The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-15
FIVE POINTS ON MONEY.

+ country In the world to-day that /. not OH
4 n silver basis.
Seeond-That there Is not n Sold-stRnd-
Y ard country In tho world To-day that docs
not use silver ms money along with gold.
Thir,l-rhat there Is not a siirer-stn,,d-
ard country In the world to-,tny that uses
Z any gold n, money along with silver.
sllT Eourth-Thnt there l. not n silver.stnntl.
4 ard country In tho world to-day TINT has
4 more than Que. third as much money Ia
4 circulation per capita rs tho United States
= have; and
Il F'itth-That there Is not n silver.stand.
Z ard country In the world to-day where the
slaboring man receives fair pay for hts
& days work-JolinG G. Carlisle, Secretary OF
II he Treasury.
"a Crisis Which Should Not hr Overlooked.
The sound money Democrat who was
quoted in Tuesdays Intclllgencer re-
Z garding the plans Of the men In this city
( who repudlate the work OF the Chicago
H convention. was right when he said that
3 the free silver plank In the platform was
mot the only Objectionable feature to
4 Democrats and hot the only thing which
+, should arouse the friends OF a stable
= government to action, looking to the de-
( feat,of the PopulEstlc ticket nominated.
Z He says:
We object to the Populistic wave OF sem
y timent that guided and controlled every
7 act Of that convention We could not
y; swallow. that platform and Its candidates
4: even should there have been no free silver
s declaration. We object more. In fact. to
& the declarations regarding interference by
E,the. strong arm OF the national govern
9 rcnt, through the highest judicial tribun-
il al OF the land.-the United States supreme
\ court, where luwlessncs3 reiSns. than We
; do TO the declarations on money and
Z finance. Nothing could be more danger
Gus to the safety Of the nation than the
{ triumph of such principles.
The plank In the platform referred to
II IS one which should open the eyes OF
Z. every man to the danger which
! threatens our Institutions. The declara-
Stion was in response to the demand of
!; the anarchIatic element in the conyen-
Z ton. headed by Altgcld and TiIman,
and Is said to have been forced into the
4 platform by AltGcld himself, 1t fairly
represents the temper OF the men who
chad captured the control Of the conven-'
. ,tIon and throttlcd the honest and pa,ri-
5otic Democratic sentiment which was.
8unhappIly, In the minority. It Is aimed
&by misguided majority at the very
safety OF the nation ana Is a bid for the
votes OF the soclalistic and anarchistic
CLASSES. ~ EES
!, Tho more the Chicago platform Is
Z studied by thinking men the more cause,
J; they find for revolving against the dan
y gerous sentiments expressed In It. When
becomes better known the, great con-
\ servative class OF the American people
4 will never endorse such "a sentiment.
There are thousands of.mcn among the
Il free silver theorists who are honest In
Z their convictions. who are enthusiastic
y over the adoption Of their pet hobby,
y but who when they take the time to
\ study the platform In detail and find
s!that It's endorsement by the people
4 would mean more than the mere carry
" Ing out of pledge to change OUR none,
I tary system, and that new and danger
* Gus undertakings in the, direction Of
/, ovcrturnng our most sacred institutions
Il are involved, will hesitate before they
4Sgiye, their sanction to tho work done ut
u Chicago:Sf
jtiSs Much MS they may he welded to the
I :frec, silver idea, these men are ncthcran-
t5archistss nor revolutonistss. and when
s4thcy realizct fully that the men who con-
StTollcd the convention went to the fur.
.t5thcst extreme In other directions than
y that in which they were most interested.
they will better appreciate the conscr-
svativc sentiment In favor of checking
!. the fanatics who are In the saddle. W.
Democrats who are rising above party
N in this crisis will have the support OF the
! sober second thought OF many who are
y ju3t now letting their enthusiasm for
4 free silver blind them to the seriousness
Y OF the situation. IA.
G Tho rcappolntment Of National Com
i mlttecman Scott, Of this state, as one of
~ HI, executive committee Of nine to man.