Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04


Very Successful-The Brettell
neutrality-suspicious. Gatherings.
Political Notes.
Probably nowhere in the United
States was there more political en-
thusiasm last night than in this city.
There were no less than eight public
meetings. Every marching club was
out and there were three parades. The
Republican clubs went up to the First
ward and the Democratic clubs 10 the
Bretteil and Arion Hall meetings. The
music of drum corps was heard on Mar
ket street from seven to eleven o'clock,
and between those hours that thorough
fare was crowded.
Probably the most novel method of
campaigning was that introduced by
CONGRESSMAN Turner, of New York
City. He entered a carriage at seven
o'clock. and headed by a drum corps
in a wagon, proceeded to points in diff
ferent portions of the city, making five
speeches at as many different meet
ings. He went from First street to
Forty-eighth Considering the facq
that there were several big meetings IN
progress in different sections OF tho
city. his trip was remarkably success
full.
There was some misunderstanding about
The meeting at Jonathan's Ravine, it hav-
ing been announced on the previous even
ing at the club meeting that it would be
held at Seventh street. A crowd of about
$50 gathered about the carriage. Mr.. Tur-
ner. spoke for about ten minutes. eulogiz-
ing Bryan and dwelling upon the import
ance of the campaign He emphasized the
fact that Bryan stands for the interests
of labor. and made a short argument in
favor of silver.
The carriage was then driven to the in
tersection of Seventh and Market streets
where the Washington district club had
assembled When Mr. Turner was intro
duced he was given three rousng cheers.
The crowd numbered about 200 and was
very enthusiastic As he was addressing
a club Mr.. Turner urged upon the MEM
bers the necessity for active personal
work He said the American people are
great and should be prosperous, having
had bountiful harvests and unexampled
industrial production during the past
twenty years. Wealth has increased. but
il is not properly distributed. More
money will stimulate enterprise and fur
nish employment for idle men. They talk
of overproduction. There cannot be over
production when there is one human de-
sire unsatisfed. He spoke Of the thou
sands of bushels of wheat in the Chicago
graneries. while thousands of people were
tramping the streets in hunger. He spoke
of the volume of money. and showed that
population is increasing, while the amount
of money is decreasing. In this connec-
ton he quoted from a speech by McKin-
ley. favoring an increase III the volume OF
money. and he contrasted this declaration
with the present position of the Republic
can candidate The American working
man wants money to do business with.
He wants the farmer to have enough
money to buy the products of the fac
tory. He wants a money that he can get
on speaking terms with. Mr.. Turner
spoke here about twenty minutes, and he
had very attentive and enthusiastic au-
dience. When he wanted to stop he was
repeatedly urged TO so on. The carriage
left amid loud cheers.
At Fourteenth and Market streets
crowd assembled which numbered 1000
persons. Mr.. Turner quoted McKinley's
statement that 1t is better to open the
mills than the mints. and he made an eX-
ceIlent silver argument with that as text.
He showed that there is not money
enough to transact the business of the
country. Mr.. Turner asserted that If
labor was getting as much money as be
fore. it required twice as much product to
earn it. He spoke of the immense debt
owned to England. and argued that the
money interests will stand against any
addition TO the volume of currency for the
same reason that man who has mo-
nopolv on any product wants to prevent
competition. He argued further that more
money will cause prices to go up, bring
ing about a restoration OF confidence.
Every manufacturer would start up on a
rising market A man who has lot OF
money and nothing else. ought to be
Republican. but rich men should not
necessarily be for gold. The only class TO
he benefited by the election IF the mute
of Canton will be the money lending
classes. The prosperity Of the nation de-
ponds in a large degree on the prosperity
of the farmer The speaker showed how
all classes are dependent upon the agri-
cultural classes. He was several times
interrupted by applause, and when he
concluded the cheers were deafening.
nd streets
fair sized crowd was present and Mr..
Turner spoke about eighteen minutes.
He referred to the fact that a few votes
often change the result in county or
State. He invited Republicans in his au
dience to ask questions, and promised to
present one or two reasons why Bryan
should be elected He said the Democratic
party had indicted the trusts and combina-
tions and is opposed to their further extern
sion. He dealt specifically with the beef
and Standard oil trusts, and passed to
discussion Of the gold trust. He referred
to the effort of the opposition to make the
tariff the issue. an effort which failed.
The money question can he readily under
stood by the application of the law Of sup
plv and demand. He held that 1t does not
require a very profound philosopher to
discover that the money which was suffi-
Gent for sixty-fve millions Of people is
not enough for seventy millions. The
money is to-day being contracted and the
Renuhlicans offer no relief if they are sue
cessful. in spite of the fact that the pop
ulation will continue to increase. and the
per capita amount of money must be
iesseped. He stated that nearly all the
business of the country is being done with