The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-24
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4 Correspondent Who Wants Protection
for tho Loading Issue nnd Mckinley FOR
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4 Correspondent Who Wants Protection
for tho Loading Issue u Mckinley for
President.
To The Editor Otihs htti0tHttr,
SlR:-lfyou grant mo tho space in tho
columns Of your valuable paper, | wish
to say a iew words regarding our mex.
nominating convuntionu and our i,suOs.
Ono Of tho great difficulties with all
partics Is tina. tho laborlng clas, Of poo.
pie, by which ! mean tho farmer, mo.
rhanir. miner, anh all other common
laborcrs. arc not Justly heard In tho
nominations OF our leaders.
l;vcr aincs tho beginning OF our nom.
mating conventions n fcw party leaders
hayo sometimes nominated ihcir
iriends, aud then called on US to elect
them. This custom seems TO liayo
grown up In both parties, until tho Ia.
boring people hava demanded to 10
hoard. In 1892 thcy turned down tho
party In power because thoy wcrc no:
Justly heard IN SOLICITING our leaders. In
1894 We recognized who did tho voting,
aud never before wero tho workinImon
moro Justly heard than In 1894. What
was tho resultP A gain OF ovor 2,00o, :
0N votes, which has completely para.
lyzed tho Democratic party. Now, why
not continue tho good work, and sol oct
u man who, by hia public acts. has
shown hi, love for tho labOrlng people,
upon n platform with protection as tho
chief issua.
I have spokcn with many OF our.poo.
nle Of this county, and askod their onIn.
ion rcgIrdin the question, and | find
that they want protection q, our ciiiut
issue and n protoclionist TO huad tho
ticket. Thoy MISC want sound money
and "lots OF It." We want all tho silver
dollars wo can rot rs long as tho ailyor
dollars purchasing power Is equal 10
that OF a gold dollar. | look on the
great silver cry as n flag raised by
tho Democratic party 10 hide
their dirt behind, and By u
iow western Republican politicians
to boom a Western man for president.
In 1894 We made our fight on tho Mc.
kinlcy TART, and reciprocity and buried
tho Democratic party. They know they
cannot make another campaign on thu
tariil question. Tho Donlocranc Con.
gross spcnt ono whole session trying to
pass a tariff bill. patched it 40 tituos
and mado II botch Job Of It,, The su.
promo court ha, already declared q part
OF 1t unconstitutional and should DO so
with tho remainder. The constitution
empowers Congress to protect aad pre-.
sorve our industries, but docs not ON.
power it to destroy thon.
Tho saine Congress spsnt two whole
sessions wrestling with tho financial
question, aud made u complete failure.
which showed that they were less ablo
TO handle thu money question than tIiov
we're the tariff. Thon why give than n
third chance to deceive the peoplop II
We adopt protection as the chief Issue
in Il next campaign, must wo not
select one who is loader on this issue2
And whore Is II man who could head the
ticket OIL such Il platform better than
william Mckinley? In conclusion let
mo rapen. tho words OF Senator John
Sherman: Give Us protection and an
honest dollar" Ic., give W tho plat
forms Of 1892 and 1891, with Mckinley
for President, q. ". Atkinson for .ov.
ernor. Dovener for ConvreIs. or sood
men like them. and with good Republic
cans on tho remainder OF tho ticket We
will give tho Democratic party a blow
that it will never recover from.
Very respectfully.
CHAs. l.. SwiNr.
WtS,On, ". Va, June Il.