The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-08

ttibutc in every way possibIc IA the 4
success OF the. party which wo rcprescnt
ana which ~ 70 the Important iss,ies'o OF
ne ,ss tine z stands for tho best interests oe
Uncertainty or Instability asi % t,,o
money question Involves most rsr,eas I I
consedueneess 10 oyery Ir,tercst ara ia
every citizen OF the country The grsy-
ny OF this question cannot bel over e.
dmated. There can be no financial Sc
curfty; no business stability; no real
prospcrlt ~. where the policy, OF tho iEoy-
ernment as TO that question Is at all q. Z
matter OF idoubt. 81 "a 4 q. n, 5't
The Gold Standard.
Gold 81 the one standard OF yotun
among oil enlightened commercial na.
tlons. 3 8
All financial transactions OF whn,- Z
ever character. ull business enterprise,
all individual or corporate investments
are adjusted 70 IL. An honest dollar.
worth one hundred cents everywhere,
cannot be coined out of s. cents worth
OF silver plus q legislative fat. n Sf
such O debascment OF our currency
would inevitably produce Slncalculablo
loss. appalling ulsaster and national dis
honor. II Is a fundamental principle in Z
coinage. recognized and followed by all /
the statesmen OF America In the past,
and never yet safely departed from, that Z
there can only be one basis upon which
golu and silver may, be concurrcntly
coined as money, and that basis Is eQual-
ny. not In, weight but In the commercial
value OF the metal contained in the re-
epective coins. This commercial value Z
10 fixed by the marAets OF tho world /
with which the great interests of the
country are necessarily connected by /
linnumerable business tics, which can-s
not De severed or Ignored. Great and
self reliant as our country Is, 1t Is great
not nlone within Its own borders and {
upon Its own resources. but becauseiit !
also reaches out 10 the ends of tho Garth :
nall the manifold departments of, bus
iness, exchange and commerce, and
must maintain with honor It's standing
and credit among the nations OF tho
earth - ll - \ = { II. Il
Tho question admits OF no compro-
mise. ] t Is q vital principle at stake,
but 1t Is In no sense partisan or scc-t
tional. 1t concerns. all the people. Ours,
as oneyof the foremost nations, must
have a monetary standard equal to the
best. IS /. fi \ {.
1t Is Of vital consequences that this Z
question should be settled now In such
a way as to restore public confidence
here and everywhere. In the integrity of
our purpose, A doubt OF that integrity
among tho other great commercial coun-l
tries OF the world will not only cost us
millions OF money, but that which as pa
triots we should TREASURE still more
highly-our industrial and commercial
supremacy.
The Protective Policy.
Ny. estimate OF the value OF q protec-
tive. policy has been formed by the study
Of the object lessons of great Industrial {.
state extending over Q period OF thirty
years It is that protection not only
builds up important industries from
small beginnings, butS that those land
all other Industries flourish or; languish
in proportion as protection Is maintain-
ed OF withdrawn. have Seen 1t indis-s
putablya provedthat the prosperity of the
farmer, merchant and all other classes
OF citizens goes hand in hand with that
of,the manufacturer and mechanic. ~
y / am firmly persuaded that what we
need most OF all to remove, the business
paralysis that afflfcts this country IL
the restoration of q policy which, while
iaffording ample revenue to meet the
expenses of the government, will re-
open. American work shops on full time
and full handed With their operatives
paid good wages in honest dollars. And
this can only come under q tariff which
will hold the interests OF our own people
paramount In our political and CONNER
cial systems. q
The opposite policy, which discour-
ages American enterprise, reduces
American labor to idleness, dlminishes
the earnings Of American workingmen,
opens our markets TO commodities from
abroad, which we should produce at
home, while closing foreign markets 4
against our products and which at the
same time steadily augments the public
debt, increasing the public burdens :
while diminishing the ability OF the ipeo-
pie to meet them, is a policy which must
find It's: CHIEF popularity elsewhere than
among American citizens. a siiyi {
I Shall take an early opportunity. gen.
tlemen OF the committee, through you :
to communicate to my fellow citizens
with somewhat more Of detail, my views e
concerning the dominant questions OF
the hour and the crisis which confronts
us as nation.
With this brief expression of;my2ap- +
probation of the distinguished honor
that has been bestowed upon me, and
this signiflcatlon OF my acceptance OF "
the trust to which I have been summon
ed, place myself at the service of the
Republican party and OF the country j45
+ Governor GrIggs arrived att Mr.. Ho-
bart's house at 11:i5 and among those
in attendance were Congressman fFow-
Ter, Stewart. and Parker. Fully :, 900 Ss
people were gathered In the vicinity OF y
Mr.. Hobart,s house.