Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-10-20

to help simply because they do not
seek to do just what We want them to
do, or do it just as we would like to
have them do it.
Such is the condition OF silver from
the international standpoint. Really
the most dangerous enemy we have
is Germany. England is in such
position that she cannot hinder US very
much. Not year before the Bar
ing Brothers failed Lord Salisbury
refused to give audience to q com
mittee of bimetalsts. Within three
, , months after Barring Brothers failed,
he welcomed the bimetallists and in a
speech before q Board Of Trade in
London, declared that it had become
evident to him that there was not
sufficient gold in the world to do the
,, business of the world; that the cons
merce of the world had been growing
much faster than the population of
the world; that we must have broader
basis for money, and that England
should not be held back BY old
prejudices or old economic theories
Such ie the condition there. Let us
pull for this conference with all our
might, and with all our energy, an1
with all our strength, and at the same
time strive for something better and
get both it we can. Cheers.
In this country We are on the eve
Of Presidential election. There are
monometalists, and bimetalists, and
fat money people. l am Of the opin-
ion that while Cleveland is a mono.
metalis,, he will sign bill passed by
Congress affirming any agreement
made by this Internatie nal Confer.
ence. If I am not mistaken C!eve>
land has said he would do as much -,
and this much may be said OF Cleve.
land: whatever he says he will do
he will do. That is just tho reason
why I am opposed to him; fer he is
opposed to the development of every
industry in our State, and says So,
Harrison would certainly sign bill
ra,ifyin9 the action of the Monetary
Conference. for he called it in exist
ence.
AS there is no probability of Weaver
being elected President, do not care
to discuss what his views on silve,
may be. But you who live in silver
country, you who will prosper when
silver is up and rot prosper when it is
down, l want you to remember this
that when you set man down with
Jerry Simpson and Tom Watson and
expect him to persuade Congress te
establish bimetalism you will be dis
appointed, for that body will not ever
listen to what he says.
Now l will appeal to the goot
judgment and common sense of any
man if that is not only reasonable
but an apparent proposition. y
course you cannot appeal to Watson
in the next Congress because he ha
gone down under Democratic whirl
wind in Georgia. He was the leade
in the last House, but lost his seat b,
1900 majority. If they had an unfai
election in Georgia it is not to thei
credit. If they did not have a fai
election in Arkansas, it is infamous
. If men were not permitted to vote q
| thew wished to in Alabama and hav
those votes counted as they were cast
+ it is an outrage under the Constitu
i, ton; but it is nothing new. Weave
h knew the situation when he wen
!, there, and if in his march throug
; Georgia he met obstacles at leas
!. more offensive than Sherman did, W
need not be surprised. While there
q fore l do not rejoice that Weaver wa
+ not heard in the South, because Nj
f Weaver and Mrs. Lease should b
/ permitted to be heard anywhere with
;. in the boundaries of the United State
t any place where the stars an
t stripes float over men and the govern
men, of the United States prevail;
e [Cheers.1 Mr.. Weaver and Mrs. Leas
O should be permitted to talk freely o
n the political issues OF the day. and
Il the Republican party had its way the
Il would be permitted to do it.
= There is no question of so niue