Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-24

there. he defended the silver dollar and
! took one from his pocket and held il
up and said: The battle Of 1896 will
be fought over this dollar The Re
publican party viii defend il as it has
/ in the past as the STANDARD DOL
/ LAR the same as the gold dollar"
4 These items prove the position Of Nc
/ Kinley on the silver question Gown 10
within a short time of the ST. Louis
convention. and 10 is we'll known that
he was of the same opinion up 10 the
adoption OF the ST. Louis platform. II
! is well known that be never could have
been The nominee if the party could
/ have found some man who had a Gear
! record on the gold question, but after
looking over the field every man, from
Sherman down. was tainted with free
silver. unlimited in coinage, 10 20 1.
Plat said it would not do 10 trust one
who had such convictions as MclNin-
ley had expressed on this question. He
not only was an ayowed l6 10 / free
silver advocate, but he understood the
other phase of the quesJiOn-that when
money is dear and advancing IN price,
all kinds of goods are cheap. His
speeches all show that when money is
scarce il become dear, and as il In
creases in value the products Of the
farmer, the manufacturer and laborer
decrease in price.
Notice! read slow. and then read it
over again, and apply this TO your own
affairs and the present conditions ct
the country: April 16, 1880, in the
House of Representative, Candidate
Mckinley said:
when merchandise is the cheapest.
men are the poorest, and the mos disc
tressing experiences in the history OF
our country, aye in all human history
have been when every hing IS owes
and cheapest, measured by gold. Tread
this twice. for every thing was the
highest and dearest when measured by
labor"
Let these words burn deep into your
mind. Treasure them up.
Answer me, is n0- the single goa
standard the measure OF value to-day
Deny it if you can.
If this was true IN 1890, is it not true
to-day? Is Mckinley Of to-day the
1896 Mckinley, the same as the Mchin-
ley of 1890? Has Mckinley stuiuhed
his political views on free silver in or
der to obtain the nomination for Pres
ident
Yves. Atkinson, at MOrgantown, said,
"Anv man who scultities his political
views for such a purpose should be
hung"
If he heartily meant this for all his
to tell the tale. Harrison, Blaine, Gar
field, Arthur, Pig Iron Kelley, Cameron,
Logan, Foster, in fact, all the great
leaders Of the party
But John Sherman has with his Eng
lish emissaries. succeeded in turning the .
party aside from it's former convictions |
on the gold and silver question into the !
Jaws Of that octopus the single goll |
standard. This was the ultima, um
when silver was demOnetiZed in 1913, |
lind the years that interviewed between |
that period. ND 70 October II, 81, were |
used to perfect the measure, and drown |
ont the feeling of the American people |
against it as far as possible DuI 1Ae !
ghos. would not down. few patriots |
from the South and West kept the !
question agitated in Congress and IN /
the national and State conventions un- /
I'll the people became aroused al over I
the country and determined TO bring /.
the issue square before the country.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION
did it. and they made a platform that .
nnfo,ds the great and noble doctrines I
that The Democratic party Upheld for /
eighty-one years Of our national exist .
ence. A return is meant to the old land .
marks. to doctrines of Washing. On,
jefferson. Jackson, Polk, Pierce and |
Buchanan; a return to a government |
for the masses, the uprOOting Of a |
feudGl aristocracy, combinations or |
mon.ed men in trusts, syndicates anu /
corporations to control every interest !
against the people.
Abraham Lincoln's prophetic warm |
ing is fast being fulfelled. lie sad:
AS a result Of the war, corpoIat.ons