Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-06-30
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
prom the BeiIhire Tribune,

that this rs an Important election in which great
principles are Involved, should have no influences,
as these candidates, except ore are for local Of
fees that have, and should have, little 10 do With
politics: and there never viii be an election when
there will be less politics involved than in this
one, and if this question is eUer to he passed
upon, now is the time 10 pass upon it.
From the StsuhenyiIle Herald.
/ Inasmuch as the election in Ohio this fall
NAV control the political complexion of Congress
for the next ten wears, and as the tariff is GER
tain TO be revised, either by it's friends or enc
mics, in that time, it is directly in issue, as our
mechanics will find to their cost, should Dem
Ocratic Legislature be elected.
From the Ohio State Journal.
That is at once a correct statement of the
premises and a sound conclusion.
We hope the Tribune will not main
tain that the Herald and Journal, when
they declare that the election in Ohio
next fall may determine "the political
complexion of Congress for the
next ten years" and that ''the tariff is
certain to be revised either by its friends
or enemies" are uttering "the pretended
cry of the politicians about the eoun-
ty seat" &c, &c.
When the Tribane asserts that the
election of next fall will be one of little
importance to the political future of the
the country, it is either endeavoring
purposely to mislead its Republican
constituency or.it is not well informed.
The redistricting job done by the Dem
Oeratic Legislature of 1889 Is sample
of what Republicans may expect should
that party get control of the next Legis-
lature. Because of the changed state of
affairs consequent upon the census of
last year, and the new appertionment
bill, which will greatly increase the pop
ulatien requisite to a congress district,
the state must be redistricted by the
Legislature to be chosen next fall. That
will be the most important duty that
body will be called upon to perform. 1t
will determine the voice of Ohio in the
National House of Representatives for
ten years following. If Republicans are
Indifferent whether it is done by their
friends or their enemies, they will join
the Tribune in its effort to turn Belmont
county over to the so-called Democracy.
This is matter of serious moment to
Republicans of all parts of the county,
but to Republicans of Bellaire and of
Bridgeport and of Martins Ferry it is
peculiarly important. Both the friends
and the enemies of our tariff laws con-
cede that they must be revised within a
few years. Those towns are solely de-
pendent upon their manufacturing in
dustries. Close them, or seriously Grip
pie them, and their greatness and pros
perity is gone. Close the Bellaire nail
works, for instance, for. only one year,
and Bellaire will lose more money than
it would probably get in fifty years from
having the county seat located there.
The money paid out monthly by that
concern to operatives amounts to about
$4,000. This large sum represents on
ly one of the factories of the place. 1t |
is, in turn, used by the operatives in
paying the bills of tradesmen, in erect
ing houses. or in other ways adding to
the business prosperity and welfare Of
the town. Add to that the monthly
to operatives by the other
factories of Bellaire whose prosperity is
dependent upon wise and judicious
tariff, and then the pay-rolls of the mills
and factories of Bridgeport and of Mar
tins Ferry, and some approximate esti-
mate may be formed of the damage |
those towns may suffer should the So
called Democrats get control of Con-
gress. Farmers and gardeners who find
in those towns good markets for the
products of their fields would in turn
feel the effects of stoppage or Grip
pling of the mills. but not to the same
extent as would residents of those
towns. Therefore, we repeat, the re-
suit of the election in Belmont county I
next fall is matter of serious moment
to all Republicans of the county, and
may have an unusual bearing upon the
iestiny of the state and of the nation.
The Republican majority in the late
Legislature was not too great, nor is the
majority in the present national House
If Representatives burdensome; and the
Indications are that the Republicans
will need all the members they can fair
y elect to the next Legislature.
The Republicans of other parts of ;
he county have at all times stood
,ravely by their brethren of oar man.
lfacturing towns in defense of the (
principle of protection to American in
iustry, and they witness this desertion
of that principle by newspaper which
has heretofore been conspicuous and
apparently honest in advocacy of it, and
The threatened betrayal of the principle
1y portion of the Republicans
If town which owes all it
s and all it can hope to be to that
principle. with &mazement and disgust.
No Republican Of Bellaire can afford to
10 as the Tribune advises. The manu-
industries of the town can not
afford it. The trades people of the town
ian not afford it. No citizen who has at
leart the well being of the town can af- {
ford it. II
David Wagener, Thomas Cochran and
Joseph Patterson are instruments of the S
Democratic party-a party /
which, without an exception in all its
history, has signalized its advent to
power with measures utterly repugnant :
o Republicans, and which Republicans
believe are antagonistic to the best in I
erests Of the couDtry If Inv ti,a a;d of =