The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-11
CAPTAIN D0yENIR
'iAh'' One or Its Characteristic Ep,,,h,,
Inrlnf md Money,

'hAht' Ohe OF Its CIinrarter istie speed,
- 1arlfr nhd Money.
Al the conclusion OF Nir. Atkinson,
speech und after the band had nraIn
rendered an appropriate air, Chairman
Ankle Introduced "our present con.
gresham and our next congressman,
Captain u. u, Dovcncr. and nEaln IN.
audience went Wild. The brilliant M.
nt1r and soldier was compelled Ia w,I,
some time before the applause Of Tho
audience had subsidized sufficiently Ia nj,
low him to proceed. He began hy say.
Ing that aside from fUrmulIty no n,ei.
cd no Introduction 10 the audience. Iio
a been raised In Rlchletown and was
proud to'say that he always felt At hone
while addressing a meeting made up "
citizens of that end Of the city. He saIi
that when he worked with those WIN
were his. ncishbors, earning his living
by the sweat OF his brow, he believed
he should be paid for that work Win
an honest dollar and that belief had
never left him. He was iirmer In thIs
belief than ever before and would con.
tinuc 80 until the end. He said hs
was there ready to give an account "
his stewardship and was always ready
and willing to answer any questions tina;
might be- asked him concerning any
action OF his during his term In Con.
Gress.
lie vcntured the prediction that th.r.
were not one hundred people In Ohl1
county In favor OF the unlimited and
independent coinage OF silver. He based
this claim on the fact that after 4
weeks hustling and hnndbills thrown
broadcast NIL over the city announcing
4 silver rally, only fOrty-slX men met
last Sunday 10 hear speeches By
two believers In the free silver hcresy. "
The speaker said the Republicans had
endorsed the nomination OF Mckinley
and Hobart and were now ready 10
express their qualification over the So.
lection OF the Democratic ticket. The
ticket they AVE put up pleases about
half OF the Democrats and all the Re-
publlcans. He said the only person In
tsrestcd In free silver Is either n man
who had fid' property or money and lots
OF debts Srithe wner OF n silver MINI.
with n SpripklIng OF hungry office-sepk.
crs thrown. in. He paid his respects
TO the ''curbstonc silver orator." who
goes about punching holes In the mir Ia
an endearor to show all he thinks he
knows about everything in general and
nothing In particular. He described
the wcsterIiiarmer, who had taken al.
vantage of Uncle Sans offer OF free
land. and: who afterward, instead o.
lmprovins'his farm as he went along
little by little, had mortgaged the
ground thErfs> hadn't paid n cent for
and, after paying a few years Interest
on the money, had listened to the VIII
talk OF a;rew lunatics like PETER and
had voted with the Populists, thinking
they could thereby set rid OF the debt.
Eung1G.fPRn that "RNnFGNNfa1 Fha a
tain. and sent n bunch OF whiskers u
the United States senate in their wild
career. DutFtwo years later. in 1924,
they had cSme 10 realize how foolish
they had been, and turned right around
and cav the Republican ticket 5000
majority. And for the PopulistIc ideas
OF those two years Kansas has suffered
I more loss than she will be able to regain
In the ley twenty-five years.
Think Of the Grand old Democratic
party. the! party Of jefferson. Jackson
and other great leaders now being run
by such men az Altgeld. Bland, Bryan,
"%pitchfori:"" T!llsaan and others. Even
Cnxey was ashamed TO so TO the con-
vcntion."
The captain spoke Of the fact that for
the first time In American history, q
convention had failed 10 endorse its own
administration. and called attention to
the fact that the West Virginia deleSa-
ton voted against the resolution to that
effect and was afterwards split. 5oGa
voting for Stevenson for President. ard
he n part OF the present administrator.
In speaking OF the dollar of our dad
dies" OF which we hear so much these
days. the speaker shaved that :ror
1853 until 1878. not n single silver dollar
had been coined. and still the silver men
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proved from the Congressional Record.
from which he read that in the alleged
crime OF IS, which the Democrats noa'
say was done under cover, the Ques-
ton had been debated through three
sessions OF Congress. and that Senator
Stewart. who IS now one Of the raHkes;
silyeri;eS. spoke In favor of the crime
and voted for 1t, and Senator John S5er-
man voted. against 1t. He also read ex-
tracts from1Nr. Shernan's speech. made
In Congrsks August 80. %, in
which nc: quoted from Stewards
speeches. OF February II and 20. 1874. in
which the latter said that gold WINS the
only true standard and was the only one
that would make the workingnan's DOL
lar worth 100 cents, and demanded that
g~reenbackS be redeemable in gold 80
they would pass the world ~ ut their
face value.."I In his speech Senator Sher-
maa also furnished. q copy of the Viz
gInia City, Chronicle OF Virginia City.
Nevada, IN which WAS about n half paE-
OF advertisements OF mining companies
calling for payment Of assessments and
notifying the parties that they wereray-
I able only in gold coin of the United
States. He called attention to the fact
also that Senator Stewart himself was
and owner nf silver mines and he also
Insisted that every dollar was payable in
gold. Stewart has money loaned out In
large quantities In Chicago. Washing
ton and ufher cities and all OF 1t is pay
able only In gold.
Captain Dovener spoke at length OF
this subject and closed by urging III,
Republicans tn e%nliEhten themselves on
the isucS OF the day and to talk then!
over with their nclghbors. He pre-
dIcted that Ohio county would give 1t
least 5000 majority In November, and
that tho entire Republican ticket would
be elected with unprecedented matori-
ties everywhere. He closed amid the
enthusiastic cheers Of the audience. AZ
ter thrne trousing cheers for Mckinley
and Hobart. the meeting was at an end
The music rendered by the Wheeling
City Band was excellent n excited
favorable comment on all sides.
GREAT sales prove the great merit
OF Hoods SarsAparilla, and great meT!.
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