Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-10-13

needed for a dumping ground, and so
! I put it in corn. But it is just my
luck. I am something like the man
who, after series of misfortunes, said
if it rained soup he wouldn't have any
spoon. You see, I didn't know that
Hanna had planned famine in India.
Now, my friends, don't speak of it
with any feeling Of sadness or disap-
pointment, because / have no right to
expect any inside information under
this administration. But, as I cannot
expect to get it on the ground floor
when these famines are going to be
scattered over the worlds surface for
the benefit of our people, l have made
up my mind to do what every man
must do when he has to take his chan
ces. I am going to put part OF my
five acres in wheat, part in corn,
part in oats, and part in potatoes, and
then Hanna can't have famine any
where but what 1 will be on top.
Discussing at length the free coinage
plank of the platform, he proved it
was right and met the approval of the
people by showing that the Republi-
cans declared for the double standard,
and their 100000 votes meant it, if
they meant anything, that they were
opposed to the single gold standard.
The only material difference between
the Republican plank and the Demo-
cratic plank, was that the Democratic
plank was universally understood to
mean just exactly what it professed,
while the Republican plank had to be
taken on faith. The only really single
gold standard platform was tnat OF
the gold Democrats, and in all it re-
ceived only 10000 votes. These
bolters had proved that they were dis
honest, because at Chicago they had
said that they wanted bimetalism, and
they did not afterward boldly show
themselves in their true colors until
they found that they could no longer
deceive the great masses of the party.
Mr.. Bryan next told how, previous
to the election, the Republicans were
claiming that the whole trouble was
due to the lack of confidence, and
how, after the Republican success
was assured, things would brighten up.
There was, he explained, better times
for about two months but that was
only while the money that the Repub-
licans put out on election day lasted.
Another thing, the Republicans had all
along claimed that the trouble with the
country was that there was too much
money. Note how much joy they ex-
perienced upon the discovery OF gold
in the Klondike. Then they an
nounced jubilantly that there would
be plenty of money now. If there
was too much money before, the dis
covery of more would only make the
situation worse. But the thing only
vindicated Democratic claims. The
Democrats argued that more money,
more happiness. See how much joy
the discovery of gold in the Klondike
brought to the Republicans.
"Where did the next ray of hope
come from ? From the wheat field.
Wheat had gone up? Why, my friends,
dollar wheat is on our side. We wan
ted dollar wheat. What the Republi-
cans said we want is dollar to buy
more than it ever bought before. You
read the pamphlets sent out to rail-
road sound money clubs, telling them
what would be the effect on those who
were working for wages to have the
products rise, and yet you find them
rejoicing in the rise of products, and
thus they find their second inspira-
ton. Take what the Republicans said
last year about having money enough
and what they are now saying about
the advantage of discovering more
gold. Take what they said about the
advantage of rising dollars and what
they now say about rising prices.
They remind me Of man who was
travelling in the mountain by path
that was so crooked that he often met
himself coming back. daughter and
applause.) want to ask you, are not
the Republicans meeting themselves
coming back? Why don't they admit
it? Is it because they are so ashamed
of what they said last fall that they
will not recognize themselves face to
face?
II submit to you that the Repubfi-
cans are today answering their own
arguments. Why, I noticed the other
day up in Iowa paper said to be pa
tient, prices will rise, and so will
wages. They said last year they
would now. We wanted general
rise in prices and We insisted that the
wages and all other things would ad-
just themselves to the new level, and
yet now they are trying to get credit
for the spasmodic rise in certain pro-
ducts, but tell the laboring man to be
patient, that prices will rise, and his
wages will rise, so he will not suffer
anything. Well, they are learning.
Last year was the first year that they
admitted anything was wrong. Before
that they said be contented with our
lot. When we said anything was
wrong, they would point to some other
nation in Europe and say we were
better off than they, and ought not
complain. Up to last year they said
be content. l believe in contentment,
but think it can be carried too far.
"But, my friends, have now stood
here in this night air and kept you
here, calling attention to these evil
dences of the fact that we are right
and our opinions are right. Eou tell
me that the silver craze is going to die