The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-24

Dtciareh VII Oh Account OF TIE lhtlchi-
Z tncyiof the Weather SIR. W.. Pomr-5
4 roy, a Labor Leader Make. a NisEnln-
cent Argument for the Party OF soan,l
Money ami Protection to AmerleauTi-
. s.Itla,trlei:.--.A Former wheeling Man. 4
The Republicans OF I3ridgcportsheldl a,
monster meeting last htin5the opera
house Of that town. Mr.swnllam C..
pomeroy, general organizer or the
American Federation OF Labor was the
speaker ana thcttelllns points III his
address are calculated to strlkeloutithe
Intent, sparks Of Bryanism-bc there any
existing from the breasts Of any Ohio
valley workirgmen.y Mr.. Pomeroy Is a
fluent speakcr.pos O rlnglng Voice
and "a fund of sarcasm and wit that
makes him 4 fav6rlte with his audience.
The bridgeport Republicans were 10
have enthused last might by d brilliant
street demonstration. but Democratic
weather" as Mr., Pomeroy termed 1t, APP.
Feared on the scene, and the; rain and
muddy. streets caused a postponement
until next week. i The meeting was a
1olllflcntion5 nevertheless. a. drum corps
alternated With the ,Aetnaville glee club
In furnishing entertainment within the
opera house until the speakers arrival.
The elee club made a decided hit with.
It's campaign songs. 81
The audience WIS very large and en-
thuaiastlc ono, and the stage was filled
with the, large number ofvlce presidents.
Mr.. GcMgc Summers,3a mill roller, pre-
sitled and introduced Mr.. Pomeroy,
\ The. speaker Is no stranger In this Sec
tlon, as he said In his address. MIR.
Pomcroywas a bell boy In the st. James
hotel!in Wheeling in 1876. He was then
fourteen years old. After a brief stay.
he became cabin bay on the JohnIL.
Rhodes, katie .Stockdale, and Montana,
NIL Ohio river-running boats.f He has
been general organizer for the Federa-
tlon OF Labor for the past eight years.
campaign Issues to worklngmen. In OPP
enlns, Mr.. P0mcroy eaids "A.
This Is not my first visit to this vlci-
nlly. I spent several years as a cabin
boy on the Ohio river, running between
Pittsburgh and St. Louis, and feel very
much ut home anywhere in the smiling
Ohio Valley. Only, my friends, 1t
doesn't seem the same old smile. Four
years ago that great natural highway
bore along her silvery tide an almost In
cessant procession Of steamers. bearing
from your midst to western and SOUTH
ern cities the product of your mills, your
factories and your mines. Between two
great forests of smoking stacks, the
river flowed onward to the sen, tand the
great valley SEEMED the living; breath,
ing genius Of industry. Is It the same
to-day? No. The roar OF the blast fur
mace is almost stilled. The flames of
The furnace are scarcely seen; the whiz
and whir Of mighty wheels echo from
mo eternal hills no more, and the anvil
Chorus has changed to o sad refrain Of
want and woe. 81
sS.tWhere thousands upon thousands
.>oiled and prospered, to-day but q few
remain at work, as IL 10 mark the spot
where myriads prospered.& But four
years and all this change! All, you
steel workers, You glass workers, you
delivers In the mines, upon you have
fallen the welghtiest burden. Others
have suffered. but you have suffered
most. y OTHERS MAY Il THEORIZE,.
BUT YOU FEEL. And on you depends
the duty OF restoring again the CONNER
Siai Stois VI LIE NulltS, tuu LIE pFos-.
perity OF this nation. Your interests are
ut stake. Your future Is on trial. You
are your own judges. VIII you render
ecrdict against your homes, nresides
and families?h THE DISEASE is
RADICAL, BUT YOU! HOLD THE
REMEDY. n ~ &
THE disease was caused by an over
dose OF Gorman-Bryanta tariff tlnkering.
and THE 81 ONLY TONIC WHICH
WILL RESTORE LIFE AND VITALI-.
TY TO THD FAa1ISHED INDUS
TRIAL Is SYSTEM rs THE FREE
GIVEN VOTE OF FREE MEN AND
PROPERLY APPLIED WHERE 1T
WILL DO THE MOST GOOD. AT THE
BALLOT BON ON NOVEMBER BIRD,
AND YOUR TONIC MUST BE PRO-.
sPERLY LABELED .'PROTlrCTIONt
AND PROSPERlTY."' SOUND MON
Ely. THE CHANCE TO EARN IT,
AND "AfcK1NLEY. HOBART AND A
CONGRESS-" fst,t
THE Gorman-Wilson bill was an ex-
pertinent pure and simple. and we pro-
pose that there shall be no more expert
ments. THE SAME OUTFIT THAT
lIXPERIMENTIIDg& WITH 4 OUR IN
TO EXPERIMENTEW WITH THE NOM
wages one-half and turned nearly half
the africans Of the nation out OF work
and placed nearly half the remainder on
half time, they now propose to reduce
the value of money one-inlG and de-
crease the value OF the remaining one
half. so THAT EVEN THE HALF.
OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EN-
PLOYED HALE THE TIME WILL
ONLY HAVE HALE ENOUGH MON.
Ely TO LIVE HALE THE TIME ON.
But one thing stands between the
.half-hearted policy OF. these people who
believe that a half Is greater than the
whole (thc "hole" they have put us into)
and that Is this; they. will not have half
enough votes to do 1t, / come from I'LL
,nols. where Mckinley votes are thicker
than the tlcas on u Populist's yallerpup,
and give yuu the assurance that NOT less
than 100000 majority will be given for
the Ohio Major and good times. Not
one Popocratlc congressman Will creep
into Washington fromthc state of Lin
coin Grant, Logan and Chicago. Aud
/ bring to You n fraternal greeting and
ask you; 70 do likewise.
Tho SILVER Dollar.
'""rle silver dollar now masqucrades
as a 10O-cent dollar, end by mutual
agreement is go accepted, because the
United States stands ready TO redeem
Its credit In gold. No power on this
earth cnn keep n tifty-ccnt dollar equal
to-. d 1o0-cent dollar, no more than It can
make a ilaE out Of n rag carpet. Ma
turc has made silver subsidiary and
auxiliary TO gold. Monomctallism
means one metal alone circulating as
money. We are not In favor OF one
metal only, but we want gold as the
measure, and the other metal, silver, to
{ be measured by It. The Republicans
want n single standard, but not n single