The Monitor-register., 1896-09-04

Three-COrnered Polite al Debate az
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AlcyOn Park.
A large number of people gathered at
Alcyon Park, near Pisman Grove, on
Wednesday to listen to a three.cornered
debate on the issues of the present cam,
paign.
The orators of the day were the Hon.
T.R Carskadon, of West Virginia, who
championed the principles as set forth in
the Prohibition platform; the Hon.
Thomas V. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, who
discussed sound money, and the Hon.
William s. Daily, Senator from Hudson
county, who spoke on free silver in place
of Senator Stewart, of Navada, who was
unable to be present at the meeting.
The meeting was called to order BY ID.
W. G~arrigues, of Woodbury., who presided
at the sessions. G. P. Jones, of Phila-
delphia, was made secretary, and the
following list of Vice Presidents was
announced: F. R. Stanger, w. II. Glover,
Il. H. Holmes. Arthur Downer, VIM.
Downer, H. F. Nixon, A. M. Seabrooke,
G. r. Brown, ]. ID. Carpenter, j. s. Bsnn,
W. A. Summerill. P. G. Higgins, A. G..
Graw, Theodore Brown, q. E. Pierson,
VIM. Dufield, E. G. Gruff, G. B. Cook,
Joseph Morgan. ST., and F. s. Albright,
The Hon. T. r. Carskadon, represent
ing the Prohibition Party, was the first
speaker introduced. Mr.. E. II. Holmes,
of Clarksboro, in presenting Mr.. Carska-
don, referred to him as the Lincoln of
West Virginia" The speaker was
heartily applauded on taking the platform
and proved himself to be- one of the most
interesting orators that has ever been
heard in this section of the State. He was
perfectly at home on the subject of Pro
hibitiOn principles and displayed marked
ability in presenting facts and figures of
all the political parties, and in such a
manner as to win hearty encomiums from
his political opponents on the stump. A
brief synopsis of his speech follows:
"When we look on the political compli-
cations of this nation we are astonished
that men who have been given the right
of suffrage do not use it in the right way.
Such circumstances as now exist in this
country have never faced any civilized
nation of the world. 1t is, indeed, a sad
situation. The liquor traffic lies at the
centre of all social and political evils. 1t
silences the voice of religion; it obstructs
political reform. You ignore these facts,
but expect to be prosperous. This nation
to have success must break from this curse
the liquor trafic-and | have no more
faith that this country can enjoy pros.
perity until this curse is wiped out than l
have that you can stop the Niagara Falls
with a straw or blot out the sun with a
parasol. IL is harder to-day to make one
dollar than it was to make ten several
years ago. Where the wicked rule the
people will mourn and that fits our
case"
The Hon. Thomas V. Cooper, Of Penn.
~ tuans -oc ,,.k k-1.L ~ AZ
Horace F. Nixon, of Woodbury.. Mr..
Cooper was greeted Nth round after
round of applause. and after quiet had
oeen restored he settled down to a
thorough and mastery discourse on sound
money. He dwelt at length on an exhaus-
tive review of the Republican party, it's
principles and what that party had &C
com plished since it's birth. aud quoted
facts and figures to back up his assertions
In the cOGIse of his remarks he said !:
The Republican party has always been
the progressive party. When it wanted
to give the negro civil rights and suffrage
the Democrats kicked, but the kick
amounted to nothing, for the slaves were
freed, were granted the power of suffrage,
ard are voting yet. The Democratic
tariff for revenue only was a cheat and
fraud, and never met the expenses of the
country. The Republican party advocates |
sound money, which will not only bring
prosperity, but honesty and honor to the
flag. The Altgeld Anarchistic plank in
the Chicago platform will go down in dis |
honor in this, the year of our Lord, 1896 i"
Senator Daily, of Hudson county, the
stalwart Democratic warrior from that
stronghold OF Democracy, was next intro
duced, and made a stirring address for
Bryan and free silver. Mr.. DAILY, who is
we'll Gnown in the halls of legislation as
an able orator, sustained his record as a |
forcible speaker, and kept his large audi
enee in the best of humor by his witt
cisms and blunt way of presenting argu-
ments against sound money and in favor
of free silver. In concluding, the speaker
said: "Monometalism is not for the best
interests of a free people. Republicans
concede that bimetalism is the only true ,
policy, but rot until it is International |
When that time comes you and l will
have passed to the other shore. Lincoln's
quotations Or the questions of finance are
taken as standard, and if you believe 10
Lincoln you cannot believe in the mon
strosities enunoiated in the Republican
platform. Blaine, one of the grandest orna-
ments our country ever produced, declared
for both metals. Never has a country
suffered more from the single standard
than we have. Why has the Republican
party changed SO since 1892, when their
platform advocated a double standard?
What has become of that PLATFORM" A
voice-"The Democrats stole it'll Mr..
Daily read quotations from many states
men, all of whom, he said, advocated a
double standard"
At the conclusion of Senator Days
speech a recess was taken for dinuer, the |
large crowd dining in the pavilion and
park adjoining.
At 2 O'Clock the afternoon meeting was
called to order and the speakers were
given another half hour each to answer
their opponents.