The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-07
THE NIGHT MEETING.
Hon.. Patrick O'Fnrrrll, OF Washington,
Adircsses n Large Crowd.

SttIfrsstN u ihFpt tt'NN"'
The night meeting was announced for
half-past seven. but It was eight
| o'clock when Chairman r. NJ. Garvln
| called tn, lnrg? audience 10 order. He
made n pleasing address and concluded
By introducing the speaker OF the even
Ing. Hon. Patrick O'Farrell, Of Wash
inStOn. u. c.
As the gallant IriShman stepped for
ward he was greeted with an eHthusl-
astic welcome. He ut oncc jumped into
the Issues OF the campaign and his clo-
Ouence and Irish wit soon caught the
audience and every point was taken up
| quickly and applaudcd to the echo. He
gave the cicarcst argument In favor Of
| sound money that has been given here
so far this campaign and the manner
In which he handled the subject indi-
Gated that he knew Just what lie was
talking about.
One Of the most interesting state
mcnts was the amount Of money that
Is In the United States treasury u
tho amOunt OF silver bullion In the
minis. He said the average Amcri-
can did o realize what Il million Sill
yer dollars meant or what vast amount
Of silver there Is lying uncOInCd In the
mints. Of the latter he said 1t was
bought at the rate Of i.500.00O ounces
or Ia tons per month. The purchasing
act was enacted at the lnstlSatiIn nt
the silver states, whose representatives
argued that the government should
take this action In order to Keep up
the price OF silver. This purchase OF
seventy per cent OF the entire produce
ton had not the effect to keep the price
| - ,i,n ,yhitn p,p40i mn bpI INgtn1I nf
| that 1t went down. Tie reason for this
was that the more the government pur-
chased. the more they would mine. AMI
II was demonstrated that although the
government lost heavily by his cX-
pertinent, the cnd.avOr to Increase the
price Of silver was n unk failure,
f!c said there ls now In the treasury
1871, OO0,O 600 coined silver dollars ready
for circulation. hut there Is 10 call for
than. The treasury department Will
be glad to ship any amount required
to any section OF the country, and pny
HxprcSSagc on It, and send men To
guard IL. II there should he Il call for
1t, but there IL no demand for money
now, n0bddy wants 1t. the manufurtur-
crs have closed their factories and until
they can find It profitable 10 start up
again, they viii have no use for the
lntIlt1 , IF-llI' IL ~ Commune w Ivy ~
the treasury vaults until such time ns
confidence il restored and the works
begin employing men.
lie said the country was not suffering
from the need Of more money, but the
need Of more employment for It's peO-
pie. lie pointed put the fact that in
1892 tho amount Of coined silver dollars
remaining In the treasury was not NJ
large by a great deal rs IL stored away
there now. He also Informed his lis
tenrrs that they were probably not
aware that every ounce of silver bull
lon In the treasury was covered by Il
silver certificate which was hOnorrd
everywhere to-day for one hundred
cents, but would " free silver prevail
ed b. worth about half that amount
Plenty OF monry'.
Mr.. Bryan says we should have more
money. llis idea IL 10 invite tn, silver
mine 0wncr to take his silver to the
mints and have 1t stamped free Of
charge, take II home with him and do
with 1t as lc likes. The very minute
tho government does that the silver