Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
"ANorHER wAGEwORKER'

Comes Back Fiaifooted at the evening
Chestnut"
To the Editor Of the Register:
SIR:-The afternoon journalistic make
shift defends itself to-day with choice as,
sortment of abuse, cleaned, no doubt from
the columns of its instructor and master,
the Iatelligeaeer. This second attempt is
hardly worthy OF notice, except to call at
tention to Discrepancy small thing OF
course to so experienced a Hopper and
straddler as the Nerrs.L Letter, but yet one in
which the public is interested.
In attempting to defend it's poor preten-
tions 70 be an independent paper, it has
veered sharp around and now occupies q
position, if the Nelrs-Letter can be said
ever 20 occupy position, entirely different
from that sssumed in its defense of itself
in the issue of July 30. On that date,
speaking in answer to "Wageworker's"
first communication, it said
"He Wage Worker certainly must
have known that until here lately there
has been no division of popular sentiment
on the tariff question; that Democrats and
Republicans both have been in favor of a
protective tariff"
Continuing our journalistic acrobat said
il has been forced to oppose the Democratic
party because there lately" it had been q
free trade party. To-day's issue in answer
to M communication in this mornings
REGISTER, quotes from the Democratic
plrtform of 1856, as follows:
i"The time has come for the people Of
the United States to declare themselves in
favor of progressive free trade Throughout
the world, by solemn manifestations, to
place their moral Influence at the side Of
their successful example,"
Commenting on the above it declares
that it substantially represents the posi-
ton of the Democratic party for the last
twenty-four wears, that its position is the
same now. 1t has been and is free trade
party.
without discussing the merits of this
opinion we compare the two utteranccs.
If the NelcS-L Letters last editorial is correct,
how does it happen that the Democratic
party has "been in favor of protective
tariff" and "there has been no division of
popular sentiment on the tariff question:"
Yet the Me Too says so, and OF course it
must be so.
Again, if the first outpouring from this
oraeular fount is the true one, and both
parties have been in favor Of protective
tariff, how does il happen that the Demo.
cratic party has been free trade party all
these many years, as the Me Too would
have the public believe? We don't want
to worry the Me Too or have il overhead
itself this weather, but will il explain?
No, the change is not in the Democratic
party. It's position on the tariff question
is the same now AZ il has been for years.
II is in favor of a Just tariff for protection.
IL is the Me Too that he's changed. II has
sold itself TO ready purchaser, and that
is the re son that the Democratic doctrine
of honest protection no longer finds favor il
its eyes. Now we have few questions to
ask the Newsletter. They are the same
questions as we asked yesterday. Will it
answer them this time?
Will the Me Too deny that il is under
entirely different management from what
it was short time ago? Will it deny that
Its owners and stockholders are some OF the
most prominent Republican politicians in
the State? Will it deny that the purpose
Of these gentlemen is to make il straight
out Republican sheet? Will il deny that
important changes were made in its so
called editorial and reportorial staff in
order to make them more harmonious with
the views of the Paid Republican politi-
clans? Will it deny that its sudden dis
coyery that the Democratic party was q
foe to American labor, was co-incident
with its sale to said syndicate? These are
questions that the laboripg men Of this
vicinity would like to have answered.
What will the Republican side-show have
to say to them?
ANOTHER WAGE-WORKKR.
Wheeling, August l.