Evening star., 1896-09-22
Democrats and Republicans Air Their
Views.
COUNTY COURT GAVETHE OPPORTUNITY
Campaign Oratory to Suit All
Kinds of People.
THE MONEY QUESTION ON TOP
Correspondence OF The Evening Star.

Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
FAIRFAX C. H.. Va. September 22, 1895.
Fairfax county court convened yesterday,
but very little business of legal nature
was done. The fact that political speaking
by both democrats and republicans was ad-
ver,ised brought the people in swarms
from all parts of the county. The republi-
cans had spoken for the court house. but,
as the weather was fair. they chose to hold
their meeting on the court green, and a
platform was accordingly erected in front OF
the old clerks office. The democratic meet
ing was in the court house. Their speakers
were introduced by r. W. Moore. John F.
Rixey, the candidate for Congress, was the
first, and presented the democratic size OF
the currency quest ton.
The next speaker was Gen. Eppa Hunton,
who asserted that the free coinage of silver
preserved the prosperity of the country un-
I'll 1873. and that the silver dollar then was
| not dishonest dollar. The reason why the
silver dollar is not now worth as much as
| the gold dollar when il is melted INTO bull
| Ion is because the government Will not re-
| coin it, as it will the gold dollar. II gold
| was demonetiZed its value would be re-
duced. Gold is now boarded because 1t in
creases in value more than per cent per
year. There is not distinguished man in
the country that has not favored bimet-
| allism. Carlisle, who is now advocating the
gold standard, characterized the demon
etiZation of silver the crime of the CEN
| tury." What is wanted is more and cheap
| er money. If Congress should pass law
prohibiting the sale of corn, 1t would raise
| the price of wheat; and, likewise, as Con-
| gress has prohibited the coinage of silver,
| it has raised the price of gold. The repuD-
| lican platform declares in favor of bimet-
! alism when can get an international
| agreement; therefore that party must think
| it a good thing. Are you willing" said
the speaker ITO get down upon your knees
| before Victoria and ask permission to
| adopt the free coinage of silver" He then
| read an extract from letter by Bismarck.
| which said that the way 70 bring England
| TO biMetalism Is for the United States to
| adopt free silver. He ridiculed the idea
that the United States. which is big
that England, France and Spain could be
| tucked in corner of 1t. was not strong
| enough to adopt free coinage. He asserted
| that the price of labor in free silver coun-
| tries compared favorably with that in gold
| countries.
| The next speaker was John NJ. Johnson
| of Alexandria. He said that the purchas-
| ing power Of our money is about twice as
much as 1t ought to be. That the condi-
ton of the farmer is bad ii pos
sibly be- If you are dissatisfied with your
condition you should vote for what you
think will improve it, The only difference
between the two parties upon the subject
of binetallism is how 10 accomplish it.
There Is lion in the way" England is
the creditor of this country. 1t takes twice
as much corn. cotton and other products TO
|
He said that he hesitated long time be
| fore he decided whether or not this country
was able to go back to bimetallism, but
| that he had now come to the decision that
| the injury which would come to few peo-
pie is not to be compared to the benefit
which would accrue to the large body OF
pr oducers. If the silver dollar was dropped
because it Was an unused coin. does not
| the same reason exist today for the de-
| monetizat ton of gold? The demone liza ion
Of silver. if not a crime. was the greatest
political blunder Of the century.
| Mr.. Richard Beall of Maryland was then
| introduced. He told an amusing frog story,
| Illustrative of the annoyance that the re-
puDlicans gave him by the noise they some
times made in their political gatherings
| He said that the effect of the demonetiza-
ton of silver in 1873 by this country was a
repetition of the effect of its decentralization
! in England in 1916. to which he attributed
the riots Of 1919. He closed by saying thai
he considered the Chicago platform the
cnly real democratic platform we have hat
in thirty years.
The republican meeting was called t.
order by Job HawXhurst. county chairman
who. with few preliminary remarks. in
troduced the first speaker. Capt. j. II
| Rives of Albemarle county. Va, who be
I gan his speech by referring to the pros
porous times under republican administra
tons of the government preceding the ad
| vent of the democrats So large a surpu
of money was accumulated under republi
i can management of the finances that it be
s came almost a burden ard rcproach TIL
g | burden was soon iessened when the dem
ocrats came into power. and now they hav
i, to borrow money to run the government.
The democrats were profuse in the
: promises of good times If they got tn,
5 reins Of power You now feel the resul
: the worst we ever had. Are you willin:
to trust them again? They say they ar
: Cleveland. but he is the executive VIII,
& carried out the laws enacted by demo
cratic House and Senate. They seek t,
ha hi ifv- Iav
ing the other. They told you they woul,
revise the tariff, and thus bring prosperity
: where is it?' Has it Gomez" Is Their
s any one within the sound of my voice tha
n will say that it brought prosperity?
{ they had come forward and acknowledge,
: their wrong we would have forgiven them
They have invented a patent medicine
: which they claim will cure all the ills tha
e this country is heir to. He characterize
n the idea as absurd that 7o.o"o,ooO peop
= can control the silver market of the world
: when 7W.Nb,on have made gold the stand
d ard. Why should this country buy tn
l. silver at S1.29 per ounce when we can ge
: it at ii cents? When the silver miner
make the profit somebody has got to tax
the loss.
Mr. Geo. w. Hawxhurst then introduce
Major o. e. Hine. and referred to the lie
ID frsal of President Cleveland and Governo
:. OFerraI q Virginia to either stand upo
II the Chicago platform or support its nom
Is inees as encouraging evidence of republica
success in November.
Ma1cr ftl1le Sald that the democrat Il
party had abandoned its time -honore
platforms, as well as its leaders of fo,
q. years ago He then discussed the finan
cial question at some length, contendin
that it was not more money that was reed
e ed. but such policy as will establish fac
10 tories and give employment to the unem
l. ployed. What want is stability, cer
- tairty and reliability, and everyth;n
- placed upon solid, substantial basi:
Is With Mckinley In the presidential chai
= confidence will be restored.
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