The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-31
SOUND MONEY.
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~ the yirtta 0f s~ect!onalism, injected by
the ptatant Tlllnian, IT wAH dominated
ppyltac demon Of anarShys which HtHlked
lrcittintR In tho peraon of an AltEVtd,
and u fabricated d 'raIsshappen spGcter
otlatEteAancSs, F~epudiativas and dlshou-
4 or pAinre Hwhlch every true American
must bow hIs head ip shame. When
tasy were drunk with nc contemplation
tS9f the wild mischief which they hnd
tfpruised for the future The ternptcr an-
llpc1rad BEFORE them with an instdiouS
appeal 10 prejudice. 10 anInlcsItIca OF
face. agalnAt ruce and OF class against
eIas! And TO- the JEALOUSY felt by the ua-
thFlty towards the prosperous.
TllN ropneFats SsorsJ,
Under this inspiration they htIy CON-
pIeted their work by nominating tor tie
N presidency a man wholly Inexperienced
In public affairs, who. whatever may be
t2id OF hiB honesty OF purpose. Is thcat-
rtcal- spectacular and all for empty
X SQUAD and show Ia his every act md
every Instinct. He beautifully declared
ta1t he would march Into the heart OF
q efaer'y' 8 country IN receive formal
Ratification of the choice OF the ccnven-
Sttor. and when he arrived there and
Ssood IN the very shadow Of chat wax
Atrsst which for years he had haAn de-
nouHctnS in woods OF IRE, the man
bhrunk 70 his true proportions. lie de-
seconded 20 a crtnging, wheedling apoI-
SaoSy for himself and his principles; he
iToned out a wsarisome ass. OF pIalI-
tubes and economic f~allacIes, which, as
compared with the meat OK Wild denun-
Cations and reckless promises that he
had served up to his western hearers.
j Waa az milk for babes; but the milk had
~ haatS aaEaSA4 ktg kNfEk.,a Ia. "a
mat won him INSTRUMENTATION at Chicago.
q Appiaaae.)
TO the awfni shncE which the Chicago
platform Ente to the moral sense OF all
True Democrats. the C.iicHgo candidate
\ baa added the palms o. humiliation and
disgust In this emergency Il was the
obvious and Imperative duty OF every
man who held 10 the ancient Democrat
10 faith 20 desert ItsyS man and stamp
put the policies which he advocates.
The readiest meane 10 this end was to
vote fot his Republican opponent: but
70 this course grave obstacles at once
presented themselves The Republican
party has indeed declared lSseIf for
sound money and the national hoaor.
But Il also stands Tor many policies
which we regard "a lntmicaI to the pub
lie welfare, and which for many years
we have opposed. with varying success.
but alwRys without hlnehiHg- Zap
plause.)
A Grave Emergency.
To meet this grave emergency a SON
ference vas held composed OF many
d our best. tried and most trnsted lead
ar. As a result Of theIe d%el!hera;Ion
4 national convention has been called
TO announce once more the true Demo
cratic faith. 10 declare u u%nbending
allegiance 70 Il. and to put forward
duly accredited champions NJ the cause
for the coming campaign. We are 10
declare our un~SwerTIng determination
% maintain a monetary system In which
every dollar shall be equally accsptA-
bic an equally valuabI. TO rich and
poor, to debt5F and creditor alike: not
because the government has stamped Il
and endowed It with the debt-payIng
power OF a dollar, but becauEe the honor
and manhood OF the American people
have made It worth one hundred cents.
81 either In It's own substance or In that
with which they. stand ready and able
to redeem II upon demand.
We are poT TO raise a banner and
20 inscribe thereon In ineEacea5ie le,-
terB the principles Of protection 70 NE.
Ao@rty, and property. IL the right OF
= private contract and the SAuctity Of
private faith; OF equal and exact tua-
tee between man and ma; and OF ma
tional honor raised high above the re-
~ saults OF experiment and theory how
ever safe or plausible they may appear,
1tf1ay he that to the u%nthInking Obser-
yer after h election Il will appear that
we have fallen in the struggle, but we
shall not fail until we have planted this
banner upon thu :opmost pinnacle Of
Z our native mountains; and then when
III the mlSts OF error have been disSIpated.
and the wave OF madness which has
STept over the land has been hurled
back, 70 leave our Institutions as Arm
n mistaken as ever, the chasteuet
and purified hosts OF West Virginia De-
mocracy Will rally tn that banner and
hear II forward to an lmperIshabIe tri-
un1ph. LAs Mr.. TrapneII concluded his
eloquent addregy, the convention. which
seemed thoroughly Imbued with the SEN
tlme1ts 80 f1rcefulIy presented BY the
Ii speaker, went Wild with Its enthus!asn).
The conventions temporary 0rSan!Za-
tlon WAS completed by the GeIectfOn OF
A. NJ. Lawrence, OF MarshaiI, secretary.
and Robert E. Lee Fitzsfmmops, 6t
h Ohio, Eer2eaat-at-armg.
M StAiu2kPr, OF the provisional ex-
CGutive committee. said the committee
you'd Recommend that each congrea-
sional district select two members on
TIE following committees: Permanent
organization and order az business, req
Oldtthns, committee 10 select a state OK
ecnttye committee, Thiz mode 0t pro-
Ecsdpre Tls adopted by the convention.
ana the delegations met IN the audItn:-
Inn and made their selections. ar fol-
lows:
Ftr.t Dl..rIe,.
Permanent organization aud order or
business-R0oert White md J. r. Don
ahne.
ResoIbtlona-J. L. sommervllle and
John BaasiI.
Committee on state executive commit
tse-Jnhn $. MAYOR and NJ. Weldon
ne!mcr.
second District.
Permanent organization and order OF
busincss-D. W. Entler and DR.. ". F.
K@<olutiona-E. NJ. Turner and NJ. W.
g&GambIc.
Committee on gtatc executive commit
tec-D.C. Westenhavcr and James Flan-
agan
Third D~IAtrict.
Permanent organization and order OF
buSlncss-R T.. Neal and W. M. pcytnn.
Hc8olutIons-Frhnk WoodmaH and ].
Is. ViH51:I.
Committee on state executive commit
tec-Gravc3 Hubbard and Wells Goody-
kuntz.
Fourth District.
Permanent organization and order OF
buSihesS-EIy Ensign and Charles Rich
ardsnn.
RcsnIutions-z. T. VInson and 3. -.
NJ Enslow.
Committee on state executive commit
tcc-H. Fitzpatrick and r. T.. Johnson.
@gtn effort Wah mad. To have n rcrraa