The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-13

tho United States could In honor stand
upon II; and Il Ia therefore quite un-
necessary 10 consider what manner OF
persons have been presented for tho
SURFACES Of this people. Because "'The
lsccord' has been n firm supporter OF
Democratic principles It regulates,
condemns and Splts upon this Com.
munlstlc, PopullStlc dcliVcrance. The
worst misfortune TINT could now be-
rail- tho Democratic party would be the
election Of n President and d Congress
pledged to carry Into effect the aims
OF this revolutionary, Soclallatio scheme
OF political ction.--philRdelphin Ro-
cord, (Dcm)
Reputation md anarchy have flung
their black flag Into the faces OF tho
American people, and tho issue must DO
met by heroic efforts OF good citizens
or NIL parties for tho preservation OF tho
honor and safety OF the rcpubllc,-Phil-
adelphia Times, tDem,)
These questions answer themselves.
The duty of every man who realizes tho
gravity OF the menace involved by the
Chicago platform Is to oppose It In tho
only thoroughly effective way, namely.
by. voting for Mckinley. To no indivld.
ual Democrat who may follow this ad-
vice will the duty be more dlStastcful
than TO the newspaper that gives Il,
But this Is not n question Of tho gratl.
iicatlon of tastes or OF the mere record
Ing OF opinions. II IL Il question Of
saving tho country from a great dan.
ger. Nobody who advocates the nut
ing up OF a nound money Democratic
ticket has the slightest idea OF Its cleo.
tion'-Balt!inore News, (Dem.)
We present In other columns evidences
OF the Democratic revolt which the pop.
ullst!c. Anarchlstic Chicago platform
has already caused. These are 80 for-
midnble and widespread that It may be
predicted from them with safety that
the eastern section OF the Democratic
party VIII refuse. practically Ina body,
70 support the Chicago ticket, Not n
democratic newspaper In this city will
support It, and probably zone In my
other city OF the state. This means such
an overwhelming vote for Mckinley In
this state ny to enable him to carry New
YORK city. In other eastern states the
Democratic press Is already coming out
against the ticket, and the Indications
are thu no northern Democratic news
paper OF character or influence will
support II: while even In the south sew
eral OF the party's most powerful or.
ganS have repudlatcd It. This will be an
extraordinary situation. but the plat
form n the uttCrances OF the favor
lie orators Of the convention make II In
eritablc. II Is not n question OF the wis
dom OF putting Mckinley In, but Of the
empowering necessity OF keeping the
Ii!lmans, Blands, organs. AltgeldS, and
the indescrIbables who believe them to
tDem.)
After four days devoted to tramplIng
the most cherished traditions Of the
great Democratic party. the mob Of sill
yer lunatics and PopulIst cranks who
usurped the function OF the nation Mt
Chicago have set up n platform and n
candidate. The platform advocated the
mad spirit OF free and unlimited COIN
age Of silver. tricked out with demo-
gogue appeals to class and sectional
hatred and sops TO Anarchy and the
rankeSt socialism. Bryan thoroughly
represents all that Is reprehcnsible and
to be condemned In the pleas for nation
al dIshonor. The New York delegates 10
the convention took no part In the bal
loting. The example is what will be
followed by the Democrats Of the east
on election day.-New York Irish-Amer-
lean, CDem.)
Democrats who are Democrats be.
Il they know and prize what De-
mocraey means cannot vote for the
nominees OF the Chicago convention.
Some there are who. confronted by the
necessity for n choice between McKin-
ley and Bryan. will vote for Mckinley
as the lesser OF two evils. But others
there are who can no more c~ountenance
Mckinley and the odious platform on
which he stands than they can indorse
Bryan and the platform with which the
Chicago convention has shocked clv!l,-
cation. What are these Democrats to
do? Is there no land upon which they
can set foot? Are they TO be shuttle
cooked between the Scylla OF Populism
and the Charybd!s OF RcpublicanIsm?
BECAUSE there IL now no chance for
them to elect n President, Is that any
reason why they should not vindicate
a principle n save the party?-LouIs-
'' Sou'iG' -ooutIii' lbeNl,l
The true and honest Democrats who
struggled in vain to turn the tide Of sill
yer fanaticism and PopulIsm at Chicago
periodically put country above party
Their example should be followed by
every honest Democrat in the land. 1t
Is not q question OF party supremacy. I.
Ia not an Issue of cundidates-of Nc
kinlcy or Bryan. 1t Is, as It was In '6l,
4 question OF loyalty to the country, to
the flag and the welfare OF the people.
New York Herald, (Dcm.)
In the different states the state candI-.
dates for the mortified and dIsheartencd
members OF the Democracy to follow are
YET to be determined. In them, and es-
peclally in New York, where David
Bennett Hill has struggled for his party
against overwhelming odds. the nucleus
OF Democratic regeneration must be
found. But from now until the night
of election day In November, 1896, the
presidential candidate OF every Demo-
crat who favors honest money and
who still hopes TO crush the enemies of
the fundamental principles he was bred
In, should be. without hesitation. evas-
ion or. sop TO prejudice, William Nc
kinlcy.-Ncw York Sun, Dem.)
The abominablc gang which has
adopted this platform hhs forfeited the
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