The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28
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While the silveritcs are moving every,
thing In the endeayortt TO unite the forces
ot,sllver in one party, With Mr.. Bryan
as the leader. and that gentleman him,
self Is Issuing manlfestoes to help along
the movement, the encouraging sign Is
that the cause OF sound money Is gain
Ing distinctly in the west, the seat OF
free silver In the campaign OF Elsewhere
such n gain was least expected a few
months ago. In Wyoming the Repnbll.
cans have already decided that the sill
Yer issue has seen It's best days and Will
hereafter stand loyalty on the platform
on which the Republican party won,
This growing popularity Of the gold
standard throughout the country,is hay
Ing its effect in other western states
where the leaders arc accepting 1t.
Favorable changes have been noted In
Nebraska, the home state Of Bryan. and
other states. In Nebraska, It will be re-
called. the result in the election OF 1896
clearly demonstrated that. but for the
fact that the state was the home OF che
silver Democratic candidate, and that
the farmers were suffering from the eff
fetts of the crop failures, and In a con-
dltion OF mind to listen TO the theories
OF the financial hobbiests. sound money
would have won. The Philadelphia Re-
cord. commenting on the growth Of
sound money sentiment in the west ac-
counts for It as follows: n i
Abundant crops and good prices have
cut the ground from under the prophets
OF calamity The farmers are now pros
porous and hopeful. A great many east
ern mortgages have been paid; the
farms have been restocked with new i'm
plements: the banks In the state show a
substantial gain In deposltors' balances.
and Nebraska may hereafter be carried
for sound money IL the proper effort
shall be made. Y
Somewhat similar conditions exist In
North Dakota and In other western
states. Colorado has become great
gold producing state, and We hear a
great deal less than formerly from that
quarter Of the blighting effect of the
gold standard. The great developments
at Cripple Creek and In other parts of
the state have given employment at
good wages, TO all who want work. Other
interests are expanding; trade Is good,
and the people Of Colorado are optimis-
tic. Even that stronghold OF fiat money
may hesitate to stake its fortunes on
forty-cent dollars. In the Pacific coast
states the Alaskan gold craze has had
the effect of putting new life into all
forms OF business. This general pros
perity. Is the worst foe OF silverlsm. The
16 to orator hides his head when the
people find plenty OF work and good pay.
There are now few states In, the west In
which lie retains the hold he had upon
the public in 1895.
This Is all true. Try as they will, the
calamityites cannot combat The evil
dences on every side of them that COM
pletely knock out their assertions con-
corning The state OF the country. And
now, with oil the war talk that is going
on. We find the calamity organs permit
ting themselves, in the exuberance Of
their patriotism, to forget themselves SO
far as to admit that this country has
plenty of money to go into an expensive
war and that there need be no
fears on thsNscore of poverty.
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