Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-05
FOES OF THE BALLOT.
Continued from First Pdoe.1

private life ara Tc5utiaizsd, and all the
electric lights are turned en-. How often
it is that men Rave gore down under Luch
thing. 10 every autumn nal election The
air is filed with carriol crows scentiug
carcasses. Cav! cav! cav! There are
newspapers In the Uoited Stats thst 10
the great sutuunal elections take wild Ii
csnss fjr liberty. They ara filed with
calumny. The editorial colu ms Of suGh
papers reek with il; their columns are
stuffed with il.
THE REMEDY IN OUR HANDS.
Now, how are these ttiegs TO be rem
edied? Some say by property quahdca'
ton. They say that after man gets q
certain amount of property certain
amount of real tstate-he is financially in
terested in good government, and be be-
comes cautious and conservative. / IT
ply, a property qualification would shu.
of from tie bsllIt.tox a great many OF
the best msn in tSis land. Literary meo
are almost always poor. A pen ia good
implement to mf ke the world bstter, but
it is very poOI implsment to get a ivtli-
hood ordinarily. / have known scores Of
litsrary men who never owre1 foot Of
ground and never will cwn foot of ground
until tEey get uudsr it. Professors OF
colleges, teachers OF schools, ediNrj If
nswsps psrs, ministers Of religion, quail
fed in every possible way to yo!e, yet no
worldly success. There has been many a
man who has not had house on earth who
will have q msnsion in heaven.
There are many who through accidents
OF fortune have come % Rrelt success Wills
they are pIOfOlnd in their stupidity, as
profound in THAR stupidity as man OF
large fortune with whom l was crossing
the ccsap, who told NE ne was g Ding to see
the dykes of Scotland! When nemte:
of nv family asked lady OF Ter Iet)rn
from Europe if she bal seen Mont Blanc,
size replied: "Well, really, don't know;
is thst in EMOpsg' grO'nnce by the
square foot. Property qualification will
not do. The only way these evils will be
cradle ited will be by more thorough legal
defense of the bsllOt'box and more
thorough moralization ADD Chris'ianizltion
OF thu people. That ark of the covenant
WAS carried into captivity 10 KiIjath-
jearin, but one day the psople hooked oxen
to a cart, aud they put this ark en- the
cart, and the cart was taken 10 jerusalem
the ark of the coveraut comiog with the
shouting and the thanksgiving Of TIE pso-
pc. And though the American bsltOt-
tox, the ark OF the American covenant,
our sacred chest, has bsen carried again
and again into captivity by fraud snt in
iquity and spurious voting, btltvs it
VIII be bro1ght back yet by prayer and by
Christian conservation, aud will be sc!
down 10 the midst of the temple Of Chris
tian patriotism. Whose respOr sibility?
Yours and mine.
THE VALUE OF A VOTE.
A poor soldier went to a hairdresser in
London. He wanted to get buck 10 ths
army. He had overrun lis Through, and
he wanted some help TO get back IN quick
transit. The money was given to the poor
soldier, who said to the man who had
offered tie kirdnsss: 81 have nothing to
give you in return bat thi5 little worn out
receipt for making backing" He gave it
not thinking thsle wss any value in it
egrecially, and the man who took it did net
suppose there wss any special value in it;
but il yielded the m IN who took it 81 SEQ,
600, and was the foundation of one OF the
greatest estates IN Epglsnd. And that
little vote, that il significant vote which
you take out Of yO1r pCCket-insignifcast
in your sight and insign ficsut in the sight
of Othe's-msy star. az Influence that will
last all through the progress of this gov
ernueLt.
chsrSe you, thtn, AZ American citiz'ns
all to. Tho
ffrE Tuesday OF November. 1t vi begin
early, the STOW storm of suffrage 1t wall
STOW all dly-snow on mt noOu, snow
ON until night The fixes will fall in
every town aud village and ighhOrhood,
the white hikes Ths O3toge,arian will
come up, his hand trembling Fdd with
srectacled eye, he will sCrutioize the 70 c
aud drop il and 53,S 90. IRE young man
who has hsen waiting for his time, will
GcS..sffe up, and proudly and blushingiy
deposit mis- first vote and pass on. The
capital. t will co ne up with bs6iImorc cd
finger and the laborec with his hnId fist,
aud the one vote will bs as gEd rs the
other.
SNOW STORM OF SURFACES,
and then these white flakes will be gather
ed together, aud Conpl?teG into sn avalan-
etc tba! will slide Gown in expression OF
the will of the people. Stand ont Of tie
way of il, In the awful sweep Of this white
avalanche let political fraud 90 down a
Thousand feet under.
You have not only vote, yOu have o
prayer. The prayer may be mightier than
the vote. Oh. az c't'zens OF this beautfd!
city, aud Of this State, and Of this nation,
let rs 90 Dur whole duty. Weclnlot live
under any Ctier fjrm of governmt NJ than
that which God has given Us i this conn
try. This stars on our iBg sra not the stars
OF a thickeDing night, but the stars sTrir-
killed. amid the bars Of III lrning cloud. We
are going TO have enc government On this
entire continent. Let the dtsyOiism OF
/ Asa keep their feet off the Pacific Coast,
snd let the tyrannies OF Europe keep their
/ feet off the Ailsut:c Coast. We are
/ going to have one government Mexico
will follow TrxaS int the ULion, and
| Christianity a1d civ lizItion will stand
sds by side in the bals Of the Monte
/ zumss And if TO! in oar day, then IN
/ the day of our children, YucatSn and
| Central America will coUe IN dominion,
/ while on the north Canada will be oars.
not by conquest-oh. no, American and
/ English swCris may never clash hlades-
! but we will woo GU fair neighSOr OF the
rorth, and then Ecg'and will ssy 10
/ Canada: You ave old enough fer the
marriage dsy," AID then, turning, will
/ sag: Giant Of the WIS, so t:ks your
bride" Aud then from Blffin's Bay to
/ the Caribbean there will be Oae govern
msnt under Oae Il with one destiny-a
fcee, undispated; Cnristanizet American
continent Col save city of Brooklyn!
God save the comm q / wes 1t o: New York!
God cave the UUiOp