The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-02

saying that he is going to die in thu
last ditch and will stand in the fore
front of the hottest battle. But hi:
position doesn't recall to me Napoleon
or Wellington or Blucher or Hanniba
or Caesar; but it does recall to me wher
he thinks of him standing OH the plat
form of Madison Square Garden wad
ing through that enormous manuscript
for three hours while his audience
were going out by the Thousands
does recall to me q figure in poetry fol
which I think he will forever stand
He is Casabianca. (Great laughter
and applause.) He stood on the
burning deck, whence all but him had
fled. (Laughter.)
WAGES IN SILVER MEXICO AND
HERE.
"The New York Central paid last
year four millions of dollars to its
stockholders in dividends, and on its
payroll and in contract work sixteen
million dollars in wages. The rest of
its earnings went for material supplies
and interest upon its bonded indebted
ness. There are thirtty-five thousand
of us on the payroll of that company,
and we neither want to receive
money worth half as much as
that which we get nor to be compelled
to pay for the necessities of life twice
"a much as we pay now. In debate
Mr.. Bryan few months ago cited the
prosperity of Mexico as proof of the
benefits of the free coinage of silver. i
asked railway official of one of the
Mexican railroads to send me the pay
roll of his company. 1 find that the pay
of locomotive engineers, firemen,
switchmen, yardmen, conductors,
brakemen and skilled mechanics in
the shop average somewhat less than
the same service receives on the New
York Central, but that those employees
are paid invariably in the Mexican
silver dollar, which makes their wages
one-half the wages on the New York
Central. He sends me also the prices
of the articles which these employees
must buy for the support of themselves
and their families, and I find that
those are higher than they are in the
State of New York.
"Mr. Bryan says he would rather be
with Mexico than with Europe, rather
with China than with England. "a
voice. why don't he go.'] Because
he cannot speak the language.
Laughter and applause I say tha,
the United States must be tied hfPasc
some civilization, either that of Europe
or that of the Orient. I say in the
lines of Tennyson's wonderful poem
"Better fifty years of Europe than 6
cycle of Cathay.' [Applause.
Better ten years of vigor
Gus, healthy, working. energetic, pros
porous, improving life than century o.
paralysis. [Applause.] Better Chief Jus
tice Russell, springing from the people
and reaching the highest position in his
country, coming over here with a mes.
sage of peace and prosperity, of human
ity and of commerce-better he and
that message than Ii Hung Chang and
cheap Chinese labor. Applause.
Gentlemen, while we may accept
the term we repudiate the sentiment
that the President of the United States
is the hired man of the people. He
holds his place. for four years as the
representative of the people. During
that time he possesses more power
than any ruler in the world except the
Car of Russia. He can plunge our
industries into trouble or despair or he
can rule wisely and well. Who is
better, Bryan or Mckinley ?"