The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-21

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| Hughes Nominated for State Senator.
Special Dispatch TO the Intclllgencer.,
RAVENSWoOD. w. Va, July 90
The Republicans OF the Fifth senatorial
district assembled to the number of
several hundred in tho Opera House at
this place to-day and after listening 10
mn hour and "a half speech by Mr..
Charles Burdett Hart, OF Whoeling, with
rapt attention, proceeded to nominate
n candidate. It was conceded by nil
the delegates that the nominee should
come from this county and consequent
ly Jackson county had three candidates
as follows: W. G. Hlckel. G. W. Stats,
and A. g. Hughes the latter a. young
man twcnty-slx years of age. being
nominated after hot, but friendly con-
test on the second ballot.
The Republicans OF the Fifth district
have made no mistake In this selection,
rs Mr.. Hughes Is an able young man.
Last year he was assistant principal Of
the Buckhannon public schools. He Will
be elected.
Hon. George ]. Walker, presided at
Mr.. Hart's meeting here and also at
the senatorial convention. Hon. r. L.
Thompson placed a. G. Hughes IN NOM
inatlon for senator.
John NJ. Miller nominated William G.
| IIickel and Reid Lewis placed the name
OF q " Stats before the convention.
Hon. Peter Joncs,of Kanawha county,
also addressed the convention In very
able manner.
Mr.. Hart in his speech addressed him
self particularly to the farmers. He
spoke as follows:
Mr.. IIarts speech.
The money question Is presented very
clearly and very sharply in this cam
paIgn. The true Democrats have not
yet held IL national convention, but tho
Popullsts and the anarchists have cap
tured the Democratic national organi-
zatlon and held a convention. This
gathering we may call the Popultst-
Democratic convention. This convention
has declared for the free and unlimited
and independent coinage of the silver
| II IL iullO VA AZ " - : III "SSAhNSNF
Is TO be free OF cost TO the holder Of the
silver and for his personal benefit. The
number OF dollars IL TO be limited only
by the amount OF silver brought 10 the
mint to be coined.
| The scheme Is to be engaged In with
out any regard to anything that other
countries may do or refuse TO do In re-
spect OF their monetary system. The
government OF the United States is 10
I Nc. l,-aa .At,t - oil
| worth aa much as one ounce OF gold,
when anywhere and everywhere in the
world an ounce OF gold cannot be
bought with less than thirty-one ounces
OF silver. The government Of the
United States Is asked to try to double
the market value OF all the silver in the
world. The demand does not stop here.
II silver falls lower, its value as money
must still be kept up by our govern
ment, which Is asked to take the bold
and strangely unbusiness-like stand
that sixteen ounces OF silver are now
and always will he equal 10 one ounce
of gold, and vii lbuy as much of every
thing everywhere. -
Isitn Good Thing!
Why Is this demand made? Who
makes It? VIII it be good thing for
the country to yield TO It? VIII It be a
good thing for West Virginia? VIII the
people of Jackson county profit by 1t?
II 1t Is going 10 be a good thing for us
we ought TO help 1t along. Before we
agree TO help It along we ought to make
very sure that it is going to be good
thing for US and that 1t Is not going
to be the worst thing that ever hap
pened to our country.
The demand is made because the
market price OF silver Is much lower
than 1t used to be. The demand Is
made by the producer OF silver because
he Is human and wants all he can get;
also because he IL shrewd trader who :
thinks lie will catch farmers and wage.
earners with his silver bait. He tells
US NIL that he Ia Il great public bene-
factor who has n plan TO raise the price
OF fNm products md the compensation
OF hbor. He tells us that prices and
wages are low because dollars are
| scarce. II we Will vote for the free and
| unlimited coinage OF silver he promises
to give the country more dollars, TO give :
The farmer more for his products and
tho waEe-earner more for his labor,
and this wifi make better times for
everybody. He has plying heart for
the debtor, and TO him he promises an
easy way 10 throw off his burden. gy
BEFORE the "Crimc."
| nc silver pTOuuCeE points 10 Gays
when farm products brought better
prices than now, and when the laborer
got more for his toll. He tells US the II
year In which things began to so wrong 4
that Is the year OF "the crime OF 1873" (
Then began the fall In the market price
of silver, Then began the tumble IN the
prices of farm commodities. That was
the beginning OF the great decline in
wages. After that we began TO be a
nation OF white slaves, and the ''moncy
power" was our master. The Popuists
take up with the cry of the silver pro-
dncer, the Populists capture the Demo- 4
cratic organizations, and In the name
Of the Populist- Democratic party a
campaign Is TO be made for the 60.ccnt
dollar. Tho Republican party insists
that free coinage means deprecated
and dishonorcd dollar, md that nothing
that buys less than hundred cents
| worth Is n dollar. What Is risht?i This 2
| Is the money question which every ro- q
ter must decide. first BY his enlightened
Judgment, finally by his frecman's bal
lot. N 2.
What the Record Shows.
If II can be shown
That Congress did not commit "a 4
crime" against silver In 1873, or In any
other year; i3s
That dollars are more plentiful than
they were IN 1873: s
That SILVER dollars nrc moro plentiful 4
than they were In 1873, or ut nnyi time
| before TINT year; NJ
| v'hnt thN fall In NpIRnq hNrDn hnfNrn h