Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-30

Good work In Preston County by con-
gressnan ". L Wilson.

aooa work In Preston County BY Con-
gressnan W. L. wilson.
SpeciaT TsIsoram to tie Register.
KISGwooD, W. Va, Oct. 1.-THE best
spesch ever made in a political campaign
was that of the Hon. w. L. Wilson here
on Tuesday last. He poured the hot shot
into the republican camp.
One stauneh old republican said to me:
ut is unanswerable; and if this IS demo-
cratic doctrine then count ME with you"
Mr.. Wilson spoke from the records,
showed that what the democracy Is Aow
asking on the tariff question was reported
TO Congress by 3 Republican commission,
and that Logan and Others Of his party
voted in favor of that report.
He showed that the Republicans
kept themselves in power the last
twelve t12) years By soaring the
people and appealing to the fears Oh
the uniformed; their platforms beginning
with, 1--WE view with alarm, &c" lie
proved that the g. o. p. run tariff down Oh
coal, wood, wool, &C.. the products OF u
State. and run them up on the very things
we have to buy; the large per cent placed
unon sugar and such ~neceSsarles OF lie the
laborer used. and the low tariff on dla-
monds and such things as the rich used.
In fact he showed that the consumer, De
he o poor man with 4 family, paid more
tax. flor tariff is tax a hundred told more
tax than did the millionaire according 10
the amount consumed.
The Republican organ Of this county
has held a large follOwingin its ranks with
this bugaboO-free trade-but Mr.. Wilson
has forever showed it under.
He further showed how n Democratic
Governor, so badly wounded, and suffer-
inc so much from those wounds that he
required the constant attention OF a sur
geon. had allowed more pensions In the
first year OF his administration than ms
predecessor had in twice that length OF
time.
He read from the great Dickens showing
the fourishing condition of the operatives
of the Lowell mills under Democratic tariff
and from another recent Eu-
glish writer who had visited
the same mills under Republican high
protective tariff" now employing the
t'Chinese of North America" the French
Canadians, and showed the iOw lrageS
given, the sGualOr in which they live, the
~degradation in which the children are
raised and then compared this with the
splendOr in which the owner OF these
mills lives, how the waters are dotted
with his yachts, how he has a superb sum
mer dwelling at one place and a palatlal
winter residence at another place. This
is what high prOtectice tariff does in place
of helping our own labOrers. The above IS
only a drop in the bucket compared
to his speech. The Democrats here are
proud of their Congressman and will give
him a larger vote than ever in this county,
and many of the Republicans are in a
doubling state-haliing as if they were be-
tween two opinions. The full effect Of
| Mr.. Wilson's speech will not he felt imme'
| diately in this county; but mark my words
against the next Presidential campaign the
majority OF the ''banner Republican cou
ty of West Virginia" will have ceased tC
exist. 1t is only a question o. time, tol
| the people of this county are IN intelligent
people. but the trouble has been this:they
are an agricultural people, not hav'
ing the ii he on their hands
to do the necessary amount Of reading tC
/ catch on to the tricks of political dema
gogues. they depend upon what they see il
their party papers; but this is the begin
ming of the end of Republicans in thu:
county.
Considering the big majority we have t.
contend against you wouid be surprised a
the enthusiasm of the Democracy IN tins
County-Count Wilson in-yHu can bet OF
it. Blu, we are not going 10 stop working