Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-08
The DEATH OF HASKELL
Affords a chance 10 Test the strength
OF vital issues ina the Northwest.

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! WA,WN,roN, January 1T seems to be
| an AntriCau Characteristic to turn f.om
| any completed result with indifference, il
rot forgeIuIness. However engrossed and
intense the popular interest be, so soon as
the matter in hand is disposed of it dies
awsy only to be aroused into fresh energy
when some new question in political
or social philosophy is propounded
one can scarcely determine whether 1t
IS better or worse Tor the ge-C.al good
OF the country that this shoU,d be so. 1t
- IN decided coutra.t with rhe the temper
of the olden time. and is, doubtless, one o,
the consequences OF the new ideas wh ch
belong to that period IN our history which
may be said to have commenced with the
termination Of the civiI war. The ex,raor-
diuary advance in every tield Of progr S.,
the application Of scientific discovery to
the needs ard purposes of every cpndit on
4 material life, the Photographic accuracy
sith which the press presents day after day
lie occurrences Of yesterday throughout
tie civilized world and a hundred other
causes, readily suggested, combine to en-
.aIge he
Scope of Ones Information
and thus vastly increase the material OF
one thoughts. II may be- therefore, that
The average reader ard thinker really has
no tine To waste upon concluded subject
out turns naturally, perhaps impatieutly,
10 the next as 1t comes in nTder. An illus
trstiUn in point Is the in,ense feeling which
hl fas for n
the present House OF Representatives. II
was IN no sense personal or partisan
Friends OF Carlisle adhered with perlins-
city 10 Randall, while admirers O
ne latter found that tue path OF
ptll,iCa. duty lei them 10 the support o
ms successful rval The couhiat was one
{ ucr strictly Of principle. of rplicy auG
'r.nlG.A .., ls st g u''ch OF patriotsm as enters
now dsvs. INTO any political struggle
Of suimatpd leaders aud followers upoh
both sides. Great rs WAS the lee'InE
O.. r.ughuut the country preceding anu
during this contest II w..s cold compare"
wllh the intensity y. interest e"A'p'.vu d
\.ashiuglOu-au intensity the more I'm
uressive because il was not t1EAd "Ith
ANY hue OF arriuoDy or personal honesty.
And vet with the exception Ol
sunie AIi hit Revival
rtul:rg the competition and annoH0ce'
men, of the committees. there has been
no ti.,le since an IN ....' IL Ayrs 81 II IN
,,rrarre Of tn iu,gr,sr cad excitement
| aL.sL attended the progress OF the strag
! ge. ,, a.. ;s,,as
/ which were distinctly sv.-estGi ny TN
| contest for the pehSer>h'r-aItnough II
| ,,,iybt he worth while to show that TO An
| ;r,Hortant extent they have been mi-lnt'
! ,,rrted in many quarters. one form, IN
w. ich they were presented, however, N y
| Nth regard To an unexpected cJnlngen y
ycaiu attract public attention. | refer 3"
lne su;pOsed bearing OF the contest up >
rhs Presidential election next fall. Ii O,
corteuded that the Randall pollcy-n M
| Interference with the existing tarIi tor tnt
! pr-sent and the abolition o! the internal
-,veuUe systeu-wUuId secure "" 10 A.
| New Jersey and Connecticut TO the Dem &c
r,cy. while the continuance OF lutern+
| IVES and rev sion OF the tarrh 10 an ul
| urnNn and Indefinite extent would beyond
| .uesriou ensure 8 Republican triumph IN
| nose States. The reply to THIS TAs an at
| ,uiss.uu Of
lis Probable COrrectne<s;
.,.. II ves cot dden,ly asserted that the bat
n.,r.ut! would be transferred to the
| \artlva-r which section is manly agr
.,!'tural aud the mass Of its peopie opposed
! o the protection system, aud taa. sharp
| = defined issUe :pJu THIS question wOulC
-tcure enough ele,gOrUl votes to cOwp.n
,s,e for the loss OF the Eastern ate,
aued. OF cOUrs" both propositions rested
| utau the belief that the SIuth would bs
| .piG.y Democratic in any event.
The arh Of Mr.. Haskell OF Kansas, ha'
! presented th" contingency to which | htv'
| 4.'udgt That Sta.e is said to b. anti-tarIt
! aIrhuu-I Republicans ami 1t will be re
| mFmberni that Nr. Anderson, one OF IT.
representatives IN the FOrty-SsEeath Con
.re>s, arred aut voted with .'e minority
uuOn all test tariff questions AMI was trI
rnpharlly re .C'vi - ne prraent Hol'e
"a IS sla'rd. sni seemingly bv authority
hat the opposing 'he"-'et OF i'nIli MI
Carlisle Mil uuH ne afforded tAIr htId
trst tu" election Ui Haekeh's SuCccSSo
yill hs .,...,... d. %. tie 'G-rN; aud thlt IN
. rcsg,hl,,,v OF wj;.drawIug E'Pua
Er4u C.,rsii'UrH"v frOm the III
Iuences wulr., hive heretofore
Controlled their sunrages
-ud bringing them to 3 direct issue upol
the question OF a protective tariff can nov
Oe fully determined.
Without speculstiug upon probabilitie
il is fair ts conclude that il in an open AM
| sgusre fight in this Kansas district. an anti
/ tsritl candidate be elected il will 20 far {
| sustain the position OF Mr.. Carlisle and ~
friends and materially affect thu Democrat
ic ulstlorm OF lSSt, so far as It's tariff p Ian
is concerned. On the other hand, II IN
4 issue shows that in spite OF their hOstLlt
IN nroteciiOn and their protests against II
burdens and the expressions OF monopoly
. these people are so welded to ideas an
nr.irdices as to return a Republican pro
iectioni~t all iniereuces and conclusion
would he greatly to the disappointment O
those " no base Democratic chances upoa
revolution in the Northwest. THIS opP''
;pri,v ro 90 10 a Jury OF the country CO ne
l I w yucc,eily. and the verdict will b
awaited with interest. lENF.
Mr.. SPRINGER SAYS
That an InyestigatiOu OF the Dcpar
ment of Justice Il Probable,
StLccIlI 10 The RegtSter.