Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-02-21

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question in 1898; it was up again in
1894 and it was buried again in 1895
and had TO be buried again and again,
and even our opponents remember ii
was up in 1896 and had to be buried
again; but they said they had buried
| it then completely. I remember read.
ing next morning how dead it was.
| In 1897, 1898 and 1899 it was buried ;
but l have examined the so.called
corps and believe there is life enough
in it to last another year. Why do
they have to bury it so often? They
don't bury it well it seems. Bury il
we'll and be done with it They can't
bury The money question because that
concerns every man, woman and child,
and they who advocate the gold stand
ard today are not advocating it on the
ground that they did in 1896. Why,
now they tell us We have more money
since the election and don't need silver.
They then said we have enough money
and do not need silver. 1t used to
amuse me to hear men say we had
enough money and always want more.
There were people in 1896 shout.
ing we had money enough and
they reminded me of what my father
in-law said to me just after was mar
ried. He was very good father-in.la law
and one day after my marriage be laid
his hand affectionately on my head,
and, with tenderness in his voice, said ::
"Wiliam, while l have we shall moi
both of US want" 1t was 13 years
before I got even with him and then he
had little money in bank and the
bank failed and he was little worried
about it, and it gave me infinite pleas
ure to tell him I was doing better and
that he need not worry, "That while
I had it we both would not want" /
found that those who said we had
plenty of money were the fellows who
happened to have the money, and be
seemed satisfied that while he had
everybody would want. Sometimes
have known men who never did have
enough money. Then I have known
men who knew at the time they were
talking that they could not say whence
the next winters provisions were COM
ing from, who were trembling in their
boots for fear there would be money
food that would overwhelm them.
(Laughter) 1t reminds me of the lady
who said she had brother who was q
gold man without any gold, and that
she had respect for gold man who
had the gold &; but none for one who
was a goldbug, but had no gold. Most
of the people who said we had money
enough were men who happened to
have the money, and yet the Republ-
can party was basing their fight on the
argument that it did not make any
difference whether we had much or
little, so it was good. We have two
hundred millions more gold than in
1896 and, therefore, we don't need the
silver. know that we do and l can
convince. you that even with the tw"
hundred millions more we have none
to spare. In the first place that in
creased quantity of money was neither
promised nor expected by our oppo-
nents. What they would have done
without it they do not say, and even
the secretary of the treasury says ht
has TO loan the money back to the
banks as soon as it goes into the treas
ury for fear of the consequences. Then
remember that bill passed the house
after there was panic in New York
to try and adjust matters. The Beers
were successful in South Africa III
three fights and that disturbed the
market in London, and that in turn
disturbed the money market in New
York. The fnanciers rushed in with
money TO loan at the interest of 1876
per cent. and the secretary had TO tide
over the panic again, end yet they
say the money issue has been settled.
The people saw the danger of such
legislation, and in the passage of the
currency bill they saw, with the gold
standard, and the gold alone as legal
money, we would lend ourselves 10
every disturbance in Europe. Aud
The question that arises now Is, if the
reverses in England in few battles in
Africa CAUSE this panic, when she Is
fighting handful Of people, if they
disturb our financial system, where
would the gold standard be if She
should take d nation of her size and
carry on a real war? We will have
to raise the rate of interest here TO
keep the gold from going to. Europe,
aud every man who OWNS little money
will pay the penalty, and every mail
who has 10 sell property will be the
loser; and then, when we have dis
turbei our business aud turued our
workngmen into the street, we will
understand the danger of this English
finance system, forced upon this coun
try, not by the American people; but
the dominating influence of English
finance in the United States and few
English capitalists.
When the election was over the first
thing after the president took his seat
was 10 send commission all the way
to Europe to ask the nations of Europe
to help him. The Republican congress,
by a unanimous vote, appropriated
100000 to pay the expenses of this
commission. and they were all Daid with