The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-10-30
Jarvis in Wilson.
IN A JOINT DEBATE WITH A PAL
MER-BUCKNER MAN.
Decoy Duck "Not In It," and Jarvis Gets an
Ovation.


Ovation.
Ex-Governor Jarvis had an appoint
ment here last Wednesday. Mr.. Vim
ton, a Palmer-Buckner man who had an
appointment for Tuesday night and
failed to reach Wilson on account of
late train, was accorded a part of Gov.
Jarvis time. A large crowd had gath
cred in our court house to greet the
grand old war-horse, and Mr.. Vinton
may congratulate himself that he had
SO large a crowd to hear him. Other
wise the attendance would undoubtedly
have been small, for there are few Pal
mer-Buckner men in this place.
Mr.. Vinton made the opening speech
and the people listened patiently to all
he said..H He is a fairly wellread gentle
man, seems only to have read one side
and puts his arguments about as we'll
as any gold standard man we ever
heard. But they all on account of the
weakness Of their side fail to make
case and SO the result was the Gov
ernor wiped up the earth" with Mr..
Vinton, and showed the utter fallacy
of his argument. Mr.. Vinton opened
the discussion by thanking the people
and the Governor for allowing him a
division of time. He said in part, he
was democrat, and on all local issues
favored the regular ticket, but nation
ally he could not support Mr.. Bryan,
but would vote for Palmer and Buck
ner. That the Chicago platform had
departed from true democracy He
said he would not discuss the minor
questions of that platform, many of
which he could not sanction, but would
proceed at once to a review of the
financial question. He then COM
menced the usual gold mans argu-
ment, that depression Of business was
on account of lack of confidence, be-
cause capitalists feared we would 60 to
silver basis, that their money would
be returned in SOC. dollars.
He said that after the war prices
rose, as paper money which had been
deprecated because of lack Of conf
dence in the government promises to
pay, approached par with gold. Also
lrecounted the same old story about
the 600 millions of gold in this country
either going in hiding or to Europe.
Said that free coinage could not re-
store the parity, and that only silver
mine owners would make, and in few
moments he intimated it was the desire
of the debtor.to pay his debts in soc.
dollars. Sd khat the large amounts
of wheat, co yon and corn produced
caused the jfall in prices and since the
opening up Of the west and cheaper
freight rates prices had fallen. He said
cotton could be made for SIC. per lb.
at profit. That the act Of 1873 was
simply to re-organize the coinage laws
of the country and was not done secret
ly, that nothing but subsidiary money
was .coined prior to '73 in any quanti-
ty as the bullion value of the dollar
was worth more than its face, and
hence our dollars would have gone
away from us. That Jones, Stewart
and others voted to pass the act Of '73.
They were interested in gold mines
then, now in silver mines. Later they
had said that the act of '73 was a care
less piece of legislation.
AT the close of his speech he drew
terrible picture Of the calamities that
world befall this country in th1I "
Ofthe adoption of the 6n
silver. He then sal