The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-02-22

me2 sure may rot come out tnhI way,
Our opponents fought their battle in '9f
urder the mistake OF international be-
metalism. They could not secure their
bill from the congress elected IN 81.
they had to wait until 1898; in '9S we
were engaged in war. and every Repuh-
lican speaker WAS appealing 10 the peo-
ple to hold up the hands of the prHSl-
dent until the treaty was signed. and
the fnanciers were planning to hold a.
the people. and when the election wa:
over that bill was forced into congres
and the lower house. and it was golt
standard bill when It came before tn'
house. and al the little Republican.
eve-y morning would look up to Mr..
Hanna and say: Give us this day oul
daily opinions" Uaugh:er) They die
not talk about international bimesai'
ism, they brought a mistake, If mis-
take, said they were for the gold atand-
ard. and the bill went Over to the SEN
a.c. having received the vote of ever!
Republican in the house in its plain
gold standard form, and the finance
committee of the senate reported II
back gold standard bill and taey
commenced to discuss it. The otner day
the storm signal was raised, anu the
Republican committee reported an
amendment declaring that this was not
intended to settle the money question:
that it was not Intended to adopt the
gold standard permanently and that the
bill should not be considered as an oD"
stacle in the restoration Of the double
standard-as soon as the commercial
nations of the world helped to DO II.
The trust question is really the same
in principle as the money question; the
same reason thtat lead men tot want 10
strike down silver in order to get gold.
A monopoly of the mint privileges
leads men to want to strike down COM
peting industries in order to secure Z
monopoly of the market. If you thtnk
YOU can destroy industrial trusts by
making peace with the money trusts.
| want to tell you when you get near
enough to the trusts to see who STANDS
behind the trusts, you will find the big
HUduCltIS u ILLS Nouhlls
every industrial trust as they defended
the money trust. John J. Mitchell,
president Of the Illinois Trust and Say
ings bank at Chicago, gave out an IN
terview a while ago and that interVle"
was quoted with the approval by the
Times Herald. one of the leading he
publican newspapers of Chicago, and III
that interview Mr.. Mitchell said that
in the long run the trusts would do no
harm. In the loIg run. what con-
ISOLATION is that to short wlnded man
who can't stand lCng run? CLauSh-
teri; what consolation is that TO inc
man who suffers bankruptcy before tnc
end CT tae run is reached; what con-
ISOLATION is that to the man W.lo SUI.
ifers extortion during the progress or
the run. Yet "in the long run the trus.
can do no harm
The men who grew rcd in the face
as they denounced a 90 cent dollar have
their vaults full of the monopoly sock
that is not represented by lO cents TO
the dollar in actual cash. Ile rest OF
it is fcticiOuS value that is to be made
good by the power of the monopoiy
to extort from the people. Do you eZ-
pect that those wio believe in the gold
standard will destroy the trust.
want TO remind ycu that we had 4
Democratic admin ration that be-
'lieved in the gold standard, ani it did
not destroy the trusts. We now have
Republican administration that be-
lievcs in the gold standard and it is
not going to restrOy the trusts. f You
want to destroy the trusts you have got
to destroy the trusts through the peo-
pie who declare war against all mon
opoly in private hands. not merely
against the little ones: if you are 60
ing to destroy the trusts. you have got
to SO against all of them: you cannot
afford to feed the old bear and then go
out to hunt the cub.
Why. saw in a message the other
day that the president was talking
about the reconstruction of the Phil
fppine Islands. The word had famil-
lar sound. Reconstruction. When you
Remember how the Republican party In
its best days reconstructed the white
race near ut home. you can imagine
tomettairg about the reconstruction OF
the brown race about 1000 miles away
from home now. Great applause.)
My friends, II you want to lift up the
human race. you have got to do it by
love; you cannot do it by your great
armies and cannons. and Id rathe:
trust the loving influence of one South
Carolina boy whose love to God carries
MIN far off from the confines of civili-
zation would rather trust the uplift-
ing influence of one great human heart
than the uplifting influence OF all the