Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-10-16
MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, Pa. FRIDAY OCTOBER ie 1896
A mtg Day For Free Silver and Bryan Flag
Raising. Parade and Funeral Service
In the Evening. No Free Beer in 1t.

Big Day For Free Silver and Bryan rag
Raising. Parade and Funeral Service
In the Evening. No Free Beer in It.
1t was a field day for our friends
the Democrats last Saturday. In
anticipation of the frost which will
nip their blossoms q little later on
they concluded to crowd in all the
glory possible and have q good time
before the election.
In the afternoon very handsome
Bryan and Sewall banner was raised
across the street in front of the
Court House, but why they did not
put "Tom" Watson on one side of it
is only known to themselves. In
the evening a very creditable torch
light parade took place, there were
probably 100 torches in the line,
though boys manned some twenty
of them. The display was good and
the parade orderly, and we had the
assurance both by their appearance,
and the declaration of a prominent
participant that the usual concomit-
ant of free beer had been tabooed.
The structures of the PRESS on this
potent Democratic auxiliary have
evidently borne good fruit. We
hope they will preserve the cage in
which the two animals were con-
fined, also the several transparencies
shown and place them on exhibition
after Nov. 3rd. They may be good
things to chew on.
The speech in the Court House
after the parade was a gem in its
way. The orator, Mr.. d. J. Green
leaf of Port Jervis could not be called
a very enthusiastic apostle of free
silver. He read a long rambling
history of the constitution, Solo
mons Temple and some other things
in a perfunctory manner and with a
kind of "clammy" voice which did
not awaken much interest in his
hearers, and failed to call forth even
a cheer for the candid ates.,
He declared that he had been a
Republican but that in his wander
ings after truth he came to the forks
of road where there was a sign
board 16 to 1 and he took the sixteen
way because he had long whiskers
like PETER. At least that must have
been the reason for he gave n G
other. He read the provision of the
constitution empowering the United
States to coin money and regulate the
value thereof, and said with a ira
gic air that clau SO proved that silver
and gold may be coined.
He denounced the crime of 1873 OF
course, and in the face of Sherman
and others declared the act was
passed by stealth, and was a fraud
on the peoples rights. He went
back to the Bible to prove that the
ratio of 16 to was the true one, and
asked how our country will ever
get out of debt unless by making
more money?
He said the question was asked
how the farmer would be benefited
by the free and unlimited coinage
and that was the easiest of them ali,
and this is how. It would start the
silver mines booming, the miners
would be paid say 800 per month,
and a mine owner employing 1000
men would pay out one hundred
thousand new bright shining silver
dollars as wages and the laborers
would buy produce of the farmers
and pay them in silver dollars, and
so the farmer would get it, that is
he must work for it the same as
now but the unlimited demand Gre
ated in this way for his products
would be his benefit. Not a word
was said about the poor silver mine
owner who would pay his men in
dollars worth so cents, and pocket
the other so as profit. He is toe
sacred an object to be spoken of in
such a manner. 1t was not even
limited that he would increase his
donations to the churches or give
away any of his hard earned dollars
We hope our friends viii have more
speeches of this same sort, and in.
duce every Democrat who wants Il
really know about free coinage K
attend, At the conclusion the only
noise made was a scamper to get oui
of it, they forgot to cheer any body
, or anything and seemed to be really
glad that it was all over and WASH
! any worse, and that they had liveC
through 1t.
Conn STALKS FOR RATH-(lna fhOu