The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-21

lifopuiibts nave TINS year wei nigh swal-
loweG-all but the oilices.-contaln broad
threats that ought to forewarn every law
abiding citizen, ana cause him to week
increasingly for tho utter defeat OF ev.
cry candidate, from the highest to the
lowest. who glveslt his support. .2,ls
The supreme court at Washington Is
Justly called the bulwark OF our llber-.
ties. The very existence CT the nation
ls made more secure by tho character
and offices af this, our highest tribunal
only men OF undoubted Integrity ana
In the law and all It's
ihtrieac!es are appointed to sit in this
august body. And in order that it may
pc iree from political Influence, life
tenure Of office Is given. ~ NJ
me chicago platform nssails this
court. 1t plainly Intlinatcs that the par
ty proposes, lf elected, TO make sueR
ehanges-when vacancies occur-as viii
threaten Ito Integrity, by making,it sub
]ect TO partisan influence.
Inc supreme court must not be tam
persd with. Its9powers must not be
aprluged. lts decision, being final, must
be entirely free from political and other.
ucnoralizlnS Influences and as near n b..
solute justice as human minds can make
There can be no difference Of opinion
among Inv abiding citizens on. this
point. How, then, can such voters cast
aaballot for men who stand squarely
upon3a platform that assails this court?
How: can they continue with such a
During the great Chicago riot OF 1891
the railway trains running In and out OF
tnat city were delayed for hours or pre-
vented from running at all, by the law
less mob. Property OF immense value
was destroyed. the United States mails
could not be forwarded, and public tra...
vel and Interstate commerce was sus-
pended. 49, ( 4. =
There is no telling what might have
happened II President Cleveland had not
promptly dispatched United States
troops to the scene to resist the rioters
and restore order. The President had
full authority to do this. and the law and
order classes sustained him. But the
element that controlled the Chicago con-
vention denounced It as arbitrary In
reference" In clause of the platform.
OF which the following Is an extract:
We denounce arbitrary interference
by federal authorities liz local affairs MS
a violation OF the constitution OF the
United States, and crime against the
free institutions; and we especially OBJ
ject to government by Injunction as a
new and highly dangerous form Of OPP
preston"
The protest to government by In
junction." was virtually followed by
demand that the right OF Ethc federal
courts to interfere In cases like the Chi
cago riots be abolished.
The power and fear OF the courts and
ofthe strong arm 1.-THE government are
all that prevent the! enemies of society
from wreaking theirsvengeance. yet the
Demopopulists seek to remove this pre-
| clous safeguard of the people. Why Is
Bryan silent on "a matter of such su-
prcme Importance? .,
Can intelligent and law-abidlng voters
support such a candidate and the mon
grei party that nominated him?
Bryan has always strongly opposed
protective tariff. He knows that his OPP
ponent, William Mckinley. is nn ardent
advocate Of that policy. He is also well
successful in the coming election they
will again pass a protective tariff bill
Why. then, is Bryan silent on the sub
ject?
Because he knows that the country
now strongly favors protection to our
home Industries. Democratic tariff
tinkering is largely responsible for the
lack Of confidence and hard times now
prevailing. and wholly responsible for
the failure Of the present administration
to meet the expenses Of the government
with bond issues. People now realize
that they want more open mills instead
80 al Be- e.
Bryan lodges the tariff and devotes all
his time to his free coinage scheme for
reaching the white house.
VIII all this lodging OF more important
| issues and great hue and cry for free
coinage deceive the people? Abraham
Lincoln truly said: You can fool all the
people part Of the time; You can fool
part of the people all the time: but you
cannot fool all Of the people all the time"
CHARLES H. COE.
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