The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-05-04
Mr.. gran:ley's Announcement.

To the Voters of the Seventh Con-
gressioaal District:
Ny candidacy for Congress having
been very kindly mentioned by the
various papers Of the District: and
believing that it is now time that the
people should know definitely my in
tentions and the platform of princi-
pies upon which I shall make the
race, and in order that they may have
time TO consider for themselves
whether or not the principles for
which I stand are for their best in
terest, l now give my reasons for
making the race, together with an
embodiment OF the platform on which
I stand.
I will make the race because I be-
lieve the people of this district will
favor my election 10 the lower house
of Congress and because I am am
bilious to return to the National cap
ital empowered with the authority to
vindicate a righteous cause for which
I was rebuked by the traitors of
Democracy and returned to my pco-
pie at home. I believe that my ac-
ouaintauce with national affairs for
three years in Washington will en-
able me to honestly and effectively
discharge the duties devolving upon
this high Office in the interest of the
people, and assist in no small way in
bringing about needed reforms in
finance, trade, and taxation that shall
inure to the welfare of our peo-
pie and bring relief to all classes
who labor for an honest dollar by
honest toll.
I believe the financial question will
! be paramount to all others in the COM
ing Congressional contest throughout
the United States. Ny ideas upon
this question are too we'll known by
the people to need an explanation now.
am unaterably opposed to mono
m etalism. I believe in gold and sill
yer, the dollar OF our daddies, the
honest dollars that were given to us
by the fathers of our government
through cur constitution when they
declared that gold and silver coined
free at a fixed ratio shall be the
money of our constitution. am
bime.alist. T am in favor of the free
coinage of silver and gold at the
ratio of 1G to l, without begging the
consent of any foreign power. I am
as homes! aud as conscientious in my
belief now as I was in the last
National campaign when [ espoused
the cause Of true Democracy and
fought in the interest of the great
common people from every stump in
the valleys of West Virginia. We
need retrenchment and reform in
National politics. We need young
men, bold, aggressive, and conser7a-
tive from the ranks of the people,
who can stand uncorrupted before
the synd;cates of monopolies and
trusts and speak in no uncertain
tones Of the evils and wants Of the
laboring masses. Ny untiring en-
ersy and efforts shall be freely given
to loosen the shackles of British gold
that have been fastened upon us
through the treachery of American
plutocTats in high places Of honor
which they have befouled. l shall
leave nothing undone to foster rev
olution in American politics-a revp-
luton that shall presage the dawn of
q brighter period for those in the /
furrow, in the factory and in the |
shop.
am not protectionist by any
means, but l believe with the Chicago
platform that the tariff duties should
bear equally upon every section OF
the Union and as near equally as
possible upon all classes and con-
ditions of men. | believe that We
of the South are as much entitled to
t .ritf or bounty on our raw cotton
as the manufacturers who weave it
into cloth. ] believe the man who |
digs iron is as much entitled to a
tariff on that raw iron as the
man who reines it into steel
I do not believe in free raw ma
telial for the South and a protect d
manufacture product for the North.
This is the class legislation that has