The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-08
A FINE MEETING
At B.nwood Addressed by Captain Pat
0'Enrreii-A Cirw Expedition or tho
Cur ency Qu.st on. q

AZ B.nwood Addressed by Captain Pat
0'Earrelt-A Clrw Exposition OF the
Cur snry Qu.st o.. q
Last night at the city hall In Ben
wood, one OF the best political meet
ings ever held In wheellnS's Industrial
suburb, was addressed by Captain Pat
rick o'Farrell, OF Washington City, who
bad already favorably Impressed the
people at Mozart park last Saturday.
He was greeted by m Immense audi
ence and had his hearers With him
on all points almost without exception.
Professor Robert Riggs presided as
chairman OF the meeting, and the fol-
lowing we're vice presidents:
Edward Newton. Henry Riddle.
James GcraHhty. Jamc Farmer,
John James. Thomas Shepherd,
Edward Noel. Albert Scrig,
John RoSbcrry, Josiah Sinclalrc,
Isaiah stephens August Sch0de..
James WEIGH. J. L. McMechen,
James Hughes. James Doyle.
Captain O'Farreil was received with
a great deal OF enthusiasm and launch
ed forth on one OF the best sound mo-
ney arguments heard In this vicinity In
this campaign. HIS points were read
lily appreciated by his Intelligent uu-
dlence, made up principally Of work
men In the iron mills who ace In Il po-
sition to readily appreciates the nrgu-
ment for II sound dollar and IL chance
to earn It."
Captain O'Farrell did not waste
much time on the sklrmIsh line. i3e
discussed the money question first.
Free coinage at l6 to |. means that any
person can take sixteen ounces OF sill
yer to the mint and have It coined. free
of charge. into us much money us he
could get from one ounce NJ gold. re-
CARELESS Of the commercial price OF sill
yer. One ounce OF gold contains $50
grains; n gold dollar contains .. -
grains OF pure gold. Divide the $50
grains by 23.22 and the QuJtient will
be SO 81, which Is tn. value OF an
ounce OF gold. and this ounce OF gold
IS worth $50 o. coined, o. uncolned in
this or any country.
Last ear the average price OF an
ounce of silver was SiXty-tive cents,
Sixteen ounces was worth $40 10. Mr..
Bryan says elect him and i Congress
to suit. md he will enable you, II you
own silver bullion. TO take sixteen
/. ~ounccs-worth only 80 10-tO the mint
ard have It Colnde. free Of charge. into
$50 worth Of legal tender money. What
would you think Of the miller who
would advertise and invite the farmers
to bring ten dollars worth Of wheat To
his mill and he would grind 1t free OF
charge. and return them twenty dollars
worth OF flour Instead? The farmers
would very likely say: That fellow is
trying the bunCO game on us
Tnnfa[p n Ia Vrnll snIl bA' uyDIilH mt
consider honest as an interruption. he
challenged any person present or here
after. through the press. 10 cite one
instance In history 10 verify or main
tain Bryan's proposition. while his
tory contains hundreds Of Instances
when such schemes have beer tried
and every one 4 Hat failure.
In the third century DiOcletian, en-
peror al Rome, then controlling the
civilized world. issued 4 lot Uf base
money, on the sixteen To one plan, and
ut the same time issued an cdiCt. fix
ing the price VI every article OF mer-
chandise in the empire. Old D!ocletian
was a bigger man than Bryan nnd he
had the Roman legioHs 10 mike him.
but he could neither make his price list
nor his base money work. The ineNOr-
able law OF supply and demand had Its
way.
II has been asked. suppose you de-
monetlze gold. would 1t not reduce the
: value OF gold? No. II the United States
should pass 4 law f%0rbidd!ng the use
Of gold as money. it would have M Ct
feet whatever on the value OF gold.
France tried that in'l1yG and made II a
capital ofIcnsc 10 use gold as money.
but that did not affect the price Of
gold. No government can leglSlatG
value out Of gold or silver, nor any
other commodity. any more than II cail
legIsIale value into il. But II Is fool
ish tn talk about dcmonctlZing gold.
No peopl" except the wicked and crazy
French revoluIiunlsts, would think Of II.
The American people, rs well as the
other great commercial nations Of the
world. have gold for their standard
money. just as they use wheat flour for
their standard bread. because 1t is the
best for that purpose.
We have not domOnctizcd silver. We
have only discontinued the coinage OF
silver on private account, but W. have
not discontinued ltS usc aS money. The
government coins 1t to a limited extent.
and IL there has been or Is any profit.
on the transaction, the government
takes that profit, and II also stands
behind the dollar. both silver and pa.
per. and says: II will receive these
dollars In the p%Ostonic.. and treasury