The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-09

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16 to 1--that is for the unlimited man
| ufacture of ffty-cent dollars. and here
you are again, trying to unhinge the
| other corner OF your jaw yelling about
! expansion and Imperialism. Free silver
was bad enough to father, but imper-
! iallsm will make your party the laugh
| ing stock Of the world. You now look
back upon your i6 to campaign Of SO
as sort Of joke that you perpetrated
! on the country. You are sorry that you
| hooked onto that twaddle and nonsense,
and year or so from now you will be
sOrrier still that you coupled up to the
| bOogy-boo OF so-called Imperialism, You
know as well as do that there can be
no imperialism in republic. Even Il
| Democrat ought to have sense enough
| to know that. II is. therefore, simply
| ridiculous to talk about It, The people
| are too shrewd to be deceived by such
talk as that. You cannot catch a single
vote by any Such nonsense. and you
will find It out to your humiliation and
sorrow later on.
What Ais Democracy.
Now. my dear Democratic brother.
don't you go Off mad because 1 am tell
ing you of your weakness. am not
mad at you, am your friend. DON'T
you believe that l am going to lay ever
| the weight OF n feather on the poor,
sick, hip-shot. rlng-boned and SPAWN
| ed Democratic party, l have not got
the heart TO do that. feel like an old
| Irish friend of mine who had a very
sick wife. She was suffering from con-
sumption. One day he brought II doc
! tor to his home to diagnose her case.
He very soon found out what was all
ing her and said: pat, can do moth
| ing to relieve her Nothing will help
her except to send her to hot coun-
| try This statement ustounded the
! good-nutured IrishmRn, and he arose
| from his seat, went out into the wood
| yard. got an Ak, returned to the room
| and walked up to the doctor and said:
Doctor, you tell me that nothing will
help her except to send her to hot
| country. Take this a& and hit her, for
! haven't got the nerve to do 1t myself"
| have too much respect and sympathy
and admiration for the historic old
| Democratic party to throw stones at 1t
in an ugly and improper way, when,
| like the Irlshman's wife, It is lying In
the throes of death. Poor, dear old
party! It is golng-gone.
II Is painful to the people Of the
United States to seq the historic perty
| of Thomas jefferson and James Madi-
son and James Monroe and Andrew
Jackson now being prosdtuted to Popu.
ism and Annrchism ProStltuted 10
fifty cent dollars. Prostituted TO oppos-
| ing that for which It was organized,
| Prostltutad against growth and pro-
gress. Prostltuted against entering the
| high seas In competition with the great
nations OF the world for the trade and
commerce of the nation. Prostitut2i
to the rank OF simply protestant or
ganiZatiOn. always protesting against
| everything Of real value to the nation
| and the people. Shades of Jefferson.
Madison, Monroe and Jackson! what y
| change. There Is now 4 new get Of
rulers in the saddle, but the good sinse
and calm Judgment and the patriotism
of the people OF the nation will unhorsa
them again. Fear not. The world Is
going forward not backward. Don't
allow yourselves to be deceived by the
new campaign cry OF imperialism.
Nevertheless, l presume that the DEM
ocrats OF West Virginia and all over the
country viii line up on this new ISSUE,
| as they came Up smiling for thu now
disrarded doctrine OF free silver at l6
to 1. Az to this, they will find them
selves In the attitude Of Senator Thurs
toms calf story that he often tells In his
political speeches. a boy, one day, was
| driving u three months old calf 70
pasture. In the roadway he met UP
with steer. The calf broke away from
him and followed the steer The boy
ran, the calf ran. and he pursued the
! calf lickety-cut until his breath gave
out, when he exclaimed. Go 1t, darn
youl You VIII find out your mistake
when sucking time comes"
What the Republican Party is Doing.
My fellow citizens, the Republican
party Is going right on from conquering
to conquest. 1t has kept every promise
made to the people in Its platform Of
1886 Undgr Mckinley the country has
| reached the high-water mark OF pro-
gress The United States Is now lead
ing the world In productive power We
| are now exporting much more than we
Import. As the old century goes out,
the balance sheet OF trade is very large
ly In our favor. For 100 years the bal
ancp showed but $780, 100000 In our
favor. That Is to say we only gained
that amount In Il full century. while
during the three years OF the present
administration the actual balarCc,-ln
our favor IB Sl,40O, 900, 600. or $l,lOO.O00'00O
more In three years than our entire gain
during the preceding 100 years. and yet
the Democratic party wants change.
will tell you, my friends, the level
headed. sensible people OF this republic
are going to sec 10 II that there shall be
no change II has been demonstrated
twice within the last slxteen years that
tho Democratic party cannot success.
fully manage the affairs OF this massive
country. Why, my fellow citizens, u Is
so great Job that It rs about all the
Republicans can do to run IT, We are
now selling our products to all the ma
lions OF the world and In the face OF
these facts, the Democrats say that Nc
tSintpy ought to 20 ont and Bryan
ought to go in. You might as well So
down yondcr and attempt to dam the
Monungahrll river with corn cobs as to
try to prevent the recollection OF Presl-
don't Mckinley. And right here let M
tell our Democratic friends another
thing They might ns wen stand IN
their heads and try to Kick thn stars out
OF thc armament nR TO try 10 defeat III,
Republican ticket In Wpst Virginia IN
this year Of grace ana progress A. u.
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