The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-28

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sumption Of specie payments In 1872:
rince then every dollar has been as good
az gold. t4lf-i
1--we arc unal,erably opposed to every
measure calculated 20 debase our cur
rency OF. impair the credit OF our coun-
try. We are therefore opposed to the
free coinage OF silver except by lnterna- :
tlonai agreement with the leading COM
merclal nations OF the world. which we
pledge ourselves to promote, and until
such agreement can be obtnined the ex-
istlng gold standard must be preserved.
All our silver and paper, currency muss
be maintained at parity with golc and
we favor all measures designed to MAIN
tain invlolably the obligations OF the
United States and all our money.
whether coin or paper. at the present
standard, the standard OF the most en-
llghtened nations OF the earth" +
This Is In reality q command from
the people who gave the administration
to the party now in power and who are
stlll anx!otsly waiting for the execution
OF their free and omnipotens Will by
those OF us who hold commissions from
that supreme tribunal s-t
I have tonight spoken In a somewhat
serious strain because believe Il Is due
both to the membership OF this assocla-
ton and to the conditions under which
this assembilge has met. The confer
ences and systematic efforts OF such n
body OF men as this are capable OF inf
mite good 70 the respective Communities
In which the members live and to the
nation at large.
The country is now emerging from
trying conditions. II Is only Just be-
ginning to recover from the depression
In ccrsain lines nf business long contin-
ued and altogether unparalleled. Pro-
greco, therefor, viii naturally he slow,
but let US not be impatient. Rather let
us exercise just patience and one which
in time will surely bring tts own re-
ward. .A k y, Is. &
have no fear fnr the future OF our be-
loved country. While I discern In its
present condition the necessity that al
ways exists for the faithful devotion Of
its citizens, the history OF !ts past Is as
surance to me that this will be as II al
ways has been through every struggle
and emergency, still onward and up
ward, 1t has never suffered from any
trial or been unequal to any test.
Founded upon right principles, we have
nothing to fear from the vicsssitudes
which may lie across our pathway. The
nation founded by the fathers upon
principles OF virtue, education. freedom
and human rights; nodded by the great
discussions which established Its SOW
ereIgnty. tried In the cruclble Of civil
ization. It's integrity confirmed by the
results OF reconstruction, With union
stronger and better than ever before.
stands to-day not upon shifting sands,
but upon immovahle foundations Let
US resolve by your laws and by your ad-
ministra.lon Of them to maintain the
rights OF citizens. TO cement The union
by closer bonds. to exalt the standards
( American civilization, encourage the
promotion Of thrift. industry and econo-
my and the homcly virtues which have
ennobled our people. upheld the stability
OF our currency and credit and illustrate
the purity of our national and municipal
government, and then. though the rain
descends and the floods come. and the
winds blow, the nation will stand, for 1t
Is founded upon roek."