Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-16

tle irritation OF being reminded Of the
days when atesmanship and not Nc
Kinleyism ruled in the Grand Oli Party
CT More or Less High Moral Ideas.
cur forgatful contemporary was once
q worsh.p2er Of James e. Blaine, as it
is a; the present time a worshipper OF
Mr.. Hanna, Of Cleveland. o. But how
have the mighty gods OF the Grand Old
Party Of High Morality fallenl
II Mr.. Blaine were on earth to-day
where would the esteemed Iutelligencer
stand on this question OF he currency
as iw5en Blaine and Mckinley?
I. is a matter OF history that Mr..
Blaine once smashed brand-new silk
hat in The yigor Of his denunciadon Of
Mr.. Mckinley tariff bill.
At the time that did not hurt Mr.. Nc
Kinley Tor his party was 1ariff-mad and
q Republican Congress passed his bill
or. more correctly speaking, the bill OF
the monopol.es. who were allowed 10
write their own schedules therein.
But 3Ir. Blaine's ghost to-day is doing
more harm to Mr.. Mckinley, the emf
nent straddler Of Canton, o., than Nj
Blaine alive could do by smashing all
Ii esilk hats in the United States.
The silk hats in the United Srz.es.
Our angry and discouraged contempt
rary Of Fourteenth S.. has accused the
Register Of "stuldiying" itself by espous-
Ing the Democratic cause.-The free
coinage o. gold and silver at sixteen 10
one. We fail 70 see where the s,ultif-
cation is. since the Register has never
in lis history favored the single gold
standard. IN fact has always opposed i:
and would to-day iaycr bimetallism at
any raio in preference to the present
money standard when makes the pro-
ducsr give TWO in his produces for every
one he receives in money.
As 10 the matter Of qualification" the
Ia,allgencer has no, only s.ultifed It's
record CT many years and regulated
James c.. Blaine. the mos, Intellectual
ReDublican history tells Of. but IS now
pursuing Q policy Numerically opposed
10 is policy in the last campaign-1S94-
the policy outlined IN that campaign by
The Republican National Committee. We
quoted the following extract from
The Republican campaign book Of 1894
Yesterday. out it will no. hur, TO quote
i, again. I, was the official Republican
TEX OF 1891 and came under the head OF
Bonds Of The United States"
"AIa.hews's resolution declaring them
Dsvable in silver, passed the Senate Feb
ruerv Is. 1878. yeas q, nays 20; passed
the House January %, 1873, yeas 1S9,
nays -.
Introduced in the Senate by Senator
Stanley Mathews, CT Ohio.
Resolved. by the Senate (the House
Of Representatives concurring therein,
That all the bonds Of the United States
issued under said acts of Congress here
inbefore cited. are payable, principal and
interest. at the option Of the government
o.? The United States. in silver dollars Of
the coinage Of the United States, con-
tanning 1924 grains each of standard
silver: and that 10 restore to It's coinage
such silver coins as q legal tender in
payment of said bonds. principal and in
rerest. Is NOT IN VIOLATION OF THE
PUBLIC FAITH NOR IN DEROGA-
TON OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PUB
Lie CREDITOR"
Speaking on this interesting question
of qualification" where does the es-
veemed organ Of Fourteenth street find
itself when ii looks its own and its
2ary's record squarely in the face?
Have Mark Hanna's arguments
Overcome The principles of the grand old
party 60 easily and 50 soon?