The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-19
RANDOM POLITICAL NOTES.

cause OF reputation. dishonor and
disorder, which Is appealing to pre-
judice and s~cctionalIsm, Is waning,a and
that patriotism and the good common
sense OF the people will triumph. The
craze for cheap money which swept
over tho country reached It's flood tide
some weeks ago and Is now ebblng
more rapidly than II camc IN, The
sober second thought OF those who had
been fascinated by the tempting bait
that was held out has asserted itself.
To be sure Mr.. Bryan Is still on his
rounds trying 90 stir up the passions
and 5prejudlces OF the ignorant and
thou6htless, but he Is making little
headwAy In the face OF the campaign of
education which Is being made by the
Republican party md the thousands OF
Democrats who have placed the cOun-
try's honor above so-called party reg
ularity," and who are maintaining the
traditional principles OF true Detnoc-
~rncy-thc Democracy OF jefferson and
Jackson. That portion Of the Demo-
cratic. press which surrendered to the
triumph OF the hereSles forced upon
the Chicago convention IL doing Its
best to bolster up Mr.. Bryan In hls un-
American and n-Democratlc cam
paign, but with little effect. Their cam
palsn OF misrepresentation and which
seeks to array class against class. by
appealing TO. the, prrJudices OF men,
and which Is sowing the seeds Of dis.
order In this country. Il being daily
rebuked. The rot which Is designed
TO mlslead the ignorant Is so disgusting
TO the Intelligent classes OF people In
1 AZ RNN 500 o. - -
n~ausenting. To what lengths these
Popocratic demagugues can 80 Is Wit
messed when they liken the hippo
dromc tour OF William Jennings Bryan
to the Crusade Of Peter the Hermit"
and when Mr.. bryan himself, not sat
listed with his sacrellgious metaphor
about the crown of thorns and the
cross OF gold. llkcns himself to the
Savior driving the money changers
from the temple at Jerusalem. rs he
did In his speech at Raleigh, North
Carolina. on Thursday; and his daily
denunclatlon OF the moneyed classes as
thieves and raScals. and the assertions,
without argument 20 back them. that
the poor man IL going to BE- benefited
by giving u hundred cents worth OF
labor for 4 fllty-cent dollar.
In West Virginia the prospects are
as bright for Republican success ms
could reasonably be expected. The
campaign Is now fairly opened and
from every point the state committee
Is receiving encouraging news Of It's
progress. The boasts OF the popOcratic
managers that Republicans are flock
Ing to the standard Of reputation are
found TO be without foundation. DiSat-
lection In the Republican ranks on ac-
count OF free silver Is so insignificant
as not TO cause my alarm, Whatever.
while on the other hand the whole
state knows OF the long list OF Demo
Gratis. many OF them men Of influence,
who will either vote for Mckinley d.
rect. or place the stamp OF their con-
domination on the Chicago heresies y
supporting the ticket OF the true De-
mOcracy as represented by Palmer and
Buckner. West Virginia realizes that
she has much at stake In this fight.
Her people. when their votes arr Oun
ed. will be found on the side OF the
national financial honor ind an hon
est dollar and the chance to carr It..
The Popocratic managers In this state
find little In the situation to encourage
them. AT first they were inclined to
belittlc the sound money Democratic
movement, but, as they receive their
reports from all sections OF the state
they are realizing more and more that
Il Is increasing, and that II Is OF great
er dimensions than they ever dreamed
II would be. II was when n sense of
the desperate condition they were In
dawned upon than that they rushed to
Washington and demanded thut some
thing be done by the national commit
tee to stay the tide Of detection. And
SO II was arranged for Bryan to make
Il tour OF those portions of the state
where the sound money Democrats
sentiment IL the strongest. Bryan will
come and Bryan will go. but the honest
money tide will flow on undiSturb,l.
Great crowds will assemble to see and
hear the boy orator; they will be
largely moved by curiosity here as
elsewhere. He may temporarily revive
some dropping spirits. but that will be
all. The people Of West Virginia will
not heed appeals 10 class prejudice, nor
will they be convinced how the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver Is GO
Ing to benefit them until Mr.. Bryan has
done something he has not yet done
namely. make 4 logical argument.
The national Republican committee
Is sending some good speakers into
the state. The feature about their
speeches Is that 1t Is not boy oratdry.
These that have come arc giving the
people plain business talks on the busi-
ness questions OF the campaign.
Wherever they have spoken there have
been good results. The same may be
said OF the local speakers. In MS cam
pulgn the sound money speakers nave
an advantage Ovc the sllvcriteS: They
have hut 10 append to reason ana COM
mon sense, and they have 10 aid them
In bringing their hearers to a proper
understanding OF the question the tacts
or history, the experiences " the en-
lIBktcncd and progressive nations, II
the present %soundness OF our monetary
system, under which every dollar Is as
good ns every other dollar and MS good
az the best In the world. In the ii c
OF these conditions. the sllvcrltcS are
having hard work to convince the
wage workers and TIL. farmers that
the currency of the country IL the
cause Of their Ills. Dema6OEy and the
arraying of the employc against MS
employer do not appeal TO Intelligence,
and ours Is an Intelligent population.
One OF the speakers Of national rep
utatInn secured to make n weeks tour
OF the state, IL n man whose name Is n
household word In the United States.
I do not know what kind OF n political
speaker he Is, but ] predict that no
mnn will be listened tn with more
pleasure nor by larger crowds. Captain
Jack Crawford, the poet scout" Is
one OF tho most eloquent plntform ora
tars In the country. Ills l!fc has been
the HE OF n colder and n scout on the
western frontier, but le has found time