, 1896-10-10
A divine lNFATI0N|ST.
THE REV. NJ. NICHOLS RANTS
BEFORE THE BRYAN
CLUB.
Like the Others of His Xix. He Lacks
All Regard for Figures, Facts or
Reason-For Honesty's Sake He
Deserts Mondelr and Pins His
Faith to Johnny Osborne.

odist preacher. They raised the devil
and played" the audience for suckers
for an hour and a half. but failed to
land a Mckinley man. These sentences
were suggested by the story Of the gen.
tlemauly orator, in which he suggest
ed that the proper bait to catch the
devil with was a Methodist preacher.
Odd Fellow hall was about two-thirds
filled to heal the reverend ranter rave.
His talk about an alleged affidavit
which he said he secured from a mar
named Van Meter was forstalled
by the Denver News. from which sheet
the democrats of Wyoming draw their
political inspiration. Mr.. Nichols
shouted of honesty till everybody won
dered why, II he was honest. he had
left the republican party and gone to
the support Of the party OF Cocktail
Dodge, A. L. New and John E. Osborne,
the men who burglarized the governors
office. poisoned a member OF the legis-
lature in order to defraud him OF his
vote and abducted another member
from the state. These are the new
found friends Of the Rev. Nichols. and
he seems to fit in their company first
rate. Two months ago, after Mckinley
had been nominated and after Mondell
had been nominated, he claimed to be a
republican. At that time he had not
found out that the republican party
was everything that was vile. that the
tariff was monstrous and that every
policy which he had been supporting
during his years of republicanism vas
a fraud. He didn't find 1t out till he
received a petty nomination on the
democratic ticket. Then he suddenly
discovered that he had been wrong and
Topped.
In opening Mr.. Nichols paid a high
tribute to Mr.. Mondell and his work and
in his speech he was so wrapped up in
what he has considered good govern
ment in the past that he devoted near
ly all his time to berating Cleveland
and Carlisle. Even when speaking Of
Bryan James G. Bryan" was as close
as he could get to his name. 1t would
be a waste Of time and space to attempt
to follow him through all his vagaries.
The people had hoped that a man COM
ing in the cloak Of a minister Of the gos-
pei would make some attempt to con-
fine himself to truth and reason, but
they were sorely disappointed. He
read a great deal from reports made by
such men as John P. Jones. the silver
king and an encyclopedia which he said
anybody could procure for $50 (preach-
ers half price, He how!ed about the
money power till he was blue in the
face and then asked. turning to Chair
man Ingersoll. Did you ever know one
of these money fellows to be satisfied"
From a purely personal standpoint Mr..
Ingersoll was compelled to answer.
No.
He compared the gold and silver
countries and arrived It the conclusion
that he would rather be a resident Of
China than of Great Britain, France.
Germany or the United States. Thus
believing, there is where he belongs.
Rev. Nichols called attention to the
coinage before 1873 and said the repub-
Leans were dishonest in their state
ments when they stated that only a
trile more than 5000, 900 dollar pieces
had been coined, for the reason that
upwards Of $3.50, 0O0. 900 Of silver bullion
had been converted into subsidiary
coinage. Now II the reverend prevari-
Gator had been honestly inclined, he
would have stated that the subsidiary
coinage before 1873 amounted to $780,
1872. 1851, instead Of upwards OF ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLIONS.
But then we presume that a mere trile
OF fifteen millions does not cut my
figure with him.
He said that the eight millions coined
before 1873 were of more value to the
people than the four hundred and odd
millions coined since 1879. The eight
millions were money; the four hundred
millions were not. The eight millions
were a full legal tender in the payment
of debts; the four hundred millions
were not. This was a startling piece of
information to his auditors who had
been paying debts with silver dollars
all their lives