Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-11-20
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

\. Y. Times If talk about town is TO
be credited, some Of the campaign funds
raised for the expense Of the Blaine can
ysSs were used in making bets to sustain
the odds given in favor OF the candidate.
Many circumstances familiar to people who
visited the headquarters and the places
where politicians and betting men congre-
gstsd before the election, sustain the belief
that this was done, and it was in keeping
with the variety OF expedients reSorted to
for the purpose Of sustaining the failing
canvass. Ii is the belief Of the ordinary
political manager that there Is a considera-
Die vote sure to 90 TO what is thought to be
the winning side, and that the wsgers OF
shrewd betting men will be taken BY many
as to which the winning side is to be. Thus
if the money Of the committee is used to
keep up the odds in favor of Blaine, 1t
would be regarded as a vote winning de-
vice. No doubt il would be q ~diSreputable
use Of money contributed in a sort OF trust
for the party, but that fact is not against
the credibility OF the story.
n. Y. Tribune: If before March 1 the
Democratic House passes any bill to cripple
or break down the system Of protection or
to DESTROY public credit by taking out OF the
Treasury the fund provided for the redemP-
ton of legal tender notes or by initiating the
paper currency, or by undermining the Ma
tio0al banking system, true Republicans
will resist it 10 the utmost in the Senate.
II such a bill should pass President Arthur
should be sustained in stopping It By his
veto. If We do not mistake the character
of Republican Senators the savage warfare
made upon their leaders and their principles
has prepared them TO stand as a solid body
to resist any attempt to overthrow Repubh-
can principles.
New York World; In advocating the
election of Roscoe Conkliug to the Senate
to succeed Mr.. Lapham, as the next Sena
tor must be a Republican, says when the
obstruction OF a Republican President is re-
moved next March there will be nothing bat
the Senate Republican by a small msjority
in the way Of good reform legislation. The
Democratic House will desire to reclaim
millions Of acres Of the public domain for
teited by railroad corporations which have
received enormous land grants from the
Republican party; to strengthen the Thur
man act and hold the Pacific railroads to
strict accountability; to change the election
Law, so as TO prevent the appointment of
partisans, rufians ard all sorts of d~isreput.
able persons as deputy marshals, and to &C
.complish other desirable and non-partissn
reforms, in which they may well hope for
the aid Of honest, conscientious Republican
Senators. 1t viii only require three or four
votes 10 change the majority. Ought not
the New York Democrats to gladly aid in
electing an upright Republican, upon whose
cooperation in such non-partisan measures
they can rely, provided honest Republican
legislators will combine with them to DO so?
New York Sun: But the" negroes have no
real occasion to indulge in gloomy fore.
bOdirgs. So far from Cleyelsnd's election
being a disadvantage to them, we DO nos
doubt that OF ali the people they will be the
greatest gsiners by it Their freedom is
assured, and as citizens and voters they are
as important to the Democratic party as to
the Republican party. At the South espec-
tally their condition is likely to be much
improved. for the whites have now had their
way, and will be less disposed to regard
them with suspicion and 10 treat them with
political injustice. II is an era Of good
feeling in the South. The whites are no
longer irritated against the blacks as sue.
cesSful political enemies; and it is manifest
from the Southern newspapers that they are
already anxious 80 give the indabisble
proofs Of their friendly disposition toward
them. We expect, therefore, to see the
relations between the two races growing
steadily more and more cordial, until at
last there shall be no color line in pol,
ities.
Ii viii be q great step in advance for the
eolored people when they divide politically,
as the white people divide. They will com
nand more respect when it is seen that they
are not, as q matter Of course, ~mortgaged
to one party. The principle of Democracy
the principle which commends il to the
great body Of wage esrners, deserves aud
must receive eventually the hearty support
fthe colored people.
Instead Of sorroRing because Of the elec-
tion Of Cleveland, let them rather rejoice
or it gives promise that their political
bondage viii be broken.
Tar Langdon's City Butter Crackers.