The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-16

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The esteemed Register talks as glibly
d about bimctall!sm as II It had not until
quite recently been devoting Its talents
to proving that bimetallsm can only be
I practically successful through in,erna-
tlonal agreement, which Is the policy de-
clared for In the Republican platform,
and which all sound money Democrats
= believe In.
Until recently the Register stood with
the Democratic administration on this
3 proposition. and IL Is only since the Pop
ulLsts captured the Democratic orsani-
y cation and forced their platform on It
that the shIfty organ OF the West vir-
Sinia Democracy has taken any other
position. Everybody is FOR bfmetnlllsm,
that IS, for the use Of both gold and sill
yer under such restrictions as will keep
the two moneys at n parity. and every
gold standard nation uses silver as mon
s ey. just rs the United States does. But
the Register cannot mIslead its readers
as to the real money issue before the
people by the sort OF bi-metallIc talk It is
INDUCING in.
The question IS presented sQuarely,
Z Shall the United States maintain Its
Z present currency system until 4 BIZ
metallic system can be safely under
taken through an international agree
ment, or shall 1t enter upon the free and
unlimited coinage OF silver at the ratio
\ OF 16 to without regard to all other
nations, and throw open our mInts for
the free coinage of the silver OF the
world into fifty cent dollars?
I. 1t Is the latter proposition which the
( PopulIst- Democratic platform declares
for. The language Is uncQuivocal and
+ cannot be construed to mean anything
& else. The Register has rcpudiated It's
Z former consistent and logical advocacy
p OF the sound money currency-thc main
tcnance Of the present system. and has
swallowed the radical Chicago platform
with all It's vaSarics.
Out OF Its own mouth the Register has
convicted itself OF either ignorance OF
( the currency question or rank hypo-
crisy. Until 1t discovered that the Pop
ullsts were going to capture the Demo-
5 cratic convention 1t WIS denounclnG the
( free silver men as t'cranks" and Jana
tics as far back as 1893, when Presi-
I dent Cleveland called a special session OF
Congress to repeal the Sherman silver
purchasing act, II began Its campaign OF
education OF Its Democratic readers to
belief In our present currency system,
and held, UP to short time since. that
the thing which the platform 1t now
endorses declares for would mean ulti-
mate silver recommendation by driving
Z gold out OF circulation, the depreciation
OF the purchasing power OF the Amcri-
can dollar, reputation and the dcstruc-
tIon of the nations credit.
The Register cannot get away
Z from its record. 1t Is In the files Of tho
Register. During the special session of
q Congress and previous to ,Ita converting
It was arguing on the sound menry side.
In the Register Of the, 7,h OF July. 1893.
I; We find the following editorial para
/ graph:
Is The rcpcnl OF the Shermanact viii mean,
4 not that the country Ia dissatisfied with It's
Z bImetGllic currency, hut simply that II IN
9 sick OF the forced colnngc of hfty-ccnt
dollarD. . - "a 81
n This Is only n sample OF Its many ut.
2 teranccs. In another editorial the Reg
lister assures an indulrings correspond
ent that the repeal OF the Sherman act
) will not mean gold recommendation. It
was cuckoo organ OF tho admlnistra-
(. tIon then and the same editor who was
4 writing It's editorials then Is bowling
against the Republican platform to-day.
Here Is another sample from the Regis
4 ter OF July q, 1899. which will show the
contempt In which our esteemed popu-
\ list Democratic ncighbor then held the
\ free silver leaders:
TO the Editor OF the Register.
s5l} SIR:-IF Gov. Waite, Of Colorado. n Re-
Y publican or IL Dcm0crhtY
~. Gov, Waite IN Il POpnlSt. llc H. also.
n silver lunatic and M all around asS'
\ And here Is another In the same line,
4 printed August .:
SNEAKER Crisp may have Ind no expert.
enco in rcfGrccIhgr prize tEhtH and nm
y plrIng bnsc bail games. but We predict
Z that no will he able TO hold the silver
\ crnnks level.
ISL Mark you, "cranks" Is the tcrmapplied
10 the silver men. Here Is another from
Z the Register OF August 0:
\ (. President Clcvolnnd'H mCREngc to Con
grcsS viii probably cause the free silver.