The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-16

mOnwealth where man shall have honor only Sz
he works and works well, let the word go forth
thlt our State has opened its heart 10 the earth,
and extended It's welcome TO the worthy, and from
the neighborinR bills OF Ohio and PennSylvanlR,
| "irom the thronged cities OF the coast" from the
colder distances OF New England, and the inhoSpit-
able Northwest even, from the old worlds earliest
workers Will come TO you
- The toilers: he that tills
i The fields with plenty crowned,
BE with the wo0kmAns axe that thrills
The wilderness profound.
He that ell day doth sweating lend
In the fierce furnace heat,
And she whose cunning fingers tend
Onloom and spindleileet.
And there Is the man Of enterprise, the man who
brings labor and capital toRether and In spite oi
their occasional differences and disputes works out
for both reward and for the community bless.
ing. West Virginia needs the man OF enterprise,
| the man who undertakes the business problems
aud for them furnishes the brain TO plan the cOur.
age 10 risk the patience 10 execute, the power 10
succeed. don't forget the men Of both political
parties, We have who thus serve the State in the
advancement Of It's welfare, and 20 flll offices the
most honorable, though In politics they bear no
name. And we have other men Of capacity who
haven't found themselves out yet-whose enLhu.
siRsm yet lacks the kindling sparks But our
pressing need Is more such men. Bring them and
bring capital and labor. X
Is Democratic policy In West Virginia or any.
where else conducive 10 enterphse2 Is any Stat0
that has grown up In Democracy rcmarkEblei for itH
Tho Nirg1nil Democracy always sought 10 tax In.
duatry and not to tax property. It heaped license
might relieve the drone. West Virginia DenocrA.
Icy, through courts aud Governors, hiss in the past
sought to tax the industries OF farm and factory and
mine 70 no other end than TO relieve the holders Of
wild land VINO refuse TO sell or improve It; the
allen speculAtoH who keep much Of the lands Of
the state out OF tho hands OF the lRhoring farmer,
until rs value shall grow bS the neIyhbotlng i'm
Iproyements wrought by theciRbOrs OF other men.
Does any one suppose that Democratic policy Is
Inviting 10 men OF enterpfise2
A CHANGE DEMANDED.
Change I'll Turn the incapablcs ont! Put West
VirplnIR where she belongs In the Republican
ranks, and the man Of purpose and thrift and en-.
lterprse will come TO you and the spark OF his en-.
thIElasm will kindle, and the shelter OF his exam
pie Will foster the purposes and plans Of the men
Of enterprise we already have.
You bave yet another claim y our hearty vel.
leone. Back IN those dark TINES OF Virginia Dc.
Imooracy the angel OF light on his aIght from the
Atlantic coast toward the peRcetul sea dropped q
lspark, which found lodgmsnt here In Ohio couu-
6laZed up one bebcon lilht OF hope for the future
Here We still believe In education for all.
We recognize In you the party which established d
free schools IN West Virginia and which now In
ICougrcss proffen TO those schools aid from the
loyefflowing abundance Of the National Treasury.
We have no patience with the constitutional
Idon't want TO spend money for education, and
therefore want TO break down the tariff so there
will be no money TO spend. IitheGoyernment can
give money for public lands. be they the Louisiana
purchase or AlGSkA, for agricultural schools, for
iree schools, or anything or nothing, why eau not
the government give the public money directly
lowered over Ireland years ago Congress could
send half million OF dollars for the relief Of that
distressed island, can 1t b1 that the doon OF the
bRt @eatS S iood TbisS sbG SogEsb aiio5sP y
children into intelligent and worthy citIzens7
When q iew yeas ago this fair valley was desc
lated by hood the National Government came q
the relief Of It's suffering people with another hall
million and more. Can II be that such Of IL people
As are overwhelmed beneath the deeper H0od OF tg'
norAnce are beyond the power OF their country "a
aidl II Congress can appropriate money 10 stay
the spread OF cattle disease in the West, can It moi
protect the children OF the county from the dan
gerous, the deadly disease OF illiteRcyH We can!
admire the arithmetic by which one Of our United
which the Blair bill offers West Virginia. Perhaps
Mr. Chairman, you IN berkeley county don't care
for the Sl9000 that bill Wonld bring you, but 0liC
county Is not too rich nor TOO proud 10 take the
$4,000 II ohes her.
sEEKING EXCUSES,
We do understand that every Congressman op.
posed TO protective tarih will hnd some excuse
Tor voting againSt that Blair bill. The Democratic
party used to advocate free trade in the interest o.
slavery, now We fnd It advocating free tradein thC
interest ot ignorance.
