Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-01
RINGING WORDS FOR SILVER
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dous intellect of gold standard advocates
TO understand that the less money there
Is. .ns easier It IS 20 concentrate it, and
that the more money there is the more
difficult it is to concentrate it, Even a
Democrat, with the little intelligence
cred-fed to him by the gold standard adj
Vocates, can understand that the demon
etlZation OF silver was one of the steps
IN the process by which ii was made pos
sfble for the trust TO come into being
Every supporter of a trust and every
'Denehclary of a trust. is an advocate of
the gold standard, and every advocate of
the gold standard is a supporter and up
1T is contended by some that the Dem
ocratic national convention of 1900 should
omt from It's platform the declaration in
favor OF Independent bimetallism at l6 to
l, and should rely upon declaration
against trusts. Those who contend for
TINS course are seeking only to pace the
the country, which now owns and con-
trols the Republican organization. You
all remember the contest of 1896. You all
remember the unprecedented and magnifi-
cent fight made by the Democracy in that
year, without money and without re-
sources, and against the organized wealth
and all the corporate influences of the
iand. You know that every vote cast for
the Democratic nominee for the Presi-
dency in 1896 was unpurchasable. an hon.
est ycte and you all know that a large
proportion of the votes cast against that
nominee were had by purchase or by
force Those who contended against the
1IeihoCldCs III 1850
ARE MORTALITY AFRAID
of the contest coming in 1900. Every sup
porter of a trust. every advocate Of the
gold standard, every appendage to the
present administration. is trembling with
apprehension a the prospects offered by
dare not go forth to meetM If it can be
avoided, and the man who advocates the
omission of the plank favoring the indie
pendent b.metal.sm at 16 to l in the Dem
n and n in y7aa nm
on declaration against trusts, is seeking
not the success of Democrat yin that
year, but is seeking not only to lure the
Democratic party from the only platform
on which 1t can know success.
There are those who go about not de-
caring for the Chicago platform of 1896,
put declaring for platform broad enough
Tor all Democrats to stand upon, and =
can tell you what they mean. They mean
to broaden Democratic platform by taxi
ing away a part of it, They mean to sur
render that for which we contended in
1896. They mean to place the Democratic
party where the Republican party now is,
under the control and in the ownership of
the organized wealth of the United States.
Those who go about espousing a platform
broad enough for all Democrats to stand
on mean that they want you to broaden
your. platform by taking out of it the
plank favoring independent bimetalism
at 16 to l.
broadening. We find plenty of room to
stand now, and we suggest to those who
advise this process of broadening to get a
Platform Of their - own Sar These gentlemen
would be much better employed IN seek
ing TO dictate the Republican platform,
and in advising their friends instead of
seeking to advise those with whom they
are not friends.
1.-THE Democracy
HAS NOTHING TO FEAR IN 1900
in an open fight upon its own platform.
Its danger lies. only IN compromise or in
access.ons or in yielding the control of
the question of platform in 1860 is practi-
eally settled, and | agree with George
Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, when
he says. IN speaking of those who sought
TO destroy us in 1885, The question is not
how to get them back, but how to keep
them out.
Your only hope of success in 1900 lies in
the inherent right and justice of your
cause, and IN the awakening of the peo-
pie OF this country 10 a knowledge of ex
1sting- conditions. Those who call them
selves Republicans ought to understand
the difference between a Lincoln and a
Hanna. Those who call themselves Re-
publicans ought to understand that that
which helps q Democrat helps a Repub-
lioan, and that which hurts a Republican
hurts Democrat; that there is no issue
between RepubllcaniSm and Democracy:
that the situation is, that the organized
wealth of the country has obtained con-
troll of the Republican organization: that
1t would rob Republican of the fruits
of his labor; just as readily as it wi. rob
a Democrat of the fruits of his labor:
that organized wealth has no politics, and
no convictions. that it seeks only the con-
troll of the President, of the Congress- and
of the courts, and it makes no difference
70 1t whether It controls them by means
of the Republican organization or the
Democratic organization. 1t would like to
own them both. 1t made little difference
to the organized wealth OF this country
IN 1872 whether Mr. Cleveland was elect
ed or Mr.. Harrison was elected, and if
MIR. Cleveland could be the Democratic
nominee in 1900; the money power of this
country would just as soon have him
ELECTED as to have Mr.. Mckinley.
1.-The
ORGANIZED WEALTH OF THE LAND
realizing the danger impending over it in
1900, and fearing the result of a contest
1896, is seeking to save itself by diverting
the attention of the people from the real
issue, and by securing departure by
the Democracy from the lines laid down IN
1896, and TO that end you have men call
ing themselves Democrats, going about
to-day. declaring for platform broad
enough for all Democrats to stand upon,
and you have men calling themselves
Democrats. declaring that we should omit
the plank favoring independent bimetal-
lism al 16 to /, in the platform of 1900:
and you find the political boss of New
York city undertaking to dictate to the
same end. the platform of 1900, and offer
ing to support the Democratic party if it
will surrender its Democracy, and offer
ing TO support Mr.. Bryan if he will only
give up that for which he contended in
1886
In my judgment the Democracy of this
nation should enter into no alliance with
those in control of the Democratic organi-
cation in New York city. You can get the
aid of those people by purchase, and by
purchase only, and the consideration that
you would have to pay would be, in the
event OF success at the polls, to carry on
an administration hostile TO all for which
you expect to contend in 1860. In my judy
ment II would be better TO go to defeat
in 1900. without an alliance with those in
control of the Democratic organization in
New York, than to go 10 victory with
such an alliance. New York may not be
the enemys country, but ii is a country
in the possession of the enemy. The
loyal and honest Democrats of New York
State and New York city, who are in SYM
pathy with the Democracy of the nation,
and who are not in sympathy with the
organization in New York, are now justi-
fed IN a political revolution. and they
ought TO declare their Independence Of
that organization, form one of their own
and send their accredited delegates to the
Democratic national convention of 1900
Those who
CALL THEMSELVES REPUBLICANS
to-day ought TO take well to heart the
words OF Abraham Lincoln I see in the
near future a crisis approaching that un-
nerves me and causes ME to tremble for
the safety OF my country. AS a result of
the war corpora lions have been en-
places viii follow. and the money power
OF the country will endeavor TO prolong
its reign by working upon the prejudfces
OF the people until all wealth Is aQrre-