The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-10

age is not free coinage. Free coinage is
the coinage Of Bill Smith and Tom
Jones. without regard to the parity OF
the dollar with gold. !
But the, game vote that elects Bryan
Will elect a Democratic Congress-don't
forget that, And have no more doubt Of
the destruction OF our public credit in
( the event OF Bryan's election than that
stand here tonight. And that Is the
last thing on earth that the people
want. III
Means Free Trade.
They are just as determined now TO
have free trade as ever they were.
Bryan said he was. surprised when told
that he had been nominated; said that
this was a contest of plutocracy and the
masses, OF the rich and the poor. What
did he say that for? To make the Labor
Ing man mad. He had no other object.
Any man who stirs up luminosity be-
tween capital and labor. places torch
In the hands of labor and dagger In
the hands. of capital-thc man who does
that Is a public enemy and n dema-
sosue. (Cheers). Capital cannot live
without labor, nor labor without capt
tai. They work hand in hand and must
not be Raparated.
: This whole cry of Imperialism Is
simply TO inllame the public mind. And
what does Bryan care for the laboring
man? True he ownsla thirty-acre farm,
and hassome oats. Uaughter). Every
good heart sympathlzes with labor. 1t
makes my heart ache to see laborlng
man working in ditch for 4 dollar 4
day; think of 1t, for Just $500 year.
But that man Is an enemy of labor who
seeks to assassinate the capital that
employs labor (Cheers). Bryan asks
what we have ever done for labor. Ionlt
Mt those blazing fires, those chlmncys
spoutinG smoke, those busy mills. and
then ask what the Republican party
has done for labor.
1.-THE electlonfof Mr.. Bryan, In addI-
ton to the money question, means that
We will have free trade. That is an
absolute certainty. did not especially
blame the people In 1892 for voting for
free trade. They had never seen Il ut
work. True, the fathers OF the younger
men knew something about free trade
and they advised them to have nothing
to do with it-but the boy knew more
than his father. The record of 50 had
been written but the present generation
wouldn't believe It."
The Blush of Shame
Continuing, Senator Burrows gave
that familiar Democratic argument Of
the suit of clothes that would be so
much cheaper with free trade. but
they failed tortell you that with free
trade YOU would have nothing with
which to buy the suit. The policy Of
free trade shuts up our mills. Those
three years of free trade following The
election Of 1892 drove 100000 of honest
working men into the street Many
whose cheeks had never colored with
shame we're compelled to satisfy hunger
at the public soup houses. Who humili-
ated the, workingman? The Demo-
cratic party! (Cheers). Now, my
friend, you have no excuse. But now
you Will not do II over again. II you
think. Of doing it again, Just look your
wife and children In the face. You
won't do It. But remember. the Demo-
Gratis have placed free trade In the
background, and have put on the mask
OF Imperialism. What did Bryan buy
farm for now? Just to fool the farmer.
Nothing else. He knows nothing about
farming" Continuing. Senator Bur-
rows told OF the cartoon showing Bryan
in an attempt to catch the animal label
ed German vote" with "ImperIalism"
aud "AtIlitarlstn," and all the while
holding at his back out OF view The
bride ofS"Sixteen to One"
What Free Trade Means.
1.-THE laborIns people will not be de-
ceived on the tariff question. II you do
1t Is your own fault. Just as sure as
Bryan Is elected on November 6, the
mills OF this country Will begin con-
tractlng their business on the 18th: on
the Sth there will be another and fur
Their contraction In order to save them
selves from ruin.
;"Alany voted the Democratic ticket in
1892 because 1t was said that the tin In
their dinner buckets was taxed. To-
day. Instead OF paying s2i 100000 to for
elgners for our tin plate. we pay II cut
at home. (CheerS). Perhaps our din
ner pail is taxed one-eighth OF a cent.
It's n great burden. isn't 1t. my Demo-
cratic friends? You voted for free
trade In 1892. Then where was your
dinner phil? You put 1t on the shelf.
didn't YOU? The working people would
rather have. n dinner pail doing busi-
less. With n little tax on II, than on the
shelf doing nothing (Cheers). Now,
II you go into this thing again you 10
1t with your eyes wide open.
'1mperillism Is n ghost; don't be de-
Ccived by II. Where are the soup
houses-the one industry established b.
the Democratic purity? (Chccrs). The
mills are running and there IL prosperi-
ty everywhere. You are to determine
what You want. II You vote for free
trade and free silver you shall have It
SO far rs i am concerned as n United
States senator.
The Trusts.
what Is their criticism of the pro-
tectlve tariG? That It makes trusts.
That Is true. 1t makes business. You
can't have trusts when there Is no busI-
ness doing. Therefore, when the Demo-
rcatic party Is In power there are no
trusts--thrn there is nothing to COM
bine. Their famous remedy Is free
tradc--then there will be no industries
and no trusts.
How is 1t possible to prevent two
business men from combining? How Is
Ii possible to prevent two farmers from
combining their farms to run them
cheaper? You might set fire to the
business mems stores; that.is the DEM
ocratic remedy. Our policy Is not to
destroy but to foster Where comblna-
lions are made for the purpose Of rails
Ing prices, the state and federal courts
have declared them Illegal. The Re-
publican party IL the only party that
ever wrote an ANTITRUST law ,lpon the
statute books of the United States.
More than that, an amendment to the
constitution OF the United States giving
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