The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-08

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thanking the people for their invitation
to him, he said:
1t is not my intention to say any,
thing that will hurt any one who dis
agrees with me. 'Tis but right that we
should counsel together aud find out
what is right. In opposing the free
coinage of silver, I want you to dis
tinctly understand that I make no fight
on silver as final payment and as
legal tender. When we oppose this
plan of free coinage at Is to l, we be-
lieve its advocates will understand its
effects. We oppose IL because we do
not believe that IL will give YOU what
sou want. In the first place let US see
how much money we have now and
how much we had in '73. In '73 We
had in gold and silver one hundred
and fifty million of dollars and now
we have one billion, one hunared and
seventy seven million, eight times as
much money as we had when silver
was demonetized. The advocates of
free coinage mislead you when they
say that we wish to contract tina cur
rency and that we do not wish silver
dollars to be legal tender.
The gentleman reports Mr. Cleve-
land (spplsuse) as saying that there is
a difference between currency and
standard, but the gentleman niscon
ceives it. A currency can be checks,
due bills, silver o: g. II b.c':S, h''t !
standard is measure. Suppose that
there was such Law as to allow you
to com thirty grains OF silver into dol
lars or twenty grains Of gold into dol
lars, dc you think that you would car
~ your twenty grains to be made lato
dollar when you could exchange ltat
the jewellers shop for sixty grains of
silver, enough to coin into two dollars!
No the gold would not bs coined. [
am here tonight, not to fight binetal'
ism but silver monometallism. Gap
plause.) Il is the actual value OF the
dollar, or the credit Of the country
which puts the value on IL, which
makes the dollar
II am well aware that it is easier to
captivate an audience by reference to
Wall street and Lombard street than
it is to present solid facts, Ny friend
played to the prejudices OF the Popu-
lists in this district and I have no
doubt but that it was only they who
applauded him. He ought to do bet
ter than to play on the low prejudices
Of some people. loud applause and
a voice 'Hurrah for Tom Watson!)
These gentlemen who wish to rob the
people have absolutely coined in the
past three years seven million silver
dollars. We have coined more sub
sidiary silver in the past three years
than in any three years since the gov
ernmens began. (Applause.)
The effort to sustain the ratio OF
silver and gold at Is to has been
tried by FIVE nations combined, the
Latin Union, and failed. The price of
silver became cheaper and they were
about to become silver monometallic.
Why not have a ratio of 81 to l, then
we would enjoy all the comforts of
bimetallism, according. to my distin-
guished friend. The gold ina gold dol
lar will buy two Mexican dollars and
the silver in two silver dollars will
buy only two Mexican dollars Il is
undemocratic, it is unlike jefferson S
teaching. it is unlike Jackson's teach
ing aud it is unlike the teachings OF
Grover Cleveland. prolonged ap-
plause. 1T is more like the doctrine of
Mr.. Jones of Nevada, Mr.. Bryan Of
Nebraska and Tom Watson of Georgia.
"What caused silver to fall2 Not the
Act of 1878. We had coined but S.,
100000 silver dollars What caused
silver to fall2 In rs the worlds out
puts of silver was 70, ,000, 900. In 1894
the worlds output was 200, 0,0O0,O 900,
three times as much, when the price
only fallen one-half. 1t iidn't cost as
much to mine silver in '93 as it did in
rs. In '73 it cost 80 cents to dig a
dollars worth of silver aud in 1894 it
cost ouly about As ceuts to dig dol
lars worth of silver. Have you got
any silver mines in Richmond county
that you want to unload on the gov
ernment? That's why Mr.. Jones and
AE. OVc"dfI "duI II &C StASSi
"Since 1873, or shortly before that,
fourteen countries on the Eastern
hemisphere have banished the free
coinage of silver. The supply of sill
yer is three times as large and four
teen counties not carrying it. The
gentleman now wishes us to carry a
load that fifteen countries staggered
under. He wants US try it. l have
no interest in this issue, other than
citizen OF Georgia. I wish you to study
the question before you take the fatal
plunge. 1t is not for the good of the
bondholders, but for the constituents
of both of us. and they have not a
bond in the world. The working men
of Fulton County are my friends and
God knows that l would rather put
my arm in the fame and burn it than
to advocate a law that would injure
them. (Applause.) l had hoped to dis
cuss the remedy tonight but On ac-
count of my time being out l will be
compelled to refrain, but will do so
in Atlanta on Thursday night.
"a True Wife"
There was never given to the world
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