The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-17
obscured by Other Issues, Think the
Dsluded Followers of Bryan.
THE TWIST OF THRswRIs1
Re. Arrangss the Platform-Illinois
Will Give 100, 900 Majority for
Republican Ticket-Bryanites As
sumo the World is Made Up Of Min
nies-our National Credit Has
Never Been Unparalleled a Good
Time to Change the Record.
Special pIspatch to Inc 1ntellIgenccr.

which is now, training under command
of the Populists and the imperious, die.
tatorlal Bryan. is deluding Itself into
the belief that the 10 to Issue Is Sub
ordinated." "obscured." rendered less
obnoxious, by Encouragement OF the
planks OF. the Bryan platform-by q
twistiof. the wrist, as 1t were-,-a1d that
by reason OF. such so-called' observation
the, American people can be cajoled in.
to an endorsement Of the ghost of 1896.
Meanwhile the Republican committee
here Is receiving the assurance daily,
from every section OF the union that the
business world Is Mortified ut the bold
ness with which the Kansas City con-
ventlon repeated the assault upon busl-
ness integrity. m,
Will Not Go Back to the Flesh Pots.
The commercial world, thesmanurac-
turers, the farmers OF the great west,
the miners, and all others upon whom
a crash in values would bring loss. II
not absolute ruin. are assuring the
managers Of Mr.. McKinley's campaign
that but few, ifiany, OF those who went
from the sBryanjparty to the support OF
the Republican ticket four years ago
wilbgo back to the ilesfi-pots, and that
many who faltered then were unable
to break away from party associations
have now abandoned hope'of ever res
directing the old-tlme organization and
will support Mckinley and Roosevelt.
They regard thu. financial plank adopt
ed at Kansas City as more emphatic
avowal Of Populistic sentiment than
was that Of 1896. The first Sdellverance,
they say, was looked upon by many as
merely a mistake. and waseexcused ac-
cordingly.
Not as Bad as the Platform.
Conservatives then supported Bryan
in the hope that. II elected, he would
not be as bad as the platform-as rad
ical as his socialistic friends would
have him to be. These men, the Re-
publican committee is advised. are dis
illuslonized. & They regarded with dis
may the pertinacity with which Boss
Bryan Insisted at Kansas City upon
reenactment of the lG to clause. even
going Sc. far as TO declare lts sYould not
stand as the candidate of the .Pggrega-
tlon except he had his way. They rec
osnize the fact that Hill. OF Sew York,
made the strongest fight possible to
Aeep ou' .ne eoJec''o''noie punk. ana
.a.'.a' anu 'nty saS II hryun ;snouia De
-, 80 VI, e"i ILL., ho.ts'e"' VI
..s o. 80. "ou'u sever i'is': tho'i ms
,MiiIj " a.,.e TT ~, t.s 81; N
~ Mss, "e's 'Aap,,sne pia@-.
''' ''e ia''''oiieu Ut haa7as lily
4 WIZ DC burled IN LIMOS.
a man who Is well known In Illinois
"a Palmer and Buckner man in 1896.
out nevertheless deemed worthy for
merry to represent Democratic dis
y trlct in congress and TO hold m I'M
portant office under President Cleve-
Siand-said IN an Interview published In
. this city the other day, that Bryan and
Z stevenson VIII pc buried in Illinois IN
der 100000 majority. He said there is
absolutely no hope OF the success Of a
ticket with 50 radical n man Mt the
i,eau d '!esa.i'e nun ior vice presi-
.'"9 up'', " p.i.'of''i
- So" - a" ''"'eu W am
. 'i''1 ia''" ,..'s''',
disguised with the Platform,
Another prominent man-one of thosa
whom the Bryan people delight to dis
1honor-who hoped the Democratic
party would prevail at Kansas City,
was recently heard expressing his dis
gust with the platform and Bryun's
bossism.
II admired Bryan once he said. FOR
what considered to be his snap and
vim and grit. He is man of intelli-
gence-I must sim admit-that. But he
has been posing before the country too
long from narrow environments. He is
among people who have miide him be-
I lieve there Is strength in combining
fragments-a part OF the Democratic
organization, n fragment OF the Repub-
: llcan. party and n whole lot OF Popu-
lists. His vision could not take in
broader situation than that.
Might Have Been Elected.
II believe to-day. sincerely. that
,concedlng Bryan's ability to be all that
Is claimed for 1t. II he had kept his
mouth shut and permitted the Demo-