| Show ROBERTS AND HARRIS An audience of ot about three hundred voters assembled at the Opera h huse heuse use Wednesday afternoon to o hear Hon B. B H H. Roberts and Hon Ion Fisher S. S Harris Harri discus discuss the he political issues of the day Only about twenty four hours notice was given the local committee and considering the busy season of of the year ear and the fact that the meeting was held beld in m the day time the attendance was remarkable large The meeting was called nailed th tb to order by Ephraim chairman of the local ocal organization who introduced Hon Ion Fisher S. S Harriss as the first speaker Mr Harris made a aver ver very eloquent speech in wh ch he demon the inconsistent position in which the republican party hail hul placed laced itself by endorsing in Its lib platform the administration which represents ts the gold standard and anti also advocating the free freJ free ot art r two positions in to inconsistent Inconsistent consistent with each other He severely denounced the rel rei effort to make capitol out of the It war and declared declare that it was a war conducted conducted con con- ducted by the American people and not by any political party He tit tie in in strong terms term the efforts of the republican part party to ride into office over the ashes of our dead Soldiers I The be American people he le said will insist that the tte parties responsible for th the e outrages per perpetrated perpetrated upon upon our so soldiers diers on American soil after aher the war had harl been fought and won be brought to justice ustice His talk was clean cut CUI lo logical ical and convincing con It was wa his first appearance in this city and he made an excellent impression upon t Ie re e people The blacksmith orator Hon B BH BH H fl R. R bens bees was HAS the next speaker ant and andus his us speech which was confined chiefly to a discussion of the silver question was filled with sledge sledgehammer sledgehammer sledgehammer hammer blows at the republican pretension ol of a friendship for silvertie silver He tie said that the presence of a silver plank in the republican platform is a confession that silver is the issue That be being ng the case he contrasted at le length the position of the two parties nation nationally nationally nationally ally on that issue He showed by its national platform that the re republican republican re- re publican party is opposed to the free coinage of silver except by in international international international in- in agreement and proved by the failure of the Wolcott commission commission commission com com- mission to accomplish that object that the exception was wiped out and the party now stands a confessed enemy to the free and unlimited coinage of silver He said the issue of bimetallism was a national issue and the national policy of the parties was what decided their standing standing stand stand- ing upon it He stated that the harmony sought to be brought about by the republican state stats platform which endorsed both sides of the question would not pass out on election day By cs he showed t that at the fall in the price of silver since its had been marked by a corresponding fall lall in inthe the price of c commodities and and stated that the raise in the price of that metal which would follow a free coinage act would be accompanied nied by a raise in all com com- He compared the direct benefit claimed to have been received by this state on wool lead and nd sugar a as a result of ot the tariff with wilh the direct benefit that would be received received rec rec- from Irom free coinage through I Ithe the increased price of silver the revival of the mining industry and I Ithe the increased prizes pries cs of f all other showing conclusively that the free coinage of silver would I result in vastly more direct benefit benefi I to 10 the state stale than the republicans L claimed as a re result of the tariff In ID closing sinK h he Ji paid an eloquent tribute to Hon R. R N. N Baskin the democratic candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court II I was the first me meeting ting of 01 the campaign in this city and j judging cI from frum the pleased expressions ions o n of thoss thos present pre ent democrats and republicans it has accomplished a great deal of good for bimetallism in this place The speakers left for lanti Manzi lantia Manzia a few moments after the the me meeting where they will address an another lh r meeting Thursday they will speak at Sterling at I 10 It o'clock in the the- morning at Mayfield in m the afternoon afternoon after after- noon and iu in the evening at Gunni son |
