The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-27
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.


In vigorous editorial article entitled
"Thc Crisis and Its Demands" the Regis
ter refers once more to the material condi-
ton Of West Virginia, the lack OF prosper
ity and the evident causes. The Register
refers with just pride TO the awakening
which seemed ut last to be coming, to the
pouring in OF capital now so suddenly cut
short, and adds: 5
Another halt has come. 4 srlleming 20.
litical faction filled with selfish ambition
and Il greedy lust which seeks to burthen
our young State with IN unjust debt, have
issued II proclamation that the men who
are developing West Virginia must be
stricken down, that Il political prescription
and ostracisu must. be enforced against
them, and everything which does not
smack Of their own communisticdOctrines
must be utterly destroyed from the State.
With this attempt TO establish proscrip-
ton equally us diSgracciul as the first
which cursed the State with its blighting
effect, and more hurtiul to its interests,
our people are again confronted with q
danger that is iar reaching in its consc.
quences and may be eternal in its durl.
ton. ~. ls'i 80 s41 :.
This is very strong language. WHO has
done this thing? Who compose the
"schcmins political faction" wlicl, aims
at selfish ends that will throttle every in.
dustry in the State? Who has raised the
cry OF prescription? Who conironts the
people Of West Virginia with wociul dan.
ger from the consequences OF which sue.
cceding generations may strive in vain to
free themselves?
The Democratic nominee for Governor
won his nomination on basis OF hostility
to aggregated capital in whatever form.
lie tramped the State making speeches
which have done infinite harm, which
have planted the seeds OF communistic
doctrines which Mr.. Wilson holds as 81.
cred tencts OF his political faith. IIc has
done what lie could to convince the pco-.
pie Of this State that their only safety is
in joining him in his frcnzicd war on rail.
roads and corporations OF all kinds. He
has gone about with MI the energy he
could command sowing dragons teeth, in
the hope that so he might reap tile poor
harvest of al Office s ~.
Mr.. Wilson was put upon the Demo.
cratic ticket by the Bourbons who have
run this State in debt contrary to law; who
have iatigued their ingenuity to devise
schemes OF taxation not known to the law;
who have found it necessary to put upon
the taxpayers OF West Virginia burdens
never imposed by the Old State, and until
now never thought OF by Republicans or
Democrats iii this State; and who have
been forced to degrade the Supreme Court
into guilty connivancc that the whole
outrage might be given some show Of
legality. a
The influences which nominated Mr..
Wilson nominated the Supreme Court
Judges--ior which they might have some
some need i'll II new crusade against the
people OF this State. These urc tic men
who arc ready to place heavier burdens oil
the capital and labor alrcadyin the State
who give timely warning that il the
people shall commission them again they
will take good care that West virgina's
development shall not go ahead faster
than they think safe for their Bourbon
party. ,;S !tf
The Bourbon ticket does not represent
those Democrats who arc for progress. It
is supported by the free traders and the
wrecks Of the orsaniza.ion--shc men who
ruled the Wheeling convention and who
have offered to the liberal Democrats Of
West Virginia u dose 50 liausconstl,at
they will not swallow it.