Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-07

NV friends. I have no criticism 20 make
oe any man whO believes that the cleo
ton of The Chicago ticket would destroy
this country. and VINO, in that DelleI'
votes the Republican ticket; Dut my
friends. To- find q man who wants TO elect
,he Republican ticke. and then has not
the courage TO bear Che odium of adyo-
eating It, is an entirely different matter.
A y0ice-"Giva iJ TO Bynum.
Mr. Bryant you want TO know what
ELa- distinguished citizen
A voice 'EXcinguisled
Mr. B-yan-The gentleman suggests
eX-inguisled citizen. but l viii say d-s-
unguished because he has a past, wheJh-
er be has any fuure or not I, you
want to know what ne said about the
god standard, let me read from his
speech in favor of silver in 1886:
Again, the advocates Of gold approach
us wita open hands and smiling coun-
tenances, but / fear with a dagger con-
Cealed beneath their coats"
All, my friends he understood the ma
-uc5 of the animal before he began to as
soc.1,e with t. He is right in his de-
scrip ion. The gold standard never
fought an open fight. 1t carries the
knife of The assassin and does its work
behind the mask of q burglar 1, IS not
an open enemy, never was an1 never
W.- be-
1 might also quote to YOU what Mr..
Bynum quoted In that speech from Mr..
IngaLs. Now. note the language quoted
from Senator ingalls,:
No enduring fabric of national pros
ueriv can be builded on gold. Gold is
the money of moDarchs. Kings covet
IF: the exchanges of nations are affected
bv it: It's tendency is TO accumulate n
vast masses i'm the commercial centres
AID 90 move from kingdom TO kingdom
In such volumes as to unsettie values
and stir up the finances Of the world. II
IS the ins-rumen, of gamblers and spec
ullt0rs and the ideal o. the miser ara
thief The o5i5c, Of so much alteration
IL becomes naughty and sensitive and
shrinks at the approach of danger and
whenever ii is most needed. Il always
disappears at the slightest alarm; IL be-
gins 10 look for refuge; it flies from
the nations al war to the nations 1t
peace. War makes IL a fugitive. No
people in gre3t emergency ever found
q fa hful ally in god. IL is the most
c0w1T6ly and tre2cherOus of all metals.
I-makes no treaty that il does no break
I- has no friends whom it does not
sooner or later betray. Armies and
nav.as are not maintained by gold. In
ume of panic and calamity shipwreck
and disaster. IL becomes the chief agent
a1Guas er0t ruin No nation ever fought
q great war by The aid Of It. On the con-
GARY. I'm the crisis of greatest peril il
becomes an enemy more potent than the
foe ON the field. Blu, when the battle IS
won and peace has been secured, gold
teaDDears and claims the fruits OF pay.
Those are the words of the d.stin-
guisbel Republican Senator and those
words are -rue Gold is arrogant, tyran-
-tca.. iu time of peace and it deserts any
nation in time of war and never is 4
friend when a friend is needsd And
vet. our opponents are insisting that we
shall, maintain This gold standard unu
foreigners come TO our relief. Our op-
pOuants insist upon building CONNER
cial fabric upon a handful Of gold which
may ba drawn away a. any time ana
leave us helpless at the mercy OF our
enemies.
A cause is known, as an individual, by
the company i- keeps. IF you VII look
a- the company which the cause Of our
opponents keeps. YOU will get som ideD
cs np rue character of that cause.
Every man who has Dr0hed by special
legislation. every trusj that seeks 20
Cu.ch upon ,le op,e, every synaicii.; !;
.-at facens on public adversely dh3
every corporation that thinks i Is greater
a5n the law which created it, all those
are opp0s to MS and give us certifl-
cate -ha, we are dOing good work for the
people.
.here is another reason. Ii You VIII
look and see w1o have opposed Demcc-
rscy in the pas You will ge some idea
oil the correctness CT our position. Let
me read what Thomas Jefferson said in
1900 Of The combination which was then
opposing Democracy. Thes5 are the
words of Jefferson. "Aspec- Of politics
has wonderfully changed since you left
us'-he was writing to a friend VINO had
gone abroad. In place OF the noble love
0t ii5er-y and republican government
which carried MS triumplantN through
the war. an Anglican parry has sprung
no. whose av0Wed purpose 1t IS 20 draw
ms over to- the substance as they have
already done TO the forms OF the British
e1Yerum n-.
while The main body Of our citizens
remain true to republican institutions,
aeains. us are the executive, the federal,
r1s Judiciary, TWO out of three branches
of the legislature. all the officers of the
government. an umid men who prefer
ile calm of despOusm TO the bo-SJerous
-.l of liberty. all merchants and Amerl-
cans trading on British capital, all spec
ua-0rs and brokers, and with them tne
banks and dealers in the pubic FUNDS
tJu.Ud States bOnds)-a cOnuYance IN
Yeoed for the purpose OF c0lrupIng ana
-cr sssim la-lng the rotten as well as the
sound parts of the British model It
would give YOU q fever If l were 20 name
to you the apostles VINO have gone over
Co these hsresies. men who were once
So.omons in council; S9msOns in the
Held. but Who have had their heads shOrn
ny the darl0, of England. In short, we
a1e likely TO preserve the liberty we
I have obtained, only by unremitting
.abors and Derils, but we shall preserve
it,
Those are The words in which Jeffer-
son describes the opposition 10 the Dem
ocratic parry in 1S00-ninety-siX years
ago.
Way. my friends. you would suppose
that Jefferson was describing the pres
Cu- conditions. because every man who
leaves The Democratic party is willing
to make an affidavit that he IS a Solo
mon in council anG a Samson in the