Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-09
cRAwFIsHING AGAIN.

The other day the REGIsTER quoted
and commented upon confession that
the principles of the Republican party
carried TO their ultimate conclusion
meant tho abolition Of the State and To-
cal self government, the following para
graph from am editorial in the hteui-
gcucar.
The comment Of am exchange that there
Will be- still less of the ola doctrine u
Speaker Reeds suggestions are accepted.
iu another direction. and all state control
of Congressional elections taken away
the right % do which il VIII De observed,
IS not disputed-is 90 the point The time IS
coming when State lines viii only figure on
the map as political boundaries. and the
logical result OF the movement that mas
been going on for a century VIII be that
every citizen viii recognize the Republic
as one country and one Nation with su-
preme jurisdiction over all its component
parts.
n this is not confession that the
tendency Of the Republican party, II
not its direct aim, is 20 abolish the
State and centre an governmental con-
troll ia the hands of the majority party
i'm Congress. we should Ike 10 know
what 10 u.s.
The Intelligence recognises the fact
that 90 has let the eat out Of the bag
and now attempts torcpair the bunder.
But it only makes 60 worse. IL says:
Home rule and local seltgoverument are
not 90 bee intcrfercd with boz the carrying
out of the doctrine that this Nation is a
country. one and ndivisi0Ie, which guar
autees 10 every citizen bis civil rights as
prescribed by the National Constitution
Greater freedom and wider government
difuscd among the people Is the only aim
M the rights of an American ciulen are IN
terfercd with by a foreign power, TINS Gov
crnmeut is looked upon 90 protect him' II
he +, deprived of his vote in Mississippi, or
shot down by night riders in south Caro-
lima. the cry that States Rights and 10
raI eelEeovcrnment" is being interfered
with is immediately raised IL Congress
takes measures 20 insure him the enjoyment
OF his constitutional privileges. IL would
be strange If the Government had not the
same power 90 protect its frcemeu al home
that 10 has Co protect them abroad
Here is "a direct, though unconscious
acknowledgement or the truth Of the
point which the REcIsrEE makes. The
general government. says the htclli-
Gcnccr has the same power To protect a
citizen at home that 10 has 10 protect him
abroad In other words, the IntetigcR-
GER claims for the general government
the power over the citizens az home
which the States now have. What does
this mean IL not the transfer OF this
power from the State 90 the national
governments Aud what would the pur-
suauce of that policy mean but the
ultimate abolition OF the state and of
local self government?
The ntcUm0ocr secs the error il has
made by It's former frank acknowledge
meut OF what the policy Of its party
would lead 70. but only emphasizes the
bunder and makes 10 worse by trying
To- explain it away.
II tine Republican party is not par
IS OF Capitalization 10 is nothing, for 10
has mo- other distinctive principle. As
under that party's tariff policy all the
wealth OF the country has practically.
been centred in the hands Of 100000
people. So IL proposes 90 centre all the
power Goa the hands of a few men at
Washington. and take it away from the
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