Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-16

he said no more about ii, proceeding
with the discussion Of the silver doc
trine. Fair sized crowds also greeted
him at Charlevoix and Bellaire, where
che nominee made five-minuta address,
es. He went over the same ground al
ready covered by him, dilating upon the
right OF the American people to oust
from Office, by their franchise, candi-
dates who have proved unworthy to con-
duct the government Of the country.
The gold standard means that money
shall be dearer, and money cannot be
dearer unless property is cheaper. When
ever a dollar buys more, property sells
for less. When We have falling prices
we have hard times, and no party dares
go before the country declaring that
hard times are good for the people, al
though the Republican party promises
that if you will put ii in power it will
kesp hard times by maintaining the
financial policy which has made hard
times. They tell us now that the labor
ing man is prosperous because his wages
buy great deal, but my friends, there
is something that the laboring man is
interested in before he considers the
purchasing power of his wages, he is
interested in getting a chance TO earn
wages before he goes to the point Of
knowing what wages will buy, and the
gold standard limits employment, it in
creases the number Of IDLE men, and,
my friends, there is no way by when
you can put men to work making things
until YOU have a sale fer things when
they are made. (App,ause) Now, at
this time when the advocates Of the gold
standard. that is those who desire II,
but advocate bimetallism as delusion,
and hold 1t up as a hope while secretly
working for the gold standard, they tell
you that when things are cheap, the
dollars viii buy more. There is a man
who has spoken upon the subject. and
his words ought to command interest
among those who are supporting the
Republican ticket Let me read you
what Mr. Mckinley said on the seventh
OF May, 1890. Il will be found in the
Congressional record:
when merchandise is cheapest, men
are the poorest, the most Distressing
experiences in the history Of our coun-
try-aye, in all human history-have
| been when everything was the lowest
and cheapest measured by gold, for
everything was the highest and dearest
measured by labor"
That is what Mr. Mckinley said only
six years ago, and yet to-day he stands
for financial policy that intends to
make the property of the world cheaper
than ever before by making the money
of the world dearer than it ever was be-
fore History repeats itself. Mr.. Nc
Kinley was right when he said that not
only in the experience of this country,
but in all human history, when every
thing has been lowest and cheapest,
measured by god it has been highest
and the dollars measured by labor.
My friends, under the gold standard
this condition is TO continue.
There were short stops at Walton and
Manton, and Mr.. Bryan stood on the
back platform and allowed the people
to crafty their desire 10 see the Presi-
Dental candidate.
At the latter place, the cheering for
Bryan was led by little girl. who then
turned on a man who wore hat indi-
cative OF his allegiance to the gold
standard and sarcastically rebuked him.
Mr.. Bryan remarked that probably the
little one could make better argument
than the goldite, to which the Repub-
lican replied that no arguments were
needed, but that money talked.
Yes it does. replied Mr.. Bryan, but
doesn't vote" and the crowd cheered the
statement enthusiastically.