The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28
THE NIGHT MEETING
me Bisre.. Political Gathering Ever
seen in This City.

The Biggest Political Gathering Ever
Seen in This City.
The evening meeting In the big tent
was even larger in point Of numbers
than the afternoon meeting, and fully
Its equal In the manifestations of en-
| thusiasm. It was undoubtedly one Of
the largest, IL not the largest political
gathering ever assembled in the state.
Long before the time OF opening the
stream Of humanity commenced TO pour
| into the tent. and by 1850 fully 5000 peo-
| pie had arrived At s o'clock, the dime
! set for the m1ating 70 commences, every
seat in the vast auditorium was ocer-
pied, and great banks Of humanity rose
everywhere from behind the rear rows
of benches. 1t was estimated that not
less than 1900 people were within the
confines of the canvas while outside
were hundreds waiting thelir turn as
occasionally some OF those In the rear
dropped out
Hon. Stewart l.. woodford's Speech.
Men OF Ohio:
come to Columbus again with mingled
pleasure and regret I am glad TO meet and
greet old friends, but cannot forget that
here IN 1915, Thomas Ewing and myself
closed our Joint discussion ON the iinance
question. Since then he has passed away.
He was eourtly gentleman. brave sol.
dler, u persuasive orator and faithful
friend. Peace be with his ashes.
Our debate wis upon the resumption OF
specie payments. The Democracy of Ohio
denied tho wisdom, the Justice and the
possibility Of such resumption and de.
We Republicans stood by the law and said
We would compel lts liion. Ohio voted
With US by small bur sure majority, and
every green6ack dollar. whether held BY
/. bank or worklngman has been as good rs
gold. The greenback Is promise and full
iillment has made and keeps that promise
Today the form of the finance question
i changed. but the essential fact, that u
back OF the form, remains. l believe that
It Will remain as long as legal tender paper
money remains part OF our financial sys-
To-day our Democratic friends state this
question thus; "Shail we open our minis
TO the free aud unlimited coinage OF both
ont waiting for the aid or consent Of any
other natIona
You viii remember that our mints are
open today TO the free unlimited coiuage
W kutu Wttuuut C4uEHt Auh Mltuoub To
striction except .es TO weight and tineness.
They. are closed ~ to silver. The Dem.
ocratic party demands this free and unlimited
coinage Of silver. In this demand II IL
Tho Republican party opposes the nnl!m.
lied coinage OF silver except by internA.
tionnl agreement with tile lending cOlnnier-
cial nations Of the world. The Republican
national agreement, but insists that until
such agreement can be obtained the exist.
Ing gold standard must be preserved.
The Democracy further demands that the
ment shall be radeemable In coin.
The Peoples party makes no such re.
stricuon. but demands national money
70 TO DC issued BY the general government and
that the volume OF circulating medium b
speedily Increased.
believe aud shall try to prove that the
r ,sa In, o. democracy u honestly car.
practically retieemable in silver alone.
rms " lust where Mexico, China and
lhhla are. II Ii silver monometallism
Honest fuliilment OF PopuiIst hedges
would put Us on paper basis. redee able
N paper aud In paper alone, and Just where
no noel. CIVILIZED land In the world is today. il
deemable In soap bubbles, nfforiing no basis
or foundation for any superstriietlire m
business. farming or labor. "
IIredeenable paper money always berets
ana cumpels speedy and Continuous in.
crease. And such Increase has always ended
In repudlation, s'''su
For convenience let me consider the pom.
MMst position frst, and then the Demo.
Tho world has had three experiences If
iopultst finance within the last two lunIre,i
years. """ete'i
John Law. the minister M n,,,.. ..
France, tried tho experiment In I'm ma ~,
every scrap OF his paper Issues was finaiiv
repuuinIed. That was during the nbsoinic
reign of the Bourbons. s''use
Inc French republic tried the exneriment
ngain In 1IS0 and continued IL for scrnn
years The great Tallyrand fought the il,
sne ol PAPER money by the government.
1 lie so'nsl . the entire argument Into these
the people shnil be forced to fake tbnn.
satd francs ~ paper lnstend Of a tlons,, nj
francs ~ specie. but you can never mr., n..
t i@ a. ,,am an s 4, BE- obliged to sSs
frames IN paper, In that fact III imbeGda,i
the entire question. and on account az that
dael Tue whole system fais.'' He was
Thn.s issrn p: me elo1uence Of MIrabenn.
Inose ISSUES OF paper were called nssi,,
mats They rose 10 the enormous amo,'yss,
OF thirty-six thousand million france Tbn.
were We're not Kept at par. They could NOT ~
every possible means Of IepIsI, ,yIS IKE $50
even employed tho guIllotine and hehcn Snd
men who refused this paper and who drr,d
! w USNttl8I IL
., ~ Resb,rnary lIoe. they decrccd an nd.
a,nohal Issue of PAPER which they called
mandais. They decreed, and ouote XIV
,a,w language OF their decree, that theil
a an sp sao money ~ a sa9gd be- fully secured
| % two thousand i've hundred mIll, s"s \
Some Of the previous issue ~ assirnn,.
Wit wrTs ,b tan S into these new mapdats Rn,
| eight Thousand million fritics IN nn,s!.
money. Allowing 3 francs 10 the dn}is,
, ,ney bad ,, Issued s7:dooooooOo OF rapei
msns of Fr.ps = s sls sSe ,nascls uas
1 amount suitelent 20 meet the deman,is
~ ,s business ai anu population and to rrstors
IN, ,hs Just Tha Level q prices o. labor prodnc
the hnnl notion Of the French nss.,ni,l, i.
providing such legislation as wonld Il ~ ~
vent Tue disqualification OF the lawful maps,
ebanry ane ,,,a ey yd private Sontsact have
form to France, and you can apnIy ,ax,
| nhd sermon to suit yourselves Ti,a 81.
tempt failed The gold coin then caIi..,
~, LOUIS nnn aIterwHrua napoleon WAS stead
Tug the entire paper mOney dehaucI, Thas,
never WINS m hour when IL would MOI ~, y
Tue PAPER at lust the price which the bus.
ness common sense OF France knew, u,.,a
nred the actual difference In ynllic ha,,,'s...
that paper aud the gold. The crnsb Tnsi
" came. In February. l1Dl ONE fr.ns. T.,
gold bought 2ss francs Of the pnter , " y,
l,a" LuE us Hiucn brenu. cloth or lnhor ~
the 2'ss francs In Iapcr would Inv n, "
majority OF .sS 10 the goidbuys Lsd hso /. =
en- the paper moth aud Il was incvi,r,a..t
The crash can't. and the day after the crash
whose soldiers were then nnrchin, rp X, ~
umph over Italy. and through central IN H.,
rope, WAS worth Just what an equal ar,onn.
OF equally good PAPER made for any oiha,
| purpose was worth IN the paper factoriss
o 49, france. ~ was paper pnlp and nothing