Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-23

Nuts for Republican Campaigners
to Crack - The Futility of the
Double Backacting Arguments OF
the Gold Standard Advocates.
Tivoli-on-H Hudson, n. Y, August o.
The Democratic candidate for the pres
idency. Mr.. Wm. J. Bryan, spoke to
1900 people assembled around plat
form n the village square at Madalin
this afternoon and for twenty minutes
discussed the financial issue from the
bimetdlLc point Of view. He was sec
onded by Senator Stewart, of Nevada.
who started u explain the Crime OF
'73." bat was cut short by relentless
shower which had been threatening
throughout the afternoon. An intro
ductory speech of an hour was made by
Hon. John J. Lenz. Of Ohio, silver
candidate for Congress.
Mr. Bryan was welcomed at the edge
of the village by the reception commit
tee and a brass band which was followed
by the Bryan and Sewall club escorted
his carriage TO the square to the music
Of Hal 10 the Chief" The boom OF a
field piece announced his arrival. Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan were heartily cheered
as they stepped 10 the platform. The
chairman of the cOmmittee, Hon. Frank
S. Ormsber introduced the candidate.
Mr. Bryan said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men-When our party at Chicago
wrote the platform which it did we
knew that 1t would offend some people.
No party can take plain, strong, en-
phatic position upon any question with
out offending somebody. We declared
in that platform what We believed was
right; we described the policies which
we thought were best for the American
people and we knew that it would alien
ate some. Let me read one Of the
planks Of that platform:
We are opposed to the issuance OF
interest-bearng bonds of the United
States in time of peace and condemn
the traticking with banking syndicates,
which, in exchange for bonds and
AT AN ENORMOUS PROFIT
to themselves, supply the federal treas
ury with gold 10 maintain the policy OF
gold mOnOmetallism.
That is one of the planks voice in
the crowd: 1t is a good one.O Thai
was not put in there to attract the love
of those VINO have grown rich out O1
the governments eXtremeties. Gap,
plause). We did not expect those who
have a passage way from the federal
treasury TO their Offices 10 join with Il:
in closing up the passage. We did no
expect those who are making a profit
out of the gold standard and out Of thC
embarrassment it brings TO the treas
ury; we did not expect them to join
with us in putting an end to the gold
standard. Why, if we had expected it
what would we have expected in the fact
of all the history OF the past?
The founders of our government
never conceded that the time would
come when there would be only a few
people in this country who were compe-
tent TO ssttle great public questions
(Applause) If they had. they would
have written in the Constitution that or
most questions that most everybody
could vote, but on the money ques'
ton only the fnanciers vote. Gap
plauSe)
"Grat political questions are econ
om.c questions and great economic
questions are in their final analysis
great federal questions, and it requires
no extended experience in the handing
of money to enable a man TO tell righ
from wrong. anu more than that, tn:
mon-v question will not be settled
until the common people act upon II
Abraham Lincoln said the LORD must
have loved the commoo people because
he made so many of them. The com
mon people are the only people "no
have ever
SUPPORTED A REFORM
that had for its object the benefit OF
tbe human race. do not mean 10 say
tbat there have not been exceptions tC
tba ruIe. Our opponents of the gold
standard Democracy are all linked as &c
the policy which should be pursued
They all want the same obJsct' IhsS
au want TO elect a Republican cand--
Sa+e because they believe that Democ-
racv ;s better ex mplified through Re-
nrblicanism Oaugh;er). Some OF ouI
6nnonents say the gold standard is
GOOD thing. while others say what we
want is bi-metallism. but we cannon
have IN until somebody helps us
Gangbter1 If the gold standard Is a
good thing. why should they want bl-
me-sllism? and yet if they ever have
Two men making speeches the same
rigbt The chances are 16 TO l daughter
hat one of them will praise the goid
s.an6ard as a good thing, while taa
other VII tell you how anxious 'hey aI'
TO get rid OF II. doos
One man says the reason why ne Goss i
40. Iyonr free coinage is that he does
No. ~. tb;nlx that the government should
noss Do law that will enable the silver
p,;;va i,,;rors n rake 80 cents worth OF silver
i-Iiiion, and convert il into 100 cents.
~ Ot'',o, conrse he may have been in favor
- O system of taxation that would give
~ I-,.o or three hundred per cent proht
bnt that does not count; 1t is terri0i5
+bj,g 70 allow the silver miner TO make
49, nroft Then he next man who
oarnos ol,,,, nm will say that as matter OF
fac. The stamp Of the government ADDS
o+bing 80 m the value of the metal and
90. he free coinage OF silver simply
'""' - ,.,,, convert 50 cents worm