Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-20

fair nonIt1in Sta'e, he ttolght it fitting
that he should DO his share 10 the political
work here, aud he had therefore, placed
HIM elf at the disposition of the State
Committee for q week. He then launched
oat toto one of the most demsgog'c speeches
ever made 10 q Whet liug sudisnce, and
through misI epresentatoos Of the Demo
cratic position on the one Rand, and
giving the Republican party, on the
othe-, the credit for every blessing or sd-
want age which this country At present
enjoys, proceeded 10 earn his fee as the
psi attorney fer the war tax cause by in
sulting the intei.i gence Of his audN
with mis- statements Of facts and q skillful
Juggling Of words al ideal He brought
his laboriously-prepsred brief in bis peck
It, and from it read copions argument
prepared with al the sk'll that a pa d
attorney can command, and which were
we'll calculated to mislsad those not we'll
informed, but which were transparent as
glass to intelligent people. After
what had evidently been an exhaustive
search of the writings of those idenI-
fed with the formation and early history
of the country, he produced sentences and
fragments of paragraphs from Webst:r and
Jackson, ana others, apparently in line
with tie Republican high tax theories and
policy, but neglected to tell bis hea' els thst
the same me1 he quoted from had time
and again announce themst yes IS dis-
mst1ica'ly opposed to tie system Ee was
advocating. In quotipg Jackson, for in
stsnce, he did not read such passages as
this:
Most of the difficulties our government now
encounters aud most of the dangers which i'm
penl over our union. have sprung from al aoan-
donment of the legitimate objects OF government
by our national legislation. Many of our rich
meu have not been content with equal protec'
ton aud equal bsnefi $, but have beSought US to
make them richer by acts Of Congress. BY At
tempting TO crafty their desires, we have in the
results of our legislation, arrayed section against
section, interest against interest and man
threatens to shake the foundations of our
Uniou."
Or THE:
Every dimlnutlon of the public burdens arts
ing from taxation gives 10 Individual enterprise
Increased power aud furnishes 10 all the mem
bars of our happy Confederacy new motives for
patriotic affection and support.
Nor this from Jefferson:
Agriculture, manufactures, commerce and
navigation, the foOr pila's Of our pr sperity are
tle most thriving when left mos. free to lndi-
vidusl enterprise"
Nor this from Webster:
"rhis present pressure tariff is not known or
felt or believed here in anything, like its true
extent. II we give no relief know not what
may hssPpen, even in this day OF high pros
perity.'
He rung the changes on the forged eX'
trac 8 from TIE British press, ~ to the
sentiment in that country respecting tire
message of the President, and the policy
of the Democracy, declared that the
DamocTaay was Enthusiastically in favor Of
free trade, and even went to the length of
pr,dicfirg q BIO rdy revolution in this
country il it should becoms sucssIful at
thu coming election and Thereby feel en-
COURAGE ed TO continue on in its progressive
policy" In his Gs:imst OF al DINO
Gratis were fies trades, but be-
cause they were supporting with all
their power q msas1'e aud q pcl'cy
which placed on the free lis! TIE fur
things upon which, more than all Others
together, the prosperity and future wealth
of this State dere1dsd. There foar anti
cles were lumber, salt, wool and c)al. nd
despite the fact, we'll known to Mr. E.
kins, that the Mills b II does not place
coal on tae free lis, ard whi he carefully
conce ne 1 the fact that tie Republican
Sera'e substitute did, bat which is now
declared to have been a Typographical
error, thu spe .ksr went on to say that he
had come II West Virginia, when
be might have gone TO any
,tber State, because he fe't it o.
fered especial snd OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
and he was engaged with others 10 the
c instruction of railroads here. He was at
osias, several times t. impress his audi
snce with his Urge railroad interests in
West Virginia, eyi iently having forgotten
4 recent le,t,r written by him for pubiica-
tiop, when defending himself from the
charge OF colom'ziDg the State, fom
which this extract is taken:
The West Virginia Central and .Pittsburg rail
road Is largely owe cd, controlled and managed
BY Democrats. Its Pre,iGent, who has the entire
N SnagemSnt OF It's affairs, is a Democrat; It's
u e,iuten tent of Cons ruCtion, who has charge
If the emf lDymenr O. h mos in building the line,
i Mr.. Wi lam Porter, OF Port Deposit, Nd y
lifelong Dem at: sven OF the nine Board OF
Directors are Democrats, amo"g whom are eN-
senator William II Barnum. ChsirTan of the
National D,mOc attic committee; ex-senator J.
Y Camdea, member of the National Democratic
ON pist e for WfS, NTglnia; ex-senator II u.
Davis, OF West Virginia: William II. G-rnan,
brother Of senstor A. 7. German; ex-senator
iliam PinCknsy Whit, Of Maryland. A. L.
iormau was TO SIX years director, aud il also
lafg stock otter If the compa y With such
lame, as these In the cout-ol and management
4 the affairs Of the company y, wilt agree that
toll 10 IN ft de Of hn
ompany to i'm rort and 'mplo' 5000 negroes or
nv other nrmb"r, 10 '. te the Republican tick,
a West VirSi Ia in November. Ny time has
cen 50 given IN other business matters that /
ave not ben over the line OF the road more
aan three times this year. l never employ
,rson in the service otthe company, aud have
% power 10 do 50. Personally 1 do not know
ne of the employees engaged in building the
inc of the road excep. SUPER terdent rorer
nd his assistants, and as 10 woOm he employs !
sve no knowledge, nor have ever teen con- |
ilted.
Here we have it from Mc. Elkins' own |
sn that he has little or ntthing to do with
he West Virginia Central Railroad, snd
hat Demo rats, the very men whom he HOtc |
avs are gciog to ruio West Virginia, have |
n to do with it. Democrats are st the |
esd and at the toll of this enterprise for |
he dtvelcpren. Of West Vi-ginis's great |
s,u,c 9, and cuery man Of them is an en- !
insiastic supporter Of Grorer ClereidRd and
aTig Reform.
his predictions Of great evil which
Ioald result to this Stats by placing salt
u the free list, was equally unfortunate
nth his references to CT al, for It is tco |
Tell known to need repetition that, under
be beautiful policy of Republican high
* alton, through fosteriI G, among other
"a. combines, the New York and Mich
,sn Sc 1t Trust. the tus ness Of producing !
alt in West Vrsia las gone 10 wreck
nd ruin, hut solitary establishment
arriving Ius Of about sky which dotted
Re banks of the Ohio and Kanawha few
ears ago.
TIE speaker won't on this way for more
,an two hours, nskiog at tiue, the mcst
declarations "a to the threat
aed lis Of free trade, something which
as no present CT prospective ex'stTc.
Iodos Weak xas introduced at the con-