The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-08-11
MCLAUR|N AROUSED THE PEOPLE,

HIS DEBATE WITH A GOLD AID
VOCATE IN OHIO.
Silver-An Enthusiastic Receptio,
to Curly Headed Johnnie.
Hon. John l.. McLaurin has returned
from Franklin, Ohio, where he went tt
debate the money question with MIR
Horr, the leading gold advocate of The
Northwestern country. That Mr.. Nc
Laurin Jared well in his debate with
the famed gold fighter can be seen from
the following taken from the Cincin
natl Enquirer:
Hon. John l.. McLaurin, of Bennetts
vile, S. c., member of Congress, mem.
and ex.Attorney General of his State,
was at the Gibson yesterday, returning
| from the great debate he held with
| Hon. Roswell G. Horr, Of Michigan, the
gold bug champion, at Franklin, War
rem County, Ohio. Speaking of the
great controversy he said 81 was
most agreeably surprised at the recep-
tlon | received and the number Of silver
people present to greet me with enthu-
siasm. had expected to encounter an
iceberg, but on the contrary, | found IA
multitude OF my way Of thinking.
There were 5000 people present and |
could tell by the applause and cheers
that | received that | had fully half
the assemLlage with me. We made
five speeches, and during one of mine
some one raised picture of Bryan in
tho audience and thousands stood up
f,,ll tn, ~,
utes before | could proceed. 1T was a
grand meeting Of the people, and after
it was over Mr.. Horr suddenly departed
in carriage and could not leave for
an hour, the crowd gathering thick
and last about me to shake my hand
and | will pledge you my word that my
right arm is so sore from hearty shakes
that can hardly lit it to-day. All
this attribute to the cause advocate
and the straightforward way in which
| presented it. MIR. Horr got mad when
pinned the shortcomings of his party
down to facts. | quoted them from
Senator Shelman'5 strong silver speech
made in 1869, when he was u poor man,
and contrastcd that with his utter
ances since he has grown to be mil
lionairc and lives in a marble palace.
81 told them that those marble walls
murmurs OF disapprOval and discomfort
occasioned by his financial policy.
showed them from statistics how in
their district in 1880 the number of
tenant farmers was 24 per cent; in 1890
| 1T had increased to 80 per cent, and 40
per cent. of the farms under mortgage
Prices OF products were falling all The
time, 1T taking more and more wheat
| and corn to get a dollar, and it is only
| q question OF time when Is per cent. of
the citizenship will own all of the rich
Miami valley. | read them something
from the records of the Ohio legisla-
ture, joint resolution adopted when
| General Grosvenor, now u gold advo-
cate, was speaker Of the house of rep
Notwithstanding they had for
gotten. 1t is history, and here it is:
Joint resolution relative to the re-
mer rank rs lawful money:
"Resolved by the general assembly
of the State Of Ohio, That common
honesty to the taxpayer, tho lettor and
spirit OF the contract under which the
great body of Indebtedness was as
sumcd by the United States, and true
financial wisdom, each and all demand
the restoration OF the silver dollar to
it's former rank as lawful money.
Adopted April "a. 1871"
~ read them from James G.. Blaine's
speeches in 1877 and 1880, extracts
which would like to see printed every
day. Here is what Mr.. Blaine said in
the Senate in 1880 on the money ques.
lion:
son the much-vexed and long-moot.
ed question as to bimetallic and mono
metallic standards, my own views, are
sufficiently indicated in the remarks
have made. | believe the struggle now
going on in this country and in other
countries for single gold standard
would, If successful, produce wide
spread disaster In and throughout the
commercial worlds. The destruction
of silver as money, and establishing
gold rs the sole unit OF value must have
a ruinous effect on all forms OF proper
ty except those investments which
yield fixed return in money. Those
would be enormously enhanced in value
and would gain Il disproportionatc an(
unfair ad vantage over every other spo
cics OF property. II, as the most reli
able statistics affirm, the % are nearly
81 ,000, 600, 600 of coin or bullion in the
world, very equally divided bctweo.
gold and silver, it is impossible tC
strike silver out OF existence as none,
without results that will prove disas
trous to millions and utterly disastrous
to tens Of thousands.
81 believe gold and silver coin to b
the money OF the Constitution indecC
the money of the American people, an
terror to the Constitution, which th
great organic Law recognized as quit
Independent Of its own existence. N
power was conferred on Congress +
declare either metal should not b
money. Congress has, therefore, /
my judgment, no power to demonetiz
either. IT. therefore, silver has bee
demonetzed, am in favor OF remonc
tizing it. III its coinage has been prc
l hibite6, am in favor Of ordering ii t
+ be resumed. | am in favor of havin
: it enlarged
: 81 told them that was glad to kno,
3 that there was one great daily pape
: North Of the Ohio river that had tn
g courage and honesty TO stand by th
! people in this great supreme struggl,
Q the Cincinnati Enquirer, and the
I cheered me to the echo"
Q Mr.. Teasdale, an enthusiastic VOC
n Democratic silver man and a tC.
J, manu- Hisoturep OF FrapA lin, wac aok oae y.
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