The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-24

Ing, The laboring classes would suffer
most of nj, nndsbe paid In mutioy OF uris
certain value. Free silver Ii "a catch
phrase put forth by tho silver eyndlcate
TO fool tho voters Silver would not he
u, stealing II, or working for II. chiefly,
the latter. l ~ 4 A e z. 4 Il ii
A cririe anil The Criminal. Y,
".Who committed the crime OF 1857, Is
a question THAI will pass into posterlty.
like the famous Who struck Billy Pat
tcrson?. No man has yet been found
who committed the crime. a { the Grim
ilndls who committed the crime ARE here
tonight and Will stand up. j Will excorI-
atc thom. Laughter y n There was no
such alleged crime committed. Y X wv
Mr. pomefuy read OF the large list Of
several silver mllllonnires. and referring
TO tho recent strikes In the 14endy ille sil-5
Yer mines, said the men who wore try
Ing TO foist 5O-cent dollars upon work.
lngmen would not pay their employees
flirS wages. .i e. y, Z, 3at a Y i 4
THE silver output Is controlled by ID
silver syndicate. which seeks to satisfy
It's creed at the expense OF the people,
This syndicate has secured spea kcrs at
great expense and printed tons. OF silver
literature, but the. INTEL gent voters. can
not be dipped us they were four years
ago. The evil effects of che Brlce-! g orr
man tariff bill have opened their eyes 10
the trueaand experienced, statesmen, the
greatest of whom lis Major Mckinley.
(Checrs.) 3 Bryanan his crew are fa-
natic upon any question, as IS Judged by
their makeup. Bryan sEn rank free
Il Al S1kt ass, n phplilI
not be elected. After election his voice
will be us silent as the grave, and, but
the flowing whlskers OF PETER and tho,
sockless fact OF Jerry Simpson will re-!
main. Coxey's army was the forerunner
OF the free silver agitation. His gang
were fond OF free chickens, free cabbage
or any old thing, as long as 1t was free.
(Laughtar) 3 z K ~, Ssy s,5
II do not mean to inslnuate In one!
sense upon Coxcy's nEfny. for It was the
outcome Of tariff-tinkerlng. and 1t ~
such agitatots as Coxey and Carl Brown
who are supporting Bryan. Coined value
must be the same as commercial value,
wrote Thomas Jefferson in the constl-
tuition Of the United States, and he was
u better, Democrat than the Boy Orator
Of the Platte. $50
The gold standard countries were conf
pared Win the silver, StAnuaru countries
and the latter suffered greatly by the
comparison. In speaking OF the low
wages paid to the workmen In countries
on a silver basis. Mr.. Pomeroy was led
OF into u short discussion OF the tariff.
and he aired his protective tariff Views,
bringing forth rounds OF applause at
each word Of praise for the Republican
party that has always protected Ameri-
can labor. Mr.. Sovereign. who lately
spoke in Bridgeport and told working
men to wear Mckinley buttons and vote
for Bryan, received q nerlted condem-
nation at Mr.. Pomeroy'e hands. He
said that Sovereign had insulted Amer
lean worhlngmen by telling them to be
hypocrites. Sovereign has slandered
Powderly. and for his filthy abuse Of
such an honorable man Mr.. Pomeroy
scored him in. burning language. He,
termed Sovereign u demagogue and a
liar. Is
''1n the interest of ourselves, our
cause and our nation, let us In this crisis
SO conduct ourselves as to preserve our
own self respect, deserve the affections
OF those we cherish. advance the cause,
of struggling labor and maintain unfair
nlshed the honor and glory ofthe land
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