The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-13
oaaprxrgp BY THE PEOPLE.
a Plain statement Of thr Record OF tn
Administration.

I Baltimore American: The preliminary
skirTuiEheB OF the political conflict OF
1896 are occurring IN many directions
Quite u number OF delegates 10 tho ma
tionai conventions have aEeady been
named, and In four months rom now
the battle viii be In progress. The out
look for the Republicans " bright.
There rs nothing 10 shake confidence IN
the recognized policy OF the party
sound money and protection TO Amerl-
can industries and interests OF every
ttit1d The people In a moment Of rash.
ness repudigled this policy, ana they
have never been sorry but once since,
and that has been all the time. II is
scarcely eS0EEerati0n TO say that they
repentcd for their net before the. echoes
OF Democratic rejoicing had died away,
and would have recalled. could they
have done SO. their mandate OF destrnn-
ton before President Cleveland began
to carry II out Those who were NOT
convinced became so very soon AFTER the
inauguration.
The errors Of Democratic administra-
ton may be summed up under TWO
heads-what the government failed TO
do and what It has done. II was con-
fronted by financial crisis. mainly OF
Its own making, shortly after u TOOK
office. The fear OF Democratic admins.
tration caused general depression and
the threat 10 pay treasury notes In ST.
ver converted this into panic. Had the
President even then shown himself to be
strong man, instead OF a stubborn one
and called Congress together promptly,
Instead Of pOstponing the extra session
until the financial collapse had become
total and irremedicai, the worst fea-
lures OF the panic might have been
kn hRtn hGnV
gether, his own party showed Itself to
ha the most formidable obstacle to any
sound legislation that would sueeor the
country. II has steadily maintained
that attitude to the present moment.
Three.fourths Of the party In the states
where there Is q possibility Of kucceus
favor paying the workinRnen OF the
country In tlfty.cent dollars, while the
administration would accomplish the
same purpose by o wildcat state bank
currency.
The Democratic record in Industrial
legislation Is not a whit brighter. II
has passed u revenue law which does
not furnish the necessary revenue. and
the administration has been forced to
borrow at high rate Of interest nearly
three hundred millions OF dollars TO
make good the deficit. Instead OF pay
Ing on the public debt as had been done
by the Republican administrations. tt
has been tremendously increased by
President Cleveland. Many aourl5hirg
American enterprises have been killed
outright by the same revenue Law,
while q multitude OF others are Ian
gushing and gaSplng for breath. the
masses OF the people, by the same law:
have been deprived OF free sugar ana
forced out OF their scanty earnings 10
swell Golfers OF a mighty trust. By the
same revenue law a number OF proht-
able branches OF trade, which spraus
up under the reciprocity treaties, with
the countries to the south OF the United
States. have been swept away.
This Is n simple and correct statement
OF the results OF Democratic admtnistra-
ton, and II explains clearly why there
Is not much interest In the Democratic
convention which Is TO meet in Chicago
and why there Is no serious aspirants
for the nomination In the Democratic
ranks.