The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-27

date who stands upon 1t has said: If
there is any one who believes gold
| STANDARD Is good thing or that 1t
must be maintained. / warn him not
TO cast his vote for me, because l pro-
| mise him that 1t will not be maintain
ed In this country longer than am
able to get rid Of It. It Is true that the
| same candidate made It condition of
| accepting the nomination that the dec
laration for free silver should be insert
ed In the platform Nevertheless by
reason of Republican legislation and
Republican senate. the candidate we
support cannot accomplish the result
he declares for"
Even II 1t were true, which 1 deny,
that Mr. Bryan. II elected. could no.
order the payment OF the public debt In
silver. or that the mere election OF such
man on such platform would not de-
stroy confidence In the credit and honor
| of the nation. and before Inauguration
| drive gold out OF the country and into
boarding places: nay, even If 1t were
true that such declaration Endorsed
| by the American people would not en-
| tail Individual and commercial demor-
alization. rs well as financial distress.
still with all Difference to meA whom I
| respect, this logic seems to me the bald
est sophistry.
Sincere In Ideas of Economy.
1t may be admitted that the man who
| proposes to have the nation make
debt-payiDg dollar or labor-paying dol
lar out Of fifty cents of silver and fifty
cents of vacuum is sincere In his ideas
OF political economy. So Is the anar
chist. sincere. and his physical and
moral courage Though perverted) can
/ not be questioned when, taking his life
In his hand he adopts assassination rs
a proper political method. Suppose In
order to get the anarchist vote the plat
form had Endorsed assassination rs n
political means. and suppose the friends
Of the candidate appealed to u.s. for
votes on the ground that. although the
declaration for assassination was In the
platform, yet In fact 1t could never be
made effectual because the Republican
| police protection was too perfect.
Would we. listen to the proposition?
| Yet the logic Is the same. and the an
alogy should not offend, for the turpi-
tude of the two declarations would diff
fer little In degree in the opinion of the
| two or three men who are endeavoring
so TO reason themselves into voting sor
Mr.. Bryan.
Bit of Recent History.
II there are any who. while differing
radically from Mr.. Bryan in these
things. yet from political! cXpcdiency
think that they should vote with the
organization let me call their nttcn-
ton TO bit of recent history-includ-
| Ing anew an old lesson sadly learned
even by Mr.. Webstcr-that political
honesty is political expcdiency." Mem
DRY III the northwest need 80 back less
than two decades to- recall the time
when Greenbnckism dominated the
Democratic party. Within the same
| time vie have witnessed the struggles
| of members Of our party to escape
their then records as greenbacisers. In
every case. the man with political am
bltion. of prominence, on whom could be
fastened the greenbackl record. has
passed, protesting, into private life.
While the Republicans are RESPONSE
BILE for many evils that besct us In our
domestic economy. the crisis Is such
that this Is no time to discuss them.
Bc Not Influenced by False Reports.
The house, Is on fire. We must help
our fellow occupants to put 1t out.
however much we may have differed
from them orr the policies OF house
Keeping. and although against our pro-
test they had persisted in the policy of
using kerosene 10 start the kitchen fire.
Let no Democrat be influenced by
false reports as io the attitude in this
crisis Of any man whom we have trust
ed. who, pointing TO his record TO
speak for him now, may deem It unrcc-
cssnry to speak again. We should
never lose faith In the stability OF the
works o: God-leaGt OF Nil in the no.
blest OF them-an honest man.
take my place Nroudly by the side
Of Abram S. Hewitt. under whom
fought In the great battle for Tilden
ind Democracy In pS76. Waiting in
confidence the call OF men like him 70
nthcr for the reorganization of my
party. like him con, !eive II TO be my
solemn duty to vote lgainst BryHniy-
Ing the Democratic party and to rid tho
party and country OF Organism, and so.
like him. though s,ill In the ranks Of
the true Democracy, shall 70 10 thu
polls and cast my ballSt for President
Mckinley. DON NJ. DICKINSON.