The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-30

the famous poet Scout delivered Mt
tho great farmers mSClinS ana barbecue
at Pleasant Valley last Saturday, IL Slv-
en- In full below:
4, II am afraid that In the loud talk
nbou. gold and silver the more important
Issue OF protection will be unlcard, or NJ
least not heard loud enough to have
the effect It should have upon the voters
OF this country, for II, as | firmly be-
lleve, FREQ silver would cause u panic.
we would 800 lind O remedy to overcome
u md recover. but II the tariir IL over
looked and free trade with free silver
atriumphS, 1t will not mean II ready rem
cdy, but four years more OF the same bad
business W. have had since the Wilson
bill went into effect, Every man who
earns his living by the sweat Of his
brow should believe In profession ~ he
believes In Il quarantine In TINE OF Cpl
demic. II n ship comes over win Il
load OF yellow fever or smallpox. from
some forcign country, you DO not allow
II ~ pass the lower waters OF the bay,
but yon allow q ship TO enter port carry
Ing with II the gAunt spectre OF sthrru-
ton and poverty TO our w"orklnEmen; for
II brings goods from foreign shores paid
for by low wages. such rs u American
wcrkingmcn would scorn to work FOR,
anu produced at such a cost that they
a undersnll the product OF our wi
country, where. under the Mckinley tar
III our workinEmen were better paid
than anywhere els. on earth. | am talk
Ing 10 workinSmen now a. q working.
man, and the friend OF labor, for | was
ut the age OF twenty. thirty years ago,
the first secretary OF the first miners
union ever organized in tine coal fields OF
Pennsylvania. Since then | have writ.
ten much In prose and verse on the la
Dor question. Let me quote one or two
or my continents In verse, one from
Only a Miner Killed."
Only a miner killed. God. II thou wilt
Just Introduce him to old Vanderbilt,
Who with his millions, IL he II there,
Can't buy An interest. even one share,
Only a miner killed, bury him quick
Just write his name on n piece or stick.
Even though humble n plain he his
grave,
BEYOND all are equal, the master aud
slave.
Boys. YOU don't envy that dead old
commodore his magnificent Tomb nor
that other one so recently waiting pay
TALLY paralyZed" to hear the heavenly
orchestra playing the Vanderbilt grand
march for him TO enter the hallelujah
land. No, YOU would rather have Your
strong arms. your muscles and slncws OF
steel, a c%ontented mind and good wages
for your honest toll. Now. don't think
fer n me that I have 4 word 10 say
against the majority OF these rich men:
they are oOlng worlds n good. and II
ever a mar on this earth deserved heav-
en- for his goodness here below. The ltv-
Ing and suffering Cornelius Vanderbilt
Is such a 4 lie has spent millions
and Is spending millions for suffering hui
lnanity and the good NJ mankind.
Let ne give you one more verse OF 4
poem. entitled The Poor Mans Solilo-
auy.' written during the great strike.
about'I1 or rs:
tWitE apologies 10 Poe)
oh, yc sons OF toll and danger.
Christ was Graded IN a mangSr
He was poor and meek and lowly.
Yet for us the cross He bore.
But the rich-robed tierds they tried Him.
Prosecuted and denied him.
And with robbers crucIlrd Him.
Just for being Christ and poor;
Just because He killed corruption.
Jesus died. md nothing more.
There may not be much poetry In
these lines, hut no one Will deny their
truth. Such combinations still exist. un-
lawful combines which are crushing tha
lie out OF the poor business man and
the working classes by unlawful cOmbi-
nations OF trusts, whose members belong
~ cNtAy ESlltl-dl DullN III tAlSkfIlNEt -
Is FOR YOU, the people, IT, elect to Office
men OF honor. integrity and stamina.
vino will enforce the laws that the repre-
sentativesNf the people have mad. How
many OF you men are receiving as good
wages as you did under the Republican
administrations of the last thirty years,
and especially the administration OF
Benjamin Harrison and the Mckinley
tariff? People are crying for a change.
anything Is better than this you say,
No. No; not anything, Even to-day We
are more prosperous than any other civ
ilized country on earth. Il could be a
thousand times worse. II we cannot
afford to experiment with Il theory with
untrlcd plans. or plans that have failed.
No. not at this critical time.
4 must admit that | am friendly to
silver. | WIS crazy on silver fOnr
months ago. SO was nearly all OF my
western Country. | had read Coln's FL
nancIal Fool q mean 'SchOol). and did
not want 10 read anything else. re-
fused 10 discuss the question. b-causc
In my enthusiastic impuls!veness l said.
There is no answer Why was this?
mining property than any II nan IN
the United States. For nrteen years |
have worked on my different clalme, cN-
PENDED $50, 900. mortgagcd my ranch, my
horses and cattle, to put into what I be-
Nevcd was great riches; and | thought II
We have free and unlimited coinage of
silver at lG TO / | will soOn be- a MILL
ionaire. That was the selfish part Of 1t,
and say what you will. the selfish part
Of IL has much 10 do With how We vote
all over this broad land. But when |
had M more money to do the necessary
assessment work on my mines, and
tried TO ~Intcrcs, capital. I made tn" dis
coycry that, 'your free silver craze they
said to me, has stopped all Investments
in mining OF any kind until aftcr tho
election.
This nut me to thinking and to read
ing and to studying what II all meant.
And / realized that the free. silver falla-
cy waR liable to cause me the loss of
most Of my mining claims. for | have
nearly so, md 800 worth OF work must
be done on each claim OF l,50OxSW feet.
each year, or any any nthcr citizen can
drive his stake and claim your property.
'Than I asked myself this question: is
II ppllcy for me to work and vote against
tho interests NJ the mar that | nm beg
cling to help mi save my property and
| concluded would be- n fool to do It, and
/ am not; going TO do Il. Then | zee on
the other hand hundreds Of tons OF ore
coming into New Mexico nj my very
door from Dlu mexico, mlI'u Dy itty
cent and one dollar a day miners. free of
duty. TO compete with the American
miner who receives 81 so and 81 per day.
nlso soc my neighbnrs killing and ship
ming their sheep. dead and alive. to mar
ket, going ont Of business because the
tariff was taken off wool and that Is why
sing this verse 70 my version OF
Marching Through Georgia. only this
happened since We were marching
through Georgia:
Mary had n little lamb, she loved Il every