Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-08


and voters, on South Broadway.
1t is but justice to Mr.. Atkinson to say
that the evening was a little too raw and
cool for outdoor speaking, and that the
counter attraction of Pains fireworks,
On the upper end Of the ward, also kept
good many people away
AS it was, after The people who went
over from the city, and the numerous
young ladies, for which the Garden Spot
is SO justly celebrated, were subtrac,ed
from his audience, the remainder was
small.
And this small remainder probably
accounts for the somewhat Indifferent
address the genial candidate made, and
for he painful paucity CT his arguments.
The Hon. G. w. a. can make a good
address when he wants to, and a re-
markedly fine address when he tries
but he did neither last evening. Still,
as we remarked before, It was a cool
evening, and there were skyrockets and
things at the other end CT tle ward.
MIR. Atkinson was escorted from the
Mcclure House to the intersection Of
South Broadway and Delaware streets
by M Atkinson Club and the Elkins ca
diets. The demonstration was rather
credita5le one, and attracted good deal
Of attention. The TWO clubs marched
well and the young men cut quite a figure
in their new uniforms.
A stand had been erected at the inter-
section Of the two streets, and the meet
ins was called TO order 0w G.. w. Ken
nedy, Esd, who presided. There were
four other gentlemen on the stand be-
sides Mr.. Kennedy and Mr. Atkinson
Candidate FOR Sheriff H. C. Richards.
Candidate for Circuit Court C. H. Hen
mig, Councilman C. P. Hamilton and
Mr.. T. VI. Garv.n
About the time Mr.. Atkinson began
his remarks the young men of the
marching clubs became aware that there
were a large number OF handsome young
ladies in that section Of The city. and no
sooner was this discovery made than
they Of the white duck trousers and
white cars began to slip away s.ngly
and by twcs AMI threes and scraDe up
acquain,ances or be introduced TO the
young ladies. Il was not many minutes
before young ladies escorted by young
men partially attired in white could be
seen strOlling along tla side streets. I'M
der the trees. and by nine o'clock the
Elkins Cadets had surrendered TO a
man, while the other organization was
equally scattered and d.mcralized.
But this isn't love story. rs an ac-
count CT political effort by the Repub-
lican candidate fer Gov rnCr of West
Virginia. Mr.. Atkinson has long ago
discovered that the Republican authori-
ties who proclaimed just after the Chi
cage Convention. that the tariff ques-
ton was the isuue in this campaign. had
been misinfOrmed. and he launched out
on what was msant to be an argument
agains- silver and in favor of gold. It
was tOlerably thin and thread-bare. IN
places. and the good stories-and Mr..
Atkinson is Charming s'ory-teller-
and assertions eliminated. there wasn't
a grea. deal lef.. A few examples Of his
'arguments' may be given
"Our Democratic friends draw a ccm-
parison between the price of silver and
the price of wheat and other farm pro-
duets. and saw that when silver was
high farm products were high. and when
j was low the price OF Wheat was low.
Now. 7 have sona statistics here. 9nd
they show that when wheat vas high
ct silver was l0west-eXcaDt in
two or three cases. Thu fact is
the price of silver cuts no FIGURE in he
price Of wheat because corn nay be nigh
and wheat low in the same wear: pork
may be high and potatoes lcw in the
same year: and e0 On. The Democratic
argument is absolutely ridiculous. They
might as we'll say tha. the price of Gao
bage he7ds regulates the nrica Of Mig
ron Blu he didn't read ne statistics:
10 did saw. however. th7t he had disDos-
el oe another Democratic argument.
Again he said:
'Ne..he gold nor silver have ANYTHING
to do with regulating the price of wheat
or cotton. The ch:nch-hug and the
weqvil fix the price of wheat. and the
h0ll-bug fixes the price Of cottoa-when
the bugs are active prices 20 uD-but
they are not gold and silver bugs. That
prC0csition has. therefore. gone glim-
mering."
Aeain:-
"There is very little money in circu-
lation now, and there will be less and
less until after fac election. but when
the people decide right. on the Sd of
Ncvgmber-when. on that dav. they de-
eide in favor of William Mckinley and
he Is elected. as he Is sure to be. then
YOU will find. my friends. money start
ing out in the channels of business and
idle labor will find emDlOyment-bu
not til then. Wo do1't pood
The manufacture OF free and unlimited
SOC dollars half as bad as we need the
Of labor. Cieve-
land free trade has resulted in the DIS
charge Of one-half of the laboring men
OF the country. And there another
Democratic proposition has gone glim-
mering"
It will be seen that II was no trick at
all for Mr. Atkinson to send a Demo-
cratic argument on a glimmering trip.
A little further on he said:-
we have been on gold basis since
1897. and the Democratic party have
been nearly fifty years finding it out
+ If you have free silver, every
dollar of god viii go out OF circulation,
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