Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-28

| pleneHUed by the energy, enterprise
| ana industry of the people 1t is they
VINO must build and operate the fac
| tories, furnish ships and cargoes for
| the canals, and the rivers and the seas
1t IS they who must find the consum-
ers and obtain trade by going forth to
win it,
Much profitable trade is unenjoyed
| by our people because Of their present
| lLsuhlclent facilities for reaching de-
slrable markets. Much of Il is lost be-
| cause OF a lack Of information and ig
! norance of the conditions aud needs of
! ether nations. We must SCow just
| what other people want before we can
| supply their wants. We must under
| stand exactly how to reach them with
, least expense if we would enter into
the most advantageous business rela-
| lions with them. The ship requires the
shipper, but the shipper must have as
| sured promises that his goods will
| have sale when they reach their des-
| tination. 1t is a good rule if buyers
| Will not come to us for us to go to
| them. 1t is our duty to make Ameri
| can enterprise and industrial ambition
| as well as achievement, terms of re-
| spect and praise, not only at home, but
| among the family of nations the word
| over.
ON THE MONEY QUESTION.
| There is another duty resting upon
| the national government-ithe coin
money and regulate the value thereof.
! This duty requires that our govern
| ment shall regulate the value OF its
| money by the highest standards Of
| commercial honesty and national hon
| or. The money of the United States is
| and must forever be unquestioned and
unassailable If doubts remain, :aey
must be removed. If weak places are
| discovered, they must be strengthened
| Nothing should ever tempt us
| Of the nation through a legal
| language of the contract the Uni
| ted States will discharge all Of its obli-
| cations in the currency recognized as
| the best throughout the civilized world
| at the time of payment Nor will we
| ever consent that the wages of labor or
| its frugal savings shall be scaled down,
| by permitting payment IN dollars of
| less value than the dollars accepted as
| the best in every enlightened nation
! Of the earth.
| Under existing conditions our citi-
| zens cannot be excused if they do not
| redouble their efforts To Secure such
| financial legislation as will place their
! honorable intentions beyond dispute.
| All those who represent, as you do. the
| great conservative, but progressive
| business interests of the country, owe
| it not only to themselves, but to the
| people to insist upon the settlement of
| this great question now or else to face
| the alternative that it must be again
| submitted for arbitration at the polls.
| This is our plain duty to more than
| seven million voters, who filk3en
months ago won great political battle
| on the issue, among others, that the
| United States government would not
| permit doubt to exist anywhere con-
| corning the stability and integrity Of
| its currency or the inviolability o. its
| obligations of every kind.
THAT IS MY INTERPRETATION
Of that victory. Whatever effort, there-
| fore, is required to make the settle
ment Of this vital question clear and
conclusive for all time, we are bound
| in good conscience to undertake and il
| possible realize. That is our commits
| siOn-our present charter from the
people.
1t will not suffice for citizens nova
| days to say simply that they are in
| favor of sound money. That is not
| enough. The peoples purpose must
| be given the vitality of public law.
| Better an honest effort with failure
than the avoiding Of SO plain and
commanding a duty.
| The difficulties in the path Of a sat
| isfactOry reform are, it must be ad-
| mitted, neither few in number nor
| slight in degree; but progress can not
| fail to be made with a fair and thor
| ough trial An honest attempt will be
| the best proof of sincerity of purpose.
| Discussion cannot hurt, it will only
! help the cause. Let us have full and
| free discussion. We are the last to
| avoid or evade it. Intelligent discus
| sion will strengthen the Indifferent
| and encourage the friends of stable
| system of finance.
| Half hartednesS never won a battle.
| Nations and parties without abiding
! principles and stern resolution to en-
| force them. even if it costs contin
| uous struggle to do so, and temporary
| sacrifice, are never in the highest de-
| gree successful leaders in the progress
| of mankind. For us to attempt moth
ing in the face of the prevalent falla-
\ cies and the constant effort to spread
| them is to lose valuable ground al
| ready won and practically to weaken
| the forces of sound money for their
| battles Of the future. The financial
| plank OF
THE ST. LOUIS PLATFORM
| is still as commanding upon Republi
cans and those who served with them
| in the last campaign, as on the day it
was adopted and promulgated. Hap
PLY the tariff part of the platform has
/ already been engrafted into public
statute. But that other plank not al
ready builded into our constitution is
of binding force upon all of us. What
is it?
THE Republican party is unreserv-
edly for sound money. 1t caused the
enactment of the law providing for
| the resumption of specie payments in
1879; since then every dollar has been
! as good as gold.
I'VE are unalterably opposed to
every measure calculated to debase our
| currency or impair the credit of our
/ country We are therefore opposed
! to the free coinage Of silver except
| by international agreement with the
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