The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-14
CURRENT COMMENT.

H 49, 'Af1 NAlAA wv "a
In the matter Of finance without ask-
Ing the consent Of any nation on earth"
Well, We shall at least Try to do whit we
please. The United States, We are nrnud
to believe, eau do anything amy other
nation on earth" can do. but there ARE
some things no nation on earth can do.
and oity of'thcso things Is to mike silver
aud gold circulate side by side ut 10 to
i when the true ratio Ii about 80 to |.
Another OF those things, some people
mny think, II to make the sun rise In the
west. But Mr.. Bryan, Of courJc, Will
not hear 10 that. II W. want to We shall
make the sun rise In the west without
waiting for the consent Of any mutton on
Garth" - Louisville Courier Journal
UDCm.)
II Is left to the candid Judgment OF all
readers whether liryan's acceptance
speech differs from the UEcs he has been
making daily nnd nightly. except that 1t
contains more words. Those who have
been cXCusinE the lnck OF arguments In
his speeches on the score that he was re-
serving them until last night will be dis
appointed In his acceptance speech. II
contributes not u single new argument
to the financial discussion, and 1t con-
tainS no Justified claims In behalf OF
silver which has not been made and Is
still not held by the renl friends OF BIZ
mctullisn, who expect ultimately to see
bimctallism triumph in spite OF the re-
tnrdlnE al It's progress by those who pro-
Tess to be its advocates, but who are in-
stead advocating q policy which, II car
rlcd out, would lead unavoidibly to sill
n monomctalllSm. - Pittsburgh Com
mGrcial Gazette ltcp)
Candidate Bryan's numerous speeches
on Ills eastern trip seem to have had the
effect Of warming up his auditors. and
while they do not partake Of the churac-
ter OF Oratory. being necessarily too
short, scrnppy and indefinite, 1t must
be supposed that the impression they
created vas due To the speakers person.
al traits. Read IN print, they seem to
lack polish and that quality Of m.nty
cumpactneSs which made General llar-
risOn'S &" round the circle" speeches the
most sucCrssful efforts OF the kind
Chicago Record lind. Dcm.)
Mr.. Bryan says that this campaign.
like that OF lie. Will afford an ''oppOr-
tunlty to prove whether y0u BE- patriots
or tories" In what category would he
put those Democratic leaders and cleo
tors who have solcmnly declared that the
doctrines Of the Chicago platform would
ruin the country ifndOpted. and who yet
support the candidate who stands on
that platform? Are these men patriots
or tories or trimrucrs Or towards? -
Philadelphia Record tDem)
Senator CarIrey. Of Louisiana, meets
the demand OF the free silverItes that
no resign his seat In the srnntc by the
claim that when he was elected to rep
resent the Democratic party II stood for
sound money. the enforcement OF the
laws, the maintenance Of the c0-Ordi-
nate branches OF the federal government
and the freedom and I~nviolubility OF all
contracts. He asserts that he believes
In all these principles now and there-
fore cannot see any reason why he
should resign. Mr.. Cnftrcy takes q sem
Siblc view of the question. And. by the
way. II the free sllvcrltes think that a
Democratic senator who will not follow
his party always should resign, why DO
they not ask such Republican senators
as Teller. PettIgrcw, Cannon. Mantle,
and Squire. who have deserted their
party. 20 resign? Isn't II just as bad for
Il Republican senator TO refuse to go
with his party Ii 1t is for 4 Democratic
scHator?-Philadelphin Press tDem.)
When Mr.. Bryan seeks 10 make n
question OF patriotism OF independent
free coinage. he Is simply appealing to
ignorance. md prejudice. England does
not oppose free coinage by this country.
Her commercial classes do not care n
| brass farthlng whether we try the cx>
pertinent or not. They would undouht-
cdIy profit by II Il we should. for they
could pay for their enormous purchases
hcrc-amuuntinR on m average To over
500. O00, 600 n ycar-in cheap money and
exact gold from us for our interest and
purchascs.-Sew York World (Dcm.)
While the Democratic detection Is
growing daily. the Republican lines are
showing Il flrmcr front. The threatened
Republican cleavage in n few western
states appears now to be entirely check
cd. One state convention after another
walks up sQuarcly 10 an endorsement of
the st. Louis platform, in some cnseS n
specific endorsement or the gold plank
hCIug made. Iowa. Minnesota, and
tho DakOtas, where there was much talk
Of Republican diSlfIrctiOn on the silver
issue, had already fallen Into line. and
yesterday Michigan and Wisconsin join
cd them. The Republican committeeman
In Illinois, who n few weeks ago cX-
| pressed great feaEs for that state, now
| cOncnsscs that a grGa: change In public
| sentiment has SET in, and that Illinois
Is safe Tor Mckinley. Al told, the drift
is II; present decidedly against the DEM
OCrats. Something may occur to change
| the face Of things, hut their best outlook
Is for an uphill fight against incrGaS-
Ing udds.-Scw York Post CDcm.)
The 10y Orator Introduce Himself.