The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-13
CUg9ENT COsLNENT,.


Few persons are aware shat silver GER
ti:icatcs are not legal tender. though rG-
cc!vaSle Cor public dues. The fact WIS
recently. II Ii stated, forced on the at
tcnIionof the pOstotic. department by Il
person who Refused 10 ac2cp: the %CertIii-
cates In payment OF 4 money Order. THUS
II seems, the government IS obliged TO
receive silver certificates. but cannot
pay them Quito anyone unwilling 70 re
ce!ve them. Should our SILVER lriClGa
becJmc able 20 icgisia:c, they VIII doubt
less make the certificates legal tender. so
as TO force the unwilling patriot to take
the paper representative uf SO cents III a
lOe-ccnt valuation. - Baltimore sun
(DeHI.)
The indianapolis convention means The
right thing zone IN the right way. II
VIII Serve " most important purposes.
First, 1t will withdraw from the support
OF Bryan nearly or quite 4 million Demo-
cratic Votes throughout thc country,
and II VIII not prevent patriotic Demo-
Gratis from voting directly for Mckinley
IN every doubtful state In the union
Philadelphia Times .Ind. Dcm.)
The eastern trip 0f William Jennings
az NNNh ! NHlIN wv SIlhN
campaign 10 the highest point Il Will
reach. With the resonant echo in Mad
!S0n Square Of the assertions in the Chi
cage convention that great body OF
American voters, so !nIni:Gs!mal 4 share
OF whom ar" these shouting crowds. will
enter on the sober p]crEOnhl Considcla-
t!Jn ht the arguments offered 10 over
turn credit, dcbaAc the currency ana do
stroy ALI hope Of Observation-Disclosures
phia Press Uscp)
Bryan. In the most pucrIlc series Of
speeches ever made by Il presidential
candidate, IL telling :hc people that they
must study the question Of the currency.
II yet he Is telling the work!ngm"n
that they must not learn anything about
thiS Question from 0'EHrS. They cor
t%IHly nrc not learning anything about 1t
from BryaM.-LouigviIlc CnUficr Journal
tDCm.)
1t Is n gratifying rlEn Of the improve
incIt In political r"ntinIcnt In thiS cJ,ln-
Try that Euc!r 81 incident an ;o5k place
IN CAUTION yesterday can occur without
exciting my wonder or hllrlIigc. At
Canton, II anywhere, IT," personal feel"
linz In the "%AHlpniI:u shOlld be highest.
Nevertheless thousands OF ifr residents
turned out 10 meet Mr.. l:iyhn % lie
passed through the city. lie wls re-
cc!v"d with respectful courtesy, and
when he paid a compliment TO the per-
hpnal Character OF MlElnlcy tlir pcGnc
was more like that OF n love fcaat than
anything cl2c.
TO cap the climax. tho 1!ryHn rcccp-
ton committee from Pittsburgh, being
delayed In Canton, went to Call on Major
Mckinley, pIyi1g itU respects and cx-
changing compliments, not M p~artIran+
but M American citizens Mr.. McKIn-
10y replied In the came spirit.-CnICagO
Record Ond. Drm.)
Free silver always has made III" wage
cnrilcr a sInvH In tho bombs Of n drhla"d
metal. 1t always has ROBBED him Of hIH
earnings ANA II always has taken away
from him the hope OF climbing on; OF HE
d"FEInHhtiOn. II the American wage
Garner decides for bryan and oliver. h. IL
doomed to the fate ur tho Mexican, tn"
Jappticsc and the Chinese. If he votes
J the Democratic ticket he delivers his