound money"
majority at Chicago. He comedies the
silver wing of the party majority of
100 or more, and expects them to
nominate ticket and frame plat
form which will be directly contrary
to the policy of the present admins
tration. He hopes the Republicans at
St. Louis will declare for single gold
standard, although he fears that con-
vention will also be more or less in
fuenced by the silver agitation and
offer sop to the opposition.
If the Republicans will come out
squarely, fatly and positively for
single gold Standard" said MIR. Nor
ton, their ticket will get a great deal
OF support from sound money Demo.
Gratis and there will be heap of vest
pocket voting for the Republican tick
ct by those Democrats who do not
wish openly to divorce themselves
from their party. But I am not afraid
that the Republican leaders will agree
to compromise, and at this election
saddle will be just as bad as 16 to l
platform.
The silver sentiment is universal
all over the West" continued the
Secretary, 'and it is growing. So
many trlmmers tbink it is gong to
win that they are Jumping that way.
There is 10 hope OF electing gold can
didates anywhere in the West, and
right there in San Francisco, where
they have more than 500, ,000,0 900 of
gold coin in the vaults of their banks,
where deposits are paid in gold by
specific contract, and where green
backs have never been good enough
| for them, the people are crying for
50 cent silver dollars. California is
not a silver producing country, it is
gold producing country, and II IS ex-
traordinary tnat the people of that
State should prefer silver money to
gold. They are willing that a silver
miner in Colorado shall get tA sane
amount Of good out of so cents worth
of silver that gold miner in their
own State gets for 100 cents OF gold.
The gold miner may work all day and
the silver miner half day and both
will get the same wages if the IL to l
policy is carried out, and yet the Cali
| tornians seem to be crazy for it.
i received two anonymous letters
while was in San Francisco warning
me that must shut up or leave the
country. had given an interview to
the newspapers, IN which had stated
that the wheat and the fruit, the Or
anges and the figs, and the apricots OF
California were being shipped to the
outside world in large quantities, and
that the people who bought them de-
manded the best. They would accept
nothing but wheat and fruit Of the
most superior quality, and / suggested
that the people of California should
insist upon having the most superior
money that existed in exchange, and
that was gold dollars. The next morn
ing 1 got TWO letters telling me that
they didn't want any goldbugs out In
that country, and that would have
to get right out or take the consequen-
ces
Yes, continued the Secretary, 1--WE
have elected goldbug delegation from
Nebraska to the Chicago convention,
but they don't expect to get very good
seats. They would be glad to have q
bench in the top row in the rear end
of the upper gallery. From present
appearances it looks as if they might
not get beyond the vestioule, and they
may have to sit on the fence outside
and see the other fellows 60 by"
DO you think that Horace Boies
will be nominated"
II don't know. The candidate ought
to be of the ''B" brand-one of the
busy bees-Bland, Boies Or Bryan.
Boies is a nice, pleasant, genial gen.
tleman, but | have not known him
since he was Democrat. He was one
of the best Republicans in Iowa until
short time ago, and he hasn't been
in the Democratic party long enough
to be weaned. [ think he was con-
vert to tariff reform, or else he split off
with the anti prohibition wing of the
party. He crossed the gulf on some
sort of a narrow plank and would
make very proper, decent kind of
candidate, if we have got to have one
of his kind.
ANOTHER GOLD BUG SCARED.
The Washington correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer writes as fol-
lows to that journal. When it is re-
membered that both The correspondent
and the observer are advocates OF the
single gold standard the letter is sig
nificant:
The political situation here is simp
lv indescrioaole. Readers of The o.
server will bear witness that l have
magni6ed nothing and have been
careful to avoid even the appearance
of sensation in stating facts that are
sensational in their character. The
welfare of the Democratic party and
OF the country, as we'll as private
pledges Of secrecy which | cannot
violate, demand of the gentlemanly
and patriotic newspaper correspondent
q continuation of the same course.
The time will soon come when all that
is dark will be revealed, when the
threads OF great story will be fully
woven into the fabric which is to be
made Meantime the pubic knows
much aud expects more. The year is