Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-12
4 GILES, William Love and John Ander-

GILES, William Love and John AndeF-
son."
The report was unanimously adopted,
and the Chair appointed as committee
10 escort Permanent Chairman Bran
non 10 the platform, Messrs. Joseph y.
C~addock. ]. Y. Blair and H. /. smith.
This committee at once found MT.
prqnnon and brought him 10 the pat
form where he was greeted with pro-
loved anDlause. On taking the chair
Mr.. Brannon said:
FeIlow citizens of the First Congress
sional District: 1t IS hardly necessary
that should assure you of my nigh ap-
DreciatiOn of the honor which you nave
conferred upon me. with your az
trust that We shall be enabled 10 pIop-
erlv transact the very important Jus
ness entrusted to US, and l hope IhaU
ultimate success will finally crown our
effort of to-day. We are now engaseu
in what. perhaps, is the most import
ant campaign in our history. II IN
wolves the most vital interests. II me
gold standard IS the proper one .Hen
why should we try to get rid OF II,
if II is not the proper one, then WI!
sbould we hesitate? One hundred anu
twenty years ago the thirteen ieeD-e
colonies declared that the colonies
should and ought to be free ana niue
pendent, and absolved from all aIegl-
ance 10 the British crown; tnat they
should have power to arrange their own
affairs. to declare war and to conclude
neace and the right 10 regulate their
own affairs. and to carry this deciara-
lion into effect cost countless millions
OF dollars ard many thousands OF
Ives and great suffering. After eight
years of war these great principles We're
made good, and our independence was
achieved. Now, fellow citizens, atter
rbe }2Dse of one hundred and twenty
wears. we find the United States, so Tar
as il is represented by the Republican
partv. with Bonded knees and upl-tted
face and fearful eyes, begging the HI
pu.ian powers Of the world TO aid us IN
maintaining the monstrous gold stanu-
ard. (AppiaUse) What would our Ola
forefathers say if they could come PACK
from the graves over which Their cpl
taphs have so long been chiseied' ana
see the cowardly course OF the RepuD-
lican party? (Applause) Begging Ior
foreign aid 10 enable us 10 MAINTAIN the
nefarious gold standard. (ApplauseJ
Our Republican friends say mat II we
enact laws permitting the coinage OF
free silver. this country Will be made me
dumping ground for the silver OF lhe
world. but they do not tell you ina,
rwo-thirds of the nations OF the Worlu
use silver money exclusively, nor GO
hey tell you what they would 90 Tor
money if all they possess should De
brought TO The United States to be COIN
cd into dollars. (Applause) Il that
silver does come. certainly Il must be
exchanged for our own products when
VIII bur, nobody: or if not, ii will be at
once returned 10 the country rom
whence It came after being coined. IN
neither case will it be a hardship nor
an injury. They say that If
silver is remonedzed il will drive gold
on. Of The country. Well | do not see
how II could move out any faster than
# mas been mNiug out during the last
two years. Applausel During the
past Two or three years. in order 10
maintain the gold standard and the gold
reserve. S262. 100000 of debt hare been
added to the burdens Of ,he people, and
We. O few days ago The gold reserve was
again down 10 5.cN0,OoO. and 1t be-
came necessary TO either suspend specie
payments or beg for more gold, and the
New York bankers. through sheer pa
frio-ism and philan ,hrOpy held a meet
ing. which was presided over by j.
Fierpont Morgan, and subscribed S15,-
CG0.OG0. and deposited il in the treas
ury. taking greenbacks in exchange.
This. fellow citizens. constitutes an
alarming condition. The slumber.ng
patriotism of the people should be
aroused. when they see that the banks
practically own the United States to-
GAY They subscribed S15,C0o.0o0, as I
have said. but their patriotism was not
brought into effect when the 1852 000, Q0G
was needed. because il was nOt then so
near election time. (Applause)
They talk about the fifJy-cent dollar.
I. Is no worse crime 10 pay out fifty
cents for dollar han il is 70 demand
payment for TWO hundred cents for a
dollar. (ADplausa0
The speaker then went into the silver
question with some detail and was fol-
lowed with close attention, and ap-
plauded at frequent intervals as ne
made his points.
He referred to The habit Republicans
have of quoting the prosperity OF GER
tain countries under protection, when
those very countries had a silver cur
rency. and j. reminded him of a story
which he told with good effec,. He
cited the case of Mexico. and then pass
ing to another phase of the question
said:
They tell us that the silver mine own
ers are the only persons to be benefited
by the rehabilitation Of silver. They
say we win pay them dollar for fifty
three cents worth OF silver. Why?
How is that? If YOU pay them a fifty
three-cent dollar. how does the mine
owner make a prof, of forty-seven
cents? (Appause) The Republicans
are loud in their denunciation Of the
Democratic policy. They have been de-
nouncing the administration in the mos,
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