The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-25


an end tonight, when a banquet was
rendered them at Delmonico's. Tho
banquet hall va, taxed to its full capa.
city, covers being laid for 950.
After the banquet Toa,tmasser Brown,
in witty speech, introduced John \.
Mason, who read letter from President
Cleveland, which evoked ,umul.uou,
applause.
After expressing regrets at his in.
ability TO DO present, the President, in
his letter, said:
"When u campaign is actively on foot
10 force the free, unlimited and inde-
pendent coinage OF silver BY the gov
ernment at ratio which will add to our
circulation unrestrained millions OF So
called dollars, intrinsicaIiy worth but
half the auoun. they purport to repre-
sent, with no provision or resource to
make good any deficiency in value, and
when it is claimed that such n PROPOSE
ton has any relation to the principles
OF Democracy, 1t Is time for all who
NAV in the leas, degree influence Demo.
cratic thought to realize tho response.
biIIty.'
Letters OF regret wers also received
from Secretary Lamont, Postmaster
General Wilson. Oscar S. Strong and
ex.Recorder Smythe.
HILL on SILVER.
Senator Hill was accorded a perfec;
ovation As he rose to speak to the toast
Democracy" He began with .rib.
ute to the press and lengthy e1nlana.
ton Of Democracy and reference to the
income tax.
Referring to the silver question, the
senator said: "The question that is now
creating the most burning issue in our
national politics is the silver question,
and on that | wish to cay few words.
The reasoning and contention OF
20 many silver men Is vitiated, as |
think, BY the promise that the United
States can alone. under present con-
drtlons put and keep silver and gold at
4 commercial world wide parity on n
ratio ot 10 to l, just rs arc vitinted in
like manner the atfirmations OF gold
monome,allists, .hat all the powers OF
the world combined cannot. ii they
will, achieve that parity on that ratio
Comptroller OF the Currency James
II. Eckeis spoke to the toast "Sound
Money" He said:
COMPTROLLER EcKEL's SPEECH.
A distinguished Democratic states.
man, speaking in opposition to the pas.
sage Of the federation law. declared that
The hear. and life OF free government
i.a free press" The experience OF a
century OF republican Institutions has
demonstrated the truth OF the declara-
tion.
Whom YOU have stated that the will OF
the people ia always to govern; local
uelf.governmen, always maintained;
guaranteed individual right. neither
taken from nor denied to the citizen by
legislative or executive act; tho best
covernmentthe one (which governs lens. :;
the taxing power to be exercised
equally and impar,inlly, raised no more
revenue than necessary to meet the eS-
penses OF government and pay the pub
lie debts; and financial and monetary
system upheld which guards sacrodly
the public credit and makes eacll dollar
which bears the governmental imprint
or sanction, worth dollar, you have
written the whole Democratic creed.
Within three months Mr.. Cleveland
has demonstrated how completely
dstru.t can be disarmed and that un-
certainty dispelied by a policy neither
insincere or unstable, and yet despite
the percept OF the one and tho nc.
complished results, with the returning
prosperity attendant upon them. oil the
other. it 10 insisted tina. in dealing with
the silver question tho party shall hang
it, present and its future fortune upon
i.ham and an illusion.
DO not oyerstate when ] say that tho
PRESENT agitation of the free coinage OF
Nlver 10 due in the first instance to the
iilver producing class, who, complain
Ing that their mining interests are Ian
gushing, claim it to be tho duty OF tho
lIvern nent to revive thom by altordiug
laem a market for all the ailver bullion
lhs. they can deposit at the Inlnts and
10 make them more profitable by coin
;as s!or them, FREQ OF charge. all such bull
ioninto dollars containing less than one
dollars worth OF meta, endowed with
full legal tender properties. An attempt
IA mado TO d.sown any such claim by
pleading that silver 10 wrongiu!ly dis.
eliminated against, tho amount OF our
circulating medium Is too small per
capita, and that the country is in imam
clal distross By reason thereof, though
tho circulation por capita is creator now
Than at any timo in the country'a his
tory, made so largely by the coinage
'lnco 1873 Of si23, l27 .030 silver dollars.
nut under this presext is to be iound
the real reason and than tho promotion
of silver interests by legislative enact.
meut.
THE ORIGIN or IT.
II there be doubt as to the truth OF
this charge. let an examination cmadc
as 10 those who in tho frat inslnuco
originated tue movement to have silver
again made standard money in our
monetary aystem, and il will bo found
tnal from the day in 1877 that Senator
Jones, Of Nevada. mado his famous
financial report. until tho present mo-
rncnt tho pownr behind this agitation
nf allvnr legislation has been tho sivos
Producing class. do not mean that
no others have joined them in their on
hIaugh. upon the government. for such
IS not tho cS,o, but these mon hayo