The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-07-15

has fallen. The public revenues have
fallen, wages of labor have fallen,
and everything on the face OF the
earth mas fallen but taxes and debts
which have burden, while on the 9th
er hand their liquidation has been di-
minished. No nation calls itself free
and independent that is not great
enough TO establish and maintain IL
nancial system of its own. Great ap-
plause.)
To pretend that this foremost and
richest and most powerful nation 10
the world cannot coin its own money
without suing for an international
agreement at the courts Of European
autocrats, who have none but primary
interests to subservc, has for many
years been held out at Presidential
election; have made use of such an
agreement and have failed afterwards
anu we have never in our history had
an international agreement upon a
money system and none of the found
ers of this republic ever dreamed that
such an agreement was essential. We
have had three international confer
ences in order to obtain it and TO wait
longer upon them is to ignore the in
terest of our own people and degrade
our national dignity and to advertise
to all mankind our impotence and oLr
folly.
The majority OF this convention
maintain that this great American ma
ton, without dependence upon Earo.
pean nations for anything that they
produce, and with European nations
dependent upon much that we produce
is fully capable Of restoring this con,
stitutional money system Of gold and
silver at equality with each other.
(Applause.)
And as our fathers in 1776 declared
our national independence of all the
world, so today has the great Demo,
cratic party, founded by Thomas JEFF
ferson, the author of that declaration,
appeared here in Chicago to declare
the financial independence of the Unit
ed States Of all other notions and to
invoke all true Americans to assert it
bv their sutfrages at the polls, that our
country may be placed where she b?
right belongs as the freest, as the fore
most, as the most prosperous and hap
py nation that ever blessed the life OF
mankind upon this globe.
When Mr.. Daniel finished and an
nounced that the convention Was
ready for business there was loud cries
for Hill. The New York Senator was
quietly eating sandwich and showed
no disposition to respond.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, an
nounced that on behalf of the silver
delegates in the convention and at the
request OF many of them, he would
move the adoption of the resolution.
The resolution extended the thanks Of
the convention to Chairman Harrity
for the impartial manner in which be
had presided over the convention. Ii
was adopted unanimously as was an
other resolution offered by Senator
White of California, making the rules
of the Fifty third House of Represeu.
tatives govern the deliberations OF the
convention.
The roll OF States was called under
the customary practice and the selec-
tons for membership on the various
committees were announced. The del
egates and spectators began leaving
rapidly at this juncture as 1t was we'll
understood that the convention would
Immediately adjourn.
General Z. B. Finley Of the Ohio
delegation protested against the selec-
ton of committee members by contest
ed delegations but Chairman Daniel
ruled that until the permanent organ
ization was perfected the temporary
roll was respected.
At 4:43 p. M, on Senator Jones
motion. the convention adjourned un-
til tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.