Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-10-24

coachman there, and by sO-doing iractunng /
the law here against foreign contract labor
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In his speech at Parsons, a few days ago |
Hon. Vim. L. Wilson referred to the RePub- |
lican howl against free lumber, but said,
somehow they always forget to tell the peo- |
pie that rough lumber was on the free list
in the Mckinley bill and it always had been !
free"
Hon. VIM. L. Wilson spoke Saturday
afternoon at Bayard, Grant county, and at
night at Elk Garden, Mineral county. His
meeting at Elk Garden at night was large
one, a thousand miners and timberchoppers
and sawmill employees being present, in adj
dition to many farmers.
Stephen B Elkins says that while Just
now there is little squirt Of prosperity, 1t
is not permanent nor notable" IL certain
ly won't be permanent or notable if RePub-
ican campaigners can succeed in holding 1t
down or stamping it out They see no
beauty in the Frightening skies.
At Parsons, Tucker county, a few days
ago, the correspondent of the Wheeling
Register met ). c. Walker, a brother of the
late Hon. Henry ;. Walker Mr. Walker
came from the shores Of Puget Sound, 1000
miles away, to work and vote for Hon. VIM.
L. Wilson. Such q Walker as that has no
use for Dayton.
Mems wooden suits that never before sold
at for less than SD, are now quoted at SSl,
and tin plate that sold in August at S5.l2t
box, now sells at S4l2l. But still the
protectionists say the new tariff bill has not
reduced the price of the necessaries Of life
and what's more, there are people ignorant
enough to believe them
Congressman Bryan, in joint discussion,
spoke of the closing of certain factory and
paused, the Republicans present breaking
into applause. what sort Of patriotism is
il" he asked, that applauds an announce
ment Of this kind 90 He proceeded to say
that the factory had shut down for repairs
and enlargement and would reopen on a
bigger scale.
Even the Lord was not with the Demo
Gratis and their idol VIM. L. Wilson, here
saturday, for it rained Republican water to
help raise the river which is of more i'm
portance to our county than wisconsin and
starvation prices lbrgWtora Post The
Lord sends his rain upon the Just and the
unjust Does the Post mean to say that the
Republicans had no public meetings on that
rainy Saturday
A part Of Hon. VIM. L. Wilson's speech
at Monangah which evoked great applause
referred to Mr. Elkins, who, be said, spoke
of him a. having his hand 10 his .Elkinssl
pocket Now. said Mr. Wilson, eff
have my hand there it is not 90 take any of
Mr. Elkins's personal property, but only
what belongs to myself and my constituents
/ am not representing Mr.. Elkins any more
than the most humble citizen in nv district."
Il would be well for Ida Wells, the color
ed woman who has been emptying the visls
Of her wrath upon the Southern people by
lectures in England and 10 the Northern
States Of this country-her theme being
lynehings Of negroes in the South-to make
note Of the fact tha, i'm Ohio, only last
week, it required the presence of two MILF
tsry companies to protect a negro ravisher
from lynching even after he had been SEN
fenced % twenty years IN the penitentiary
There are not many Populists in Jefferson
county, but We viii call the attention of the
few tha, may be here 90 the statement Of the
Atlanta Constitution, to-wit 'It would
take to carry out the provisions Of the va
rious bills introduced into Congress by the
Populists S35, 507 ,30O,0 900. These estimates,
the Constitution saws. do not include any
duplication or any items Of expenditure
proposed in the bills referred TO, nor do they
include salaries Of the thousands upon thou
sands Of Officials 70 be appointed under their
provisions. As the total estimated money
Of the world, including paper, gold, silver
copper. brass and iron tokens does not eX-
coed SlOIOOOOO,OOO, it appears that the
amount Of money called for by the bills
named is nearly four times the volume Of
the currency Of the world. What our pa
per money would be worth under such cir
cumstsDces suyone Of ordinary intelligence
knows