You have seen that the fertility OF your sol the
. mlldnesI Of your climate, the rich resources o
your heldS and streams, your mines and ioresu
have mesurAbly failed 10 bring. what you desire
larry this State, and SO carry 70 the world tho con
ylclon that 10 these gifts Of nature will be Gddet
all that man can add, favorable laws, goneroul
enterprise, that enlightened selhshnesS which mer
call patriotism. demonstrate that we have lurneC
I our backs upon the barren past Of au antlquAtee
Virginia Democracy, and II Will not be long unit
we shall enter upon 4 career Of prosperity RnC
power. OF material and intellectual growth AnC
! strength which shall rival that OF Republican
Pennsylvania,
why shall not West Virginil give an unreseryed
and united adherence 10 that doctrine Of pro
lection 10 American industry. 10 West Virginia In
D dusty? Holding 70 that doc.rine barren New
/ England has grown rish, and prosperous, Gnt
j. Under tue sunshine Of that doctrine our neigh
!. bor 10 the north has grown to q mighty empire
We TOO, ARE the WAtchmen by an empires cradle
whose infant Einews show like ancient ROme'E'
) Let US not be false to our trust, Because yot
3 stand for that faith, because you intend that
Il nat Ia S You % are welcome com in this city Of Whcsi1S
!, where ole Indpltties have thIlved under a pro
[ tectiVe tRrit, where new Industries arc beinl
nurIed into strength by It's Thelering warmth, ant
Jet where other industries walt for want Of its a
BSlAnce, and all hesitate In Appreh enSl0n until
the latest attack OF Democratic President and
the next attack Of Deuocrauc House OF Repre-
scntRtives shah be noted and repulBed,
/. And we welcome you not only because you be
leye that you ought 10 do this but because you 10
/, le1d 70 do 1t, because your faith u conquerinl
! faith, bscAuSc you will make this State what
, The President has drawn the Isue distinctly
"Ohl That mine enemy would write book
even II II were not longer than q Presldoat1 mes
sage That lneESOge NA4 q meaAge Of comfort =
, West Virginia Republicans. l can almost lmIgip
that the gold fairy who putit into the President
head 10 tell the truth for once about the Democrat
i. plrty, was some good Republican fairy from Wes
Virginia.
ENCOURAGING HsuRES,
: West VirRiniA has never needed 70 know whethe
. BhC wanted 4 protective tariff, she has only h0,
iated 70 know which party could do most % OF
tain what Ghe wanted; and hitherto she has bee
fooled BY tho pIetonSeS Of Democracy. Why,
!. these parts that Democratic animal has been ma
queradlng for ycars In the lions skin OF protection
!, but now the President, who leads the animal abOu
> aud provideI Ia prOvender, has been good enoug
to strip On il borrowed skin aud expose the lon
; loSl Of tree trade. Democracy can't iool West Vii
glniR any longer. We know that Democracy want
the surplus reduced by reducing customs dptie,
aud letting lnternAt revenue Rl0no. We dom
7 The mind Of this county, and Of West VIrglni
!. In particular, is made up on those questions an
upon than they are S1iely and surely Republican
: Look with me for few moments at some iEurg
3 we ind In an editorial Of this mornings IAIELL
GENCER They state the result OF elections In Wei
I Virginia tQr many years back. Consider pAFtIcu
lhEly these figures Tor the last ten years. Look
Q the steps slow but sure which have brought 20
70 the threshold OF triumph:
a Repab vote. Dem. vote. Dem. majority
I iSsS,.,... iSsS,,,... i5,STS SS'SSI Ills Ills
isst..... isss.. Si9Ss si.sGs ssisi s5si ''@ Ss
! Thirteen thouGEndl Eleven thouIGndl Fou
! thouSandl Nine hundred,
I The progressive oitEose numbsTl u q restless q
: the mRrch Of tinoi the change they prophesI Il
g sure a the change Of the seasons. II you knot
that TrOrn the Sleen nj RinteF earth ahail awake