The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-30

H9Attd "a tfttifi9Nftt kts4aasf 44e NtAH IAtA.ee
led blindly by the hand Of fate. or he
was guided by an overriding PrOvl-
] denees and which ever Il was the Uni=
ted States thereby ASSUMED re8ponHi bll-
| ties IN the face OF the world, and at the
bar OF its own conscience and SELF
respect which It cannot shtrlk. pre-
| fer to believe that II was an act OF an
| All-Wise Providence, and that we
should meet with cheerful courage the
solemn duties which have arisen ana
must continue to arise as q ccnse-
] quence. Undoubtedly It Involves .
/ great coming question, but the RepuD-
| llcan party has met and rightfully dis
| posed OF every other burning question
I IN It's career and It VIII NOT evade TINS
4 fresh call to duty, but It VIII act upon
| full information and an enlightened
! Judgment, as the pages of the problem
I unfold before US. And when no man
| disputes our supremacy over lanqs
where our flag now fonts by authority
| Of solemn treaty closing our righteous
war with Spain, then, and not until
then. will there be a real PhlhDplne
/ question. Republicans may ct that
time diner widely In their views az
| first, for some lknotty problems VIII
confront US, but who can glance back
| over the record Of our grand old party
without feeling the utmost confidence
| that we shall get together upon some
well-considered proposition as TO our
| Oriental possessions that will satisfy
| the conscience and the brain OF the
American people.
] Without any sort Of doubt as It seems
to me. this is Republican year. And
] why not? Is II not time when we
can, II ever. turn to the people with
| confidence? It Is surely glorious har-
4 ISaHk NtSy1s Ns.nVy, TloTtthtlCn n sowing. CIV
| their fruits we shall know them. Is
there in all the world better rule than
| that? Our promises to the people, as
also our prohecles, have been amply
| fulfilled, and our policy, as fully stated
| in the st. Louis platform, has been
] perfectly Vindicated. One Of the per.
iodlcnl times for accounting to the peo-
pie is at hand, and in my Judgment II
Is only necessary'to treshen up the rec
ord IN their minds by setting out our
dOings in array before them, and TO
pledge anew to the great cardinal
principles OF our party. Among these.
! chief above all, are protective tariff
and the honest gold standard. The one
] gives US business to do and the other
enables US to do 1t with certainty and
confidence in dealing with all the
world. and without these no business
can flourish.
A Prepostcrous Position.
The defeat of the Republican party
in Ohio this fall, is to my mind a pre-
posterous proposition. True, this is
what is called an "off year." but when
was there so little cause for dissatis-
faction? When were the reasons so
few and dtmsy for bringing In an oppo-
sltion party? They make only feeble
attacks upon what we have done, but
cry out loudly that we are going to do
something bad about trusts or in the
Philippines or somewhere. They say
they smell 1t in the air. and that there
fore you should run for your lives. Turn
the problem as you viii, say It would
be little short Of Insanity for the people
to change pilots now. There are no
state issues. The logic and the stgntd-
canoe Of this election are wholly ma
tlonal. William j. Bryan urged this
point loudly as to Kentucky, In his
principal speech there few days ago,
and again in Ohio. and II true in Ken
! lucky, then how much more so in Ohio,
the home OF the President 1t must be
plain to all that 1t would imperll both
the tariff and the honest money STAN
dard. It would furthsr mean an unde-
served and dangerous blow to the Nc
Kinley administration, and the loyal
heart Of Ohio Is surely not ready for
that.
But you don't need to think or have
n care for the fortunes OF Judge Nash
or of President Mckinley, or even OF
| the Republican. party as party, but
| Just think OF your own home and your
mi ha tsfN
to your nelghbor, and ask how things
are with him. Look around this dis
trict look over this state md over all
the states; and then let your eyes range
out upon the blllowy seas, already fur
! rowed all over with ships loaded TO
their limits with American products.
There never was such UNIVERSAL
push in business, even to the choking
up OF the great arteries Of trade and
the overworking Of the brawny arms
and skIllful muscles Of labor, SO that
good times are even making the people
tired" in happy sense, There are
here and there scattered exceptions to
this but everything can't be absolutely
perfect all ut once in this world. Mostly
everything is right, and the rest will
come. Consider, moreover, that we are
only Just over the threshold, ond that
all signs point to one OF the mighlest
eras OF prosperity ever known to US.
VIII the people wish TO turn back
from this, and to destroy 1t all Just in
its bloom? l think not. viii they
wish to bring again the panic days Of
'93 and the icy years Of Democratic SUI
premacy that followed? / think not.
There must be many patriotic Demo-
Gratis who will not wish to bring the
killing frost OF reckless change upon
the brilliant prospects Of so great a
business harvest.
The Democratic managers are very
much in earnest. Being wholly with
out principles to urge or reasonable
issue to state, they have seized upon
some Understanding but empty phrases
as party slogans to catch the unthink-
| ing, and are employing the most VH-
| scrupulous means to excite the preju-
dlces and Inilame the passions OF labor.
As nm instance. the Cincinnati En-
quIrer published on Thursday last an
eight-column Illustrated article con.
| corning the horrible abuse by Mark
| Hanna of the coal miners ut Long Run,
Il place close to my former home In
jefferson county, and personally know
| that the facts are so grossly eSaggcr-
ated as to be In reality absolute false
hoods. Moreover, Senator Hanna's
company does not own tho mines there,
but Is only the agent for selling the
coal on commission, as 1t sells for many
other mines, and has nothing whatever
| to do with operating the property, and
/ doubt II Senator Hanna Is even
aware OF the existence OF the place, So
rams the old campaign OF abuse NIL
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