The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-18
TO tho lsdltor or tho lntclllgeneer,

TO tho Editor OF tho lhtclllseneer,
SlR;-As u Democrat, one who cast
his first vote for Tllden n,1 t,.,,,,Jo,,,,
n, 1879 ~, -, ,.',., tis"' 'e"'
~ Wv a"o WV 'o'eu ior iiahcocK IN
lsSos and,for Cleveland In 1854, 1883 and
1892, l wish to say a word TO thoye OF my
follow D.mn,rot, ,vho a.. ,nn,,.,
49, "'e "I'uehecu
iasBeiS ny tnelr preJhutccs from voting
with the Republicans at the approactt-
Ing election. md cItr ma nm ,xann,o ~,
I,,,or,,i '''
49,. -, ''' 'eii 't ""oh VIC profess 10
toilowS
In 1871, after the constitution M thu
ItnItah Sta,au I,aoa,,, r,n,,I, ..,,
,,.,,,,,' ivy" ''" po''''' '"u anu
fcu'Vallsts assumed the name OF the
Democratic Republican party, because
they perceived the Inonnrnn,.i, ,or,.,o ,s
nj. 80, ~ ~. ''''' VI
'"s'' pa'S h"'''e. h"' ABOUT that tlme
tho furious Jacoblns, of France, led by
Robesplcrre, Dan,on and AInrnt in,l IN,
IN. os n.,,oor,,v ,,.,,.,, II, Nv
""''' nlhue that
naine 30 unpopular In these United
StatvS'that me party " which Jefferson
was Tue ieauer called themselves Repub-
'iS atL
me JscooIns IN the country, the revO-
Iutionis'st anarchists, socialists, COM
~ 1iu :, anu fopullSts. led by the B-A-
NbrShn-hItRelu.iillm ana Sew
aIH, VINO captured the Democratic or
SUMMATION nj chicago. have niadG the
name OF Democrat so unpopular, that
an who believe In a republican form 0t
government can, with consistency fol-
low IN Tue tootsteIS OF ThomaS Jener-
son, ana Tor the time being call our
serves Republicans. ana vote for the
man VINO stands before us NJ the repre-
sentative OF oil that Democrat holds
aear' VIE: An honest, hard-money dol
lar' an untarnished national credit; ad-
eQhate revenues for the uses OF the gov
erhment, protection TO labor and Indus
uy, preservation az the home market,
ana beside these, what we should have:
reciprocity. which means specially:
equality between the citizens OF two
countries with respect to the CONNER
clai privileges to be enjoyed by each
within the domain OF the other to the
extent provided by treaty"
Wnen me people OF these United
States, by their votes In November. will
have silenced william Jacobln Bryan.
ana all the other Jacobins who follow
MIN, ana Will have purged the Odium
from the name OF Democracy. then It
may be treasured. as 1t was In lS9S, IA
novel, distinct and popular name"
fhere Is Just one other fact about
4honlas JeHerSon TO which wish 10 call
attention. Inc tfee silverites' say that
congress hxed the monetary unit TO
consist OF 3lA grains OF pure silver.
rms was IN l's!, In the days NJ Wash.
lngton and Jefferson and our rGvolu-
uonary iOretathers, who had hatred
vi England, ana an intimate knowledge
Oh her designs on this country. They
nhu .lought eight long Years for their
independence from British domination
IN this country etG Gold was con-
sldered the money of the rich. II was
owned principally by that class OF peo-
pie anu the poor people seldom handled
IT, ana me very poor people seldom ever
saw IL. IheE tSoin $. Financial School,
pages 6-S). state the above as the rea-
son Tor hXins the silver dollar as the
unit of-value. Now. this IS in keeping
with a great many other statements
maze by the free silrerltes, but like ali
me others containssa dangerous half
truth they don't tell US the whole
ruin ana nothing but the truth.
no" we az Know that BATS fly
pes' az hiSht-in tine darkness. They
are olind In the daylight. 81 these po-
mccall Balls lily best In the darkness
OF ignorance, and would blind our
minds to the light OF neutrality-suspicious.
euRe OF the truth-the truth OF history.
Let US examine as to the reasons for
liking the monetary unit as expressed
JEFFERSON himself. Before quoting
Jefferson Il may be well just here to
s'ate tnat the dollar was planned to
rake me place oil the Spanish silver dol
ar W!hch was IN" coin most generally
USED IN ms country at that time. The
gold enSle $50 piece). was planned to
oe exactly equivalent intrinslcally TO
t"n silver dollars, but II soon became
worth more, and all the gold was OK
ported or boarded. People never pay
out coin In current business when IL Is
worth more TO melt 1t down or ship 10
ahother country In this way cheap
money IS SAID 10 drive out dcarer, or
g9ou, money II Is why paper money
ufoVr out both gold and silver during
'le war
Jefferson sayS: The unit or dollar
" known coin and the most familiar
OF all |" the mind OF the people. 1t is
already adopted from south 10 north,
mas identified our currency and there
lore happily Offers itself as an unit al
rcaay introduced The course OF our
commerce. loo. VIII bring us more OF
tnS nan OF any other foreign coin, and.
therefore,. renders II worthy OF more at
iichtioh' Know OF 10 unit which can
b" proposed In competition with the
dollar. but the pound. But what is the
pound? l6ii grains ~ fine silver In
Georgia; 1883 grains In Virginia, Con-
npcuCut, Rhode Iglan nd Massachusetts