The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-06
BRYAN'S ISLANDER
In His Speech III this City-rho False
Statements or tho ropu,l.t Candidate.
How lie ~CRIumniatrd I,onrLr Cockrnu,

~ HAtN VIVEru III NAtts Ivy inc ENIhC
Statements or tho ropu,l.t Candidate.
How Ito Contaminated IiourLr Cochran.
New York Press: As Il sample OF the
irresponsible and knnyIsh statements OF
Mr., Bryan, we quote the following from
his Wheeling speech OF Thursday:
~ have heard sihcc | came Into the
state thnt II prominent member OF n
corporation had boosted that they had
$4,000 y to spend In this single 9tnto
to prevent the electoral vote being cast
for the Chicago ticket"
WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE TIE
NAME or THE CORPORATION on
THE MAN. MIR. BRYAN? BECAUSE
YOU DID NOT KNOW IT. If you
HAD KNOWN 1T, YOU WOULD NOT
HAVE HESlTATED TO USE IT. AND
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN JuSTI.
FLED IN USING IT. BUT TO
SPREAD A CAMPAIGN CANARD
THAT YOU HAVE EVERY REASON
DISHONEST AS ANY STATEMENT
THAT CoNEY OR JOHN MOST EVER
MADE.
Here Is another fulschood: "I know
men who have been threatened with
bankruptcy II they did not surrender
their convictions to this moneycd aris-
%tocracy."
lF.YoU KNEW SUCH MEN. MIR.
nitfAN, YOU WOULD TELL THEIR
NAMES AND RECEIVE THE
THANKS OF EVERY HONEST
AMERICAN CITIZEN. YOU DON'T
KNOW ANY SUCH MEN, BUT YOU
SPREAD THE LIE NONE THE LESS.
Here IL sim another: when I want
The votca OF men who work upon tho
railroads I 30 TO them and moi TO the
president OF the road to nak him to de.
liver them Into my hands"
NAME \ RAILROAD. MIR. BRYAN.
THAT HAS UNDERTAKE. EN- TO DE-
LIVER THE VOTES OF IT'S EM-
PLoiES INTO ANYpODY'S HANDS.
NAME a RAILROAD THAT IN ANY
WAY HAS ATTEMPTED TO GEORGE
ITS EMPLOYEES. YOU KNOW YOU
CAN'T. YOU KNOW THAT If YOU
NAMED ONE you WOULD De CON
NlCTED OF IRRESPONSIBLE
FALSEHOOD. YET YOU GIVE VOICE
TO YOUR SLANDEROuS ACCUSA-
TONS.
And listen 10 this. 81 am not CRITICS.
Ing Mr.. Cockran's declaration that he
will vote the Republican ticket, but I
ask you whether. In all the history OF
this country. you ever knew u political
party that employed n mar to make
speeches when they knew that he was
not going 10 vote for the ticket which
they said they were going TO vote for?"
When II raj charged against. you.
Mr.. Bryan. that you had been employed
and still were employed by the silver
trust on a salary and you denied It.
every Republican newspaper and every
Republican voter accepted your word
without question.
MR.. COCHRAN HAS DENIED.
WITH HIS OWN VOICE AND OVER
HIS OWN SIGNATURE. THAT HE is
EMPLOYED By ANY PARTY OR
ANY PERSON WHATEVER TO
MAKE SPEECHES IN THIS CAM
PAIGN. YET YOU. DESPITE HIS
HIS WORD AS a GENTLEMAN OF
HONOR. RAIL MALICIOUS SLAM
DERS AGAINST HIN.
Imagine Major Mckinley. a Christian
gentleman and honorable citizen.
spreading falsehood3 as you do. Mr..
Bryan! Imagine him utterIng llbels
and calumnIes as you do. Imagine him
OBTAINING citizens OF the highest reputc,
ms you do, and then ask yourself how
there car be m hope for the American
people selecting you for President when
you o only are not fit 10 be their
highest representative. but are not ut
TO be taken into the company OF clean.
tongued and honest-minded men.