Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-29
WIPED OFF The EARTH.
Editor Reed and His Gold Bug faliacies
Ann!hrnted Iyy Col. II. Wilson


Anu!hilated yy Col. II. Wilson
Ciarksburg. w. Va, September IA
joint political discussion TOOK pace IasI
night at Lost Greek, between Hon. Is.
Wilson and Stewart F. Reed, Esq., OF the
Clarksburg Telegram.
About 900 people were present and
listened attentively to the discussion.
Mr.. Reed opened the discussion in a
forty-five minute speech, which was to-
tally devoid Of any good logic or rea-
son.ng. simply dealing in glitterlng gen.
eralities. He undertook TO attribute the
depression of the times to the effect OF
Cleyeland's administration, but in this
he was received coldly. He did not in
one instance, throughout his entire com
mitted defamation, give single sensl-
bic reason for the maintenance OF the
gold standard.
Col. Wilson followed in a speech OF
the same length of time in one OF his old
time mastery efforts, in which he dsalC
heavy and telling blows at the gold
standard and showed plainly wherein a
gold standard is detrimental TO the
common people of this country and a
fostering and upho,dlng of the million
aires, monopolies. trusts, etc. He clearly
pointed out to the evident satisfaction or
his audience that the present depression
of the times and business Stagnation are
the necs ssary results of Congressional
LEGISLATION. embracing the act Of Con-
gress falsely called an act 10 strengthen
the public credit-the act TO demonetlZe
silver in 1873. and the act to force specie
resumption upon the country before the
people were prepared for 1t. He then
clearly pointed out that the demonet.zlng
act was passed by fraudulent means
which was abundantly proven by the Ut
terances of distinguished Republicans in
both the Senate and House, and he espe-
cially called upon Mr. Reed to admit or
deny the truth Of this position. But
Mr.. Reed, in his his fifteen minutes re-
Joiner. utterly failed to notice these
vigorous points by simply lodging them,
as he did all the others throughout ms
entire time. Col. Wilson followed IN a
ten minute speech attacking Mr.. Reed S
fa,acious statements, pointing out the
manner IN which Reed had lodged the
material questions. Mr. Reed, in his
concluding fiftsen minute speech, made
but one point, that the treasury Is now
full of silver dollars which the secretary
can't get rid Of, utterly ignoring the fact
that silver certificates have been put
into circulation upon the credit OF the
silver in the treasury.
The meeting was harmonious through
out. nearly all The applause being given
to free silver and the telling and logical
argument presented by Col. Wilson.
Mr.. Reed will now perhaps be salts
fed with the manner in which he was,
fguratively speaking wiped off the face
Of the earth. and will not soon again be
DESTROYS of entering into another joint
discussion. The idea that Reed has en-
terta.ned in reference TO his great oTatoIy
and ability as a public speaker should
now properly be reduced away below
par. There are fifty free silver men or
more in the county who can do UP Mr..
Reed in a joint discussion at any time
he may name. The only wonder here
Is that a man Ike Hon. 3. Wilson would
countenance a joint discussion with a
man of the caliber of S. F. Reed.