Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-20

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the purchasing clause Of his law. That
blu had received the votes OF the Re
publican Senators then, and they would
vote, except the Republican Senators
from four states, for the repeal Of the
law, Just as soon IS the Demo
cratic Senate would give them an oppo--
tunity. Re thought the Republicans
party stood now where IL had always
stood, sin favor Of silver, in favor or
gold, in favor OF paper, ell issued by
the government on an equality, and
each containing ono hundred cents. "
The truth was that we never had any
better money than we had to-
day, and this was illustrated the past
summer where the people, having lost
confidence in everything else, still held
fast 20 the money Of the government,
and so many as had il In bank, all
wanted it the same day and the same
hour. They did not want it to invest.
They DO not want it 70 build industries,
for we're not building industries now
Applause. They wanted it to hoard
away, aud you never heard Of anyone
wanting 10 hoard away something
wnich was bad. Laughter. The
DeODle showed they had confidence in
the money OF the government, so long
as the government existed, but there Is
one kind Of money the people do not
want. and that Is State bank money.
Yet the Democratic party is pledged
to that sort Of money, by re-
pealing the ten per tent. tax on State
banks, put there by the Republican
party, not for protection, but for de-
structlon laughter and it wiped them
all out Yet the Democracy is pledged
10 restore that sort of money" AT the
outset Of his speech the Governor prom
ised 70 talk about financial matters
latter WHILE" but be evidently didn't
mean it, for be continued to talk about
State bank issues for quite a time.
Finally be said: 1t isn't the money
that causes the trouble. The country
I is full Of money, aud every dollar OF 10
/ is good. We've got everything we had
last year, except prosperity. Applause.
We've got the same manufacturing
plant, but we've got a new administra-
zion. Laughter. We've got the same
enterprise, and the same ability, but
we've GOT new engineer and a new
engine, and it's OF pattern before the
war. Laughter. That's the trouble.
We have lost confidence in each other
No man will manufacture products
Z when there Is no market. No manu-
facturer will put money in at this end
OF the factory until he sees way TO get
the products out az the other. No man
will manufacture iron to-day with pro-
tected ore and protected coal, when he
may have 10 sell it next year in compe-
tit.Cu with iron made under free coal
aud free ore and free trade wages. !
see some farmers here, and l want to
say 10 them that no one will buy their
wool TO sell the product in competition
with products made from free wool.
IA voice: There trying to sell their
sheep now!l The farmers don't see
many wool buyers these days. They
come sing'y now, when they come at
ALL. They used 10 come in batalliOns
10 get the choice clip of Ohio. How do
YOU like it2 Laughter. That's what's
The matter with the wool Ques-
tiCr, and that's what's the
matter with everything else"
lAUUlausel Proceeding he said:
"YOu can't buy your goods abroad
and make them here, too. II foreign
goods come 10, the merchant won't buy
home goods, for be can get them
cheaper, and if tho merchant don't buy
the iObber won't sell and IL the jobber
don't buy the factory won't run, and II
the factory don't run American work
men will be idle. What we want TO do
is set every factory Ia motion aud EN-
pIov every man. Right you aren
And then you employ the Workingman,
snd when the wOrkingman is employed
al goes we'll" [Applausel. Again:
Whose business IS it TO look after the
United States? Why, It's your business.
IA voice: It's Bill NcKinley's bust
uessn Laughter And you will look
after it, 1 believe. 1 would not
willingly buy a piece Of foreign
gOodS-and when say that l
am only quoting what Jefferson
said seventy years ago-I would not
willingly buy piece Of foreign goods
so long as we have million idle work
ingman hera al home. Applause
Yet that is what you are coming TO.
y But, you say, the protect
i've tariff is in force. So it
is. But YOU are pledged 10
repeal it. On that policy President
Cleveland Is 10 act. That's what's the
matter. If your house is doomed to be
demolished, you don't wait until the
dynamite Is put under 10; you move out!
Laughter That's the condition OF
things now. The manufacturer has
moved OUT, and he Is waiting for the
explosion, and when the manufacture
waits the machine waits, and when the
machine waits, the mechanic starvesl
Laughter
The Governor said he knew what
would change things for the better. "lf
Grover Cleveland would announce he
would veto any free trade legislation
coming from Congress the wheels would
revo,ye ia twenty-f0ur hours. And he
ought 10 do 10. de owes il, as pa
trIotic duty 70 the people OF the coun-
try. and if be had u little OF the old
Jacksonian Democracy in his veins
he'd do il, too" Applause. He
called the present Democratic party the
Mugwump Democracy, aud 10 prove 1t,
read from the platform on which jack
son was elected, In 1892. They say
the tariff Is a tax! That's not new.
I've heard it before. Laughter. 1t has
no novelty for me. But I want 10 say
that the wors, tax people can bear is
idleneSs. Idle workmen is one OF the
worst things which can confront a cOunA
try, aud there will be idle workmen
lust as long as there is uncertain mark
et." De said the workmen were wear
ing their old clothes this winter, having
no money and no work; the railroads
were LAYING no new tracks, waiting for
/ free trade steel rails, and the rail-
makers and the track layers were idle,