Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-30
THIS IS FUNNY
In cri.icising some remarks Of Mr..
Sowal the goldbug Chicago Times-Her-
aid makes this remarkable statement:

In cri.icising some remarks Of Nj.
Sowall the goldbug Chicago Times-Her-
aid makes this remarkable statement:
For who are the people that are in
trcnched.' as he calls it, behind the gold
standard Not the trusts, not the monnp-
olios. not the bankers. and Mr. Sewai vel
knows IL. These can thrive under any
monetary system. and il can be shown
that the worse the money system IS he
better they thrive.
This is goldbugism run to seed. It IS
too ridiculous to call for serious reply or
comment. Suffice it to say that while
the Times-Herald is feeding It's readers
this kind of stuff it has never yet pub
lished the names of Mark Hanna's bill
ion dollar Wall Street committee. !, is
the policy of the goldbug organs to keep
their readers in the dark as far as they
are capable of doing it. These Of our
esteemed contemporaries readers, how
ever. who read the other side know that
Mark Hanna. McKinley's manager, has
enlisted nearly all the millionaires in
New York. representatives of banks,
monopolies and trusts. They needed no
coaxing. They came like sheep to give
funds to the party that proposes to fas-
len the gold standard on this country
until the gold manipulators of Europe
get ready to 'allow" US to take it off.
But this is an Insignificant point IL
the paragraph which is quoted above and
is simply quoted for the purpose of show
ing what bold campaign me goldbugs
are conducting. They care for nothing,
particularly the truth. The funny
thing about il is the last sentence. which
reads: These Ghe trusts, monopolies,
bankers. ETC. can thrive under any mon
etary system. and it can be Shown THE
WORSE THE MONEY SYSTEM is
THE BETTER THEY THRIVE
The emphasis is ours, and is simply made
to call special attention to the acknowl-
edgement by this goldbug organ of the
very fact that Mr.. Bryan is advancing
in this campaign, namely. that The plu-
tocrats benefit mos, under THE WORST
MONEY SYSTEM. It has been ac-
kuowledged by all parties since 1913
that we are living under the worst pos-
stbIe money systematic SINGLE GOLD
STANDARD. Even Republicans in tae
present campaign admit tia. ii is bad
system and that bimetallism is the best
thing for the country, the only objection
they have to ii is that Europe won, lcr
us have it, and they say we are not big
enough to take il for ourselves, that is,
% adopt our own Constitutional money
standard. They think we will have to
stop and consul, The Bank of England
and the Rolhschlds and other clients Of
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. before We
can adop, a monetary standard to suit
ourselves or carry on, the fundamental
law of this land of the free and home
of the brave, Shades of George Wash
ing,on and Thomas Jefferson! Thus
spake the Tories Of old! If we had lis
tened to those gentlemen in 1916 Uncle
Sam would now be a humble subjec Of
the British queen. We have been told
: tina, if England couldn't whip us with
powder and sho; she would with MON
Ely. And this is the unseen army that
is menacing the great American Repub-
lie to-day.
/ Ii is a new Declaration Of Independ-
. ence that Mr.. Bryan is reading and
/ preaching TO the American people IN this
campaign, but it is not whit less i'm
portant than the old one.