The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-29
WOOLLEN ADDS ANOTHER
JOHN M. BAILEY'S SCALP BANGLES
AT THE GOLD MANS BELT.
They Meet in Debate-The POpOcrat
Evaded Questions and Confined
Himself to Abuse.

| John NJ. Bailey struck a buzz last night
and when the pieces We're gathered it was
| found that he suffering from entire lack
| of memory. The buzz saw was handled by
| Evans Woollen and it was his end of the debate
| that was held at College and Seventh
street. Although there number of silver
Democrats present who had gone from the south
east part of the city to help make noise, it
was quite evident that the gold were
in the ma jority. Bailey found also that he had
made grave mistake when he began offering
slurs to the name of Harrison. He had been
speaking of the silver dollar and remarked that
General Harrison the first to discover
that it was dirty" dollar. There We're loud
Kisses from all parts of the house and many de-
manded that Bailey quote all that Mr.. Harrison
said at the time he used the expression dirty
dollar" Bailey not inclined to do that and
ignored the demand The result that the
demand was reiterated strongly that he
compelled to speaking It was then that
Mr. Woclen and said:
Il wish that you would accord Mr.. Bailey the
same earnest attention that you gave me-
Let him quote Mr.. Harrison correctly, then"
came from voice in the crowd.
well, let that pass said Mr.. woolIen. you
know what Mr.. Harrison really said. well as
l do
That brings up the question of what kind of
a. meeting this is. 1 supposed it was a Demo-
cratic meeting. If so why do you want to defend
Mr.. Harrison?" said Mr.. Bailey.
From the audience came the reply, Because
he is honored citizen of the Hoosier State
and we honor him for his manhood and not his
politics.
The debate was opened by Mr. Bailey with
the usual prattle about the fall of prices being
due to the fall in the value of silver and the
assertion that under free coinage of silver prices
would once more go back to where they were
twenty-five years ago, all of which would be to
the benefit of the workingmen. When it came
To he
lot of questions to his opponent. They were:
The end we want to secure is the concurrent
use OF gold and silver as money metals. Now
iet us not confuse the end with the The
means offered is the free coinage of silver. Has
net our government sought to accomplish this
twice by the same means and has 1t not failed in
both cases?'
Has it not failed when the conditions were
far better than they now?"
rs it not true that in both cases the govern
m is secured monometalliSm instead of bimetal-
is It not true that in one case the government
secured the almost exclusive use of silver, and
in the other the exclusive of gold?
IF it is true that it failed under more favor
f Brya an or Mr.. Bailey or any other person give
IF this is true. is it not also true that if we
adopt the means offered we would have the much
lis 1t not true that the effect will be felt first
and to the greatest extent by the wage earners?'
rs this not because the seller of merchandise
cannot?'
Does it not follow, then, that the effect of
silver monometallism would be instantaneous in
| while lahCrer would
to fight the battles of the last twenty-five years
all over to secure an increase? p
metallism will be secondly felt by the creditors
which includes the holders of S. 000 600 GOO in
i Ing bank and building and loan deposits and
rs it not true that the financial plank Of the
parture from the financial plank of any Demo-
cratic platform prior to 1862
BAILEY TRIES TO ANSWER.
With these questions Mr. wooen turned the
subject over to Mr.. Bailey with the remark that
if he could answer them satisfactorily to those
present he would make convincing argument
for his side of the case. In his entire half hour
MIR. Bailey did not attempt to answer single
one of the questions. He ignored them as if
they did not embody single point at issue
when, in fact, they embody almost every prin-
ciple that is being contenGed for in the cam
paign. He first began a personal attack upon
Mr.. Woollen by saying that he was either zig
norant, insincere a hypocrite'' or he would
not be working for the maintenance of a eo,d
standard and be associated with the National
Democracy, but would work directly for Nc
cries of question" but the speaker was nor in
mood to stick to the subject. He was wound
He claimed that what he called .'bmetallism"
but which was shown by Mr.. Woollen would be
silver monometalsm, the correct thing be-
cause the use of two metals was proved to be
correct by the fact that nature provided every
feet and two nostrils. These statements were so
silly that the audience simply laughed at them
but the speaker could not that it was merely
a laugh at the righteousness of the assertions
and took 1t for applause, at which he began
anew with more similar assertions. He at one
time touched upon one Of the questions of Mr.
Woollen and declared that there never had been
attempt the part of this government to
have himetallism that had failed and said that
until 1878 both metals were circulated as coin
in this country, under free coinage of both.
Again the hearers simply laughed at the bold
OF the statement.
In speaking of prices. he quoted a letter from
Mr. Studebaker and undertook explain why
the prices of wagons had fallen from 500 to $50
ten years. He said: MIR. Studebaker made
a .tfy and nffar For caTa TIL.
farmer said he did not have 500 TO pay for one,
but did have $50 Mr. Studebaker could not get
more. and so had to take the fifty dollars. He
then that he must get even some way. He
went to the sawmill man and the iron manu-
facturer and said to them that he buy his
material cheaper for he could only get $50 for his
wagons" "a voice. And down went the wages
of the workingmen-') This was unexpected and
confused the speaker for while, but he finally
recovered and charged that the crime of rs was
back OF all of it.
Bailey Missed when he again made per-
sonal attack Mr.. Woolen in his closing
marks The attack similar to the first one.
There had been shown during the entire evening
disposition to treat both speakers with perfect
fairness. but when the personal attack re-
neWed 1t too much for even the followers
OF Bryan. it seemed, for il was apparent -fr4t
there scarcely man present who did 9t
'oin in the demonstration of dfsapproval IN some
manner