The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-17
For State senntor-First District.
OLIVER P.ilfARSHALL, ~
I a Z. OF Hancock County. w &


Mr.. Bryan's Burchard il in the cam
spaignz is: Secretary Merrill, OF the Utah
S Silver. Mine Owners League, the fam-
Gus publication of his appeal to the all
I yer mine owners for Bryan Doodle, urg-
& Ing Sthat the s5O0.oo6 asked for would
save the day for Bryan and make It pos
{ siblcs for them 10 reap an annual profit
4 Of So, 100000 on their. product. having
y caused the mine owners and the Bryan
cause no end Of embarrassment. It Is
I known for a fact that most o: che assess
4 ment has been forthcoming and that
III the national Popocratic: committee now
D has plenty OF money from this source,
which they are reservirg to flood the
i country with the last two weeks OF the
campaign. ~ I. 4 ;$
ss This statements borne out by Senator
Faulkner's remark that I'VE will mot
wan; for money during the last days.
7 But the effected the ,unintentional pub
ilication OF the Merrill letter by one Of
lTthe silver nine owners In q newspaper
], he owns has been most disastrous to the
free silver cause. It mas opened the
eyes of thousands of dcluded voters in
il the west to the fact that there is a
Il gigantic conspiracy blythe silver trust
II back OF the free silver movement and
they are doing some thinking which por-
4 tends disaster to the sconsplrators.
81 That the exposure OF the conspiracy
"A by. the publication. OF the letter Is worry
y Ing the silver leaders Is very evident.
Y They make no denial Of its authenticity
y because the publicity giyenit was made
I by one of their own number. One Of
Y them expressed the feeling that pre-
walls among the conaplrators when he
said IN Butte, Mont.: such things
Il ought not to be given publicity We
n have raised a great deal OF money here.
butt ought3to be and Il 4 secret" a He
{ stated that the owners; OF the Anaconda
!, mine had given $4,000, and that Will
Y. lam A. Clark. the mining millionaire OF
~ Butte, who is aiding Chairman Jones, of
"a the3na tionnl Bryan committee, had con-
trlbuted personally about $4,000. The
h man who made this. Stationery was
81 George w. Irwin, treasurer OF the Ir-
win-i4rmy ssilyersmlth Mining Com
y pnny, OF Butte:
S The silver consplrators are not doing
ssallfthc contributing themselves. but are
4 collecting money for the campaign from
their miners by Wholesale Intimidation
!: and compulsory assessments. In Colo
4 irr,aidoi and! Montana alone $780, In the
aggregate have been contributed By the
Z mine owners. Nh n !:
sS These disclosures, which are not de-
\ MED blythe. Popocratic managers. be-
cause they know the proof is In the
II hands OF their opponents, are having m
alarming effect on the voters In the
/ doubtful states. They are repIlzlng
II that,they have been m.sled into the sIl-
yer craze by men who only have selfish
! Interests to promote and that. far from
" being "a '.poor mans calnraign fof3bet-
y ter@times,"5it IL n campaign backed by
4 the midst gigantic and The grccllcst
trust IN the country-a trust composed
Il or 'multl-milllonnires seeking II fabulous
profit ut the expense OF the people.
-s.-.- =. !S tlitE
Congresanian Turner, OF New York,
Y who has been stamping West Virginia
n .for5the PopocrltIc cause, has had him.
self interviewed in Washington and
+ says that during his trlpI he heard o. on,
4 actlys81.l0o Republicans who VIM vote
for Bryan. or course Mr., Turner COUNT
ed them. carefully and got them down