The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-19

silver. (Applause). And II you want
to continue the present prosperity you
will have 70 vote for the retention In Of
fee OF President Mckinley (Applausc)
and the continuance OF the policies for
which he stands.
Militarism.
And, gentlemen. our opponents, MIR.
Bryan and his supporters. ask you to
give up your present prosperity; to give
up the honor of the flag: to give up that
spirit OF orderly liberty under the law
for which this republic should ever
stand; and they ask you to give 1t up
for fear Of militarIsm and Imperialism!
| (Laughter). Militarism! Comrade.
| (pointing to a veteran OF the blue
standing near by, have seen
q great many OF the men
wearing the button that shows that
they fought In the Union army, and in
Kentucky had with me on the train
and on the platform some Of your GAL
liant foes, like General Buckner, General
Basil Duke I have fought under Joe
Wheeler. my companion. Col. Guild,
has fought under Fitzhugh Lee, and you
saw In battle more men engaged in one
day than there are now regular soldiers
in the entire army of the United States.
(Applausc).
Our Own Kinsfolk. Sit
Coming along here to-day, right up
from the station to here. have met
several OF these threats. They are now
called "threats"-to our liberty. One
Of the threats" was In my own rcgi-I
ment down at Santiago. There was u
colored man who had fought In the
Twenty-fourth IEfantry-(risht on our
left there. you remember. A voice
I'll never forget it.") There was n
white man who had fought in the Third
cavalry whom l commanded at one
time In the San Juan fight. regular SOL
dlers. those two, formerly; both: Of
them now citizens like anyone else.
These $1,000 regulars, they are your own
leinsfolk. your own friends. some Of
them are in the audience here. listening
to me. and you are asked, you 75,000,C0o
Of freemen are asked to be afraid of
$4,000 OF your own kinsfolk II they wear
Uncle Sans uniform. daughter and
applause.) There are OF them S6-1o0 Of
q man, with a corresponding fraction
of gun. for every thousand people In
the United States. and II there exists
in West VirSinia-which I doubt-a
single individual so timid as to be
afraid OF about IN ounce and a half Of
q regular soldier QauGhter)-well. L
want TO relieve him from his fright.
There are enough veterans OF the Union
and Confederate armies to protect him.
(Applause.)
Irresistible Appeal.
And I appeal tc every man who is n
man. to every American who believes
In Amercan!sm. to stand with US in
this fight. northerner and southerncr,
casterner and westerner whether he
and his father wore the Blue or wheth-
err. II they have worn the Gray, he now
stand like Fitzhugh Lee. Buckncr, old
Joe Wheeler. Basil Duke; whether he
was born abroad or here. whether his
parents came from Germany or Ire.
land. or have lived for generations on
this soil: black or white: Catholic or
Protestant; Jew or Gentle; II he is a
good American, challenge the right to
his support. Applause) a'srs.
We now can see, shoulder to Shout
der together, the men of the Blue and
the men of the Gray rs they fought In
the Spanish war. And there.
o. my fellow Countrymrn. we saw down
at Santiago, the Ninth and Tenth caval-
ry. the Twcnty-fourth and Twenty-ffth
Infantry. men CT America Of darker
faces. shedding their blood leaving
their dead and wounded as they went
up the hill.
Consent of the Governed.
Mr.. Bryan Is very nervous about .b.
consent OF the governed when he is
dealing with u Tasal bandit, who is
shooting at the blue uniform on thc
other side Of the water but he hn, not
n word to say or behalf of the doctrine
Of the consent OF the governed when 1t
is question Of our own fellow citizens
IN North Carolina. (Applause.) In
kentucky the Goebclites not only dis
eliminate against white and black Re-
publicans, against Gold Democrats bu,
even against Silver Democrats. IL they
don't belong To their faction; and there
the peoples Will has been violated. md
by fraud man put In as governor
who was not elected to MI the o,lIcc
There Is violation indeed Of the con-
sent OF the governed doctrine. Mr..
Bryan comes down TO Kentucky N
speak for whom? For the people who
are ruled without their consent nv
fraud! NO. he comes TO speak on be-
hait OF those who pervert our ins,,,u-
tons, violate the ballot box and do the
ioulest wrong that can be committed
10 our Republican institutions. (Ap-
plause.)
Organism Paramount.
ana VIII tell you the paramount is
sne' Mr.. Bryan does not always rcco,-
iect which is the paramount issue from
week to week. l Will tell 1t to you. 1t
Is brSanism. Applause.) Bryanism
spells In Illinois hltgeldsm, with an mr..
Commandment OF anarchy and bomb
throwing; In my own state 1, ,.,,,