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it on us, and the North had kept it
on us by the force of her majority
of votes, and the currency Of the
country was absorbed by gcomctrical
progression and poured into the cop
pers of the North.
Then came the national banking
law, which had created the greatest
money trust in the world, the govern
mcnt having delegated to few tho
power to issue money when ii suited
their pleasure.
Mr.. Smith then took up and clo-
quently referred to the natural re-
sources Of the South. While the
North had an artificial tariff WALL he
said, the South had ii natural tariff
wall placed around her by The hand
OF God. For IL long time he had been
puzzled to know the differences But
in his study Of the question he had
found it. The Northern finaucicr
owned the mills which manufactured
thc raw product OF the Southern cot-
ton fields The plan which he had
been urging and which he had been
working for was to put up the price Of
the raw material. lie characterized
the New York Cotton Exchange as
gan" Of thieves and liars
The South could solve lis own cur
i rcncy problem, nc said. if the far
! mrrs Of the South would stand to-
"cthcr. The South had won its re-
cent fight against the Northern fin
ancicr and the gamblers Of Wall
! street.
Ex-Governor Jno. Gary Evans,
OF Spartanburg, made Il good speech
Tie followed Mr.. Smith, and was hear
tily chccrcd when lie was announced.
! llc jumped on the positions taken by
both Mcssrs. Rhctt and Smith.
He said the South depended upon
cotton, but this country and Canada
could only buy onc-fourth Of the
South 5 cotton crop. The other
ttlce-1ourths must be sold in the mar
krts of the outside world. He spoke
of this fact in relation Of the eur
rcncy question. lie traced the his
tory Of the currency agitation down
TO the present, and severely and earn
cstly attacked Mr.. Rhctt : plan, seek
! ing to show that it would not work
! to the benefit Of The South, and that
II was not good Democratic doctrine
lie characterized Mr.. Rhctt ON the
currency issue as GA new disciple, Il
new evangelist. calling himself plain
business man." He did not believe
in takin" away from the peoples GOV
crnmcn the right to make the pco-
pies money. Mr.. Rhctt 5 plan was
tn delegate to chain Of banks the
only power I" issue currency, he said.
Mr.. Evans said there WAS no differ
cncc between this and in drl"9atinc to
one great bank the sole power To- is
sue currency, and it would amount 10
nothin" but the creation Of IL Giant
money trust.
Mr. Evans said ne was not run
hlnG Tor tn" senate I" get Il job. The
people Of Ncwbcrry knew his people
| and had known them for Il hundred
years. lie wanted to serve his people.
and he wanted to go TO the senate
because he believed he could serve
| them there.
Mr. Jno. P. Grace,
Of Charleston, was the last Of the
speakers seeking senatorial honurs.
The burden Of his address was an at
: tack upon Mr.. Rhctts Democracy.
Mr.. Rhctt. he said, had referred TO
him as being imbucd with the idea
that it was his mission TO 90 around
I" show why Mr.. Rhctt should not be
elected. Mr.. Grace said he was sur
| priSrd when he saw man he knew
I" b" n Republican filing his pledge
in 1h" Democratic primary, and he
felt if I" be his duty to come before
the people Of the State and tell them
if they wanted to elect any one from
Charleston to elect Democrat
lie charged Mr.. Rhctt with having
boltcd the Democratic party in 1896,
with having opposed Bryan instruc-
tions in the Charleston county con-
vcntion. and with having advocated
| protection on one stump since the
opening Of the present campaign.
For the Lower House.