Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-23

: any American shall be robbed of fair re
turn for the benefit of foreign producers
, We oppose the sectional Mills bill and al
other measures aiming to degrade Ameri
can labor, which is entitled to liberia
, return for the wealth il creates, and VI
, endorse the vote of West Virginia's onl.
representative in Congress against tha
bill.
HOW ABOUT THE LONDON "DAILY NEWS, ,
ETC?
We congratulate our fellow -protectionist
of the United States that in our united an(
uncompromisipg hostility to free trade WI
are found with the united and unconprom
ising hostility Of the British press and th'
British manufacturing interest, and we an
as determined TO repel the Industrial as
ssult Of to-day as the fathers and founder
of the republic were to rcpel the armed
assault of '76. Invasion is invasion, under
whatever guise. and we call upon the pat
riotic men of West Virginia to Join with u:
to resist the British effort to subjugate the
productive energies of America.
HOW ABOUT LEVI p. MoRTON'S CONTRACT
LABORERs?
Our firm belief in the right and the duty
Of the government of the people in every
possible way impels us to demand at the
hands of tne representatives of the people
legislation to restrict that immigration
which cuts into the wages Of the American
laborer and so depriyes him in part Of that
protection which a protective tariff is de-
signed to afford him. We therefore favor
a tax on adults Of not less than $500 on
every immigrant, not for revenue for the
government but for protection to Ameri.
can labor. -
BETTER ASK MORTON TO RESIGN.
We would exempt the immediate fsmi
lies or members of the immediate families
of thosa who are or may become resident
in this country. We are opposed to the
landing of contrenct laborers and paupers
on any terms, and until more stringent
laws can be passed to deal with the whole
subject of immigration, We demand an
honest and searching administration of ex'
isting laws relating thereto. We favor
national aid to common schools and we
charge upon the Democratic party the de
| feat of measure that would have given to
the free school system of West Virginia
more than a million dollars from an over
flowing national treasury.
WHY, BLAINE SAYS NOBODY HAS A RIGHT
10 INTERFERE WITH TRUSTS.
We favor such legislation, National and
State, as shall make impossible those com
biuations of capital, known as trusts,
whereby! private enterprise is paralyzed
and tribute wrung from millions of help
less consumers. The Sugar trust, Whisky
trust and the Standard Oil trust,
10th Cleveland machines, are rank ex.
amples OF the kind of combination which
we would legislate out of existence.
HERE'S CHEEK.
We deprecate the determination of the
Democratic leaders in West Virginia to
obscure the real issues Of the day by rails
ing war issues, reviving old preiudices and
animosities and arraying against each
other neighbors who are every year coming
closer together in common effort to
place West Virginia among the rich
and powerful commonwsslths Of this
| Union. We refer the voters oi
West Virginia to the proceedings of the
late Democratic State Convention, the ad.
dress of the chairman of that convention,
a Senator of the United States, to the plat
form Of that convention presented by an
other Senator of the United States, tC
speeches delivered on the door OF that con-
ventiou, to speeches made in.ratifcation o.
the work of that convention. In answer
to these unworthy tactics Of desperate
politicians we Republicans of this State
invite the people to join with US in salut
ing the rising sun of West Virgiuia's pros
perity.
SEE HOW THEY KEEP THIS PROMISE
We ignore all unpleasant and bitter
recollections of our civil strife. and we
cordially invite all good men, regardless
of past differences of political opinion, tC
mite with us in the pending election, and
on the ground floor, in the interests ol
labor. We favor the establishment and
permanent maintenance of Bureau of La
bor Statistics. The duties and powers of tn,
State Mine Inspector should be enlarged
and provision made whereby only skilled
and competent men can be placed in po
sitions whereby they may be in control o
the lives and salty Of others, enforce tn,
certain and frequent payment Of wages
The right of wage workers TO organize fo
the legitimate promotion of their mutua
good, cannot be questioned.
We charge the Democratic Legislature
of 1887 with bad faith and cunning wber
it passed the two weeks pay bill and mad,
no provision for its enforcement, whereas
the passage of the miners bill by tn,
Democratic Legislature of 1887, con
tanning the conspiracy feature, wa
direct blow at organized
labor and was passed with the design and
purpose of overawing those who are con
nee ed Herewith; therefore, be it
Resolred, We pledge our party to repea
so much of chapter 80 of the Acts of 19S'
as refers to the conspiracy, and also pro
vide that the Inspector shall be practica
miner instead of civil engineer, as Ia nov
required by law.
ANYTHING FOR VOTES
We recommend to the Legislature tn
passage of a law to provide a penalty 70
blacklisting a discharged employe. w
favor the election of land appraisers by tn
people at elections just preceding the re
valuation of real estate for the purpose o
preventing land sharks from securing til
appointment of men who make unjus
discriminationg against the yoemanry VIII
who own small farms.
Recognizing the fact that the burdens Q
taxation have been placed upon men o
ordinary means, especially the farmer
whose effects sre visible, we favor the en-
actment and enforcement Of such laws a
will bring to light the millions in th
hands of the bond and stockholders whicl
escape taxation. We denounce the Demo
3 cratic party for it's retention of the official
of the Hospital for the Insane, which ha
been conducted in 30 immoral and inhu
man a manner that resolution offered il
the last Legislature to publish the testi
mony taken in the official inspection wa
voted down on the grounds that it was to
obscene and scandslous for publication.
CRYING DOWN OUR STATE.
We deprecate the policy of the Demo
cratic party, whereby our State has bee
kept in the background, only increasiD
the population 81 per cent, while otbe
States less favorably situated and vastly in
ferior in material and resources have in
J creased at the rate of over two hundre,
per cent rs shown by the Tax Commis
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