Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-09-25

TUE .HHHAANs " wa go ANf 49, N'
& rurbon, that we belong 10 thedug out
rae and Oi the wooden piow and loe but
ana opposum hunting generations. Now
is this true. What says the oracle ol
tn. record? Before the ! hold the Inst
Of the capiiatious assessed since 1863,
when ior the first time any approach 10
accuracy could be obtained. TINS SIM
Div means the list Ui voters, or as Tue
law says it, oil the white and colored
! male persons over the age OF twenty-one
wears. In 1865 they were G2,76l; IN
1856 - 10, when many returned 10
their homes abandoned in war; IN 1861,
-19Ig; in 1865. SO.g27; in 1869, S3.V16;
In 1870. s542g;iu 1872, 94,Oil; in 1913,
g-.4ll;in 1874. OD,Sj7; in 1873, lO3, 942;
IN 1876, 100 SjS; in 1877, llO,s3l; IN
1873. lI4,74g;m 1879, 1922, and in
1850, l2l ,OOOO.
RESULT or ~"HpUREDNIsM.'
How Is this ior BOurbUnismP Let us
III. these dead figures with life and let
them speak. They show IN increase OF
voters since we took hold Of things, OF
io.ty per cent. Bu; this is hardly fair
fo~ Inc assessors can no; get a luil list OF
carnations. 4 better showing Is in the
r,l.us returns rs shown 10y the Cincln.
n.ri Coruisr..ai. The New England
~f,..: have gained but sixteen per cent
i'm To-, years; the Middle States nineteen
r..r cent. the southern states twenty
ri,ht Der cent; the Western States
tn.rty-cight per cent, ana u faciAc
States sevcnty-!Our Der { n. These two
latter have as We know, grown ms by
magic, in this period from the overflow
pirau.Erants To that country. And yet
on " seven States Of the Union have in.
creased more in ten Years than West
Nirgiuia She increasing ) XIV per cent,
or running from alo.t il2.0l4 in 1870 to
TU,.VOO IN 1850. Radical Vermont inn
pruyIne at the rate OF one per cent and
.JI,l H.tiur's Maine at Hr,' per cent.
WHAT becomes now OF the Radical lies
! H.put Our loss and s%hTinkage in u pop
! ulltion and our failure TO promote i'm.
m,sratiun? Get your arithmetic, my
political friends, when you make charges
about figures. This sufliceS To explode
the hrrr~v a. our going back or standing
| still cor becoming iussiliZed by our BOur-
bon WAYS. But this is not their great
| csf ~a,hnrss. They blow and shout and
swear that we have abused our free
school interest and turned our back mp.
! IN them; that our schools are in bad con
! di,.on and among their enemies. This
! he is too silly To- rEp,uIe. OaCe glance
/ 10 ilr srhou. record Oh The Slatr, at the
/ spread % education, at the care we are
| bound To- give lis funds. hy the scveresl
Irr'l aud constitutions. fO,'ralnt. should
! expose tine Ii0,l.y OBJ; the charge and
! quiet the sG-' ici1ns o.. all. No
wiser management -! them could be de
| ll~nl. The ],Iuur,i-u ul our schools.
| the great iu...,- r ia ,H" attendance, the
J pl,.sut aud alm.rpCs houses erected
ny IL, tire itu, that Democracy gave
| them b!rtu in our state, the excellence
| Ii lur men vino have them IN charge,
, the failure uJ any showing AGAINST us
hut the complain. from phri'@in Jury
and stupidity; should ttlay all Tears and
alarm. The wise and economical man.
igcmpnt of them by which a mere nom
. ina. tax 90 tie STATE. county and district
II required TO maintain them, should
! rr,,',. "a, 20 a boom iOr good schools
But lr, H. AXE up our old friend the
record and see what it says on this sub.
rect oar IrTcducluic school fund l.
well invested and an honest board guards
well the 500 900 that belong To II. Its
annual increase provided hy statute l.
cuusi icra5.r and nothing save its inter.
rs. can be diverted and that only Tor
schools No hungry horde OF registrars,
! or ARMY OF officers. whose duty ii is 10
o,traciSe our people, can open the
vaults that contain il, 20 misapproprjatc
u. from educational objects. But what
nave We done lor the culture Of our
youth? Let Ms See which OF the two
PARTIES Eow c.aimiu. yuur votes have
done ti,e most. 1t rs briefly make
the comparisou, or let Ms take six years
Of each PARTIES administration and see
vino distributed the greatest fund Tor
educational purposes?
