Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-07

UNDER WHICH FLAG.
1.-THE First district Of West Virginia
iscarried by the Republicans next Tues
dny, It win be done through the agency
ofFederal office-hoIders and the blood
money they have flched from clerks,
iaborers and scrub-women at Washing
ton. "
It's conspicuous, undlsputahle fact,
that the Republican campaign in this
city and district is being conducted and
managed almost exclusively by Federal
offiee-holders.
AU. 8. Marshal, with Q Postmaster
Is his lieutenant, are the head and front
Of the Republican organization In this
district and State, disbursing the funds,
employing speakers, distributing docu-
ments, issuing circulars, and otherwise
oiing and managing the machine.
Voters Of doubtful politics and more
doubtful virtue are being fed and cloth
ed from funds which come through the
employees of the National Government,
through the National Treasury, from
the tax-payer-not the Republican tax
payer alone, but the Democratic tax
payer.
Democrats who have paid tax into
the Federal Treasury find it coming
back to this city and State to bride men
to vote the Republican ticket.
II this eorrupting power of the Fed
eral machinery is to control State cleo
tons; If the Federal Administration,
through its subordinates, is to go on
managing local elections as 1t Is now
doing here, in New York, in Virginia,
and more or less in all the Congressional
districts, what Is the use in maintaing
State lines-what Is the use of keeping
I'D pretenee Of local governments?
But there will be revolt.
Mark IL, Republicans! Mark it, DEM
ocrats!
There will be q revolt against this
devilish and destructive aggression of
Federal power. Jsa4 -
The revolt Is already visible in New
York. The man who has all his life
time sneered at the idea Of the States
having.any rights the Federal govern
ment is bound to respect, is the first to
sound the alarm and call halt. In
his last Sundays sermon, HENRY
WARD BEEcHER, the great apostle Of
radical Republieanism, said:
Another reason why Mr.. Folger
should be defeated was that a protest
should thus be made against the inter-
vention of the Federal Administration
in matters pertaining to local self-gov-
eminent. The doctrine Of State rights
had, perhaps, been pushed to extremes
| by the Democrats at times, but these
rights were not to be overlooked. There
was serious danger to our institutions in
| Federal interference. That President
Arthur had so interfered in this case
was evident, because he had selected
one ofhis own body-gGard, q member
| of his Cabinet, and set him up as candi-
date for Governor of this State, and had
set all the Federal machinery at work
| to bring about his nomination and cleo
tion."
Even the New York Tribune joins in
the protest against interference in local
elections and declares that it is killing
the Republican party. Says the Tri-
bLpe:
"AIr. Cameron is not as strong in
Pennsylvania to-day as he was before
this administration began to make
changes ia the Federal offices in that
State. Mr. Malone has less influence
in Virginia than he had before Federal
appointments were used to suppress
those Republicans who have dissented
from him. In New York, the Presi-
dents own State, where the direct in
fluence of his patronage might be eX-
pected to be great, If anywhere in the
Union, il is the naked fact that he and
his associates have less influence to-day
than he had before he entered the
Will West Virginia give countenanee
to this unlawful and corrupting use of
the Federal power?
Will West Virginia submit to have
United States Marshals and Postmasters
control her elections, corrupt our voters
with blood-money, and thus determine
who shall represent US in the National
councils?
Let there be ringing protest against
the reign Of the Federal office-holder,
made at the polls next Tuesday.