The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-02
Don't throw
away your vote
on Third. party
candidates.
Tie Real Issue.

ii is never wbll 10 have too many
irons in the fire at one time. In pol.
.itics, asin military affairs, the sue
cess Of campaign depends on ihav!
ing one ortwo strategic points, and
bending all efforts to carfy Them at
any hazard. Kearney urged the
crowd who gathered to hear him TO
stick to one issue, though he could
not tell what that issue should be:
He lacks the keen perception and
practical sagacity to sec that real
issues in politics are made by events,
not manufactured by dcmagogues;
and it is the part of craftsmanship
Ii accept the isspes shaped b. cir:
cumstHnEcs, instead Of trying to got
up side fights to further personal am;
bitiohs and hoist demagogues to
0iflce. ll5 aisi. .hilRil jtAtt- .ttl| 5-s~f
The. real issue before the country.
grows out Of the prostration 6t bust:
ness nd'industry ofall kinds. Tho
times are hard The. pinch comes
oneallclass6s. Itis not working pe6;
pie alolc who are sufiering from lhe
depression which has already slasted
i've years and ruined thousandssof
merchants and business. firms. Nv
cry class in the country is effectge
by it. Business has become utterly,
dcmoralizcd by the continued stagna;
tion. Our people are hopeful: they
try to put their best foot forward;
they wear a smiling face in the pres;
ercc of disaster. But they have
whistled their courage upuntiithe.r
lungs are weary and their breath is
gone. The promised revival oftrado
does not come. The tidal wave of
prosperity refuses to roll back over
the Impoverished country. The
wagc.earn!ng people feel thepressuro
ofthe calamity more than other class
es; but all classes are suffering from
the same cause. No expedient can
be devised ior successfully improSing
the condition of one class alone. A
house cannot be raised, n stick Of
timber or a floor at a time; the screws
must be put under the building and
all of it raised at once and together.
The different classes of society are
mortised, framed, pinned and bolted
together in such close and vital ways
that their interests are essentially
one and the same. It is as absurd 10
propose some specific to help the con.
dition of one class without improv.
ing that Of other classes as to try I'd
invent something to beneftono limb
Of a tree without helping the rest of
it. The whole tree from the lowest
root to the topmost twig should be
invigorated, and then the particular
branch will share in the common i'm:
provement, The country wants
more industry, trade, commerce, man!
ufacturcs; it wants more markets
for its productsS it wants The condi.
tions which make d revival Of busi.
ness possible. And these conditions
it cannot have until the present tar.
i'll and navigation laws arc modified,
and tho currency is made SO stable
and safe that capitalists can invest
their money in mercantile and in.
dustrial enterprises, with fair pros
pect of a profitable return, When
money is worth eight per cent. for
business, and people will no more
think of locking it upin Government
bonds than in burying it in impOs.
siblo railways, or putting ii into q
contribution box, workingmcn will
have all the employment they want
OH their own terms. This is what
the Democratic party proposes. 10
cannot be done by one act, but by
series ofacts, BY n radical change in
the whole policy Of the Government.
And this is the real issue Of the pres.
enL campaien.r r. CJuricr.