CONTRAST.
In 1868. YOU apporiioncd TO 1.-THE gener-
al school fund, iJr the use OF the free
schools Of the Safe, SIS, ili.OO; in 1866.
SlU6 92G.S -; in 1867 Sl55.O3l A.; in 1865,
s2D2. 1863 % in 1850, Sl3S I+O.i3; in 1870.
ia" year the Radicals Incorporated
or uverdrcw for registrars, machinery
and other purposes SGO.52S "a, the
schools cot SIMPLY S57,02S go. But let
AS look al the table the Democratic
pariv presents. In 1871, We distributed
s@47.53l.0 i; in 1872, Sis, 227.l4; inlS73,
S24g,5ll -: in 1874, S2iO,3j9 81; in
1883. S.SI,47a3S; in 1876, S2l9,273S 81
Do Won wish 10 know the difference?
Here il is, oar Radical friends dis
tributcd IN their six years S12S,OiS ID.
The Democratic party in like time ST..
35G GS7CO Difference S63S 63S, -. Now
" inc through your noses, that's a
Democratic licl Look up the facts, and
n this Is not true | will plead guilty TO
your Indictment and eat all the crow
yo1 prescribe.
But fearing you may charge me with
an lmpropcr or unfair compassion, | will
eve Won the figures, showing the sum
We have distributed in the last three
years 20 show YOU that the Democracy
is still watching the strong boys and
iairgirls Of our State. In 1877 N ap
urupliatrment was $40, 1873. -; in 1873.
S"5l,lli 30: i'm 1870 and so the fiscal
wear $40, 235 -. And now let us take
ali u school expenses. From 1865 to
1870; the Republicans paid for teacher,
: 02l, Oj2 81 aud for building 81 ,07i, O19.-
81, total S2,O96, O37 50. We Democrats,
with less rates OF taxation, as the books
show, from 1870 to 1875, spent for teach
rrs >2.l3S.j3 IS, for buildings Sl,093,-
81 20. total S3,2jlSll.4S. Now bur
dcuing tn" people less with taxation,
We expended generally on free schools
nearly one and a quarter millions more
than the Republicans in the same length
OF time. the amount TO teachers being
about Sl,ll5. zoe in that time in excess
OF wHq' 'Nr Republicans paid. From
1850 10 ISL IN" Republicans spent for
teachers aud I'll purposes -, lU0, 600 in
round numbers. From 1871 to 1875.
we spent to lift our people up to the
sunland Of education and culture $4,000
600 in round numbers, being a differ
euce in our favor OF nearly -, 000, 900,
and the books tell us that this is 40, and
and that we did not increase, but dimin.
ishcd taxation; that we have from $780,
900 to $4,000 more scholars.
Giv us a Rest.
Let us hear no more shallow and
partizan cries about our failure in the
finances and school government OF our
State. Why your penitentiary furnish.
rs YOU an illustration OF the man age.
meu' OF each party, and nearly forgot
it, which should convince YOU that all
a. institutions are in safe hands. In
little over Ton years you, Radicals, *.
pended here about $4,000, or about 80
cents per prisoner each dav. In the
hye and a quarter wears following
We only spent sos 600, or about
- cents per prisoner per
Hay: Now we run it nj about ten or
Twelve cents. lam sure it does not ex-
coed twelve cents each day for every
man: Now you are still entitled 20 a
verdict on the rest of the counts, il We
DO not dispr9ve Your charges. or If We
ny silence admit their truth, as Garfield
Gld wAen Ames was alive and on the
stand. Well, they say again that our
courts are exp, n.ive and not well con-
st'tuted. Well, the people can change
them 10 the less extensive ones IL they