The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-29
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aneo mat whoever YOU may nominate
WIZ have tho hearty support Of all tho
canuidntoa and OF each Iuember of tho
convcn ton. You have also 10 sclect
several OF tho chiot executive officers of
tho state, l need not Impress upon
you tho Importance Of selectInr those
who VIII honestly and faithfully mar.
form tho dutios assigned thom.
You have q still higher duty, to an.
nounco tho principals and tho policy OF
tho Republican party In tho staie OF
Ohio aud In tho United States, What
yon will say horo will have an i'm por,ant
Influence beyond tho limits OF your
state, Tor tho Intelligent action ,ot the
hepnoIicans OF Ohio will, Us In tho
past, indicate tho opinions OF Ropubli.
cans OF all parts Of tho United States.
We OF commoa faith and creed, nc,
together on groat matters on principle.
on small matter tor discipline. Tho
primary and fundamental sentiment OF
tho Republican party Is lovo for our
country, our whole country. We arc
Tor tho union. ono and indivisible, now
and forcvor. Tho Republicans OF Ohio
arc not provincial, but national.
THEN AND NOW.
This is our corner.stoue, planted in
tho first Republican convention In Ohio
In 1856. We ntood by 1t in the storms
Of war WHOM Lincoln was our standard
bearer. Our soldiers fought for 1t
under Grant, Sherman aud Sheridan.
The soldiers OF Ohio carried our aay In
every great battle OF the war for the
preservation OF tho Union. Other pa.
triotic citizens aud soldiers were equal.
ly deserving OF honor and praise, but
thcy could not carry their party with
them. When Grant was In tho Wilder.
ness and Sherman was before Atlanta,
great party declared tho war failure.
Ours made 1t n success. When tho war
was over we did no. treat our enemies
as conquered subjects but az orring
brethren. We invited them back into
tho Union with unabridged powers, pro.
scribing only one condition, that there
should be no slaves iu our country. We
now meet them and greet them as
friends. and, turning our backs on dead
Issues. we congratulate them in their
prosperity, which they did not aud
could not have in their condition prior
to the war.
When tho war was over the Republi.
eau party developed its civil policy.
Firat OF all 1t declared its purpose to
pay every debt or obligation contracted
during or since the war. tha. tho public
filth should be unblomished. This
promise has been performed. In spite
OF oil temptation aud the shrieks Of
Populists We have discharged every OBJ.
legation contracted during the war, and
especially tho highest and most sacred
debt 10 the surviving soldiers Of the
war, their widows and Orphans. Tho
pension roll is roll OF honor. higher in
amount than any pension roll ever be-
fore provided by any nation. While
the Republican party Is in power i, will
only be diminished by the death OF pen.
sioners, q fate that awaits US all.
PROTECTION.
We arc in favor OF protective tariff.
We had such tariff. While it was in
forco We had prosperity, good time, aud
money plenty. We had 80 diversified
our domestic industries that American
labor aud American capital supplied
nearly all the wants OF the American
people. We prefer to tax foreign pro-
duction rather than our own. We be.
lievo that the policy OF protection should
be extended to all production impair.
TALLY, to labor on the farm as we'll as
in the workshop. We arc opposed to
tho Democratic policy OF protecting
wooden manufacturers and admitting
wool free OF duty. We denounce 4
schemo OF taxation which annually in
creases tho public debt more than S5O,.
000, 900. This is the result Of Democrat
ic ascondeucy. The tariff law OF tho LAS.
Congress is partly a copy Of tho Mckin-
ley law and generally failure. All
that is good OF it was taken from tho
Mckinley .arid, and tho rest Of sis con.
fessedly ho,chpotch. The supreme
! court has already disposed OF part OF it.
All the productions OF tho south. from
peanut to whisky. arc carefully pro-
tected, while tho duties on the great
staple industries of tho north are
largely reduced and on como articles,
like wool, arc entirely repealed. We
demand reform in the tariff, not to
promote sectional interests. but to
secure ample revenue and impartial
protection to domestic industries. This
wc can have only by tho election OF q
Republican President. We want n
change, and for this change we will
havo the hearty support OF n large por-
tion OF tho Democratic party.
THE MONEY QUESTION,
We arc in favor OF sound national
currency always redeemablc in coin.
All forms OF money should DO OF equal
purchasing power. For fourteen years
after the resumption OF specie pay.
mcn.s. while tho Republican party was
in power. We had such currency. We
had gold, silver and paper money, all
bearing tho stamp and sanction of tho
United States. OF unques,ionable credit
and OF equal value. passing curront not
only within tho United States, but in
| all parts OF tho commercial world.
Both gold and silver arc indispensable
for uso in the various wants Of mankind.
Gold is now, and has boon for ages, the
chief measure OF valuo in international
commerce and til @ larger transactions OF
domestic exchanges Silver from its
bulk and weight. Is not available for
large payments, oithor at home or
abroad. but it is indispensable In tho
minor wants OF mankind. Gold, from
its greatly superior value. cannot bo
utilized for such purposes. Therefore
it is that both metals havo been coinod
into money att fixod ralio. Tho cnor.
nous increase oftho production OF silyor
in the United States. Mexico and Aus
tralia hns distubod this ratio and has
lowered tho market value OF silver pro-