The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-25
CURRENT COMMENT.

promptly forthcoming,
CURRENT COMMENT.
In a spaech ut Omaha. Tuesday. Mr..
| Bryan said:
I'VE shall come out OF this campaign
| SyinR with cach other In the enthuSl.
hsm with which We support our rcspCc-
| I'VE views, ana this campaign shall DO
decided ny tho sober sense OF tho Amer
lean people, AMI they shall register their
verdict IN favor or that policy which
they believe viii be best for tho Ameri.
can people"
| This IL an outline Of tho policy which
| should DO followed In the coming cam.
| pniHn. The contest should bG decided
by the sober sense OF the American pcO.
| pie" NThat IL what tho camhaiEn ora
| tors should appeal to. Tho issue should
| not be clOudch BY appeals to prejudice
ana passion which VenOthng whntcv.
or to TO with the question now before tho
people for decision. The Record COM
| mends this statement or Mr.Bryan's be-
cause he himself has erred In this re-
card heretofore. In II speech delivered
| at 81. Louis last week he said: There
Is but ono question. and that Ia, can this
nation govern Itself and make It's own
laws for It's own pcople?" Again he said
IN the United states unable to leEIHlnte
Tor Itself on the most important issue be-
fore the people. or must the legislative
power he delegated to some foreign M
| ton? Must the American people sur
render the rights OF self govcrnmcnt?"
SUCH remarks us these are not an an
peal to the sober sense OF the American
people Chicago Record Und. Dcm.)
What this campaign calls for Is a Sc
IAN, where ull enemies OF Amcrlcunism
| can y" lured Into a busln and blasted
| from tho hill tops about them, or n
Jlnlzary banquet. where the Mnhmoud
OF honest government can open fire on
them from every point aud blow them
and their hercsl"s out OF sight and hear
INF Tor twenty years to come.
II was hoped that the smashing the
Grccnbnckcrs received would make nm
end at this sovrntCcn-ycar locust gath
ering OF all antlAmcrICAn Influences
for ever, but It failed. except ASA palila-
tive. This year the work must BE- done
In earnest. Let all "thc dangerous" ell
ements range themselves around Bryan
ns they are doing. and all the honest
ones about Mckinley and have It out In
November In one long days battle.
After that we may have whole gem
,t"a'Sh Va ihAll'ao anu s-.NeW
York Advertiser Rcp)
1t Is not enough that most Republicans
| Know what they wish to vote for. They
must make their friends und ncquaint-
| hnces understand the questions that are
| before the people. They must convince
the doubtful. They must put the right
arguments before every one who has a
vote. The only sound arguments are the
straight Republican arguments. The
only sound doctrine Is straight Republic
can doctrine. Do not trust others. DO
not look TO Democratic speakers or to
Democratic newspapers Look TO your
selves. Put straight Republican prncI-
| pies before your friends. Give them
straight Republican papers to read.
Preach straight Rcpublicnnlam every
| dny'-Ncw York Press (Rep.)
a barber in this city handed bullion
| dealer who happened H. he in his shop
| an Saturday Mexican silver dollar, and
| asked him what he would give him for
It. He replied that the bullion value was
81 cents, and that he would take the
| dollar from him at that price to which
the barber replied: You can have It.
gave my customer Il haircut, shampoo.
and shave. equal 10 Is cents; he handed
| me this dollar: l gave him quarter
| change; so am out Il cents on the
transaction" The bullion dealer answer
| ed: That Is just what will happen
every day IL We go on silver basis"
| The shop was full Of people. who all
loudly declared that they would vote
for Mckinley and sound money.-Ncw
/ York Post tDtm.)
In the fourteen states west OF the Mis-
siss!ppI. OF which the supporters OF Bry-
an and Sewa!l are so confidently count
Ing and every one OF which they must
carry or give up all hope in the fight,
| there were In the last elections. lS9+-95.
g27,0tS Republicans and 99i .3@5 PopullSts
md DcmocatS together. In all these
| states there have been bolts by sound
money Democrats and In all the Rcpuh-
Leans Will gain on the protection issue.
| A chnrSc OF 10000 in nearly 100000
| votes would reverse the result In these
states, mud while no other change Ia
| likely In the silver states. changes In
| others are certain. The PopulSts are
muking great deal OF noise In these
fourteen states, but by the time the cam
| ra!gH OF education has gone on In them
for three md a half months to come the
| Republican vote will be in majority
over the Chicago coalition. Yet these
are the states which Mr.. Bryan proposes
10 tr'!4 us secure to free silver. coming
east to speak and gain new oncs.-Phil-
ndrlphia Press Rcp)
| The one class OF our people who should
be Mt tho forefront of the battle for hon
est money Is the class commonly denom-
| mated as workingmcn. There Is not
man who lives by the wages he COM
mandS for his daily labor. who would
not be the greatest OF all sufferers by the
degradation OF our money to the stand
| ard OF the free silver countries Of the
world. The most prosperous free silver
country Is Mexico, and the wages paid
for labor there are less than tn" wages
| paid In the gold standard country TINT
| pays the cheapest wages OF my civilized
gorcrnmcnt.-Phi Philadelphia Times Qnd
| DSm.)
II seems IN uH the Democratic pur-
! ty cuts anything but dHnliled figure ut
this moment. The spectacle OF repre-
| sentative Democrats, members Of the
national committee. chosen party lead
crs, gathered together at st. Louis en-
gagged In vulgar dICkcrs with the Popu-
lists, promising them place and power
md recognition In the Democratic coun-
Cil--tlrls spectacle Is about as dlstastc-
full Gnd discOuraSlng to thoughtful men
rs any that has been presented In our
political history and experience
lnGtun Post Und. Dcm.)
|
BEYAH's FAREWELL TO ALTGELD
| NVlth the most profound and abJect
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