The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-29

|AN9.". 49, LHNA -
10 ablndon the old cool.headed,
nhnn6lhl prineipiks that have been es-
t1hlisl led .by the experlencnfotiall EclyII-l
.izcd nuntrtesH by which Ill consider.
able nations FIRMLY! abide, and under
%hIeh this country has attained Its
unexntnpied, growth and prpsperity,a and
to suhAutgte In their place these newly
dlHcoStted theories that have conduct.
cd he lew small countries that have,
experimental With them Into hopeless,
embarrassment Of finance aud business
II 40 NOT behave there Is{ any, man
whose experience Is large enough or
wh0ss imagination " evil enough 10,
predict The extent Of the own consG.
ounces Which. IL adopted. they viii ems
tall upon UT There are those, STRANGE
as II may savm, Who, eehcurilhg In thei
views hays tried 70 present, are stll
considering WHISTLER adhesion tos the
existing ORGANIZATIONS oflthe Democrats
ic. party = not moro Important than the
splvatlln ntthc, public interests With u
man who We content 10 placegh IL party
right ot gwtoag, above his country Il
cannpt rehH1r. for we have no IDEAS,
In %coInnIons But the question still re-
party that mates Il? shhil we get AZ
Il ~ efrhffNANNhFHNp ptANb ~ wv.
exchange our blrthrlght?
a pisrupt-i Party.
"rhe party is already hopeiessly dis
rupted on The Issue presented. We can-
not siolLlw both Its divisions at the
same time. however desirable Il might
be, since they are moving in opposite!
directions, On the one, side are the old
time-honored principles OF the party.
under which all It's great traditions
have been generated, and which all Its
lUustriDuA aiAalerst have a~dvocated.3
Chief and 5fsrenlost5 among those prln-}
ciples always In times past has benff
the i~ualntenahce OF sound and honest,
money, ~ dollars that are dollars of u
national stamp upon them that docs.
not lie. II this IL now abandoned thu
party has no principles on the most VIZ,
tai question Of the time. on the same
side are Its most trusted present states-J
men and leaders, and a very large pro-
portion nj the least OF Its better and
most instructed clement,
which way shall we 80 then since
we Seannot go both ways? With Its
sta tesmen. or With Its organization
stamped aud degraded by It's epemIes?,
In which direction lies the future oflths
party II it3ls to have any future? And
who are they who will control It here
nfler, when this tyranny shall be over
passed.
Lei no NAH be afraid to be right on,
~thlsqueston. for 1t is the right that Will
triumph In the end. whether It reforms
the party or destroys Ii. i shall there
fore vote for Mckinley.
II am not n Republican and L never,
shall be. ! do not believe in protec-,
ton and I shall never be converted to.
Ii. But In the throes Of a deadly nal!
adys I~5cannot afford to reject the only
physician lsho Is In a situation to help
me because his political opinions arc,
different from mine or even because L
think there. ere better physicians than,
lie. IL they could be had in time.
1 shallg further and shall vote at
the September election for the Republic
can candidate for governor. Il could not
vote for any Democratic candidate;
however estimable his character, and
however sound, his personal views, who
permits Himself 10 be run on the Chl-t
cago platform of fraudulent money.
More especially when those who have
placed him in nomination have at the,
dictatlon OF the men who obtained con-,
troll at Chicago, ignominiously hauled
down the flag they first hoisted for
sound and honest money, and raised,
one directly to the contrary. which they
haveithu publicly admitted they know
to be wrang on the Vital and only ques-i
,tion offthe day. !,
THE amount of the majority of the,
September election In Vermont may be.
of much signlfl "a 1t may inspire
For may discourage those who. In other'
fields, .a~reSbearing the burden and heat
of the fight for the right. I wish my
vote. Ssince can contribute nothing
else, to beS so cast as to count for the,
mostit can wherever II Is counted.
And IL my Woke, which does not
trouble them often andtwili not trouble
them long. should reach any OF those
with whom51 have stood for so many
years In sxertfons that we have a
right to claim were d!sinterested be-
cause in our state they were al
ways hopeless, i should say to them:
Stand, rs you have always stood, for
what you.belieye 10 be right and for the,
best interests of your country. Let no
man cajole You out of that proud con
sciousness o lead you to blot a record
that is Your children's best Inheritance,
Excuse. my dear SIR, this long let
ter, which / have not time to make
shorter. and believe me. very sincere;
ly yours. E. J.. PHELPS" +!