The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-03
CLEVELAND ARRAIaSEp,

Tennessee, the lieutenant Of Chairman
Bland In the last Congress, was received
with great enthusiasm and proceeded
to make q speech which was the Rensa-
tion Of the day in iLa arraignment oi
president Cleveland, In the course OF
his address he said: ~ say to-day, as
q Democratic, that Grover Cleveland,
the man from the cast, who claims to,
day to represent the Democratic party,
doea not representa- but nisrepresents
its position upon this question, Ap.
plause, J Do you know why Cleveland
was nominated? A voice--"six hun
dred thousand dollar" s"-!aughter.l
"Our people, all through the south
thought Grover Cleveland was the man
to protect them against the force bllh
We also believed that he was an honest
man and would not attempt to 60
against the interest or will OF his party
upon any question, Tho leaders were
mistaken, as Grover CIeveland's action
to-day shows" Applause and hisSes,
A Georgia friend Of ex,Congressman
Tom Watson-How does Crisp stand2
ddharies F. Crisp" answered Mr.
Pierce, "has stood for twelve long
years by the people on every vote In
Congress; In support Of the free coinage
of silver, and / cannot believe that he
will play the Judas and betray the men
who made him speaker" Applauae,
followed by hisaes from the Populists.
Glow about Carllsle2" yelled q dele-
gate.
III Carlisle fayors tho unconditional
repeal Of the Sherman aot," replied
Pierce, "ho has gone back on his
record and on all the people whom he
has represented In Congress- for years"
[Cheers, followed by hissea.
Governor Waite in his speech de-
nounced Wall street, the money power,
and Cleveland and Harrison. His con.
cludlng sentence was:
II the money power shall attempt 10
sustain Its usurpatiou OF our rights by
strong hands, as In other lands, we will
moet that Issue II 1t forced upon US,
For 1t is better, infinitely better,
rather than that our liberties should bo
destroyed by tyranny that Ia oppress.
ing mankind oil over the world, that
we should wade through seas Of blood
yea, blood to the horae's brides, rre-
mondous applause.
TIE RESOLUTIONS,
The report Of the committee on reso-
lutions submitted was as follows:
"WHrREAs, Bi.metailiam 10 as ancient
as human history, for certainly more
than three thousand years, gold and ell.
YER came down through the ages hand
In hand their relation to each other
having varied but few points in all
that vast period OF time.
"WHRREAs, The two metals are named
together, indiSsolubly united IN the
constitution of the United States as the
money basis OF this country, placad
there by George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander
Hamilton and subsequently endorsed
and defended by Andrew Jackson and
Abraham Gincoini and
WHEREAS, Silver, ono OF these
ancient metals, was, in the year 1878,
without any previous demand by any
political party and by any part Of the
people, or even by any newspapers,
and without public discussion what
over, stricken down from the place 1t
had occupied since tho days Of Abra.
ham and the Pharoahs, under clrcum'
stances Of such secrecy that Allan g,
Thurman, James Beck, William NJ,
Stewart, Daniel w. Voorhees,, James g,
Blaine, then speaker of the house,
James A. Garfield, William D. Kelly
and othora present and voting for the
bill, as senator's and representatives,
subsequently, repealed and publicly do
clared that they did not know until
long afterward that so grave and great
q change had been made in the flnan.
clal system founded by the fathers OF
tho republic; and,
"WnEREAs, The debates in Congress
show that the parentage Of the measure
was in part Rscribed by the friends oi
the bill to ono Ernest Seyd, q London
banker, who, It lis claimed, was sent
over to Washington by moneyed cIasses
of the old world to secure Its passage by
secret and corrupt means; and
"WnEREAs, The purpose OF this ut
tack upon ono OF the two ancient pre-.
cious metals OF the world was, by strlk'
ing down one half Of the money supply
to wit; silver to double the purchasing
powor OF the remainder, gold by max
ing 1t tho equivalent OF everything pos
sessed or produced by the labor ol
man, thus reducing the price OF oil com
modities, arreSting enterprise, impover'
ishlng the toiler and degrading man
6WnERrAs, We stand in the midst o.
unparlelod diStresses, in the shadow oi
impending calamities which arc be-
yond estimate; tho ruling industry o.
tho people who inhabit one'third ol
the area OF this republic has beer
stricken down, property values do
stroyod aud workmen compelled to ty
as from postilence.
THE MANIFESTO.
After quoting Daniel Webster, James
q. Blaine, ]. G. Carlisle, John Sherman
and othors at length in support Of the
principle Of bi.motalism, tho preamble
concludes and the resolutions proceed
as tolloMa;
wo declare,
"a, That thero must be no compro
miuo Of this question. All legislation
domonOtizlng silver and restricting the
cottage thereof must DO immediately
and completely repealed by on act rO
storinn Tho coinage Of tho country 4
the conditions cstahliahGd by tho sound
ness Of tho nationj and which con
tinued for over eighty yonrs without
complaint from any part Of our people
Every hours delay In undoing tho cur
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