Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-01

the cause oil peOP.es party. anc II
was on this account that HoLss.
Tom" Watson was the only type OF
representative II the peoples party
before the yeople--while be YVES cn i
ticket tha; bad no head. Mr.. Pow
cerly got Considerably mixed wGea
he undertook 20 answer some Of the
statements made in the afternoon
meeting and attributed to Gov. Alt
geld the argument raised by ". !.
Kerr. of Pueblo. Col. as 20 the in
trinsic worth OF q silver, dollar and
also of 20 nickels. Powderly held
that nickel was not worth anything
except in this country, while the sill
dollsr was good for 100 Gems the
world over simply because the gold
dollar stood back OF &. The stamp
does not make the metal good. Ii is
not the stamp bur the governments
promise that attaches the value. He
undertook to show that there was
no crime of '1S. that the legisIa-
ton OF that time Vas first
pro posed in 1870. that every thing
was open and shove board and NOT
done in the stiffness Of night. He
gave wha, he termed object lessons
as to the comparative worth of gold
and silver bullion and exhibited
samples in support Of his argument.
He read q list Of silver mine ow.ers
in the country. aggregstiog to4I.-
900. 900. including Senator Stewart,
as one of those interested. and con.
tended that the vast silver Interests
were back Of the silver coinage move
ment. He took up Gov. Aitgeid's
charge in the afternoon of his having
fallen under the influence OF Mark
HanD. He would have paid no at
tentiou to this charge had il cone
from anyone hut the governor CT the
state, but he held that no one ought
to make charges that man had beef
bribed unless he could prove IL.
Then he declared the charge an uu-
mitigated falsehood, and followed
this impressive assumption with Q
heroic defense Of Mark Hanna
and his relations with labor.
ard undertook to prove all
allegations Of the Cleveland boss
being antagonistic 10 labor's canse.
unfounded. He tried to show by sfii-
davits, made before himself a. Q no.
tary public, that Bryan had said
naughty things about labor at one
time. particularly specified. and then
contrasted this with the fact that
Mckinley had devoted his free
services IS attorney to Q number Of
mine rioters. The work question he
held was the source of trouble in the
country. Settle the work question
and the money question will take
care OF itself. The speaker came
back eventually to the charges Of
corrupt influences having directed
his present course. He had been iu-
consistent. he said. at times, end
had At one time advocated free silver.
hut he believed now In sound moUey
and protection and Mckinley. He
had been charged with being bought
and with being bribed. He nd mii,ed
that he had been bought and that he
had been bribcd, and be panset ate
each admission and Strengthened
himself up for the dramatic effect
Then he said be would get his paw
when sound money, protection and
Mckinley triumphed Nov 8. Ard
there was not man present To
doubt it,
Powoerly was iii at ease through
out his remarks. sDd seemed 10 be
lsboriug under an ince-saut nervous
strain and the con slant fear that b.
would be taken TO task. In fact.
when he attributed to Gov. Ally.id
the remarks made BIZ Mr.. Kerr in
the afternoon. and 3 ms o1e 10 On.
audience ventured TO correct him.
the new knight Of gold promptly ard
ironically assured the kindly dis
posed individual that he was doing
the talking. Thereafter none vep-
tured an interruption-not even
when The speaker declared: There
70 not q man living or IL he dead who
Will dispute this statement"
Other Speeches aud Meessax..
The glee club sang. Chairmao In
gram made a pies to the audience
not sill to go. and A. W. Wright. for
merly of the executive board OF the
Knights Of Labor. spoke. There
were also speeches on Market square,
where j &. Scott presided. Kohlfs
and Powderly tslksd.
It was noisy night in Rock TEL
and. That was what il was intended
to be. And that is all there va.
to it.
When they put q man 10 jsil he
cannot follow his natural iuclius-
tions. He cannot eat what he wants