Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-25

| Hon. Edward MCO"OSHOyi "a
Pittsturg, and General P. Watt
Hardin the Orators.
The Democracy of Upper Benwood,
ably assisted by the party in the Eighth
ward Of this city, held a rousing meet
ing at FOrty-eighth street, last night.
/ The affair was a great success, de-
spite several adverse circumstances.
/ One of these was the fact that the meet
ing was not called to order until TWEEN
ty-fve minutes Of nine O'clock; another
was the extremely chilly condition of
the atmosphere; still another was the
Republican mass meeting about block
south, and a fourth was the too close
I proximity of the speakers stand TO the
+ extension of South Jacob street and the
street railway line.
The meeting was presided over by
Joseph Mahood, Esq. The speakers
were escorted down from this city by
the Belwood Democratic cub, and sew
| eTal others from the lower end of town.
Mr. Hardin was suffering from a cold
and! h0arsness, and remained in an ad-
joining building until Mr.. McSweeney
had concluded his address. Mr.. Nc
Sweeney began by saying:
Nr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens
of the State Of West Virg.nia:-I come
TO you from the State of Pennsylvania
from the city of Pi,tsburg-fron the
very hOt-bei Of protection-and / bring
I &c YOU a message OF encouragement
from our Democracy. While Il is IN
deaiab.e that the Republicans have the
advantage with respect 10 money and
corporation influence, up il Fennsy.Va-
MIA, We have on cur side the masses and
; the labor organizations Of P.,tSburg,
AMI have struck terror iato the hearts
of our political enemies. The manu-
f9c,Urers, the railroad corporations and
the vast oil corporations of the State OF
/ Pennsylvania are using every process
known 10 corruption to secure the votes
Of the l2borlrg men, but I am happy TO
say that the effort is n vain. and When
elsct.on day comes around the grea-
State Of Pennsylvania, rs ! verify be-
/ lieYe, will surprise the Republican
managers. They are now cuak;rg with
fear, because hey know that he work
/ ing and labOring men are against them
and knowing this ,h5y are resCrting TO
/ persuasion, intimidation and threats TO
have hem vote for Mckinley
Nr insolvency then took I'D he n
come tax law. passed by Congress. hut
which was destroyed by tie Supreme
Court, and wss proceeding 20 show that
this destruction Of a system Of emf
/ nently JUS and equal taxation was the
cause Of the mild criticism of The sse,t
On the part Of the Chicago Conve A~n b.,
when the Republican parade. en- route
to their mass meeting hundred yards
or so further down the street. came
! along. Tbs Republican GGummsrs
pounded ,Ee;r hardest as they passed
along the edge o. he Democratic meet
ing, and this and the cheering from the
ranks Of the Republican clubs made Il.
impossible for the speaker . 50 on for
several minutes When it was posi-
bic, dr. McSweeney proceeded:
Now, my fellow citizens. I an a.
vised that most Of you are labOrlng
men. WHO work in the mills and fac
tories, and L gives me great pleasure
to ak 10 you on the financial cues
ton. | know what il 8 TO work for a
/ living. and I can heartily sympathise
with you. The Democratic party has
declared itself to be in favor OF the frea
coinage Of silver, at the ratio of six
! teen 10 one. This subject is a mos, i'm
porJant enc to you all, because there is
no transaction in life, hardly, in which
| you DO not ave TO use money. There
Sore, it S a question which vitality effects
al of you. I would like to call your
attention to one point, and that is tina.
The purchasing power of gold is stead
lily approaching. and this goes on, Gay
/ by day and year by year. | can prove
/ this by The admission of the advocates
OF the gold standard. Archbishop
/ Walsh. of Dublin, had occasion to con-
! slider the question as 10 how i effected
| the poor people Of Ireland, where the
| people have been ground down by cen
turtles Of oppression. The peasants Of
| ireland do not own the land. but they
! till il under The syst r. OF leases. There
are three classes Of tenants in Ireland:
There are the ordinary tenants, E5lding
/ their land from year to ysar, under a
| fixed system of rents; then there is a
second class of what are called judicial
! tenants. paying rents fixed by the
/ Courts. and .hsn there are certain 9TH
| ers. who hold under the land purchasing
| act OF 1881. for forty-nine years, and
who pay a certain sum annually in or
| der to obtain title. Archbishop Walsh
| considered this subject, and bmetailsm
| attracted his attention. and he found
that th5 increased purchasing power OF
gold made the act of Parliament Of no
avail. for the burden upon the people
was sill growing heavier every year,
and that more of the products Of labor
w.re required 10 pay the rents; and that
! by the appreciation Of gold money was
ever increasing its purchasing power.
Now. my fellow citizens, we Will all
agree that money ought 10 be fixed and
stable in value, buy the same amount oil
! products. and pay The same amount OF
! debts as at the time The contract was
made. and when anything else is the fact
! the money class is obtaining too much
of your blood and toll That was the
condition OF Ireland, az found by Arch
bishop Walsh. and in his book upon BIZ
metalHsm he proves that in England
the purchasing power Of money-that
IS. of gc,d-is increasing, and that, not
w.thstanding the act of Parliament. the
people of Ireland can obtain no relief I'M
| Ill the gold standard is abolished. He
! also shows that the causes operating in
ireland are also operating in the United
States. He takes a table of forty-fiy5
staple articles. as compiled by en- Eng
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