The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-23
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sE.NoN,PARTIsAYFARNJouRNAL
Ferths fir.t Tln,e N, u, History LIN. II,
so'e s,t to speak for Que side "A Question
OF Honor aid Pntrloti.ni-.No Farmer,
sshaia.lls retefp rr.s silver Threatens
Ahe stahblliy,ot Orr, Money. B 81

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YIN, sEhtei following Is an editorial from the
ia ~ Issue OF the Farm News, OF SPRING
ilei ohloaqpe Of The Leading agriculture,
faIpn 'ers In the country: ~
~ Itsba 8 been an unbroken rule of Farm
\ Newsitoy refrain from taking any part. In
partisan ollties or discussing questions
which are h sues party. politics, Un-
( der ordinary conditions no other course
! isiproper for \ strictly agricultural tpa-
PET In recent "a 1rs, the Issues between
political parties ha> e been such that the
Triumph OF one or 81 s,he othssr mfeant'no,
{ radical changes frsugl WIN qapser 20
the American peoplr. q
20 THIS year conditions are lFaor!ainars'f
.The'qucstIons at Issue arc vii al ana upon
their Observation-Disclosures depend 'he nap
plncss and prosperity OF our IN soi'ie' u
nnt,hc perpc.ultyl OF our form, or 81 Wet m
: ment itself After careful delibcrA t4en
long and tfpushtful consideration OF c.H-
cry phase Oft the question, Farm New,
believes thatlts duty to American farm
ersf the duty Of lis management as
American citizens, requires that It vlo-
late It's heretofore unbroken custom.
The radical and we believe dangerous
tpol!cies ennnclated Il: the Democratic
platform adopted at Chicago are chal- |
3, nge{ 70 every man who believes In law |
: md order. progress and prosperity Iia-
tlor2a honor and national honesty, and
70 answer that challenge. effeciually
here is no course open but to advocate
the election OF William Mckinley.
Wedo this not because he Is a Repub-
llean.A The mere names Republican or
Democrat have no meaning forus. as 0ur
fnQn-interrerencc In previous elections
VIII testify We take this course entire
lyfree from partisan spirit, and no man /
can moro bitterly regret the necessity
K for, such step than do the management
\ OF this paper. Nothing but the strongest ,
sense Of imperative duty could force It.
4E At suci1,a crisis, candor requires a car
did statement OF the reasons governing
this departure from an unbroken GUS
h tom. a.f -
The free coinage of silver at 16 to l,
demanded In the Democratic platform.
= means a silver standard Of CURRENCY for
this country. Ills not a cemand for BIZ
metallIsm In any sense OF the word. and
8 In the opinion OF the leading bi-metallists
tEof the world. including Gen. Francis A.
t-N UlheT. WHOSE I.left anu great talents
u have been devoted to the cause of BIZ
inetallism. the free coinage OF silver by
] this country alone will make II practical
ly impossible 10 secure for silver the po-
sition which tbi-metaiiists believe 1t
should occupy. equality with gold In the
currency of the world.
~ Silver recommendation means the re-
$duction nf our currency system to equal
ity with Mexico and China: chasing OF
-, ~, 80 Act,
and the. Stagnant second r7te$powers of
South America. 1t means currency
fluctuating in value from day. to day.
dollar worth nne thing now md some
thing else next week. Men who lived
through the period Of deprecated paper
money from 1862 70 1870 know the course
OF ~ unstable currency. II means no
fixed sleveh.up0n which all prices and all
wages can stand, but values shifting
constantly and without fixed relation.
Outside ot'the radical demand for sit
) YER monometallism. the Democratic
q platform enunciates doctrines that can
not be held less than direct attacks upon
law and order. and IL carried out would
sap the very foundations; Of our govern
ment.E q, Isl
The thinly yelled suggestion OF an In
tentIor TO pack the supreme court, to 80
cure such decisions as party eSlsencies
+ might demand. is revolutionary
IN The deilunclatlon of the present adj
ministration for using force to put a stop
To rloting. plumber and murder is a bid
4 for support from those classes that are
iniyn!cal to all law, and is an insult to
the honest laboring men of the country,
because IL assumes that they are anarch-
lists,
yrhe civil service plank is n demand
for q return TO the spolls system with all
corrupt and brutalizing Influences.
In view OF these new. radical and dan.
d gerous doctrines which the. Democratic
party has ADOPTED under Che lead9of
reckless men. Farm News would be re-
creart to duty II 1t failed TO cast It's In
fuence on the side Of sound money, re-.
spect for the constitution and law, na.-
& sionat honor and prosperity.
This paper becomes no political or
gan, owes fealty to no man. and when
tho doctrines represented In this cam
baign In tn. personality OF William Nc
Kinlcy shall have been accepted by the
American people. as we. hone and ear
nestIy believe they will be. Farm News
d viii dgain take Its stand outside OF party
polJtics In the hope that never again Will
y such attacks upon American institutions
lie made by nny political party as to de-
mand the alignment under another party
hammer OF every American citizen whose
1--we forlfree institutions Is greater than
his desire for party supremacy.