The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-06
CAGES !. REPLY / j j ]
TO the shiftless and chaIneleon-Like
ason Of Toll Carl schurs.
SHOULD BRYAN Be ELECTED
The Country Would 90 to Disaster.
Gives the Refugee From Germany
a Few Things to Remember
ans Election a Menace to Conn
mercial and Industrial Progress.

Gage has made the following reply 10
an open letter he has received from
uon. Carl schurz, OF New York: d6|
Dear Sir:-I have the honor to ac-
knowledge the receipt Of yours OF the
nd Instant, In which you utter some
words OF cr,ticism upon the statements
made byjme in. a newspaper interview
published August 26th, In which ex-
pressed the opinion that Mr.. Bryan, IL
elected President. could. by the exercise
OF considerable .'perverse ingenuity
nut the government on silver basis,
ruin its credit, and bring incalculable
disaster upon the business interests Of
the country.
Danger Exists.
You deny that the dangers set forth
by me in that interview really exist and
that any President will be able to do
what I declare might be. done. unless
the Republican party, In control OF the
government in both the legislative and
executive branches. proves Itself utter
~ dishonest in its protested purpose to
maintain the gold standard" You say
your,denial sis not based upon the rea-
sonins OF those ofyour critics who seek
to show by figures that q. President. de-
string ever so much to put the country
on silver basis would lack the means
OF doing So" On the contrary, you ad-
nit for arguments sake" all say on
that point. 1t would not seem, therefore,
that there Is not any particular differ
encs between us as to what Mr.. Bryan
as President could do under the law or
In spite OF the law as 1t now Is.
Bryan's Policy,
1t ought to have been APPARENT to you.
as II no doubt was. that / was speaking
Of the possibilities Of the case under
circumstances and conditions as they
now exist; bu, you proceed 10 point out
how. a, the next session OF Congress,
which will meet In December. legtsla-
t,onacould be had which. would: COM
n,a,siv foresta,l unfrient,lv action To- To-
w,-, m. eold standard. even IL Mr..
R-y,n uarn elected and sbor,d sri,l
cb.,,sh the rrrmr..se ,, nurnose declared
bv h,r, nm sen,ernber 1s 1886 at Knox.
vi,,e Tern whsA,,a ;. sa +, .:s"yr ,he,e. Il
anv one who he,,eves ithat ,ha gold
s,,,d,r5 a.. :, ,nrod S+h,n. ~ hat /.
rr,i n. ma,nt,,ned = VAR hin, MT m
c,., his vote for mo h.c,sa,nsa .nro,rn;sc
hin i, riil not 10 ,5,,1,,,nsa II tbis
ror,,rv ,on,e- ma : .I@,mT,h,s ~ cpt
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you re s'a1l me IN pohte terms ms 'tor
Z sounding 4 false alarm, disquiietins .hs
BUSINESS community, anu especiaty
~, ~ ~ I'm. W. - au' =
and have h,d - 49, ~. ,,ca q d,,Is.,,cs
bur 7 viii indn,gs n : nav wo-ds In tbs
Way Of re,o,nIar Il yv ,,,r crIiieis1, IS
In the first. ;pIa,c,e, $tbsn no rors seri.
GUS disaster. could ovartak, this coun.
try lin this i think vol, viii agree with
me, than the breaking down or the gold
s,andarf, and the adont,on.of ,hnt nrIn.
clple Of money for which Mr.. Bryan
contends. S IA 1886 YOU yourself are
quoted as having said:
.Tb. moro annreh.,s,on q, /. n,,ssih,,.
i,y OF MI. Bryan's election and OF the
consequent placing OF our country upon
the silver basis has already caused un.
told millions Of our securities to be
thrown upon the market. Scores OF
business orders are ca already recalled. 4
large number OF manufacturing estab.
l,shments have already stopped or re-
stric,ed their operations. enterprise is
already discouraged. and nearly para.
lyzed. IS :
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49,, - j, - - ,,-,'.5 =,
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Ts IT, .us 80. y. sne 80, ,, 50.
thu ,d.s,ruc,,on. csr,,,n 70 ha wro,,rh,
BY the business disturbance that Mr.
Bryan;s mere election would cause.
1 myself am unable to perceive why
the same consequences in asminor de-
gree perhaps would not ensue now.
which you so forc,bIy foreshadowed
then.;5b s.-
Nowswhen consequences SO great as
these are Involved the forces operating
to Inaugurate them should be resisted
at every point. TITS a familiar fact.
and one altogether too much In evil
dence, thai an administrative officer
filled with hatred and contempt OF 4
par,!cular:law can bv,s ervarse ,nreauI.