The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12

tempt. llaL IS his argument, the only
one he has. Men held up their hands
in horror at the Chicago platform.
There was nothing new in that declara-
ton. We had had coinage at l6 to l
and there was time when this nation
did not ask the consent Of any other
ration about it. We had free coinage
and the double standard eighty-one
years. The gold standard was adopted
without being asked for by any party.
We got it without the American peo-
pie Knowing it. 1t vas done in the
night.
REPUBLICANS ENCOURAGE MONOPOLY.
''The Republican party encourages
every form Of monopoly. have been
called demagogue, crank and other
names, but no name is hard enough to
prevent me from doing what I can to
wrest the control of American affairs
from the hands Of the London BANKERS.
"They said in 1896 that confidence
would be restored if | was defeated.
More banks and business houses failed
in six months after the election than in
the six months previous to the election.
By the Republican logic | was elected
president. Confidence was restored
but there have been hard times.
''The trust question is growing in
importance. This is due to the great
increase in the number Of trusts. The
trusts Of this country have capitaliza-
ton equal to Ill the gold and silver
money in the world.
The principle of monopoly is vici-
Gus and dangerous without the princl-
pie Of extortion. Some things have
been increased in price 100 per cent by
the trusts. Monopoly is intolerable in
this country. The trusts strike down
every form Of competition. The great
bulk Of our people become clerks in
stead Of proprietors under the trust re-
gime. The trust must 60. We mus:
have independence in the industrial
world. We must have political inde-
pendence. We should think Of these
questions that have grown up since the
war.
Imperialism is the policy of estab-
ishing an empire. Expansion is to &C.
qulrc territory to be occupied by our
own people. The question is, do we
went people not homogeneous? What
shall we do with the Philippine? Mr..
Mckinley said forcible annexation
would be criminal aggression. The
holding Of the Filipinos against their
will involves new departure in our
government. I do not want as part
Of our nation people who cannot read
the declaration Of independence. The
doctrine Of force lies behind US, not in
front of US. The expansion argument
is the argument of George the Third.
QUESTION OF IMPERIALISM.
':On this anniversary of tie ringing
of old Liberty bell l ask you did itring
in vain. That bell is sacred relic of
revolutionary days. Shall We say we
haye lived more than one hundred years
under the wrong principle. No, we
shall not depart from republican form
of government. We are not ready to
accept the doctrine Of conquest and
force. Some say carry the Bible in one
hand and the gun in the other and con-
quer the Filipinos. Fire the Bible out
of the gun aud the man hitdoesn't need
the gospel.
''The one who escapes is too busy
burying the dead to hear your doctrine.
l thank God that my religion is Of a
different sort from that. 1t is not the
Republicans desires to do good but the
desire to get money that lies behind
the colonial policy"
Bryan continued along this line,
speaking two hours. At the conclu.
sion he was warmly congratulated, and
the applause asrloud and long. He
was then escorted to the Matthews ho
tel and diDed by the Chautauqua asso-
citation.