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


a new vote-catcher prepared exclusive
ly for the present campaign-the "burn-
Ing" the paramount" Issue OF "lmper-
ialism?"
Bryan's New Fallacy.
Hear Bryan, who landed his party In
q ditch In 1896. now predicting the over
throw Of the republic In the event OF
his defeat this time:
To-day we are engaged in q contro.
versy which will determine whether we
are to have q republic in which the gov
eminent derives Its Just powers from
the consent Of the governed, or an en-
plre In which brute force is the only rec
ognlzed source of power. When
such an issue Is raised there can be only
two parties-the party, whatever Its
name may be, which believes In re-
public, and n party, whatever Its name,
which believes in an empire Z
Docs this sound like the utterances OF
q sensible, sincere man? Or Is II the
language Of candidate who does not
care what he says II 1t will give him
zone term" in the white house? IS
And again, In speech delivered ut
Indianapolis only u few days since,
Bryan said that the Republican party
wanted large army(?) so they can
build q fort near every large city ana
use the army to suppress by force the
discomfort that ought to be cured by
remedial legislation"
1t seems utterly impossible that any
sane man should seek to prejudice the
people and attract votes by such bare
faced deception and double-dIstilled
nonsense. Or that any man with sense
enough to seek shelter from "a rain
should think for one moment OF voting
for such n candidate in preference to
William Mckinley.
What is imperialism" in the sense
used by Bryan. II Is fraud, delu-
sion. humbug, a snare to capture the
unthlnking voter; 1t is scarecrow for
lntimidating the tIm!d, a mask for OBJ
securing really vital isauas-the tissues
OF free silver, OF expansion, OF the in
come tax. Of hostility to the supreme
court, OF Populism and socialism; and
last hut not least. mask for the blum
ders Of the last Democratic adminis,ra-
ton.
Pigment Of His Own Brain.
In his Chicago speech. Bryan said:
THE people have not voted for impcr-
ialism. No national convention has de-
clared for it. No Congress has passed
upon 1t. To whom, then. has the ru-
ture been revealed7 Whence this voice
of authority?"
The voice OF authority" comes from
Bryan himself and his hoodoo men. who
manufactured this transparent Issue
There is no foundation whatever for It.
There Is no imperialism" now.5 and
there will be none after election no
matter WHO Is elected President. No
ona is more fully aware OF the above
facts than Bryan himself, and his eff
forts 10 deceive TIE people and ram sucl,
paramount issue" down their throats
Will surely have q boomerang sfrec,
upon his character and his future pros
pects.
The republic is in danger! The l!ber-
ties o: the people vanishing! The Idea
OF. the party OF Lincoln, of Grant, OF
Garilcd-the party that freed the slaves
and preserved the Union-thc party un-
der whose wholesome policies this coun-
try has ou.stripped all others In ma
tional growth and prosper!ty-thc party
that is now engaged in upholdlng The
honor OF the ilas-the idea that this
party favors or IL tending toward q
monarchy. Rats! s
Have the people become tired o: pros.
perity?, Is Bryan. that political adven-
ture. and Glory-g,lbbcr. to he given 4
chance to undo al tina, has been so well
done within the POST four years? Witt!
sledgchammtr force the voters will an
swer No" On election day.
CHARLES II. COE.