The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-06
BRYAN IN THE EAST.
II. Made No Converts T~here-Largr por-
ton OF the People who EiocLrd to Sec
Him were for IcIkiniey-.omo OF III,

ton Of the People who ElocLrd to Sec
Him were for oIcIiiniey-.omo OF III,
Instantaneous
To the Editor OF tho lntc,ligcnccr.
SlE:-FcarinG that You may imagine
that the large crowds who went To hear
Bryan speak when he was east were
al! converts, | should like To inform
yoC that such vas not the case. OF all
tue people | knew there, and there
were ut least fifty, every one was a
strong Mckinley man. ! spoke to Sow
eral strangers among the crowd and |
found they were all Mckinley men.
Finally. | picked out some men who
looked as II they were the kind who
Wore BOOSTERS In their hats In 1882 and
shouted that four years Of Grover
would BE- four years of clover. men
who had no definite Ideas on the sub
ject Of finance and l found they were
the Kind who believed In Bryan. They
were mostly men who would believe
anything II they were told Il was IN
the interests OF the w~orkingman.
When l heard n brardless youth
speak OF the crime OF 1878, | thought
the crime OF 1896 was the cause OF
drawing such people into subjects they
did not understand. I could not help
thinking what Il howl there would
have come from this same class OF men
II the free coinage OF silver had been
proposed by the capitalists. When you
consider that It takes a very smart
man. with twenty or thirty years ex-
perienCe, to begin to understand hnan-
c!al problems, 1t Is enough TO make INC
sick TO hear boy orators graphing
with the subject as II they were ex-
marty Fhnt,vt~s II N.an 9, t,.a =. -
low such inexperienced men us Wilson.
OF Wilson bill fame, to jussle with the
business interests OF this community,
but. TO trust the presidency OF the Uni
ted'SStates TO W. ]. Bryan and have
that inexperienced boy getting object
lessons at the expense OF this nation
seems TO me an experiment that no
man short OF 4 luratic would be will
Ing To try. lie never makes a speech
mat does not contain some bad break
that shows how incapable he is Of I'M
Outstanding business problems. He
said In one speech that people with
large investments were anxious TO see
prices decline. l should think II there
are any men who want To see prices
advance 1t Is the men who have large
Investments. He alsJ said In Kentucky
that II anybody undertook to buy up
all the eggs at twenty-five cents per
dozen a man would be foolish 10 sell
eggs for less This illustration does not
fl the ease Mt all. lie ought to have
said that II Eggs were worth twenty
five cents per dozen. and anyone I'M
dertoOk TO buy up ali the eggs ut iifty
cents per dozen the eggs would pile
upon him at such a rate that he you'd
very sOOn usc'up all his money and he
wnilli Wlgh TN. hing would alan Iap.
ing, and curse the day that he under
took to corner the egg market. We
have all henrd from the FREQ traders
that If we took the duty on wool we
wuui advance the price Of wool all the
world over. We tried the experiment
and the wool Of the world is lower to-
day than II vas when we had a tariff
on ours.
We would have no more effect on the
silver OF the world than we have had
upon the wool nf the world, and Bry-
ans strong point that he puts into ev-
cry speech he makes about our being
big enough 10 20 on TO q silver basis
without waiting for Europe seems aw-
fully silly 10 a cosmopolitan whose
ideas extend beyond the state OF Ne
braslia. The answer 90 Bryan should
be that we want the best money In the
world, and If other nations are willing
to accept sharks teeth ms the best mo-
ney IN the world we will pay them In
sharks teeth. The best Ia not too good.
There is another point | would like
to make before ! close. and that IL that
all III" Bryan mel | talked with on
Boston common not one knew he was n
Tree trader. They were all believers
In the protective policy. merely
mention this to illustrate bow Ignor-
ant they were on the subject Of Bry-
ans principles. They were actuated
ny but Il desire and that was TO vote
against the capitalists. The fact that
the capitalists were opposed 10 free
silver seemed to them proof positive
that free silver must BE- good for the
WnrkinEnnn. which Is about On n par
with saying that II the capitalists wore
clothes Il would be- Il good thing for
the workinGmnn 10 20 naked.
| told some OF them that II they ever
got bryan for President they would be
glad 10 take nlckelS and copper, or
ANYTHING they could get. They would
ma II" would have the same effect on
them NJ Il they took n p]orcupinc for n
hcd-fcllnw. The %p6rcupinr might no
very well disposed and have n kindly
feeling. but II would not b. very COM
portable To let him snuGglc up.
We do NOT fear !irynn's malice as
much rs his inability md incxpcrlence.
y man who has run n locomotive may
On his first attempt have very sInacrc
regard for the lives OF the passengers.
but may end mp by killing both him
self and them. We cannot have too
much experience and wisdom In tn,
management Of the nations affairs. IT
would be simply madness to expert
mcnt with w. J. Hryan.E Yours truly.
FRED, HARTLEY,
Boston. October ..
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