Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-19

owned great riches nor great poverty
But now we see the wealth of this
great nation in the hands of the few,
ana the many struggling IN a poverty
mat has filled our land with wretched
5atherS, despairing mothers. and starry
ing children. Our goldite teachers are
trying 70 get you, my friends. by elect
ing their candidate. to perpetuate ths
! single gold standard a policy which
VIII fasyen the British yoke on your
/ and your childrens' necRs and make
your backs bear the burden of the toll
necessary 70 amass riches for your mas
,eIS, While they leave you their white
saves IN want. That, my friends. will
De tne destiny OF us if they succeed in
forcing on us the British policv OF a
, dear dollar, the dollar that IS to be
i ours If Mckinley is elected, the dollar
/ that is worth 200 cents now, the dollar
I That will buy TWO bushels of wheat and
/ four bushels of corn, the dollar that YOU.
I my neigGbOr, think yourself lucky #
. You can get for two days work, from
early morning till late evening; the
dollar that will go on increasing in value
+ while our property products and labor
I decrease in corresponding scale. But,
/ by friends, we do not want or need such
/ a dollar. What we want is our old
| time laws in regard 10 money. our lost
| 100 cent dollar, and our lost prosperity.
/ FREE coinage means an increase of
I money, and reason viii teach us that
/ an increase OF money will render it pos
s.0le for all men to get employment. for
/ the simple reason that money is without
E&lue unless employed Even in a
-a.nlng community like ours the day
I .ab0rer is bound TO feel the benefits of
/ Iee coinage, for even the goldites will
tell YOU that with free coinage the price
/ Oh an farm products VII go up. As
/ products Increase in value every farm
/ or VIII increase the number Of his farm
/ a3nds, and then re time will speedily
| come when willing hands will find
/ profitable employment. II silver is re-
/ ms-ated il is bound to circulate. for
/ there would be no profit in hiding 10
/ away, ard then, my friends, gold is
/ bound 10 come from its hiding places.
I FOR give 70 silver her ancient rights of
/ equal usage and she will bring gold
\ down TO her SIDE on an equal basis. each
/ a 100 cent dollar. Then our private and
/ public debt can be discharged without
mog cages or bonds. Our go.dite speak
/ ers raise their voices in horror at the
idea of paying any part Of our national
| deb, in silver, but they don't tell US,
which is the fact, that the greater part
Of the debt is payable in coin There,
| my friends. is one reason why Great
. Britain is so anxious 10 iasten on us the
single standard. If we finally d.sfran-
. ch.se silver we will, as nation, be at
( the mercy of English bond holders, and
our government be bound to borrow
and issue bonds until she IS finally bank
. rupcdd. Our government is now deeply
in debt, and with the final loss Of one
half of our money, what prospect IS be-
fore her but 10 borrow more and more?
And who, my friends, are to pay this
debt? l will tell you. When Great
Britain thinks she has loaned TO the
extent of our ability to pay, then, my
friends, the day Of reckoning viii come,
and we, like the Egyptians, VII be fore
cd to toll for British tackmasters. If
/ England were 10 land an armed force
on our shores to-day, before to-mor-
rows sun should set thousands Of brave
men would be on their way TO drive IL
into the sea. You, my neighbors, would
no. hold back. Then how can you vote
for a measure that will place your coun-
Try in the power OF her ancient foe:
Twice she has met with humiiatng de-
feat az the hands of our fathers. but she
has never relinQuished her daring idea
of at one time controlling the great
country our brave fathers wrested from
her. and to-day, aided by such men as
Cleveland. Sherman. Carlisle. Hanna,
and their tool. Mckinley, she is making
her third greatest, and, firmly believe
last effort for cur subjugaLon. 1t now
remains 10 be seen whether you, my
friends. in this, the nour Of our coun-
frv's need. will show by your influence
and your vote whether you will join The
Tory ranks. who are despoiling your
self and children. or whether, regardless
NJ marty. YOU will be found In the ranks
NJ tbe great army who have arisen n
rfghteous indignation to demand me
b.rtbright they have been despoiled OF.
c. C. FLAHERTT.