The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-21
POPULIS7 IDEA
Ofthc Issues In 1S00-Tbc PresiIcn-
tial Candidate of That Party and his
Iipyyc Ably IltsspptrI

n y-n t., u
y. wy ISSUES !" f"u co.. i'es','en-
tiai Candidate "fThat Party ana his
Views Ably Disscctcd.
yv,sbinyt,n POST urd,. Mr. yyh,rto,
,.,''' 20 49,, -
iouihet' FoPu'is'' 'ne oh'y no'iina'eu
candidate yet put into the field for the
ul,atlrennIal campaign of next wear, has
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go - ,''' 49,, p"rI'' ~"
fhilauelphih Aihericah' OH Inc issues
Of 1900" Mr.. Barker. in his presiden-
tinl candidacy. does not represent any
,,o..,,. .,.,,,, 90 no ,,,,,
stt''o' Vi i'eti'e't VI my ~ ''t' .o'ii-
pinatlon, nor uoes ne STAND Tor III TO l.
Being n sincere, consistent Popullst, his
tpdrnon, en,Iphtanod he sanslt,ye
80 -.
conscience iHpeis MN 10 protest
against the wastefu! use or either gold
or silver. or any but the cheapest avail
able material III the manufacture OF
money. This, the Post has repeatedly
shown, Is the only logical position for u
Populist to occupy. The man who hon.
estly believes In the fiat doctrine dis
credits his honesty by n sacrifice OF
fundamental principle when he ceases
10 contend for that faith and Joins those
OF his countrymen who hold that good
money can be made only from costly
platform Of metal. Every Populist who
went over to the Chicago platform in
1896 made that surrender. 1t was go
Ing half way from fiat to the uncondi-
tional gold standard platform of the
boiling Democrats who met at Indian.
apois and put up the Palmer and Buck
ner ticket.
Candidate Barker eXplain5 that mon
ey Is but an instrument by which SER
vices and the products of labor are eX-
changed, and he wants to know why
we should depend upon gold or silver
for the manufacture OF such instru-
mcnts." I'm making tools" he submits,
economy demands that we use the
cheapest serviceable material" Com
munity checks" Is the Populists name
for pieces of money, and Candidate.
Barker, being an honest Populist, will
not consent 10 the eXtravagant folly of
writing such checks on a costly sub
stance. Nov" he says, lis the time
to break loose from such absurd restric-
ton, and print our community checks
on paper so that we NAV issu. lust M
many ar them ne w, mead and So TINT
business trade, the exchange of services
may Nerer be hinlered by their want
is at hand"
Candidate Barker shows how the
ground IN which Mr. Hrv,n and h,s
party stood in 1896 has hpnn s,yent
away from under their feet. He saws
that In that memorable wear priC were
greatly depressed: that m4n were ,IIs-
iearte;,ct bv the continued mi, Tn uriras
and sought for relief. And Mr.. j,ryau
offered free silver coinage ia meet The
demand declaring thnt there could hc
no RELIEF. except in 1i toI Hut Mr.
Barker declares. and We nj I,row If tn
Mr., Ervnn's nlan was defeated +" lie
SAYS the production of gold has So in
creased thst the SUNNY of nnun,,, hne
increased faster, than tho demand and
prices have risen all over the rold-uainr.
world. TO the great relief Of prolurrrs
ana stlr,latlon Of ertnrarIs. ,rhus
by accident of increased gold nrodrr,
lion has come the relief thot 1yr Er,.an
promised In FREQ SILVER, ana mcu ar: M
longer irrlinod to turn IN fran si,vn, >.
Mr.. Barker gives II ms hi4 on,n,ou
that tho tnonc,! unestion viii nm. hS.n,.
decisiv. Issue IN tn. comnnInr M itlno
He declares ,ha, in order tbot ".o,ai
opport,lnItlcs NAV he Insured "a all
that trusts mnv br drsiroycl ,b,, .hn
fleeing of the Investing pr,,,ic
through the ver-c,nItnlIyntinr nr
trusts and railroads may ceu.r Tho M.
ionaliy ,tion of our railrrrr ;s Ii flamon1-
ed. nnI this is an jssuC .h,t Tho ruin
Of ovnn,s IL nrshirp ,n ,he forn nc ,hn
natural Issun ruou whIr;, the contest or
! 1900 viii hjnDe
Sunnnsc Mr. Barker and his ponu,ist.
ir gnr,nljs,ic cnmnr,nig,i ,.enn,nt,,
should hri,,r .thnI,. I,ro,,r,r ,uin In - So
fall w,v nrn rnod nj = limo I n. ,hc,,
inaurrrotr' m. preoi echnrn nv n,
tiornii,inr ,hn Parnevi,.1nia rn;,raoh
whnsn benluu,rters nra InrntoI IN NJ
RarRnr's CITY Fc fn1 son1n ~ Ihn
statistics Of that gigantic rornor,t;on
cnrdonsn,, I, i'm pL;loIaIntin r,t,,,''.,
n onnnnrs thot Tho nri,inn; c,r;i,i;,n
tIon Of tho comnnnv wns AMY sS5o 6oo
and tb,t h,e crown to 500 0Oo ooG ,,,hi,,
thn ertJrn svetnn, IncIudI,,, lie 49,,
and rnrnec,nI or,roni,,tInng rn,r,,a,,,
a conj,ni NJ son0 900 00o +, hns' to H..
ne,ri,. IN mo mics ~ ro;,rnad ,,,I ic
mn ,,',,as NJ ,rnct ava ,nt,, 80. . ~ ~.
sr.irht ,morntnI f., ia ocn 0oo ;,n,. -
/, cor,nI n,.nr :, O0o non w,,,.ornr ~ y,
nosrhssos ,o-d,r o,,n0, ,,.nnn,tot'' ~ ~
n'nG1 rIj,vo,,' ty,chnch az ,Sa co,,,,, Wv,
,rI o,r,.ios 70 no, 80 ~ Iii ~ ~, ~ -
snnrnr. ond * n",. cont az ali ,r,a r,,,I,i,.
AZ H. patinn u.biIn cn,ni"rir,r iho GsS
n,or 49,, Sen n0o o0o
nn,,,,I,,. r,ho IVY,
nar,n ., -, o. ""a ~, W .ite
Lors .s;.;c ma ma ava ia 40, H NIL Mn.
when Mr.. Lincoln became Presden.