The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-25
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New York World.
Judge West went through the process
which the Western newspapers call cir
lpg the first guns OF the campaign al
Btllefontaine, OHIO, on the 10th. Dis
csrding the martial metaphor, 1t may be
said in plain terms that ne made ms nrst
formal endeavor to persuade the people
OF Ohio that they ought to elect MIN
Governor OF the State. He dealt mainly
with the financial issues OF the canvass,
rs ali the old fashioned material Tor he
publican defamation has been rendered
useless by the policy OF the present ad-
ministration. Indeed, the ordinary Re-
publican orator may now sigh ike
Keats goddess over 'all old hymns made
nuIhty! JUG ge West essayed to soften
some of mis- former utterances and con-
triyed TO make speech which must nave
puzzled his hearers more than 1t en-
iightenei them. In some Instances, now
| ever, the orators opinions are so strong
| that thew kick through the coverings OF
words which he flung over them ana
show their uncomely nskedness. inns
ia the case with his Communistlc theories
| After discussing al some length scheme
which he calls the "intermsnagement'
| of capitsl and labor, be sets forth def
fine proposition for n cooperative system
which is worthy to be placed among the
demands put toward by the Ohio work
men in their recent msss-meetlDg al
Cincinnati. His plan is, stated very
concisely:
Let the capitalist prescribe reasonable
minimum rate of compensation to be
paid at all events, and, in addition thereto,
assume to dis ribute among his laborers
at the end of stated periods an agreed or
specified percentage OF his net earnings
for the same time; If his business prosper
the laborer from whose toll it sprung,
would share his prosperity; II not, he
could acouiesce with contentment in re
ceiving all that IL WAS IN the power Oh
considerable employer 10 give.
This is communism plain and simple
and is therefore only pleasant dream.
W hat is a reasonable minimum Who
shall establish Z? What percentage of
profts and losses will fall to the work
mans share? Who shall decide wheth-
er the BUSINESS decayed or prosperedE
70 settle these points wisely and fairly
would reoire better and purer race OF
employers and workmen than any now
busy in the shops of Ohio. In the con-
temptation OF the possible contamination
of MS dream Judge West breaks out into
an ecstatic piece OF rhetoric which would
have done credit 10 stand in TOmp-
klns square:
honor of lifting capital and labor to the
common plane OF impartial freedom and
universal manhood, so may 10 II be given
the honor OF witnessing these twin cour-
| sers, harnessed to the car OF progress
| their ensign not of communism but OF
concord, bearing the EN- blem not OF cross
swords but of clenched hands, together
mount to the higher plane of impartial
| iustice and mu ,ual prosperity, Where
| while capital receives its remuneration,
| labor shall not be denied its just reward
1t is clear that theses twin courser'
have an up hill road marked out for
them, and it Is not easy to understand
what thew want with ensigns and en-
blems. Whether they will be able to
drag up the car 81 progress depends upon
the height of the plane of Impartial JUS
tee and mutual prosperity above the
plane of impair tial freedom and universal
manhood. When they get the vehicle
on the higher level the "coursers' Will
have still chance to tight over their re.
.pcctive shares of oats. for one is TO get
remuneration" and the other reward. "
As the clown in Loves Lsbor's Lost
SAWS: "How much csrnaton ribbon may
man buy tor rtmuneratlonY In
this case the question will be comphca-
ted with an Inquiry AS to how much car
nation ribbon \ man may buy for q ire
ward" But Judge Vests method of eX-
plainiug financial and economical prob
lens BY illusions 10 celestial chsriots and
fving steeds is even,more stsrtlingly de.
veloped further on. He disposes OF the
reconciliation of silver in the following
fine figure, unesuslled in the rhetoric eX
erclses of Jefferson Brick:
Together the gray and the golden ca
gle swept from their original perch OF
equal dignity and powers; the former has
been striken down in its fight. 1t is now
proposed to re-iustate It, Shall II be with
It's lost dignity and powers restored? OF
shall il in the outset be made bird OF
prey 10 feed or and consume the
public aud private credit and wealth Of
the nation, powerless to render pur
chasing equivalents If this, then indeed
will it fall into.Icontempt and again las
behind its more favored companion. Tc
this speaking for myself, am unwilling
TO consent. Rather let them together
soar, bearing up in their flight those rival
, handmaids TO industrial and commercial
prosperity public credit and private
faith"
. By all means let the gray and the COL
: den esgle soar and carry up the rival
landmarks with ali their lost dignity
and always keep on rendering "a pur
, chasing equivalent" Selah! 1t is with
3 such Gap. doodle as this that the honest
A workingmen of the United States are t
: be led out of deserts and distresses of oul
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