Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-20
ELECTIONS
And the Lessons Drawn
from Them.
grgD WEST YIRGINIANS
ni..u,s the Causes Of Demo
cratic Victory.
gs HOSTS OF TARIFF Reform
l Under the influence Of tne
r rof Eigauon--Aivice TO West
Vr1a Dsmo,raS--Congressman
Wilson Pnd.eon and jack
sons Views.

rr Rr5srss recently addressed re-
-..,. ,o prominent West Virginia Demo
,.. .- tbsr views concerning the results
t,.. ,csa. elections, and the causes to
,i.l thrss results arc % be attributed
rom three Of the West Virginia
Congressional delegation are published be-
aT
CrisrEsrowN, ~. Va, November 10.
..e 10.
se You ask my opinion 80 70 the
ns,aiaeof the recent elections Ny answer
st.st they neon 81 steady sayitatiou Of
bs cunIy to tbe Democratic party on the
,,as,.s +. now stands io,. and quick con-
,bsticn TO the corsd.ae fund from
cos.asds who eers last year deluded into
,.,r. for General Harrison. The claim
..t.ech results invariably follow Presi-
f.-o.i election is oysrthrown by the con-
-r, s1ssrelcs OF the Democratic party
,, f,.-. ror ei.l 10 do 20 attribute every
nr,wb.I causes. do not question
s,-aesa, ~ CERTAIN points. bat ] am
.t--.s tvs.st Sir. Samuel Weller would
Gal .i-- a11deriol coincidence that To-
"a. russ every where fought on
ls Democratic side, end that
.er have done so. not only
10 t1s recent Sats elections, haJ In prior
a11cpaI elections ia Newark, NeF Jer-
17. dian tp0us. Iodlsua, Srsatsr, l'u-
ra. NorucD, Connecticut, and may other
places
rauting then as mncl AZ may be justly
l1s t0 local mutations. there must have
baen some general Causr every here At
work 10 account for our general success,
and feel justified 10 saying that the con-
mon string on which all tbese victories
have bsen s,rur is the advancing line o.
TarG reform. The party platforms 10
Massachusetts,. New York, ONO aud lo"s,
were clear. sggre-sive and unmisiaSao.e
ON tnis great issue. To- Massachn-etis
Sir. Ru..sil. ,sh0 was only defeated by -
cosiuon between the Republican machine
and the Boston saloon keepers, made his
canvas. AS ns hi- heretofore done, CHIEFLY on
that issue.
TEE. FARMERS AROUSED.
An examination of the returns shows
hat while we have held aId even incress
IA the gains made lastyea ia the manu
sctuuug centres, the advance guard OF
The great iarmers' movement, for Wnicn
We SO clnhdectly, but az it proved
v,iolv. looked M l-,5. bss at length
reached the Democratic camp, aud that n
rs but press The c3nies- with unH igg'ng
D7rpess We shall be taadiiy strengthened
i, r,- great host the debates OF the last
canvass opened the gyc7 Df the working.
man. showed him how false and shallow
i-ttec.mn that his wages are upheld by
ah..b tsrH aud convinced him that ex-
isus. lxiu0a not only throws on h,m an
ua.1-t share of public bnr1ens, but mar
ioss t.a fsld of his employment, makes
mm more and m0re dependent upon cap
i.a s11. hv its centrsH4AtiOn OF wealth
INTO lew nauls, closes tlg road of adj
valoeueut and %. persona. Independence 10
his children
The farmer eis. and West, Ia fest learn
i1g thst hs too ply- more than his just
share OF public taxes, and IN addition
thereto rs he.3 in BONDAGE by the mouopo-
lies that lodge 1 the tariff. and through
their uewalg.ed invention, the trust.
yearly gather into their Golfers the chief
profits o, his toll, and The main fruits of
ms industry and self denial lie is learn
iug that ia promising home market pro
.sctiOn has been feeding him with an
empty spoon, for the very States where
such a market ought 20 exist to-day. rich
iu its profits as the dreams of avarice are
making a census of their abandoned farms
and appointing commissioner TO urge for
ecn occupsnts 90 take up the struggle for
existence upon them, that their recent own
ers aavs given up 10 despair.
IN THE GREAT WEST.
Norris the New EoglAud farmer, living
within .ght Of the CREST mills and fac,o-
uss alone In distress The wheat growsrs
ottls great 3li--issippi Valley. with their
deep and easily titled coil, have Just met
in convention u ST. aouis and unani-
uoos.y -,soyej, that their business Is uu-
p,onAb.s Chat 10 spite OF harder work
end more pnching economy than other
classes. they srs yearly growing poorer;
are yearly ErNrg more deeply ia debt;
--a a-s ccuQ,lsd 10 see their children
E'oF ap ll Ignorance aud their wives hur-
hei oy oa aui drudgsry into premature
srayes
llH' sta l widespread agricul-
NJ. -.'-'s' e-a .le cry OF exhaustion
'l'. H'-s nu some Of our mau-
ministries, the exhibit made
u Oh i1'nls o.. Sbearman in the last
.ie tr.. of The Owners Of the
-..7i States ' Wthoat attempting
'e ,nil pirra. Disc. be mentions sew
@ -.-s.. whose average wealth reaches
I-''y million dollars each, and
elsfhie pos essions range all the
.a inenty 70 90 one hundred and
Hnls. he shows that two hundred
tlHussnd persons practically own
''' entire country. aod the residue Of toe
A' .pls OF people are becoming m0ge
,.arl' on them for employment. A
'',e p. progress iu The accumulation OF
''l INTO .ew hauds. snd in thirty wears
e country withits prospective populatioo
'lt hlndfed and thirty milliOns, will be
oN-sd of ht.y thousand persons The
i-. can no iorg-r De concealed
'A ile people that many Of
'le'e ''riuces are hespsd up through the
--' .fbnt- levied hy the rich upon the
t'' oi tnst scheme Of taxation that We
presently caii a p elective anG There
'.7 l' snca monster fortunes anywhere
1 -l 700 world, and while this Derlons
--'--'osof oar wealth 10 goiog on. the
English Chancellor of the Exchtoper W
D''eaen aaa reported a steady increase in
zoe number Of moderate incomes In Eo-
comes.
NOT AN EccENrRlC OCCURRENCE.
Aor toes the late election show Itself Az
'n reantuc occurrence. All our recent
-teenoctr shows tlss wheaeyor the Am
e'''o re s.e, by any lapse of iudgsmep,
'' '-.sr m-,sLance. take the Re5ubieap
-f', ON their hack, they begin almost IN
'- ifaouc eaor. &c shake OF the calling
& That party swept the c,uatry in
ahf tetlet down 70 its perma-
1.l. conroi, bat in two wears grest
A "eV' saep. them on, Of power
esrf f1e psopie could reach them
'S' n in l77l the party received supremacy
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