The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-14
THE IN'SINCERTTY..
ofAlen who are Campaigning for
Free Silver Cause.
SENATORFAuLKNER RAGOLD NAN
~ Heart and Helping to Manage
the National Campaign.
WEST vlRGlNlANs lNsINCERE.

w l.Si =, ihOiIihINOS SslNOlANOLNL, q
They were "roo Recently Convertsd.',s
! Quotations FROM speeeii.. OF Faulkner
and john o. Pendleton In Congress
!. Against Free sllver--sonne Hsgl.t.r Edt-
terials for tho Gold Standard en- who (
arc Managing the State Campaign ONLY
Acting for Erpedlency--Populi,t, were
sn.ered at Three Years Ago. ~
The files OF the Democratic papers
and the Congressional Record furnish
some interesting reading these days re-
garding the record of some OF our West
Virginia statesmen who arc lust now
stultifylng themselves by swallowing
the Popocratlc free silver dose for the
sake of party regularity" Unske
the Jeffcrsonian Democrats who have
placed principle above party In this
campaign. they arc willing TO sacrifice
every doctrine to which they have here-
tofore adhered and join with the Till-s
mans, the AltSelds, the Waites and
the Bryans In the attempt TO deceive
the people of the country into supports.
Ing a hcresy which until recently they
were denouncing as unsafe and dan
gerous to the welfare of the country.
They even go to the extent OF sneering
at the Democrats who have had the
courage and the manhood to srepudIatel
the un-Democratlc platform adopted at
Chicago, although these Democrats are
the biggest and brainest leaders OF the
past. One Of the most striking In
stances oG this remarkable stultifica-3
tion OF conscience is in the case OF Sem
atOr Faulkner, who stood for, spoke
for and voted for sound money up to Z
the very adjournment of Congress this
summer, and who Is even now at heart
opposed to the free silver fraud. Sena-s
tor Faulkner Is chairman of the Ma
tional Popocratic congressional cam
pa!gn committee and as such Is one Of
the chief managers of the free silver
campaign.
The 1ntelligencer has heretofore CALI
ed attention TO the record OF Senator
Faulkner on the silver question and It
Will bear repeating. During the3recent
debates in the senate Senator Faulk-r
ner made one of the strongest speeches
that was made against the free and
unlimited coinage OF silver at the ratio
OF 16 to /. without International agrees
ment. The following Is an extract
from that speech, which should be
placed in the; hands OF every Voter In
West Virginia:
Faulkner Said This. II
I'VE cannot legIslate for the present
from the standing of the past. The
monetary systems of the world have
changed; the demand for the white
metal Is lessenirg annually. SHOULD
WE ADOPT FREE AND UNLIMlT-5.
ED COINAGE AT A RATIO THAT
WOULD DRAW THE, SURPLUS
SILVER TO OUR fMINTS. THERE Z
ARE NO CHANNELS THROUGH
WHICH {, IT COULD PASS 3 FROM
THIS COUNTRY ECNEPT TO
SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA :
CHINA AND JAPAN. Would they abb.
sorb; sufficient to prevent a slut In the
home market which would so effectu-
ally depreciate the price as to destroy
silver as a standard Of value? With
an increased production and contin-
ual decrease In the demand, would 1t
be wise for the true friends OF blmetal-
ism to seek at this time to place sll-4
va lIEs ~ pSttpAEu - Ohi -
monetary system prier to 1873?
"Mr. President. I CAN SEE NO Z
SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM
EXCEPT IN INTERNATIONAL BIZ
The stability OF silver
which has been overthrown by vicious
and selfish legislation, can only be re-'T
stored in this way"
This utterarce OF Senator Faulkner
was not made eighteen or twenty years
ago, when conditions were different but
was made after the beginning Of the
present active agitation Of the Ques-
tion, and was delivered IN the senate
on the Sth day OF September. 1893. Sem;
ator Faulkner's present course and
this Speech which, II space would per-
nit, we would like to publish entire,
carry with them their own COMMENT
Hon. John o. Pendleton. former Con-
gresham from the First Districts now
on the stump, assisting gubernatorialS z
candidate Watts in his campaign and
doing his best to smother his con-,
science by making free silver speeches
and denouncing the gold standard un-s.9
der which every dollar we have is as; 4
good as every other dollar. He, too, ts J.
raising the cry for cheap money and (,
for the thing which would cheat thess
wage-worEer out OF one-half OF his
earnings, repudiute our national obll-S
cations and dcfraud the farmer. Mr.. 81
Pcndleton does not himself believe In Ill
free silver. What is his record. SO re-
Gently made? 4 n
Mr. Pendlcton's Record. ssi
Mr.. Pendleton had once or twice gone
to Congress on a free silver platform,
and ina very able sound money speech
made during his last term. in 1892. cons !
fessed that STUDY OF THE &QuES-
TIoNs HAD CONVINCED HIM THAT
THE FREE SILVER PROPOSITION
AS MADE BY THE S1LVER1TES,j
THE SAME THAT is NOW MADE.
WAS WRONG AND WOULD PROVE Y
He made a manly acknowledgements 81
OF his error and came boldly out y
against free silver. He has held that
position since. until his party organi-
zation was captured by the isllveritea y
who overturned Democratic traditions
Now lsa is supporting Bryan and the
platform. not because he be-g
licves In them, but for the same reason X
that some other Democrats are doing
the same thing. lie prefers a dish OF
crow to the plac!nE OF principle above y
"s y.
In the. Register OF August IS. 1893. we s.
lind the full teStSaf a speech Mr.. Pen
tleton delivered In Congress on the sil- Y
yer question, II was an able speech
and meets the issue OF to-day s1uarely.
Hcre ts an extract from the con.
nlusion OF Mr.. Pendleton's remarks inS$
summing up his argument In thespeechiss, A,
" 1893:
"As understand 1t. the national i
tof lS99) gave us two roads y,
Df obtaining the free and unlimited \!
coinage of the silver dollar; and five
rDull not do IL bvsone nnd ma{ntaln iS