The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-23
THE FRIENDS OF SILVER.
IN TIE DEMOCRATIC, REPUBLICAN,
AND PCPULlsTs PARTIES.

IN TIE DEMOCRATIC, REPUBLICAN
and PcPULlsTs PARTIES.
Asks to Unite IN Fueu, on the Financial
Issue SIS OF PAramoun nportance-Ap-
peals to L sch o; tbs Parties TO Consou-
dare.
The addresses on behalf OF the Dem.
ocratic, Populist and Silver Republi'
can parties which are the result Of the
conferences which have been IN pro.
gress among the leaders of these par
ties al the capitol for the past few
weeks, were issued Wednesday. They
seek to unite the members OF the three
parties in future elections upon the
financial issue as the question OF para
mount importance and are separate
appeals to each of the parties to con-
so!idate all along the lines for this
purpose. The address TO Dsuo
IS signed by Senator James ( Jones
Of Arkansas, chairman OF the Demo
cratic national committee, and is en-
dorsed by the Democratic congress
jonaI committee; that to the Popullsts
by Senrtor Marion Butler, chairman
of the PopuIist national COMMITTEES,
and the 25 other Popuiist mem GERS OF
the senate and house. ana that OF the
silver Republicans BY Chairman Chas
4. Towne and the Silver Republicans
in the senate and the house, ant also
by ex Senator Dubois.
The Democratic address is as fol,
lows:
To the People: The surrender of the
Repu blican party to the advocates OF
the gold standard and monopoly IS at
last complete. The present admins
tration, called to power under the SOL
emn pledge of the Republican nation
al convention at St. Louis to promote
bimetallism, has formulated AID sent
to congress a bill, the leading purpose
OF which, the honorable secretary OF
the treasury avows, is to commit the
country more thoroughly TO the gold
standard.
The country has already, for "a
years, been so thoroughly committed
to this standard, partly oy law and
partly ov the usurpations OF the exc.
cutive branch of the government, that
lis effects are seen and felt on every
hand; wages are reduced; work is
harder to get; the weight Of debt IS
doubled; the value Of land and other
property is reduced one-half or more,
untll the lives of the people are made
bitter with hard bondage" II is GER
tainly not in the interest OF humanity
TO have this condition of things more
thorous bly, established. The contin
ued rise in the value OF gold, or,
which is the same thing, the contln-
ued fall of prices, mus! inevitably
transfer the property OF all those en-
gased in active business, the actual
creators of wealth, whetner oy hand,
brain or capital, to those who, avoid
Ing the RISK and effort of active busl-
less, only draw interest.
The lncrsase of 145 ger cent. IN the
value Of money. caused by is lrcreas
ing scarcity, from 1853 TO 1S49, as ad
miIed by leading adTucates OF the
gold standard, found expression al
that time in extremely low prlc=s and
conditions of unparalleled distress. Inc
discovery OF gold and silver IN extra,
Ordinary Quantities, aud the great IN
crea:e IN me volume of metallic mon
ey resulting lh5refrOm, severed This
distress aud brought III It's stead won
drrful pros oeriIy. Prices rose, bust
ness fouriShed, producers prospered,
all Were happy. Substantially this
coudiLlou would have Continued II
ootn Inc precious metals had been al
lowed to remain Ia use rs money, be-
cause they were being found II near
ly sufficient Quantities to increase the
volume of money in proportion to the
Developments Of business. A wicked
cons nsplracy deprived one OF them OF
the money function. This was Done
with the deliberate purpose of raising
The value OF The other by rendering
the supply OF metallic money relative
ly scarcer as compared with the de
mand. From the hour of the conSum-
nation of this crime mankind mas
suffered commercial disaster and So
clal distress IN almost constantly IN
crossing MEASURE. Just IN proportion
10 the growth of arts and CIVILIZATION
and the expansion OF commerce, DuS:-
mss and industry, The lnadequacy OF
the volume OF gold Is felt, lis scarcity
rne repression Of life and happiness
which Is lnseparable from a long
course of decllulng prices, has now
checked develop nents, aud If conla
ued will ultimately sui; clvll,Zauon.
Aa emlne- American, President An,
urews of Brown university, some
ears ago said:
Our natiooal debt on September l,
1865. Was 3,750, 100 OOO; 1t could then
nave beer PAD off Win $4,000, QUO
oales of COTTON or %. QUO. 900 IONS OF
oar iron. Wneu II nad oeen reduced
70 81, $50, 600, 900, 3O,OUO, 900 oales of
COLON uc 80 UOO, UO0 TONS OF iron would
nave oeen required TO pay Il. In otner
words, Wnlle nominal shrinkage OF
acout SIS per cent. mad taken place IN
5ne debt, II mad, as measured In e,.her
of THESE two world staples, actually
oeen enlarged by some 50 per cent.
A.th Jugh more than halt the p1io-
c.pAI OF this enormous 6ebL and every
c-uG Vi accumulated interest had De=n
r;a,I OF the LABOR Of the United States,
The holders Of The bouds sill hold
claim tor more OF the LABOR Of the
people tnan they held before these
0ne0rmous payments had been even
oeguu. This cruel conhscatlon OF the
lives and liberty OF the laooring mil.
lions of this cou4try is the mes: stu.
pzndous crime tnat has baen commit
ted IN Inc annals OF clvi!izAtlo U4
less q government ''ct the people, oy
Lne people and for the people" mas per
ished from the earth, surel y the prs
ent boldly avoTed scheme, no. olly 10
continue, bus to Increase these evils,
will not o. permitted Ia addition to