Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-22

The following letter written By Nr.
Sylvester G. Williams. Who was born
and reared in this city. and who is
personally known to many Wheeling
/ people, 10 his brother, L. ID. Villains, is
so good an exposition Of the SILVER
cause that it is published in IFS entirety
for the benefit Of cur Wheeling and
nearby readers:
LID. Williams. Esq. Minneapolis. MINI.
My Dear Bro her:-YJu ask ne
/ in your recent letter the question, Why
! should not vote for Mckinley? wh.cn
/ | take to be IN the nature of 2 request
For some expression Of my views Upon
the present poliuca. situation Much
as | may be inclined through difiGenea
/ 10 remain silent upon a subjCc,0n which
/ so many have called 90 speak. | ice.
that an honest and serious question
! asked with what | believe 10 De some
/ thing OF regard for the opinion of Cle
70 whom the question is directed, de-
mands attention and an honest and
| serious answer.
The form Of your question exposes
preconception on yCur part W The az
/ titude occupied by me upon the issues
/ iatEe present camp ign. Yen evidently
are of the conviction that | ann an adj
yOcate OF that phase of bim m,1I..m Cs-
| pOuSed by the opponents of Mckinley
and his party. In C.Lcr wor.s. You
assume that | stand upCn the Chicago
platform Of the Democratic party. That
| assumption may be natural one 10
those who .0Ck upon Colorado as essen
| tally Silver State, and ai. Of i,s cit.-
zens as av0wed and jealous a.yocates
of the reconciliation Cf silver and its
/ srseooinage on the b2s.s of sixteen ID
one Local sentiment would Uldcu}--
| edly dictate the es20usement of the
! free silver cause by citizens Of C0l0r2 %.
Whether II is justified or not, there is
nm overwhelming conviction among
Colorado people, that the welfare Of the
State demands the restoration OF free
silver to its former place as money
metal.
with a remarkably high estimate Of
therank Ond influence OF The Sa'e in
the affairs of the nation and of the
world in general, Colorado statesmen,
! politicians and business men have
taken it upon themselves 10 elligl-cl
and educate the world upon the SUBJ
ject of finance and financial legislation.
We have many and great lights upon
the subject Some of our DISTINGUISHED
citizens have c0ntuc-ed or attempted
10 conduct controversies through he
columns ot the Eastern journals They
have written c0mmun.ca ions TO the
Eastern press. | do not say that these
circumstances have been published; fer
| fear that they have no, IN all iu-
stances been published. But Tie writers
have not been abashed by the inability
Of the Eastern press to appreciate such
expressions Of Silver sentiment. Re-
iected articles have without great d.i-
fculty found thir way into the columns
of our own more sympathetic local
publications. perhaps ac mpaniei by
denunciation of The yenli juornais Of
the East. whose columns have been
closed against the
ADVOCACY OF FREE COINAGE
P,audits have gone mp from our noun
tains and plains for those champions
who have stalked through The halls of
the great national conventions dn"
planted the standard Oh Iee silver a.
the very front.
a host of our silver t10wcl ora
tors. young men and old. egg ,0 90
East and campaign for Bryan an free
silver. are chaiing against the leash