The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17

atiFe femeny GASTt1 y: SAS Lt7p"N.!,
canpartv TO relieve existing condi
lions. The Republican platform CT
| last wear said: We renew ard en-.
phasjze our alIesiance to the policy OF
protection as s bulwark OF American
! Industrial Independence, aud the
| foundation Of American Development
ard prosperity"
| Immediately alter the election 1t
was found :hat Republican success st
the pills @ii no; itself bring prosperi-
| ty. More ustiolsl 5aUss failed during
the first six months after the election
of 1895 than failed duripg the c1rrss.
pondiDe six months OF tne year be.
| fore Industrial pros'ration w&s so
apparent that Co1greSsnao Gr0svsnor
| the stats .iciau OF the Republican
party, made sreech IN the Ohio state
convention Of 1897, . which he de
MED that the Republican party had
promised to bring prosperity, and
qVoted the Republican platform tc
snow that the Republican party had
Only promised to restore protection,
which was alleged to be the foUnda-
tion OF prosperity. lie asked thai
Judgment be withheld until high
tariff bill could be pat IN operation.
The tariff bill hiss now been in oper-
ation something Ike four months and
yet has not been vindicated BY expert,
Ience. not withstaGdirg the fact That
/ IR.publican leaders ard Republican
papers are continually celebrating the
return of prosperity, the voters do not
seem u hav3 received their sha;e, as
evidenced By the returns OF last Tues,
day.
/! The price Of sugar rose before the
sugar trust was allowed 10 dictate the
sugar schedule OF the DineIey bill bat
1.-The consumers OF sugar have rot beeQ
able to obtain any CT the sGEan:ases
which the bill brought 20 the tr2St.
THE commercial reports point &c an
advancement Of woolen gccGs sold
for delivery in 1898. This S&vance is
directIy tr&ceaole 70 the Dingley law.
Bat how Will the beseits rescn these
wao use woolen goods, unless thelr
income are likewise increaseG2 Raw
cotton is considerably lover this year
than it was last. II g man mak:s MS
livicg by predicting cotton, how Is ne
going to enj1y prosperity II his IN
come decreases AID living expenses
increase?
Since 1854 we bave aItecnated presi-
idents with the Republican party.
Each administration WAS Tepudiated
| By the people. Why1 Because neither
the Democrstic nor the Republican,
administration attempted to relieve
the people from the one primary aud
icoatiauing diseasa-nams jy, TIE gold
!standard. The Wilson blu modified
the tariff rates somewhat Ia the inter
est of the consumer, but the benefits
were overcome by the evils o. Ar.
iCleveland's financial policy. The
ED.ngley law increases the tariff rates
to the detriment Of tbs consumers
generally and for the advantage CT
manufacturers AID trusts, o2r the
advantages, even to the manuf4ctur-
ers, will BE- overcome By the eVl!s OF
OF Mr.. Ack.nley's Fl 1ancial policy.
Ths elections will encourage the
friends Of independent biaetta!lisu to
continue their campaign. Taey believe
that events which, after ali are more
potent than speeches Or campaign
sfuads will still further condemn
the Republican policy, ana Still
further vindicate the principles Sc!
forth in the Chicago platform. IN
Ifact, events are already proving the
icorrectnes OF the position taken BY the
democrats last year, and the RepuolI-
cans are not in a position 10 either cls'
pute or explain the events.
The gold standard was fastened uo-
on the country in 1873 without any
iparty asking for it. The Am7rlcaa
Ipeople neither discussed nor expressed
any desire for the gold standard prior
to its adoption. Even congress did no:
understand the stfsct o. tie act OF
1873 when it was passed.
| II any Republican is disposed TO de-
ny tae possibility OF Law passing
| Through congress without IFS conteats
| being understood by congress LEI hIm
remember secEcr % Of the Ding!ey
bill. Congress did not Know that the
!Diugley bill contained section 22,
Notwithstanding toe facs taat the Dill
passed the sanSte aod vas slg6ed oy
! the president. The United States en-
dured the gold standard for twenty
three years before ang. party ever dar-
I'd to defend it. and when tle hoLung
Democrats Of 1896, alter advocating
| international binatallism a. Chicago,
declared for the gold standard tSo
lmonths later az Indianapolis, theg
polled less than per cent. OF the votes
iaad carried only one precinct IN the
United Statas-a precinct IL wclch
only six votes were poIled, theg Sc
curing three yo:es, tae E=puoilc2nS
two and the regular Democrats one.
Six million aud half Of voters ce-
cla,ed last year for Independent oi-
metalism. = LITTLE more tnsn ssTe1
millions supported the R9pooEcan
;ticket was pledged tc international HI-
metaIlism Those thirteen and Que
half millions declared themselves
against the gold Standard 2ad II "a
yor OF double standard. BrseuGic@
I Z CCtD LG-SStyA ~ u Al - - 49, '-A~>
admitted The gold standard 10 D. "a
satisfactory. By approaching siVJ
! 600 to pay the expenses of tae con-
mission The REPUBLICAN congress coz.
feSsed i;seI; DESTROYS OF getting fid oi
the gold standard.
Tae conniss;on founG France wilt,
| ing TO abandon the old s.AuGard-con,
elusive proof that tie gcI@ standard
mas not been satisfactory 70 Frea2s.
In England the ca2-t&llsIlc classes
were opposed TO nlaAlog any oo1ceS-
sions 10 b;rletaliSEl. thus proving tha
independent ni2ei&Ihsts were right
! last fall il asSe-tjug tH&- the coG.eSt
between goid monGInsta:iso aac 0ine-
tails = IS coGtss: b-tTael the money
uow4r auu The common people ta9
failure of the commission - 5Sc2ts
the CO operation OF EIccqe s proof
that the independent 5iGe.&:}is's ve;a
; fright when they 2sssctsc, the people OF
; the United States must rely Upon tcelT
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