Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-05
THE MORAL oBLIQUITY OF THE
OHIO COUNTY CON VENTIOh.

THE MORAL oBLIQUITY OF 1.-THE
oaIo COUNTY CON vnHTIoh.
We beg pardon Of u readers for what
may appear supererogstiOnlin the expos
ure OF the srTant denagoguery ana TAI
sihOation Of facts BY which the ohio
Republican Convention attempted to
impose upon a eredulous public.
The more honest and intelligent
members Of the party itself, are assisting
us in this work. And were il not that
this convention was made up OF the
most respectable and influential men oil
the Republican party in this county We
would pass it by. But when the lead
ers Of a party, making claims to suprt-
macy in this county and State, place
themselves in such an attitude before
the public, il is but justice to the voters
that they should be advised of the Ma
grant deception attempted to he prac-
ticed upon them.
In addition to the buncomb OF the
convict labor resolutions, 10 which We
referred yesterday, is the following dee
l~aration by the convention upon an
other topic:
That We are in favor OF prompt collec-
ton Of the large balances due the state
which. through Democratic mismanage-
ment. have accumulated IN the hands
a dei,nuuent sherilfs and become due
a, taxes from corporations; such ialth-
ful management of the finances OF the
State AS "a I'M prevent further deficiencies
IN the and such economy as
| will secure the administration oi u
State government at the least cost 10 the
people.
hi il were possible for the convention
10 have "put It's foot in a more uniortu
nate trap than that by which It was
caught in the convict labor resolutions
il could not have selected a more etiec-
tive one than is contained in the above
se~Claration.
To show the utter recklessness OF the
above declarations Of this Convention
We now assert, and appeal to the records
of the Auditors office ~ the ground oil
our assertion, and defy any member oil
the said Convention to show from those
records, that what We assert Is not true
i'm every particular, to-wit:
~ That the records will show that
the mount Ut revenue due the State IN
the hands Of delinquent sherilis, was
nsrer las IN he history Of The Stat than
duringthe term Of the present Admins
tration.
i2l That the records will show that the
amount Of delinquencies transferred
from the Republican administration as
a legacy to the Democratic party, iorthe
last year OF Republican supremacy IN
this State, was more than the whole
amount Of delinquencies that have since
occurred since the Democratic party
came into power.
l3.l That instead Of the d~elinquencies
being increased, the present Auditor,
with the assistance OF the present At
torney.tiencral, have gone back ami
actually collected and turned into the
State Treasury between eighty thousand
and one hundred thousand dollars OF
delinaucnt dues that had been aban-
doned by the Republican admlnislra-
ton.
an That the records will show the
remarkable fact that there Is "o" less
than tro hundred dollars due The state on
account of he d,liupta,cies Of Shelgs-a
condition OF things that no other State
in the Union can show to-day.
l5l That the records will show that
while il was an annual custom with "a
Republican Legislature to release the
bondsmen and cancel the liabilities OF
delinquent Sherils, there has been no
such thing mentioned in a Democratic
Legislature, because there have been no
delinquent Democratic Sheriiis.
t6l That the records willshow that the
only tax now uncollected from a cor
poration is that claimed from the Chesa-
peake 4 Ohio railroad, and that the re-
sponsibility Tor the n~on-payment rests
with a Republican administration which
granted them a charter, that IL construed
Ia exempt them from taxation, and that
this inequitable and unjust provision is
now heing contested 10y a Democratic
administration, which has carried the
question To the courts to determine
whether this Republican blunder shall
be- allowed to cheat the State out OF It's
just
We do not discuss these assertions.
We think the facts stated speak for
themselves. They are either facts or
falsehOOds.
Ifthey are false the records are open
10 the gentlemen oi the convention who
passed the resolutions in question, and
they have the opportunity OF contradict
ing them IT they can.
Ii they are iacts, as We assert, they
place the Republican party OF this coun-
~ and oi the State, in a pItiiul plight.
Il depriyes them Of all claim to political
honesty, and reveals to what desperate
lengths they are driven, in their efforts
to impeach the unsullied record OF a
Democratic administration
CABELL COUNTY CONVENTION.