The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-27
THREE CHEERS FOR INGALLS,
This Was His Greeting By Large
Audience in LynChburS.
IT WAS A BUSINESS MEMS MEETING.
A Mastery Presentation OF the Sound
Money Side of the Qucstion-Thou-
sands of People Were Turned
Away for Want of Kooin'

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an immense crowd been seen IN our city
as that whicn turned out at the opera
House tonight to hear Mr.. NJ. Il. IN
gals. Every seat was filed long before
the hour set for the meeting.
People were packed in the aisles like
sardines, and the boxes were filled py
ladies'. Hundreds were unable to get
IN sight OF the mouse. and stood outside
Every element was represented, and the
meeting demonstrated that the sound
money sentiment of Lynchburs has
grown in strength very rapidly
AN ENTHUSIASTIC GREETING.
Mr.. ingalls, was greeted with enthu-
| siastic applause as nc entered ana an
| rntntsiasuc audience called out three
cheers for Ingalls, which were gwen
with a viii. Mr.. john ii. Lewis lntro-
| auc.d the speaker. 1nis, hc said, was
meeting OF the business men, VINO had,
| for a time laid aside tnclr various aFo-
cations 10 taAe part in politics, because
| There WAS danger ahedd-d danger lAdt
! would be disastrous 10 the country.
| We arc neretO-night IN great business
| meeting TO hear d business mah-"ho
| has struck many sturdy DlOW Tor olu
| virginia. lie had married the land 10
| the sea. IN MS judgment Mr.. ingalls,
| had done more TO develop this Common
| wealth than all the politicians III H. \
! storm of applause greeted MT. lhsah5
as he came forward. lie said he was
not a politician, and this was the hrst
| campaign he had taken part in Tor
twenty-five years. He paid nice com
| pliment 10 Lynchburg and Virginia au-
/ diences lie had spoken in several
States, but he mad not found the au-
diences as attentive as those Of Nir-
glnia.
A CRITICAL PERIOD.
There had never been "a time like this
in any land. where seventy million peo-
pie were interested in one great eco
nomic question. 1t was well that the
people were interested, and he believed
that they would continue 10 think over
1t until the 3d Of November. The de-
claration Of this great Government that
ii would maintain the parity between
! gold and silver, alone made a silver dol
| lar q dollar.
lie proceeded to dissect the free-silver
/ craze. and 10 show exactly what tn,
| freo-si!ycritcs proposed 10 do. There
was nothing in the history OF the world
10 justify The free silNcrites in their
| plan of free coinage of silver at lG 10
/. lie then briefly gave The financial
status Of European countries and show
ed the utter failure Of any attempt 10
run great nation on a silver basis.
40 FREE COINAGE.
| To-day there was not a nation in Eu-
| rope that maintained the free coinage
| of gold and silver az any ratio The
reason was that they saw 10 have free
coinage OF both metals would force gold
out OF circulation. You could not get
gold in any free-silver country, except
al a premium. 1t was plain that there
was nothing in Europe 10 induce free
| coinage. and it was really plain in the
United States. Mr.. ingalls, then briefly
| sketchod the financial history of this
country, when, and under what cir
| cumstances free silver prevailed. The
| cry about the great crime Of 1873 he
| said only showed how much faster lie
! travelled than the truth There was
never anything done with a greater del
| gree Of publicity. There was nothing in
the history Of the country 10 show why
we should 90 back to free coinage ''Wo
| wa1-." he said, "to keep silver IN cir
| cuiaion as IL is now. but we want it 10
remain as good as any dollar"
A GREAT PANIC.
Free silver would produce such panic
as this country has never known, and
| put 1t on the same low plane as Mexico.
The claim OF the 1ree-siiyer men that
| We need more money was not true.
| The greater portion OF business transac-
tions was done on checks. Ninety-nye
| Der cent IL Great Britain, ana about the
! same in our large cities, but probably
! only about 80 per cent. IN Nebraska,
wnele credit WAS not 80 good There
was a cry OF hard times. IL was true
| times were hard, and had been for years.
| We had narrow escape from pane
| in 1880 which Was due TO the Tree Sill
! yerites, and as their voices grew louder
| confidence decreased and times became
| harder. There never would be sood
times until the people let the Wofld
| know that the credit OF the country was
as good as the best.
sILVERITES DESTROY CEDlT.
lie illustrated the effect OF the har-
angues OF free silverites by showing
| that if a cry was raised IN community
that bank was unsafe, It's credit
would be destroyed, 30 IT was with the
credit OF our country. il sound money
won next Tuesday, we would see an era
| Of prosperity such as has never been
seen. Mr.. ingalls, next took up Mr..
Bryan's attack on the bond-holders. The
| great railroads had borrowed large sums
abroad in gold; the effect, TO pay them
IN deprecated currency would be the
| same as If a party in Tiilmans Stato
| borrowed good money from Lynchburg
bank and later paid II back in money or
half the value. The Lynchburg banker
would say: We'll. you old rascal. I've
been bit by you; III charge the differ
ence up TO profit and loss, but I'll never
have any more business transactions
and depot on the Chesapeake and Ohio,
and you would not damage the railroad
half as much as would the election OF
Bryan.
NAILS A LIE.
Mr. ingalls, then referred to the charges
that had been made that employees OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio had been CO.
creed 10 vote for Mckinley, and repeat
ed his declaration. made at Clifton Forge.
that he would promptly discharge any
employe who had discharged another in
an attempt 10 influence his vote. lie
had heard Of only one case, and that
was that one OF the section bosses at
Clifton Forge had discharged an en-
ploye who had refused TO support Bryan.
lie had that case in mind, and after the
election would see that he was prose-
cuted, and give Mr.. Bryan his first
etliner. Enthusiastic applause.)
THE BENEFICIAlES.
In arguing that free silver would bene-
nt no one except the silver mine-owner.