The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-11

IL Whht u Silver Triumph Might bs-Some
sound Nanny atcu iioiieyo History viii
Repeat itssif and that tho GarHald Cam.
pulEn Parallels tho Present situation.
The h'd,hinDion, n. C. Star.
There arc sound money men on both
parties beginning 10 believe that an ap.
parent triumph for silver In the cleo.
tons Of next fall might provo to 10 a
blessing In disguise for tho credit OF tho
country. They arc by no means sug.
costing M abandonment Of this yeats
campaigna. They realize that nothing
Ia ever gained by running away. They
will put up tho worry boat fight possible,
and they hopo TO win. At the Same
time, u new light has boon turned on
tho situation which comforts them with
an Assurance not heretofore felt.
REGULATIONS OF 1850.
These mon have been rubbing up 70.
collections Of somo recent campaigns,
and going back no further than 1850,
they think they have found a situation
worthy oil study. At any rate, 1t shows
how quickly tho country responded in
that year TO the menace OF unsound H.
nance, and how swiftly popular favor
changed from the QUO party, that had
just won an important skirmsh, TO tho
other, that seemingly had been diuhod
by the result.
Tho Democracy entered Upon the na.
tlonal campaign with very high hopes.
General Hancock seemed likely to
prove most attractive candidate for
tho presidency. There was not a single
striking personal quality that he lacked.
lilo was handsome. engaging. brave,
generous and capable. AS man, soldier,
citizen he stood among the fret In the
land. lie was realistic typo OF King
Arthur, indeed. and, like the great
myth, was weak, il at all, only on tho
eide ola too perfect roundedness. There
we're those who could have wished him
a shining fault or two, simply to give
his character the higher color OF shaap
contrast. But, as he was, his friends
admired him aud his opponents feared
him, and along In August the sporting
politicians were laying odds on his
winning the race. The Republicans
were handicapped. General Garfield
was bong subjected to terrific tire,
and, kindly and eloquent man that he
was, he was Weakening under it. Some
spcts had been found on his record in
Congress, and the manner OF his nonii.
nation had cost him the interest OF sew.
erat men Of prominence in his party.
Mr. Conkling, in particular, had gone
home seriously disgruntlcd, and there
was no expectation Of hearing from him
on the stump in the campaign. Things.
all around. looked black when they
didn't look blue 70, the Republicans.
PLAGUED WITH 4 GREESBACK. CONNECTION.
But it turned out that the Democrats
were plagued with greenback connec-
ton that controlled them more than was
good for them. l, was the survivor OF
the soft money craze that had swept
the south and middle states n few years
before. This craze had been laid the
year previous in Ohio by the election OF
Charles Foster for governor over Gen.
Tom Ewing by large majority. But
hero 1t was again. shaken clear OF its
cerements, and lively as ever. Strange
enough, too, it was operating in the far
east now. and in tho Maine state cleo.
ton, which took place in September,
the ticket supported by the Greenback.
ors and the Democrats carried the day
at the polls.
The result startled the whole country.
Capital in every quarter at once took
alarm. In New York Democrats, as
we'll as Republicans, looked aakance at
tho roturns. What did they mean?
Was fiat money to prevail? Was tho
national credit to DO destroyed2 The
Democrats OF the sound money
school were profoundly disturbed.
What was their duty in tho premises?
Tho financial plank in their national
platform was satisfactory enough, but
here was n state election in which
Democrats had assisted in producing a
result construed everywhere a. a dat
money triumph. Could they afford
TO 20 any. further in such direction ?
As a matter OF cold, hard. business fact,
was it not desirable that in tho existin.
circumstances tho Republicans should
win in November