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

The Registers assertion that tho great
sound money wing OF the Democratic
party VIII "ilop" back again "when It
understands tho currency question bet
ter" Is amusing. This wing which rep.
resenta tho Intelligence of the Dcmoc.
racy of tho country In opposition to tho
Wild fanatics who dictated tho proceed
lnss at Chicago, Is not likely TO verify
tho impudent assumption Of n newa.
paper organ which has been on every
side OF the question, and merely noutcd
Into tho FREQ silver ranks with tho tide,
ana which they know IL not even now
sincere In It's professions. y
The fact OF tho matter In that It Is not
tho sound money Democrats who have
"ilorned." They stand where they have
always stood and where a Democratic
administration, elected by the people.
has stood. The real choppers" urc tho
association OF discorhant clements who
ut Chicago overthrow Democratic ira
ditlon5 aud preccdcnts and adopted n
Popullstic platform, revolutionary in It's
tendencies, and nominated FOR Prcsl-
dent, not Democrat, but Populisl
who had been rcpudlatcd by the regular
Democratic organization In his own
state. and who six months previous to
his nomination by n mlS.namcd Demo-
cratic convention as its candidate, de-
clnrcd that he was neither a PopulIst
nor n Democrat, but favored the organi-
za,lon nf n new party founded upon tho
new doctrines formulated by ugltators
Of the stripe OF Tlllman, Altgcld, Waite,
Pennoycr and others.
And the Register, with Its record Of
qualification, has the nudacIty u In
form the men who are standing for an
honest dollar and against this new class
OF unsafe leaders TINT they do not un-
derstand the currency question" The
able men who comprise the Cleveland
administration. the great leaders OF the
eastern ind northern Democracy the
profound students Of finance In all parts
OF the country, we are told by the Regis
ter, do not understand the currency
question:" and the Register assures
them that us the campaign proceeds 1t
intends to educate them to the point of
getting them to join In the support OF the
P"pultst who was nominated In Chicago.
1t Will be interesting TO note the Regis
ter's campaign OF education win It be-
Gin by publishing It's own editorials de-
ncunc!ng the free silver agitators ns
cranks? Will it follow up with its en-
thusiaat!c double:leadcd articles, print
cd up to a few months since, commend
ing President Cleveland's guild standard
stand In the face OF the misguided and
misled" (these are the Registers own
words) silver "fanaticS?" VIII It do the
educating by republlshlng It's own able
articles showing that free and unlimited
coinage of silver would lead TO silver
recommendation. depreciation OF our
currency, the ruinatlon OF our credl. at
home and abroad. and the ultimate re-
pudlat!on OF our debts?
This was the course or the Register,
not years, but only few months ago.
and 1t was contributing Its humble share
to the education of these very sound
money Democrats in the faith they now
hold. 1t did not case until It saw the
Populists were going TO capture the
Democratic convention and then III
ceased and began TO straddlt, and from
the straddle 1t jumped with both feet
into the nifty cent dollar band wagon
The Register might have retained the
respect Of the free sllverites in West
Virginia had It maintained boldly thu.
stand it took for sound money. It
would have at least received credit for
having the courage of Its convictions,
something the American people admire.
while as the matter now stands, nobody
believes that It Is sincere in its course.
What will Mr.. Cleveland do? This Is