The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-20

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Democratic paper NJ Maryland;
in this, the most extraordinary rolltl-
real campaign ever wagcd In the history
of this country, there Is nothing more
remarkable than the complete transfer.
nation which the Democratic party has
undergone, It Is no longer %rccoEnlsa,
bic as,the pnrty, We need hardly say. OF
Jefferson md jackson, OF Seymour. OF
Tfldcn. htChicaGoitTarted with It's prin-
ciples. Now It appears To bc fast set
tins rid OF It's traditional organization
and Its Regularity Having eXchang.
cd Its ancient and honorable creed for
the doctrines OF Bryan and Altgrld and
Tillman, II Is nav adopting Jacobinlcnl
methods as well as IDEAS.
Readers OF history Will readily recall
especially In the light or present exam
pies, how one faction during the French
revolution, led on by u few daring and
resolutc men. gradually usurped nil TO
lltlcal power, claiming to bc the only true
patriots aud sincere republicans. cru6Ih-
tinS remorSclessly all opposition and
sending all opponents to the guIllotluG
until they themselves fellvictlmS to the
terror which they inspired. and by means
OF which they had sought to govern not
'AS NsN NbabAAN"AA ~ u tlhNN
The leaders OF the free silver fuction OF
the Democratic party In this country to-
day seem only to stop short OF violence
In their Imitation OF JacObinlcal meth
DDS.
The meetings OF the national conven-
ton at Chicago In July found them In u
decided majority In the convention, but
still lacking the requisite two-thlrds to
Insure absolute control. They began by
:" tSpltinr Ill nnFtS ira 1ittnD np1 ssFs.-,,1a -
usage aside. by denying TO the national
committee the right to name the tempo
rary chairman OF the convention, aud by
substituting for Senator David Il. Iilll.
the choice OF the committee. one Of their
own faction, cnato Daniel, OF Virginia..
as the selection NJ the permanent chair
man was already In their hands. by vIr-
tue OF their having 4 majority OF the del
eEatcs, the only motive for this first de-
parture from regularity" was to pre-
vent the possible effect upon their follow
erS OF q patriotic n conservative
speech from the chair at the opening OF
the convention. This first success they
followed up by further ovcrrulfng the
action OF the national committee in max.
Ing up the list of delegates according to
the regularity" OF the credentials pre-
sented and u~nseatlng a sufficient number
OF sound money delegates who lad been
given seats by the committee to require
the requisite twO-thlrds in favor OF n
free silver candidate. In this way, Mr..
Bryan, himself. n the conteStIns dele
fSation which he headed from Nebraska,
were admitted 10 seats in the convsn-
sion. and the vote Of Michigan us a unIt
in favor OF souud money was converted
into a vote as n unit in favor OF free s!l-
Yer.
Having thus captured the convention,
.#HfhA control nf tho nRXp mn tlnnn1 pnr1Fy,If.
Zee followed as a matter OF course. But
in the true Jacobinical spirit, even a ma
jority or n two-thirds control Is not
enough for the free sllverites now
mounted In the saddle. The members OF
the committee are, as everybody knows,
named by the delegations frnm the re-
spective states. At the recent meeting
OF the committee In New Work. il was
found, as was but natural, that the dIf-
ferences OF opinion which existed In the
convention. and which still exist among
: Democrats In different states, were re-
fiected In the composition OF the CON-
mlttee. Some OF the committeeman were
not present, including the representa-
tives Of New York, Connecticut
and New Jersey. Many were
represented by proxies, in some cases, IL
IS stated. picked up at the last moment
about the hotels. 4 still bHlder and
more arrogant usurpatlon OF power was
resolved upon ny the Jacobln chiefs who
dominated the committee. Not only
were absent and lukcwarm committee
men TO be disciplined. hut the Democrat
&c party In the states which they repre-
sented was sentenced to be stripped OF
the power. OF naming Its own representa-
lives. All power Is TO be ccntered In
a majority OF the committee Itself. aud
in Its chairman. The latter. by n rcso-
luton offered by Mr.. German, Is clothed
with the power of naming Important
subcommittee 10 whom the actual dl-
rcctlon Of the campaign will be com
mittcd, and for this purpose Is author,
lied to go outside or the membership
OF the national committee.
In this wal Il few men succeed In con-
ccntrating In their own hands the whole
control OF the Democratic party. It's
funds and resources. The Jacobin Club
"a Installed permanently md In full
power. Connecticut, New York and
New Jersey may do as they please. The
new combination that usUrps the mama.
Of Democracy processes 10 be strong
enough not to need their assistance.
I'VE can elect our ticket" more than
one OF the JacobIn chiefs has boastfully
proclaimed, without the help nf a
single electoral vote east Of the Alle-.
ghanics and north OF the Potomac"
When the Hon. PltchfOTk Tillmln, In
moving the adoption Of the platform ut
Chicago. declared that free, silver was n
sectional issue, and that the fight WINS
to be made by the south md west
against the north and east, Senator
Jones. of Arkansas. felt impelled. for
pol!cy's sake, II would now seem. more
thar shame's sake. to utter some words
of protest. Now Senator Jones, appar-
entity, IL as much of a scCtionaliSt as
'TIllman or as Bryan himself. who ,nf-
fects to speak Of the rast as 'the enc
my's country" and OF those OF his coun-
tryrncn who do not happen to accept
his economic and financial vagarles as
tories" and TRAITORS"
Bryan, who, If not literally "nIl
mouth" IS certainly a man OF unlimited
capacity for talk. was personally ready
and anxious to carry his standard still
further into the heart OF nth. enemy's
country He had promised Mr.. Scwull
to visit him at his home In Maine, and
TO make speeches in that stntc. lie had
mndn similar promises to friends In Con-
ncctIcut. ""Thc Boy Orator. would have
liked, II possible, to lift his voice in
Faneuil Hall and on Bunker Hill. where
Webster once spoke. but even this se-
ductlve programme has been abandon
cd. As II to emphasize the fnct hat the
JucObin's' mean to conduct their cam
raign ms Il sectional one. and to rely
upon stirring up clags prciudIccg and
passions. Chicago. the home of AltEcla,
where his influence Is most pow rful.
Is selected as the party headquarters
In preference 10 Washington or New
York. Mr.. German, tcr personal rca-
sons, would doubtless hnve much pre-