The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-02

by international agreement. we Will Try.
International agreement OF the tariff
question. lLong continued applause.)
The very people who are trying 70 inject
into this campaign q tariff question. the
very peoptr who are complaining about
thu Importation OF manufactured goods.
from abroad, arcstrying 10 import, free
OF duty. a foreign financial system.
t(Greatl appllush.) The very people who
Ia most about an American isystem OF
tnrlr are the ones who want to run our
treasury Ion The EUROPEAN plan.
daughter and aplGuge.) The very peo-
pie who talk most about an American
tariff policy walitto have q financial poll
icy that vii nat permit us to have even
an American foreign, policy. 1AppiAuBc.)
II foreign influences control our finaiicial
policy. then, my friends, we dare not as
sert o u right TO anything without first
going on our knees and asking the con-
sent OF those who manage the treasury.
Great applause AID cries of That's
rightly
The very moment that there was talk
OF asserting the monetary doctrirA our
gold began to slip away, and men began
10 tulk about thS loss In the value of
stocks. and then those men who had
profted by the Presidents financial
policy. those men who had grown rich
by the sale OF bonds. were the first ones
TO repudiate the aPiesident's foreign
policy, while the people OF the south
and west, who had been made to work
harder IN order that the eastern hnan-
cler might grow f~atter-thcse people
were the Ones 10 come to the Presidents
rescue and stand by the American for
e!gn policy. Great applause). The
gold standard Ia n tyrant In TIM 81
peace and coward In tine Of war.
The gold standard rulss with a rod OF
iron when 81 has icpGtio!. and at the
very moment OF danger II deserts like
a traitor and goes to fight for the coun-
try's enemy. (Grcat %applause.)
Tells u Good story.
II call your attention TO the fact that
the advocates OF the gold standard offer
you no hope for relief. They give you
no plan. The only thing that they can
say TO you is TO be content for what
you have, and thank God that 1t Is no
worse than II Is, lGicat applause,) /
think that 1t Is possible TO carry con-
jtentment too far. / heard OF man
once who had always been taught to
be content with his lot, and finally he
became very poor. and traded of his
coat for n loaf of bread, and then a
dog came along and snatched way the
bread before he had atchance to cat It.
He felt a little indignant. but finally
the old feeling OF Commandment came
back TO him, and a. he watched the
dog turn armand the corner he said to
himself: We'll. thank God. l still have
my appetite left daughter and ap-
plause.)
$50. my friends, our opponents seem
to think that even 4 w dc not have
the money that we need. we ought TO
be grateful that we still have a need
of money, which no gold standard can
take away. S(!Applausc.) They go on,
the theorylthat the people will not wake
up while these syndlcates are operating.
or that II they do wake up. II will be
so late that the syndicates will have
had so much that they do not care
for any more. They remind me of the
man living down In the swamp, and
the neighbors enquired once Of his ser
want whether he did not suffer from the
mosquitoes. The servant said mo-; that
his master was not troubled by the
mosquitoes, md the man ENDURED why,
to which the servant replied: why, by
night master Is so drank that he does
not know that the mosquitoes are Bit
ing him, and by morning the mosquitoes
are SO drunk that they dc not care to
bite him any more daughter and ap-
plauSe.)
MY friends. u opponents, instead OF
trying to relieve the distress OF the peo-
pie, simply wait until the people have
sufficiently recovered from the last
aliliction and then they attempt to
afilict them again. They remind me OF
n Gfnr1. fbo ! ysn- tnIJ ~ ,H.janto. = ua
did not live in this state. and there
fore 1t can be no reflection upon any
physician here. {Laughter.) He was
called to attend a ciiild, and the child
grew worse, and worse until finally Its
life was despaired of. The doctor said
to tho mother: Nothing mere q he
done. Don'tspunish the child by giving
1t any more medicine. II 1t Is restless
just give II q little water. That is all
that can be DONE The mother watched
the child during the night, and In the
morning she thought 1t seemed better.
She watched 1t through another day.
and She thought 1t was still improving.
She watched 1t through another night.
and still she thought that the child was
growing stronger. And then the doc
tor came again, somewhat surprised
not to have heard+of its death before.
He examined the child. He heard what
the mother had to report, and then he
said TO her: Madame. the child Is. bet-
ter. The child Is stronger than it a
when was here before. II 1t continues
TO improve as 1t has improved for the
last thirty-siS hours 1t will soon be
strong enough to take some more med!-
cine (Grcat %applause.)
They gave us a bond issue. and then
they let the people recover q little from
that until they are able 20 stand an
other bond issue. and SO they tcepit up;
and they tell US that they are admin
isterins the most important financial
treatment to the patient (Laughter.)
Ono Side or the Other.
II say to you, my friends, that in this
campaign you have got TO take your
stand on one side or on the other. If,
you are favor OF the gold standard you
have a chance to express Yourselves, al
though the Republican platform pre-
tends &c favor blmctalI!sm. II. on the
other hand, YOU really favor bimetal-
ism. there Is no way in which you can
express yourselves except by acting
with US. We are In. favor Of b%i.netallism.
we are in favor of 1t right now, with
out waiting for a silgls moment for the
AID or the consent of AIRY other nation
on earth. (Applausc.) II bimetallism
Ia good the American people ought to
have 1t, because nothing is ton good
for tho American people. C7Great APP
plause.) My friends, the gold STANDARD
was conceived In avaricr. II was
fastened upon this country without the
knowledge of the people. II car only
be continued by the practice OF deccp-
tlon upon the peopl..y
We who advocate bimctalllsm stand
upon the history OF the hi man race.
Those who advocate the :o!a standard
nlYncn1n.n sYstnm whlrh has nnthInr