Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-28

work, and material damage to the entire
Valley. While ! ain upon this subject
of labor disturbances, which | may dis
cuss more fully at another time, Will
say that most OF the troubles on the
kanawha have been fomented by men
from other States or counties. The ma
tive laborer is as orderly and law-abid-
ing as can be found anywhere. West
Virginia employees could, as they have
done in the past, get along peaceably
with them, for all time. But when Il
parcel of upstart ignOramaces are i'm
parted and put over them, and few
reckless adventures get among them to
stir up strife, the peace problem be-
comes difficult of solution.
Several OF the strikers at Lock No. 3,
have been by the Federal Grand Jury,
INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY.
Their names are Dennis Gavin, John
Goohey, Kennith Mcleod, John Tier
ney, John Long, Richard McNichOls,
Joseph Malone, William Bowers and
John kinsella. They gave Joint bail for
their appearance in the sum OF 5000,
Hon. John +. Kenna and Judge James
III. Ferguson becoming their securities.
These gentlemen, who appeared as
counsel for the prisoners, assured the
court that they would maintain aprOper
status a. peaceful and order-loving citi-
ZcnS.
POLITICALLY.
This part of the State is in condition
OF uphcaval. Parties seem to have re-
solved themselves into their primitive
clements, and the people manifest apur-
pose to vote as they please, which is
without precedent and altogether UNI
comfortable to the machine politicians
on both sides The strength shown by
the Greenback party in this district is
almost phenomenal; how to account for
it is the puzzling question. The better
opinion seems to be that it represents a
general dissatisfaction with the powers
and policies that now prevail. On the
part of the Republicans, dissatisfaction
with the Administration. On the part
OF the Democrats, dissatisfaction with
the progress of affairs in this State. Tn
doubtcdiy vast majority OF the Rcpub-
LEANS in this part of the State are OPP
posed To the hard money doctrines oi
their party. Undoubtedly many Demo-
Gratis have made up their minds that the
eastern wing of their party have been
''crowding the limit" in the matter OF
party control
Suppose We push the inquiry further.
We find back OF all this that neither
of the existing party organizations had
a decided original footing in this region
The Republican party represented by
Fremont in 1876 and by Lincoln in 1850
had no following here. Those who
voted iOr Grant and Hayes were simply
"l'nion men," The primitive rock
ribbed Democracy never prcponderatcd
here Those who have made the Demo
cratic majorities of the past eight years
were old Wings, or as they have been
laterly styled, conservatives They
have felt it their duty to vote the
Democratic ticket pending the settle
ment oi the Southern question. That
controversy ended, they feel free To
take new departure. Nor is tito be
concealed that even among the most
decided Democrats there has grown up
Il feeling that their leadership was being
usurped bv men who were in the party
merely iur what they could make out
ui il. As long as there were no facts 10
sustain the cry. the Republicans
papcrs and speakers could howl them
selves hoarsc over rings and cllqucs,
and the rlamur amounted to nothing.
But when the people saw, as the people
oi this district have seen during the
past four or five wears, little knots of
oflirc-h0lirrs and Otiice-scekers about
their court house banding themselves
together to control county politics, pat
runage and conventions. it didn't take
them long 10 conclude that the abuse
ought to be checked. ] believe that
considerations OF this kind had ~ much
H. anything else To- do with the defeat "i
the large number ol regular nominees
who were shelvcd in October. The pco,
pie rrbcllel against the machine and the
machine was badly shaken up.
THE LEGI>LATuRE ELECT
can do much 10 quiet existing dissatls,
faction ii they will. Owing Ia the
scarcity oi money and the depression oI
business. high taxation in this part oI
| our State operates as robbery. A well
informed gentleman told me a day ol
! two ago that the total taxes paid III
kanawha county, for State, city, dis
trict and county purposes, amounted t.
more than two hundred thousand dol
lars. Oi course the annual net earnings
ui the productive property Of the coun
tv are not near that figure, 80 the taxes
are gradually eating the county up.
/ hope some man in the next Lcglsla'
turr will have nerve enough to overhau
the school system. and particularly IL
| financial features | know the outcrN
thai would he raised. But just think %
| it. our schools cost us over one mHOI
OF doIlnrs danudHy-more 10y lar than tn,
! entire State government. What is worse
! the children don't get the benefit of tn
expenditure. II takes no arithmetic Il
convince YOU that il il costs mlllior
dollars to send sixty thousand children
10 school for four months, the money Il
not honestly expended. don't preten,
to saw who gets the money. But wher
90 To the polls on the day OF a schoO
! election, and see men working and brib
ing and fighting their way 10 places oI
Board of Education, do not need 4
be told that they find greater induce
ments in the business Of serving tn
public for nothing than are apparcn
upon the surface.
on FINANCIAL REFORM
can bc successful in. this State, whicl
does not contemplate taking the insti
tuition of some other mode Of tisca
management for the County Court 4
the matter stands now, gentlemen see
places upon the County Court as a mat
ter Of business, and men who hay
abundant business ui their own 10 al
tend Ia, will not accept those place.
Of course, there are exceptions IN al
the ien.ely populated counties, but
j. rule nevertheless. that the men L
whom the Office of justice is an objec
and All attraction, are not the best mel
Ia make county allowances and Ia
county levies.
Business IN CHARLESTON
is said to lie looking up. Ii ought I
be for in the Language ot an old joke,
has been fat on its hack fOr long tim'