The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28
THE NIGHT MEETING
The Biggest Political Gathering Ever
Seen in This City.


The Biggest Political Gathering Ever
Seen in This City.
| The evening meeting In the big tent
was even larger in point Of numbers
than the afternoon meeting. and fully
| Its equal In the manifestations Of en-
thuslasm. It was undoubtedly one Of
the largest, II not the largest political
gathering ever assembled In the state.
Long before the time OF opening the
stream Of humanity commenced to pour
into the tent, and by 1850 fully 5000 peo-
pie had arrived. At s O'Clock. the time
| set for the mssting 70 epnmenee epery
seat In the vast auditorium was ocrii-
pied, and great banks Of humanity rose
everywhere from behind the rear rows
of benches. It was estimated that not
less than 1900 people were within the
confines OF the canvas while outside
we're hundreds waiting their turn as
occasionally some OF those In the rear
dropped out.
Hon. Stewart l.. Woodford's Speech.
Men OF Ohio:
i come to Columbus again with mingled
greet old friends, 6ut cannot forget that
here IN 1876, Thomas Ewing and myself
closed our joint discussion on the tinance
question. Since then he has passed away.
dier, persuasive orator and a faithful
friend. Peace be with his ashes.
Our debate WIS upon the resumption OF
specie payments. The Democracy of Ohio
possibility Of such resumption and de-
manded tho repeal Of tho resumption law.
We Republicans stood by the law and said
sSa9 would ss e sssn ohio 5ss yo;sa
With us by small bus sure majority, and
specie resumption became fact. Since then
every greenback dollar, whether held by
. bank or workingman, has been as good rs
tllment has made and keeps that promise
To-day tEs form Of the finance question
back tie form form ns S sSa bell Ssi.ge hat
II will remain as long as legal tender paper
money remains part OF our financial sys-
To-day our Democratic friends state this
question thus; "Shall we open our mints
TO the free aud unlimited coinage of both
silver aud gold at the ratio OF 10 to / with
ont waiting for the aid or consent Of any
other nntlon3
You will remember that our mints are
open today TO the free unlimited coiuage
OF gold without charge and without re-
s. 5sN except es e weight and nepess
ocraticparty demands this free and unlimited
coinnge o. silver. In this demand II IL
supported by the Peoples party.
eoSrs 81 liver s spsSsssD ,hf n ae@
tionnl agreement with the leading CONNER
clal nations Of the world. The Republican
party pledges Itself to promote such inter
such agreement can be obtained the exist.
Ing gold standard must be preserved.
The Democracy further demands that tho
leEa! tender paper Issued by the govern.
ment shall be rpdcemable In coin.
inc Peoples party makes no such re-.
str!ction, but demands national money
TO- e. pc issued BY the general government. and
that the volume OF circulating medium be
speedily Increased.
u believe aud shall try to proye thnt the
d t,sa ,n, q nsmscrasy i honestly car
basis and make our legal tender naper
practically rndeemable in silver alone
This IL lust where Mexico. China and
in t1a are. silver monoInetallIsm.
Honest fulhllment OF populIst nledres
would put us on paper basis. redeemahie
IN paper aud In paper alone, and lust where
no ,, slyil r. land In the world ls today. 1t
deeab sSsp 81 a sssp spaSles .r re-
or Foundation for any suDerstri,etnre ~
business, farming or labor.
asreueelhnDle paper money always berets
n.
crease. And such Increase has ALVIN w anda,
In FORMULATION. s''ueu
For convenience let me consider the Pom.
aIist position first. and then the Demo.
The world has had three experience. ~,
iopnlist finance within the last Two hundred
John Law. the minister Of finance In
France, tried the experiment In iTail nna
every scrap OF his paper Issues was Gnaiiv
.epnuia,en. Thut was during the absolute
Ihe French republic tried the experlmen,
again ~ lISp aid continued II Far seven
years, The great TaiiyralM fought the IL.
M e 81 pSpeGs IT,, money money BY The government
words lyon me c,e ea1 nfs arsn,nont Into these
the people shall be forced TO fake = ~ ,S hun.
safu iralcs ~ paper lnstend Of a thonsnnd
t Z, nc IN specie but you eau never arranr.,.
u 20 thnt u man shall he Obliged IN 49,
Thousand francs In specie for tbo,inIn sS
francs IN paper; In that fact Is Imhsdas'i
tne entire question. and on account OF ihat
ovcrho rr Taole system falls, He was
Those issues Of paper were called .ss,, u
mats They rose TO the enormous nmonIss.
SI e ,s' ny, ksI thousand million francs They
Kept al NM mr. n mn at; They could not be
every possible means 81 IesIs.t sIssNl ss
even employed tho guilotine intl heho,SannIa
~ ar VINO re.Hsea ti's paper and who dared
ditional Issue Of paper which thcy a na, nu,
a maaaats: They decreeti, and i quote isa
new paper %Sse Sl . tasT decree that their
and rs good as gold" The mandais g rnsa
70 Two thousand five hundred mIillons,
S Spne ts ss ne previous issue Of asssna,s
sun the French republic had ont over ih, spt
e,gnS thonsAnd million frnncs In nansr
,fss Ind AlIs sa f5Sss the dollar dollar
money, This Is what tLs 49,. - upper
ment Of French assembly found 10 Il. ." ~,
oS S'hou ait suillclcnt TO meet the deinanas
The 'i nut lsy an" POPULATION aud to restore
tion.s The use ithe guillotlne smnha sI.sS
the nnni notion OF the French nssa,nHIv y,
paotinins such Hesitation ms would .pre. -.
W r ,uS aen"raaIaticn Of the lawful money
changed the words of the 81 Louis ni s,e
foim to France, aud you can annIv ia, ,.v.
anu anu, sermon s to suit yourselves. The N.
Tempt inllcd. The gold colin then caiis.,
louis and afterwards napoleon NV. s,aH
ny quoted at an advancing premium, IAN J,'.
,ng ,.d me entire paper monry dehauch. TSere
Inc nansr NJ ~ , nSa ~, %Iell Il would not buy
ness common sense OF France knew mus, wu..-
| ured tho actual difference In ynIun ho.,,,,.,.
,hat paper aud the gold. Tie crash MAI e'n
.,,S S", 1,, ~ .rsntnary. li1d, one franc In
Eo,n nougNt 2SS francs of the pnner rn1
raid Tor ns much bread. cloth or inho. .', y.
| the IN francs la paper would Inv ~ "s
majority OF IS TO / the galdbngs had hs,,.
en- III. PAPER moth nnI II was inevi,a ara.'
The crash CANT. aud the day after tba ,r,",.
the paper money of the grai repubiI.
| whose soldiers were then MARCHING. h, ~
umph over Italy and through ,s;,fr,1 IN M
repe, was worth Just what an equal s,,,o f.n
OF equally good paper made for any o,hat
| PURPOSE was worth In the paper f;,ctn a.,er
OF France. u was paper pulp aud nothIn.
Then hy strange coincidence, In July INN
jnst 100 years before the DcInocr,tis' =. Nv W.