Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-15
GIFTS As1 GRADY
HHaMLY GREETED.
Csarnasd from First Pays.


Cszrnasd from First Pays.
as --ly aG5s.sy1s tn response to gss-
tares ky the speaker. He sad:
~ Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
r-s.,--t c1pe yoa VIII believe ,hat IL IS
E... Q m1ot grateful recollection Of your
Jc4e saAty SIX years ago th2t return
O. -..s community 90 greet It's people
-aa 10 eeE Tor their suuragc s-nOJ iCr
egg Political e,emc-I-DOt Tor ,he 0ene-
A, ct GCy c.ass-n0t for the division OF
cu. ---zeGs 30 c0Ddic Ing elements
ll- 10 ask your su0r3ges for the candl-
I4-ss wt0 represent the sovereignty OF
Re common people above ana beyond
ca power that this nation sRal. ever
6nCE. (ApplauscJ From the unJerrl-
fc1 Democracy o. New York 20 the IN
vllclb.e Democracy OF West Virginia /
l-.cE greetings. (App,ause) II may
C5- oc oar fortune 20 be with you on
Cect.cu day with q victory which SHALL
rites. Tie ya,or o. our citizens. Ii may
ne thai We shall not prevail against the
forces now threatening the rule of the
people. Bu, not one slch OF ground II
al tLl Empire sac snail be uncOntest-
81. and You OF below Mason and D.X0n's
line sAaI learn that we on the other
side Cl .hat line, despite unworthy lead
crs Wal st.I uphold your standard and
make O battle. (Appl1Use)
and that brings me 10 a considera-
ton OF ,lc question: What is DemOc-
Tcy? What does it mean? What is
there In iJ -h3, advances the efforts of a
Pa-rN-.c people? Does il mean that the
.e or the majority shall obtain? Or
CJes i- mean chat the rule OF a few shall
obtain. even if it is not the wish of a
Il1Jfrlty o. Che plain. cen mon people Of
the lnC2 Ny conception Of Democracy
vas learned in quite O different school
thai .he people as a whole were the SOW
Sre-gn power. and that when once they
declare ch1.r Will it becomes of binding
force upon every one. (Applause) And
1 have also been taught that when the
EalCl3l -,Onv5n-iCn-Jhe Grand COun-
I'll Of the Democratic party-mee,s, It
Should be there, between the representa-
tyes OF The people who gather from the
North and from the South, from the East
and from the West. and from the senti-
tents they express, there shall be form
u1-ei a policy OF benefit. not 60 the
North. or TO The East not TO the South
or 10 the West but there shall be de-
eIm.lel the principles on which a ma
ority Of the people Of this great land
shall find advantage and benefit. and to
thai lec.antion o. principles every man
wo-.hy O., the name OF Democrat shall
subscribe CApDlauseD
What is the objection 20 the Chicago
CONVENTION? What is the great under
N.rg thought THAI cha-lc.er.zed its act?
'Cl. SAYS my god bug friend. &c was not
a Democratic Convention at a.. laugh
ta-l I- was q Populs- Convention
Convention. Oauzd,er) l. was ruled
ly freaks Oaugh.er) II was control
Led by A.ge,j and Tillmln. Oaugh-
t5r) And the man who was not there
wcu'i suppose that there were Cn,y Two
delegates C1uEhreD et that Convention.
sind -ha- they were A,rgsll and Tilman.
tLaugh-erl You don't have .ha Indian
g0o.- man tel You that his Convention
was controlled by the sanity Brecken-
edge. daughter and 2pplluse) And
yc. breckenridge h2l The same influence
81 I- Annapolis thar Aged and Ti,lmsn
-et NC Chicago. LsuEh er1 He made
0c-ch iUs as they made speeches
and .171 SER down and had 10 more 20
say .erch.-rl jus, as they sat down and
h.. I'D more % say. UGughter) All.
hr. s-rs NV conscientious god bug
-ric-t. C-rgl-erl You went away from
tho o0o D- te2ets Of the party. You
declared Ger yhe free and unlimited COIN
silver e- -ra ratio of sixteen to
a means -hcJ you are willing
.-t he da1-Cr she'll have q ffty-thrse
'' dollar with which 10 pay his debts:
,' means ,~t ycu are willing that
shall Dc pci- in q deprecated cur
r0..F. an. tla- means population. and
fai.--t-1 means d.slOnor, and be-
cause YOU are dishonest. we can have
lo.lcs Cd with YOU, laughter) and
is iar .2 say that that is the only
FORM Of d.s1onCr which has any terrors
Ter -1r gold bug friends. Oaugn,er)
"N aa- IS the ruth? We did declare
for the free and unlimited coinage of
s.irara, -he r4,i1 of sixteen 40 one. an
p.alse) Thank God, az last We de-
r.-r-l Tor flc free and unlimited coinage
OF The money of the American Con-. i.u-
Uor (Aor'1u-eJ And when we did il
Ga we al, mp, some new experiment?
Had We evolved some new financial
tt.rtye ale We asking YOU to accept
some ur .l remedy Cor The evils from
which the body polite suffers? No!
we come 20 you nd cay that from 1872
&. 1873 This country enjoyed tne free
and unlimited coinage Of silver and gold
and from 1916 mp 10 1873 we in.aired
il against SD the gold standard coun-
tries u Europe and that then the money
OF tDe Con5I u-icu was changed. not in
obedience 20 The popular VIII or direc-
lion. trJ al tle direction and request of
t5s money lenders 2ld the money
eoan a-s q ,ae world tAppiausel Is
Cha; SO? DON'T think TIA, I'm going to
ASA 10 believe anything that a Demo-
cr1- ever ssid. QaughJer) / realize
-aS, any m3I VINO has ever been a Demo
cga, goes fo5 nothing in this cam
para tiausa,c-) The coinage OF a
c0-rt-y establishes the values that
measures ever tolisc o. property in The
ls- and " Dor IS well. ana when / say
measures laocr as well. lel lie say here
ana row soTet.ug which may mean
something - the insn who tolls. Not ,
al -his lana. iron, Maine 10 Ca,ii0rua.
from C~e % ocean. no, dollar OF
voluntary wages Is pait 20 labor except
what The sUme. paws 90 his hired hand.
(AppaussJ Every other dollar which
finds "a way 90 -he hands OF toll comes
ir obedience 20 the power labor exercises
by ir o-gs n:zaco1s. tApplause) The
coinage o. JAe country. whether money
is scsr5c - plenty. measures the value
O. every dollars worth OF property
fA7o2gaout tine land, measures tha
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