The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-26
RANKEST DEMAGOGY

Yet Uttered by Candidate Brynn-IIis Al
bany Speech the Usual Mass OF Mere As
scrtions, Without Argument to Back
Them.
ALBANY, n. Y. Aug. 25.-Thc sec
ond day OF William J. Bryan's trip west
ward eliminated In great meeting at
Albany. where the candidate spoke TO a
crowd estimated at from seven to ten
thousand people, packed In the city hall
square under the shadow Of the state
house.
Before this meeting Atrs~ md Mrs
Bryan sat down to dinner with Sena-
tor Ilill and prominent Albany Demo-
Gratis at Mr.. Hills magnificent nome,
Wolicrt's rooSt.
For nearly three hours Mr.. Bryan was
the guest Of the New York senator ana
although every participant In the dinner
averrcd that It was purely social al
fair. their descriptions were taken with
q grain of salt, II being the general I'M
preston that an understanding was
reached which will insure TO Mr.. Bryan
the support of the party organization In
the state.
The purty began to gather In the city
hall.sQuarc two hours before the meet
inE.essMr. Iilll was not there. Mr.
Chase Introduced the orator.
Mr.. Bryan spoke with more than his
customary orat0rlcal force. and consiu-
erIng the size OF the crowd he was lis
tened to with most iiatterinG attention.
Once the speech was marred by small
knot Of, Republicans who Interrupted
With aha ggllng cheer for Mckinley.
Beforc lie. speech was finished darkness
came on and red lights kindled on tile
outskirts of the crowd threw Grim
son glnre over the field of heads. nnd
then an alarm OF fire just as the orator
was ending created a diversion.
Among other things Mr.. Bryan said,
otter stating that he endorsed every
word and syllable OF the Chicago plat
form:
"Dut while do so. I expect the sup
port In this campaign Of many Demo-
Gratis who are not willing to lnd0rsc all
that the platform declares for. CAP
plause.) In n campaign there Is always
some overshadowinE issue. there IL In
a campaign nlways one great para
mount question which more than nny
other will determine the allegiance OF
those who support the ticket: and In
this campaign We appeal with confi-
dencc TO those people who nre opposed
to n longer continuation OF the gold
standard policy In the United States.
(Applause)
"Our opponents have at last taken
definite position on the money question.
The Democratic party has begun Il war
of determination against the gold
standard. We nsk no quarter. we give
no quarter. We shall prosecute our
warfare until there is not IN American
citizen that dnrcs TO advocate gold
standard policy. (CheerR) YOU ask
why? We reply that the gold standard
Ii n conspiracy against the human rnco,
md that we would no moro join II than
wc would join nm army marching 10 de-
spoil our home and edstroy our families.
(hpplnusc) nsk you not 10 take my
word for the evils OF the gold standard.
I call as n witness n gentleman whose
voice hns been heard In the councils Of
the Democratic party.
hut lie Docsn't Quote Carlisle Eighteen
Years Later.
81 ask you TO read and reflect upon the
Language used by John G. Carlisle III
1878. In n speech made In Congress he
said: According TO my opinion. the
conspiracy which seems TO have been
formed here and In Europe TO destroy by
legislation and otherwise from three
sevnths 10 one-hulf the metallic money
of the world Ia tho most gigantic crime
OF this or any other age. Its consum-
nation Will ultimately entail more mis-
cry upon the human race than nll the
wars, peStilcnces and famines that ever
occurred In tn" history OF the world
Mr.. Bryan then branchcd off into the
sound money contention that free coin
age will disturb business and destroy
confidence, and said:
"My friends, how are you going to
restore confidence In the United States
by lcgisating value out OF the prop
erty upon which n0tes rest? You hnve
tried It and you have found that the
bankruptcies lklve increased ycnr by
year and the only people who have
pr0spercd are those who own invesl-
mcnts payable In dollars or money they
are making out Of the eXtremties of
the government. IL you want to re-
store confidence, you havc got to re-
store prosperity to the great masses of
the people and talk as much about good
property rs they have been talking
about good money. have asserted and
l assert again. that without the MD
Of the money owning classes. the gold
standard would pot stand for one day
IN any nation. I assert that behind
the gold standard in this country the
only potent force consists of those who
hold fixed Investments and those who
M brokers profit tho greater by greater
bond issues. They tell the laboring
men OF this nation that they ought to
support a gold standard The lnborinS
men have never found the ilnancIers
OF this nation mon who have cXprted
themselves to Improve the condition of
tho lnhorlng man. AZ rule the men
who have spent their time trying To
break down labor orgnnlaations--th
only protection that the lnborlns man
has had-thcsc are the men who now
como TO help ont laborinE men. nsk
it you ought tO expect blessings from
those from whom you have only re-
ceived cursngs In the past? (Crles of
mo, no.")
RRnlt Dcmng0gy.
~ notice THAT one OF our opponents
the other day snld that Tho old SOL
diers would he opposed to free c0lnagc.
'rhny ruVps. Tho ifnDrAgalOu fhni H.,