The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-13
L0Nalo saRFlse lhe uaan.rI.


I0Na 10 saprise lie Cona,ry.
Hon .SH MatBhy IL IoWa, j
the Democratic Gong ,siouaI Com.
mitiee, i jibliant over The pros
peot for the Democratic party.
He thinks that Cleveland till Sc
elected without New York, bni
that he viii gst both Taniinans
and New York. ssp iar as Iowa 4
concetned,e he said, I'VE are g6ing
tosurprire the country. The ST
john ticket will take from Ii, 0OC
10 10000 frJmthe Republican ycie,
and d combination will be made
with the Gleenbackers atoaf State
Convention, giving them four o.
Eve electors, and ye williake eight
or nine. That combined vote viii
carry Iowa, al Hdid in 1882. The
Foundation Of differentiation hat
Ialready been made BY General
Weaver Under ike c6mbinal-
ion in 1882 the popular vute 81
Iowa for members Of the Legisla-
Itnre showed that the Democratic
party had 800 or 400 majority.
With the same combination this
yoar we will have nj least The same
majority. The change in popllu,
sentiment is due to our s6mptuar
flaws. The Germans III Iowa are
solid for Cleveland. Al The raIif
cation meeting held in Davenport
on Saturday night q week ago
there were not less than 1000 Ger.
mans present. The Chairman d
the Republican County Central
Committee of Scott counly made a
speech in favor Of Cleveland and
Hendricks. Three.fourlhs Of the
Germansof that county have hith.
ertO been Republicans, but do not
! know Of a single one Of them who
will not vote the Democratic ticket
this year. Scott county has here
tofpro given 1000 Republican ma
jorify, but il will give Cleveland
1900 majority"
St. John the Prohibition Pres
idtntial candidate, stated in u
speech at Port Jervis, N. Y, On
Friday last, that John A. Logan
was the leading spirit in framing
the law Of Illinois that made it a
penitentiary offense to give food or
assistancet a Negro in that Stale.
We give Mr., ST.. Johns exact re
marks:
There was once a law in Illinois
to the ctfecstIut any white person
caught in tie act ofgiving aid Of
sustenance to any cnlored man,
woman, or child, should he arrest
ed, and, upon proof Of the charge,
should be thrown into prison for
two years. ! was praclicing law
in al Illinois town, when a little
colored lad came to my house and
said: please, mister, won't you
give me something tueat2 / havu',
had anything 70 eat in two days
| called my wife aud told her ii
get the boy a big alice Of bread,
butter i; all over and get some
meat Would ii not b. better,
she said, to have the buy come in.
to the house, us eyeryb dy seems Ia
DO watching us?" mo, | want
this people TO see that | am no,
afraid to give and sustain any o.
Gods poor unfortuna,es.' The
Grand Jury was in session at the
time, and an indictment was soon
found against me for giving sus
tenance to a Negro. / was aG
cnrdingly arrested and brought be
fore the Court, and pleaded guilty
tothe charge, and stated in open
court that would do so again, and
when | found the laws Of man in.
terferring with the laws of God !
would violate the human law every
time. The testimony given had
the desired effect, aud the Court
announced to the packed Court
House that he found the prisoner
at The bar "Not guilty Of the
charge" and | was SET free. The
man who was the prime mover rand
factor in the passage Of this bill
was none other than John Logan,
the nominee for vice president Of
the Republican party,
-----------''H-'-----'---
A dispatch TO The Wheeling n
!cltigcacer Of last Friday, from Deer
Park, Nd, says that Steve Elkins
"has assumed 7,crsoool cJaroe nj ibe