The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-24
GREAT

For the Republican Outlook FOR Vic-
tory-PupOcratic Campaign BADLY Man.
aged.
Moses T. Handy In New York Mall
and Express: At no time since the
pOpOCrats made their nominations has
the outlook for Republican success
been aS encouraging us 1t Is at the pres
ent time. Tho splendid work which
has been done BY the Republicans in
the west has been productive OF excel
lent results. and 1t now seems more
than likely that a majority OF the
states west OF Ohio will cast their bal
lots in favor OF the Republican ticket.
The work which has been done has al
most wholly been through te distrIbu-
ton OF true Information on the Cur-
rcncy question. At the headquarters a
hundred men have been Ut work mail
Ing documents to doubtful voters, with
excellent results. By them thousands
OF men who had been led away by the
fdllaclous arguments OF the popocrats
have been brought 20 see the error OF
their ways. This campaign OF CduCa-
ton has been SO successful that there
Is no doubt or Its being continued as
long as money can be had TO pay the
printing and postage bills. 1t Is very
seldom that n campaign committee has
any big postage bills. The custom IN
the past has been to send out speeches
from Washington under government
frank, and this Is tn. method employed
by the Democrats to-day, who will do
most Of their document distribution
through their Washington office. But
the Republican committee has prepared
uypgllapt lon ilntq rrIytin,F M. u,InIn ~
tbs arguments against free coinage In
Il nutshell. These are bright. catchy
and thoroughly reliable, and are much
more likely To be read than the dry
and prosy speeches delivered in Con-
grtHs.
One OF the best Is that known as
'Leafict No. g." In the compass OF
four pages II answers all OF the stock
arguments of the free coinage men.
Facts and figures are cited TO demolish
h propositions which are commonly
advanced by the popOcratS. aud to any
one who wants TO be in Il position to
be able to shut up a SilverIte | can rec
ommend nothing better than to write
10 the national committee for n copy
and then learn the pamphlet by heart.
The task cun be accomplished in iivr. or
ten minutes with ease, and the satisfaC-
ton OF being able 10 sQuelch the silver
nrSuters is well worth the trouble.
1t Is beginning to look like Il land
slide. But at the same time II must be
remembered that the advantage which
has been gained Is the result OF the
hardest kind of work. To be held the
work must be continued. The silver
people have been at work for three
years propaEatlnE their doctrines, and
three months Is not long 10 spend in
underlying those who have fallen Vie
Tins to their spcciOus arguments.
The Democratic campaign Is being
very badly managed. The chickering's
between Altgeld and Jones and the
patty Guarrels among the rival leaders
have put the pOpocrats at n disadvant-
age. y single CLEAN OF sense was
shown when they decided to make their
headquarters In Chicago. 1t showed
that they realized that the west must
after all be their battle ground. but at
the samctlme II cannot but be regarded
as n confession that they. have aban-
doncd all hope Of capturing. the east.
Bryan'S speech practically settled the
question Of the location of headquar-
tiers. His admirers expected him to set
the Harlem river on fire. To put IL
mildly, he didn't. Slowly they have
awakened TO n realization Of this truth.
and only the widest Of TIN, popocrats
are now willing to predict that their
candidate will carry any eastern state.
The removal of headquarters to Chi
caEo means that the Democrats will
from now on devote their attention to
trying to regain the ground which they
nave lost while rainbow chasing in the
east. 1t means that they will conduct
I'll" campaign along sectional lines, and
Will endeavor to rGdouble their efforts
to incitc opposition TO the east among
the men Of the west and south.