Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-15

no law except what the people Will, ana
before I am willing 10 discuss with my
gold bug friends whether free silver is
a good thing or a bad thing, he has got
TO Dut back the law where it was be
fore it was struck off for the oenenI Oh
the money changers. tApplause) ,
a Voice Henry Baer)-You nave h2d
Democratic Congresses before now
Why didn't you change il?
yes. we have had Democratic Con-
crosses before now, but the gold bug was
always on hand, and ne told US mat
there was always something else TO De
done wild cheers.) Well know
"A Voice-Henry BaeT-Words maud
lble TO reporter)
we knew that in 1876 we were swim
died. but you had the Democratic
Convention 20 make a platform IaVorihs
something else. We knew we were
swindled in 1850. and you got us TO dls-
cuss the tariff questiOn-local or ma
tional as it may be. We knew we were
sviudled IN 1884, and you came 10 us
with the cry that a change was hece',
CRY We knew that we were sWlndIeu
i'm 1883. and you told US to &c and preach
tho force bill. and we knew that we were
swindled in 1892, but you succeeded IN
turning ms aside. But in 1896 no power
on Gods green earth can get us TO put
our minds away from putting oacA our
coinage to where it was when the money
changers got n their work. (ApplauSe'
and cries Of Give 'em another shot )
4 Voice-CIenry Baer)-Dld 1t take
the people twenty-Jhree years 10 recllty
"Eol Since 1873 we have rectitied
many an error. as you well know. zap
Dlouse1 The old election law was an
vii Do YOU remember that we cor,
rected that evil? (ApplauseJ Inc GU
teriff was an evil. DO you renelnDeI
that W. righted that, too? (ApplauseJ
I'm. il took twenty-;hree years 10 aI9u'e
d, Convention OF his free people 10 tAe
.5orght thatthere were men under masks
yao had betrayed hem. LAppHus5J
And in November. when we redress ms
GREAT and commanding evil you Il 'h-hh
4 i 100 soon. (Cheers0 1t don mater
who ihe gentleman is. l Will teii I'lh
+bo. when he becomes thoroughly IN ac-
oo~5 With the genius of American lnstl-
tptions he will understand tnal W.
We change our coinage laws IL win Os
be,arse The people and not the money
changers ask it. applause, and cries Oh
Git 'em again.O No. l don't want 70
~ anv man. All want TO do IS 10 ges
-, o~ five votes for Bryan, and then l
NH M % home happy" (Applause9
TI..,I, f,r+ber along. while sui dis
...-.iag tho financial question, MI
Grady said: 1.-Two bis name
s.NO man who dares 70 give uts .bo
d,ro sav that he wanted to secure 'n Ie
differentiation of silver in 1870 o - a.
- dsmOne;ized the dollar in 1873 Us
L,li;on value was not fifty-ihree Genus
- was not sixty-three cents; Il was no,
seren- v-.bree cents. nor elghty-'nIe.
oe1ts nor nine.y-three cents, nor one
hundred and thrse cents, nut tAe O"s
+,,ov demonetized silver l could take an
lr,e~io9n silver dollar and melt II down
~ oct one hundred and four cents lot
IN i'm anv mark {. (ApplauseI -" 80
-,,,sr,- done because the dollar was
cbe8Der. la wasn't done because Il was was
nas,v. Oaughter) The go-u Con- ..,'
Nod IN take it's hat off four cents wor n
- tbe silver dollar. Naugh,erC /,
- because r waS knocked aooul
from post to pillar. No! Then II must l
.---o-o The people asked -9r
~ You can't find one man who asked ,i
~ - -Vr-~-fz- Son or SILVER III
onr seventy millions Of population! And
rt.a-is MOI the w0rs, OF .c Not enc hSn
in all this land can give reason Iol
r. unless he beats his breast ana COIL
E ssas his faults and says it was be-
c,use It would be a good thing Tor the
money lenders. (AppiauseJ
A little further on ne said:
..What A trick this was. The CEN
trail figure in the Hous Of Representa-
lives in 1873 was a man from your ne!Sh-
boring State. He was the Oldest man
in the House. He was the dean OF the
REPRESENTATIVES. They called aim Pig
Iron Kelley. Oaughter) Not by way
cs derision. He liked The name. II was
given him because OF his devotion TO the
interests of his constituents interested
in nip iron. He was quite as much de-
voted 70 the interests of his constituents
in money. On the 81 Of .Garch, 1875
FIVE wears after tn characterization OF
silver. Mr.. Kelley's said-not in some
hack room-not in a confidential whis-
per 10 a personal friend-but he sale
on the floor Of Congress, inviting me
whole American people 10 ar what ne
had 70 say-as reported in the Congress
slonal Record, Vol. I, Part ,, Forty
fifth Congress, second session, page
16O5-.haps plain enough even for the
Intell.gencar to understand. Oaughter)
He said right on the floor of Congress:
In connection with the charge that IA
vored the bill demonetizing the stand
ard silver dollar. reply although chair
man OF the Committee on Coinage,
was in ignorance of the fact that II de-
monatized the standard silver dollar or
struck that silver dollar from our sys-
Gem OF coins AS barring on this dis
cussiou Senator Blaine and Voorhees,,
who were then members of ne House,
and who c few davs ago h9i n conve"-
sation about this matter. this occurred:
"No. no, three members o. The House
knew IT, and so on"
"Oh, There's tAe Indictment to which
we ask the money lenders OF the word
to p,ead-guil,y or not guilty. (Ap-
plause) And whatever may ne this
plea. the jury Of the American people,
VII render. 2 verdict November 3D. ZAP
plauae4" Mr.. Kelly was a good RepubI-
can-an5 an honest man. Oaugh-er)
He was the chairman Of The COMMITTEES
on Coinage. yet he was ignorant. Blaine
was a fairly bright man. Oaughter)
He was ignorant. VOorhees-not alto
gether a sleepy man, didn't know Of il,
and in Justice 20 the man NJ Ke.ly