Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-22
A REP -LICAN ORGAN BEFOULING
IFS OWN NEST.

some time past, and in view of
/ the Notifying exposures it has occa-
stoned of Republican malfea>ancc in the
management of the School Funds dur
ing the administration of that party,
there are grave suspicious among OBJ
serving Republicans as to whether the
editor of that organ is not deliberately,
yet indirectly and with steaIthy dis5im-
ulation, cndeavOring to bring his own
party into disrepute and to besmirch
its past record in this behalf by pretend
ing to rap Democratic knuckles with Il
club which must inevitably be wardcd
of 10y the appraised hands Of its own
party patriots.
Certain it is, that this party organ has
repeatedly and pcrsistently insisted, Of
late, in pretending to call to account
the management of the School Funds
under Democratic administration in Il
manner that at once suggests 4 Repub-
lican precedent or Il grave abuse Of this
! fund under Republican administration;
and not only SO, but when these prece-
dents are cited against it, the organ
| Immediately tightens up like an oyster
shell, drawing in lis head with an ILL
concealed smile, as it Were, in seeming
attestatiOn of satisfaction that it has
made its point, AMI never again rccurs
/ to ii.
Now in support of the suspicion that
this Republican editor is pursuing 4
| double purpose, the chief one being that
of bc>mirching his own party, We repro
ducc from the editorial columns of yes
tcrday's iSNuc of that organ, the follow
mg comments, which upon being only
slightly Paraphrascd, will be ut once ac-
ceptcd rs II true and exact record Of Re
publican history in this regard. Doubt
less the editor expected Us 10 10 this
paraphrasing, ana We accept the task,
asking Our Republican friends 20 read
the following quotation side by site
with yesterdays editorial in thc Whc /
ing ht'NgH~,r ami SO if Wrs;p it any
injustice:
But ala, for the weakness Of Enuub.
lean human nature, The record shows
that fox several Wears before the present
constitution Va, adopted, thc>s strict
construction Republican statesmen,
who an ROW - very indignant, and
who are 81 rrI'giOusly bent IN making
the schoo. iunt sacred AMI inviOlblr,
fell 10 tamprriug with that slmr fund.
By tTUimg 10 the Auditors report, il
Will he seen that they modc>tly got
away with the sum Of So JH.7l in 81.
Nobody having discovered that per
ioTmaurc outside OF thr Auditor u,li'r,
ur at least mubu'ly having made u tUI-,
about il, these same Republican gentle
men gathered cottage Tor 4 urw rad on
the fund, and concluding that they
might ~ well b" hung for 4 sheep as 4
lamb. bounced upon Tn" tuIi
20 TIE extent OF So, 7O7.%l in 1855. Sill,
not hearing auy cutlery irDm tn
public ON this subject, AMI SeviuE th1t Al
-.,.-. e. !tys,>IU' prDr'"'.. or getting cheap
money, u il avoided the otherwise I'M
pleasant necessity Of rAisl!F tit IT taSr5
To the extent Of 81, Is, making up 10
tHaf time Sl|~, 800 which they had
ra.dpd ont of the fund. And still they
were undiscovered, Orat least uncNpOSei.
They said t. each other, We have struck
u gold mine. Lots UtmOney ami nothing
go pay Tor It. Not even - cent 81 IN
tr.l>t. Let lis 80 in again. 80 they
stopped down on il again, and this time
got away with S6D, 52S.A more, making 4
total OF >299N y1N.54, not counting interest,
of which they had not paid u cent since
they began raidmg the fund IN 1857.
The deer that goc, often 10 the brook
meets the hunter 1T last says tho
provrrb.
AI:d 50 at last these Republican states
men who were Systematically raidlng
both school funds for several years met
their Nemesis nj the polls at the October
election, held IN the year $50. The
people had probably got hint of the
irregularities and cOncCalmcnts IN the
treasury balances, among other things,
ard the books were turned over To the
Democrats little too soon and too sud-
denly fox the retiring Republican all
miul>tratiuu To cover up, among other
things. this ClandeStinc and unlawful
y~u ami enlightenment of school funds.
They were caught n2ppIn", or the peO-
ulr would never have known that both
the rr;.r;pal and interest OF both the
school funds were being unlawtUiy
diverted from the purpose for which
they had paid this money into the
treasury. Indeed, there is no telling
low tar Republican administration
would have gone in this direction, but
tr their timely expulsion from power
ami the turning over the custody of the
treasury toa Democratic administration.
The facts therefore of the case are
these: That the Republican party of
West Virginia, i'm violation of the con-
-tituIiun, went ON wear after year TAX
iug money from the school fund II
bridge over and cover up deficits OF the
revenue. In doing - they wholly IL
uur,d and violated the plain manda;"
Of tie constitution, which, after provld-
iug for raising a fund for the support oi
schools. Art. L., SEE. CUuSt. l>ri, de-
clar,d: shall be set apart Is separate
fund. to I've called the School Fund, in
vested under Surh regulations Is may
Ir prescribed 10y law, in the Interest
brariu. securities 1.-THE United States,
or Of this State: ami the interest thereof
shall be- annually applied to the support
of tree schools throughout the State, ana
To 10 other purpose Ta"Crtr
No mandate of 4 constitution could
possibly be palmer than this, and Yet III
spite uf its unmiStakable and lmpera-
tive character these Republican strict
construction statesmen went on
year after year raiding the school tunI
To cover up deficits and avoid their
sworn obligation to the Constitution
We have no further comments to
make upon the above article. We have
simply turned il to the account for
which it was apparently designed, ami
il we'll serves it, purpose. We commend
il 10 Republicans and Democrats alike.
AFTER all, JAY GOULD only gets his