The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-08

Prohibition will figure as n local Is
sue In Georgia this year. but hardly
| anywhere elSc to such an extent as to
| AFFECT the returns. After having almost
gained n balance Of power In deciding
the makeup OF the electoral college, II
has dropped out OF national politics.
New York World (Dcm.)
Bryan, who ~ all-pOwcrful ms to his
voice and can make twcnty-threc cam
paiEn speeches In twcnty-fOur hours, Is
still pOwcrleSs 10 cry down the price OF
wheat. The law OF supply and demand
can't be jawed on o, natures statute
boOk.-Ncw York Advertiser Rcp)
Another interesting sign OF the times
Is 10 be seen In Texas. We referred the
other day to letter recently published
In the Galveston News from an old man
who drew n parallel between the Will
lam ]. Bryan OF 1896 and the William L.
HanCey OF 1860. and showed how the
western demagoEuc this year Is making
the same sort OF a campaign OF prcju>
dice and orntOry as the Alabama fire
cater" did thlrty-siN years aSo.-Ncw
York Post (Dcm.)
One Of the Bryan curbstdnc orators
answered one of his auditors questions
about 1.-THE law OF supply and dcmnnd."
"fcs, sir, and we'll repeal that law the
first thing when Bryan Is elected. The
people are not going to stand any pluto
cratic laws Of supply and demand when
they get control OF the shop. Chicago
Inter Ocean Rcp.)
Only four weeks remain of the cam
pliSn. and We are still waiting patiently
for any attempt on the part OF the sill
varites 10 reconcile their talk about the
Iron heel OF the gold standard. and the
cruclfixlon OF mankind on cross OF gold,
and the rest OF II, with the facts about
wages. Mr.. Bryan has made more than
two hundred speeches in the campaign
and VIC have not observed that he has
uttered syllable on the subject. II is
not that he has not proved anything:
this. OF course. might be put down as
matter OF opinion. II is that he has not
so much as asserted anything: so far as
we can recall. he has not opened his lips
on the subject.-BaltimOre News (Dem.)
Mr., Hanna sHYs with evident truth
that the only danger Of the Republicans
In this canvass is ovcr-cOnfldcnce. More
work and less bOastinE Is the need OF
the hour.-philade!phih Press (Rep.)
1t is rather m auSplciouS omen that
the presidential fight has been trans
fcrrcd TO the wheat belt; for that Is
rapidly becoming the championship belt
OF national prosperity. Philadelphia
Record (Dem.)
Mr.. Bryan. In on" Of his West VIr-
rinin speeches Saturday declared that
the Populists deserve the credit of be-
Ing tn" first party to mention the ratio
Of &c 10 as the proper ratio" What Is
thought ~ that Dy his Democratic"
supporters who have been shouting FOR
the divine ratio Of lG 10 !" MS a God
given right through the Democratic
fathers? - Louisville Courier Journal
(Dem)
Florida voted Tor state officers yestsr-
day. and the election WIS chiefly sig
nillcant for the fact tina: for the first
time In several years the Republicans
had n ticket IN the field. All the Demo-
Gratis were united upon The state ticket.
but next month there will he two Demo-
era tic electoral tickets In the field as
well az Republican one. The election
machinery IL entirely in the hands Of
the Democrats. as It Is In Georgia, which
votes to-day. and the majority in each
case can he whatever the election officers
choose 10 make L. - Pittsburgh Times