The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-17
MARTINS PERRY REPUBLICANS
or'n Up the Campaign with n i!rililanD
DtnionsttutI1n-It lila Iuruout.

WIN u splendid out OF door meeting. II
was held at the corner OF Fourth aud
Walnut streets and was a very large Que
considering the short notice and the fac,
that there was no music, powder or
noise 70 drum up a crowd. Thu people
turned out In large numbers and listened
AttentlYcly 10 the mastery arguments Hf
Hon. c. L. Wecms Oh the money lucs.
tlon.
Samuel WestwoOd. president ot tho
Republican club. called the meeting To
onlcr and announced that judge J. c,
GRAY would act Us president uf the meet.
lnE. He introduced the speaker Of the
evening, Mr.. Wecms In Il few words,
Mr. WecmS was somewhat hoarsc. bu.
made a ilrSt class sp-cch. lie talked for
ABOUT " houry. Ills explanation OF
the financial question was understood by
everybody, his arguments were man
sWcrabl" and he was frequently inter-
rtioted with applause.
zone or his questions to the free silver
men were answered. His speech did
much good: 1t pleased the Republicans
anu DemOcrata pronounced II an able
argument. Many persons who did not
understand the money question were
iullN' convinced that Mr.. Wccms was
riEht. Among those who enrolled them
selves aS mcmhcrs OF the club after the
meeting WAS Il Democrat.
Mr.. Wsems opened by saying there Is
M argument In Culling 4 silver man 4
crank nr n gold mar a shylOCk.
lie then ROT right hnwH to the ALLEGED
crime OF 1919" ana exposed the glarlnE
miSstltcmcnts OF the frS, silver niy0-
cafes In reference TO that much talked Of
act. He asked how many silver dollars
had been made prior 10 that net. The
government reports show that In eighty
four years. piOr to lSTa We coined Only
1891, OO In silver. II thcra figures are
not correct. he said. he would take his
name from the county ticket by the
law OF u we hid not touch anything az
ccr; silver dollars. The government
has coined t2O.OGJ.C0 In ten cent pieces
since 1873.
ny wipinE out one nInc;y-thIrd part Of
the money We did not hurt anybody.
In 1873 the silver In Il dollar could he
snld at 81 NJ. MI that we had coined In
the nations history WA 5000 900 and
that's Ill we could have wiped cut by the
sp-called crime OF IA" Is there "A man
here who ever saw an American silver
dollar prior to lS72? | have not heard Of
u one In the county. Tiffany. NJ New
York. who made silver ware. got hold Of
silver dollars and melted than and made
thr-e cents on slch one. They had been
melted Ur exported and for that reason
the law was dropped from the statute
books.
We have b.aH making new money
since 1873. In 1878 we passed the Bland
act. which provided that the government
should buy 2,O0O.Nl0 silver dollars per
month. In the first year Of that act we
made and coined 10000 900 standard sill
Yer dollars. The law OF rs stood for
twelve years. We coined an average Of
5000 900 per month. Superseded by that
is what IS called the Sherman law. One
hundred and forty-aix million Sherman
notes were added In three years and
*iOO .eO0,OO 0 In vncoincd silver stilI lies IN
the vaults at Washington.
In the last twelve months the govern
mcnt has coined NOR. silver dollars than
at any time prior I 1873. AT Washing
ton there Is $4,000 0 coined silver dol
lars. which you can get for silver ccrtIn-
Gates and they are 80 anxious to ex-
change them for silver certificates that
they will pay the freight. We have
made 1900, 0O0, 900 in American money
since 70. For every dollar we could
hav.. wiped out In 70 we have added
sirty-five dollars.
The statements sent out by tho silver
mine owners are far from the truth.
The per capita Ia much larger thar K
was In 1873. We have expanded the cur
r-ncy and we have more good sound
money than in any year since %. W.
did not wipe out money. but have made
II plenticr than eyer. We have coined
siNfy-five times as much since ~ as be-
fore. What do they tell you? They say
they will double the prices on American
soil. They say gold has gone up and
property has zone down md that they
Will maintain the equality of gold and
silver dollars. II you double prices you
can not, maintain equality Of gold and
silver.
In London wool sells at Il cents. In
Ohio &, sells AZ IL cents. They claim
they are going TO make 1t N cents in sill
Yer. II It goes up to 20 cents. you can
send 20 England two pounds for gold
money. Wool 30 CENTS In America and
n" tariff md you Just get i telescope and
watch IL come In. Ocean freights are
cheaper TO New York than railroad
frcights from Martins Ferry to New
| York and II would he but n short time
until both the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts would he piled W with foreign
wool. You double 1t In silver and gold
will stay where It Is. When any nation
Initiates its currency then gold Is bound
to be ut n premium.
Mr.. Weems here told OF AltGcld de-
mandlng gold from his tenants in ChiCI-
20. He said: gold Is still money. but Il
world money. When you have a j0-ccnt
silver dollar you will pay your debt with
II and lay YOU gold dollar aside.
They tell you about prosperity In Mex
leo, China, Japan and Italy. ! am Il
gold bug. you are gold bugs. you have
created the greatest currency the cam
try ever SAW. With gold as cheap as ,he
other. n silver bug Is 4 mounmctllll5t. a
foe to b~i-m-tallIsm. He believes in an
assault on American wages
In the greatest christian country Of tho
world they turn to half civilized Mexico
and China. They tell y0u Il Mexican
silver dollar will buy ms much rs Il did
ten years ago. That cOntradictE their
own theory. II you Initiate prices to-
morrow and everything went mp u the
same time It would not be 50 bad. The
last thing to 90 up IL wages. \ f'w
manufacturers In Mexico are benefited
by their free silver because they sell 20
the outside world for gold. trade It for
two Mexican silver dollars and their en-
ployes get the worst OF It.
The best Mexican lahororr live In but
4 one r0oInrG brick hut. with n floor OF
bare earth and half stlrvc. They llv"
on corn meal mixed with rcd pepper and
such stuff,
In japan tho poor cannot afford to buy
American flour. In China. with her
mnurnful millions or mon and women
half starved people eat rats. From In
din. that grand and good man. bishop
Thuhurn. known to everybody In Bel
mont county, has gone out Of his way
to send II solemn warning To the people
N the United States against free silver.
| Their they live on seven cents u day.
who made this great system OF
finance? Read Eryan's speeches. n trip
that frnzc when he strucI, the great conf