The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30
THE pEMo.roPuLrsr ALLIANCE.
A Dsmoeratlo Paper Tells why the True
Democrats Cannot Support it-Bryan
doomed 10 Defeat.

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Democrats Cannot support It-Bryan
Doomed 10 Defeat.
Philadelphia Record, Den): With
the adjournment OF the popullSt con-
vcntlOn at ~. louis tho first question
which comes NJ H.: Whnt can the Pop
ullsts contribute 10 the election OF ijry.
an ana SewRll, o. bryan and watson,
IN November II Ia certain that the
adoption OF the Chicago nominee for the
presidency by the Popullsts can brlng
him no support IN the south. II he need.
I'd any besides Democratic votes IN that
section Of the country. In most OF the
southern stntesin recent years the rival
parties have been Democrats and popu.
lists, who have been bitterly hostile TO
each other; nnd their mutual hatred
viii not bF converted Into harmony by
the nomination NJ u common candidate
Tor the presidency. The southern Popu.
lists In large numbers viii refuse to
support Bryan because he " the can.
dldatc OF tho party from which they
haze rcThl:ri, AMI viii u pcy regard
az their enemy ni;l opprcss"r. At tho
same TIME thousands VI Democrats IN
every southern state viii withhold their
votes from him because he Is the repre-
sentative u! the party> OF P0pulism,
whose doctrines OF paternnI government
and state socialism they abhor.
In this mutual hatred Of the southern.
Democrats and POpullsts the RepuOli-
cans viii have n strong chance OF carry
ing Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana and
FLORIDA. In the west there IA no ducs-
tlGn That the p1pnllSt nomination Will
bring 10 Bryan the support OF the whole
r0pullat strength OF that region; but
this VIII DO more than set on by the de-
fectlon OF Democratic voters to whom
the Cunmlinistlc doctrines prGmulgat-
ed at 81. Louis last week are utterly
abhOrrent. While these western Demo-
Gratis might have voted for the Bryan
Of the Chicago convention on his plat
form VI free silver, they cannot vote for
the Bryan or the st. Louis convention
On u platform which prOposes to trans.
form the American system " sclf-g0v.
eminent Into a system OF Capitalization
and patcrnallsm.
The nomination OF Bryan on u Pdpu-
list platform nbsolves from his support
tho eastern NJ well ns western Demo-
Gratis to whom appeals have been made
on The scores OF regularity and party
fidelity. No Democrat, by uny stretch
OF partisan sOphistry, can be held to owe
allegiance to the party OF POpulism and
its candidates. AS II the mpnaCes Of
reputation were not enough, the PJpu-
list platform makes war upon the doc
trlnes aud principles 10 which the
Democratic party has always adhered
with the utmost tenacIty from Its origin
10 the present hour.
This PNpulist platform, which Demo-
Gratis are Invited 10 support, demands
not only thatthe government shall con-
vert to its ownership anu control oil the
railroads OF the country, but that by
means OF public works the government
shall also furnish employment to idle
labor. TO this end It will be necessary
only to Improve" every mountain
stream into n navigable waterway. TO
erect u public building In every village,
and to make the coast brlstle with steel
Notifications from Maine to Puget
Sound. Instead OF taxing the people
FOR this vast expenditure for employ
Ing Idle labor, the government would
have only 10 issue legal tender notes IN
amount sufficient to meet the demands
OF business and to restore the 1ust level
OF prices OF labor and production"
Thus, With all the Idle men employed
by the government at the Just level OF
the prices OF labor. and plenty OF silver
dollars and paper Issues In ~everybuly's
pocket, the millennium OF PopulIsm will
have arrived aS D as possible after
the election OF Bryan 10 the office Of
President. There Ia but one thing want.
Ing to this enchanting programme, and
that is the promise OF C~ircuses, thea
tres. boat races. football and bicycles
FOR the recreation OF labor when resting
from government employment.
Whatever differences OF opinion may
exist concerning the wisdom OF nominat-
Ing a third ticket. the adoption OF Bryan
by the PopullStS, together with the In
capacity OF Mr.. Mckinley and the Re
publican leaders to recognize the magnl-
tudc OF this crisis. Will greatly stimulate
the movement for n sound money Dem
Ocratic candidate. Events more potent
than candidates and politicians have
made the tarlr a dead issue In this
campaign. But much as n new cdi-
ton OF the Mckinley tariff would injure
the country, free silver coinage would
mean immediate and irremedlable ruin
to millions OF innocent people who
should be kept unframed by their gov
eminent. The maintenance OF the stand
ard OF sound money, the preservation Of
the public credit and the protection OF
all citizens from wrong, especially the
weak who are least able 10 bear the
losses of n debased currency, should be
tn. first duty In this crisis. Therefore.
the sole question In how the POpulistIc
candidate or free silver can be most
surely defeated at the ballot-box In No
vember. Into the consideration OF this
question no personal interest and no
partisan resrntnlcnts should be per-