The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-07-21

tax was rot Unconstitutional when it
was passed. II was hot unconstitutiopAl
when it went before heysupreme court
IfOr the frat time. It did not become
Unconstitutional until one Judge
changed his mind, and we cannot be
change his mind. (Applause and q
voice, "Hit 'em agaiD.n) The income
tax Is q just law. 1t simply intends to
put the burden OF government Justly
upon the backs OF the people. / am
in favor OF the income tax. iApplause.)
when 1 find a man who is not
willing to pay his share of the burden
of the government which protects him,
l find o man who is unworthy TO enjoy
the blessings OF n government like
ours. (Appiause.l
HE says. we are opposing the
national bank currency. It's true. III
you Will read what Thomas Benton
said you will find that he said that in
searching history he could not find but
one parallel to Andrew jackson. That
was Cicero, who destroyed the conspir-
acy OF Catalina ard saved Rome. He
did for Rome what Jackson did for this
country when he destroyed the bank
conspiracy and saved America. Zap
plause.)
"Mr. Jefferson, who was, once re-
garded as good Democratic authority,
seems to have a different opinion from
the gentlemen who have addressed us
on the part Of the minority. Those
who are opposed to the proposition tell
US to Issue paper money Is o function
of the cank, and the government ought
to go out OF the banking business. l
stand with Jefferson rather than with
them, and tell them, as he did, the
issue of money is a function OF govern
ment business. They complain about
the plank which declares against life
tenure in Office. They have tried to
strain it to mean that which it does
plank Is life tenure that is being built
up at Washington, which excludes
from party representation in the bene-
; fits, h humber members Of society.
[ | cannot dwell longer in my limited
} time. tCries of $50 on! Go on !"0
!, Let me call attention to two great
: things. The gentleman from New
York says he will propose an amend
) ment providing this change in our
) laws shall not affect contracts already
, made. Let mo remind him that there
! is no intention Of affecting these con
| tracts which according to the present
/ he meant to say that we cannot change
! our monetary system without protect.
Z ing those who have loaned money be-
fore the change was made, l want to
ask him where in aw or in morals, he
can find authority for not protecting
s debtors when the act of 1873 passed.
. "They have tried for thirty years to
secure an International agreement and
they are waiting for it most patiently
and don't want it at all. CHEERS and
laughter long c~ontinued.)
: "Now, my friends, let me come tc
, the great paramount issue. Ii they
+ ask us why we say more on the money
= question than we say on the tariff
u question, I reply, if protection has
slain its thousands, the gold standard
has slain its tens of thousands. If they
ask us why we did not embody all these
things in our platform, which we be-
lieve, we reply that when we have
restored the money Of the constitution
all the necessary reforms will be posi-
:, BILE and that until that is done there
. is no reform that can be accomplished
(Cheers.)
o 'Mr. Carlisle said in 1878 this year
was n struggle between the idle hold
@ ers of idle capital and the struggling
masses who produce wealth and pay
the taxes OF the country, and, my
friends, it is O simple question hat We
: shall decide. Upon which side shall
h the Democratic party fight? Upor
v that OF the idle holder of idle capita
or upon the side Of the struggling
& masses
"There are two ideas of government
There are those who believe that /
IT you legislate to make the well-to-dt
@ prosperous, their prosperity will leah
e through on those below. The Demo
cratic idea has been that IL you legis
N | lnfn tn lnnk tho ,nDuno ,~r
e their prosperity will find it's way W
ma through every class ard rest upol
p II. Gap. lausc.)
you come to us and tell us g~ea'
cities are in favor of the gold standard
D | tell you great cities rest Upon broad
nj fertile prairies. Burn down you
IT cities and leave our farms, and YOU
n cities will spring up again as If by
it magic. But destroy our farms anu
l. grass will grow in tho streets of every
e city in this country. loud applause.
IS My friends, we shall declare thi,
nation able to legislate for its own poo
n pie on every question without waiting
g for the aid or consent of any nation OF
g earth. (Applause.) And upon tina
issue we expect to carry every single
,. State in the Union.
q ut Is the issue of 177G ov.r again
70 Our ancestors, when 3 1000, COO, had tn,
n courage to declare their political indie
u pendence of every other nation OF
n earth. Shall we, their descendants
when we have grown to TO- 00, 900
10 declare we are less Independent thar
d our fOrefathers? No, my friends, i
a will never be the judgment Of the PEG
n pie.
e Therefore we care not on what lin,
g the battle is fought. If they sa,
z bimetalism il good but we cannot have
1T until some nation helps us, we repl,
q we shall restore bimetallism. If thel
dare to come out in the open and de
fend the old gold standard as a gooS
g thing, we shall fight them to the utter
most. You shall not cruelty mankind
upon a cross of gold" Great applause.
" Then nsued perhaps the most extra
o ordinary scene OF this extraordinar,
d convention. AS II by the magic touct
d of a wand delegation after delegation
rose in solid phalanx and gave vent t.
the most enthusiastic demonstration il
honor of the Nebraskan orator. Every
body stood up, even the Eastern men,
O who at first were disposed to remain IL
q their seats. Westerners shouted. waved
e hankerchiefs, hats, flags, canes, um
@ brellas and anything else conspicuou.
@ and portable. Deafening cheers rem
r the air, articles of every description