The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-03

above hIs surroundings or stay tho
hand which threatens to destroy anu
pervert, An untriel man, n donna
goguc. q word -JuggiGr, he, perhaps, win
represent the restless mob from which
he rose. and with characteristic rcck-.
lcsRnesa does not hesitate to appeal to
base human passions In order to MT
tract votes, That In this %incendlnry's
role, standing as he processes to stand
on principles ns I'M Democratic AN those
OF Herr Most. he should deserve, by
any conception of party regularity, the
support OF true Democrats In pnAt
comprehension and eXplninnblc only by
ignorance OF the man and hls platform
or disloyalty TO genuine party faith,
NO SOUND CONCEPTION OF
PARTY REGULARITY CAN JuSTI-
Fly ENCOURAGEMENT TO SOCIAL
DISORDER. NOT EVEN THE HON
EST HlILtEVER in A SILVER
STANDARD OR THE MOST ENTIIU-
SfASTlC Br-METALLfS1',r CAN, If
He NE a PATRIOTIC CITIZEN,
CONSClENTIOUSLY SUPPORT THE
FORCES OF POLITICAL ANA richly,
Even the advocacy OF free silver coin
age by Bryan and h,anyEot hts Iisso-
ciatcs' Is only II CLOAK for the spirit or
revolution behind It.
While, AZ [ have said, Mr., Bryan
boldly processes to stand on every ono
Of the strange plnnka OF the Chicago
platform. he udroltly attempts to Ill
vert Democratic attention from tho.
revolutionary spirit which pervadea
most OF that document by combining
the larger part OF HIS public %utterances.
1tn what he calls blmetallism; and no
evidently hopes by magnlfying the I'M
Il1Ft n ff-n NJ lNFr nnannIuI Iuu1,n" al lIa A.
tortlns Its phases 80 that II Will appear
to be the movement OF the MASSES
against the classes. 10 make Demo-
Gratis forget their dislike OF the plainly
TN Democratic features OF the plat
form, and to persuade Them that after
all only 0n economic issue Is Involved
and thls should not Justify a breaking
OF party tlca, But that kind OF tactics
should deceive no one.
"a fnct 10 bc Remembered. .
Let not thiss fact escape Democratic
attention, Every appeal In the name
OF party regularity to support the
Bryan ticket is nm appeal to support tho
governmental ownership OF railroads
and telcsrnphs, 40 attack the hide
pcndcnce OF the federal judiciary, to
abolish the merit system as Il test OF
fitness for public office. to refuse to up
hold the national credit by the issue of
bonds when n~ecessary,t0 scale down the
public debt by population. to invite
not only the evils which would follow
a silver standard but those which would
follow irredeemablG paper money, for
even purely fiat money seems TO be
recommended in this Chicago platform.
The men who represent such Il con-
enumeration OF poor principles and rad
Veal notions are not Democrats. They
have no claim on Democrats. and nil
over the land to-day Democrats arc ris-
Ing 10 overthrow these party letters
which mean slavery. and to stand be-
tween the people and the certain injury
which the party's rash leaders would,
inttlct upon the nation.
The evolutionary spirit which forced
Bryan's nomination Is manifest In his
speeches now being delivered through
out the country. His conspicuous fall
ure Mt Madison Square Garden TO adj
vance h cause of silver by close argyll
merit has induced him to abandon the
weapons Of the iogician and statesman
and 10 employ the arts OF the orator.
From the rear,end OF cars he has been
Ringing out social and political fire..
brands among the people. He appeals
to the base Instincts OF the ignorant or
To the misery OF the distressed. He
strives 10 array class against class, To
tncite employee against employer, to stir
up. debtor against creditor. to make this
a contest OF the poor. against the rich.
May God prevent this inccndlary's
work! In this broad land 1t has been
our proud boast that the avenues OF sue
cess have been open TO all. The rich to-
day were the poor OF yesterday. No
families OF inherited wealth dominate
our politics or our society. Before the
law all men are equal. The same oppor-
tunities do NOT come to all men; some
succeed, many fall, but no barrier to
SUCCESS of position Is created by law.
B2u as the times are. stagnant as in
dustry Is, distressed "a many homes are
for lack OF employment, the common
Sense Of the American people will not
be deceived by appeals 10 passion, but
will perceive clearly what Is the truth.
namely, that present conditions are
largely caused not by the influences
against which Mr.. Bryan In lurid words
declalmS. but by fear OF the very reme-
dies which he suggests. When this
great shadow which he and his asso-
,clatcs have created passes Off the sur
a Of the financial and Industrial
'Nt ~ AANbA NotllAA4EAlSS III bS ItSLOEtO.#
money Will seek investment, factories
will be re-opened and employment Will
be secure.
THERE CAN BE NO PROSPERITY
WITHOUT CONFIDENCE, AND MIR.
.BRYAN'S PLAN SKATERS Conf
tDENCE AND PORTENDS BUSINESS
FAILURES AND PANIC. THESE
MEAN MORE MEN OUT OF EN-
PLOYMEST, MORE HOMES WITH
OUT FOOD AND CLOTHING, MORE
MISERY AND DISTRESS.
Remedies or Qnuck Politicians.
One characteristic Of political remedies
administered and recommended by
Quack politica! doctors Is that they are
alleged to cure all disease. To every
man In distress in any part of the coun-
try the decentralization Of silver IL point
ed out az the cause OF his misery. and the
reconciliation OF silver as his remedy.
BY reaS"n of perfectly simple causes the
prices OF wheat and corn and other agri-
cultural products have declined, but
this decline Is attributed by these pOlilI-
cal quacks to the characterization of Sill
yer, ana the farmers along with every
other man who finds It hard to make
both ends meet, Is told that by remutl-
~et!zating silver wheat viii 90 to n dollar
n btishel and other farm products will
rise proportlonntely. II this were true,
rising prices would affect the commodl-
ties which u farmer buys, the interest
he pays on his debts. the freight rates
which determine the cost OF getting his
products TO market, and he would he
relatively no better off thnn before. To
EXPECT the farmer to accept so great a
HnrIIDInn 10 IN nFhattF,4n I,t.AN t,t-. knfnlfI .
GeHce. Ask the farmers Of my state
why they nre giving up the production OF
wheat and corn. and they Will not tell
yot 1t Is because of the depreciation of,
silver. They will point out to these
great MNStern nrnlrIeS and toll Won thnY