The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-26
pARrY WITHOUT a nAT1oN.
the Democracy Of the Country as EzPOau-
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New York Commercial Bulletin: Ez-
senator Hin is a representative man Of
the DemocratIc party, and. with no par
tsan prepossesslons, we have carefully
read his speech in Brooklyn, Thursday
night, to learn what national policy his
Marty stands for Mr. Hll is more than
Q local politician. he has lately been
q United States senator; he has been
and stun is an aspIrant for the presi-
hency From him. If from any one we
should expect to learn what his party
stands for in national politics.
The appropriation Of the Philippines
.s stan Undetermined; our relations to
Cuba are still to be defined; the char
scter of our revenue and other leglsia-
4ion for Porto Rico and Hawaii Is not
even foreshadowed. and yet MI. HIN
assures his audience that there were
NO war issues in this election Is the
var revenue law to be repealed or per-
net1,atea? To what extent is our army
ard our navy to be permanently eot-
banded? What is to be the attitude OF
the United States toward the antagon-
isnrs OF European nations IN China ard
Africa? Mr.. HIN never alluded to one
of these except THAT good wheat crops
in this country and bad ones in Europe,
and some lesser causes. have given US
an enormous favorable balance in for
eign trade, the currency situation Is
3ust where Il was two years ago; what
Is the Attitude OF the Democratic party
on the silver question and the banking
question? Mr.. Hin did not utter word
His speech was devoted to the Ratnes
law, the Erie canal, the Metropolitan
election Jaw and state Expenditures. At
ter discourslng OF these matters, Mr..
Hill stated that his party stod for equal
rights liberty and justice honesty in
government, the supremacy OF the civil
power, civil and religious freedom, II
protected the weak and restrained the
strong, and II tolerated no baSeneSS.
In two weeks the country will elect
the whole Of a national house OF rep
resentatives and state legislatures that
will nil most of thirty senatorial seats
that will become vacant next March,
and no one would suspect this fact or
its significance from anything In the
speech Of the most prominent member
OF the Democratic party in this state.
AIr. Hills course is that OF other speak
ers Of his party who are sedulous1y con-
ceaIing all national questions. That 1t is
the policy OF the national managers o:
the party is shown by an interview with
the gentleman who is dlsbursing DEM
ocratlc campaign literature under d.
rectIon Of the Democratic congressional
committee The documents he was cir
culatlng, he said, did not press the sill
yer issue further than to attack the SIN
gle gold standard. Even these docu-
ments were not circulated in the cast
ern states where the sentiment IS
strongly in favor Of sound money; Sc
lence and concealment are pursued IN
this part Of the country. No documents
we're being distributed regarding terri
torial expansion, on the pretended
ground that this was not a party ques-
zion, Well, 1t Is national question is
Il not? The Congress that is going to
be elected week after next will have to
dIspose OF It. The Democratic congress
sIonaI committee Is not Venturing to
criticlse the management OF the war or
the treatment OF the soldiers. but what
ever OF that sort OF thing It has been
able TO find In Republican papers 1t has
reprinted and is circulating. 1t Is at
lacking some details OF the DinGley tar
~, but is maintaining silence on the
question OF protection. Nothing Is be-
ing circulated regarding Hawaiian an
nexation because that is settled; 1t
never was a party question"
1t Is perhaps unjust to the most reck-
less SPECTATORS to say that the Demo-
cratic managers have adopted the
methods OF blind pool" inviting the
voters TO invest their ballots and trust
10 pot-luck for what they may get in
return. The methods more nearly re-
eemble those OF the three-card swlndIer
who hsunts county fairs.
The financial policy nf this country IN
relation to the new taxes, to the coinage
TO the government paper, and to the
bank notes, Is pressing for settlement
The entirely new problem OF the admin
Istration Of dependencies awaits solution
and must be solved at once. The rela-
lions OF our country to the nations OF
Europe that are appropriatinE Asia ana
Africa are involved. And in the pres
ence OF these momentouH issues the
Democratic party is confessedly trying
20 conceal the fact that national cleo
ton is at hand is dumb regarding every
national question, and pretends that ma
tonal issues are involved. -,
Unless the Democratic managers Will
state clearly their party policy in the
new Congress 1t is difficult TO see how
any self-respectIng voter can vote Tor
Democratic candidates for Congress.
Whatever may be thought about the Re-
publican party and its candidates no
man who values his right TO vote can
a6ord TO throw It away on party that
60 strangely refuses to disclose Its pur-
poses. -. "a
The country has, however, before It's
ewes the Illuminating action Of thechair-
man OF the National Democratic party
who has appointed, as a sort OF steer
ing committee" from now till the begin
ming OF the next national campaign him
self and another free silver Democrat, a
free silver Republican, a free silver
PopulIst and Coin" Harvey. Ambigu-
Gus evaslve and elusive as the party Is
on other things, 1t appears to be united
and aggressive only in attacking the IN
tegrIty of the currency, the hhaneia.
honor OF the nation and the prosperity ol
the people. But in It's efforts to avoid
ali discussion OF national questions wher
an election OF Congress is at hand, II Is
pursuIng 4 course OF weakness or as
honesty that ought TO put an end to the
career of any political organization
Yellow JAundleo Cared.
Suffering humanity should he Ssup'