The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-29
ka has been paid on. and is now on ex.
hlbltlon at the Omaha Exposition.

ka has been paid of. and is now on ex-
hibitlon at the Omaha Expedition.
VsllIuE BonIs to ply War ExpsnIeS.
To pay the expenses Of the war
$500. 600, 900 OF per cent bonds have been
sold, after pubic notice, TO 100000 sub
scribers, at par. This is a striking con-
trast with the sale OF bonds made by a
Democratic president under a private
contract and'Wlthout notice to q syndl-
cate to pay current expenses Of the
government in time Of peace, the loss to
the government on the first $50. OO0, 900
being abont Ss,O00O00. Yet certain
Democrats In congress opposed the sale
OF bonds to carry on the war,
While August shows the largest bus
mess in the history Of our foreign trade
according to Dun & Company, business
failures were less than any August In
the last hve years. All these beneficial
results and others that might be named
In the business and financial world that
have come about under a Republican
administratt ton are not accidental; they
are the fruit OF Republican policies
wisely administered.
During the campaign OF 1885 Mt.
Bryan and other Democratic leaders de-
clared that the price Of wheat would
follow the price Of silver; that there
was some mysterious connection oe-
tween the price of silver and other
commodities: that II the price Of silver
was low the price OF all other products
as a result would be cheap. This was
argued everywhere on the stump and
In the press, by the Democratic party.
Within the last two years wheat has
sold for a long time at 81 per bushel'
and the price OF nearly all farm pro-
ducts has advanced, while the price OF
silver has remained about the same.
Not one OF the prophecies and predic-
tlons Of disaster made by the Demo-
cratic party that would follow the cleo
ton OF q Republican president on
sound money and protection platform
has come true, while all the. promises
and pledges made by the Republican
party to the people have been faith
fully kept and performed by i Repub-
lican administration.
str king ConiraSt.
Contrast the condition OF the country
under Democratic administration with
conditions now. two years after the in
auguration of a Republican President.
During the Democratic administration
there was universal depression In busi-
ness, almost q continuous panic, want
OF employment hundreds OF thousands
OF men hunting for work. products OF
farm, mine and mill lower than ever
known. gold constantly leaving the
country, the gold reserve In the treas
ury reduced from slOO,OOO,00O to S4l'oOO.-
900. the treasury In time OF peace
bankrupt; home market given, to toreiSA
To- n MI
ufacturers prosperous, while our farm
ers and manufacturers were cores
pondIngly depressed; decreased, reve-
nues, until Mr.. Cleveland had to boz
row money to pas the expenses OF the
government. and increased for this pur-
pose the interest bearing debt $4,000
900. Nearly everything West Virginia
produced was put on the free list, or not
sufficiently protected, and consequently
our markets were taken from US, prices
OF our products declined, farmers IN
many Instances were Obliged to sell
their cattle. sheep and horses at any
price they could get because II was TOO
expensive 20 keep them. Wool declined
fourteen to sixteen cents per pound:
beef two and One-half cents; cattle $40
TO Sl5 per head: horseshoe to $40. Mines.
factories and mills all over the country
we're closed, despair and discourage
ment looked the people In the face.
while hope had well nigh left them.
This was the tue condition OF the coun-
try during the larger part and especial
Is at the close OF Mr.. Cleveland's adj
m'nIslrntion. It has not been eXaggera-
ted.
Prosperity Here.
What Is the condition OF the country
now? We are in the full tide OF pros
perlty which blesses the nation and
promises ID be lasting; the people are
happy and coutented; there Is employ
ment for labor. times are good, mills
are crowded with work. the price OF
farm products advancing, the treasury
bursting with money There Is more mo-
uey In the country than ever before.
and equal to the best In the world; ox-
ports increasing and imports decre1s-
| ing. All this has come to M as the re-
suit OF two years OF Republican admin
| istrntion, and with foreign war on
| hand.
In the face Of this splendid record
| the Democratic party now asks that
| there be a change a change from
\ what? From prosperity to business de-
| preston, from good times to hard times.
| To ask for change nov we m!uht rs
| well ask the people to give up wealth.
| for poverty. Sunshine for darkness,
| good home for poor one. GOOD tlmea
| for hard times good money for Dad mo ,
| nav a GOOD meal for q poor one. Instead
! oS askirR the people to make change
| tbc Democrats should rather say. Let
| nrosperlty unvexed and unembarrass-
! Oh ca an under Republican rule to
Moss che people and the land"