Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04
BELMONT COUNTY POLITICS.
A Big Democratic Meeting at Bridge
port, Last Night.
Addresses Delivered By Hon. Ross
J. Alexander and ]. A. Gale gner.
of BeIlaire-HOn. John A HoWaro
at Bellaire-Republican Meeting
at Martins Ferry.


A large and enthusiastic Democratic
meeting was held .ast night at the
bridgeport City Hall, under the auspices
of the Bryan Free Silver Club.
I A. Gallaher, of BeLaire, and Geo.
Duncan were TO be the speakers OF the
evening bit owing 10 Mr.. Duncan's III
health he was unable TO be present, and
his Mace was filed by Hon. Ross }.
Alexander
Al eight o'clock when the meeting was
called to order, over two hundred peo-
pie had assembled to hear the gold Ial4a-
cies discussed.
Hon. Ross J. Alexander was made
chairman Of the meeting, and he. after
few preliminary remarks, entered IN up
on a sketch of the Ohio Republicans
Mr.. Alexander. after showing the ONO
Republicans up in their true manner
introduced Mr.. J. \. Gallagher, OF beiI-
alre. amid loud applause. After Few
preliminary remarks. Mr. Gallagher
entered upon q sound and logica. argu-
ment OF the money question, OF "n-0H
the following is brief sketch
The situation a. present IS sucn thA-
the man who owes il losing all the
money he has. while the man who loans
is constantly doubling his. MOI ohly
farmers are being crippled by this Alnd
of thing. but all laboring classes. some
saw tina; it is the interest OF the manu-
facturer to advocate the gold standard.
I don't see why. unless they want 10
have two men TO apply for every JOB
they have open. Il will be this kind OF
thing that will continue going on under
the gold standard, and never, / say, VIII
you see good times wLile prices Oh ali
commodities continue going down as
they are now. You must have rising
prices 10 have good times, and WhLe
prices fall you must have depresslonS
That are caused from them. II man
can devise a scientific way 20 meas
IRE money without value, his name viii
20 down through pOsJerity. Cold AM
silver have measured the value all over
the world. and when you take one hall
OF that money away by demonetizing
silver. then our products fall il price.
or what is the same thing, our money
goes up. Some people tell you how
much has been done for silver under
the Republican administration. Ihey
say they believe in b.metallism, but IL
was spelled b-u-y and they now have
the new buy and buy meta.l.sm; We
will give it 70 You bye and bye when
England saws We can have it. The con-
stitution says that gold and silver can
he coined for the legal payment Of debts,
and what we propose 10 do when We ask
for the free coinage OF silver is to 90
hack to that constitutional money. The
Republicans in their platform or 1888
and 1892 declare for the free coinage Oh
silver. while in the St. Louis platform
they say we want sound money. That
was al right, but they 90 on to say We
don't want the free coinage or silver
without international agreement or
other nations.
All prominent Republicans were in
favor of free silver, and so was Mchln-
lev undl he was told by the convention
at 81. Louis he had 10 be for gold, anu
any Republican has a right TO leave ne
party on this issue, for they have always
advocated the free coinage OF silver IN
Il! this campaign. What Il an honest
dollar? An honest dollar is one which
will buy as much OF the product Of the
world at the end of a year as it Will at
the beginning of a year An increase
of money that Will make commodities
go up instead of down, raise the wages
of the working man instead OF
cutting them. and q money that viii pu-
them to work in order that they may
live comfortably is the kind OF money
We are advocating, and are going 20
have.