The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30

iuuHtlS ScHt WhS inc scene tO-uny OF
the opening OF the Republican national
campaign Of 1890 In Maine. People from
nll the country round about cams 10
town TO listen 10 n speech by the Hon.
Thomas u. Reed unI to congratulate
him on the prospect OF his renonInntIon
for representative In Congress by tho
First district Republican convention.
There were present many people from
nearby sections Of New Hampshire and
Massachusetts, giving the occasion
something OF The character Of MI inter-
state denomination. The meeting was
In the public square. Mr., Reed said In
part:
'lf We're going TO give good advice
TO the people Of the whole United States,
should take this time to do II. Just
now there Ia u srrat deaf of froth and
foam In the air, nnl some time ~ really
ncedtnl tn disclose TO every eye how
much OF II Is the result OF the ten.
porlry breeze which stills al nlghtiall,
and how little there Ia OF that heavy
ground swell which shows that great
elementary forces are at work. How
very suddenly this rush and stir hna
SGT Itself into action. Two months ago
no man OF any standing would> have
tiskcd his reputation as prophet by
limiting the slightest doubt OF Repuhli.
can success. -Four years OF actual trial
OF the opposition under the guidance
Of Its best md twice trusted leader has
left no shadow OF question as TO public
duty. However far the Republican
party might have fallen short OF per
feCtlon. nevertheless all men felt that 1t
was the best party, just now. to draw
nigh to for whatever IL to be left to ua
Of sound government. commercial sue
cess and business prosperity. On that
we were all agreed. some Of us who were
Democrats. regtctfhily, for we all hate
TO be classed with the unsuccessful
whose condemnation is at hand. even
If we gain by the change: others OF us
who were Republicans. cheerfully. but
without exultatlon, for we knew how
hard the task must be to rebuild out OF
the ruins,..of the last four years the
stately mansions OF national happiness,
prosperity and self-respect wherein our
people lived until that unfortunate cleo
ton Of '92.
Two months have slipped away
hardly time TO rlpen strawberry,
much less n system of fnance-and
there are those who tell us thnt all
things have changed. but these very
men who were being arraycd for de-
cent burial had burst the cetements OF
the grave, and transiIgurcd by some
new arrangement Of crowns Of thorns
and crosses OF gold, were TO lead US to
n new happiness. and even repair all
the damage they themselves had
wrought.
Work W. Wind.
UNny, ,i,tr r,o,. ,,a en- h,,, - o,a ~ a ,a.
not seem probable. Human experience
in every walk OF life teaches us that
those who have blundered viii blunaer
again and that the wisesl course is not
To employ d ship captain who has not
yet emerged from his last shipwreck,
but the safe sailor who has never lost
ship, n passenger or letter, but whD
has sailed safe through every sea. He
may have lost masts and sails and even
been rudderlcss for hours. II he has
every time come safe 10 shore. better
have him than all the landsmen who are
forever shouting what they Cun do
and never -darc 10 tell or what
they have done. Boosters hrc worth
nothing. Deeds are facts and are for
ever and ever. Talk dies on the empty
air. Better pound Of performance than
n shsploai OF language.
1.-TWO months ago. as I have already
said. everybody conceded the election
Of the Republican ticket What has
happened since then? Have the four
years OF history been blo.ted out? Not
one scrap OF them. Is our condition bel
ter? Rather worse. We are all In bad
way and something must be done. Let
lis see what Is proposed by those gen.
tlemen who. within the last two months
have discovered a new cure for all the
Ills flesh Is heir 10, and who proclaim,
as they did four years ago. that they
alone hold prosperity IN their grasp.
Their remedy Is thG coinage OF sill
ver, 10 to !. What does that mean?
Heretofore. whenever gold and silver
have stood together. 1t has been at the
market value. When We tried to make
gold and silver circulate tosctlscr we
have always married them according
To their market value. To-day we find
them. not l6 10 !, but 81 to |. and are
going they say, To lit silver 10 twice It's
value, not By the universal sense OF
mankind. which alone mukcs values,
but by the statute OF the United States,
single handed against The civilized
world. Why should the United States
try to do this alone? won't discuss tho
question whether tho free coinage Of
silver Win raise Il to par or not, Very
few people claim that 1t will. and II thcy
dd | Could not believe them.
Mis.ed Their Guess.
81 was told In 1890, by two OF tho
most sincere, ns well as the Hblcst silver,
men that the purchase OF $500, ,OoO
ounces n month would raise silvcr IN
par. and when We did buy Il, sllvcr
went down like lead. Silver mon hnyc
not been good prophets In tho pnsl.
what we want In not more money, but
more c1pital--noncy always comes
with ?!ta!. We have money nov.
more al we can use, lying Idle. We |
have J"tt exported lot OF Il. Money is
the tran1ferfer Jf capital as hay rack
and horses b. q tranHferrer OF has. More |
hnyraclSa VIII never make more hny
but more hay will require more Inv
racks, and Is sure to get them.
"Onr capital Is great, but the l'nItcd
States Is very much greater. There I
are millions. OF Edlarc miles and 75,e0o-
600 Of people and undcvcloped riches
without stint. But there Is not capiioI |
enough 10 Keep 16.0O0.0O0 Of pcopie 'nt
work. When are we the most proapcr.
ous? 1t Is when the 75, ,O0n. 900 are aii M |
work. and when TINT happens VIC borrnw
Jf the rest Of the world thousands nf
mlllIona of dollars. u
SoW, Just rs F0oi as this clctlynn Ia
over and tlaN future position OF IN"
United Sthtcg Is assured, both M +, |
money ana 10 the employment OF our
people, capital Is ready TO come Ia ,a
from abroad and from our own ,ps,nIc
and VIC shall again be prosperous ]