Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-10-05

more than four weeks when the greatest
event will take place in the United States
which our institutions contemplate. 1t IS
the great election. The election of the diff
ferent officers of the greatest country In the
world. Cheers. An election. And have
you stopped to consider what that means!
1t does not mean that a mans vote is to be
cast according to the dictate of any
body. 1t means that we
shall all elect. We shall each man for him
self choose what policy of government he
will favor. Why is it not inevitable in this
also, that when we come to cast our ballots
It will mean that we are in favor Of contin-
uing the management of public affairs as
they have been or we are in favor OF
changer Cheers And what think you?
Ought there to be change, or shall it con-
tin1e as it has been? Cries Of Change!
Change!
FOR NINETEEN YEARS,
since peace came upon the land one political
party has managed the affairs Of this couns
try. For nineteen years one half OF the
people and more than one-halfof the peo-
pie have been excluded from participation
in the executive and administrative man
agement of public affairs.
Why this2 Is it right? Cries Of no,
not bit Of it. Is it right 70 govern
| America ike the right to the English
throne-a matter TO- be inhsEited2 Cries
of no; never Because man claims to
be Republican in his party politics does
he have prior rights to his fellow citizens
who contribute to the expenses of the gov
ernment? So we have to consider whether
there ought to be change next March. A
change in policy and in administration.
And let me call your attention to one fact.
Four years ago when Garfield was Re
publican candidate for President and Han
cock Of the Democracy, the Republicans
said to you with great force, with great
proprietT perhaps Cant you let well
| enough sloneT They told you that every
where
/ PROSPERITY PEEvADED THE LAND
and inspirited our affairs. And then they
asked You IF we have such good times why
do you risk a change of administration
And the people responded to that argument
How is 1t now? Do they say to you, Let
well enough alone p Is it well enough to-
| day, voice, no, when the farmer gets 80
per cent less than his products commanded
four years ago; when labor, skilled, or 9TH
erwise, gets less compensation for actual Ia
Dor performed by perhaps 80 per cent than !
he did four years ago; when the products of
the shops seek a market and can scarcely
find market. Do you tell me whether
any man has the right to use the argument
Let well enough aloneP Has
any man now the right to
say to you, "Let well enough alone?" In
this country of ours, with such variety of
productions, with such rich lands, occupied
BY such an industrious, hardy, healthy peo-
pie, why is it that there should ever be hard
times? With this government we'll admin
istered only for the public good, there
never will be hard times. Cheers. By
the bow in the clouds
THE GOOD GoD HAS PROMISED
Us rain and sunshine, in their season. 1t
comes TO us in this land and makes it the
land of abounding plenty. So if govern
ment be in every Respect adjusted and ad.
ministered only for the peoples good we
ought not to have hard times at all Let |
US look into this question Of hard times a
little Why is il? The distinguished |
gentleman that represents the Republican |
party as the can8. -.e for Vice President |
section OF the country, and he saw tit-if it |
suited his party it suited him Laughter
to use this language
my friend Gov. Hendricks the candl- |
date for the Vice Presidency on the Demo |
cratic ticket saws there is 800, 100000 oi
surplus in the Treasury that ought to be in |
circulation among the people Gov. Hen |
dricks ought to know better. # he doesn't
know better he is not qualified to be Vice
President" TLaughter. Now | will tell |
Won what there is about that. ! did not
undertake to say how mrCh there was in
THE TREASURY,
bu: in the first speech that made to ny |
neighbors on this sabject, used this lau
guage: "In a speech recently made al
Richmond, Mr.. Calkins the candidate |
for Governor in Indiana, boastng
of the achievements of his party, made the |
statement which adopt without exsmina |
ton, that the Republican party, when it |
came into power, found an empty treasury; |
now it has surplus of $lO0,0OO,OOO."
Mr. Calkins was the nominee of the Re |
publican party, and is to-day, for Governor
of Indiana. He is member Of Congress
now, and has been for several sessions, and
when be stated to his countrymen that the |
the accumulations in the treasury above the |
demands of the public service $400, 900, 900, |
| adopted it without any further exsmins
ton. And now Gen. Logan says that any
body that would make that statement, Just |
as Calkins, his own candidate for Governor,
did make it, isn't fit to fill office. Well, am |
willing to admit il so far as Calkins is |
concerned laughterl but | don't admit, If |
do TOR once in my life trust 10 what Re |
publican says, that am to be banished for
ever. think
THE PEOPLE or INDIANA
have already decided that Mr.. CalkinS will
not be the Governor Of that State. But
and saw il on one oil the banners, what
are the wild waves saying7 And what are
The wild waves saying in regard to Gen.
LOgan's prospects of a high office? Voice:
He will never get there! Cheers Now.
nv fellow citizens, what was the meat and
substance Of this controversy | took the
ground that there ought to be a change Of
administration because the Republican party
continues the laws upon the statute book
collecting far more money off the people
than the government needs That is the
substance oft And let Gen Logan come
up and meet that question and when he
meets that question he will meet higher au-
| thority than he is himself
How much money has the government
right to collect off of the people.
1t has the right to collect all the money that
it needs to carry on the government, eco
uomically administered That's the doc
trine. There is where we stand. Now, let
us see how that is Two years ago the
President of the United States in his ad-
dress to Congress used this language: Two
years ago be admonished Congress that at
prior session he had urged upon this nation
The importance Of relieving the industry
and enterprise of the country of unpeces-
ssry taxation. How much in excess, do
you suppose, President Arthur told Con
gress the taxation Of the country was col
Iecting9 You would suppose ten or fifteen
! :u:.. narhaAs not that. Now, L VIII