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

am not surprised that even men who
have been Republicans all their lives
are now in favor of the free coinage
Of silver [Great applause. I am not
surprised when I find that Republi-
cans who recognize their principles of
finance and apply them to the money
question, am not surprised that they
desert the Republican party this year
when it comes out and attempts to
defend the Democratic administration,
which was repudiated by the Demo-
cratic party itself. Great applause.
You remember here in North Carolina,
the Republicans have made more capi-
tai by denouncing this administration
than IN any other way. What do you
think now when the Republicans of
North Carolina Lecome the sponsors
for the Democratic administration I?
wild applause. I am not surprised
that earnest and sincere Republicans
prefer to stand with the Democratic
party in demanding bimetallism, which
even the Republican party of four
years ago said was dear to the Ameri-
can people through tradition. am
not surprised that Republicans who,
eight years ago, stood upon a plat
form that denounced the Democratic
party for it's attempt to demonetize
silver-I am not surprised that those
Republicans join with US today in de-
manding bimetallism, which has been.
the historic policy of the United States
until 1873 and received the support of
all the statesmen-Republican, Demo-
cratic, Whig and everything we ever
had in this country. Long and con-
tinuous applause.
Mr.. Bryan quoted from a speech
made by Henry Clay, in the United
States senate on the Goth day of jan
uary, 1S40: "Of all the conditions of
society, that is most adverse in which
there Is constant and rapid diminu-
ton in the amount of the circulating
medium. Debtors become unable to
pay their debts," and said Mr.. Clay
simply described the very condition
which confronts the American people
today and yet the Republican party
not only refuses to recognize that con-
dition and bring relief from that con-
dition, but the Republican party
pledges itself to policy which in
creases financial distress of this coun-
try, makes debts harder to pay and
summons the sheriff to take charge of
the property of the citizen and then
leaves the debt unextinguished to
hang over him still. [Great applause.]
My friends, I must leave. [Cries Of
"Oh, don't stopp'] In. the state of
North Carolina, where the people can
still listen to the echo of the words of
their great statesman, Vance, [great
applause1, it is not necessary for one
to come from abroad to. call your at
tention to the perils which surround
YOU. You remember that one of the
last speeches that he ever uttered was
upon this question in which he showed
to the American people that the great
contest between the money power and
the common people was at hand. If
there is one in this audience whose
sympathies in this contest are with
the money power, we do not expect
him to support the Chicago ticket, but
we do appeal to the support to all of
those whose sympathies are with the
masses of the people and who believe
that prosperity must first come to
those who toll before any gen eral pros
perity can reach those who live upon
the toilers of this country. Great
applause
Among those who went over from
Yorkville were: Messrs. w. B. Wylie,
w. B. McCaw, H. 1. McCaw, T. F.
Mellow, w. w. Lewis, D. E. Finley,
R. G. McCaw, R. l.. Wilkerson, Ben
ny johnson, Louis Roth, F. A. Cos
man, w. B. deLoach, J. w. Alexander,
w. G. White, J. M. Starr, E. B. Beard
and others.
All who went were delighted. Mr..
Wylie says he got within about 80
yards of Mr.. Bryan, and although the
speaker was somewhat hoarse, every
word he uttered could be heard dis
tinctly. Mr.. Wylie said also that he
talked with quite a number of North
Carolinians from different parts of the
state, and although most of them
seem to be somewhat doubtful about
the chances of the state ticket, they
all appear to be sanguine that Mr..
Bryan will get the electoral vote by
big majority.
RUSSIAN BAB1Es.-As described by
a recent traveller, Russian babies, as
seen in the homes of the Russian pea
SAINTS in Siberia, are very unattractlVe
specimens of humanity. II looked