The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-26
IheGetslIigerte1s.
the silver Bill.

c,.,ker Randall yesterday signed th
cil,,, Bill, and it was transmitted to th'
S,,,,s With a message that the Hous'
SJ coucurred in all the amendments o
Su body. We presume that in accor
I,,,, With the announcement 20 thA
.S.ct The bill has been laid before th'
p,,.iJ.ut. Newspaper reporters ant
,,b,,, have tickled the public ear witt
,,iou, gues,es as to what the President
IN do in the premises.
Whether he will approve the bill oil
,s.tber he will consider the objections
N, features Of the bill so grave as TO re
,ri,. him to return 1t to Congress will
Il. affections to its becoming law, OF
,b.,bsr he will in view Of the genera
l..Irs Of the people for the restoration o.
tb.,ilyer dollar, simply allow 1t to be-
,,u. law by limitation are questions
roou which, we take it, no one has beer
empowered to speak authOritatiVely fol-
n. President. So closely has he KEEP
n. own counsel that it is doubtful
vb,tber those even in the intimacy oI
4, Cabinet Council have not failed tt
IL h.J,iIt of his intentions.
Rat whether the President approve OF
5impprOve the Silver Bill it is question
,bl. whether the future Of our finances
/, no, still an unsolved problem.
The division Of parties upon the ques
,iou has been such that neither can claim
N the honor, provided it should prove tc
b.tbe great good that has been foreShad
owed; neither can cast upon the other tht
risna Of the evil, il any, that may follow
h pu.sge. When a bill passes a Demo
cratic House Of Representatives and
Republican Senate by a majority SO over
vb,lming as did the Silver Bill, it 1
sheer folly to attempt to hold one or th,
other party solely responsible for ii
While many Of both parties in voting 70
the bill, honestly believed that they were
doing that which would tend most to re
Wv. prosperity in the land, II ia beyont
doubt that there were men who voted 70
ii with very different intent. There ar
several conditions under which the 6nan
eial question will remain 10 vex u
10 the future. In the frs
place il the working Of the la'
should be bad, that is to say, II itshoui,
fail to bring that relief to the depresse'
interests Of the country which has beel
hoped for, by those Congressman honest
y in favor Of the bill and which is ex
pscted by ths.peOple, the question viii
not be permitted to rest. Congress viii
be called upon both by the presen
friends and foes OF The measure to repai
The evil which it will have wrought
Volumes Of petitions from every depart
usnt Of industry will oyerwhelm Con
gress for relief Of some sort from III
impending general ruin.
10 tue next place, il the fears OF tn
honestly conservative members Of Con
gress should not be realized, that Is t
say, il the Silver law should not flood th
country with deprecated coin and brin
10 ita train reputation, imitation, e1
r.yagnnce and other kindred and attend
.nt lila, what will hsppen2 That othe
class who from the close OF the war, bot
10 Congress and out Of 1t, have advocate
lud labored both secretly and openly a
much as they dare, aud who hay
advocated the present Silver Bill in III
hope and belief that 1t would be the gran
contamination Of their project to repudi
ate in whole or in part the national obi
ga,iOns,' will not be content. They do nc
want silver dollar worth one huudre
cents in gold. They do not want a cur
rtucy that will discharge debts in fnl
They want no money that does not in =
large measure as possible cheat som'
body. Il is not the dollar Of the Father
which was worth one hundred and thre
CEN. in gold when It disappeared fror
the coinage, that they are looking for. ]
no: the double standard Of gold an
nlver that these men want, but the singl
standard Of silver and deprecated silve
a, that. II the coin Of our fathers doe
dot drive out gold "a a currency, as ha
been hluted by the silvery Jones Of M
udl, the question will not be allowed I
rest. II the silver law should turn ou
10 be that good which its conscientiou
supporters in Congress believe it to b.
il ii should bring that prosperity 70
shich the people hope, or il 1t shoul
turn out not to bO that unmitigated evi
Ehich honest conservatives feared, tn
liquidation party will not let the finar
sill question rest. Failing in the Schem
Oidepreciarion and initiation by debase
metallic currency, they will clamor 70
the renewed activity Of the governmer
printing presses, the issue Of untold mi
lions Of paper money. In any even
therefore, the financial question is likel
to be A'lively issue for an indefnit
length Of time. No other question ca
'uPplant it. It Is overshadowing in II
Importance, and will defy the slende
bounds Of party lines.