Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-01

! is elec.ed he will sheet q Secrei AIRY Of the
| Treasury who VIII sQnd uI0n Stanley
Mathews resolution, for which Mr.. Nc
Kinley voted n 1878. and which from
some cause bettsr known 10 himself ne
row repuGiao=s. The Mathews r a3Eu-
ton declares that IL is in accordance
with our contract to pay bonds en'I
greenbacks il either silver or gold, at
( Inc option OF the government, and r!ght
/ here we desire 20 ask any advocate OF
The "ex sing geld Standard 10 snow
any ether law enacted since the passage
Of the Matthew's resolution thai IN JUS
tee 10 the P5Opis glyes a : cr6Cary OF
the treasury the right to make god The
only money CT redemption, while We
have living idle millions OF silver in our
Sqeesury. Secretary Manning eXer-
c.sed the right C; redemption in silver.
Ex-P.esld5E. Harrison, IN his speech in
NV York LAST Thursday, says: DO
vCu know thc. as the law is now win
out the passage OF any free coinage or
silver bin at all, it is in the power or
lAe President 30 bring the business oil
this country 10 a silver basis? II MI
Harrison IS right. is i, not better 10 yota
for a man who is unequivOcally p!11ged
10 restore silver than TO voc for NC
K1ley. who favors the present go!i
Standard? If FL be true that enough
silver can b bought al, 90 cents on the
dollar to pay By the tsTms o. the gov
e-nmenSs agreement 100 cents, all tne
better for the nation, because when tHos'
deb-s we-- contracted silver stood ac
the ratio Of Is TO l. Does any one think
for. (. moment that if the subjects OF
John Bull wsre placed where we sland
that their lawmakers and executive Of
fcers would be found ciamoring Nor che
payment of two dollars for one, or 81 10
u? Some of the would-be gold orators
who have lately afflicted this COM
pluniry who's he9ds are as empty
AS A CLEVELAND TREASURY,
arr howl.ng themselves hoarse defending
all the oiiums OF the monetary admins
tra.iOn of THE man OF destiny, VINO
went TO Washington in poverty ana Is
now estimated 10 b. worth $lO,OOO,OOJ.
These rarrct politicians who go oua
with instructions and whose jobs de-
rrDd upon obedience 10 the dictates or
their bosses. point to an immense sur
p1us of idle silver coin in washington,
and FOR that fact ask why do YOU want
more silver: they have not been taught
limit n Foster anr Carlisle would hava
ed,Drs5 the course of Secretary Man
nfpg who claimed the right under the
Mathews resolution to pay bonds ana
oreenbacks in silver, tina. the S262'OOO,-
00O Of gold bonds would not have been
issued. According TO C9rflsles own
sraiemeni when under invest CATION by
the last Republican Congress ne ad-
ua~el that it would have been 6.@er
m have paid gr5enbaCks, etc, in silver
bnr b-c9usa some Of his predecessors
we're wrong. he must Of necessity follow
in their crooked footsteps. The last
Republican Cc1gress by its own resolu-
r,,1z and declarations in debate, assert
"a INA, tbs rcttenneSs CT She last bcnA
.s.ue was so apparent that it deserved
The mos. sca.hing denunc.attons' anu
our own Stephen B. Eikins .ntrCducea d
resolution which was an insult 10 every
man connected with the bond sale ana
---dav we are asked as Republicans 10
su.nr7t Mckinley because he declares
IN favor Of the existing CCleyeland)
gold standard -,
sons Of Mr.. McKinley's friends :eiI
rs that the placing Of wool on the Iree
Ifs- K alone responsible for its low price.
WIN these gentlemen explain why II IS
that
CORN WHEAT. OATS AND CATTLE
t7v- all likewise gone down 10 the low
rs- pr,ce ever known in American mar
le-s. Our West Virginia cattle sllp-
ne-s can in a measure explain ms
rbev shin their cattle to Baltimore
philadelphia and New 15rk, ana lheS
frd the gold bug Jew mas a corner Oh
the cattle market and by 'het GU
oDa~atfon and coordination the SalppeE
must take their price from less tA"h
two cents up 10 four; then the SHIPPER
goes around 10 a restaurant OF oOdTu-
fry bousa and eats the West Virginia
beef and upon inquiry he finds that ne
jand,crd rays as high as 20 cents d
rolrn5 for tbs choice pieces. On, YES
he Jaws were always with the common
NE and WI always I've found IN the
fr~r+ rank advocating the farmers IN
-e~es-s II ms that L John BHh once
-e-s ccrirol over mn ne IS chdlne1
Co. life VIM. l.. Wilson was permitted
~ cross his legs under table with me
English lords. and h. is now an uncom-
promising gold bug
7. looks very consistent Tor RepuOI.-
cans who have insisted upon our DEM
oc~atic neighbors 10 stand for protec-
lion 10 American products, then n the
rext campaign urge them to oppose the
use Of silver of which We produce nearly
half the output of the world. We urg-
"a them to stand by our mining inter
isis in West Virginia. SAID we were rlch
In mineral resources, and now turn Ia
HES and say only the mine owners OF
silver will be benefited.
SUCH INCONSISTENCIES
,~a .rexcusable upon any grounds OF
r.cht. Don't We al know that coal
mine operators as well as silver mine
GENERATORS are not common laborers, but
hat they give employment 10 labor?
We desire here TO ask Mr.. Mckinney OF
any one Of his supporters what they
- v,-ben +hav talk OF securing an