The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-23
Az iURn DOCTRINE
Preached by Lilo Silverite,--h FalinSy r1-
minded,

pi0ded.
New York Evening Post: There were
acNcrhl pul IllG men who were so active
In the free coinage secret service which
liked ihi Democratic state conventions
OF lhht bpl inE. and 81 Idle In the hot prcg'
dental campaign which cnsucd, that
common I Of no very favorable nature
was MI rnctcd, even from the silver or
Ehns' Our readers Will recall, perhaps.
the .HrCdsll1 criticism of the Mobile
keElS Ter and other Democratic OrSlrl
on tlr conduct Of these carpet KNIGHTS.
Some people Reasoned thG. The free oJln-
arc mnEnnteS We're annoyed because,
Wh'in they had led tho followers tp Chi
ca ~, with their own presidential Cnndl-
dtNc CLEARLY pointed out, the mob StIm-
nclcd inter an unknown young advCn-
'irrr, Others argued. with gOTic show
or plauSlbIlIiy, that the lack o" lntlCI.
pntcd funds for palace CarS and for
/ rartr-blanchc at the best hotels had
caused these leaders, to prefer the com
forts Of their own homes between July
and November OthGE', ng iln believed
that the ilat.monry principles blatantly
pr0IcrsCd by Bryan had uisGustcd those
who would no no further thnn FREE silver.
Whatever the cause, II VIII be easily re-
called TINT the unfortunate Teller was
IN" only member Of the senatorial silver
clique TO made SERIOUS effort In tho boy
candidates behalf How bMd Il mess no
made OF II, when his forged quo tHtiOns,
designed for the consumption 81 Illinois
farmers, only, were exposed. IL 4 matter
Of history.
Senator Vest. of Missouri. 81 one OF
these malnEcrCrS. II was sale OF him,
as Of the Others, that Bryan's grccnbnck
notions were too much for h In. w"
have always doubted such u motive
chiefly because It has been gu + Invarn-
bile experience that n free coin age agita-
tor pushed 10 the wall In argument, will
show the cOlOrH OF n thorough Idpcr-mu-
ncy inilatlOnSt. The speech OF Mr. Vest
In the senate last Wednesday, shows
that our Judgment waS correct. Mr. Vest
bclOnGl by mental capacity. ana proba-
bly, by choice. 10 the I'll ira inil1tiOn
school OF hgitatOrs Here Is his state
ment:
I'VE are told that there Is S22 81 per
capita circulation In this country. 4
more atfUCiOu4 falschOOd was never put
In print or uttered by mortal man. {.
There Is M such money In circula-
tlOn. They take no account oi bank re-
serves, state 0r national. They amount
to over 5000. O000 900 u; the least, locked
up by law. that cannot b. used by the
people nor paid out by the officers OF
those Institutions. And yet they nrc
counted from year 70 year What
we want and must have IN this country
Is more clrculatin. mcdiu III"
This Ia IN" regulation tiu. money nrEu-
mcnt. What dn we care for bank de-
posts? Who hothers MS head about
bank checks? How can ynu expect To
impose on rs by the story that the man
with 500 In bank and nothing in his
pocket ~ $50 richer than the man with
$40 In HIS pocket and nothing In bank?
What we wan; Is pcop'r with pockets
full " silver dollars. or tDt cOurSc) In the
case ~ objection TO tfc weight. with
purses rllll OF LEGAL tenders Then every
body will be employed. everybody will
b. rich. everybody viii have whatever
h" wishes Mr.. Vest. In mort. pr0claIms
of hanl the stupid and exploded fallacy
that the only money In circulation H. the
money OF private boards that It's only
use In commerce is to Ill up the pockets
Of the people. Banks are nuisance and
obstruction 10 prosperity. bank deposits
an idle fund. cOntrived 20 Swindlc
hard.wnrking population: the Italian
Immigrant with his mOney-bclt IS your
true TYP" Of capitalist, We commend
Senator Vest on his frankness. Every
new bit OF evidence 10 show that the
free coinage aEitaiOrS are only a SCI OF
fiat money lunltlcs incorporating under
free silver instead Of unlimited paper,
viii ada 70 the puddle awakening on The
question.