Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-16

which, under the disguise Of trusts are
draining the lite blood Of the people.
Bill Chamberlain would make an appro-
pirate second to the above plank. 1t is TO
place elections in the South entirely under
the control of the Federal Government
and TO have Congress waste its time over
the investigation Of mythical outrsgss
in Southern municipal elections. This
plank naturally leads 10 . more explicit
cue, over which will be unfurled the we'll
worn banner OF the Bloody Shirt" and
which will delineate the woes Of the col
ored voter, who isgenerally treated with
eontumely and injustice in Republican
councils. Little EUGENE HALE then
comes forward with his civil service
plank, which means that no Democrat
should be permitted to take the place Of q
Republican, under q Democratic admins
~trstion, even if that Republican obtained
the place entirely IS . reward for partisan
service in the past, and vas VIGOROUSLY
incompetent. Civil service reform, ac-
eording to the Republican Interpretation,
means the retention Of all the cid party
hacks and incapables, irrespective of the
interests Of the service.
Then an extremely interesting issuGi is
the recent war on Justice LANAI, which
was the expression Of the Republican idea
that no Southern man, who took the part
Of the South twenty.seyen years ago, is fit
to sTt on the Supreme Court bench, while
he remains 9 Democrat II he become a
Republican, the case is different. It must
not be forgotten that this wss the opinion
Of all the Republican Senators, save three.
Next comes the THoEBE scheme to inyali-
date the election of Speaker CARLISLE, q
scheme which was warmly advocated by
the leading Republican organs and which
came to grief in the house through its in
heEent injustice and sbsurdity. But it
may serve, nevertheless, IS q respectable
plank for the Republican National Plat
form.
Senator BLAIR's bill to debauch the
South and subYert its educational institu-
tons is also worthy OF . place on the same
platform, and Senator FARwELL's Know
Nothing plan to deprive foreigners Of a
right Of a home in this country is a fitting
expression Of Republican opinion. The
favorits scheme Of the party to refuse
equitable a~pportionment in Democratic
States, notably New York and Connect
cut, so as to ~perpetuate minority rule,
must not be forgotten. 1t has proved too
profitable to he lightly passed over in the
national platform. As the Republicans
strangely persist in calling New York a
doubtful State, in spite Of the oyerwhelm-
ing evidence that It is incontestibly Dem
cratic, it might be well for the National
Convention next June to embody Plsttism
in its declaration Of principle"
It may be seen, therefore, that the Re-
publican party is not destitute of issues for
the coming campaign, and that there will
not be any difficulty about constructing q
platform. 1.-THE planks we have suggested
should not be enough for the platform, it
might be well to supplement them with
illusions to the glorious history of the Re-
publican party, including the Star route
frauds, the Credit Mobilier, the whisky
ring, the navy swindles, the land grabbers,
the pension jobs and other interesting
chapters Of that history.
How the people will receive such a plat
form is another question, of course, but the
Republican party, in the words of the
speakers at the convention yesterday,
must stand by its principles,
Ofeourse the people have become accus-
TrUun9u 10 a Democratic administration and
may object to return to the jobbery and
robbery that President CLEVELAND has
stamped out, but Republican principles
must prevail though they ruin the country.