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

gIst OF the Democratic position?
This 70 what he said: II think our
position can be embodied In a Few
words, We stand for the right; we
stand for liberty we stand for the
laws; love Of country before all NOW
what q precious BIT Of chaf this isi
How typical Of the dust.throwing cam
paign he Is running. Who. IN all the
land, we might ask, Is not for the
I right?" Who 70 not 'fcr tiberty7" Who
Is not sfor the laws?s And where Is
the miscreant who opposes Mclean on
the "iove Of country before ar Issue
No, Whitney IS right. The present writ
ing on the Democratic slate isn't good
for anything. It must be cleaned of
| and new Issues found; but they haven't
found them yet. They are merely in the
lnBinuating stage whore their rolling
eyes indicate horror at something too
doOp for them to accurately describe.
Hence the correctness Of my assertion
that the only question up this fail Is, do
you want change for changes sake?
Party OF Obstruction.
OF course the Democratic party can
always be relied upon to oppose sound
money and the protective tariff. These
issues are old and the Democrats have
been beaten deeisively on both of them
before the people. but who does not be-
lieve that Il the people should agree to
the blind change Issue this fall that a
fresh period OF disastrous agitation VIII
at once come in, and the cheap dollar
and free trade be knocking again at our
d0ors This % shown In their effort to
4 charge the responsibility OF the trust"
evil upon the tariff without reason, and
without offering an atom Of proof.
Whatever other issues may come and
90 the hostility OF the Democratic party
to the principles Of a protective tariff
can be relied upon. Now 1 cannot be-
lleve that the people Of the Sixteenth
district are eager for a change to
change over and take the Democratic
! side on the question Of o protective tar
III or honest money, and / think 1t Is
hardly worth while to argue the ques-
ton. And beyond this what is there to
induce you to violate that old, but very
wise adage. that ''well enough should
I be let a1one?"
You will find that they have set forth
no new or positive doctrine, but lre
| now as always. merely negative
party, and being out Of ONCE they arc
simply anti-everything that Is, in their
hope of getting back into power. And
then again, they are drifting rapidly In
to a campaign Of mere rank abuse OF
prominent Republican leaders. and the
signs are that their chief stock in trade
Will soon be the same old fierce Shrek
ing about rings and bosses, and over
| Mark Hanna as the great and terrible
'bogie-man'' in order to scare the timId
Democratic children. This Is always a
sign Of weakness and mems that they
know that their principles are not fast
colors and will not wash, and It Is GER
tainly rich treat as a screaming farce
to hear the Democratic out-cry about
bosses and Doodle, with John r. Nc
Lean as their candidate for governor
You will further ind thrown in some
vague general phrases about trusts and
imperialism. Their efforts to get some
advantage. out OF the apti-tFust cry
has proved to be a fiat failure They
seize upon It because at present Its
meaning Is so vague that It is favor
lite term fon the demagogue to howl In
your ears. You should be on your
guard against this trick
/ There Is, first of all. great necessity
for an accurate and agreed definition
| Of this term, so that we may know
what Is meant by II. There must be
careful discrimination between the
\ great legitimate Industrial organIza-
tons needed In doing a Worldwide bus
| lness and those gigantic and criminal
conspiracieS against the common well
| fare, loosely called trusts" To do this
Is the work OF the cooi-headed states
man, and not OF the tiery-eyed and
ra8h-tongued demagogue. Undoubtedly
this coming evil Is to be met, and the
Republicans can be depended upon In
this emergency. and that wlthou: any
plunging around like the famous "bul!
| In q china shop" with Its attendant
needless destruction. And 1t certainly
Is a monumental display Of cheek for
Mr.. Mclean and his party to pose as
the only stmon-pure antitrust crowd,
and to ask the people to defeat Judge
Nash and put the Democrats in power
in order TO cure the trust disease which
they cannot describe. and for which
they have in hand no medicine to Of
fer. There is one thing viii VEN
ture to say in advance-that believe
a very large part of the evils expected
to arise from the genuine conspiracy
trusts will be met and entirely counter
acted by that time-tTled regulator, the
spirit Of competition. Why, 1t was
only within a few days that great
company was launched nenr Pittsburgh
with ample capital, to compete with
the American Steel and Wire Company,
which company may or not may not be
a harmful trust, but lie at least very
powerful combination Of capital. The
incident shows that In the future, as in
the past, millions Will always be found
ready to go up against millions when
ever a chance exists to share in gem
erous' existing business profit.
Then again, the Democrats say--or
rather some Of them do, While others
say the exact opposite, that they are
IN H.. ~ mi laRAE -
lists. and point shaking finger at the
Philippine Islands. But what do they
mean? Do they give you the least
ldea in the world what specific things
they propose TO do there, or what party
act Of ours they condemn? Do they
propose to haul down our flag and sail
away from Manila? II not, then do
they propose by an ignominlous peace
to admit in the face of an astonIshed
world that we have met our first de-
feat. and ut the hands OF just one OF
the wild tribes in one of the islands,
the title to which SUCCESS In war
forced upon us II not this, then what
are they talking about? There exists
to-day an instruction In Luzon Island
against our authority. BY what right
does any one assume that after this
revolt Ia put down the rights or lib.
critics OF these people Will be in danger
from the SONS OF men who consecrated
our own land to liberty, or that re-
prOach Is to be put upon two centuries
OF American history? And why should
President Mckinley, or the Republican
party, be abused by mere assumptions
of possible wrong-doinRs In the sec
ond and third or subsequent steps OF
the policy to be worked out in the
| Philippines, when. in fact, the first step
/ fR not vet COmDiefed and aft otge IL I'm