The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-12
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F going to happen II he was not called Nv
the people OF. his country TO their res.
Now his prophetic declarations ,eaa
up naturally and properly to tbtenaIt
= point in my. line of observation. what
was the condition In 1896 and ,yha / n
4 the colditione now? Before III
through ! think 4 can satisfy my AT.
tentire listeners that I am not ex-
q trctnely anxious on the subject of
y a2snding your time and distracting
z your thoughts by this faise DOGGY man
4 OF imperialism which Mr.. BRYAN mas
I, now hitched on to the tall OF his pro
/. cess!on as the way out Of this difficulty
t t.lH ne IS iaoorins iunder. Mr.. Bryan
OF abil'ty, a man OF genius In politics
and no man knows better thau tha
Z KNOWS that his record IS the worst ra-
cora Scf laundering. self-e9nceit md
b failure ever made by public man in
y the United States. Marshal now bafore
yourteyes procession OF the monument
q tai blunderers In American politics. the
mer3who have cried out before INC
people on a question and shouted from
! the house-tops and on the street cor.
flerst who have been so utterly over
( thrown and rapudlated by events MS has
lam jennings Bryan. OF Nebrnsl;n,
/, Take his own state. and the number Of
mortgages cancelled in that state dur
Ling the past four years is sonethins.
ssaFendoas, something wonderful,
something beyond the experience Of
mankind In this country. and yet this
i same ME- Bryan In 1896 said that tfase
farms would all he sold under the ham
: mer, u Mr. Mckinley was elected. and
he did not put any rs or ands Il, II. ha
simply STATED It as a fact to come and
Me frightened the suffering people af
r hts state into condition that amount
Z ed almost to frenzy.
Candidate Not Honest.
Twill. however, before coming 10 the
main purpose of my address. turn
I aside to inquire of the good people who
heard Mr.. Bryan In the stata OF West
Virginia whether or not In their judg-
ment. he is an honest occupant of the
presidential platform upon which he
now stands. IN 1856 he charged the
Y Gold Democrats with being traitors and
scoundrels and dishonest man and de-
manded that they should never be per-
United to re-enter the Democratic
party except rs private citizens In the
rear rank ard should be compelled 10
! take back seats and all that sort Of
4 twaddls. This was done .fro.a one end
J{ofl the United States to- the other, n nd
II Is a little strange that some Of these
Independent, heightened, gold Demo-
Gratis are creeping back fawnlngly un-
: der the lash that they felt the sting of
four years ago and now are soaking IA
Vors 1.-the hands of the man who
lushed than. May 1t not be that some
OF them at least have discovered Thai
the back seats to which their own
party has ralesated them are becoming
Z ailittlc uncomfortable and that they are
I willing to sacrifice even the question Of
the gold standard II forsooth they can
receive forgiveness at the hands OF The
great high priest OF modern Democ-
: racy? 7Sy
Has Mr. Bryan said in one of his
speeches recently word about the free
Z and unlimited coinage of sIlver2 Has
7 he told the people of the United Statas
what position he will take II he Is
elected? He is challenged by one OF the
greatest newspap ers In the United
States. the New York Herald, to say
whether or not, IL he is elected Presi-
dent, he will seek to overthrow the
], gold standard and pay the maturing
4 bonds OF the government in silver. and
he refuses to answer. n
Outcome Will be a Silver Standard.
Any careful student of the conditions
In the Congress OF the United stntes
knows that despite ull the talk that has
had Its origin in the independent and
y mugwump papers OF the country, II
Bryan Is elected President, he will
have house Of representatives with
him In favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. Let me not he MIS-
understood / do not say Democrats I
say that II he Is elected President, the
house Of representatives will have n
clear working majority OF free silver
men. and you can take this reports as
they arc coming from the. congressional
districts and verify my statement.
z say acalr;if Brvan IS elected President
and calls Congress together on the
I. St. 0!5..drGh Il. as iiss Says he viii,
there VIII be the very best that can
happen. the most hopeful condition
2 -pvssiptst. ~ tie fUNe Ol Tue .cnltorS unon
/ theSquestlon OF the repeal OF the gold
standard law and the enactment OF a
3 law in favor of the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver. and with free ST.
yer Democratic vice president We shall
have free silver. Why does not Mr..
{ Bryan say so? Why does not Mr..
Bryan advocate his free silver heresy?
3 Simply because he has forced dogma
into his platform which will justify his
action II he Eets into power. II he
should. and row he hides It away
among. the rubbish Of the campaign
lest It might divert men from voting
for him. He Is seeking to iioodwiuk
some Of the intelligent gold men. some
OF the patriotic gold men. not the time
servers. not those that have been LASH
ed into subserviency, but some OF the
honest gold men into his support upon
the theory that he will not disturb thr