The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-20
GOLD DEMOCRATS
Want No Offices but Enjoy the
Great Victory.
SENTIMENT AMONG LEADERS
Ia 20 Maintain the Party Organization.
tiay be Recognized In Appointments to
q Tariff Comml'.ion-A Presidents Need
ofParty hacking will DO Appreciated by
Mckinley.


correspondent says:
II the wishes q. such representative
sound money Democrats as cX-Mayor
Grace, Frederic COudert, Ex-Governor
Flower. William b. %ltornblowcr. and
others OF equal prominence, are respect.
ed, no tender OF any office VIII be
male TO any OF those Democrats who
ranged themselves IN opposition to
Bryan, nor win any one accept an Of
Acc should Il be offered.
This is, It IL safe 10 say, the almost
Unanimous opinion OF the sound money
Democracy OF this state, and che lead
ers OF that party assert that, excepting
possibly In some OF the southern states
where conditions are very different
from those which prevail elsewhere,
there Is no likelihood that any sound
money Democrat will Ne found who
would be willing to accept office, Mt
least at the beginning OF McKInlcy's
administration.
The subject has been carefully dis
cussed here, In fact SO carefully IA 10
Justify the impression that some rca-
sons have existed for believing that an
Invitation to accept office under Me.
kinley might DO extended 10 some OF
those who, az Democrats, Joined IN the
battle against Bryan.
Mr.. Hornblower, for Instance. this
morning spoke with great earneStneSs
upon this subject. lie said that 1t secm-
ed TO him that It would be inexpcdlcnt.
perhaps very harmful, II amy sound
money Democrat were TO become ON
cIaliy Identified with McKiniey's ad-
mln~lstratlon. The acceptance OF oiilce
would, In some measure, tend to dlmln-
Ssh the respect which the sound money
Democracy has everywhere gained Tor
It's course in this campaign.
And yet Mr.. Hornolower did not mean
10 Intimate that the Democrats who
had repudIRted the Chicago platform
should with the election OK Mckinley,
cease to maintain n. a which IL
Indirectly held with Republicans dur
ing the campaign. and should at once
become earnest and ~stcadtast oppO-
nents OF the Mckinley administration.
Ole felt that the occasion might arise
In the next yeRr or two, when II may
be necessary for all The forces which
make for good order and patriotism anu
the observance or the laws, 10 stand
again in common defense against as
saults similar to those which were
made during the late campaign.
But" said Mr.. Hornblower, 7 am
more than ever convinced that II Is
essential that there be reasonable divis-
ron between men OF intelligence, nigh
character and patriotic impulses upon
matters OF public policy. l confess thnt
I have been told that Just nov almost
all men OF that character are upon one
side opposing those who followed bFy-
an to the polls a Few days aEo.
But, II ought not 10 BE- so. II thcre
be but two partIcS-one OF which Is Tor
law and order. and the other Tor reVo-
luton, then sooner OF lateT we snail
have revolution or a serious attempt TO
secure II. For that reason l want to see
the Democratic party maintained as an
organization, and l mean by the Demo-
cratic party those who have been faith
full to the real principles OF Democracy
and who have not been led away 6y
new things"
Mr.. H]ornblower. however. and others
OF his character realiZe fully that just
at present all OF the tendencies on enc
part OF those who are opposed 10 bryan
are decidedly favorable at least 10
1ualiied support OF Mcklnlcy's admin
;stration. \ distinguished Democrat
who heard what Mr.. Hornblower said,
replied 10 him by relating an anecdnte
Of something which had come Within
his " experience.
He said that he was once taking
with one OF the most distinguished OF
the leaders OF the Irish party IN fafIla-
ment. and that leader said: The u
% home rule and OF Irish reform VIII. l
fear. greatly lag this summer, because
the price OF young cattl9 has gone UP
thirty shillIngs n head"
And the prediction afterwnTd proved
10 be an accurate one. SO. too, the fear
Il that Il the present promise Of pros
perIty proves to be we'll ~founded;if dur
ing McK!nley'S administration there
arc good times, plenty OF wO:k. at Sood
wages, large investment s.suiticicnt rev.
crue, and no financial disturbances
then II will be difficult; 90 persuade
many OF those who, although hitherto
Democrats. voted FOR Mckinley TO come
back 10 the Democratic Organization.
Moreover, II these conditions OF pros
perity are realized in MCKinicy's ad-
minlStration.the chances are tina; many
OF the farmers Of the agricultural
states, who supported Bryan. VIII De
persuaded OF their crror.and VIII return
10 the Republican party.
Er-nnyor Grnce'- Opinion.
Ex-Mayor Grace, who was = OF
those who heard Mr.. Hornblower's opin-
ION expressed. and who concurrel full
" In 1t. added an opinion OF his own.
lie said that the election showed that.
with ttSc exception OF the silver states
and two or three agricultural states In
the far west, Mckinley had received
practically the full support OF the 10
publican party. 1t would be necessary
FOR him, therefore, 10 bear that fact In
mind.
The Republican party had a d!St!nc-
tive policy. II received tho approval OF
the great body Of Republicans OF the
United States. Mckinley. Mt Grace PC
licvcd, was a wise enough politician
10 realize that Il President wh0 - to
have a successful administration, must
have behind him the earnest aud coz
dial support Of hls party. and Il might
cost the President some Of that support
were he TO place In high OtiiCial posts
men who claimed 10 be Democrats and
sincere believers In the Indianapolis
platform.
That platform contained somN things
with respeCt to the currency, FOR In
stance. to which the Republican party
had never been committed as Il patty:
and l,g attitude upnn the tariff was
cmphniirnlly different from the char
aC,crlstiC Republican position.
The sound money Democracy had
supported Mckinley directly or Indi-
rcctly because Of the great danger 10
republican Institutions. using the word
In its larger sense. which the Chicago
platform fsld created.
What Mckinley will DO
1t Is the common expression here that
1t was something more than II chance
remark which Senator Sherman made
ut Il snncch a fcw dnYa ago. whom he