The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-30
MR.. CAMPBELL. ADDRESSES

MN. oanil Dill. AUlIlNEooES
Large hndicner on the souih SIie-iIls
money Arguments Were Sound aud
tonrincing-9tr, nrynn's piatindss.
The Republicans and number OF
Democrats OF tho Eighth ward turned
out last night to hear an address, by
Mr. a, ". Campbell. Tho meeting was
held at the foot of the pole on Chap
line, below Forty,tMrd street, and was
ono OF the bcst of tho campaign, The
Y, w. Atkinson club, Dovencr club,
ana c. Il. Hart Cadets turned out 10
escort the speaker and all made n very
creditaOlc showing.
TIL meeting was called to order by
committeeman Joseph Frccse, Of Rich
10 district, who named Mr.. William
Blon. Republican candidate for lcgIs-
laturc, us chairman. Mr.. Bl0n In n brief
speech introduced the speaker OF the
evening, Mr.. a. W. Campbell, who was
received with cheers.
Mr.. Campbell dwelt principally upon
the money question and reviewed the
arguments AZ set forth by the PoDo-
Gratis during the campaign, all OF which
ne answered readily and In a most
convincing manner 1t was one OF the
best speeches OF the campaign Tho
speaker r!diculed the attempt to ar
ray one class against another. and
showed that when times are hard or
panlcy the lnbOring classes are the
ilrst TO suffer, lie said "There never has
been In this country any period Of
panic where the working classes were
not the chief sufferers. cln point out
10 You the recent panic and say that
In this community the men Of means,
OF wealth. II You please, nrc nor the
people who suffered most. Ofcoursc they
suffer In their Incomes from their in-
vestments, but they can take thc!rsbas-
kets to the markets and have them
iilled. Notwithstanding the condition OF
affairs But how about the poor man or
The worklngman who depends upon his
prosperity and the prosperity OF the
nation?"
The speaker quoted Secretary Car
isle, OF the treasury, proclalming that
IN case OF the election OF Mr.. Bryan, q
panic would surely ensue. He spoke OF
the money lenders In New York de-
mnnding fifty per cent on their loans,
and the fact that the bank OF England
was not loaning money, fearful OF the
outcome OF next Tuesdays election.
II Is common for Mr.. Bryan In his
speeches 20 stir up an ennity OF one
class Of people against the other. The
rich man according to his theory has
all the money and the poor man has
none. but II he y elected. the poor man
VIII have all the money and the rich
man VIII have none. Uaughter) Mr.,
Bryan has been failure SO far In life.
He has never shown any business ca
pacity and has failed as lawyer, n
journalist and lecturer. He has devoted
his time to telling the farmer of the
west that every calamity visiting the
people Is attributable 20 the ,"crime OF
1873"
You have heard about this alleged
crime and know how Mr.. Bryan has
laid at the door OF that crime nil the
Ills OF this country. The sophIstry and
wlckcdness OF this whole business Is
apparent to all. Mr.. Bryan has argued
that the price of silver regulated the
price OF wheat Then II this Is true.
why Is 1t that wheat In the past six
weeks. has advanced In price twenty
thfee cents and silver has decreased
tHree cents. II was the failure OF the
what crop In India and nil the free
coinage in the world would not Increase
the price Of wheat or OF silver. II Ia
noticeable that Mr.. Bryan has nothing
to say on that subject since wheat be-
gan to rise and silver began to fall. He
knows he could not fool the pcopIe
with such an object Lesson staring them
In the fnce.
Inc speaker showed why the present
silver dollar coined by the United States
mas purchasing power equal to u gold
dollar. and why the Mexican dollar has
not the purchasing power OF gold even
IN us own country. The American dol
lar Is backed by gold, and the Mexican
dollar is not. therefore 1t is worth only
Its bullion value. He said that during
his trip abroad. every bank note and
every brccnback he had was receivable
ana could be spent for Its full value, and
said he felt proud 10 know and 10 feel
that the money ut his country was az
good abroad rs 1t was at home He de-
lined the meaning OF money and eX-
plained the difference between Il prom
ise to pay and the mohey itself
suppose Mr.. Bryan would b. elected.
What would he the result? The peoplc
would draw on the governments treas
ury for gold, and the government would
have to pay 1t out as long rs the gold
lasted. The first thing the people would
W. NOultl ne 10 ITdW on the gulu reserve
fund. that would soon be exhausted then
nothing would be left but the silver and
paper. Silver would then be rcdeemabl.
in silver. and /, would revert back TO It's
bullion value, and It's worth would be
gagged by the market value OF the silver
bullion. The silver dollar would seek Its
level just as surely as water seeks its
level
My fellow citizens. II you could hi.
gee and know this question, you would
knew It Is something 10 recoIl from. Mr..
Bryan never tells You that wages to-day
are higher than they were In 1871 nor
does he call 10 you mind the fact. that
the dollar Of to-day has a greater pur-
chasing power than It had In 1873. You
who were living and doing business then,
know rs we'll as ! do. that your dollar OF
to-day buys more than the dollar OF 49,"
Mr.. Campbell called attention TO the
condition OF the silver countries and
COMPARED u to that Of the gold standard