Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-04-23
4 Coming Campaign.

that .on Roswell p. Flower, chairman o.
! the Democratic Congressional Committee
Senator German of the National Commit
tee Hon VIM l.. Wilson, chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Democratic
Club Association and other party leader
have been comforting with regard to the
early opening of the Congressional canvass
and it has been practically determined that
no time shall b. wasted and that immediate
preparation shall be made for vigorous
mpaign. Especial interest is felt in Wes'
Virginia. and energetic work will doubtless
be done in this State. Mr.. Wilson says o
the coming canvass:
CAS- to the Democratic League OF Clubs !
can only say this much. a meeting of The
full Committee, it comprises over 200 mem
Ders, will soon be caled NJ Washington
probably, and it is presumed they will cali
convention OF the clubs, such as was helu
in Baltimore in 1888. In the meantime th,
State organizations are no, idle. New clubs
are being formed, and by the time the cam
paign opens, which will be earlier in s0m
states than in Others, the organization Wi
be extended aud will do efficient service.
Speaking of the Mckinley bill Mr.. vii
son said:
"Why, it ought to have its title changed
1t should be called bill to bambooze the
farmer, pay off the Republican debts OF th'
last campaign, and provide for the expense
! of the next. Ii has no underlying primer
pie. Ii proposes duty OF 10 per cent. on
/ hides TO hoodwink the farmer, who will no
get the benefit of it; so far it will alleges L
protect the agrcuIturist. Yet it cuts tn
! duty on sugar, which is blow at the plan
ter. One would imagine that If the Repub
/ iican party really desired to protect an,
farm laborer, it would certainly take care oi
the poor negro 1t is the negro who makes
! the sugar crop in Louisiana. When II Is -
question of protecting him in his right OF
suffrage. which they claim is abridged, th'
land rings with their appeals in his behalf
But he has no place in Republican tarli
| bill. made to catch votes, or to SOW the seed
of campaign corruption fund. They ex-
pect to gain no political advantage in Lou
| isiana. and care nothing for the negro vote,
| in that locality They must make show
/ of reduction. so they cut sugar As an interest
out of which no fat can be fried for the cor
ruption fund. have read >nrakrr Reed
speech. and noted that he SAID that the Re
publican party would pass a tariff bill whicl
would be satisfactory to the people. Mr.
Reed speaks in the very teeth of history
| No pro ective party has ever passed salts
factory tariff bill. and none will or can
Every protective tariff bill pa sed has been
followed Immediately by agitation for it.
repeal. Protection is like the drinking
habit. the more you take of it the more you
want. and the less able you are 10 bear II.
until finally a collapse must come. sat
isfactorv protective tariff is an impossible
ity The people at large are never setifed
with it; all the protected interests do moi
get an equal share. and even those which
get the lions share want more. The fact J.
he only tariff that ever satisfied the people
was the Democratic.
Mr.. Wilson says he finds among the young
men of the country an increasing interest IN
the Democracy OF Jefferson, and that th'
party ranks are being steadily recruited
from young voters that scores of clubs arr
being formed bearing the name of Jefferson
He cites amorg broken pledges of the Re.
publican party the promise to reduce post
age to one cent. but Wanamaker has r.
ported against it. Instead of reduction
postage on certain classes of periodical lii
erature is to be increased. Ocean sub-idie
are to be charged to increased cost of carr.
ing the mails
A service pension bill was promised or
the stump, but Mr.. Wilson says the domi.
nant party dare not redeem this pledge
that they will pass a limited bill, but no.
what they promised, and will pay it out o
the revenues which they formerly declared
should be sacred to the sinking fund. Ever
the sacredness of that fund which the Re-
publcans held should be kept nviolate t.
redeem the nations pledges Is invalid, a.
for this year, and perhaps years to come, the
party in power proposes to pay nothing Il
the credit of that fund. Mr.. Wilson expo~.
G the hypocrisy of the administrations civil
service reform pretentions. Besides the re-
moval of thirty-fve thousand postmaster
solely for partisan reasons, even chore- womer
and negro messengers and laborers in the de
partments have been removed because Re
publican Congressman wanted the places for
strikers. Mr.. Wilson believes the Repui
licans will pass partisan election laws. He
says some Republicans may hesitate, but
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