Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-22
ATKINsONS SPEECH
Criticized by One OF Those Who sat
Through the Frost mt Cameron
To the Editor of the Register.

Criticized by one OF Those Who sat
Through the Frost Mt Cameron.
To the Editor of the Register.
Mr.. Atkinson. who spoke in Cameron
on Wednesday. August 18th, took his
tex, in Prov. chap. II, LIST verse. which
reads as follows: "A false balance is
aAomiration 10 the Lord; but just
weight is His delight" There was a
more appropriate text In the 9th chap.
of Prov. and 18th verse: These things
doth the Lord haze: a false witness that
sDeake-h lies. and he that soweth dis
cord among brethren"
He commenced to counsel the small
crowd present that he was not going to
abuse Che Democrats, because he loved
them. and then assaulted the Register,
ss chat was where most Democratic folks
co. .heir news. Then he would give
that ul.le cuckoo giggle. He was no.
going to say anything against Gen. c. c..
WATTS and .heu mentioned the General
o. Inc man who thought he was run
ming AGAINST him. but l think before he
was r-r1ueh when he saw the frost that
was cliuginE 10 the seats and inthe hall,
he changed his notion, and began TO
think thai. Cen. Watts was running for
Governor and began TO doubt as to
whether he was on the Republican tick
a- cr MOI. viii give YOU an instance
of the weigh. his sermon had. he SAID
no The farmers. "What do you want free
silver for? Il viii do YOU no good, I'M
less YOU have a silver mine. The silver
miner viii make # cents on every DOL
lar. He will get rich. as the commercial
value is only 80 cents aud the miner gets
47 cents. That viii make 100 cents.
Now. "he said. farmer and laborer,
what DO YOU want a 53-ceut dollar for
When YOU get IL YOU so down here 10
the store and ask for goods. The mer-
chant will say. what kind Of money are
YOU going TO pay me? / will give you
So cents worth OF goods for a silver DOL
lar and 100 cents worth for a gold col
lar. That is your Democratic money.
Then came the cuckoo giggle.
Behold the goldbugs, they reason not,
neither DO they think. But solomon IN
all his wisdom could not "argie' finance
like one Of them.
Then Wesley gave other strong argu-
weucs that there were none OF the Dem
ocra-s on the Jicke, that were six feet
tan. like the Washington. Jefferson and
Jackson. bat Wesley. YOU will find out
ab0u, the 4-h of November that Watts
is six feet. and he will look as tall as a
tree 70 YOU. A person, disinterested, 10
s and listen TO such a speech would
think thar i- was not safe to trust such
an imp0r-an, Office as Governor in the
hands of such @ person. 1 believe he
would DO Co fill "a subordinate Office,
where he c0uldbe looked after, or would
make O very good chaplain for the
House Of Representatives. We have
been contemplating putting on wreck
ms trains 10 clear away the wrecks, and
ve are going TO put Gen. Watts on The
Wes Virginia train TO direct and control
i-.
l hone if Mr.. Atkinson makes any
more speeches that he will give the peo-
[ pie reason and logic and not BLACKBOARD
I the opposite party. 1, looked all through
+ his speech as though he was begging the
question. If MarkHanna had been there
he would have said: Mr.. Atkinson, 90
10 Wheeling and keep mum, and we will
attend 10 The campaign 16 TO !.