Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-02

/ O her natiOnl on earth. (Appiause') IL
| bimetallism g good, the American peo-
/ ple ought to have ii, because noth-hs Is
| TOO good for the American people
/ Great applause)
NV friends. the gold standard was con-
celved in avarice. Il was fastened w
on The country without the hnowledge5
If tla DeoDle. Il can only De continued
by The practice of deception upon tne
! people. We who 9dvoc1,e blmetalllsln
stand upon the history OF the human
race. Those who advocate me so42
standard advocate q system when mas
nothing to commend it except the mis-
! erv which has followed wherever II mas
been tried The Creator was as innnl1e
in love as He was in power, and He never
gave 10 mankind a need without giving
| him the means Of gratifying It. Wneh
| Fa made food necessary 10 human eX-
istence. He covered the EARN with HIS
bounties. so that there has always been
enough 10 satisfy the hunger OF man.
When he made water necessary to human
existence. He put the veins in the earth
and planted the living springs along
The hillside; and when He allowed wear
mess 10 creep over the limbs of tho
toiler. He sent sleep to renew MS
strength, and when He gave to mankind
a mind capable Of development, and with
the thirst for knowledge, He filled the
universe with His wonders
with which men well occupy
the mind and so, when he
made man a social creature, and placed
him here and planned the channel OF
trade. he stored away in the secret PAGES
! of the mountains the gold ana silver
suitable for the worlds money. Man
kind found those precious metals, and
dug them from their hiding places, ana
for 5000 years gold and silver have
come down 10 us, side by side, rilnister-
ing to the wants of man.
may be mistaken-if | am l hope
may be led into the better way-but III
my humble judgement the man who
would rob mankind Of lis food,
VINO would corrupt the springs
from which he drinks, and yet
/ leaves the necessity for water,
who would rob him of his need OF res,
and yet allow WEAKNESS 10 come again,
and condemn mis- mind to superstition,
is no more the enemy Of his race than
,he man who, knowing what he does.
deaf 20 tle entreaties of the poor and
blind to the suffering he would cause.
would strike down and on, Of existence
one OF the precious metals given by tAe
Almighty himself to satisfy the wants
OF man. Great applause)
There is no end to the gold standard.
You think you have suffered enough.
Your suffering has just begun. You
/ think that there has been depression
enough; depression has just commenc-
ed. You wait, my friends. until other
nations are driven TO the gold standard.
1.-THE influences which are at work here
can be used in this campaign. they will
be TUNED toward other silver using
countries and az nation after nation is
driven from the use Of silver. is com
PEELED to make gold its standard money.
the demand for gold will constantly in
crease, the value of an ounce of gold
will constantly rse, prices will constant
~ fall and al mankind will stand
around and bid for little share of that
little supply Of gold, as gold will be our
God Money will be cur diety and. my
friends, believe that the dark ages are
the only result that can come from this
worship of The golden calf. Great ap-
piause) Let It 20 on as il has been go |
ing, increasing the number Of tenants,
decreasing the number Of home owners,
Increasing the wealth Of the few, add
ing 10 the poverty of the many-let IL
10 on. my frieI-s. and parents will not
be able to give their children the edu-
=, foi, 1or- D. m ! O
and there is nothing before us ina is
PLEASANT or enjoyable. l beg you 10
stop for one moment and think, and
think seriously, before you allow the
inuence OF the greatest nation on earth
to be cast in the balance in favor Of the
gold standard. and a dearer dollar.
Those who preach gold monometallism
lead us out into a night illumined by no
star. They ask us TO embark upon o
sea whose farther shore no mariner can
find. They ask Us 10 travel in desert
where the retreatIug mirage only makes
dissDpo,ntment a thousand fold more
keen. And if We protest, if we resist
as best We can by the ballot, they turn
upon us and apply 10 us every name that
has been applied by plu,ocracy in all
the ages opposed to those who taught
equality among men and justice between
brother and brother. Great applause
Ny friends. be not afraid. when they
say these names in regard 60 you. Il
does not worry me al all They may call
me a demag0gue if they will but never
advocated thing in all my life that |
did not believe 10 the bottom of my
heart. Great applause) never advo-
Gated a thing that | did not believe in
the hope that some might believe that
thing and think better Of me. (AD-
plause) / have tried 10 find out what
is right. and have stood by what have
believed, and | am willing 10 take the
consequences, whatever may come. Il
may be wrong. may be in error (cries
Of You are rightrO. but, my friends. INC
best evidence that | have that am risht
in This fight is that every enemy of our
country is fighting me. Great applause.l
But. my friends there is one consolation
that have. If these trusts do not elect
me, tley viii not own me when am
elected. (Applause) Ii they do not pur
chase my election by their enormous
campaign fund, they cannot come 10 me
and tell me that owe it to them to le.
them rob the people 10 get back what
they spent on me.
Ny friends, the results of the cam
paign cannot be determined until the
vote is counted. l may be defeated. "a
voice: you will never be defeatedO.
But, my friends, shall find more Joy in
being my own master as a private citl-
zen than | would find in being some
b0dy's servant, rather than the peoples