The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-10
Who Sail Along SereneIy IN.
Congress until Currency
Question Bobs Up
STIRRING UP EVIL
0f The Kind That Splits Har-
!. rnony into Spiinters ia The
National Congress.
[By Charles Brooks SmIil.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.--Noholiy
with experienced and educationAliy
sharpened intellectuals unqualinediy
subscribes to the apoth egmatic.
money is the root OF all evil Not
at all, not at all. LeastWise, not III
these enlightened times. Money Is MOI
wholly good nor entirely bad us
character is variable. It has liz
spasms of virtue and Its SPELLS ~
Eiciousness, and 1t Is altogether uuife
human It means for both happiness
and trouble in this vale Of tears, ana
notwithstanding its good and evil re-
i port, It seems to be held that Its good
4 5oyerbalanees its badness, for nobody
/ alive and In his sanity but continual
" seeks for its close coinpanionsllp
and association. We speak quite fri-
personally about money, and without
prejudice for or against ii. let Ii be
understood, for We never had very In
I Innate association with It. or IL we an.
the intimacy did not last long enough
TO enable US to become very well ac-
/ quainted with each other.
No, money Is mot the root OF ALI evil.
butt is the starter OF some. when i.
starts out to look for trouble and ~
raise cain generally, It has The ability
TO pretty well achieve its dire pur-
pose Take our politics, for instance.
az has done a lot of trouble there.
Take one Of our great partEes-the
Democratic party-and apply the
proyerb 1t does look from that JEFF
fersondan viewpoint as IL money has
pursued that aggregation OF political
simplicities from A. Jackson to r
Marshall, from Buclner 10 BRYAN. and
from soda to hoe, with RELENTLESS
purpose to do 1t. evil. About all Inc
trouble the Demoerotic party has mad.
It seems, has been over the uestion OF
money. It's no wonder It long ago
christened 1t the money devlhs' Demo-
cratically viewed It Island an Of Il.
Hurting hurriedly back over The
history of this great party we find, that
every time i got to running along
sInootnly and harmoniously. ana
looked good bet as a slayer, the mon
ey imp bobbed up and played hob with
IT; split II right up the hack; through
the middle, back and across. We need
not dwell upon the ructioneit caused
| in the Jacksonian era, nor what green
bachism did to It, nor what hapuened
In eleveland's day. nor what came Ia
pass when Bryan flashed upon us. for
1t Is all matter OF well known his
tory. What concerns us Is what h
happening now, and our interest Is IN
speculatihg just among ourselves
What Is to be the outcome
The Democratic party has been sail
ing along quite serenely since last
March under the firm and persuasive
dietation OF Woodrow Wilson There
was unity of action and, generality
harmony Personally many Of the
party s statesmen may have felt d kick
IN their patriotic hearts from time TO
time, over the way things were being
run. but II they did they did not let Ii
out. They meekly surrendered their
indivldualism, the interests Of their
constituencies in many Instances. and
swallowed the cauous medicine like
meek, little men. ALI of which han
pened during the torrid months Of
tarin revising. When that Job was
finished according to the orders Of
their White House leader, he hands
them the currecy bill, and right there
is when the clouds began to appear
and the thunder be heard to. rumble
among the distant hills OF the politi-
cal horizon-the distant hills meta
phor meaning the Senate end OF the
capitol, for 1t Just took two weeks ia
put the Glass currency bill through
the numerous House 1t could have
been done in two days, but that would
nave been too raw. The White House
IS the House of Representatives, and
at present the Senate only escapes the
same fate by narrow marginl 1t IS
making a last stand to retain its IN.
dependence and Identity.
1t is money again which Is roofing
and stirring up evil for the iorganizaz
ton. The party never could agree on
how to settle money Issue N al
ways went smash on the rocks when
1T tackled that proposition, and pres-
emit observers looking on az the
squabble in the Senate currency COM
mittee, which is trying to frame a bill
to report, are wondering whether his
tory IS going to repeat itself, and party
harmony so briefly enjoyed in these
days OF Democratic recrudescene "a
going to be SO soon shattered Judg-
Ing the future by past performance OF
the party when it tackled the curren-
cy, there are stormy seas ahead Of the
ship, and the doubt arises whether
Captain Wilson can hold 'er before
the gale and bring her to anchor IN
port right side up.
The bane of the Democratic party
has been ala along for many years that
II has too many experts Of finance in
Its ranks and among It's leadership.
There isn't a Democrat alive who
would not frankly confess to you that
he knows all there is to know about
legislating for the currency. Each
and every one of them has his views
as to what should be done and how,to
do 1t. These views do not all agree.
by any means. But what Is the diff s
ference. They are perfectly good and
sound views, all right; there is ample
assurance OF that from those who hold
them Some Of them are a little rusty