Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

H41NS L 4cl44I 4l4O OiAlSS4S AAA''N
Threaten the American People
Graphically Portrayed - Shall
Seventy Millions Of People Sur
render Their Independence
Springfield, H., August 29.-Govern-
or A.tgeld opened the political cam
paign at Girard to-day. Delegations
were present from many other cities,
and farmers for twenty miles around.
A procession of marching clubs, 5000
strong, escorted him 20 the pubic square
where he addressed an audience OF be-
tween $1,000 and 10000 people.
Governor Altgeid SAID in part:
I've are now in the midst Of the
greatest crisis that ever confronted this
republic. In 1861 the union was con-
frOnted Win dissolution which meant
anarchy in respect 10 government and
a perpeuati0n of the African slavery.
In 1896 we are confronted with the Ques
ton OF perpeJuaily enslaying the white
race. We are confronted with the ques-
ton whether We shall install the Eng
lish Shy.Ock as a task master over all
yet TO come. We are not proposing 10
wrong anybody. We are proposing TO
give every man his due. We are not
suggesting experiment, we are demand
ing return to the experience Of the
world for thousands OF years and we
say that this experiment of trying to
force the nations of the earth onto a
gold bass for the benefit of European
creditors is running the American peO-
pie. We propose TO pay back tAe Eng
! Esh creditors in the same money they
gave us, gold and silver. We propose
70 give them dollars that shall have the
same purchasing power, that VII buy
as much property and as much labor Of
Of every kind as the dollars they gave
us. We propose to pay them principal
and interest in exactly the same money
which they gave US; and We say that
Their act in getting silver dem0net.Zed
and gold made dearer, after they had
Succeede in getting our bonds and notes
so as 10 compel us to pay in a different
kind Of money from VIVA, they gave us
to pay in dollars which cost twice as
much sweat, twce as much blOOd-was
fraud and a crime against civilization.
This s nN, a party question, not a
question Of Repub,icanism or Democ-
r&cy. John Sherman and Cleveland
are sleeping together. L, is a question
of patriotism. 1t is a question OF main
tanning the institutions OF the fathers,
for if the preS6p, STANDARD is - BE main
;aiIed. if our people must go on paying
interest and principle in dollars thaI
require twice as much labor, twice as
much sweat, twice IS much blood TO
obtain as did the dollars that were in
circulation when the debts were created.
chen the doom of Am r.can producers
is sealed Low prices will be made ? y
pe,ual and there Will be no hope for
the American farmer. the American me-
chanic or the American l2bCrr. You
have heard glib talk about 80 cent dol
lars. TheTs is no such thing as a 90
cent dollar. The silver dollars spoken
of as 80 cent dollars buy as much prop
erty on the average Of every kind, buy
as much of tas products Of The earth en-
the average of every kind as they did
before silver was demonetized. Silver
has not fallen. II occupies the same
rra.10n 20 property. to the products Cf
the earth and to labor that it formerly
did Ii IS gold that has gene Up. The
purchasing power Of gold has doubled,
s1d cur people are obliged 10 pay tlelr
debts. principal and interest, i'm dollars
which. as q matter of fact, are 200 cent
dollars. VINO gets the benefit Of this
The English money lenders. 1t is q
mistake TO suppose thai a local money
lender derives benefit from the cond.-
ti0ns which now exist.
we say restore silver to where 1t was.
Coin il free rs you do gold. Restore 1t
to lis legal tender qualities. and then
lust as scon as this is done, just as soon
as silver can be used at the custom
house. 10 pay taXss and TO pay notes at
the bank. just as soon as IL can be used
10 do the same work that gold does,
inst that soon the importance Of god
will be lowered, its purchasing power
lowered. The importance Of silver Will
! be raised. i,S purchasing power VIII Da
raised un-il he TWO metals again c.rcu-
lat. at par. just 3s they did for 200 years
before silver was demCletiZ5d.
1T is said that a Mexican dollar. wh.cn
is as heavy as ours. is worth only % cents
i'm gold and we are asked if this is 50. 10"
will we make our silver dollars circulate
side bv side with gold. We will do. IL by
giving our silver dollars a field sufficiently
large to absorb all. and i'm which they Gun
do the same work that gold docs. Tie
business Of Mexico is so small that il co' $
not furnish sufficiently large field - al
sorb MI of the silver dollars. The bust
ness Of Mexico is smaller than that OF
one of our States.
..,rba oueetion is shall republican insti-
t,,tions be maintained i'm this country If
,,,,. e,,r,ors our mechanics and our Ia
,,,-.rs are reduced ia the condition OF
.,,oro tribute 6ayiug serfs then the doom
or this republic is sealed. II they are TO
J.. reduced TO the impoverished condition
80 +he toilers OF Europe then a high and
,.,..lligant order of citizenship is impos-
.ihIe Three millions Of people establish
- .,,,,hlican institutions in this country
,p the face of jeerins ana sheei'"3
world The question now IS, ShalI seF-
.,t,, millions Of people surrender these IN
..,.,,tio,s and announce TO the world th''
- orc ircapable of maintaining them
-, millions Of people century ago
.,,,,.s5 m the world that they cou. Z
--. -, without Europe. Shall seventy
-,,,,,,,s of peopIe now proclaim that we
80, 1e,endent upon the monarchy-r'doeh II
- oorruption-eat European states?
~ asl, vou 10 support Bryan AMI human
-. .-.,rs+ Mckinley and plutocracy. !
ny. l'' -, 80 support the institutions 'f the
$50 'SN W as.oinst the dictat'ou OF foreign
shylocks."
TO FoREcLosE MORTGAGE.
r-,-,.-h,,rq w. Va. August 29.-An