The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-06-25
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New York Herald: We notice that
our Republican contemporaries are
decidedly intermittent in their
praise of the administration. 1t is
clear case of political chills and
fever.
Whether their conscientious scru-
pies or their plain common sense
renders continuous praise impossi-
Bile it might be difficult to say.
No man ever went into the Presi-
dency with larger promises than the
present incumbent. He was to con-
duct the country cross lots to pros
perity, SO the leaders of the party
told us. After the manner of that
model reformer, Mr.. Jack Cade, sew
en- haIfpenny loaves were to be sold
for a penny, and the workingman
was to re-enter Paradise, from which
he had been driven by Mr.. Glove
land and the Democracy.
"These promises have unfortun-
ately not yet been paid, but per-
haps Mr.. Harrison's plan was to
make them during his first term
aud to keep them during his second
That is dangerous experiment to
try, for if in the providence of the
American people there should be no
second term his official biography
will make rather dreary reading
and the historical critic may be
forced to admit that this is sort of
mock turtle administration.
''If the signs of the times have
any significance the Republican
party has good reason to bite its
thumb. Mark Tapley, whose ideal
of happiness was to go to a funeral,
would be in the jolliest possible
mood if he could view the situation.
"This theory of protection as at
present advocated is in our political
economy about what wooden god
is to the Central Africans. 1t is u
fetch, superstition and blunder.
That kind of protection which
bleeds the poor man in order to in
crease the girth of the rich man is
sham. The Republicans have made
vigorous efforts to protect the mon
Opolist, but the wage Garner has
been left in the lurch, and when he
wants protection he goes on strike,
.Still, this theory has been of great
value as theme for the stump
speakers oratory. He has boiled
and dubbed and even stopped over
when dilating on its delights. lie
has spread the feathers of his elo-
quent wings over the horny hand
ed laborer, has pummelIed the hated
foreign manufacturer to his hearts
content, has gabbled about home
market and oracularly declared for
bliss and plenty for everybody.
The bliss has not arrived on time
and the plenty is beyond the reach
of telescope. Nevertheless he has
continued to sound these tinkling
cymbaIs, to tickle the ears of all who
would listen, to creep into Office and
to enjoy himself immensely with the
emoluments thereof
"But when the party leaders stand
face to face with the Mckinley bill,
which is simply their theory in con-
crete shape, then their dream chan
ges to nightmare They have con-
jured up more than they can take
= care of, and their chatter as Ham
let's did when he saw his fathers
ghost If they fail to favor it, open,
ly, squarely and in fiat footed fash
ion, their constituencies will taunt
them with not having the courage
of their convictions. If they do
favor it and boldly push it to the
end the poor farmer will have to
put another mortgage on his farm,
and every wage Garner will have to
pay higher price for the necessa-
ries of life.
"Indeed, the administration has
bought a white elephant What
with Quay and Dudley, whose light
originates in political putrescence,
what with negroes on the verge of
discovering that the Republicans
are quite willing to buy their votes,
but not to give them any share in
the government of the country;
what with the latest scandal in con-
nection with the cottage by the sea
pay for past favors or a bride for
favors to come-the administration
must feel that the larger part of it's
y EVANGELICAL character has gone
here the woodbine twineth."
TL.I
-Fhe "Reveille,' staunch Repub-
lican paper of Richie county says:
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