The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-19

BTttttu hU llpur httCf, the other nonI-
mated In obedience 10 the rlpencd and
deliberate demand Of the people them
rWea whose spontaneous uprising In
nus Schllt ntteStcd nnd emphasized
their selief IN tho principles for which
he stands and their sinccrc confidence
In. the ability, Integrity, patriotism
and Siatcsmanshlp OF The man. One
notified Un accordance with his own
reQueSO, III ihet Great show garden OF
New York City. designed expressly for
clrcuSes, mcnugericS, horse fairs, dog
shows, and chrysantncmum cxhlbI-
tioni, AMID the blarc OF tr,Impets, the
glare OF electric lights, mud the inces-
sant tramp OF disappearing hosts: the
other at his own humble flrcsllc, In
MI pnosteninilouS manner. the simple
ceremonies witnessed only by his FAM
ily ana immediate friends. s.
One now stGeple- -chaslng through the
country In q mnd scramble for place
ana power. fearful that some elcctor
may escape the witchery OF his silver
iluted voice; the other diGnIfled Gas be-
tts the exalted place TO which he
worth!y aspires). trustfully and calmly
waits IN his own home while the M
ton comes TO him. One has selected
for hlS arena the sand lots-his appeals
nre TO the passions and prcjudlccs OF
men. The forum OF the other IL an
American door-yard; Ills rostrum Is tho
plrch OF an American cottage; his
words. simple and torcctul, are nd
dressed to the intelligence, the conscI-
ence. the patriotism aud the common
sense OF brave, thoughtful, Just and
hopeful people.
Not UnJust.
'My countrynen, these comparisons
are not unjust, nor are they over
drawn. They measure infinite distance
between the party and the platform OF
AltEcld, Tillman. Pennoyer. LeweliIng,
Waite. Coxey and Bryan, and the party
anu platform OF Harrison, Allison, Reed
and Mckinley.
Senator Thurston said ha came to-
day Inspired not only by the hope, but
by the knowledge OF certain Repuhll-
can victory and on this theme spoke
OF his visit to Vermont and the YER
mont election: OF the situation as he
had personally observed It In Maine
and other states and OF the reports
that came 10 him OF the situation. OF
Popullsm, he said II had had Its day;
that IL had no higher mission than that
OF exciting the envy and Jealousy and
discontent of those whose lots are
humbly cast. But II could not live. He
then entered upon an exhaustive dis
cusslon Of the currency question, con-
siderlnS at length each OF the issues
raised in the present. contest.
After the illuminated parade this
evening. another meeting was held
under the big tent. which was filed.
The evening meeting was presided ov-
er by Congressman r. ". Taylor.
There were vocal and Instrumental
musical selections and two addresses.
Governor Hastings, OF Pennsylvania,
was given grand ovation when he
was introduced.
Que,tions for bryan.
Governor Hastings speech was a
lengthy discussion Of the silver and tariff
questions. lie concluded as follows:
II every blessing, every advantage,
every promise which Mr.. Bryan has
made TO the people, II even the widest
dreams at which he hints. shall find
their full frultion, ! call upon him TO
dismiss his platItudes for season and
tell us how to pass from the gold stand
ard to the silver basis without plung-
ing the country into such u dire panic
Us We have never seen before
The second Question which nrGp0und
TO him Is also one OF greatest moment to
the wage-earning people OF the country.
/ call upon Mr.. Bryan to state 20 the
country whether free sllverswlll increase
the wages OF labor. His words Of SYM
pathy for the laborIng men have reached
from one end OF the land TO the other.
Let him so upon recnri and tell the
workinEman whether free silver will al-
vance his wages or benefit him In n
singular particular. He has evaded this
question from the beginning and now
make the prophecy that he will continue
10 evade II TO the end. He never will,
nor any OF his followers. ever success
fully explain how debascment OF our
coinage will advance the wages OF labor
He never has done II, he never will do 1t,
he never can do It.
The trouble with this country now. in
my judgment, Is free trade and the
threat OF free silver. Mr.. Bryan argued
for free trade and promised for free
trade quite as much and argued quite as
Justify ms he Is now arguing and promis-
Ing for free silver. Free trade has been
iepudIated by the people every time the
opportunity has presented Itself since
the passage OF the Wilson bill. In the
general wreck and ruin eRtaiIcd by the
advent OF an approach to free trade
scarcely an Industry or IN interest In the
land has remained unlnjured. The people
have learned their lesson In free trndc.
An old axiom says that THE multitude
in all countries nrc patient TO n certain
point. Ill-usage may arouse their indlg-
nation and hurry them to cXccsses, but
the original fault Is In the government"
The people have shown their Indignation
at the party which made the false prom
lses in the name of free trade four years
ago.
Some Strnw Votes.
They found their first opportunity In
New York, where the disappointed farm
er, wagc-earner and manufacturer, plac-
cd the Empire state firmly In the Re-
publican column with Morton as her
governor. Ea,g-f s
Maryland, for the ilrst time In more
than thirty years broke away from her
free trade traditions and sent n Republic
can governor to Annapolis and Repub-
lican senator TO Washington.
New EnSland's busy bcc-h hives of alert
and intelligent industry were suddenly
halted. and. contemplating her Idle fao-
tories and Idle men, rcbuk,& her false
representatives. and no free trade Con-
gresham returned 10 Washington with a
certificate OF election.
William L. Wilson, when he saw his
bill pass was carried out OF the house on
the shoulders of ndmirng colleagues,
William jennings Bryan among his
noIscst and most hearty supporters,
hut the people OF West Virginia carried
Wilson out OF Congress and sent
Stephen b. Elklns to the. United States
senate.
Carlisle had scarcely finished the work
OF helping the Wilson bill through the
senate until Kentucky elected Repub-
liChn governor.
Free trade and AltGcld were too much
for Illinois and every Democratic con-
gresham In the state was retired to