The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-22
EnInr ON GreenhaeIkery.

wAsHNGroS, October 20.-An interview
with Representative Tom Ewing, of Ohio
| is published to-day. In reply to an in
quiry if he thought the Greenback move
ment was subsiding, General Ewing said;
'.The idea Is pfep6sserous, The move,
ment Is gathering iorce and volume every
DAY. The oPpositionpto resumption and
bank money carried Indiana by Il, coo and
Ohio by about 5000, and gained eleven
Congressmen in the September and Oc-
tobeI elections. Does that look ike sub
siding?"
Q. DO you regard the result in Ohio as a
Democratic victory? A. 1t was Demo-
cratic gain OF three Gonsressmep, and q
loss Of the State ticket by about one-halt,
the plurality by which We lost it in 1875,
when we had the last full vote. 1t was
not, however, an emphatic endorsement
OF the "OhIo Idea" the supporters Of
which were unfortunately divided, and
hence lost several Congressman and the
State ticket, which, had they been united,
they would have won.
@. What influence do you think the Ma
tional movement will have on the fortunes
OF the old pafties3 A. Isthink and hope
1t viii 'eause-a reeast otthe two great par
ties. The Republican party Is and will
certainly remain the party Of forced re-
sumption and bank money. Three-iourths
Of the Democratic party isalready commit
ted to the repeal OF the resumption scheme
and the substitution of greenbacks for
bank notes. These are the foremost and
vital questions Of the day. No shutting
evasions OF the issues will be tolerated by
the people in either leaders or platforms.
Both parties must meet them honestly and
squarely. Hence Greenback and anti.
resumption Republicans will come to us,
and bank money and forced resumption
Democrats will 90 TO them. The National
movement j. think will predpitate this
result, but II the Democracy should at
tempt to 20 on as the party OF the people
in the West, it will lose its grand oppor-
tunity. The National party will then grow
formidable and the division which lost US
Ohio, will lose US the next Presidential
election, or give at least a mere chance OF
thrswing the election in the House.
. @. What will follow this resumption;
are we to have q let-up or further con-
tinued decline. in gaiuableS2, "A. Resump-
ton Cansonly be maintained by continued
low prices Of land, labor and products,
and continued poverty OF the masses: We
are subject to drain not less than $780,
600 900 each year to Europe to pay inter-
est on bonds and mortgages, and expenses
of foreign travel and OF foreign shipping.
This has been paid by US heretofore very
largely in gold, causing constant drain OF
our precious metals TO Europe. This
drain must be permanently stopped before
resumption can be established, The Re-
Law has for q time stopped the
drain, hut how? 1t has destroyed at least
one-third Of our home market by i'm
poyerishing the masses, and has
broken down wages to pauper
prices, so that the values OF our breadstutts
and manufactures have fallen so low that
they are taken abroad in largely increased
quantities, while our power to buy tea,
coffee, sugar and other foreign articles OF
necessity and lnxnry is vastly diminished,
so that, through the falling off of imports
and the increase OF exports, the balance
of merchandise trade is largely in our favor,
and the shipment OF coin abroad to pay
Indebtedness and expenditures is nearly
stopped. In short, think the resumption
scheme is bound to wait, either by n re-
newal OF the drain Of gold through an i'm
provement OF prices, or by the popular
discoul which will grow in force as long as
hard times continue: -tis Etltsst
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