The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-22
senator and fellow citizen. He then in
troduced Senator Elkina. Three cheers
ZOE 'ne senator were given twice.
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ysLouuceu Senator ElkinA. Three cheers
2 tor vac senator were given twice.
7i1 Mr.. Eiktns'Addrts,. NJ,
Senator Elkins said:
II thank you for this cordial greet.
ms. feel especially COMMUNICATED
sthat the business men OF wheeling
leave their occupations to-day TO come
acre mere. 4 always feel clad to come 10
You are right, my citizens.
z W take deep intercst In this question
Whleh % tho most important question
hinse the war. This question Is drag
y geo into politics, but II ID peculiar 70
our republican form Of governments that
We settle our questions by tho votes
~ The people. ! wish that this oues-
uon hnd been kept out OF politics, and
since ~ 10 ini'politics. am sure there
Is no disposition upon the Republicans
70 snirk The discussion.
.,..Inere is the business side OF this
question that appeal5 to us, Our people
N issg, were prosperous, but went af-
.sr lhe phantom OF free trade. In 1894
lucy entered n protest against the
Democratic doctrine, and the Demo.
\ Gratis now thrust a new question to
me front. We want to get back 70
Whcre we were and not try something
= we Know nothing Of. Now, II M. Bryt
az was elected. the American people
would throw away the victory OF 1891.
we would have hard times again, be-
cause we reason from cause 10 effect.
MI. Bryan Is the most obstinate OF
Tree traders. and Il would lmperIl our
4 business interests to place the ruins
OF government in his hands. *.
Tan you stand four more years OF
marc times? (No. NOD II Bryan Is
( Geeted, we can look for a continuance
: Oh nard times! 1T means Increased
pubic debt. more impor.at!ons OF for
e,sn goods, and more ldleness among
we would have u; panic for some time.
we would have four more years 10
curse our business men. Our buslness
men are in debt. because you can't do
business without going into debt; as
business people, the Democrats are not
u success. so think our best policy Is
70 eject Mckinley. (Cheers.)
DON'T Want Free Silver. Il
We don't want free silver; anything
! termed free by the Democrats sounds
pad. Elect the Republican party, and
! well settle the financial question. TAP
spiause.) Your distinguished chairman
mas referred indirectly to one thing
that our government is in danger; now
= don't want my Democratic friends TO
say ABUSED their party. ! will refer
them TO Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt, a sterl-
ing Democrat. who two days after the
Shlcaso platform. said that platform
3 was against our government David B.
tilil said he was 4 Democrat. but not
a reyolutionlst. Many Democrats think
that vote for Bryan means n blow
against the maintenance of our instI-
tutlons, United States Attorney Cen
erai Harmon says IL the Democratic
position Is true. our government will
De ruined, and Cleveland Is too mad To
say anything. In our state, William L.
Wilson and Johnson S, Camden are
against Bryan. and We know those
two men would like to live and die
Democrats. Mr.. Camden has tried to
induce capital to be invested In our
state. and he doesn't want 1t paid back
IN ftty-cent dollars. His late letter Is
calm and disnlfied and commend 1t to
the business men of Wheeling. This
SHOWS tEat the real Democrats do not
want a debased currency.
The Democratic administration has
been a failure. and Its broken promises
are also against it. II party fails
X once,.it should not be trusted again.
and that Is the question to decide in n
Few days. They talk silver. which I
am. glad to say. Is becoming a tonic
{ less and less. Every where / am asked
Z 20 tax protection. which the people saw
they know something about. BRYAN
doesn't, care how often you contradict
. him. he whisks through the country as
thougs leading revolution. and adyis
Ing business men what 10 do. Where
dtd he get his business training?
(Laughter.) - -
"rhe Republican party wants the
; gold standard. by which at other
measures are valued, then use all RE
= silver and PAPER you can BY IL We
have coined more silver than the Dem
ocratlc party. We want silver as well
as gold, and we want our silver dollars
equal TO gold. and good the world over.
II is our pride that American money
passes without question, all over the
!, world. - =; '' e.
we are asked to abandon all The
traditions OF the world and get down 10
silver basis. This ration is asked Ia
Z leave the strongest position a nation
y can occupy and get down to silver
basis. Get down to whate Silver
basis countries are SO because they are
too poor. They try to get off the silver
basis. but find It impossible, rs the
Z President OF MeS.co told me. person.
ally. We don't want to be like silver
countries, and embark on the sea NJ
uncertainty, leaving the shores OF civ
ilized countries. We want to preserve
our money end our country intact.
II The Silver Trust.
bryan declares against trusts and
corporations, but never mentions the
silver trust. (Cheers.) He is the crea-
ton Of trust, the silver trust, and
minus 1t he would not be candidate.
Tke silver trust Will dominate flime Il
he Is elected, az 1t Is the most absorb
ing and dangerous ever formed In this
country.
Under the Bland act, the Sherman
7 act. $3.50, 100000 logs the American pco-
( pie have suffered, and tho profits are In
!: the pockets of the silver. men. We had
to make the silver dollars equal to the
gold dollars. This silver interest has
seized the Popullsts, the Democrats and
disconnected people, generally, and not
satisfied with the immense purchases
8 made by the government 1t still wants
to pile In more at q great profit to its
s members. Md,
THE government can't engage in
business; II creates expenses, and tax
cs the people for the expenses; 1t can't
add values or, subtract values. Supply
and demand fixes prices. The govern-
ment cannot create values. It Is dis
honest to say so. II you want to make
a silver dollar equai To gold, put in
one hundred cents worth OF silver, it 1t
makes a dollar as big as a cart-wheel
I (Cheers.) Our. paper money Is not mo-
ney: II Is q promise to pay, just like a
{ mans notes. y ,nuctuating currency
robs tho poor people. uasett!es busl-
ness, generally. We have 60O,00O. 000
silver dollars in the United States and
suppose u huctuates Two cents q day.