The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-12

hoped to raise the price OF silver, aud
passed the Sherman silver bill. But
that experiment taught US one thing:
that one nation could not remonetize
silver.
The 1858. Panic.
So Mr. Cleveland, seeing capital was
frightened andwe were indanserot be-
coming on q parity with Mexico, organ
lied the 6sh, against the Sherman act,
and IT was repealed By the aid OF Re-
publican votes But hers came the
Bryan Democrats, apa, gold WIS drawn
out of the ueasp.zS5 u. spectators until
the reserve was cut u. $40. oo0,0Q0, while
the legal reserve was siooc0o.OoO. Then
IL was that Cleveland issued 500. 100000
In bonds, and we owe him an endless
debt for saving our commercial honor.
(Cheers.) But confidence was gone:
manufacturers- could not borrow money
to pay wages;we'csrt do business with
out conAdenoG.si.i1r Is based on conf
dence in business. Loss OF confidence
and the Wilson bill brought the dis
tress. Then. In 1896. you wanted a
change and you got 1t. And you've got
1t in the pocket. (Cheers.) And you
want another change. (cries of MOI
Yes you do, you want change from
tn, first to the second administrations
OF William Mckinley. Great ap-
plause)
The Dingley Bill.
We passed the Dlngley bill, protec-
tice tariff act in line with our belief.
which insured good American wages.
Suppose on the other side OF the Ohio
there was another country, and you
started 4 wooden factory there. You
make as good q product us l do. but
you pay % per cent less wages than l
do. You could drive me out of the mar
ket In six months. I have two rene
dies, reduced wages, or can make the
other man pay the difference In duties.
The Republican party has sworn that 1t
will not reduce wages but will make
the other fellow pay for coming here
with his goods. That's what makes
the difference In the standard of living;
we have luxuries. pictures on the wall.
a balance in the savings bank, 1t means
quiet and rest, with no care or worry
for the well being OF our family. We
are going to stand by this principle as
long as the Republican party lives.
tCheers.)
Mr.. Bryan has made speech-a
number of speeches. Uaughter.) He
is 4 man of irreproachable character
he is man of liberal vocabulary. he Is
magnetic. he can make. the same speech
more times than any man In the coun-
try. The speaker said he was old fash
toned in his views on the presidency.
Bryan was in Congress two terms, dur
Ing his first term he made 4 free trade
speech, In the next he made u free silver
speech. do not want.a man for Presi-
dent whose only business is running for
President. (Cheers.) Mr.. Bryan made
q speech. Naughter.l He said In 1896
II his party was defeated there would be
four years of harder times. (Derisive
laughtcr.) Has 1t been SO? Cries of
MOI He said wages would fall. Has
ne prophesIed anything that came true
Cry OF MOI Yes he has; he said wc
must stop borrowing in Europe, and
we've stopped, and Europe is borrowing
OF US. Our foreign trade has increased
and Is larger than ever before; the ex-
cess OF exports in three years of Nc
Kinley Is almost US great as in the pre-
ceding los years of our history.
We Prosper.
We have more gold than there is In
any other country in the world. We
said we would pass n sound money bill
and we did it. The Democratic plat
form calls for the repeal OF that bill
and for the standard of l6 to l. the same
proposition that drove us into endless
misery in 1893. Do you want 1t again?
(Cries of NO. Bryan and his party
are pledged to 1t. do not say that the
Democrats are pledged to 1t. for Bryan
is not a Democrat. He is u Populist
and silver Republlcan-you pay your
money and you take your choice. It's
all the same; We don't know what Bry-
an is pledged to or Is not pledged to.
The election OF Bryan means to ex-
change confidence for distrust; to tear
down our credit. which Is now the
highest: to contract currency; to drive
gold out OF cIrculatlon: that banks will
recall loans; means chaos. paralysis.
panic: that labor must resume Its
tramp; 1t means the soup house. Am
wrong about it? (Many cries Of NO. >
he Illustrates.
Two kinds OF money nearly equal, In
volume, of different value can't circulate
naturally and equally side by side.
Let ME illustrate. Suppose you owed
me S.. wish you did. Uaughtcr) For
under Mckinley you could pay 1t. Sup
pose you had three SIS bills. two bright
ard crisp and another old and greasy.
Which would you give me? c'Thc
greasy one." said some onc.) And SO
would l. You would let Mr.. Spooner
take the chance. Suppose you had 4
$40 gold piece in one pocket and ten sill
Yer dollars. which would you give me?
("Thc silver" from q yoIcc,) or course
you would. You'd unload on me. II
you had u new silver dollar and an old
smooth worn onc,you would give ms
the old one. OF course you would. It's