The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-26
Year.

senator y. Z. whitaker, who has Just
returned from seven weeks trip in
the far west, tells an interesting story
Of his sojourn. particularly of his i'm
pressiops OF the political feeling OF the
westerners. An 1ntclDgencer reporter
had an interesting chat with the sena-
tor yesterday afternoon.
ST found It to be the general imp ss-
ion among the business people whom l
met in California, Colorado and other
western states, that business would con-
tinue dull and depressed until after the
st. Louis convention. The Chicago
gathering is not considered in connec-
ton with any probable change in af-
fairs. 1t appears to be Che foregone
conclusion that the nominee Of the Re-
publican national convention will &C.
cupy the presidential chair. and for that
reason there Is general interest in Its
outcome. Whatever may be the money
plank Of the party as adopted at this
convention, western business men look
for improved business conditions l
found this opinion was held by men
In the commercial walks Of life, both
Democrats and Republicans. l said to
a Democratic friend, You do not OPP
pear to have much faith In the success
Of your party at the coming elections.
And he replied: Well, can't say that
l hope for the success Of my party next
November Everywhere MclAlnleys
nomination and election are conceded
by the business men Of both political
faiths. and naturally they feel an inter-
est in the policy of the party that seems
destined to succeed at the polls"
"How about the free coinage OF sil-.
ver?" was asked.
ut IS a remarkable fact, but IN my
entire trip In the west did not strike
what YOU may term n free coinage man.
a man who would desire the flooding OF
the country with an unlimited amount
OF silver from the mines OF the silver
producing states. Some bi-metahsts
did see and speak with, but the silver
man Who Is for silver alone / did not
find. / found q sentiment in favor OF
bf-metailsm on a sensible basis, basis
that would not engulf the country IN
financial ruin, and It Is to the Republi-
can party that the westerners look to
for relief In finance.
''Tn California, of course, there Is little
or no FREQ silver sentiment. There the
gold production oveTshadOws that OF
silver, found that the people gener-
ally use gold in their ordinary trans
actions. It Is very difficult to obtain
paper money, gold being In use almost
entirely. Almost invariably In cashing
cheeks gold Is given.
"OutsIdo of those directly Interested
in silver, and the politicians, saw very
few free silver men. There Is con-
serYatiYs element In the west that IS
not heard from. They are the business
men, the bone and sinew of the west,
who do not want a radical course par-
sued In our financial policy.
even among the masses, including
the men who occupy the modest walks
Of life, men with whom talked did
not seem Inbued with the silver heresy.
I talked with two trninment on O Santa
1Fe train while coming through Colorado
and both were against free silver. They
were ungrammatical and their Vocabu-
larry did not permit them To express
themselves as they might, but very Tor
cfbly they told me they were against
free silVeE"f'
Senator Whitaker while in Califor-
ria, was at the exposition known as La
Fiesta" the flower show, Though Cal
ifdrnia seems indeed the "FlOwery
Kingdom" the senator says the flowers
there have not the strength and quality
of aroma that characterize the flowers
of this part Of the country. 1t seems to
be a-case OF quantity to the detriment
NJ quality