The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-28
GlLKESON g. TAYLOR.
Hats. Shoes. Furnishings.
SILVER WILL WIN.
n Workingman's View of Pending Polit.
zeal Issues.

zeal Issues.
TO the Editor of The Times:
The campaign is rapidly drawing to Il
close and one week hence everything will
he at fever heat and everybody anXiously
awaiting the result of this, the greatest
campaign since the days of the Grail
Splitter, Anarchist and Martyr Pres
ident, Abraham Lincoln, astonished the
world in 1860.
Paramount i'll Importance to the cam
paign of 1850 is the present crisis we are
now passing, and if cooler Judgment does
not prevail there is no telling what the
result may be.
On one side we are advised to exercise
that God given right"-the right of
suffrage according to the dictates of our
own conscience and display a constitu-
tional privilege, that should characterize
all true American citizens.
On the other we are told that we know
not what we are doing, that it is neces-
sary for us to have guardians whereby
we may be able 80 cast our ballots intel
ligertly.
The campaign has gone too far and
waXed too warm for us to dwell on the
subject: suffice it to say that long age
our minds placed the issue of this one in
the balance and found the gold standard
wanting.
BY Theoretical reasOningn-a method
invariably used by our single standard
friends-one can prove anything, but its
practical application is the positive proof.
For eighty odd years we had the silver
dollar our unit of values and millionaircs
could he counted on the fingers of one
hand strikes, tramps and starvation were
unknown quantities ana were only usher
ed in through the characterization act.
that infamous crime Of 1873
The gold standard lame argument to
! the contrary, we demand the remonetiza-
tion of silver, either now or later on, and
| in the event of the defeat of William .Jen-
ningS Bryan-an event that is not likely
to occur-in the words of John w. Dan
iels, we will nominate him again for our
standard bearer in 1900
We are told by the railroads and other
corporations that the gold standard is
what we ought TO have and they are dis
| playing much interest in defeating the
| silver movement.
Permit to say that we as wage earners
are neither knavcs or fools and that we
are aware that Government by injunc-
| ton, = and Federal interference in local
affairs both of which were adopted in
| the Democratic platform at Chicago, are
! the real and true causes of their being SO
SOLICITORS O. of our welfare.
! Weas workingmcn are not at all doubt
| full or uneasy rs to the result OF the cam
! paign on November 3rd Bryan will be
| elected. The so-callcd doubtful States,
| southsof Pennsylvania. claimed by gold
and placed in the Mckinley column. is 4
dclusion and Il fake and they know it,
| Bryan is certain of one if not all of Tia,
middle Western States. New York and
Ohio are in the balance, with odds in la-
vor of silver.
! | had the pleasure of listening to II. A.
ellis on Friday night addressing a crowd
of employees of the Roanoke Machin,
Works. Mr.. Gillis spoke AT come length
and declared himself heartily in favor O
unionism and advised all those present
who were on the outside Of organize
labor to join at once.
Mr.. Gillis's remarks indOrsing organ
! lied labor gave much pleasure to his au
dience, as the majority present ware mem
bers of the various unions. When on
master mechanics and the employees are
unit and agree on such ar issue of vita
Importance there can be no Question O
the good results that wiz inevitably fol
low. Mr.. ellis did not ssforgeh TO give Ii
some instructions on tile al absorbin.
odds in favor of gold
We are ut Il loss to know why our wor
thy master mechanic isSo much ntereste,
il the gold standard.
j. y. MCCORMICK.
Roanoke, Va, Oct. 81, 1856.