Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-07

| receding, labor cheap and scarce, the
rich getting richsr and the poor poorer,
there is, as it appears to me, an extreme
necessity Of increasing the circulating
medium, stopping the issuing Of inter-
est-bearing gold bends by voting f0t
| Bryan and TIE Chicago platform, and
thereby put gold into circulation as well
as 20 increase the circulation Of silver.
feel that this country is amply able
TO take care Of its own finances. Be-
sides, we are in a position now TO com
p5l other nations to adopt our standard
owing 10 the extensive cradefthev are
! compelled 10 have with US. All this
the ordinary citizen can see at a glance.
L appears inconsistent and silly that cur
r-Cple will allow a foreign country to
dictate a financial policy for us-clly
T0ries Wcuid allow it-t'hat is all.
The necessity of answering some Of
tle' arguments OF the opposition Oughs
not 10 exist. The intelligence Of cur
! working people is insult5d thereby, but
if we keep sill and say nothing, those
! who benefit by the single gold standard
will use our silence as an arumenb
against the peoples best interests.
Now. they viii ask how FREE silver will
raise the wages of the working people,
or better their condition, etc. In an
swer TO such. I will say in the improved
condition of things generally The work
ing people will be the first to profit by
the adoption of bimetallism. yet it may
be some time after the adoption Of 1t be-
fore we realize the benefits of it, but it
is bound to cone.
There are many other questions in
| reference 10 finances put by the oppo-
! sijiOn that are simply silly, but are cal
| culated to lead soma of our people VINO
( are uneduc5ted and ignorant 70 voth
ag7ins, their best interest. The wealth
and size Of the Republican National Cam
paign Committee, with the millions theF
! are spending, ought to be sufficient to
convinca the producing class in whose
! interest they are working. They are
not So charitable or philanthropic to do
all this for you.
Farms, mines or their products have
nc. dsnreci9ted in value. hut gold has
Nppreciated me difference, since the de-
monetization OF silver.
All this and the fiftv-'hree cents worth
I e.
fully understood by those that give II
any thought. Most Of us are on tho
wrong side Of the ledger. and our ability
20 square the same is growing more slim
every day under the gold standard.
All. but they say. you want to pay your
Idebts with ffty-three-cent dollars. Even
| if Uncle Sam was not able to make sill
YER dollar worth one hundred cents. y
| would be better TO nav our debts of
with fifty-three-cent dollars than not 10
! pay them a. all
| There are several Other points in ref
srence 10 these matters l could mention.
but will defer for the present.
Pro-ccUOnl We all ought 10 be in g.
v,r Of that protection that will
! protect everybody. Certainly we must
! hove a revenue and a sufficieIs O., j.
raised. But a tariff judicially distributed
will amply protect cur manufactures
and mines. but. as I nave said before
| those who need protection most, DO Nd
| Get it, which is the working . ople
| Labor is and always has been free. We
are in duty bound to make laws tina; will
! be an incentive to those who have money
! TO invest The same so as to give our labor
| Ing people remuner2tive employment.
| Al this is certainly absolutely necessary.
/ yet we do not think i. justice for one
| class to Aavs all The protection. Ger
/ ,ainly these matters must be ATTENDED TO
/ sooner or later; as it is. were iJ no. for
! labor unions we would not get a small
| fraction of the benefits OF protective
/ tariff. tn operator or manufactures
gos tho lions share. His'cry teaches
| that under thu highest tariff ever known,
which YVES the Mckinley tariff, wag t
wen down. which either speaks ba9
for hish prot ctive tariff. or the gold
standard, or both. Certainly our Amer
lean people with the vast resources Of
this great country Of ours, will not al
low misery to eXis, any length OF time
/ 50 l1ng as they can hold their franchise.
Those who control the finances of the
| country are using considerable money,
brains and literature to convince the
people VIVA. heir duty is. The plutOcracy
cer.ainly want nothing. Oh. no. All
This should be fully understood by th8
voter. We feel that il ought not TO be
| necessary 10 answer all the foolish ques-
tons and refu-e the false statements Of
the Republican stump orators and their
lying campaign literature. Let every
one study just q little bit and weigh mat
ters rs th actually exis-. and choose
for himself. W S. BERlSFORD.
Those EXCURSIONS TO CANTON.
II is a well known fact that the work.
ingmen who go daily to the Republican
Mecca at Canton, to see the gold stand
ard advocate, are by no Leans al Nc
Kinley partisans. a former Wheeling
boy, who is employed in a large machine
slop in Cleveland, has written 10
friend in Wheeling of a recent trip to
Canton which the men where he works
were requested" to take by their en-
ployers. As a special nducement each
employe was promised a new hat and
macintosh. have his fare and all eX-
penses paid. If ne would go and tender
his respects to Mckinley. A great many
feared the consequences if they refused
10 go. so they ali made the trip and thor
oughly enjoyed Mark Hanna's hOspi-
taHtv. On the train home ii was sug-
eesfed that q straw vote be taken. The
poll was taken. and it was found that
Of the SO persons who had yelled for
Mckinley and Mark Hanna, that 80
were going to vote for Bryan and free
silver. A gentleman stated last night
that ne was on an outgoing excursion
train from Canton. which was filled with
delegations who had called on Major Nc
Kinley. and that a vote was taken with
the following result: Mckinley, les;
Bryan, 172
NO COERCION AT THE RIVERSIDE.
III, t,i,-o--i1e mill will he ehur 1Ovrn