Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-09-11

Dr. welsh's Eloquent Appeal for
votes-DfscussinR MonOpolies and
.Pnper Dollars.

votes-DiscussinR MonOpoiies and
Paper Dollars.
Ameeting Of the Greenback alias Butler
workingmen's party was held Thursday
night. After a osreful search along the
corners from Front and Market TO Fourth
street and while investigating the corners
and alleys Of that locality, the I'M
usual glare Of torches, set in an old
dilapidated wagon, upon which score Of
gsmins were holding high carnival, sud
denly attracted attention. The boys
covered the wheels and tongue, and filed
the box. Ragged and dirty they swarmed
over and under II. In the darkness some
soors or so Of citizens were at length per-
oeived seated along the sidewalk and
gutter. The orator Of the evening, DR..
Weloh, was found at last.
At 8.I5 O'Clock DR.. Welch clambered
into the wagon accompanied by Benjamin
jackson and Il. C. Combs. hopping his
perspiring face, the orator introduced
himself by explaining that he had been
disappointed by the non-appearanoe Of .
great speaker from Massachusetts, Col. A.
K. Owens. He went on to say, "This is
meeting Of the Butler Workingmen's
Club. II you can stand some Greenback
thunder, I'll give It to you. Some years
ago, attempted TO speak in this
city, when one Of your muni-
cipal authorities turned his
premises into stone battery and drove
me of. prophesied panic at that time
and now we have II. This country can
support 500,000,00 workingmen and
there are now 50,000,000 Of them stsrv-
ing here. Politicians have deceived you
when they say that panios are caused by
over r-production. The real cause OF the
trouble is under-produotion. AS soon as
the elections Of November are over, specie
payments will be suspended, and you will
pe in the middle Of the worst panic you
aver saw, and you need not expect to get
over it under two years.
The Republican party was the first to
give birth to dishonest money. Then,
like CROSS hog, it turned around and
killed Its offspring. Honest money is
anything that will give an equal exchange
for your products. / claim that the
United States can authorize legal tender.
You have three parties before you
now--the Democrats, Republicans and
the Greenbsok party, represented by
Butler. The Republican party repre-.
ssnts the Republican pets, the national
banks. That party has no more inten-
tion of helping the working man than !
have of going to the moon. Why does 1t
not pay off the public debt with that
large surplus it has in the treasury
There the orator WAS interrupted by 8
voice from the crowd, which took exoep-
tions to his words.
After vainly attempting to be heard the
doctor said 'Long ago 1t was thought
q miracle TO hear an ASS talk, but nova.
days 1t is miracle to find an ass who
can hold his tongue. [Great laughter and
cries of order. The speaker continued:
We Greenbsokers are in favor OF opening
the treasury and paying silver dollars on
release Of bonds. The Republican party
gave away 227, 900, 900 acres OF land TO
monopoIists to build the Pacific railway
and $50, ,000,0 as q cash subsidy.
They passed the Thurman land act to get
the acres back again, but that is the last
we heard or ever shall hear Of that
shameful steal Of public lands, One year
ago in Ohio corn was at 20 cents at the
same time II was 81 in New York. Who
got the 80 cents The railway grants
were made In the interest Of the people
but are run in the interest OF the railway
kinas. Vanderbilt says, "The public be
id" and that is what the citizens get
for these tremendous money and land
concessions they have made.