The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-01

The Republican convention in Greater
New York nominated a Gold Democrat,
Ashbel p. Fitch. for controller, the
nominating speech being made by Hon.
Chauncey Depew, The nomination was
by reclamation. In his eloquent speech
Mr.. Depew used these words:
During our civil war the assistance
which Mr.. Lincoln most gratefully well
coined was that noble Body OF patriots
who put their country above party and
were known as War Democrats.
(Cheers). So in the last presidential can
vass, Mckinley and Hobart and the Re
publican party welcomed with opened
arms those Democrats who were willing
10 sacrifice the associations OF a'llfetime
for the credit and honor and prosperity
OF their country. (Cheers) The country
and the Republican party owe these
patriots an immense debt OF gratitude.
(Cheers.) None Of them has sought office
or asked any reward from our victorious
administration, or our party convention,
but II is high duty and great privilege
on our part to cnnsptcuousiy recognize
what these men did and what they help
ed us to accomplish.
The convention agreed with Mr.. De-
pew, and the action, coming as II did
from the representatives of the Republl-
can party in the greatest city OF the
country, was especially significant of the
appreciation In which the patriotic Dem
ocrats who arose above party last year
to stand by the countrys integrity are
held.
But, aside from the matter OF senri-
ment, the nomination OF Mr.. Fitch. who
has a magnificent record in the office to
which he Is renomInated, VIII go far in
the direction Of forcing the national issue
into the campaign, a matter which the
Tammany bosses are trying to avoid, on
the advice of the national silver leaders,
excepting Mr.. Bryan, who wanted them
to keep himself and his silver hobby well
to the 'front.'. Mr.. Fitch is especially OBJ
noxIous to the silver Democrats because
OF his policy OF paying the cEty's bonds in
gold and maintaining the cIty'5 credit
has been detrimental to the silver cause.
Mr. Depew thus explains the situations:
I'VE are told that there must be no
suggestion In this campaign OF the issues
| upon which the national honor and the
national credit we're saved last Novem-
Der. But Banquo's grost Will not down,
and silver will persist In wearing a
crown Of thorns' because the industries
OF the country and the farmer, the man
ufacturer and the business man have
been saved by the cross OF gold The
| Silver Democracy declare that In the
| Greater New York charter II is provided
that all the bonds to be issued by the city
shall be payable In gold coin or In the
legal currency OF the United States at the
| option OF the commissioners Of the sink
ing fund. They declare that a control
Ter. who believes In gold Will have gold
| bonds Issued. and as the city of New
York Is constantly issuing bonds, and Is
the representative financial centre OF the
country, such controller will be per-
netual menace to the glorious doctrine OF
l6 to L. (Laughter) Well, we take up
that challenge as we have taken Il up be-
fore. (Cheers) We point to the credit
! OF New York. SO high, so pure; we call
attention to its securities selling 10 better
advantage az times than those of the
NV VA AAN = lAkN@N t2NsAkFt anu We
say II was controller who believed in
honest money, borrowed money from the
savings OF the poor in the savings banks
and life insurance companies, and prom
islRg TO repay that money, principal and
interest, In gold, who kept thus high our
clty's credit, and that controller was
Controller Fitch, (Cheers)
The policy OF the Republicans is not to
let Tammany get away from the national
question, no more than from the local
ones involving that organizations past
record. In spite OF the effort OF the ma
tIonal committee OF the Silver Demo-
crazy 10 get control OF the patronage OF
the great city in the interest OF Bryan
ism, through Tammany. they will be
compelled to show their hands No effort
to make II appear that this programme
IS not back OF the cnwardly advice to lg-
more the silver issue viii be successful.