The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-02-22
Democra.ic Leader Addresses tie
People in Columbia.
IMPERIALISM AND THE CURRENCY,
The Sp.sch Was One of the Sest Evef
d livsrsd in Soutl, Cardinals CaPl'
tai City.

10 very ldI &c dlii dpPi SSis~Ni'S auui'
euce.
1t was one of the most forceful and
convincing efforts of this most gifted
and eiCGuent OF modern orators, an.
was listened to with breathless atten-
ton by the vast throng CT people pres
ent. After an eloquent Introduction by
Lieutenant Governor Scarborough and
Speaker Gary Mr.. Bryan said in part:
Ladies and gentlemen: | esteem 1t
a great honor to be invited to South
Carolina by the members OF the legs
lature, se.scted by the voters OF TINS
great State 10 represent them III the
legislative department of the govern
ment, and esteem it great prI' iiesc
to address those assembled here also
at the invitation of the legislature. II
were speaking to the members OF the
legislature alone. ] would dwell upo"
those Cuestions with which Legislators
are chiefly concerned. and. aVolalAS
national questions. contribute, II
could. to the sum OF wisdom that woui"
enable them to discharge the duties dc
yoIving upon them, but as look over
this audience, | feel | can safely sa!
that it stands about 16 to / on tna
outside. (Cheersl That for every
representative in the legislature. there
are at least 16 who are not represent :
t;yes, and there. if preserve laS,
ratio. ! will have to stand about 10
times as much talking about things III
which the whole people are intereS''d
as | do in talking about those things
in which legislators are especially IN
terested. These legislators are aiSC
interested in the national quesllohs
which concern the people at large:
The people can now sec what they
did not see before, that when the GOV
ernment is dealing with citizen II IS
unlimited in its power, but Wheh II -
dealing with the property of the c!sizHA
II is limited. In an hour Of peril tac
government can draft nan. but can
mot draft his pocketbook; in an hour
of peril the government cen take the
son from the mother. the husband IRON
his wife, the father from his chlfd.
stand them up in front Of his enemies
guns but in an hour Of danger the
lgoverpment cannot lay It's hands upon
accumulated wealth and make tha'
wealth bear a share of the governments
that protects that wealth tCAeer")
wbye Because the dollar is being
placed above the man in legislation
and in the structure of government
But in speaking on several questions,
/ cannot speak long on one, and must
pass to another question. where De-
aieve me same vicious doctrine OF the
dollar first and the man afterwards, is
bea;n being manifested-th money
question.
do not like to bring dead ques-
iion up before a sood-natured audience
like this. The silver question has beer
hurled so often that little thing like
a funeral does not bother us now like
i used TO. remember my opponent
In 1892 said he would never hear OF the
money question after the election. but
n was ND 10 1895 and had to be burh2d
hgain; then it was up in 1894 and had
to be buried again; it was up in lS91
and had to be buried again: ana tneh
our opponents remember That Is was
nm in 1896, and had TO be buried again,
(laughter); but they said they hau
hurled il then completely. remember
reading the morning after the election
now dead it was, but it was up IN 1884
and had to be buried again; it was UP
in 1898 and had to be buried again: IL
was up in 1899 and they were burylnS
it again, but l have examined the So
called corpse and believe there IS life
enough in it to last another year
naughter.) Now. why do they nave 10
bury it so often? Because they dldn
hurry il we'll enough. And why dldn 9
they bury it once we'll and be done
with ito They cannot bury the money
question because it concerns every
man, woman and child. I want 10 tell
you that those who advocate the gold
standard to-day are not advocating is
on the ground that they employed in
1896. Why now tell us that we have
more money since the election and do
not need silver.
When the election was over and the
president took his seat the first thing
he did was to send a commission TO Eu-
rome to ask Europe to help us abandon
the gold standard and secure the double
standard, and the Republican congress
by an almost unanimous vote appro-
priated 100000 to pay the commission.
/ know how careful the Republicans
are with public money. and when saw
a Republican congress appropriating
500, 900 of the peoples money to pay a
commission for trying TO get rid OF the !
gold standard, then / knew the gold !
standard could not be q good thing. |
Why do we have it? Not because We /
want it. but because the bankers of |
London met in secret on the 22d OF De-
cember. '97. closed the doors and de-
- .ha cold ctandard WAS all right |