The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-14
CURRENT COMMENT.

III the matter OF finance without ask
Ing the consent of amy nation on earth"
We'll, we Bllnll at least try to do what we
please. Tho United States, We arc proud
to believe, q do anything amy other
nation on earth" eau do, but there arc
some things no nation on earth can do,
ana oitS Ofthcsc things IL to make silver
nil gold circulate eide by side ut 10 to
!, when tho true ratio Is about 30 10 l.
Another OF those things, some people
may think, IL TO nuke the sun rise in the
west, But Mr.. Bryan. Of courIc, viii
not llcnr 10 that. II we want to we shall
mike the sun risc In the west without
waiting for The consent Of any nu.iOn on
Garth" = Louisville Courier Journal
(DCm.)
1t Is left to tho candid Judgment Of all
readers whether liryan's acceptance
speech differs from the ones he has been
making daily ind nightly, except that It
contains more words. Those who have
been cXcuslnE the lnck Of arguments In
his speeches on the scare that he was re-
serving them until last night will be dis
appointed In his acceptance speech. 1t
contributes not u nlnElc new argument
to the financial discussion, and II Con-
talns no Justified claims In behalf OF
silver which has not been made and IL
still not held by the real friends OF b.
mctallisnl, who expect ultimately to see
blmctallIsm triumph In spite OF the re-
tardlnE Of It's progress By those who pro-
tcs6 to be Its advocates. but who are IN
stead advocating q, policy which. II car
ried out. would lend unavoidlbly to sill
rcr recommendation. - Pittsburgh Conn
mercial Gazette tlscp.)
Candidate Bryln's numerous speeches
on Ills eastern trip seem to have had the
effect Of warming up his auditors. and
while they do not partake Of the churac-
ter Of oratory, being necessarily t0d
short. scrappy and indefinite. 1t must
be supposed that the impression they
created was due to the speakers person.
al traits. Read In print, they seem to
lack polish and that quality OF meuty
compaCtncss which made General IIar-
riSon's "'round the circle" speeches the
most successful efforts OF the Kind
Chicago Record (lnd. Dcm,)
Mr.. Bryan says that this campaign,
like that OF l7I6, will afford an '"Oppor-
tunlty to prove whether you be patriots
or tories In what category would he
put those Democratic leaders and cleo
tors who have solcmnly declared that the
doctrines Of the Chicngo platform would
ruin the country if'adopted. and who yet
support the candidate who stands on
that platforms Are these men patriots
or tories or trlmmcrS or towards? -
Philadelphia Record (Dcm.)
Senator Canfrey, OF Louisiana, meets
the demand OF the free silvcrltes that
he resign his seat In the sCnntc by the
claim that when he was elected to rcp-
resent the Democratic party II stood for
sound money. the enforcement; ~ the
laws. the maintenance OF the co-ordl-
nate branches OF the federal government
and the freedom and i~nvl0labillty OF all
contracts. lie~usscrts that he believes
In all those principles now and therc>
fore cannot see any reason why he
should resign. Mr.. CaftrCy takes q SEM
sihlc view of the question. And, by the
way, II the free silvcritGS think that n
Democratic senator who will not follow
his party always should re9Ign. why do
they not ask such Republican senator's
as Teller. Pettigrew. Cannon. Mantle,
and Squire. who have deserted their
party, 10 resign? Isn't It just as bad for
Il Republican senator to refuse TO 80
with his party MS It Is for n Democratic
scnator?-Philadelphla Press (Dem.)
When Mr.. Bryan seeks TO make a
question OF patriotism OF independent
free coinage. he Is simply appealing to
ignorance and prejudice. England does
no; oppose free coinage by this country.
Her commercial classes do no care a
brass farthlng whether we try the cx>
pertinent or not. They would undouht-
cdly profit by 1t II We should. for they
could pay for their enormous purchases
herc-amounting on an average to over
800, OOO. 600 n year-in cheap money and
exact gold from us for our interest and
purchases.-New York World CDcm.)
While the Democratic detection Is
growing daily, the Republican lines are
showing Il firnIer front. The threatened
Republican cleavage in n few western
states y ca nov to be entirely check
cd. One state convention after another
walks up sQuarcly 10 an endorsement OF
the st. Louis platform, In some cases n
specific endorsement Of the gold plank
be!ng made. Iowa. Minnesota, and
the Dnkntas, where there was much ak
Of Republican disarGection on the silver
Issue. had already fallen into line, and
yesterday Michigan and Wisconsin join
cd them. The Republican committeeman
in Illinois. who 4 few weeks + OK
| pressed great fears for thu; state, now
cont.sscs that ErGa: change in public
sentiment has set In. and that Illinois
Is safe FOR Mckinley. Al told, the drift
is At present decidedly against the DEM
ocrats. Something may 0cciir 10 change
the facu of things, but their best outlook
Is for an uphill fight against !ncr2as-
inE udds.-Ncw York Pos; (Dcm.)