The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-07
a WESTERN DEMOCRAT
Who Urges Sound Money Democrat. to
Vote fur Mckinley i.ryan's Record,
Chicago Platform Undrnorrntic.

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Vote fur Mckinley iiryan's i,rcord,
Chicago Platform Undemocrniie.
From n letter In Boston Post: Slr.-
VIII Mr.. Bryan, candidate OF the Chlca-
go Popocrats and st. Louis Popullsts,
on the 12th OF August, at Madison
| Squire Garden. New York, deny that IN
to the time OF his nomination ut ChIcn.
10, he. ithla poser for the poor, no, this
crown OF thOrns" ana Gross OF gold
man, was the paid advocate and hired
agent OF the silver kings who urC now
demanding that lnwH siihll he passed
which shall favor them, tho silver kings,
above farmers mud all other, producers
IN the country, and that the government
shall give them 81 for every 52 cents
worth OF their silver which they bring
to the mint?
VIII this MIR. Bryan deny that he lived
for years on these wealthy corpora
tons and wns paid for every word no
uttered In favor OF silver? Was this the
reason why he rcpCa tcdly declared that
u tho Chicago convention went for gold
no would bolt out and out-he, n hire
Ing. paid to work for silver?
When the Democrats were beaten at
Chicago. when Bland, the real rcprcsen-
tntive OF Democracy and OF Ellver-who
has advocated both for twenty years
and never received 81 for his advocacy
When ho WINS beaten and the southern
PopulistS assumed control OF the con-
vention, then for the first time was this
Mr.. Bryan sprung OF the convention.
Southerncrs and ropullsts made the
plnttorm-utterly unlike amy Democrat
lc platform ever made beforehand re-
)ecilnE Bland, put III Bryan. Then.
the Popullsts with the old Grcenbnckcrs
nj their head. yelled: We've got the
Democrats bag and baSEaEe."
Put the case that BY II trick the Re-
publicans Ind captured the Chicago
convention. declared for protection. etc,
would these same regular" Massachu-
sets Democrats still have supported
the swindlc? Why not, by parity OF
rcaSonlnE2 Put the case that these
same southern POpullsts, ut whose tails
the regulars" are now tagging, had de-
clnrcd that property Ia robbery and mp
proved the Paris commune (lnd u plat
form which seeks to abolish the libcr-
~ OF contract, rs the Chicago platform
does, Is spiritually communistlc). would
these same Democrats have submitted?
What Is party but u means OF obtaining
certain endS2 II n party not only can
not nttnln those ends. but directly op-
pose their attainment, what will any
man that calls himself n man do but. so
far rs he Is concerned, kick II into the
gutter where It belongs?
The truth Is lust here that this des-
picable doctrine OF sticking to ones
party would have no existence were It
not for professional politicians, Why
should the citizen, the voter, stick to
n party? His interest Is to have tho
tp ~ - nrnysoI that q, la.t To-. thn tf,,a
being The degrading ties, the subser-
vicncys the surrender OF ones own opin-
ion that makes the politician and would
be office holder no better than Il beast
of burden, have nothing TO do with the
independent voter. Let the CALLED Jade
Vince. But let us Democrats have no
more hesitation In voting for Mckinley
than We have In eating our dinner.
The writer Is n Missouri Democrat, an
old soldier and n IioStOnian by birth.
He gave his first vote In Boston for
James Buchanan for President and for
Charles G. Green, the editor OF the Bos-
ton Post. for Congress-, Once he left
the Democratic party when most OF It's
members were trying TO cut the throat
OF their country, and voted for Lincoln.
He has rs little hesitation now In leav-
Ing II when II goes for things as bad as
AGuNllAblI' " NNllliSNiIlull. ltpuNlhllulI
and for degradation OF the United
States supreme court. when II nomi-
mates for President Of the United States
an agent OF the silver kings. when II
adopts 4 platform unfit for Democracy
to sit upon.
These are strong words. but Il Is no
time to be mcaly-mouthed now. How
any Massachusetts maj car be so lost
to the dignity and honor OF the old Bay
State as TO try to make II a party 10 the
spirit of population that now so largely
prevails In the west and south. ] can
not see. While the majority there are
honest, there Is a large majority OF
men. VIII In relation 10 state and county
debts have always been for Reputation
on occasion Offering. TO a man. these
are now in favor OF silver; and. indeed.
what Is the declaration that the present
gold dollar Is really two dollars. but
yelled Reputation? Compare with these
declarations leading directly to the door
Of coniiscatioE OF realized property.
compare this utterance made last Fri
day by Major ckinley and then, II
you an. voters OF Massachusetts. vote
for Bryan and that platform, for you
can't separate the platform from the
candidate:
when the war closed there were two
great debts resting upon this govern
ment One was the debt due to The men
who had loaned the government money
with which to carry on Its military op-
orat!ons. The other debt was due to the
men who had willingly offered their
lives for the preservation OF the Amcri-
a Union. The old soldiers waited on
their pensions until this great debt OF
the government was well out OF the way.
They waited patiently until the govern
ment OF the United States had reduced
nearly two-thirds OF that great money
debt. The old soldiers never were In.
favor OF repudiatInS that. They want
cd every dollar OF the debt paid In the
best money known Il the commercial
world. And every dollar of that debt
up TO this hour has been paid in gold or
Its equivalent. the best recognized mon
cy OF the world, and every dollar OF that
debt yet TO be paid, my comrades, will
be paid In the same unquestlonable
COIN" A. C.