The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-27
make any pledge to oppose FREQ trade, sec.
Ing that Mr.. Carlisle endorses tho Same
platform, yet is still upon record as an

".h .'A"s NLls ilhlc cLluOlbtd tne SulnN
platform, yet is still upon record as an
avowc1 free trader? lFlS}3T lI5,, E n
me Judge, In referring 10 ournail mills,
says; UP to about 1850 What enterprises
did, you have" Not many, TO DO sure,
and none very successful. And those In.
stitutcl III 1850 and IN tho. eleven years
preceding tho Inauguration Of Abraham
Lincoln were costly experiments. The
Washington Mill, alluded 10 by his Honor,
lost many dollars for It's projectors, and
was sold and rcsold, lis different owners
NIL losing money. The Top'Mill iarrd III.
tic better, and the Jefferson Iron Works.
auothcr enterprise alluded 10 by Judge
Dranhon, wns financial failure that lost
every cent put into It, and was finally sold
to Spanlding, Woodward & Co.. n sum
TINT djll not pay lis liabilities. ~
The Belmont md LaDclle were ;co.
operative concerns originally and being
conducted In the most economical manner
possible survived tho panic Of '57 and '5S.
IN those years the LaBelle paid its opera.
tives five dollars each in c;lsl, every two
weeks. Tho balance OF wages was paid In
orders on clothing merchants or In ''calico
and muslin. at tic "'storc,' or was allow.
ed 70 remain In the hands OF the company
until such time rs 1t could yet money
enough to pay them. Another part OF
this beautiful system to which the Judge
refers us "halcyon days OF lNnocratic
rnle," :" tho money paid by the mills which
was as good rs anybody could get in the
State, was issues OF our city banks and
subject 10 discount Of five percent ut
bridgeport md ten percent at Pittsburgh
or Cincinnati. nq''t'B 7,'0
"W here ran you find free trader In
tho Democratic party?' queries lis honor
and he answcrs himself, a"llurd Is, but
they beat him." The inference is that
llura is no longer in the party. Does
It follow that all defeated candidates leave
the party. II that be the case the Judge
and Frank Hurd can pool issues after the |
4tll prox. But where is Whcelins's coun.
terpart OF Governor Cleveland, our own
and only G. n. Haley? lIe makes no pre-.
tense Of being anything else than free
trader. True, he has scarcely been oil
the brine long enough to know Just what
this country's best interests require, but
he has learned that Governor Cleveland
Is the choice Of the English press and that
is sufficient Recommendation for him.
And the Judge should not ignore the new
found Mi)Hs-Becclcr, Curtis und |
Schurz. They are not silly moths to be
merely attracted by the electric purity OF
Governor Cleveland. They ure free trad.
ers, and the tariil for revenue exclusively
suits them better than Nir. Biaincs tariff |
for protection. slT -
a Do West Virginia Democrats, those who |
are honestlyin III favor Of II protective tariff |
ever stop TO consider what the result Of
Governor ClevelandPs election would |
be? fle cannot ignore Bccchcr, Curtis
and Schurz, for they not only, support
him but to them he owes his nomination,
and i his Cabinet is not Il free trade body
he will autasonize two.thirds OF his party
and all OF the Independents who support
him. Can he afford to do 60, even ii he
proves rs strong Il tariff man as Mr.. Ran.
dali? ! think not. He has not proven
himself 80 strong even under less trying
"a. 81 T-';sf -
Do not experiment in this way. You
know what Alr.; Elaineis. Youlnow what
General Goiris. 1t is costly experiment
TO make changes when everything hns
been done fairly, squarely,, honestly:
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