The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-09-17


tins? Ask the merchant, the farmer,
the starving women and children who
are suffering for bread. No tongue can
tell, no human words portray the ruin
that has followed in the track OF this
monster. It's victims are the poorest OF
all Gods creatures.
"The Republican party says we think
it right and proper that this vampire
shall continue to suck the life blood OF
this nation. The men in Chicago tru-
ly said the gold standard is wrong. Our
enemies may call us anarchists or fools,
but they haye never found man able
to answer the idiotic arguments OF VIII
liam J. Bryan in Madison Square Gar
den.
(Which is right, gold or silver? say
silver and every political party in the
country says so.'
Here the speaker showed by the &C
lions of all the parties that they believe
in free silver, and proved that every
political party in the country believes
in bimetalism.
We haye not written half the notes
we made OF the speech and find that
we have not the space to give the exact
words of the speaker as we took them
Mr.. Glenn, after calling upon the vot-
ers of the country to arm themselves
with the proper ballots and fight the
battle for financial freedom on election
day in November, proceeded to name
and refute the objections raised against
free silver. One objection is that free
silver will fill the country with silver
from other countries. He said let it
come. Let them bling it all here and
coin 1t and then we would have only
$46.69 per capita. He said that with
all the minis in the United States at
work day and night they would coin
only one dollar more per capita, and
who can't stand dollar more? Anoth-
er objection is that free silver will run
gold out of the country. "Where is it
now" exclaimed the speaker.
The speaker showed the Inconsistent
cies of the capitalists who say they
want free silver tor themselves but it
would be so hard on the laboring man.
He said, "Let not these people fool you
any more. There is no overproduct-
ion in manufactured goods when child
rem are shivering with cold in the shad-
ow of a factory, and no overproduction
of corn and wheat while people are
hungry in the sight of granaries.
"Don't you know there are many
who could use more than they do?"
Here the speaker described patheti-
cally the restitution among the poor
which he saw in Chicago, and also the
case of young man who came from a
$75 job down to sweeping and cleaning
lawyers Office, the young man being
honest and sober and industrious but
driven from employment by the fnan-
ciaI condition of the country.
Mr.. Glenn referred to the reports that
he had been threatened with being re.
ported to President Cleveland If he did
not stop making silver speeches. His
eyes flashed indignation at the thought
and he defantly declared that he wore
no mans collar. If he was threatened
with such thing he would resign his
Office and make two speeches where he
makes one now.
He paid beautiful tribute to Cy
Watson and asked the people who
heard him TO vote TOR Watson for the
next Governor of North Carolina and
make no mistake about it.
He closed with an eloquent tribute tc
Bryan as the man who believes in
equal rights to all and as the consecrat-
ed Christian leader who carries his
family before the throne of God every
day for divine guidance in this great
fight for which he believes he has been
appointed OF God.
Mr.. Glenn spoke nearly two hours
and his speech was earnest and eloquent
and logical from the first to the last
sentence. This report does it no JUS
tlce at all, but we can devote no more
space now.
The people of Scotland Neck will be
glad to welcome Mr.. Glenn whenever