The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-15
LAMB AND PLUMMER.
Both Made Hot Republican Speeches
Last Night.

ohaii iiiai VI tlic hcpuDiicdil piItl, "'N
w. o. Plummcr, of North Dakota, spoke
| to large audience in the Old Opera
House last night on the issues of the
present campaign.
Chairman Lamb was first introduced,
| and he spoke for more than an hour. He
began by paying grand tribute to +. j.
kimball, eX-president of the Norfolk and
Western, and said that he hoped to see
the day come when Mill Mountain would
be called Mount Kimball and suggested
that our City Council should take the
matter under Amusement.
He said that four years ago he had
spoken from the same platform, and that
then the Democrats were asking for and
preaching the doctrine of free trade: that
they wanted lower prices for the masses.
He then spoke of Grover Cleveland.
and the free trade they got through his
election. They are now talking free sill
yer and want to make prices higher.
Four years ago they played low, now
they want to play high; but the Rcpub
licans hold the jack and they are going
to euchre them.
He said that he went to the Treasury
Department a few days ago to find ont
the actual truth concerning the amount
of money in this country, and was told
chat there is 81 soc, 600, 600, or Il per cap
ita circulation of over sop, and that the
talk of this Government and Grover
Cleveland's administration being in bank
ruptcy is IN ubsurdity, and it is only
ignore nee on the part Of those who ut
ter it.
He paid his respects to the gold Dem
ocrats' by saying that the State chair
man of~that party had written to him say
ing that he sincerely hoped that he
Qamb) would be able to get out all the
negro vote.
lie said that the decentralization act
was passed because nobody wanted any
silver coined, and gave the Republican
PARTY credit for placing in circulation
S42O, 600, 900 under the provision of the
Bland Allison and Sherman laws, and
that no business man would dare say
that silver was demonetized when fifty
times as much had been coined since 1878
as was coined prior to that time
He said that the Republican party
wanted the gold dollar rs the unit of
value, and that the country had been on
gold basis since 1896 He stated that
over 50 per cent Of the business of the
country Is carried on by means OF checks
and bills of exchange
He then went into the issue OF free
coinage, and told his audience that un-
der free coinage laws silver mine owners
and spectators would take u cents
worth of silver to the mint and get it
coined into a dollar free of cost and that
the Rothschlds. i'll England, could buy
SlOO,OOO, 600 worth of silver and bring into
America and have it coined into 5000, 900.
OoO. In case of the adoption of free coin
age he predicted the worst panic this
country has ever witnessed, and quoted
Garfield, Blaine and jefferson Davis on
his theory. The quotations from the
latter was literally applauded
lie said he had much respect for Mr.
Bryan; that he WAS great man and an
orator, but that he had heard him in
Richmond, and that if his Richmond
speech was II fair sample of his oratory
that he could say without reserve that
every county in Virginia had orators
equal to Bryan rs he appeared in Rich
mond, and that he had so remarked to
Parson Massie, and the Parson assented.
The Colonel made some very uncouth
about Bryan's face and counte-
nance, which were much out of place but
We're Literally cheered by portion of his
audience He also stated that Bryan
was the paid attorney of the Kansas Mis-
souri, railroad
He said that the currency question was
II great Democratic bugaboo; that what
we want is work and not more money.
we have plenty of money; we want to
open our industries instead of our minis
lie went back over the period before the
war and said that James Buchanan,
under Democratic rule, had to pay per
cent per month on money, and then
spoke of the great difference after thirty
years of Republican administration.
In his reference to the present cOndi-
ton of affairs, he said it was not the cur
fl.,.N l, 4 -. 4
the blight of free trade We want to he
delivered from the Populism and free
trade Democracy. Give us protection
and again the fires in orr industries will
be kindled and prosperity will set in all
over the land.
lie spoke OF the fusion of the Populists
and Democrats, and read from the Popu-
list platform of 1893 their condemnation
of Democratic machine methods. He at
tempted to array the two parties against
each other, and said in reference to the
of the Democratic party that it
was enough to make the Virginia hills
trembie in fear and from their sides pour
forth streams of sorrow
He asked his hearers to see to it that
the old Sixth district should be repre-
scented in Congress next year by their
gallant fellow citizen, Jno Hampton
Hoge, which was received with consider.
able applause. lie closed by paying
tribute to the gold Democrats, by saying
that the greatest intcllccts in the Demo-
cratic party were coming over to the Re-
publicans and saying for Gods sake to
save the credit of the nation, and then
asked them to join the Republicans in
the election of Congressman.
MIR. PLUMBERS SPEECH.
Mr.. Piummcr was Introduce by Chair
man Sproul us New Yorker, and for n
while he entertained the crowd with his
wit and snrcnsm. lie began. savinar flint