Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-29
FALsEuooDs ABOUT BISMARCK.

We quote the following from our es-
teemed and more or less truthful neigh
Dor, the Intelligencer:
Mr. Bryan continues to quote Bismarck $
/ letter TO Governor Culberson. As MT.
Fould expressed IT in his speech IN Pleas-
! ant Valley Saturday night. that letter,
when read between the lines. says: Free
! silver is a good thing, hut suppose the
United States try 1t first: then II the
United States isn't ruined by the expert
! ment European countries may be con-
WINGED that il is a good thing TO enter INTO
an international agreement Prince Bis
| marck is a great diplomat, and Mr.. Bryan
is not shrcwd enough 10 see the point III
his communication.
Now. for the satisfaction Of getting at
The exact truth and, because, further
more. it is impossible to have too much
Of a really good thing we will Orce more
quote Prince Bismarck's communication
to Gov. Culberson:
"FRIEDERICHSRUH August q. 1896
"Honored Sir: Your esteemed favor has
been duly received. ! hold that this is the
very hour that would be advisable to
bring about between the nations chiefly
engaged i'm the worlds commerce a mu-
tual agreement i'm favor of the establish
ment of bimetallism The United States
are freer by far in their movements than
any nation of Europe, and hence, If the
people of the United States should find it
compatible with their interests TO take IN
dependent action in the direction of Di-
metallism. | cannot but believe that such
action would exert q most salutary infu-
ence upon the contamination of interna-
tional agreement. BISMARCh.
We contrast this plain statement with
Mr.. Foulk's garbling Of the statement
and let it GO at that without further COM
ment
Prince Bismarck has since, however
made another statement on this subject,
to which we wish to call attention. 1t
is contained in the following cablegram
from London:
Moreton Frewen came back to-day from
the international agricultural congress at
budapest. one delegate Herr Won treden'
leader of the conservatives in the German
ltliehStag and a neighbOr of Prince Bis
marck at FREDERICKSBURG reported a con-
VerSatiOn he recently hac with the prince
on the American political situation as iol-
FRANKLY. Kordoff. am too old to go to
school over the currency question, but
recognize that although | acted in 1913 on
what I regarded as the best advice. my ac-
ton was too precipitate. in view or the re-
suits which have followed The one class
that we cannot afford TO estrange Is the
farming class Ii they are convinced, ana
they assure you they are convinced mat
agricultural depression is peculiar TO these
monetary changes, our government must
-eview IT'S position. =.
In other words, it is the opinion Of
Prince Bismarck that if the farmers de-
sire bimetall.sm that even the govern
ment of Germany will have 10 yield.
That the farmers of the United States, if
not of the whole world, are almost a unit
in favor of a return to bimetallism every
intelligent man must admit. who has
given the subject any attention. Like
all great statesmen. Prince Bismarck
recognizes the farmer as the majority,
the main producer CT wealth, the real
bulwark of the State and, hence, the
citizen most worthy Of the attention Of
statesmen.