The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-14

TWO years Dv SlIU, ,UUU,UuU; 2GC YET,
when money is decreasing instead Of
increasing the same Mr.. Mckinley
! who wanted more money in 1890 tells
you now that ii is not more money we
need, but to put the money we already
have at work. Which does my friend
favor-the Mckinley OF 1890, who
| wanted more money, OR the Mckinley
of 1882 Great applause and cries OF
"1S90.'0
More than that; he said in 1891. in
a speech made at Toledo, O., that Mr..
Cleveland had been discriminating
against silver, had been trying to de-
grade it, had been trying to contract
the currency, and that by lessening
the currency he made money dearer
by making it scarcer, and money the
master and allthings else the servants.
1t It was wrong for Mr.. Cleveland to
make money dear by making it scarce
and money the master and all things
else the servant, is it right for McKin-
ley to try to make money the master
and all things else the servant? Gap.
plause and cries Of mo- My friends,
we can support cur cause bp appeal
ing to Republican testimony. We
can support every contention we make
by quoting Republican authorities,
and therefore Republicans who come
TO US in this campaign do not change
their convictions; they simply change
their party name when their party has
abandoned the position they used to
occupy and now demands that you
shall surrender the convictions OF a
lifetime.
Somebody may feel like cheering
for eXPresident Harrison. II so |
will read what he said. president
Harrison sent message to Congress
on the first of December, in 1890. You
will remember that in 1890 they passed
what was known as the Sherman law,
which provided for the purchase OF
four million ounces of silver each
year. After the passage Of that bill
the price OF silver went up, and as the
price of silver went up prices general,
ly began TO rise, and on the 1st Of
December Mr.. Harrison, then Presi-
dent, sent to Congress a message from
which l read the following extract:
The enlargement OF our currency by
the silver bullion undoubtedly gave
an upward tendency to trade and had
marked effect on prices, bat this
natural and decided effect OF the sill
yer legislation was By many errone-
ously attributed to the tariff Act. j"
Mr.. Harrison said that the passage
of that silver bill undoubtedly gave
an upward tendency to trade and had
marked effect on prices You tell
US that we cannot raise the value OF
silver by law. 1 point you to that law
which was not as broad as the one
which we propose I point you to a
limited use of silver, not an unlimited
one like we propose, and, according to
the President, itgave an upward ten.
dency tC the market and had marked
effect on prices. And then he turned
and rebuked those who had attributed
this to the tariff Act, and told them it
was due, not to tariff legislation, but
to silver legislation. (Applause.)
Here, my friends, isauthority that sill
yer legislation will do just what we
claim it will do. More than this
Mr.. Harrison says that that was not
only the natural effect but the desired
effect of such legislation. Now they
tell US that they do not want prices to
rise, for fear the laboring mans wages
would not 60 so far, and then they
| cod - woo \ JociroS foot
"Sirce when, my friends, has this
effec. became undesirable? Since the
money changers wrote Republican
platfrom that compels every Republi
can to silence the voice OF his consci'
ence. (Applause.) The arguments
which you hear today are arguments
manufactured to support platform
that in your hearts you Republicans
of Iowa are ashamed to own" Gap
plause)
Later on, voice asked, How
about Grover" and Mr.. Bryan said
1--WE are not talking about him now,
Since our Republican friends came tc
the support of the administration we
have not found it necessary to say any
thing about it. "
After the Coliseum speech Mr.. Bry
an spoke twice from the carriage, ask
ing the people to study the ques
ton of finance and to make their sil
yer speech on election day. There
were but few people at the depot a
Burlington to see the nominee of, anc
those who were there were not demon
strative. Between Burlington and
Cedar Rapids three short stops were
made. they being at Columbus juno
ton, Nichols and West Liberty, where
the candidate gave short speeches or
the the same lines followed by him il
his former platform speeches.
Cedar Rapids was reached shortly
after o'clock, and the local committee
escorted Mr.. Bryan and his party il
carriages to the baseball park, near the
outskirts of the city, where he address
ed large crowd. At Bellefontaine
some cheers for Mckinley were giver
by few of the large crowd OF farmer:
gathered about the train, When thai
station was reached. The enthusiasm
however. was on his side and the
cheers for Mckinley served as stimu
lus to the admirers Of the Democratic
nominee for furthereffort in the cheer
ing line. Marshalltown was reached
at 7:20, and MIR. Bryan made two
speeches here, the first in a lage teni
erected In public square in the center
of the city and the second in the o.
can Theatre. Big crowds greeted him
at both meetings and the enthusiasm
was the most marked OF the day.
Governor Matthews Confident.