The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-10
BRYAN'S
ANSWER
TO BELMONT.
The Free Silver Champion Is.
norcs Matter OF Rival Jcffer-
sonian Dinners.
DEyOTEs i HIS ATTENTION r 'l:I'
10 Differences Between Himself
and Belmont rs to Demo.
cratic Party,p Policy.

--- .-------- ----------
-, ~, ~, NJ,
LiNGoltN' Nep.' -,piti o'' S-'s''.r W -
Bryan to-day mailed his answer 10 the
last letter received from Hon. Perry
| .o,,,, ,yoa,,s oro The CORES.
oeiliioh'' titl ooi''o 20 30 -. y, III,
pondence thus far mas dealt lais VIZ.
| the rival Jefferson dinners to be held
In New York. but Mr., Bryan ignores
49, ~, d.votas Me attention
ti'ut iha.'s'' "''N ,.....1,,I,,,-
to the dlnerences exlstlhs oeeWcei nm.
| self and Mr., Belmont on questions OF
| 1,ar,oo,ot,c rrortv polrcy. His letter, in
Oe'i0s' - y
part, tollows:
LINCOLN, Neb., April ., lo9s.
Hon Perry Belmont, New York: d
ttDi. : e,n. CO.. JInas w.. rst,rr 10 Lincoln
Deut on Iat,n,. nontnin,nr the orig
l louhu WV, ,5 "a ,,a,,t snrtnt n;Sen 10 the
lnal ieltei ut.u a',, Ss'tora cannnt find
press suns e., uaSa n,, ,at,er IN which you can
s.,..,,,, ans .llins ~ ,S nSIact 'NS".s'' =
eoiisis'sniy .' eoo ,o,,,. s,a.oh In Madison
lou luIsum ~. h,,t,,,s, Is 1sqs hv
sIuaie .hat La :; ,r.s va t;,na for .fnlain
sayinS tnao ~ nracsei,ad "a accuse the
e Sh,ca or convention OF n "betrayal" OF
the Democratic party. In your Brook
lyn speech. on september 10, isso' ~ ySa
SPOKE OF 5tr1nss Lns Tmlea Sorp p ~ ch,capo g Of
y coalition between the unthinkIng ele-
mcnt of the old party and the Socialists
who masquerade as Popullsts." II
seems that In using the words "betrny-
| al" and masquerade" unconsciously
fell into the style which you employed
in 1896, but did not reflect upon the
.aatt 80 CO -1
cates by charncterizing them as an "un-
thinking element" p.
You ask, first, that point out where
In your utterances are .unpatriotlc, un-
Democratic, un-American and in con-
fllct with the Democratic creed as set
forth in Jerrerson's first inaugural ad-
dress"
We have no accepted standard by
which to determine whether a given
opinion Is patriotic or American. but
we have means of determining whether
an opinion Is Democratic, and In ac-
cord with the teachings OF Jefferson. !
presume you use the word Democratic
in the party sense. otherwise that term
would be as difficult to define as pa
triotlc'' or "Amerlcan."
What Is Democratic.
M, ,,,,u,,,
" y ! d. .. ! .
| ocratic In 4 party sense belongs to the
Democratic marty, The Chicago con-.
yon,,on NO. moro n,,reIy renrcsanta. .,,,a
-. - -, :.
tnutl hils o1itet cotH Heii.ion i,eiu ~ aI-
csnt years. because the rank unu NC
oL the patty spohe oi puptls qIsslio u,. H,,lf
tnIousn tLsli uc'su ~ ue!esa.e ne III
caso pia.ieitii 10 the ~ u.ssl uu.noiltu
deilhi.ioh i,1. oi UeinoeiaIy as applieu 70
GHissits n soiui..on', ~ iniloiily VI
sne ~ ueiesates 70 nasioaa! . eohEelliion,
IepreseIlelns n u iuiiuaiss oi ane thelape!s
OF the democratic party mas right 10
determne what Is pemocratie. then
a.. 5aane mo,,, y. .,,s pat t.un !!sns
~ ust'hs ~ i I So..o, ~ 1iiaselir .Lu ~
nnw ono . a,sn 40 = 'eA i1e'''oe' u ti'ah
~ mo onn,, +bis nr,ro,r,o ., .hroo
,,,ost,nm @ ,,n, upr,' ,,,inh @ ,, pe.pv ~ .aIee
Ius;,,o IusSt.u', ui'Sn wl,,un you nave laKsn Ken,
standard money. second nanar ,nonaw.
,tirS ,,,on,un ,, a., su' pasei s' iiione''
Jefferson favored the double standard
as against the single gold standard. and
Saa i'i ~ .'ts E.on mn, our nation
gold and silver Mt the legal ratio Of II
to /. The ratio was changed to 1G to l
uurirs lri Jnckson,s Gs,s auinsnastratlon.
orninst The roId stanhnrd ,nd Nd on,nvtn IN fn,,ar
of The return OF the free and unlimited
coinage OF gold and silver at the ratio
or IL TO l, without waiting for the aid
or consent OF any other natim As
ueiegate 10 tne Cnicaeo convention you
voteu LOT minority report. which de-
sialeu against iliuepenoent frec COIN
s,,. ass, u Gm .nT srounu .nat !. would not
ou'S ,'.pe.n ou, inume ouL Would
tT r,et o,t,s,,, . bts, beht. ~ inse.Lu uttonal
Dnvnrnn,ant = sho,Id ~ mhsieN ei'e ellorI OF tne
rac,od - u w s'enuis VI
AZ " ao,oroto 70 .,o
pnn;;or t,ro ,r,,,ths Ia Fe.s s,.. vi
e1 niotforn, which Iaoi,,S 1Iuppo.c
oc thn r,,5 nt,n5ard ,,.,,sn,st III issor
lar,tIon IN fa,.nr as ,r.on,,a.,, ,uu uns W.
,netollIsu, ron NAV ba 'at,ia ~ n,,,.a. III
WIN, ,bo r,i,o-,,,, ra,ao+.a n. W sApiulh
o,Is ,hn n,onIr for ,y,,ob =, u' .,aE. a,uhaE.
fsh,cngo ~ tous"t a.
Douoic oeahuarn.
Mr.. Mckinley, in 1891, charged in a
public speech. that Mr. CLEVELAND id,r-
Inv hi. Gret ,driri,,r,.,o. -,
ms no no. a"''''''. "'io'' was oissoh-
oring one OF the precious metals, dis
crcditing silver and enhancing the price
of gold. He insisted Tho, Mr C,oya,,n,
NO.. ,r,.,rr .o .,,n.,., '.'"N.
was ~ ms " i''"Nt money scarce ana
therefore uear. anu added: He would
nave increased the value OF money and
diinihishea the value or everything
else. Money. the master and everything
else the servant" II Mckinley then
understood the real purpose of the gold
standard. as | believe he did, who
could think Jefferson capable OF advo-
eating policy. which instead OF Sc
curing equal and exact justice for all,
makes money the MASTER and every
thing else the servant"
Mr. Carlisle, In a speech in 1878, said: