Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-19

Ex-Governor w. l.. W1lsOn, WHO VIII pS
the Congressional nominee in the Third dis
trict, arrived in the city yesterday morn
ing, on business before the Supreme Court
of Appeals, and is registered at the Hotel
Windsor Ex-Governor Wilson was seen
last evening by a reporter for the Register,
and was asked for his impressions of the
general political situation, IN the light of
the Democratic district Conventions of
Wednesday, and the result of the Republi-
can aggregation at St. Louis, yesterday.
In reply, he said, in substance, that ne
considered the conditions most suspicious
for Democratic success, State and national.
I'VE will carry this State" said the ex-
Governor, with a whirl, and will elect
Democratic President over Mr.. Mckinley.
The silver question is one which the Re-
publican adherents of the gold standard
can never combat. The people are awaken
ing to this most important matter, and
within sixty days you will see a political
torrent rushing alorg which the Repubii-
cans can never stem. There will and must
be clear-cut issue at Chicago Oh the finan-
cial question, ard with that settled, the
rest will come of itself. McKinleyism is
a thing of entirely artificial and enforced
growth. He was forced to the front by
methods disgraceful 10 American politics.
and was nominated by convention which
dare not endorse his high tariff views.
He is going before the country on the gold
issue, and will meet with overwhelming
and ignominious defeat. The people of this
country. without regard to politics, recog-
nize the situation They are now fully in
formed Of the great wrong OF 1873, the
effect of which was to rob our farmers of
one-half of the value of their products.
depreciate property and lessen the incomes
of the people. and when they have an OPP
portunity this fall, upon a clear-cut issue,
they will return verdict at the polls
which will make Mckinley and his Re
publican supporters wink They talk
about ffty-cent dollar. Rot and rubbish.
The trouble is that the Republican crowd
is attempting to foist upon us in perpetu-
ity a two hundred cent dollar That's
where the trouble lies. Silver is the money
OF the Constitution. More than that it
has been money since the days of Abraham
The fathers of the Republc-Washingto
and Jefferson, and Jackson and the rest
endorsed it; yet in 1S73-at the hour OF
midnight, | may say-without the know-
edge OF the people, in a manner which es-
capped even the lynx-eyed representatives,
of the press-it was outlawed and the fact
did not become known for a year and a
half so artfully was II concealed. The
result was most disastrous, particularly
to our farming eement-and what effects
the farmers disastrously is reflected
+lr1, -.
Our average exports of farm products to
Europe reaches seven hundred and fifty
millions per annum. The value OF this ex-
port was cut in two. resulting in a loss OF
upwards of three hundred millions per year
to our agricultural classes, and this has
been going on for twenty years. IL is no
wonder that our farmers are poor. that
their farms are mortgaged. that their in
come has been cut off, and that they have
less money TO spend In our cities. AS a
legitimate and inevitable result, the prices
of live stock and farming lands have de-
preciated from fifty to seventy-five per
cent, and there is general distress. 1t
has equal rights with gold in the coinage
could not be otherwise. The remedy is to
restore silver to its legitimate place II
VI piilS tOuHNiN, anu lit pcODlt are DeRln-
ming to understand it. The knowledge
permeates all classes and all States. It is
universal, and the sentiment will grow
powerfully between now and election day,
with the result that there will be a tidal
wave to which that Of two years ago will
be ridiculous by comparison. and the thing
called McKinleyism will be swept aside as
are straws by flood This is not thing
of mere sentiment or OF political expedf-
ency. 1t is a great business truth, affect
ing the material interests Of the whole
people, and the sixty days next ensuing
will bear out my words. AS to West Vir-
ginia. look to the coming campaign with
entire confidence. The people know the
situation and the wrong they have suf-
fered by intuition and sad experience. and
they will be quick to seek the opportunity
TO secure relief. And what Is true Of West
Virginia is true of the entire West and
South and TO a large extent of the East as
WE'LL l confidently expect to see the De-
mocracy carry New York, for instance,
for the farmers in that State are rapidly
having their eyes opened to the truth
There must be clear-cut expression at
Chicago and the result will be a great
Democratic victory at the polls in No
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