West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-08-27
DASTON VS.. BROWN.
Thnt JoInt pI.enssIon at Tunnelt

One OF the liveliest political
meetings held in this section for
some time was the joint debate vt
Tunnolton last Friday night be
tween Congressman DAYTON and
our next Con gresham. William G.
Brown, of this place. The meeting
was Il Republican blowout and had
been advertised as such for ten DAYS
beforehand. being one of Dayton's
regular appointments.
On that day, however, Messrs.
Brown and Dayton met at Tunnel.
ton on their way to Kingwood, and
the citizens Of that place insisted
that the meeting that night should
be a joint discussion. Mr.. Brown
readily agreed to it, providing it
was satisfactory to Mr.. Dayton.
The latter declined to decide till he
arrived at Kingwood and consulted
his committee. The latter agreed
to II and special train was run
that evening from Kingwood, leav-
ing at $50. The notice was en-
tirely too short for the Democrats
to get word, but the Republicans
were on hand in full force, as they
had been arranging for 1t and adj
vertising the meeting for ten days
or two weeks before that time. The
result was that the crowd was about
l6 to ] Republican, and the Demo
cratic speaker had poor show
with the crowd nearly all against
him. However, Mr.. Brown held
his own and made good impress
sion on the crowd, and cornered
Dayton on several important points
that he made no attempt to answer.
One in particular, where he de-
manded Of Mr.. Dayton to explain
why silver was demoneuzed in
1873 ? -Four Republicans, who were
standing outside at window, re.
marked that if Dayton answered
that question they would vote for
him, and if he failed they would
vote for Brown. He ignored it en-
tirely, and now those fellows are
solid for Brown and free silver.
Another place where Dayton laid
himself out, was in saying that not
"a furnace or smoke. stack had
ceased to burn and smoke or lay
idle under protection laws and a
&. o. p. administration. Brown
called him down beautifully by
citing Irondale and Muddy Creek
Furnaces, In this county, and Hard
man In Taylor, aud the mines at
Newburg, which everybody knows
closed down and rotted down aud
became moss grown and filled with
bats, owls and foul air, under "Pro.
lection by the broad shield of
American law" as Gen. Golf used
to say.
Dayton's handling Of the fnan.
cial question was about as weak as
circus lemonade or oyster soup at a
church festival. He rantod around
about ga fifty cent DOLLAR" and
said he wanted money he could
spend in England as well as IN the
United States, well knowing that
there is no such thing as a fifty
cent dollar, and even if there was,
it would be an outrage on the PEG
pie and a blot on our government
and the Republican party response
bic for it, so they can take hold OF
whichever horn Of the dilemma they
please, but as a matter of fact it is
all rot and there is no fifty cent
dollar, but a two hundred cent dol.
lar under the gold standard, and so
scarce that they are good for sore
eyes when you get hold Of one Of
them.
Dayton and some Of his bench
men tried to down Brown by "chew
ing the rag" over the low price oil
wool, and laying it all to the Gree
Trade Wilson Bill" 1t is likely
that the drunken ignoramuses who
tried to break up the meeting BY
bowling "Wool - "Wool - and
trying to bleat like sheep, do not
know chat wool declined all ovei
the world same as it did in this
country and the price is still down
whereas, according to the Repub
lican theory, free trade in tbs
country should have advanced tn,
price in other countries, since il
opened up new markets for theft
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