The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-24
stroy our mills and factories and to carry
down wages to the standard OF the Old

World.
THE DsFRANcIIIsED soGTn.
Fiith-That, while we cordially endorse
the dying sentiments OF the great soldier
aud citizen Ulysses S. Grant, in favor O
harmony and good feeling between the
North and South, We insist that an enc
shall be put to the criminal evasion OF the
guarantees OF equal civil and political
rights provided by the constitution tc
every freeman. The right OF suffrage
must be maintained free and untrammel'
ed, and II that right ia unlawtully denied
to any part OF the people Of any State its
representation in Congress and the Elec
toral College should be reduced.
Sixth-That the Legislature haVingpur.
euant to the will OF tho people expressed
at the polls abolished the contract labor in
the prisons OF the State, We urge tho en-
actment Of laws tending to distribute as
widely aud equally as possible the burden
Of competition with free labor.
Seventh--That in the letting Of con.
tracts for State work no contract should
be awarded to any person or corporation
discriminating against any class or organt'
zation of laborers.
Eighth--That we recommend legisla-
ton granting the benefits Of the public
schools to all the children OF the State,
and such control Of the factory employ.
ment as will surround the women and
children employed therein with the neces-
sary safeguards ior their physical, mental
and moral well being.
Ninth-That stringent laws should be
passed for the improvement Of the sani'
tary condition OF tho houses Of working
men in the cities.
Tenth-That we demand the strict en-
forcement by the National Government Of
the law prohibiting the importation OF
contract labor.
HIGGINS AND OTHERS.
Sixteenth-We denounce the hypocriti-
cal pretences under which the faithful
Republican officers are removed on the
plea OF offensive partisanship while such
men as Higgins, Thomas, Throop, Pills.
bury, Aquilla Jones and others, some OF
whose names appear upon the prison re-
cords Of the country aud whose r.com-
msndation Is political partisanship Gre ap.
pointed in their places, while removing
elsewhere on the ground OF offensive par
tisanship Republicans who edit newspl.
pers, the National administration son.
tinues ia a high judicial office in the city
OF New Ysrk prominent Democratic ap-
pOintee, who publicly announces himsslt
as having assumed since his appointment
the control OF au avowedly partisan jour
nal, we believe it is the duty Of the R-puG-
lcan majority OF the Senate to oppose the
confirmation OF any person appointed in
violation OF the letter or spirit OF the civil
service act. We denounce the National
administration for its obvious willingness
10 abandon the opinions they have pro-
fessed upon currency and to compromise
with those leaders OF their party who are
ayowdedIy in favor Of the continued de-
basement OF the currency; for its hostility
to the commerce Of the country eyinCed
by its refusal to carry out the system
adopted by Congress for the encourage
ment OF American shipping; for its arbi-
trary action in repudiating contract
regularly entered into by the duly author
lied agents OF the Government aud psrser-
vering in an attempt to deprive American
mechanics OF their means OF livelihood
until aroused public opinion compelled it
To abandon the attempt, and for its
.hoatility further evinCed by the arbitrary
enforcement of the customs laws by illegal
provisions and tricks intended to deprive
merchants OF any fair opportunity for as.
serting their rights. We denounce the
Democratic State Executive for his
action in reference to the census resulting
in an extra session OF the Legislature, as a
large and useless expense, while he vetoed
necessary appropriations for the State
Board Of Health in the face OF q deadly
epidemic. We denounce his conduct in
vetoing the Brooklyn reform bills in order
to commend himself to the local Demo-
cratic leaders, while he approved bills
legalizing claims dating from the days Of
Tweed and barred by the statute oflimi-
tations and judicial decision, and thereby
imposed additional bardens on an over
burdened city.