The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-20
] The Youn,g,. MAN In POLITICS.

We DO not believe they VIII. 5.si5l
~ 49,
The Young Man in Politics.
Mr.. Bryan the other day took for his
text OF a rather sophlstlcal discourse,
rs the young man, Absalom. sarc?'
We think we can asure wailing Will
liam that he Is perfectly secure in asso-
cla,ins his fortunes and his future with
The Republican party. The young man
OF to-day is progressive. and naturally
7 he will support that party whose poll
cles arr. Intelligent and In harmony with
the progress OF events. There Is moth
ing, absolutely nothing in the Bryanite
party to attract, and everything to re-
pulse him. In the Republican party the
young man. Absalom, would bepertect-
ly safe. To affiliate with Bryanocracy
he might as well select n lot in q grave
yard and order his tombstone.
To show the trend Of the young mans
political sympathies In these times we
quote from the communication OF cor
respondent of the New York Times, who
writes: 5ess
AT performance at Keiths theatre.
WHICH | attended Saturday afternoon. Mr..
10 in song: The mention OF Mr.. Bry-:
ans name elected some applause. that CT
Mir. Mckinley's called forth about three
times the volume; Later in the perform
ans zee the 5!SEraph Introduced US to both
well greeted, while Mr.. Mckinley was
received with a storm OF applause. OBJ
served that the young men constituted n
large proportion OF the audience. This
demonstration In favor OF President Nc
Kinley is significant. 1t Is one of those
straws which show which way the polit-
ical wind Is blowing.
: trust and believe that the young men
OF our state and OF the whole country are
money and national integrity. now before
us. where all the world may see the In
creas!ng lustre OF its stars. by William
Mckinney, whose FIRST administration will
SO down In history as one Of tho greatest
IN the nations annals.
To fortlfy the contentious OF the In
telllgencer that the Republican party
holds open the only door young man
should enter We lay before the young
man Absalom" OF to-day the admirable
appeal addressed to him by Senator Ell
kins In his speech at the Charleston
convention. On that occasion Senator
Elkins said:
Young men about to make choice OF
political associations for life. upon
whom serious responsibilities must soon
rest. you worthy descendants OF the
bold Cavaliers, who fought their way
against savages from the valley OF Vir-
ginia to the top OF the Alleghenies and
down to the Ohio river to escape 4
slaveholding aristocracy and to hold
and occupy the fair land now embraced
in our mountain state, and young men
who have come among us to make their
homes and help develop our great re-
sources and share in our wealth and
prosperity. lat ma ask you to pause aud
think before deciding.
Don't belong to party which looks
backward. living In the past and keep
Ing companlonship with tombs.onc3
that mark dead issues. while always
opposing the present and progressive
ideas. Don't belong to a party whose
hope OF success keeps alive q rebellion
against our authority on our own soil.
Don't belong to n party whose success
many OF Its friends admit would impair
confidence. destroy business. injurc the
national credit. reduce the prpscn;
value OF property from thirty to fifty
per cent, lessen opportunity for en-
ploymens, reduce wages and give the
country hard times instead OF prosperi-
ty. Don't belong to q party which well
comes and musters under its banners
the disappointed. d!scontented, the enc
mics OF law and order, OF the courts and
OF protection to property. Don't make
your home In n party that stirs up strife
between labor and capital In order to
ges votes. when they should be as good
friends as man and wife. n
Don't belong to a party that has no
lofty purposes. no high ideals. no great
national policies, no vitallsing ,ptlnci-
piles that upiltt the people. giving them
q better civilization. ana sending the
nation forward on higher, pianc-.
Don't belong to a party whose orly
remedy In the last campaign for the
business distress 1t had brought on the
country was imitation and the payment
of debts In a debased currency. which
was reputation.
Don't belong TO a party which gives
our home market TO foreigners. tavors
dehased currency. increases the public
debt. and bankrupts tho treasury In
time OF peace, when the Republican
party. which stands for protection.
prosperity. the gold standard. and r.
duccs the public debt In peace and war,
is 20 near at hand. has the door wide
open, and will give you n cordial vel