The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-19
BRYAN's WORD TRICKS.
ZONE Of Ills Verbal Ju=gisS E,posrd by n
prnnsyivnnls Farmer.

HON Nllllhn y. Bryhn;
DEAR SIR:-I have Just read your
speech delivered at KnOwlcsvlllc. y.
Y, and carefully rc-read your Illus
trntion Of tho case OF the young man
who married n wife and bought a farm
for $1,000, paying $1,000 cash and giving
n mortgage for the other $1,000. Then
You suppose that the dollar gets
higher priced and tho land gets lower
priced Than you talk awhile about
Interest and taxes. and then you say:
What Is the result? They losn the
farm and start out In lie again Well,
| am 4 farmer and always have been
able TO make n little money, except
nov. under II free trade tariff. | write
you now IL say that l will give you
a hundred dollars II you will chow me
one case In the whole United States
like the n you suppose |: cannot
exist. TtH silver dollar Is and always
has been u legal tender in payment OF
debts. Where, then. Is your supposed
'hlgh-prSed dollnr7' 1t seems to me n
waste OF time to write more on this
proposition. A candidate for President
OF the United States should know
more about finance and buying and
selling than Is indicated by your sup
pose
II read NIL your speeches because they
say you are an orator. ! do some talk
ing. TOO. to farmers OF the Juniata
Valley. SOM call me n sp%ellbindcr.
others the orator OF the Juninta. but I
think they are only joking me because I
am such 4 ~tlrcless talker. Hence !
read your speeches 10 learn something.
and I have learned that you can make
more nu OF an n or Il suppose than
any orator ! ever read. In one of your
speeches YOU say: II we max. the silver
In a silver dollar worth n dollar. who
would sell that amount OF silver bullion
for less than n dOllar?' Then you 90
triumphantly cSclalm: Where then. Is
your ffty-cent dollar?' and the whole
audience shouted. see the trick; Il Is
in that II In another speech you get
very happy In speaking OF the free COIN
age OF silver. and say: When we estab-
llsh n mint price for silver bullion and
leave no surplus silver on the market to
drag down the price OF silver bullion
Then you sum up again on the beauties
Of free silver coinage In q well rounded
period. and the crowd shouts. The
nice point here Is In the word when and
the phrase mint price The fact is. no
mint price Is contemplated. Your
scheme Is just: Bring on your silver
bullion and have It ground out into dol
lars Yes, | am learning how to crate
Again you are exceedingly happy In
wrapping up the same proposition in
enchanting words. In speaking OF the
free coinage OF silver you say:'If any
purchaser stands ready to take the en-
tire supply OF any given article NJ a Ger
tain price. he can prevent hat article
from falling below that price Again
the audience yelled loud and long. Ger
tainly that proposition Is entirely clear
and logical: no one can successfully
dispute 1t. The words II and any pur-
chaser and certain price are worked In
very adroitly and eloQuently. Your aud
fence did not see, and others do not seem
to see. that there Is no purchaser nor
price involved In your free silver coin
age project. That's Il very brilliant spec
linen OF nratory or Sophistry, and | am
learning how to be eloquent. Yct. | sur
mise that II Is not entirely free from
deception, 2Jd | conclude not TO adopt
your forensic method.
GEORGE w. OWENS,
"A Huntington County GSn.) Farmer.
Birmingham. Pc. Sept. Z"