The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-22
HENRY w~ATTERSON
Again Delivers Himself ON a Few Traits
About Sound Money and the Stand Taxi
en- Inv the National Democrats.

Again Delivers Himself ON a Few Traits
About Sound Money and the Stand Taxi
en- by The National Democrats.
Henry watterson in Louisville cour-
ier-Journal: When the difference be-
tween Democrats as TO the money issue
arrived at an acute stage, and the Cour-
ier-Journal declined to follow the eH-
IRENE leaders OF Its party into the camp
Of Populism, there came rolling upon II
wave after wave OF epistolary protest.
Protest but mildly expresses 1t. The
letters for the most part reached the
limit of sensetess, iiiiterate and vulgar
abuse. Their writer's felt themselves
personally a%ggrieved. In their own
view OF Il they, had been In some way
betrayed: and, following the instinct OF
Indignation which seems to increase It's
violence In proportion TO Its actual. or
fancied. helplessness, II could find no
vent for It's outraged sensibllities short
OF m-founded indictments and III
spelled o%bjurgations
Human nature Is never so resistant
as against the thought or imposition,
but, with the ignorant and ahreasoHiag,
very little Is required TO establish a case
and TO arouse resentment. with regard
TO the Courler-Journal and Its readers,
there was no case whatever. They VIC
do not like the paper are not Obliged 10
read II. They who cannot approve II
are not obliged to follow It. II has at
no time committed any act or printed
80. ....N To- gr~kTnh ~ haa mt plVpn
ample reason; It's aim being, before all
else. 10 tell the truth. as II sees the truth,
10 mislead nobody for the sake Of vim
dlnatjnE some theory OF its own which
events have failed to verify. and as an
organ of public opinion to make up by
an honest effort 10 serve the people It's
lack OF that cock-sure omnfscfence
which characterizes the professional
Sir oracle.
In this connection, and az affordlng
announcement to the idea OF %independ-
ent Journalism conducted with some In
t~ellirence and on conscientious and IN
selfish lines. we may say that the daily
Courler.Journal has at this time a
larger audience OF readers than II ever
had before.
All this BY way Of preface. The ever
revolving whlrligig OF political adven-
ture-fdr politics In the United States
seems TO have degenerated into little
else than n semi-occasional expedition
Into unknown demonstrating brought
in with the recent election returns some
fresh disclosures, and the Courier-Jour-
nal having faithfully recorded these, wo
have become the recipients OF another
overflow OF epistolary favor. This time,
however, our correspondents are not OF
the HIiterate sort. They write with In
t~elligence and dircctness. They are by
no means abusive. Some are old Demo-
cratic associates who welcome US
"bark." Some are Hound-money friends
who exclaim: What, are you going TO
give up?" Others. again, write in a
deapairing way about the ruin which
threatens tho country. To each and to
aIl OF them our reply shall be: Possess
your souls In patience, men and breth-
rem, not yet the end cometh.' Indeed,
we have the impression that season IN
| and season out, during many years. the
CourIer-Journa1 will be receiving and
reproducing election returns: and he Is
n wise politician who car tell this year
what next year VIII bring forth.
II stands no party wcll-in-hand 10 be
| o~yerconldent. The voters everywhere
! arc most whimsical and eccentric. Here
In Kentucky alone an hundred thousand
OF them remained away from the polls.
OF course. each and every one OF them
was a sound-moncy Democrat. Let the
free-allycr leaders bewnrel
Touching the cause OF honest money
and orderly government our fnlth iH un.
dlmlnlshcd. We sincerely believe thht
| the free and independent colnngc OF sll-
yer al the ratio OF 10 to l, or any other
ratio, In az dead as the Institution Of
| African slavery. In u judgment, II
| the errors and excuses OF the campaign
| OF 1896 DO repeated In 1900. the Demo
| cratic party viii encounter a stu great.
OF defeat. II can only win a national
| election by getting together ny cllini.
mating tho issues OF class hhtred n
unnound finance. and by taking adVan.
tngc Of the mistakes and cortuptlons OF
the Republicans. That which wc nave
abandoned In the hope on compelling lhe
extreme leaders of tho party 10 auopt
moderate and wire by IN or
rahlyed intermediate movement The
gnid Democracy. M that movement was
| called. is. M an organization. n thing
M Inc past, II fought q good nghl, a
game nght, an honest night, but had
nnibinr hack Of II except good lnten.
| lions and nothing in front Of Il except
a soi OF impossible ideals, II showed
| lieplf. indeed, a body u gonctnls With
| out an army. ita yointlea have nothing
10 be- ashamed ~. n we had the whole
| thing 10 DO over again. believing what
wc believed then aud not knowing what
W. Know now. we should not hesitate to
place the same reliance upon our cAtl.
mntc OF the popular intelligence ana
| virtue. nut II being plain that NE peo'
pie want no third party, and that thcy
viii support no organized movement 70
yesm1e Tbs country from tho two Ok
| trrmen. VIZ abandon that particular
form OF seeking the attainment Of truth,