Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-10-13
AcoNfsFnT To SILVER.
continued from first pa~c.

ing a silver man, l6 To l. In his
studies he picked orr three high peaks,
knowing if he could establish them,
the rest would be easy. These were:
Is the present period Of hard times
due to the-demonetization of silver?
viii the free coinage of silver relieve
that distress?
What is the history and biography
of an honest dollar?
Money is the blood of the bu'' mass
body; it can become cor ,ostod o,d
impure. All the 10 oDov 10 now con-
gesIeu III Loiiu ii and New York. He
saIu ne oH" thought there was enough
money n the world if it was in circu-
l@' .on, but he now thought it would
give only temporary relief, like opium
for a man in pain. He referred to the
alleged intimidation Of employees and
urged the voters to cast their votes as
they saw fit, even if they did wear the
other party's badge. He went Tito
the question at length and closed with
an eloquent plea for silver.
REGISTER HEADLINES
over column report OF Father
Nugent's speech are as follows:
ATTACKED the supreme court.
Father Nugent in his maiden free
silver speech Tuesday made the usual
anarchistic howl. Said he was gold
man until he went west, saw the
wealthy silver mine 'owners-now
talks silver. Two long hours of moth
ing-Nearly lost his voice talking
about the crime of 1873-A crank's
speech.
REGISTER COMMENT.
"Whatever is the seating and
standing capacity of Calvary Taber-
nacle, whether it be 1900 or $500,
that capacity is the size of the audi
ence which Rev. Father Nugent, the
pastor of the Catholic Church of the
Visitation, of the east city, addressed
Tuesday evening on free and unlim-
tied coinage Of silver. 1t was char.
acteristic free silver speech. Father
Nugent attacked the supreme court,
beloved till he was nearly black in
the face about the crime of 1873,
and for two long hours made talk
which contained absolutely nothing.
He is an excellent speaker and he held
the attention of his audience we'll.
He talked as though he did't believe
what he was saying himself"
NOT A PARTY QUESTION.
The speaker stated that until quite
recently he had leaned decidedly to-
ward favoring the gold standard.
After he had studied Carlisle he con-
cluded he would not vote for gold.
"Then | went westward, and follow
ing an extended tour of pleasure and
observation OF the mighty empire be-
yond the Missouri, l came back and
declared myself unqualifiedly for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
studied the question just as l would
have studied algebra. 1t is an
economic problem and should be
studied wholly as much. 1t is not a
party question at all, and in coming
hear tonight l do not come to- tell
you how to vote, but to express to you
my convictions upon this the most
far-reaching and momentous ques-
tion that has been presented to the
Americans voter for settlement dur
Ing unlS generation.
He said in closing that never before
in the history of this country had
such powerful influences been brought |
to bear by the great corporations and !
other large employers of labor as has
been observed in tins campaign. The
pressure brought to bear in this direc-
tion upon the toilers, he claimed, !
created widespread apprehension
among the workingmen that to in
dicate their political preference
openly, if they did not accord with |
those of their employer was to invite /
discharge and to be deprived of the /
privilege of earning bread for their
families. For these reasons, he said, !