The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-02


|~istence one OF the precious metals given
by the Almighty himself to safety the
wants OF man. tGreat aplause.)
There vs. no end, TO the gold standard.
You think YOU have spi1ered enough,
Your suffering has just begun! You,
think that there has been depression
enough: depression has Just commenced.
You walt. my friends. until other ma
lions are driven to the gold standard.
II the Influences which are at work here
can succeed In this campaign. they Will
be turned toward other lSilver-using
Countries, and az nation aftc. nation Is
driven from thause OF silver and complex
ed to make gold its standard money, the
demand for gold will constantly In
crease. the value OF an ounce of gold
Will constantly rise, prices Will CONSTANT
~ fall and all mankind will stand,around
and bid for q little share OF the little sup
ply OF gold. "a gold will be our god.
Money will be our deity. and, my friends.
/ believe that the dark ages are the only
result that an come. from this worship
Of the golden calf. (great applause.) Let
u 80 on IS 1t has been going, increasing
the number OF tenants and decreasing
the number Of h~ome-ownsrs, increasing
the wealth OF the few. adding to the pow
erty OF the many let II so on, my
friends, and parents will not BE- able to
give their children the education they
desire to. Let II go on and there Is MOTH
Ing before us that Is pleasant or enjoya-
BILE. I beg you TO stop for n moment
and think, and, think seriously, before
you allow the influences OFF the greatest
nation on earth to be cast In the balance
in favor OF the gold standard, and q
dearer dollar.
Those who preach gold monometnl-
ism lead US out Into a night unlllumined
by a star. They ask us to embark upon
a sea whose farther shore no mariner
can find. They ask us ia travel in a des-
EFT where the r.treating mirage only
makes disappointment a. thousand fold
more keen. And II we protest, IL we re-
slst as best we can by the ballot, they
turn upon US and apply to us every nnmc
that has ben applied by ~plutocracy in I'LL
the ages opposed TO those who taught
equality among men and Justice be-
tween brother and brother. Great ap-
plause.)
]. Not Worried.
My friends, be not afraid when they
say these lanes in regard to you. 1t
does not worry me at all. They may
call me a demagogue II they will. but I
eve advocated a thing In all my life
that / did not believe to the bottom OF
my heart (Great applause.) ] never
advocated q thing that l did not believe
in the hope that some might believe that
thing and think better OF me. Cap
plause.) I have tried to find out what
Is right and ! have stood by what I have
believed, and / am willing 60 take the,
consequences, whatever may come.
may be wrong. ! may be in error (cries
of You are right, but. my friends, the
best evidence that I have that l am
right in this fight Is that every enemy
OF our country Is fighting me (Grea.
a%pplause.) But. my friends, there Is
one consolation that T. have. II these
trusts do not elect me, they will not own
me when I am elected. (Applause.) },
II they do not purchase my election by
their enormous campaign fund, they
cannot come to me and tell me that I
owe 1t to them to let them rob the coun-
try to get back what they spent on me.
my friends, the result of the cam,
paign cannot be determined until the
vote Is counted. 1 may be defeated.
"a voice: You will never be defeated.")
But, my friends, I shall find more Joy In
being my own master as a private citi-
zen thar l would find In being some-
body's servant, rather than. the peoples
servant. II elected. My opponents say
that 1t Is undlgnified for me to go chas-
ing about over the country trying to Sc.
cure an election. have done nothing In
this campaign that I am ashamed OF.
Great applause.) I do not go before
the people begging them to vote for me.
/ have gone before the people and II my
strength holds out, and 1 believe it will.
I am going before the people until cleo
ton day, telling them what I stand for.
(Applause.)
~ am going before the people 10 tell
them Of the platform upon which I stand
and to tell them that II elected I will car
~ 1t out, and then I am going to urge
them to vote, not as I may want them to,
but I am going to urge each citizen to
vote as he wants to. (Applause.) III
rant the votepfan employe I go and talk
to the employe himself and not TO the
employer, to ask him to deliver the votes
Of his employees. (Great a%pplause.)
When Iwant the votes OF men who work
upon the railroad, I go to those men
themselves and not to the president OF
the road to ask him to deliver them into
my hands. tremendous applause.) 1
do not want any. advocate OF free silver
to attempt to influence the vote of a man
who works for him. II L am elected. I
want to be elected because the voters
want me elected. II I an elected I want
to feel that I have behind me the desire,
the purposes, the hearts OF the majority
OF the people OF this country. and then.
my friends, I promise you that | shall
carry out the platform. I care not what
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