The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-28
THE SILVER MEETING
ii Was Better Than q
Circus.
Speakers We're There Loaded for
.'Bar',-Tney spoke, They Dis
cusseG and They Tried to
Explain why These Hard
Times.


Times.
The mass meeting OF free silverites
was held at the court house Thursday
night and the boys had grand old
time.
f. 5. McCarty. candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor. was elected chair
man and made the opening speech in
advocacy OF free silver. He did not
display any great knowledge OF the
financial question. but he acquitted
himself in Il graceful manner.
Editor Flynn was made secretary.
and made half hour speech. begin
ing with St. Patrick and the snakes
in Ireland. interposing few remarks
about empty pocket books under
Cleveland : bastard Democratic ad
ministratiOn and ending with abuse
OF the Populists and an cxhortation
for more money in 4 Democratic ed
itor'S purse.
Prof. Eandiverwas then called for, and
after much hesitation and modest pro-
testations that he was not expecting
to speak. delivered for an hour one of
his carefully prepared eXtempOrane
Gus speeches. in which ne indulged in
one of his we'll known favorite
amusements of challenging any one
who should differ with him to meet
him in iointdebate on any or all OF
the propositions he should lay down
on this occasion. He declared HIM
self unequivocally in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage .of silver and
gold at the ratio of 16 70 ! by this
nation without The consent OF any
other nation on earth. He reviewed
the history of the Use of gold and sill
YER as money from the Creator OF the
world to the present date. and after
telling how Abraham bought q grave
yard for 100 shekels of silver. how in
early times silver and gold had the
same relative value as commodities
and also as money, how as commerce
and civilization advanced the relative
value gradually changed until it be-
came under the Roman Empire as II
to |. and under our own government
as y. 10 /. then a. 10 to one and
finally to the ratio of II to !. which
he says is the natural and divine ra
ito. because, after the world has
grOOped in darkness as to the true
relative value OF silver and gold for
5000 years. he has at last discovered
that God Almighty. the creator and
governor of the universe at creation
deposited Just l6 times as much silver
as gold in the bowels OF the earth. /
How he made tAis discovery or how
this MYSTERY Of creation was revealed
to him he did not tell Probably he
mas some secret means OF communica-
ting with the divine mind. when va,
no, known to Jefferson ana other
Democratic lights. 'anG which the
Professor does not propose to give +.
away to his Democratic rivals. The !.
Professor saiGthat there is no mystery /.
20 him about this financial question. /
that he had found d '.short cut 20 its .
solution. y man with two thousand .
dollar salary from the State. and with .
a whole hive OF congressional bees .
buzzin@ about his head and urging him
toward five thousand dollar Job may /
-hinl; he has Il short cut" to the So
lotion Of the money question, but Mr..
Flynn and the other speakers were
40. aware OF the short cut" and
aonestiyconfessed they didnot knowall
about the money question. Mlr. Ne
Carty may understand il when he
gets to be Lieutenant Governor. But
when viii poor Democratic editor
syer TO be able to understand It?
During the Professors speech his
were several times pune
med by sharp questions from q Pop I.
stand from Prof. Wood. and after
Prof. EauIiyer mad closed. Prof
Wood arose, and. after declaring
himself 80 b-a eye3-lu-thc-wool Demo-
.nat from the GOOD old Democratic
.Oun,v, o. Monroe. iu 81 Eve mi1gte
.ueeca. Knocked Sac spots Out Of the
rec silver -peaEer7. and brought Dr..
Rider ard Esquire Einmcl 70 thcir