The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09
Upnnd af,Em.

Maineto Florida and from sea to
sea- Democrats are not discouraged
By the result of the late Presidential
elections but on the contrary are
more determined than ever before to
continue the battle for free and pure
government, and the rights of the
people in their contest against mon
o,Doly, fraud and corruption. The
battle cryof tariff reform and reduc-
ton of taxes is still on and will con-
tlnue with redoubled energy until
glorious triumph is reached in 1892
The late election was not lost to the
Democracy, because the people will
ed it so at the ballot box, for they
approved the Democratic creed by
at least one hundred thousand ma
Jority of the popular vote nOtwItts-
standing the greatest and most au-
daeious efforts on the part of the Re-
publican party ever seen In this or
perhaps any other country to thwart
the will OF the people by prostituting
and debauching the ballot by mis-
representations, chicanery and mon
ey, more accursed than the thirty
pieces of silver used to betray our
Lord and Master.
But ike a dire pestiIenee that
sweeps over a country or locality to-
day, in the end it serves the good
purpose of making the people more
xatchful in the future. Quay and
Dudley, and thousands of others of
their iIIS and kin have now played
their hands; and the fact that they
have done so, and with effect, only
serves to make it the more difficult
for them to do it again. Democrats,
US well as the better part of the Re
pubIicnn party, are notonly disgust
ed with their dirty and disreputable
schemes and work, and loathe and
desp5sr them in their hearts, but are
now and henceforth up and at them
until their wicked and corrupt ways
and acts are wiped from the escutch-
con of free Democratic and pure gov
eminent, and the actors safely con-
fined in felons' cells.
Is it not encouraging to know that
notwithstanding all the vicious and
corrupt methods and means made
use of by willy and INSCRIPTIONS Re
Publicans to corrupt the ballot box
and thwart the will of the people,
majority OF the honest and incor-
Fuptible voters of the country ap-
proved Democratic principles aud
tariff reform? And are we not war
rante,l in saying now, that thesmoke
of battle has cleared away, that but
for the ncfariOus and corrupt prac-
t5ces of the more INSCRIPTIONS Re
pubIicans, the popular Democratic
majority would have been twice as
much and Grover Cleveland would
have been triumphantIy elected
President. Nay, we feel safe in say
ing further that had the canvass
been q few months longer than it
was, 50 that the mere rBrd orcoan-
try voters and farmers could have
been reached and aroused on the
great questions at issue, the Demee-
r1cy wozld surely have triumphed
at the polls. notwithstanding all the
corrupt means used by the Republi-
can leaders and their cohorts. What,
then, does all this teach us but in
the language of our text, sup and at
them
The workingm men have stood nobly
by the banner of Democracy, as is
cleary shown by the election returns
from the manufacturing districts.
Our defeat, so far as it was the fault
of the Democracy, was owing to the
want of organization in the agr5eul-
tural districts of the country. We
are glad TO see that it is determined
to remedy this defect for the future
by organizing working Democratic
clubs in every county in the United
States. at the earliest practicable
moment SO as to have them all in
good working order for the elections
to. take place TIVE yt ars hence. The
people are right, and Democratic to
the core. ALI they want to insure
success is thorough organization
Tariff reform and reduction OF taxa
ton is our battle cry With 1t we
can and will win as surely as God
relgns.
The Democracy must rely on the
goodness of it's cause, which must
and can win by fair elections and
honest counts. We must not only
AbOr for and demand fair elections
and honest counts, but to secure this
aid We azst see to it that all corrup-
tors, of a fair ballot are made to wear
&, r-i1,ad iactxets II. 8. tolon's call Let