The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-19
GEN. SlCKLES' APPEAL.

The Old HERDS Plea to Its Fellow Demos
Gratis to Vote for MoKinley-why lie Il
Agaimst tho bryan Ticket.
Major General Daniel r. Slcklcs, tho
brave old Democratic veterSn. has writ
ten a letter TO the Union Veterans Pn-
trlotic League. In which he says, among
0ther things:
Mr.. Bryan proposes to pny all the
creditors OF our government In silver.
This IL population. 1t would degrade
and disgrace us ns O nation In the eyes
OF the whole world. Among the credit
ora 0f the nation nre the pensioners,
II you consent to pay In debascd silver
the bOndhOlder who lent his money TO
the government 10 arm and feed and
clOthe Its troops, you consent at the
same time TO II reduction OF Onc-half OF
tho pensions awarded to the war veter-
aus and TO the widows and orphans OF
those who are not living.
All the creditors of the government
must stand or fall together. Many OF
you are pensioners, or the friends or
widows and orphans who nre pensions
ers. Muny Of you hive deposited your
savings In savings banks. Most Of you
are tOlltrs at tho plough. or In the work.
shop or dependent on small salaries, In
public or private employment. To all
30 situated the payment nf wages and
pensions and your savings, In silver,
not redeemable In gold, as proposed by
Mr.. Bryan and his hybrid allies, would
Involve severe loss and hardship.
Mr.. Bryan 2snlls the obligations OF
public and private contracts. He would
not pay the public creditors In the
money they have the legal and moral
right To demand and receive. This
would destroy the public credit. Mr..
Bryan says the government has no use
for credlt-Wnlch IL foolish. Washing
ton. in his farewell address, to his coun-
trymen, Rdmonishcd us to Cherish pub
lie credit, IS Il very important source
OF strength and security" Mr.. Bryan
would dcspoiI the citizen OF his right
TO ccove what Is due him from his
nGlghbor according to the tenor OF an
obligation lawfully made. This would
destroy confidence between man n
a Public credit and national honor
Hre inseparable. When u people cease
to feel n patriotic pride In the honor
OF their country they will surely lose a
Just sense Of personal honor. and when
both OF these sentiments are lost, the ma
tlOn Is lost
The constitution of the United States
declares that 'the validity OF the public
debt Of the United States, authorized by
law. Including debts incurred In pay
ment OF pensions and bountIes for SER
Vices In suppresslnH instruction or re-
belllon. shall not be questioned" This
pledge 10 all the world Is consecratcd by
ali the sacrifices and suflcr!ngs OF the
secession OF war. We must make II
good.
While many veterans may not ngrce
with some or Major McKinley's views,
we are all, ! hope. far more widely sep
nratcd from the ruinous policy OF his
adversary. We feel as Stephen A Doug
las felt at the beginning OF the war.
when hr gave his support to Lincoln.
saying: Give me a country where my
children can live In peace, and then we
can have O to sottle our political
differences afterwards"
To those. who like myself, have I'D.
hered 10 the Democratic party, let me
say thGt the platform and candidate
presented by the Chicago convention are
not Democratic. They are disowned
and denounced by millions OF the best
Democrats In the land. No man OF rec
0gnized authority In finance indorRes
the financial policy OF the Chicago plat
form. You are not PopulistS. nor So
c~IalIsts. nor re~vOlutionIsts. Read the
platform adopted by Democratic nation
al conventions In former years, and you
will see that the last Chicago convention
rejected all the best traditions or our
history and adopted mnHh NJ the revo-
%lutIonary crceds OF the Pupulists. and
free silverltes and socialists, dictated by
Altgeld. Tlllmnn & Co. They rspudi-
ated you and your party and your NrIn-
NInlAE ThnIs hnNsn M claim ~ &sntNr
support. Let US defeat them.
Comrade Mckinley stands for all that
Americans now uphold. He has been
chosen rs the candidate Of the party
which Is resisting national dlshonor.
You and | = do no better than give
our votes to our comrade, VINO mani
tested his love for his country by shonl-
dcring his musket and serving for near
~ W years AZ a private soldier. His
promotions We're fairly earned by his
courage and his faithful performance OF
the duties OF al enlisted mar In the
ranks.
His comrades may well trust him.
lie Will see to Il that the principles for
which you and he have suffered and sac
EItced 50 much, and for which 80 many
OF our comrades gave their lives. ARE
preserved and pcrpetuated.
a few days ago / met many thousands
OF our comrades at St. Paul. during the
national cncampment. Among that
vast multitude I only heard one voice.
and that was for Mckinley and Il
tIonal honor" Once only did I hear the
name OF Bryan. and then the cry wns:
NO Use for Bryant This will be ech-
oed by tho American people In Novem-
Der, mo use for Bryan"
In this contest We must not he satls-
fed with mere success. The defeat OF
Mr.. Bryan Ia sure. II Is our patriotic
duty TO make his defeat and The defeat
Of all he represents SO crushing that
neither he o his allies can hope for no-
litlcal resurrection.
Comrades, let uS stand together once
more for our country. It's peace and well
fare and honor. Let US put patriotism
above partIsanshlp. Let lis stand To-
| Kether touching elbows. as Comrade
Mckinley stood with you In the ranks
In 1861.
81 HAVE nothing In the store that
sells so well or gives such general sat
IsfartIon Rs DR.. Fowlcr's Ext. OF Wild