Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-23

paid in gold in less than two years the
bondholders would own all the gold in
the world and thus own.the world. The
republicans said that under Mckinley
q tariff bill would be enacted that would
benefit all, but they failed to state that
under the Mckinley bill the
country ran in debt $70,O00,OOO
year and they proposed to issue more
bonds, but that when their candidate
was defeated they tided things over for
a few months till the democrats came
into power and with an empty treas
ury. He said the Wilson tariff bill did
not provide enough revenue by $685..
100000 year, aud that the higher the
tariff the less revenue it brought; it
is ridiculous to talk about restoring
prosperity by re-enacting the Mckinley
bill. The republicans were going to
try to make voters believe that to vote
for them would be for the laborers' in
terest, but they must remember that
thousands of men had lost their places
since the denomination of silver. The
republicans would reduce the price of
labor while the democratic policy was
to increase the demand for labor, and
that men with employment could afford
to pay for what they bought, even if
prices were little higher. He said
that one.half of all the men who had
lost their places from 1881 to 1894 did so
during the four years of the Mckinley
tariff bill. The cause of the strikes, he
said, was the cutting down Of the pay
of the men employed and the increase
of dividends and the pay of officers. If
Mckinley is elected he would do the
will of his masters and would break up
labor organizations. He urged the
laborers to stand by Bryan, by whose
election labor would increase instrength,
the country would prosper and all would
be- well. He said that the republicans
admitted that free coinage would be
good thing but that highlands consent
must first be had. He would not ask
such consent and predicted that
soon after the free coinage was estab
lished no Que would admit that he ever
Was a gold man.
Mr.. Harlow then introduced Judge
5. S. Yoder, OF Ohio. As the hour was
growing late Judge Yoder spoke but
fe minutes. He told his hearers not
to believe what they read in the gold
bug newspapers. He had read that
Vi 'ginia would 90 republican, but he
wa; certain that Ohio would 60 demo
era ic He said the Secretary of the
Treasury had helped the democratic
pa great deal by stating that if it
was necessary he would pay gold dol
lar for every silver dollar in circula-
ton. He said if Mark Hanna succeed
ell in buying the election the silver men
would commence on the 4th of Novem-
Der to agitate the question again and
not stop till they succeeded, as when
the silver miners lost 81, the farmers
lost go. England by buying our sill
Yer cheap coined it into rupees and
p nd twice as much money for cotton
id wheat in India as they paid for
lch commodities in this country, He
osed by saying that Mr.. Bryan had
told him that he was much impressed
with the enthusiasm shown in this city
when he passed through here, and
that he must tell the men of Ale1an-
dria that each must make speech be-
fore election day and close the argu-
ment by voting the democratic ticket
on the 4th of November.