Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-12-28
SELBY'S LETTER,
The Hardshlps Of Those Who Labor
to Live.
Some of the outrages inflicted by
Employers on Workers.
1be RiyaIrles and AnlmOslties OF
Prominent Politicians.
Mr., Randall and the Presidential
Bee.

Il S,.-sr' Correspondence. Of ~ Register.
4 V,sulxcrox, December 27.-Two of the
sr- sins crying to Heaven for vengeance
,,s oppression Of the poor, and defrsuding
I,Sorers of their wages. l find that here in
washington, beneath all its gilded POM
,o,ity, there is much that calls for pity on
o,s side and burning coal on the other.
Isst week | went into store and asked the
,orDy girl who was at the counter, how
nany hours a day she had to wait on
people.
81 come here at seven in the morning
and leave al eight in the evening, she said.
Are YOU permitted to sit down when
there are no customers!
NO sir its against the rule. We have
i,p minutes TO eat our lunches, but must De
j ,ss6y for call at any time. have been
here two years and my salary is four dollars
= week Ny father is dead. have three
s;..ers and two brothers, all Younger than l
| an. except one, brother, who gives my
mother great help. -,
Are YOU allowed any leave Of absencey'
We have National holidays and days
when stores are closed, but no other days
and every day We are away IS taken out OF
or salaries.
Judgment Day.
In New York women are making shirts
s-r large firms at three cents piece.
!, not this grinding out labor at the price
ofblooGg How will the men OF margins
sr6 the ghouls who so in for big dividends
account FOR this worse than Siberian IN
humanity when they stand at the bar OF
-erieu;ive Istice?
hungarian Cheap Labor.
~ Some Of the tends in the coal regions o:
PENNSYLVANIA want cheap labor and are i'm
porting Hungarians TO take the place Of old
H.,rr>.
Ard hen We have riots, it viii be said
fiat labor must be kept down and taught
=, place The riot act is read and the
man whose weekly wages afforded him but
an existence goes home and hangs his
head
Small and pitiIess in this oOOn-;he
right TO labor and 70 live. And yet there
are those who would take 1t away.
The words of Mr.. Cleveland
Said Governor Cleveland in his letter Of
acceptance: The laboring classes consti-
tute the main par, Of our population. They
should be protected in their efforts Peacea-
bly 10 assert their rights when endangered
by sggreg gated capital, and all statutes on
this subject should recognize the care Of the
State for honest toll, and be framed with a
view Of improving the condition OF the
Borkingman. u
No Presidential candidate has ever given
so much of his letter to this question as
this model public servant, this upright man,
himself OF most laborious habits. All his
life has he worked hard, finding it no less
difficult TO guard the commonwealth than
to earn his daily bread. Good example.
Let the fellows who are living on expecta-
ton Of office, and nothing else, take warn
ing and profit by the example of this man
OF simple life and faithful, honest toll with
whom the strongest endorsement, after char
acter, will be fitness.
don't think the politicians who are hunt
ing him now for office, have ever read his
letter accepting the nomination. II they
have, many Of them are doing what is moth
ing less than indecent As President, Mr.
Cleveland will hold public officers to a rigid
accountability; hence, in making appoint
ments, be will select those who can best
prove to him that they will render faithful
service
The riyalries and animosities between the
friends Of Mr.. Randall and Mr. Carlisle en-
EendeTed BY the Speakership contest last
winter, ard which subsequent events have
increased rather than Modified have been
emtiltered since the election.
Nj Randalls late visit to Atlanta at the
invitation Of a number Of leading Georgia
Democrats. later invitations extended to
him 10 visit other parts Of the South and
his acceptance Of them; .wOrSe yet, the re-
Torts that be is held in high favor by the
Presilen;-elect and that he is likely TO be
osercd q Cabinet position, have gone far to
ma,eriali2e in the camp of the Carhsleites
the feeling incident 10 the November trl-
umph. Mr. Randalls foes in the party aver
tha; it is not a question what he shall have,
for theY are going to see to it that he has
notbiug-neither the Speakership nor Cabi-
net POSITION and that in no event will ne De
permitted to 20 higher than he has been.
Il was in this frame Of mind that Mr.. Car
Isle took occasion, lately to make known
his intention to stand for Speaker Of the
next House His friends go further and say
that Rhen his second term as Speaker is ont,
they intend 10 bring him forward for the
Presidency This, they declare, would be
the logical result of his election as Speaker
owe. Randall last winter.
AVolce From Within.
What has particularly disturbed the foes
Of Mr Randall is the following editorial
paragraph in the Albany Argus:
"Ex-Speaker Samuel J. Randall is max
ing Q tour South His addresses on occa-
sions Of popular rsjoicings are wise, earnest
and patriotic. Nine Of the fifteen Southern
States sided with Mr.. Randall on the com.
mittee on resolutions at the Democratic
Presidential Convention and their votes led
to the adoption Of his tariff plank in tie
platform, which was such harmony Of va
riOus views as greatly aided the Democracy
in achieving victory. The better the South
becomes acquainted with Mr. Randall, and
the more her public men realize how saga
ciOusly and honestly be represents public
opinion, the better for that section and for
the country"
Inquiry has resulted in learning thar this
Argus editorial reflects the sentiments Of
the President-elect.
He WIN Receive n Call.
Mr., Randall has reason to expect that
Cabinet position will be offered him early
In January, in spite of lamentations here or
elsewhere. One Of his closest friends and
trusted adviser, viii shortly visit Albany at
Mr.. Cleyeland's request By Mr.. Randalfs
confidential friends iI is considered certain
mat II he does not 60 into the Cleveland
Sao'ntt, il viii be because he viii decline
the offer. What will be Mr.. Rsndalrs de,
eis,on is not yet determined. Persons near
70 him and whose counsel he has generally
tsLen, advise him against going into the
Stclnet and that be ought to remain in the
House, the leader Of the Democrats, and
me organ of the administration
on The foor To this course,
ne Is known TO be strongly inclined,
GGouEh the idea of the Secrets. yship of the
tti'aS1ry is alfuring; no other place would