The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-04
THE TRUE BINIErALLISTs

Are tho Sound Money Mon Who Are For
Both Gold and silver on m Honest
Parity.
Chicago Tribune.
The Washington Star makes the claim
that the western Democrats are becom-
ing very suspicious OF the so.called
sound money" wing Of the party in the
east under the leadership of Mr.. Cleve-
land as to its leaning towards gold
monometallism, and intima,es an idea
that the meeting OF the F!fty-iourIh
Congress will Immediately present an
opportunity for chalking out similar
line OF financial dcnarkation in tho Re-
publican party. THE thought That
their ancient enemy may soon be in the
same dilemma with themselves on the
silver question is consoling great
many greving Democrats and it is in
timated as probable Though in tho
shape OF question that both wings OF
both parties will lay aside all talk Of in
ternntional bimetallism and fight tho
battle on straight out single standard
lines.
There is nothing to warrant this as.
sumption. There arc extremists on
both sidcs. but the sound common sense
oil the people fayors tho sound middle
ground between them. There is no
good reason TO think that tho people OF
tho central west have III idea OF depart.
ing from the financial doctrine laid
down in both the national platforms oil
1882. Both OF them declared unmis.
takably ior "bi.metallism"@in which
the parity should be preserved. The
Republican platform demanded rthc
uae OF both gold and, silver as standard
money. with auch restrictions and un-
der such provisions. TO be dc.
tsrmincd by legislation, a9 will &C.
euro tho maintenance oil the parity
OF values OF the two metals so that the
purchasing and debt paving power OF
the dollar. whether OF silver, gold or
paper, shall be ut all times equal" Tho
Democratic platform declared for the
members OF its party that 1--WE hold to
the uso o.! both gold and silver rs the
standard money OF the country
but tho dollar unit OF coinage OF both
metals must DO oil equal intrinsic and
exchangeablo value or be adjusted
through international agreement or by
snch aaieguWds OF legislation aa shall
insure tho main.epanCc OF the parity OF
the two metals and the equal power OF
every dollar at all times in the markets
and in the payment OF dcbts." ..'
Tine silver extremists arc trying to
force Upon the people tho issue between
100.cent dollar gold recommendation aud
j0.cent dollar silver recommendation.
They do 80 because thoy think in such
case they would stand the strongest
chance OF winning by exciting n popular
prejudice against m exclusive gold cur
rouGy for the United States. In fact,
they count on that rs their only hope
for ancccs. The truth is. tho sound
currency men whom these silver ex-
trcmista arc fighting arc the only real
bmulallista, and they represent the
wishu, OF tho great mass Of tho pooplo
OF both tho Republican aud Democratic
parties. The people OF zach have de.
clared through their representatives in
the national conventions that thoy wan,
both gold and ailvnr money. and
showed that they well understaud tho
ity 40 that the dollar OF gold m0noy
shall have an equal buving power with
:hn dollar Of silver money. They vii;
not vote for anything clgo .nnloss II be
under a complete misrepresentation,
such as tho silver extremists nro trying
to iastnn unon thom by lying state.
mcnts. Justification Of s,N,iatica. and by
writing and talking tho most absurd
stuff that uvor was dilniNud BY tho tito
oil reasoning" II il trnn that thu ircu
silver people "arc beginning to throw
ovGrDoard the biInc,allic ballast aud do.