The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-02
FallaCies!

1NStl - i sQ1l0NlGO.
Ed. TELEeRAai:-Col w. W.
Arnett. Democratic nominee for
Congress of this district, ad.
dressed the people OF West Union
at the court house Monday night.
His address was quite lengthy,
and the way he handled the
money question was a caution
for the Democrats never to avoid
the real issue by trying to talk
about the money of the Con.
stitution.
He did not mention the tariff
as he said that was not the issue,
yet how he showed the ills Of
on, present panic, and all be-
cause the money Of the Consti.
tuition" had been demonetized!
We all remember his eloquences
fouryears ago. 1t was q differ
emit cause then. The manufact-
uries, monopolies, combines and
trusts were sapping the life out
the laborer. We must repeal of
the vicious tariff laws and all
would be well. They could not
leave well enough alone. They
repealed the NICK inley Bill and
immed iately our "hard times
commenced, and now they vent!
their spleen onthe supremeC Court
of the United States and cry
free silver
He told us the great crime
of 1897 was perpetrated in the
dark and that it was not known
in the q. s. for better than ayear
after, and then follows the state
.ment something like this: The
year 1873 was a time of the great.
est turmoil, depression and dis
Itress knownin, American history.
every bank closed and specie
payment was suspended. What
nonsense! What q ridiculous
statement If this was the real
cause, If it was not known till
ls74or rs.
T He admitted that the silverdo
lar was not worth intrinsicslly
100 cents, but said further that
Congress could make our dollaf
contain only three grains Of sill
yer and still be worth 100 cents
in trade. s7l4 grains now worth
only about SO cents, and yet Con-
gress could make 8 grains worth
S1.o0. Preposterous!
Then again hear him: "Ofi
course under free and unlimited
coinage Of silver our dollar would
be worth 100 cents in the United
States, outside of the United
States it would go only for its
bullion value.' He admitted the
bullion value of our silver dollar
isnot 100 cts, then why does he
not favor an honest dollar? II
he is in favor of free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver, why not
100 cents worth of silver in its
He said the Democratic Party
opposed everything foreign, and
did not believe in asking favor
of any Nation, while our friends
meaning the Republicans favor
laws detrimental to every interest
Of the American citizen, and con-
elusive to the welfare of the
foreign powers. To every in
telligent and honest thinker, how
absurd the previous declarations
show from the trus state Of
affairs! See how the foreign
powers assault the Republican
party for their honest and I'M
firing efforts in protecting Amer.
lean manufacturers and American
muscle against foreign capital
and foreign labor, and then note
how buoyant and exultant they
were when the free trade Wilson
bill passed the American Con-
gress at the hands Of the Demo-
cratic party. Honor and praise
was sounded far and wide to the
father of thatnotorious bill which
would have received the ap-
prevail and sanction of every
Democrat IN the land had it not
been that it did not eliminate Its
free trade theories in the com.
plete overthrow. of our American
factories, American industries.
American labor and American