The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-18

campaign on the Ponocrntic side In that
district, and II attracted n very good
crowd OF people all of whom kept re-
markably good order, considering that Il
was an out door meeting. Tn" speaking
took place from n platform erected at
the base NJ the polo raised by Mi. o.
ljrien and his friends soma weeks ago,
and was participated In by MrssrE. Dry
den. Riley. Pendleion and Col, W. W.
ArnCtt.
On the platform were seated Il large
number OF the faithful PopullSts and
Tree silveriteS, among whom were no.
ticed George W. Robinson. Beverly EoH,
I'm FttzsimmonS. Billy Stc"Ecr. John
Shriver. DR.. a +. GaSmire, Samuel
Hnrtman, Mike Stein. nf Fulton, Charley
stephens, Noah Zane. DR.. ThomnL L.
Lunsford, John A. White. ". p. Robin
son, W. W Irwin. JOSEPH Weight, Dan
O'Brlen and others.
AT 5 o'clock Mr.. Joseph VOight called
the meeting to order und introduced the
first Speaker. NJ. F. Dryden. None OF
the other speakers had arrived up to
this time and II was necessary for MIR.
Dryden toke.pu up his point
less oratory for some ti:Lc. u Was with
apparent relief that he noticed @S.COn-
gresham John o.. P1ndleton advancing,
and he lost 10 time IN winding up .lJ
talk.
To Ill in the time. 1t was suggested
that Mr.. Pendlcton address the crowd,
which he did with hi usual grace and
gestures. He began by explaining that
this was his first appearance on my
stage IN the garb Of Il stump speaker for
four lon years, and ;nat he was once
more glad 20 greet the 'haidy listed sons
~ of tnil" n nd fatt flN..p iugf uhuF shan
needed to place them on an equality
with the in.lliouaires OF the country.
He said that he money or the country
was unfairly and partially distributed,
and that the Democratic party this year
was going 10 LIT the iaborinS man @ his
rtshtfuithrone. rEnt beside the robblng
~. ionairI He referred to Bryan The
Moses OF the nineteenth century and
said God Almighty had sent HIN to the
eaTth'to lift Up the 6Owntrudden mass...
He called ]attS1tton [ III. FAC: that in
1850 there were not over Two rundred
m~LiionEl"ps IA the Who'll. country, while
So-day th-r are 5000 OF Them and the
popuEsIor more tiIEn doubled. He
cplldn't Understand VIII IL Is that so
many men could Re: rich and so many
have to stay poor and work for a living.
That f. the problem OF the hour" said
h speaker, and you men are now
SdltN upon 10 CtSl NDht NhsSs Wletner
yon t"ror a chnr ge in the existing poll
c!eS ~ not, and | feel assured you will!
cast them right"
lies Sot at All Anarchist.
Mr. Pcndleton desired % impress Ipon
II EN- the fact that h. waa ret M an
archIst. but he didn't see why the peo-
pile should create an.y more mIliiara!res
than lhev had al,-cdy. lie sai1 thatleg-
tslation In the past thirty years had teen
In favor OF the rich man and hat now
Bryan was going to make a change In
business all around" lie dwclt IN the
Crime OF 1873 and said that l~hedsmCn-
etizati1n OF silver was made In the dark
and that Congressman had voted for the
bill who didn'; know wha: they were
voting for. and 1t was 4 deep laid plot
to make the rich richer and the poor
poorer. MIR. PendlctOn might have add
ed that II was owing to Ignorance OF
the matter that Senator Stewart voted
for the crime
He said ii was appalling the amount
of English and European capital that
has been invested in Syndicatcs In this
country and called attention 20 the as
strtion that most Of the railroads were
owned and controlled by English money,
and nearly one-hnlf OF the brcwerict.
But" said the speaker. the people by
their vote for free silver In November
Will change this condition OF affairs and
the British lion will put its tail be-
tween It's legs and will be glad 10 ny
across the ocean"
Then he referred TO Mr.. Brynn's
Grown OF thorns' and Gross OF gold"
but the crowd didn't catch OF TO it as the
speaker evidently expected It 10, for he
worked IL up - the highest pitch in his
power and 1t fell fiat. He closed by say
ing that the Chicago nominees stood for
honest policies and that the election OF
Bryan would be the first blow struck for
the relief Of tine w~OrkinSman in the last
thirty years. By this admission II ap.
pears that John o. has CONE 10 the cOu-
clusion that the Wilson bill was not a
blow struck in that direction.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Pendlcton's
talk. Mayors band very appropriately
played. When Johnnie Comes March
Ing Home
Col. Arneti Talks.
The chairman introduced the text
speaker az the next congressman from
the grand old First district OF West Viz
g!nia." and Col. W. W. Arnett stepped
forward, Icing greeted With u liberal
round NJ applause.
The colonel began by saying he had
the highest personal regard for his op-
ponent and in fact, all the candidates
on the Republican ticket, II credited
them MS being honest and trustworthy
men In every particular, and said that
his campaign would De made. an the
igsuc before the people and not by per-
sonal abuse. lie anld tie doctrine taken
up by the Democratic party this year
and made a feature OF, was not "A new
one, and spoke OF the platforms Of for
mcr camudIEnE, In which the party de-
clared In favor Of n free and unlimited
coinage OF both gold and silver. He
read from a text book, Il section of the
platform OF 1888. III which the party IA
vors honest money both In gold and
silver. He read the platforms Of other
years, but II was noticeable that none
OF them spoke OF free coinage Of silver
at the ratio Of 10 Ia | until that adopted
by the Chicago convention last month.
He called attention to the fact TINT
the country was labOrinE undcr a de-
preston which has existed now for
several years. and that there had been
O general suspension or Industry all
over the country. He gaid the working
men wanted to know what was the NUT
ter, and they. by their vutcS In N0vem-
4 Der, would demand thar the conditions
be changed. At thlE j%unc;urc n man In
the crowd suggested that the country
has only had hard times since Cleveland
W and n Democratic Congress was elected,
but aB 1t Is not the policy OF the Demo-
critic speakers to refer to Mr.. ClcVc-
lands administration or TO the tariff
this year, the crowd received no en-
lIghtcnmcnt on this score.
The speaker said tnat the policy suE-
geftcd by Mr. Bryan had never been
used In this country hut II had In other
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