The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-08-30
THE POPULISTS NOTIFY BRYAN.
He Responds in a Strong Speech Covering
The Issues,

more the Qu-sio is studied and the
better il is understood the stronger
will be the demand for the restoration
of the double standard 4 the Ul!tel
States. (Great applause.) And now 10
resume:
While an g-atefu! for the conf
de2cc which tha PcpuiistS have eX-
press 4 in ne. am not vain enough
TO regard as personal their extrao"di-
nary manifestations of good will. The
ties which bind together these who be-
lieve in the same great Fundamental
principles are stronger than ties CT az
fsc:iOE-stronge even than the ties CT
blood; 1ni cooperation between the
reform forces is due to the fact that
Democrats. PopulisTS and silver Re-
publicanS take the side Of the people in
their contest aga n.t greed and agree
in the application CT Je:?ersonian prir-
"iples 20 the questions Immediately be-
fore US.
TIE MONEY QUESTION.
In 1885 the money qua5 ion was OF
paramount Importance ard the allies in
that campaign united in the demand
for the immediate restoration CT silver
by the independent action o. this coun-
;rv 1; Is TO !. the ratio which existed
since 1924. They we're defeated hut
that did not put an end to tariff re-
form. The Republicans were defeated
in 1892, but that did rot permanently
overthrow the protective tariff. Defeat
at the polls does not necessarily decide
a great problem. Experience, and eX-
perienCe al2ne, settles questions. II an
increase in the volume OF the currency Y
since 1896. although unpromised by the
Republicans. and unexpected. has
brought Improvement in indu trial
conditions, this Improvement instead
Of answering the arguments put forth
in favor of bi-metallism, only confirms
the contention of those who insisted
that more money would make better
times.
The Republican party, however,
while claiming credit for the increase
in circulation, makes no permanent
provision for an adequate supply Of
standard money. 1t denies the neces-
sity for more real money, while it per.
mits national banks to expand the vol
une Of paper prcmises-to-pay money,
If the Populists felt justified in oppos,
ing the Republican party when it
sought 20 conceal it's gold standard ten
denotes under the mask of internation-
al bi-metallism. the opposition should
be more pronounced in proportion as
the Republican party more openly es>
pouses gold moIo-metall!sm. In 1896
the reform forces charged the Repub-
iican, party with intending to retire the
greenbacks. This charge. denied at the
time. has been confessed by the finan-
cial bill, which converts greenoacks,
when once redeemed, into gold certifi-
Gates, and extends new privileges 70
banks of issue. If Populist opposed
the Republican party when its hostii-
ity to greenbacks was only suspected
that opposition should be greater now
since no one can longer doubt the pur-
pose CT the Republican party. to sub
stitute bank notes for greenbacks.
1T is true that the Populists believe
in an irredeemable greentack. while
the Democrats believe in a greenback
redeemable in coin. but the vital ques-
tion at this time, so far as paper mon
ey is concerned. is whether the govern
ment or banks shall issue it. There
will be time enough 70 discuss the re-
deemability Of the g-eenbacks, when
the greenback itself IS saved from the
annihilation which now threatens it..
in 1896 the Poprlists united with
the Democrats in opposing the. trusts,
although the question ct that time ap-
peared like cloud scaSely larger than
a mans hand. To-day that cloud we'll
nigh overspreads the Industrial SKY.
The farmer does not participate IN the
profits Of any trust, but he sorely feels
the burden of them all. He is depen-
dent upon the seasons for his income.
When he plants his crop, he knows not
whether it will be blessed with rain Or
bi!ghted with drought: he knows not
whether the wind will blow it down,
or hail destroy it, or insects deycur it,
and the price Of his crop is as uHcer-
tain as the quantity. Ii a private mo-
nopoly can suspend production and
fix the price Of raw material as well
as the price Of the finished product. the
farmer, powerless to protect himself
when he sells. is p!undered when he
purchases. Can any farmer hesitate to
throw the influence of his ballot upon
the side of those who desire to protect
the public at large from monopoliss?
The feet that the trusts support the
Republican party ought to be sufficient
proof that they expect protection from
it. The Republican cannot be relied on
to extinguish trusts 80 long as it draws
his campaign contributions from their