The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-15
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Discussion az this SILVER Quc,tlon lie.
tween E,'CongttsSnam fiosg, Lsints II.
aIrnhgcr aud Hon. t!eorge rnnsmhnrprr
atn Farmers Alliance pirniU. In alu,ou
County, ~ IIH G'
Shcclhi Correspondence. sa
rT. Pr.NAsANr,-J ,dy lS.-The Farm.
crs' Alliance Of Mason county gave a
picnic Mt White church last Saturday,
and hnd-invlted Hon. Charles Il. lIogr
and llnnIJ. u, Monngpr to speak FOR freq
oliver ANA Hon. George poircnbavEcr 10
speak against It. l.I., m w.
There were. about 1000 people prrsSnt,
Tho FREQ silver speakers were first on lin
ground and tho committee In charge, ali
but ono or two OF whom WcrO PopullytS
had decided TINT unless the speakers
could agree on tho division OF Time, IL
should DO Ns follows: liogG to open ono
holir, PoNenbnrRer to follow ono hour
una n quarter, and MSnngrr to close In
one hour When Mr., poftcnhargcr came
OH tho grounds hc found his opponents
SontcndlnS for this unequal division or
time, ana they absolutely declined to
divide equally. PonGnbarger cited tho
rhlc or equal division In courts, Congress-
nnd every other tribunal, but Il wns all
In vain. lie appealed to the COMMITTEES.
and Mr.. Plckons replied: well but
this Ia our meeting" H
Mr.. llogg began Mt 10 o'clock aud spoke
an hour. claiming that the present
American money system Is the system
Of monarchlni governments. ana that tho
government would stu stand back Of
the silver dollar under free COinnEe
AIR. p0HenbarEGr was introduced ut |
O'Clock and closed In two hours Il mns-
tCrly effort In which he dealt with tho
merits or the question, ana showed con-
cluslvely that the opening or the mIuts
to the free coinage OF silver VIII result
In silver monOmetallIsm; TINT the omen.
Ing or the mlnts to free coinage or sIl-
YER RENTS the control Of our metallic
money to individuals and the governs
mcnt no longer will stand behind the
silver dollar; that no gold will lie coined
under II aud what Is coined Will go out Of
circulation, and that It Is not question
between individuals as to whether gold
or silver VIII then be coined or allowed
to circulate.
He also demolished W. II. ITarycy's
Tale OF Two Nations" and Coins ii.
nauclal School," and pointed out three
or four absolute lies In those books, ly-
Ing ut the very foundation Ot all they
contain ana proved them to be lies.
Mr.. MennEcr then spoke nm hour and
never said n single word touching the
merits OF the question.
Mr. HoEg then spoke thirty minutes
IN which lie went OF on Sreenbackism
and bond sales, and claimed that there
Is now no gold In circulation.
PbIIcnbnrGer was then allowed twenty
minutes In which to reply to MenaGcr
and the now matter introduced by llogg,
and IN that tine smashed nil the trash
put in by MenaGer and produced the otn-
cial figures showing Concluslvcly that
llogS did not know what he was talking
about, and more than half cur $500 900, :
COO OF gold Is in private banks and in the
hands OF individuals and can be had and
Is had by anybody that wants It.
Mr.. HoSs then Insisted upon replying
nEa!n and was permitted TO do 20, Occu-
plying about twenty minutes in trying to
show that the resumption act OF 1875 will
stand behind the silver dollar under free
coinage and keep 1t at pur.
The nclghborhoOd In which this took
place is the hot bed OF Populism OF the
county. The war has ben carried into
Africa md the first battle won for Re-
publ!canlsm. The Republicans are ju-
bllant over the result and the Democrats
and PopulIsts are correspondlnEiy down.
cast and disappointed. They were con-
sc!ous OF their weakness in the start and
are now on the dead run. w. T.