The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-26
A CRUsHER
10 the Advocates
of High Taxes!


Administered 10 flle Advocates
of High Taxes!
An Interesting Interview With
hEr. Ely Ensign.
Huntington Advertiser
Mr.. Ely Ensign, Treasurer and
General manager of the Ensign man
ufacturing Company, returned last
Monday from a two months visit to
New York, Connecticut and Yir-
ginia. He looks much improved
in health and is very confident of
a Democratic clean sweep this fall
Knowing that his business and
personal relations to those who are
managing the Democratic canvass
gave him exceptional advantages
III getting into the true inwardness
eff the political situation, and that
the conclusions formed from his
own observation of the tri-Statc
battle field would be especially val
liable at this time, u representative
of the Advertiser called upon him
to tell what he knew of things po-
litical to the public, and to get his
views of the tariff question.
Mr.. Ensign said the reporter,
"what do you think of Democratic
chances in the four pseudo doubt
full States-New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut and Indiana2"
NOT CHANCES But cERTAINTIEs.
aOf Democratic certainties, rath-
Ell" he replied. @The managers of
the campaign say that they never
felt greater confidence of victory
in any previous election. They
have every evidence that the drift
of public sentiment in those four
States is steadily in favor of the
Democratic party, and my own OBJ
servations in three of them
LEAD TO THE SAME CONCLUSION.
Indeed, the managers of the cam
paign do not regard those States as
doubtful at all, but consider Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and III
inois as uncertain quantities. and
good ground-very good ground
for missionary work. They have
faith that the seed they are sowing
there will bring forth good fruit.
and they have excellent reason for
the faith that is in Them
Is there any foundation in fact
for the reported disagreement in
the National and Campaign Com
mittees, and dissatisfaction with the
leadership of Colonel Brice?"
"None whatever. know that
perfect harmony prevails in the
committees, and that the course of
Colonel Brice is
FULLY APPROVED AND ENDORSED
by all his associates. These stories
are invented by the enemy, who
hope rather than believe that they
may be true. I think it is Re
publican confession of poverty of
expcdient that these fairy tales are
enthusiastically circulated. Colonel
Brice / regard as one of the ablest
and most efficient men ever placed
at the head of the Democratic Cam
paign Committee. Senator Bar
NUNS faithful and successful labors
in past campaigns in behalf of the
Democratic party are fully equalled
by the untiring energy with which
he is striving to make the assured
Democratic victory this year over
whelming.'
"What are your views in regard
to the tariff tax, and the result to
manufactures of a reduction of
custom duties2" was asked
al endorse the position of my
party upon that question. The
time has come, in my Judgment,
when the people have right to
demand relief from the great bur-
dens which they have borne so
long, and this relief must be given
by
REDUCING THE TARIFF TAX.
and by correcting the gross errors
and inequalities which even Repub-
licans have always acknowledged
until the beginning of this campaign.
1t will be long time. 1 think be-
fore the American people will give
their consent to the scheme of reduc-
ton proposed by the Republican
party. 10 make whisky and tobac-
co free and maintain the taxes on
the necessaries of life would be to
discredit the intelligence of the
American voter and the wisdom of
the American statesman. There
has boon great and continued eff
fort to confuse the public mind up
on this subject by the
FALSE CRY OF 'sFREE TRADE. y
There is no free trade party in this
country, no party hostile to manu-
features. In every one of the off
cial utterances of the Democratic
party touching this question there
has always been an explicit dis
elaimer of the doctrine of free trade,
and declaration that vested inter
ests must not be destroyed by sud
den great changes. The reduction
proposed by the Democratic party
can be accomplished without injury
D. a /