The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-08
POLITICAL POINTERS,
THE TRUE THSATsR OF OPERATIONS
Ia the Ctnaiss Csmpalsn In tse North aad Thss.
Southern S.atss-The nib,sniaAs for Blaine,
The Pselnc Coast Sais for the R,puhl!eau
Tiek.t-Gent,Al LcSAn Ia New York,

| ANAsk-uehuh Logan Ia New York
WASHINGTON, August The Hon. Thoe
J. Mackey, the well.known lawyer OF Sou,l
Carolina, who served in the Confederate
army, but who, since the war, has been
staunch Republican, thus gives bis view
in regard to certain ieatures Of the presen
political situation in the South:
"The true thea!er OF political operations
In the coming campaign mus! be in S!atel
OF the North and in West Virginia, vir
ginia and Florida alone Of the Southern
States. In these three las-named slatet
the election machinery is not OF such q
character as to prevent Republicans from
acquiring 8 fair count, and the race issue
does not enter distinctively into the cam,
paig4.
In South Carolina, which is the dead
line Of American politics, the Republicans,
according to the last census, which gives an
excess Of 2l3.000 colored over the white
inhabitanls. have majority Of at leas.
forty thousand. That msjority, however,
is voiceless. Under recent acts OF the
General Assembly there are eight boxes at
each poll, and II d ballot ia placed in box
not labeled fof 1t, 1t Is not counted. That
provision disables at least hl.y percent Of
the colore1 voters from ascerlaiuiug where
to place their ballots. To insure this ~
ault the law provides that no voter at the
polls shall receive any information as 10
the boxes In which hs ahaii place his bal
lot. While frauds have been Practical by
all parties at elections, this is the tirst in
stance in Whicha solemn statute has been
enacted which on its face Is intended to de-.
teat the exercise oil ths elective franchise.
Tha wron. IL more hagrsnt from the fact
that tho Constitution Of the State prohibils
the Legislature from prescribing any edu.
cational qualification ior voter. All the
managers, OF whom three thousand ara
provided ior by law, and all other election
officers are Democrats. The only method
BY which the Electoral vote OF the State
can be secured for the Republican candi.
dates, er at lesut prevented from being
counted for the Democratic candidates, Is
Tor the Republicans to run full State
ticket for the Legislature and executive
oiicss, and II by legal proof 1t appears that
they are elected, have the question sub-
mitted to the President to determine which
OF the two governments is the legal one in
South Carolina. The Supreme Court OF
the United States has decided in the Rt.oae
Island case OF Luther against Borden that
where dual government exists in State
The decision OF the President as to which Ia
the lawful government binds both the
courts and all departments Of the Govern
msnt Of the United S,etes.
THE TARIFF.
II think i: vital to Republican success in
the present campaign that the iesue Of a
protective tariff should be asserted as par
amount party issue. I do not mean to cay
that this is the only vital issue, for the re-
suit involves the security Of the elective
franchise in ths States OF the South, by the
suppression OF which the National Demo-
cratic party now holds the unbroken lines
OF the Solid South within itY columns. Bu,
the tariff issce is one that mcst directly
comss home to the business and bosoms Of
Americans.
1T is a mistake 10 assume that our
present protective tariff ia section
al in its operation and thst the manu-
fscturers and workiugmen OF the North
are lis only or chief ben. hcisries. The
largest protective duty now levied is in the
Interest OF the rice culture in tbs Southern
States. 1t is two and half CENTS per
pound on foreign rice, and taking the
average price Of rice in the Southern
market at elx cents per. pound, this is
equivalent TO duty OF about 105 percent
al vslorem. or nearly three times the pro.
lection received by any prodrct OF North.
ern manufactures. This duty was imposed
about eight years ago on tue petitions OF
ths Chambers OF Commerce Of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana,
Florida and Missiesippi. As iosssHcing the
errors OF the statement tha. the pro.
tec,cd article comes higher 10 the
American consumer, Iins.ancs the fact
tSst, before tho var, when piowshayes came
in outy Tree, the planters Of the South
thought it economical to have their plow-
points faced when they became badly
worn, but since they have been protected
by q comparative high rate Of duty, the
consequent competition in their manutac.
ture mas 80 reduced the price that now,
when plow-point is badly worn, 1t can bs
replaced at such cheap rate that 1t Is
thrown Awsy. So in tho matter OF SAWS.
Prior 10 1915 hand.eaws came in duty free,
and the price in the Southern market Was
$50 per dozen, but in that year duty OF
eighty percent ad vslorem was imposed,
and theIsupon D:s,ton 4 Co., OF pnilatel.
phis, established saw msnu!ac,ory, the
fire. known in the United States, which
WIS speedily followed by other iactories
oil the same class, and now saw
equal to the Engliah OF 1915 is
purchased at 81. per dozen, while Ameri-
can SAWS are used in London and she field
and have driven the British saw out OF the
market both in Canada aud Aus.ralia.. l.
ia noteworthy fact that up to 1871 every
yard OF bunting tia. entered into United
States flag that h,sted by land or sea WIS
OF British manufacture, but in that year
General B. F. Butler, then a member Of
the House, acting on his ayowed maxim
that the true object Of government is the
greatest good to the greatest number,
though sometimes with him the greatest
number is No. l, had bunting placed on
the protected lie., and thereupon he and
others established bunting factories, and
these have reduced the price Of bunting at
least so percent 5T1
GENERAL LOGANIN NEW YORK,
What the Next Vice President Had to
sny-Tne Situation in Vermont.
NEw YoRK, August 7.-Ganeral Logan
is devoting the time Of his short stay in