The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-18
WHEELING pAIIY INTEILGENcER SEPT 1901

nspociation and the Addyston Iron pine
concern. That is the only ANTITRUST
law on the statute books to-day i. !, Com.
Ing downa step nearer the present day.
the speaker told Of the Incoming Of the
Democracy into complete power in ls9.
The Democrats claimed the sherman
antitrust law vas Unconstitutional. In
Congress at that tins was one william
J. Bryan. OF Nebraska. who introduced
an alleged Antitrust bin that was
referred TO the committee on ways and
means-and there 1t was buried, and
found accidentally only Few month,
ago. covered with dust. Tho truth Is
that Mr. Bryan was not sincere and
did not want that bill to sec the lish, Of
day after Its reference to the ways and
means committee.
Mr.. Bryan's present proposition, II
was shown. is very weak. and is clearly
illegal, as any lawyer but one. William
Jennings Bryan. will tell you. That
was an apt suggestion which would
have Mr.. Bryan hire lawyer Instead
OF hiring halls around the country.
Concluding. Mr.. Nesbltt said tbe
Democracy is fighting this year under.
false pretences-lt is not sincere with
the people. The Republican party rep.
resents protection. prosperity and
sound money, and patriotism. Tho
Democratic party represents an oppo-
site policy, free trade, free silver and
contraction. haul down your flag:
bring the boys in blue home; shrink up
your country Into little hermit M.
tion." Democratic success means FREE,
trade and free silver; a currency that
will make us a laughing stock In tho
eyes Of the world.
Mr.. Arbenz's Speech.
Mr.. John Arbenz, jr., was the NEXT
speaker, and prefaced his remarks with
an anecdote or two that put his audi.
ence In good humor. Beware Of
false prophets" was the burden Of the
speakers talk, and he nptly Illustrated
by recalling the false prophesles OF
Bryan in 1896. Then this man predict
ed that the bottom would drop out OF
everything II free silver were defeated.
But what happened? With the triumph
of Mckinley and honest money conf
dence was restored and prices went up
until wheat advanced beyond It's high
water market: right out here at Elm
Grove the wages OF the miners nd
vanced from fifty-one cents q ton to
eishty-one cents. And so in all other
lines. Bryan is not sincere: he is self
seeker, and cares not jot for your In
terests and mine. This year Bryan is
crying out about imperialism and mill.
tarism, knowing these are not Issues.
because he knows he cannot win on
the read issues Of free trade and free
silver. because hewants to be President.
and wants to fool til people into voting
for him. This cry of Imperialism Is ri
diculous, absurd: most OF our additions
OF territory came to US under Demo-
cratic administrations; we didn't ask
for the consent of the governed" In the
case Of the Mexicnns or the Indians.
Such rot the speaker had never heard:
to come from the party of slavery. the
party that nearly disrupted the union,
the party that takes from the colored
man his well-earned right to vote-toj
come from such source II Is not only
ridiculous. It Is insincere and untrue.
The speaker made an excellent point
at the expense of Bryan. when he told
OF the latter's going to thu Hotel Wind
scr and filling his dinner bucket with
porterhouse steak and other good
things. while that great crowd was held
nearly an hour on the wharf in the rain.
What did we get In 1892 from the
party Of mice promises? Nothing but |
hard times. idleness and despair. The
mar who was willing to work; the man
who felt the obligation to family-this
dIgnifled American laborlng man was
forced by the Democratic party to pat
ronize soup-houses and aid institutions.
Those were the days when the laboring
man had to drop his head In distress
and humiliation. We all remember
those days. But where are they to-
day? My friends. they don't flourish
under Republican rule. But don't take
my word for 1t; exercise your own in.
telllgence and remember your own re.
sponsibility when you 60 to the polls.
Remember you have a higher duty than
TO vote for man who wants your sup
port Just because he wants to be Pres
ident."