Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-13

! eng is no. concealed 3g is ptojsc.o.c,
qtey c9snly det.1rc ,het c1c,--r .icA--
! is to De pm. IA The l-il 10 s-e glsg--e
o. craving yo.-- aw4g non William ..
: Bryan and aiding in ,he election OF vii
liam Mckinley. For themselves, the
leaders il the movement, almost with
lou. exception. announce their intention
TO support. no, the yicke; they will pu,
forth. but the one Mr. Hanna has al
ready. al no little expense and with no
slight labor. selected for the voters OF
,he United States. Bu, icke, Of fer
.mer Democrats, although standing no
chance OF election, or OF carrying sin
gle election district Of q single SAFE.
miga- il is believed, attract some
sound money" Democrats wao would
otherwise y0,e for Bryan.
Listen, for instance, TO Mr.. Wilson,
OF Indiana, a leader in the moyemen: Tor
a SQUAD money" ticket, who said:
~The free silver men have Ubed the
sound money men, telling them mat they
had uJ leaders and no party. and that they
We're really Republicans. In INDIANA
every nam Is 90 politician. The Democrats
have been brought up to hate Republic
cans and 90 believe that the truth is not
fN them. All this talk has been euccllNe
-l helping the Democrats 20 drltl BACK;
Vow I believe the dri.t Will continue untl
tl- tl.rI ticket is pat in the field. II thaI
Is done 10 viii bc checked. Those VINO
have got back into camp VIII come OUT |
tleC. i have letters from upward or a.
tluuSa lI Democrats iu Indiana alone VINO
demanded "a third ticket / have talked |
with numerous Republicans. IhvE all
want a third ticket now. though at first
they sucercd 40 the iGca ana said that II
was ONLY wasting votes. They say now |
th4t iJ will help Mckinley and they want |
iJ Indiana Will poll l0Wy votes. tor
third ticket I believe. and they will all Ice
votes tn1t would go 10 Bryan. They are /
votes of Democrats who would not vote
aa Is true in t1e other States ana IN the
Mississippi valley. where this battle has
Eot 90 D. fought OUT The Eastern Demo |
Gratis 10 not understand the situation
Deere. They need no ticket In the East. /
u e demand one here II must be rep
lcSer 1tVc ticket. and Che convention that
it. fa.s No must have representatives from
20. of the STATES That is WHY we urge
thy East 20 come i'm and aid iu the nomin-
alton. They cam go r.cCt back home and
support Mckinley IN they choose. ] VIII
say This trlt tire sound money mon who
.Uc nuliuetrilE this movement are most
of them Democrats who intend themselves |
to vote for Mckinley. If they uut up 4
-ltrl ticket they Will vote Tor him Just
The same.
Read also what eX-Congr5ssman By
mum says:
The situation is misunderstood i'm the
East. There are Ten States now UQNriilt
thar VIII bc made certain for Mckinley If
Ht...
diana is one. Kentucky IS another Illinois |
is another. To viii help Jon Ohio. Missouri
iS fair -Igating ground Let the Eastern
men join in the call and send delegates TO
convention Jo nominate a third ticket !
Then iet them 20 back home ana do gust
what they please. Let them work ass nara I
as they care TO for Mckinley. The. Dem
e.-ats who are gouig 20 vote for Mtkin-
l.E now VIII vote for him anyway When /
lla time comes 10 is not These men We
~- after. bat the thousands who are uu-
decided. and who win eventually drift ]
huek to Eryaa Ill something is not done Z
There are $4,000 sound money Democrats /
in keut.'Ky alone. There are |.H11 in ]
Georra. IL IS impossible 20 DO anything
with these aeu Without ticket and an (
uIza uiLIiion iu the field
-Nlr. Eyuuw drew half % dozen letters R
lrom a.s pocket which hg said We're '.
from sound money men. Then coutt'n-t .
lists % names of Democrats who az not ?
want TO- vot. for Bryan. hut who dil not
want Co vote for Mckinley either
i is JUST possible that the eNiraoral- |
nary frankness of these assistant Nc |
Kinleyi.ss will destroy the success Of The (
blow they indicate. They appear to care /
less for their sound money" principles
than 10 aid Mr. Hanna's candidate, |
since they propose. for their own part
10 vote direct for the apostle Of high /
tariff and currency uncertainty. Prob /
ABLY few men will ibis year throw away /
,heir votes on any minor ticket how /
ever respectable the gentlemen who are /
nominated. however well concealed I
their obiecs in SO doing It is TO lee !
Bryan or Mckinley. and between them /
i,l-aflfor0- y1-ors will c}0ocn