Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-16
BRETTEL and ARNSTEAD,
Addressed a ROuSing Democratic
Meeting
At Atnaville, Last Evening a
Big Turn Out of Workingmen.
An Outline Of the Speeches Made.

night.
James Brettell, the Mingo steel work.
err. and ex-Vice President Of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor, and c. F.
Armstaad, the eloquent colored attorney
of Charleston, were the speakers OF the
evening.
EVERY South was made chairman Of
the meeting and, he introduced Mr..
Bretteu.. who spoke for an hour and
half. carefully impressing on the minds
of his audience, which was made up Of
mostly mill men, that labor was the
foundation Of all capital, and that this
discontentment that has been, and is
ln1w, Overspreading the country is being
caused by he men who have managed
to get this capital in their attempts TO
fcL,ce labor TO the wal; while ne also
tod them this great evil could only be
remedied by using the ballot as the force
and elect men TO our law making bodies
that are in touch and sympathy with the
working man.
The tin and steel industry in this
country were discussed under the Nc
Kinley and W.lIOn bills, showing that
the cry of low tariff, lack OF confidence
and over production made by the Re-
publicans were false, and the entire mat
ter rested on the contraction of the cur
renCy.
Mr.. BrettelTs address was an excellent
one, as not a statement he made could
be honestly denied, and he gave away
TO Mr.. c. f. Arms.ead amids. applause.
After a few preliminary remarks Mr..
ArmsteaLi entered in upon an earnest
discussion of the issues OF the day.
Why IS it here in this land, where we
have plenty of everything, that labor
is starving? What has caused such %
staff of affairs as this in the midst Of
the greatest productive country OF al
the world? One party tells Us il was
the law of 10 that caused 1t. Another
party tells you that it was OF '93. The
first was the dem1netiZa,i)n Of silver;
the latter the repeal of the Mckinley
bill. The Wiron BIZ reduced the tariff !
from &C cents TO II cents Here the !
speaker took up the works Of the COM
mittee that was appointed IN 'S3 to in |
vestiga;e among the manufacturers ana |
see what rate Of tariff could be establish |
Cd and still protec. them from foreign .
industry. They reported that il could |
be reduced % per cent, AMI j., was az |
that tine 50 per cent. President Arthur |
thought so much OF that report that ne |
embodied it in his letter o Congress and |
advised them to take action on 1t. Ihey |
refused. Under the Mckinley tariff we |
could not get enough revenue 10 run .
rha government Why? Because IL /
was put away up so high that 1t could /
not be touched. When the Wilson
bill went into effect e brought the tarif
down within five per cent. OF what the
manufacturers thirteen years ago SAID
il could be brough, down TO and not
hurt industry. and now they are ra.s-
ing a howl and saying IL is too .OW.
Go back TO 80, when we were purchas-
ing 100000 ounces Of silver each year
that was coined into money. linen
those mine owners and workers had to
live and their wants had to be supplied,
and in turn the manufacturers mad 10
work TO supply their wants. In 30 the
sherman purchasing act was cut down |
and up TO the present time we are cut |
s152 600 600 on that account. Secretary !
Foster began paying all demands in |
gold and s262. 100000 in gold was paid !
out to these holding greenbacks. Inc
gold was dumped into The treasury and !
bonds taken in Their pace. There we
are ont over $500. 100000. and then they I
want TO know how money has had any
tbiro T., do with these hard times.
y3u will remember that just after the
war the prices of all commodities were
very high. and with II all there was not
man that could not get work and not a
man that was in want, and now with
nrices as low as they are there are
Of people that cannot get
enough to keep them from want. The
trua theory CT the god standard is the
of the hours OF labor ana
the reduction Of wages. | have seen
men travelling about over this country
with nothing to do AMI without cent
in, their pockets. and still they were al
vocating the gold standard for fear inal
we would have too much money IN TINS
Using England as an object lesson OF
what the goli standard was dong Tor
the working men of that country he
showed how they were fast becoming
paupers and beggars. This ne said is
what the gold standard, if continued
will do for the lab0r.ng classes OF thiS
III was TO tel YOU 7 cou,i drink wins
key and get drunk and that You cou.d
drink it and would not get drunk What
would you think OF me? You Wonld
think was a foo, wouldn', you? Wei
that Is Just the kind Of policy that the
gold standard people are trying 10 work
upon you with VIM. Mckinley al their
SIDE.
Mckinley has always heretofore been
an advocate of the free coinage OF sill
YER. Here Mr.. Armstead READ an eX-
tract taken from one Of McKin.eNs
sneeches at Toledo in 1891, showing the
determined stand the Major had taken !
ag7ins- Cleveland and his gold standard |
Motley. What has changed him so now? |
No o2a can tell but ST. Mark a, C!eve- |
land for he is the man that knows.
I believe that as firmly al ! believe |
there is a God that on the day Of election
the naws VII be flashed abroad that the |
free silver cause with that grand and !
noble friend of the labor,ng peop,e. VIII |
liam Jennings Bryan. al its head, has !
won the day.
AN AGED LADY GONE.
The many friends OF Mrs. c. ". Adams
of Glen's Run, will be panied to hear Of
rhat ladv's dse.h. which occurred yes