The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-29
Mr.. whitaker
Makes a Powerful Appeal to the
Workingmcn.
SUPPORT or TIE BRYAN TICKET


| "e'" ~ rFee IfnWe - NctSlnlryf
Election Means a Return or Con ndens..
The announcement that Senator n. Z,
Whitaker would speak In Blsehott's
hall last night drew a crowd tina, fllsd
the hail to OVERLOOKING The pleasing
fessurs of.the meeting was, that With the
exception Of sprInklIng OF ladies', every
one In the audience was n voter, aud n
worklngman. It was plain, practical
address, The senator spoke 10 the
voters OF Union district as man whosr
interests were AZ stake as well ua theirs,
anu MS convincing way Of putting
thlnSS Increased the hold he has upon
tne hearts OF workingmen. The meet
ing was under the Auspices OF the Clay
Union club, and promptly at s o'clock,
Dir. Harry Hooking, who presided, intro
| dueed the speaker.
Senator Whitaker carried his hearers
back to the promises made them In 1882
py the Democratic party. The unful-
Uiment OF these glowing promIses, md
the stagnntion of business and ldlcucss
OF labor following free trade government.
were brought homo. -Four years ago the
Democrats stood upon platform OF de-
| ccptlon and deceit. They said they
would strike down m0nopolirs, and make
the poor richer. The deluded working
men who voted for the Democrats then,
have paid the penalty since.
When the Democrats assumed the
relnS or government, capital took alarm,
not because the country would be ruined,
but because they were not sure OF the
m n Il n IA an N.Nt a..
legislation known us tariff-tinkerlng.
Lack OF confidence was pr - lcnt IN the
business world. and II cOntmuel so, for
the Democrats kept pegging nway at the
tartH. and amending and amending
motions during several months. Dur
inS ail this weary and useless legislatio
business suffered. 1.-THE Democratic leEl-
slators did not know really how to legis-
late. and 10 excuse their mistakes
blamed the cause OF all the distress In
the country upon the Sherman act.
They were needless of all th4 pleading
OF manufacturers and worlSingmen, and
after sitting FOR long time In leisure
and contentment. put forth the German
Brice bill. rutrous in Its workings,
though shorr OF many OF the objection
able features OF the Wilson hill
Senator Whitaker spoke OF the hard
SiAI' CLAhAlIA ufOl W UttllDR TlIUUIlC-
turers and their workmrn In the last
three years: how the former could not
get money TO pay their men. and how
many NJ the latter had to seek charity
for themselves and families. He stated
that the repeal OF the Sherman act was
promised 10 give relief, and that large
section OF the Democrats In asking toS
It's repeal said that the large purchases
OF silver made by the government was
the root OF all our evils. Now. 4 large
section OF the same party. who advo-
ca:ed the repeal OF the Sherman act. say
that our present distress Is because the
government does NOT coin enough silver.
and they take the stump asking the peo-
pie TO vote for free and unlimited coin
aE- OF silver, going back on their prin-
clnlcs OF three years aSn. These same
people are coGnlZant OF the failures they
made In ttnkering with che tarifT LAWS,
and az they used the r-pell OF the Sher-
man act as subtertuge to cover up
their mistakes, they now bring this new
Issue up for the same purpose.
That Wonderful "CrIme.-
The crime OF 81 was calculated for
the benefit OF the audience. Senator
Whitaker ridIculed the idea that that act
could have passed without the knowl-
edge OF those who voted for H. He also
showed how more silver has been coined
since that date than before. He en-
rhasl=cd the fact that the crime Was
:esurrected merely to throw dust in the
eyes OF the American people. He said
that the repeal OF the Sherman act In
1888 was Just as much n crime as the act
OF 1873, YET those who call one a crime
vu;ed for the repeal OF the Sherman bill
The advocates OF silver are not consist
ent; they wanted an issue TO go before
the people. hence this doctrine OF free
and unlimited coinage.
Senator Whitaker struck the nall on
the head when he said that the free ct,l1-
age OF silver had no place In politics
As he said ut cuts no more OF figure
than water on a ducks back" The real
cause az the present tdlenesS OF work.
inSmen Is the misruie Of Democratic
rulers for the past three years, 1892 COM
pared with 1896 tells a tale more eloquent
than words. The silver question has
nothing to do with our present condI-
tons. But the Democrats throwing
away their old principles 20 strike Off
the taxes OF the poor, to give increased
markets. tariff reform, have new theo-
ry OF catching votes. They dare not SO
TO electors on their 1892 platform, but
\
doctrines. and shout for free coinage OF
silver.
The speaker then explained what free
coinage meart. taking the definition
from 4 Popocrat!c paper which said that
It meant shat any man who had silver
could 20 to the minis and get dollars
coined out OF his silver. Wher he asked
who In the audience had silver to coin. q
general laugh WINS tn. reply. He show
ed how the western millionaire would
reap an immense profit OF for;y-seven
cents on each dollar. and that Il was the
wealth or these zilver men which was
paying the expenses OF the Bryan hip
podrome throughout the country.
Thnt 53-Cent Dollar.
Senator Whitaker proved conclusive
Iy that no power on earth could make
nfty-th-e. cent dollar pass for a 100 cent
dollar. moro especially In the United
States: for the autocratlc rulers OF serfs
| in bygone ages had tried similar
schemes which proved failures. He
amplifisd this statement by historical
references, and left no doubt in the
minds OF his auditors that 1t Is lmpossl-
BILE Tor deprecated money TO be kept up
TO an artificial value by some mans
word OF mouth. He referred to the late
war when men were paid In Inflated
money and deprecated paper, and these
same men had paid increased prices for
the neccsSarIes of life. Under the Bry-
anlte deprecated silver dollars, the cost
OF living would so up, and in much
larger proportion than his wages. This
was true In the period following the
war, and all experience hns proved this
fact. It has been efTectunlly demon
strated In many countries time aud time
again, that mems wages 20 W In much
legs proportion than the price o! the
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