Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-29

fifty-cent dollars. But they tell you, at
the same time, that you are giving a
hundred cents to the producer Of silver
for that dollar. You give him a hum
bred cents, but>as soon as he gets il,
it is
ONLY FIFTY CENTS.
Here General Warner passed TO an ex-
nlanation of the ratios between the two
metals making the subject extremely
clear. and then asserted that the great
journals of the East were under English
influence. and that their alleged great
love for American ideas was only assum-
ed for purposes of revenue. IF the
United States frees itself from the do
m,nition which it is now under, the
power of England and of Europe gen
orally will from that day dwindle and
the power of the United States will in
crease. and therefore, my fellow cit
zens. to me that declaration OF July It'll,
1886. at Chicago, is worthy to stand side
by side with the other declaration July
4th. one hundred and twenty years ago,
that declared cur independence politi
cally."
A
ed to an international agreement. Il
will never consent that the United
States shall. place the control of its fl
nancial system beyond the power OF its
own legislation" Great applause).
In closing ne said:
Fellow citizens let us once be pa
triots. Let us be for America first. Take
care of her own interests, and liberate
ourselves from the dom nation of that
power that has already doubled and
tribled the debts of the country. We
have already paid more than Ten thous-
and millions 10 them more than we
would have paid if there had been no
change in the standard OF value in this
country. Listen not to the siren songs
CT England, but declare our .ndepend-
ence OF the domination of England, and
at the polls in November record your
votes as your fathers recorded their bull
lets in 1776." prolonged applause).
COL. ARNETT'S REMARKS.
When Gen. Warner concluded there
was tremendous outburst of enthus-
iasm. When order had been partially
restored there were cries of "Arnett."
| in response to which the Colonel ad-
yanced 10 the front of the stage and
made a few remarks. This" he sad.
"is a ratification meeting, and why
should we not ratify.. OF course the
personnel of the ticket is unobjec,ion-
ble' He launched into a warm eulogy
of Bryan and Sewall, which caught the
audience.
He called attention to the existing
! depression in trade, after reviewing the
splendid natural advantages of the
country, and asserted that the cause
was the demonstration of silver. Ask
ing gain, Why should We not ratify?"
he noted the absence OF some familiar
faces gave them credit with honesty
of purpose and regretted their action
In giving them credit for their SINGER
ity he expressed the opinion that in the
course Of time, they, IN company with
thousands OF others, will make such
rush in retrac.ng their steps that there
will be no room in the band wagon for
them"
Continuing Col. Arnett took up and
answered some of the criticisms of the
Chicago platform, which were not
touched upon by the principal speaker
of the evening. He asserted that to
remoneuze silver and demonetize gold
would appreciate the former and depre-
cate the latter, until present conditions
would be reversed. They tell us" he
said. that there will be too much mon
ey. Well. my friends l know how that
| is. have suffered all my life from that
evil, and don't want anybody TO inflict
more money upon me-" In connection
with the demonetizat.on OF silver in
1873 he quoted Bryant's words: Truth
| crushed to earth shall rise again.
He spoke briefly on the silver issue,
and closed with some happy remarks
upon party harmony and predictions OF
Democratic success. The meeting
closed with rous!ng cheers for the
Presidential ticket.