The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-22

years more into the white house means
not merely to let well enough alone. but
10 insist that, when we are thriving as
never before, we shall not be plunged
back into the abyss OF shame, ana pan
&c and disaster. We have done so well
that our opponents actually use this
very fact as an appeal for turning US
out. we have put the tariff on foun-
dalton so secure; we have passed such
wise laws on finance; that they ac-
tually appeal to the patriotic, honest
men who deserted them at the last
election. to help them now; because, for
sooth, we have done so we'll. that no.
body need fear their capacity to undo
our work. am not exaggerating. This
is literally the argument that is now
addressed to the Gold Democrats as a
reason why they need no longer stand
by the Republican party. TO all such
who may be inclined 10 listen to these
specious arguments. would address
an emphatic word OF warning.
Wise and Honest Administration,
Remember that, admirable though
our legislation has been during tho
past three years. It has been rendered
possible and effective only because
thare was good administration to back
it. Wise laws ore Invaluable, but, af-
ter all, they are not us necessary as
wise and honest administration Of the
laws. The best law ever made, II adj
ministered by those who are hostile to
It. and who mean to break 1t down,
cannot be wholly effective, and may be
wholly Ineffective. We have at last put
our financial legislation on sound
basis, but no possible financial leglsla-
ton can save us from fearful and dis
astrous panic If we trust our finances
to the management of any man ywhO
would be acceptable to the leaders and
guides OF the Democracy in its present
spirit No secretary of the treasury
who would be acceptable to, or who
could without loss of selt-respect serve
under the Populistic Democracy could
avoid plunging this country back into
financial chaos. Until our opponents
have explicitly and absolutely repudi-
ated the principles which in 'OG they
protested and the leaders who embody
these principles. their success means
the undolng Of the country. Nor have
they any longer even the excuse of be-
Ing honest in their folly. They have
raved, they have foamsd at the mouth
in denunciatlon Of trusts, and, now in
my own state, their foremost party
leaders, including the man before whom
the others bow with barred head and
trembling knee. have been discovered In
a trust which really is OF Infamous, and
perhaps. Of criminal character; trust
in which these apostles Of Democracy.
these prophets of the new dispensation,
have sought to wiring fortunes from
the dire need of their poorer brethren.
Trod the Path of National Greatness.
1 rise to second the nomination of
William Mckinley because with him as
leader this country hos trod the path
of national greatness aud prosperity
with the strides Of giant ana he
cause, under him, We cun. and will,
once more and finally overthrow those
whose success would mean for the ma
ton material disaster and moral dis
grace. Exactly as we have rcmedied
the evils which, in the past we under.
took to remedy, so, now, when we say
that wrong shall be rlghted, 1t most
assurediy viii be righted.
We have nearly succeeded in bring.
ing peace and order to the Philippines.
We have sent thlther, and to the other
island towards whose inhabitants We
now stand as trustees in the cause of
good government. men like Wood, Taft
and Allen, whose names are synonyms
of integrity, and guarantees of eflclen-
cy. Appointees like these, with subor-
dinates chosen on grounds of merit
and fitness alone, are evidence of the
spirit and methods in, and by which,
this nation must approach its new and
serious duties Contrast this with what
would be the fate of the Islands under
the spolls system so brazenly advuca-
ted by our opponents in their last ma
tional platform.
Our Success Means Peace in Islands.
The war stlll goes on because the al
lies in this country Of the bloody lasur-
rcctIonary oligarchy have taught their
foolish dupes abroad to believe that, II
the rebellion is kept alive until next Mo-
vcmber, Democratic success at the
polls herewith be followed by the aban-
donment OF the Islands-that means
their abandonment to savages who
would scramble for what we desert, UNI
til some powerful civilized nation step
pod in to do what we would have
shown ourselves unfit to perform. Our
success in November means peace In
the islands. The success of our polt-
lcal opponents means an indefinite pro-