Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-10-24
SENATOR CAMDEN'S
MANY REASONS
For Regulating Organism and
Dishonest Free Silver.
A NATIONAL CALAMITY
Would Result in the Election OF Mr..
Bryan.
SOUND MONEY is WANTED
A NATIONAL CALAMITY
SOUND MONEY is WANTED

SO That workingmen Can BE Paid in 100
Cent Dollars. and SO That Investors wiz
Remarkable and Convincing Argument.
| silver Standard Countries Contrasted
With Gold Countries---A Trus Bimetai-
list-A Lesson in Patriotism.
At the great demonstration of Sound
Money Democrats at Parkersburg, Oct.
| 2, at which Bourke Cochran made such
wonderfully eloquent speech. ex-Sen-
ator j N. Camden, of that city, pre-
sided.
| In accepting the chair Senator Cam
den made a speech declaring himself
forever for sound money and national
honor, and against Organism and dis
honest dollar. He gives remarkably
strong, clear and convincing reasons
and arguments for his position.
Every word Of the abstract Of his
speech here given should be read
thoughtfully. He said:
Fellow Citizens -
have accepted the invitation to pre-
! nlAG bb ILLS ulEGLliitS III WV ASetf7OAat9+
First--It is pleasure to me to intro
duce to you one of the ablest and most
distinguished Democrats in the United
States, with whom / had the. most
pleasant relations while we served to-
| gether in Congress, he in one branch
and / i'll the other, and regard it an
honor to be able to present him to the
people at my home. Second The
| time has come when it is due to You and
to myself that | should make known
my position ON the mixed platforms and
tickets in the Presidential contest, and
give my reasons therefor.
have very decided convictions on
the issues involved in this canvass, and
especially on the free silver question,
but have been slow in expressing them
as my convictions of duty compel me to
differ from so many of my party
friends; but the time has come when it
is my duty to hesitate no longer
In the first place, have reasons, per-
sonal to myself, for advocating Sound
Money and the integrity of contracts
/ HAVE FOR YEARS BEEN EARN
ESTLY TRYING TO DEVELOP THE
RESOURCES OF OUR STATE, AND
THROUGH PERSONAL EFFORTS,
HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
BRINGING INTO OUR STATE OVER
/ TEN MILLIO DOLLARS OF
MONEY to be expended in opening up
lines Of transportation and developing
our heretofore inaccessible resources
adding not only value to what was COM
paratively yalueless before, but also
adding to the taxable values of the State.
| A large part of this money was paid
in actual gold, and all of it i'll one hun
dred-cent dollars, which was agreed to
be paid back ON a gold standard basis of
one hundred cents to the dollar. We
all welcomed the influx of this capital
into our State, and much more is need
ed, and would receive similar well
come. ICANNOT VOTE TO RETURN
TO THESE INVESTORS EITHER
THE PRINCIPLE OR INTEREST OF
THESE LOANS IN A DEPRECATED
DOLLAR. TT WOULD BE SIMPLY
BAD FAITH AND DISHONEST TO
DO so, AND ON THE OTHER HAND,
TO EARN TWO DOLLARS TO PAY
ONE DOLLAR IN GOLD WOULD BE
SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO THESE
ENTERPRISES, AND TO THAT Elk
TENT WOULD MEAN REPUDIA-
TION.
have spent many anxious days in the
past three years in providing for the in
terest and fixed charges upon some Of
these enterprises, and know what am
saying when l predict that nine out of
ten of all of the railroads and other COR
porations, based upon gold standard
would be in bankruptcy in less than q
year from free coinage of silver When
good friends say to me, do not vote
against the Chicago ticket, that Bryan
will be elected, my reply is that in case
Bryan should be elected, that is the very
reason why desire to make my record
for sound money do not want to be
in position to have the people whom
induced to invest money in West Vir-
ginia enterprises to say to me that after
getting their money then worked and
voted either to bankrupt the enterprises
or to cheat them with deprecated
money. THE DUTY OF THE CITI-
ZENS IS SOMETIMES HIGHER
THAN THE CATCH WORDS OF
POLITICS.
On the other hand, / am not willing
to vote to pay the $500 or 1000 laboring
men-employes of these enterprises
(including mines, lumber plants and
railroads), deprecated dollar for hon.
est labor, when know from experience
and observation, as well as from the his
tory of other countries, that under de-
preciated currency the price Of labor