The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-08


know that the conspiracy OF European
monlrchs led by Great Britnln has d
purpose OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT tN serve Ia
the wa, upon Observation-Disclosures
stands In the way OF such agreement
With their credit they seek 10 enhance
the purchasing power Of thousandslnnd
millions, which % hwed 70 them all over
the world and which YOU owe toitheml
America for their food supplies and raw
material. wheat, corn, oil. cotton, Bifin.
lead and other like supplies,
And they seek TO gAtit for tho least
money, Besides this, Great Britain has
large gold mines In South Africa and
South America and by closing the sill
yer mines las greatly enhanced their
products md their values. Recent Bril-
fish n~ggrcselohH In Venezuela andIln the
settlements Ofl South Africa was moved
by the desire to possess more OF these
gold mines, and by monopolizlng tho
metal as far rs possib1e,dto assert British.
commercial, supremacy over the world.
Nc, natlon calls Itself free and independ-.
Ont that Is not great enough to estab-i
lisi and maintain a financial, systemSot
Its own. ltGreat applause
The concession that comes from the
gold standard men{of Europe for the
restoration, OF the double standard Is the
only solution OF the financial ldifIicultles
that weIcan ind In the outlook before
us. The declaration. of the Engllahl pre-
mierl md the French minister and the.
Russian government, which have re-
Gently been expressed. shows that II IL
succeeds at all will succeed against
the sinister power OF nutocracy which
has been used against II, An internn-i
tional agreement for the restoration OF
the metals Ito an equality would beta,
bond OF mankind which, would enable us
to regulate the value ofsNmoney ind
bring the two metals uponn parity. The
whole United States now knows and
they also know that theyiwho would be
free themselves must strike the blow.
(Cheers) The majority OF this con-
vention. ! have the hohnr to represent
can nation with a natural base OF fixed
empire, thesgreatest ever'established by
man. with more te%rrltorytapd more pro-
ductive energy thhn : Great Britain,
France and Germany combined. without
dependencesupont European nations for
anything they produce and with Euro
pean nations nation dependent upon
much that WI produce, is fully capable
Of restoring this constitutional money
system Of gold and silver at equity with
each other. (Applausc.) And as Our
fathers In l776 declared our national In
dependence OF all the world, so to-day
has the great Democratic party, found
ed by Thomas Jefferson. the author OF
that declaration, appeared here in Chi
eago to declare the financial %independ-
cncc of the United States OF all other ma
tons and to invoke all true Americans
10 a cunrFk ~ h,,E fI,nt- az, N %, tra5 3 a ~ tha
polls, that Europe may be placed where
she by right belongs, us the frccst, as
the foremost, as the most prosperous
and happy nation that ever blessed the
life OF mankind upon this globe.
At the conclusion of Daniels speech
there was loud cries for Hill.
Jones, of Arkansas, offered a resolu-
ton on behalf of the silver men of the
convention, rendering the thanks OF
the convention to w. f. 5Harrity for the
fair and impartial manner in which he
had presided over the temporary pro-
ceedings. 1t was unanimously adopt
ed.
The roll of states was then called I'M
der the customary practice and the
selections for membership on the var
ious committees were announced. The
delegates and spectators began leaving
rapidly ut this ijuncture, as 1t was we'll
understood that the convention would
Immediately adjourn. General e. b.
Finley. Of the Ohio delegation, protest.
ed against the selection of committee
members by contested delegations, but
Chairman Daniel ruled that until the
permanent organization was perfected.
the temporary roll was; respected. At
4:i3, on Senator Jones motion, the con-
vention adjourned until Tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock,