The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-08-21

Gibbons says if there has been a
saving Of money what has become of
the amount collected. Keeping up
the compassion OF Democratic and
Radical expenditures respectively for
four years, we will show him what
has becomeof some Of it, Expended
by Democrats on Deaf.Dumb and
Blind Asylum for construction and
current expenses s1S9,S75 against
s62, OS4.23, by the RAIDS, $4,000 more
on the Hospital for the Insane, $780,
900 more for criminal charges, the re.
suit we suppose Of the bad teachings
of Radicalism. In addition to the
above must be included $4,000 for
rent of State House at Charleston and
800, 1000 for Centennial management,
and we might go on but this will suf-
fec for the present. 1t will DO seen
at once that this is not a fair COM
parison for the Democratic party, as
it embraces a period Of extraordinary
expenditures by the party,whilo the
Raids are favored by taking the four
last years of their administration.
Our system of biennial sessions Of
the Legislature has just gone into
practical operation and we may ex-
pect large saving in Legislative ex-
penscs, in public printing, &c. 1t is
great saving to the taxpayer to
hold an election only once in two
years. With our system once in fair
working order, there will be all the
retrenchment and reform promised
by the Democratic party.
The Democratic platforms which
are being adopted by the counties
and states indicate that the party is
in full accord with the people on the
financial and labor question of the
day. None of the live issues of the
future are being neglected, and with
the solid organization of the party, a
certain majority in the next Senate,
and an almost as certain majority in
the House, when the next Congress
meets, the legislation asked by such
men as Voorhees,, Ewing and Pendle'
ton will be had without delay. Dem
ocrats cannot afford to be untrue to
their party just as victory isabout to
perch upon its banners. Every ism
in the land will be arrayed against
it this fall, and a united and deter
mined front should be presented.
The Republicans boast that they
have succeeded in funding a large
part of the public debt at a low rate
of interest. How did they do it?-
Why, by so breaking down the bust
ness of the country, paralizing its in
dustries, shrinking the values Of
property and rendering nearly all
classes of investments so unsafe that
government bonds areabout all there
in A nSh5 viii Il g. sss tB #P a 1T ~
be sure to succeed, but whether there
is anything in it to justify boasting
is, to say the least, very doubtful.
For eighteen years the Democratic
party has had no control over Nation
al Legislation, and is, therefore, in
no way responsible for the business
depression, want Of employment and
general bankruptcy and ruin which
inevitably resulted from class legisla-
ton and the financial policy of the
Republican party. Wcwant change
and SO do you. Will you vote to con-
tinue the Republican party in power?
The Washington Post says that in
the States where the Radical party
has shut up shops and put up the
shutters, there is lack of popular ex,
citement, The demand for some sort
of diversion is so great that the
show business is better than it has
been formany years. A circus seems
to fill the aching void. Such sub
stituto for the Republican party is q
great improvement, morally and f.
nancially, on the original.
Gov. Williams, of Indiana, says he
is a kinsman to the National party.