The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-08

no other way to gain tho nsccndency,
no other fallacy with which to catch
votes, and like the fisherman We have
to use an artificial mlnnow, because W.
E1Hc no live bait, and l fear that some
poor Republican, suckers VIII be
caught by the Glitter OF this free silver
artificial aud sham bait" .
The farmer who grumbles over Tho
low price Of wheat, but not over the
big crops, who does not know that the
market " governed by wheat imported
from free silver India aud from FREQ
silver A%rgcntlne Republic, wheat rais-
cd on inpNhanstibly fertile BOIl by Ia.
free silver countries, may be caught
by tho bait, II he loeg not investigate
L.. The same farmer who does not
Know We cannot export much wheat for
that fcnsOn. and corn because foreign
ors VIII not eat corn bread. and who
votes to cut down wages aud to mike
Idle men. VIII ilnd his home market
ovcrstockpd and few TO buy, viii be
caught, landed and Killed by this sa,nc
sham. yet glittcrlng balt being held out
on the end Of the FREQ silver fishing
rod Of INSCRIPTIONS politicians,
Think II minute and sec " thelmost
jealous advocates OF FREQ silver are not
men who want to use It to holst'thGm
into Office, and men who have nothing
TO lose--men who IN this state are term.
cd "shlttlcsS," but who In the west
turn to PopulIstS and thence to An
archlsts--who want tic government to
own everything from the railroads
down TO the free silver fishing rod, ana
support them In ldlcncss, without civ.
lDE n single i1cn Of how thCy expect
the government to get the money with
which 10 meet the modest demands.
Remember tho people are the govern
mcnt. That a dishonest government
means n dishonest people and that a
government, Hike an individual, II not
honest, IL not respected. and has no
credit. financially or morally.
| think the percentage OF RcpublI.
cans who have run on after II strange
and unknown god, In this particular
section, are about : per cent Of the
whole. and the Democrats who have
refused 10 b. swallowed by that hybrid
convention OF crazcd Democrats and
still craEier Populists, are about one
per cent. But when the ides Of Novcm-
Der arrive l think the party lines will
be pretty well drawn. / hope to see
more Democrats than one per cent re-
fuse to be swallowed up by the big
mouthed animal called PopulIsm. and
TO sec the Republicans stand for sound
money and Il stable government, and
who will not refuse, as did the so-callcd
Democratic convention, 90 vote for a
resolution to sustain existing contracts
and the credit OF this government at
all times and under all circumstances.
ARTHUR MIDDLETON.
n. B.-Am l a Democrat?, Well, l
can't say, for there Is no Democratic
platform or Democratic party at pres
ent. II there was l would be one. For
from Father A~braham'S. alias Thomas
JefGerson's, time dawn 20 the time that
the Democracy fell into the pit OF
Populism and heresY, no Democratic
convention ever failed to call for sound
money. | couldn't find but one Demo-
cratic plank to stand on and as that
was go narrow | couldn't get there
with both feet, !. Ike thousands OF
others. fell OF. Where did we land?
We haven't landed. We are caught be-
twtxt sheol above and purgatOry be-
low, u as we are hanging on 10 the
limb OF sound money, when we do drop
We will light on our feet, and shortly
thereafter the errinG brother who es-
capes the NAV of Popullsm to return
we will wash. cleanse and cloth him in
purple and line linen. set him on the
throne and kin the fatted calf. See it
this does not come true In the next six
year. A.. NJ.