The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-09-24
man has the right to throw away his
ballot. (Applause)

| D"'ioV' NNPPi"uSC'J
If the success OF the Chicago ticket
will be a bad thing for this country
every one of you who believe so ought
to vote the Republican ticket to save
your country from distress. If the clcc-
tion Of the Republican ticket would be
Il bad thing for your country, then YOU
ought to vote for the Chicago tckcJ To
save your country from distress. (Chccrs
and cries Of 1--WE are going toy The
Chicago platform docs not present new
doctrines. Our platform declares
against the issue OF bonds in times of
peace, and against tratlicking with the
syndicates which have been saving our
country at so much per save during tho
last few years. Great chcering.)
Let me read you what one OF your
own citizons once said on the subject.
In 1878 Hon. John G.. Carlisle (hlsscs
and applause) used the words which [
shall quote. Kisses and applause.) Let
me read these words: "This trouble
now going on cannot cease until all the
industrial interests of tho country are
fully and finally emancipatcd from tho
heartlcss domination OF syndicates,
stock exchanges and other great com
binations Of money gamblers in this
country and Europe" (Applauso.)
That, my friends, was the language
OF Johu g. Carlisle. ~ thank God" "
said MIR. Bryan, that the Democratic
party has driven out Of its ranks the
representatives of these syndicates."
| seek no votes undor falSo protenses.
| want your suffrage under no condi-
tions whereby you may be deceived,
and therefore | say to you that if thcro
is one person here who believes that
this nation should maintain its present
gold standard until foreign nations help
us to let 1T 60 that person ought not to
vote for me for I will not carry out
his ideas.
am willing to submit to the Amcri
can people any question, however great
and abide by their decision, whatever
1T may be, until the American people
themselves reverse that q ci>i"n. ia,
am no. Willing 10 suUulL the nl,..
trlllln2 question that elects our domcs.
tic affairs to foreign intervention o..
tho a,i and consent Of any other nation
on earth. (Applausc.)
IL Is not necessary to speak to silver
men. If there Is an advocate OF the
gold standard here, | want to show that
gold standard to him until he will be
ashamed to look his fellow men in the
face and say be wants it. tChccrs.) We
are opposed to the gold standard be
cause it makes money dear Dear
money makes cheap property and
cheap property makes hard times.
Hard times makes every producer OF
wealth taste Of distress, and out ol
those who would be employed it MAKE q
idle mon, and out OF idle men it makes
destitute men, and out Of dcstitut,
men 1T makes criminal men. The gold
standard means more Of crime and
larger army to keep tho criminals il
subjection.
We have not all the newspapers will
us in this fight ~ voice: 1--WE have
got the people.w We havo not all tn,
newspapers with US, but an editor only
votes once. daughter and chccrs.) Al
editor only votes once, and | have
known some editors who had so little
| influence over their own conduct that
they could not even control the vot,
that the law gives them. (Grcat cheer
ing and laughter.) We would like to
nave the newspapers with us because
we hate to have our people get mad
every morning when they read the pa
pers. Great laughter.) | don't know
OF one thing that has caused so many
people TO forget the resolve they made
on the first OF the year never to swear
again. | don't know of any one thing
that has made SO many break that
promise as the gold editors. They say
we don't think. | affirm the advocates
of free coinage are the people in this
campaign who apply natural laws to
the money question and carry into tho
discussion Of finance tho same inteii-
gcncc that is used in ordinary bus mess.