Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-23


| our people ought not 10 be free. No
! people have a better government than
! thew deserve. They say: On. you can't
comprehend this thing; and even II you
/ do Won will have to vote the way we
| tell yOur II is a sad thought TO me-
/ And they all have their remedies fer
/ the III that affects us, and It reminds
me OF a story l heard the other Gay.
Reed has his remedy, and John Sher-
man has his remedy, and Cleveland has
his remedy. and Carlisle has his REM
edv. and when you come TO examine
them. you find that they all want to
/ give US
THE GOLD CURE.
! CApplause). And it occurred TO M,
after hearing this story, that l had
| heard one myself that Is applicable.
| When l saw this conspiracy throttung
| labor ana bounding the deb;ors-puil-
! ing al the strings to attain their end
1t reminded me of the story Of an o!d
| darkey who had SICK mule. he went
to the doctor and said: Doctor, | have
a sick mule. and I want 10 give him
I calomel' But : don't know that Gallo
mel Will be good for your mule. wen,
7 want 10 give him calonsl anyhow.
How much will I give him? Uaugh-
teri. On. well. give him & handful
| How will I give it to him" Put
I halter around his neck, and pull his
head up. and then get your gun tube
and blow il down his throat. All
rjeht. sab and the darkey went away.
TWO or thrse days afterwards the Doc
ror saw the darkey, and he was look
ing bad. and the skin on his neck 1T
him like an elephants hide. (L3ugh-
/ teri. He locked as though he had faI-
| len away about seyenty-fye pounds,
/ daughter. and the Doctor said: Wen,
| did YOU blow that calomel down. Ana
rhe darkev answered with do!hful
shake of his head: No, san; dc mule
| done gone got de fusi blow on me.
daughter. And so it is with you anu
The manufacturers. II YOU don eeI
the first blow on those fellows IN NO
vember. It won't be their tauit'
| Cheers.
Now. my fellow citizens, I want 10
ask your attention TO a simple &fgu-
uert TO the masses. as see this cues
! ton. why | favor more money. mere
| are some difficulties that the gold peo-
ME urge so simple TO me that l Wonder
| hat ANYBODY cannot understand II.
| believe | can take & ten year Old boy
end exDiain this intricate money ques-
| ion so that he will easily understand
/ that under a continuance OF the gold
/ Standard our people viii all be destroy
! ed. I want 10
APPEAL TO YOUR REASON.
Reason has ed me to this consideration
| Of our adverse circumstances. The man
who refuses 10 listen TO reason. and 2c[s
( from prejudice alone is unworthy OF the
name of manhood, and unworthy OF the
name O.? freeman. (Ap,ause.) Now | make
the broad assertion there is nothing
in this world that is exchanged for some
/ thing else. that the law Of supply and
6.i,,nI does not regulate the exchange
value Of each. There IS nothing in his
tory. from Aristotle 10 the present time,
. that does not prove this: II he quaint
, :ry of money is a given number OF units,
and Il is 10 be exchanged fer something,
/ then il fixes The value Of that thing. and
the laws of supply and demand obtain.
! There is not one political economist
/ from the days of Aristotle down who
VIII deny that proposition. The rela-
ZION of the number Of dollars to the
amount of property and debts and popu-
/ la-iOu are always in rG-O, ana this
ought to be accepted a. truth. Thus
1 our argument is conclusive, and no one
WHO understands this question can deny
the conclusion. and if that be once al
mitted-if that s the way TO solve this
question.
THEN WE ARE RIGHT.
II you can wipe on; The law of gravita-
fion you can wipe on, this principle. and
if not. you mus, admi. the law of supply
and demand. God Aimighty's universe
is regulated by The law of supply and
| demand as well as by the law of gravita-
ton. If there is not Z political econo-
| mist who Will dare deny it, who dlTeS
deny II? No one! There is not a poll
..c:an IN this country who has expressed
! himself on the money question buc has
admitted that the law Of supply and de-
| m9nd regulates the supply Of money.
John Sherman admitted it in 1915 when
| he said the effect Of contraction mean,
! the .mpoverishmeu, Of the country.
THAT was an admission thai the law OF
| supply and demand regulates values.
! Carlisle admitted it little later, in 1873,
when he said that If one-half of the cir
| cuia ing medium of the country was
stricken down great evils would result,
and that the characterization Of silver
! would increase the purchasing power OF
| gold. James G.. Blaine also admitted it,
defy any one TO show me a man who
does not admit this great princ.-
! pie. that the number Of money
units in circulation determines the ex-
change value of money, and history con-
firms The same Ting. If you can show
me one historian who will say that any
/ people ever get poor by having TOO
mach Of the precious metals. [ will
not only agree TO vote for Mckinley,
but for Mark Hanna, 100. applause.
You bring on your historian and III
! stand 10 my word. You can't Go 1t.
Gpplause). I say that no historian has
ever referred 10 the prosperity OF
country. but showed that ii was in
direct proportion 10 its accumulation
OF the precious metals. The world
never had too much of both, and if
you will give me the monetary history
of a country I will give you the meas
ure Of its prosperity or its downfall
, No country ever had much money that
was not
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS,
while the story of Rome's downfall is
one that We are repeating.
If there is a Republican IN the house,
! let me ask him: Why are you a pro-
tecIonist? The only answer You can
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