The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-08

free coinage OF silver. They had met
the enemy ana would meet them again.
II Bryan was elected the child Imper-
;ialisHi would be Sc, aside and the
m9ther-in-law 10 TO ] would be made
paramount. The American people sit
ting as q great jury would continue the
present partyiin power for four years to
conc N 3
The present platform OF the Demo-
cratic party. Mr.. schnck continued,
would break IN the middle. lust as the
10 to 4 platform had done and Bryan
would go down, 10 deep ana lgnomfnSus
oblivion never, to appear gain. u The
speaker referred to tha.one man policy
of Bryan dominating The Kansas 0Ity
convention and said that was lmperiafS
ism Of the blacklist type. He concihd-
ed With an eloquent perora,ion and sk!d
the Republican party would receive the
tribute, We'll done, thou good and
faithful servant: enter now into your
reward
Captain Dovener.
Captain Doyener was the .last speaker
introduced. HIS voice was somewhat
husky from a cold contracted at shsr-
rafd, and, he said he Swonld BE-. brief.
HeGwanted that follow Slthfths yquss-i
tion to be there the next time he came
tosBenwood and he could read all that
Bryan had said or Kineaid had written
and he would answer him.. He, had
heard all that Bryan had said and
there was not a single line that would
not make first class Republican, text, or
he had never read Scripture. he
was glad that he was q member OF the
party that did not have to change the
Issue every campaign or change what
was TO be the paramount issue. We
must look to the Republlca., party for
salvation. .retribGtion and progress of
the country. They were born to do good.
Captain Doveger here gave vivid
picture of the conditions in the sixties
and said the Democratic president re-
mained stolid and did nothing In the
face Of the approaching crisis. Then
twas that the grand old Abraham Lin
coin seized the helm OF the ship of state.
The cry of Father Abraham. come.
100000 more" was heard. In 'G5 we
We're dying the flag OF peace.
Bryan and the Sugar Trust.
Bryan was member Of Congress
when the Wilson bill was passed. and
made the sugar trust possible in this
country. They failed TO, reject the Ha-
wailan treaty which permitted sugar to
come into the country freq. He told OF
how the sugar trust bought up every
acre of tobacco and sugar in Porto Rico
In the anticipation OF free trade reg
inc and said they charged the trust IT,
teen cents and banded it back TO the
poor on the island The Inhabitants OF
the island were not complaining be-
cuse OF taxes. but 1t was the sugar
trust that was making all the noise. &
Inc speaker rtlefreu 10 lne lnconslSt-
ence OF the Democrats meeting IN con.
vention on independence day and said
Republicans were the true followers Of
the Jeifersonian Democracy. Jefferson
never ran on a platform constructed
for him. He quoted the first paragraph
Of the Declaration OF Independence and
said this only became possible by the
proclamation of Abraham Lincoln when
he freed the negroes.
Captain povaner was brief in his re-
marks on account Of feeling unwell. He
closed amid cheers. He called for three
cheers for William Mckinley and they
were given with Will and the echo
reverberated Ear and wide through the
hills surrounding the Industrial town.