West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-08-31
THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME.
In view Of The peculiar condition

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In view Of The peculiar condition
of West Virginia politics the Repnb-
lican nominations Tor Governors and
Attorney General are the strongest
that could have been made. Golf
and Hubbard are aggressive men
and very competent. Now that the
Ring has ostracised all Democrats
like johnson, Woods, Morrow, John
j. Davis, Harris OF Greenbrier, Will
lis Wilson, &c, &c, there is no one
in this State TO meet either Golf or
Hubbard on the hastings in joint
discussion. The Ring has not sin
gle man who tlares do so. kenna
aud Faulkner dare not. God and
Hubbard understand this better than
we do and will challenge joint dis
cussiou. 1t must he declined and
they will then ridicnle the timidity
and conscious guilt OF our so-called
leaders until the masses teel dis
gust that cannot bc suppressed.
West Virginians admire manly men;
they despise sneak and they hate
shutting aud doublc-dealing. We
are informed that the Republican
managers propose To force the dis
cussion OF State issues. They pro-
pose to distinguish between the Ring
and the body of the party and to
make graphic pictures OF the insin
certify, deception, double-dcalings
and secret plottings of the oligarchy
which is using party organization
to beat down opposition and t0
thwalt the public will. 1t is the
purpose of Golf and Hubbard, as we
are advised, to point out policy
which if pursued by the Legislature
would make West Virginia bloom
and blossom like the rose and then
they will ask whether this policy
will ever be adopted by the Demo
cratic party while under its present
management. A private letter tells
us that prominent Republican is
about to deliver speech which will
be Immediately scattered over the
State. His points are about as fol-
lows:
l. 1t is time TO take thought and
action for State progress. Although
West Virginia is more than a quar-
ter of century old there is no de-
velopment worth speaking Of except
such as is based on the idea that
this State belongs body and soul
to a syndicate of millionaires for
whom the masses must work. There
is a ramifed combination to run
the fruits of all individual enter
prise through a funnel at the nozzle
of which funnel stands this syndi
cate to levy a toll as high as the
tariff will bear. Thus, for example,
oil producers have but single pur-
chaser and any industry dependent
on railroad transportation is impos
sible on an extended scale unless
the friendship of one or the other
five railroad managers be secured.
,. While protesting to be in ia
vor of the Interstate commerce bill
yet not one of the Ring lifted hand
to pass such law at our last Leg
islature; on the contrary they did
whatever was necessary to defeat it.
The Democratic party has number
of men of the best ability who have
never lost an opportunity to promote
legislation which the people want
and which would make this State
prosperous, but these men without
exception are prescribed by the
Ring, and they are prescribed be-
cause unwilling to betray the people
who trust them. The speaker will
show by the record that the only
Democrats in the State who have
made sincere efforts TO procure such
legislation as the people want are
now ruled out and excluded from
any voice in their party.
We cannot spare space ut pres
ent for the balance of this speech.
We have a letter from q very in