Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-05
AN MATTER
To All the Voters of Ohio County

To All the Voters of Ohio County.
To ne Editor ofhs Register.
SIR:-What is the object of slsclipg
members Of TIE Legislature? What duties
are to be ptrfJrmed by those elected? What
interests are they to see to and protect?
Are they simply to go there to vote for
their party candidate fer l. S. Senator?
Or are there othe7 dUt'e 5 70 be performed
snd interests to be cared fer? Is your voc
to be cast for the mere purpose of obtain
Jog or maintaining political supremacy
without regard to the qualifications of the
candidate? These are questions which
every citizen should consider heiore
casting his ballet Heret)Go-L there lave
been repeated efforts to leTisaLe adj
yersely to the interests g. Wheeling. These
efforts have usuAlly been in the direction
of ~iIsS$>GSig assessments and taxation on
tte classes or kinds of property owned in
Wheeling, 10 the detriment of our CON-
mercial enterprises and manufacturing in
dUstries and 10 the injury Of our working
people. Alto at every session for many
peers past an effort has been made to
double the State SctOol tax, which would
take fom this county about $40, 900, every
year for the support Of Schools in the in
terror" They get about $40. 900 a year
from us, as it is now Measur,s of this
kind and perhaps Others having a like
purpose will probably come before the
next Legislature. Heretofore ttey.have
been defeated by tbs energy and ability Of
Ohio county members. Ohio county cow
pays a very large percentage of all the
State taxes. Aud yet there Stems to be q
continued and persistent effort from other
parts of the Stats, from both Democratic
and Republican sources, to increase or
burdens.
Now having these matters before your
eyes, the question is which of the two
legislative tickets should you eltci?
Which q wOlld be bet able to guard
and defend your interests?
Let US compare the two tickets on this
basis.
On the Republican ere four gentlemen
of high personal character ard standing.
But We submit that they are not linked by
reason Of any ability or capacity they Eos
sess, either natural or acquired, to rep
reset the great interests OF ObiJ county
in the State legislature. Neither has
any Of them had any experience in a
Legislative body.
On the Democratic ticket we have four
gentleman of equally good character and
standing. Three of them have besn mem
hers of previous Legislatures Of this State
(cns of them has bean several times q
member.) As such members they have
discharged their duties not only with
credit but with distinction. They are
well acquainted, no. only with the laws
of the State but also with the tie rules
and regulations Of legislative procee1irgI
The fourth MAI is a glassworker, bat has
had extended experience in deliberstive
bodies. He is q man of splendid app:ar-
ance and address and is well known ~ an
intelligent, level-hesded and iudicious
man on all questions, public or private.
This brief note, Mr.. Editor, is not witt
ten for the purpose of drawing any invidi-
Gus distinction between the gentlemen on
the two tickets. The object simply is to
call attention to an element Of the ques-
ton that sppesrs to hsvs been lost sight Of
in the heat Of this caupIigD. Let the
voter investigate, consider and decide.
CITIZEN.