Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-17

Addressed a Large Meeting, Last
Night,
At the Fifth Ward Market Space
The Speaker Escorted by Demo-
cratic Clubs-The Flag Presenta-
ton to the Faulkner Club.

retu- ned Tuesday from a triumphant
tour of the First Congressional district,
addressed large mass meeting at the
Fifth ward market house.
The next Congressman was escorted
to the meeting by the Faulkner, W. J.
Bryan, Young Mems, and Sixth ward
clubs. A feature of the parade was a
small boy of African descent, who was
perched upon the bass drum of one OF
the marching clubs.
At the meeting place at least three
thousand people were gathered under
the roof Of the lower end of the mar
ket place.
The meeting was somewhat marred
by the presence of a number of people
and young folks on the outside and
south of the speakers stand, who pre-
vented others from hearing by their in
cesSaHt chatting.
Owing 10 the increased acoustic prop
ertiSs their voices made a noise which
was exceedingly hard for the speakers
10 contend against. When the chair
man arose he could hardly make him
se,f hear. Mr. Edward b. Ryan,
prominent citizen of the Fifth ward,
presided as chairman. Mr.. Ryan is an
ex-Republican who left his party this
campaign because of the partys flop to
the gold standard. Mr.. Ryan in his re-
marks preliminary to introducing Mr..
Arnett, said that no Democrat who had
been such from the cradle was more
loyal or enthusiastic in the advocacy of
the cause of the people than he. For
these remarks Mr.. Ryan was wildly
cheered After expressing his thanks
for the honor conferred upon him, Mr..
Ryan introduced Col. Arnett, who was
enthusiastically received.
Col. Arnett's voice was decidedly
husky frUm continued speaking in the
open air, and it was exceedingly diff
cult to be heard against the upr0ar that
came from the outskirts of the crowd.
There seemed TO be little or no effort to
quell it, and the Colonel proceeded as
best he could. He said he brought
greetings from the outside portion of
thd district, conveying the message that
the voters of the other counties had
commissioned him to tell the people Of
Chic county that success on the ides Of
November would certainly be perched
upon our banners. The people through
out the entire district are enthusiastic
active and energetic in this contest.
Col. Arnett Ia the beginning of his
speech referred TO the fsnunc:ation
that had been heaped upon the party BY
the plank contained in the Platform in
reference to the Supreme Court on the
question Of the income tax. This plank
Republican p2rtisans has tried
10 dis,Ort into a criticism Of that tri-
bunal That criticism, # such it IVES.
, Col. Arnett explained. was not with
out precedent and had been more than
equalled in harShness by the plank con-
tanned in the Platform on which Abra-
ham Lincoln was nominated and elect
ed, which condemned the Supreme
Court for its decision in favor of negro
slavery in the bred Scott case. The
plank in the Democratic platform i'm
reference to Federal interference in
local affairs was mentioned and il was
satisfactorily shown that the general
government should not interfere with
) ,ate governments or suppant It's prop
er administration of affairs. Mr.. Ar
nett said that the condemnation Of this
plank by so-cayed Democrats was sim
ply flimsy pretense by those who
wished to desert the party CT the peO-
pie.
Turning to The question Of money. Col.
Arne-J said tina, the present volume was
insufficient and that this insufficency
was the cause of all the distress and ills
under which this country had labOred
in all the last twenty-,hree years. Tha7
increase o. the volume of money and the
amount per capita IN circulation causes
periods of prosperity, was proven by
references to the history of the eras i'm
media.ely after the war between France
and England in 1915, the Crimean war
FrancO-Prussian war. and after our own
civil war when, even in the midst of
sorrow and gloom, the people benefited
by the increase of circulating medium
issued to carry on the war, prOspered as
they had never prospered before. The
per capita during these periods was
about 500 to every man. woman ana
child. After The FrancO-Prussian war,
France was compelled to pay the en-
ormous indemnity CT one billion dollars
to Germany in gold. Ye-, nOJwithst3nd-
ing the gloom that had settled down on
France after this war. and the badges
of mourning and emblems Of woe on
every hand that country paid of that
enormous indemnity Of one billion dol
lars in gold within three years, and en-
tered upon a perio0 of prosperity I'M
known in all its history. That this was
due 10 an increase o. currency, which
was made necessary by the conditions,
was clearly shown.
The great need in this country was
for q larger volume Of money. Even the
Republican party declared that this was
necessary. when IN Its platform it said
that silver should be remOnetized by
International agreement That the sup
nv and amount Oh gold in existence was
not adequate TO transact the business
and act as a medium of exchange was
demonstrated, that while the entire
amount of gold in the world was only
three billion five hundred millions or
dollars. the city debt Of Chicago and the
indebtedness of the railroads tina, ter
inmate in that city amounted 10 tFe
billions of dollars. one billion and hye
hundred millions more than all the goid
in the whole word. When you take into
consideration the debts Of The many oth-
or great cities of the country, lne ma