The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-29
A. !. DRUMMER TELLS Il |. 5.
WHY s'Nsi!St3 lie Cannot Support the Pop.
oeratie Candidates.
.M'IlR'.:lsAAC FuLD, or NEW YORK.
Adatssse. a Large Audience In I. 0. o. r..
I Hall on the Issues ortho campA,uh-The
Chicago anu ~. Loais Piatror,ns Com
,pHred-Sir. Hart Talks 10 n Large AMI
iE"ishusiastlo Audience Ont In Talton.
/ Other Political News. 81

5.'.T' ~ " tNE Htlu
audience In l. o, o, +, hall last night
The meeting was called to order by Mr..
Samuel Kraft, who acted as chalrman
The audience was n large and cnthusIas.
tic one, made up to considerable cx-
tent Of business men, After a few in
troductory remarke, Nj. Fluid spoke OF
the issues OF the campaign. Among
3other things he said.
THE platform OF st. Louis rests on the
sound foundation OF conservatism, tho
one OF Chicago on the ouIcksands Of
4 reckless prediction and experiment
II Is not against the free coinage OF silver
we iight, but against the dishonest, In
consistent and reckless tatIo OF 16, to i.
= Bryan. Harvey 4 ca. cannot tell why
ms ratio should be used: they simply
claim II was the ratio before 1873 II
they have the right to demand n dollar
Z Tor 5S cctNs' worth OF silver because
4 that was the ratio In 1873. then the far
mer has rs much right to demand the
same price for hla oats, corn and wheat
he received before 1879. lT17T'
There are other things In the Chi
cago platform which should command
The condemnation and hostility OF every
lover OF his country. The assault upon
me FEDERAL authority. for attempting to
maintain order. justifits every anathema
OF anarchist and revolutlonist that has
been so freely used against Its support
ers. Federal authority and federal su.
premacy. my fellow citizens. are the
foundation OF our government. upon
which we have reared an imperishable
4 euperstructure OF an indIssoluble union
Fof lnd!ssoluhle states
And what shah we say OF the das-
tardly attack on that great tribunal,
the supreme court OF the United States?
For over q hundred years Its decisions
z have been received the world over with
/, unquestionable faith and almost rever-
emit respect. II Is now proposed by
this reckless Chicago platform 10 abolish
+ the life tenure services OF tho justices
and TO make It n play-tny with every
passing political breeze for youthful
orators and pnpocrat!c politicians. T
cannot believe that the American peo-
pie will endorse such monstr0us prop
osltion, and they will show by their
ballots on the third day OF November
thGt they recognize In the supreme court
OF the United States the very palladium
I OF Tree government, which must not and
shall not be disturbed. TFg.
But. my friends, shall not detaIn
you mere tonight, and rob YOU Of ma
tute's sweet repose BY attempting an
enumeration OF the blunders OF Bryan:
put there Is an unfortunate quotation
10 which must refer and which gives
US true standard by which We can
measure the intellect OK this mcteoric
z Nebraskan. In recent speech In Mary
land Mr.. Bryan opened his mouth and
put his foot into It by producing let
ter from Prince Bismarck, embody!ng
, his views on the bi-metallic standard.
NO more unfortunate quotation for Mr..
Z Sryan's Side could possibly have been
made. for In that letter Prince Bismarck
smphat!cahy and sincerely declares for
very contention made by the ST. Louis
convention.
He is distinctly In favor OF b!-metal-
Ism, based on international agreement.
the exact position OF the Republican
oarty on that question. but he adds
further TINT he would not pu. his
Z OWN opinion against that OF experts
He says, however, In that letter and
iere mark the suberb craftsmanship OF
hits Grand Old Man. that It might be a
good thing for the United States to try
Il, and II It were successful. the other
nations OF the world would soon follow
z as. Now. my friends, X Prince Bis
marcS thinks SO favorable of bi-metal-
LIEN, why Is Germany to-day on 4 gold
{ basis and why does he urge US to try
this doubtful experience first? With his
s surprising craftsmanship which Mr..
X Bryan could not appreciate, Bismarck
advises us to lead where Germany dare
not tread.
But Mr.. Bryan tells us that under his,
or rather the mine owners policy, sill
K yer would advance from 66 cents, its
present price. 10 81 90 per ounce; this IL
5 mere bold prediction, and absolutely in
consistent with aur most recent expe-
4 rlence. Under the operation OF the Sher-
man law. by which the United States
purchased four and one-hnlt millions
ounces Of silver per month. the CONNER
!, cIal value OF silver steadily declined, and
II 1t failed to rise under that powerful
Stimulation. 1t would require all Of the
dynamite OF A!tgeld to raise It to a par
tty with gold. or to a higher commercial
value
Now Mr.. Bryan and his superficial
sllverites contend that decentralization,
that great crime of 1878, which required
twenty-tlIree years for Its detection,
that that was the cause which cheanen-
ed silver. deny 1t, and go further,
and say that this government In 1873
did not dcmoneti2c It. 1t demOnetizcd
itself. At that time silver bullion was
! worth Mt the ratio OF l6 to /, 5 per cent
more than gold. How foolish indeed
would the owner of silver bullion have
been to take It to the United Statcs
minis and receive one dollar for 1t,
!. when It was worth 81 % In the open
( markets of the world. But to-day Sill
Yer bullion having declined from no
earthly cause. save that Of over pro-
ductlon, to 10 cents, the hungry silver
mine owner again comes to the front and
demands that the government shall give
/. him 81 for what Is really worth So cents,
simply because that wG.s Its real vnluc In
1873. Can the American people he fooled
by such sophistry? TO not believe It.
cannot believe It, ! will not believe Il,
And now as TO the great crime OF 1873
/, decentralization:
"Demonetize, according to Webster,
means to debasc, to destroy, rs curren-
cy. Now having coined sixty times as
: many silver dollars In the past eighteen
years as we coined In the first eIghty.one
years OF the Republic, and the purchas-
ing and debt-paylng power OF these Sill
YER dollars being fully eqla! to that of
gold, how In the name OF reason, logic
and common sense have we demonetIzed
silver? Answer II II you can, yc superb
cial students OF Coins Financial School.
Answer It II you can. yc hungry horde OF
silver mine owners. And then say In
your answer whether Its value Is not
regulated like every other commodity,
by the mmutlble law of supply and de-
maHd." f,g sa.g
MAJOR M'KINLEY'S PICTURE