The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-04


stripe have had the last prctense OF
friendship for silver removed by the
complete failure Of international
agreement. In my Judgment, they
never expected nor hoped for such
agreement. Their object and aim
was to deceive the people, perpetnate
themselves in power, and to serve
their masters, the bondholdors, by
paying their bonds in gold. Mr..
Speaker, this samo proposition was
made to the Fifty fourth congress by
the prostitute Grover Cleveland when
he wanted to write gold" in the
bond issue he was then consumma-
ting with Morgan e. Go. But we
rejected his proposition, aud accord.
ing to his figuring, paid about SIG,
100000 rather than commit this
country to the single gold standard.
Now, Sir, it will be loft for the Re-
publican party to rob the millions Of
poor toiling men and women of this
country and to collect from these
toilers iniquitous high-tariff taxes
to put money in the treasury by
which to fill the pockets of bloated
bondhonders with tho dearest
money known to man--yold.
MIR. Speaker, it ls not enough for
these enemies of the people to con
tinue to enhance the valuo of gold
by striking down silver Oh every
side, and to stand in these halls in
the interest of 2 per cent. of the
American people and 4 per cent. of
the business of this country, but
they 20 further and undertake to
destroy the plain contract made by
the government with these bond
holders whom they made the pur-
chase. How can tho Republican
party and the gold standard mug
wumps pose as the friends Of The
American people when on this tinan-
cial question they vote for 2 per
cont. of the people and 1 por cont.
of the business done IN this coun-
try?
Why, Mr.. Speaker, 0S per cent. of
our people never have a business
dealing of any kind with any foreign
country, while 00 per cent of our busi-
ness is confined to this Union. And yet
tho American people arc to be forced
to the British single gold standard,
which results in a fall in prices of
labor and all the products of labor.
Why is this doneY That the 2 per
cent. Of the people may revel in
luxury and af1inence, while the 90
per cent. are to toll on without the
increase in currency necessary to
make this country prosperous. What
a proposition it is, that 00 per cent.
Of all the business done in this coun-
try is disregarded in settling this
financial proposition, and that 4 per
cent only is to be regarded! All,
Mr.. Speaker, let me warn the repub
licans on that side of tho house, that
they had as we'll undertake to close
the granaries and mills of this coun
try to corn and outlaw it by legisIa-
ton and furnish sufficient wheat to
feed the world as to undertake to
close the mints to silver and feed the
demand for money from gold.
You Republicans arc responsible
for tho present price of silver, and
largely for the pauperism and dis
tress of the laboring people in this
country.
What is it about this resolution
that is wrong? And why are wo
denounced as repudlators or violators
of the public faith and credit, when
wo hold that tho terms of the con-
tract should be binding on both
parties? If silver has lost in value,
what caused it? Who caused it :?
Did the masses who must pay the
debt do it? No; the bondholders
controlled tho Republican party, and
through them accomplished it. You
know the bondholders understood
this contract; and no honest court on
earth would dare set aside plain
contract like this and place a burden
like the paying of these bonds in
geld on the people, without they
agreed to it.
What can the Republican party
m am bV their yOt az on this uupat ion