The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-06-18
A True blue Democrat.

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The farmers of the country,
harassed by the tariff, pIundered by
the trusts, denied an outlet for their
produce by vicious laws of every
kind, like Samson in his blindness
are laying their hands upon the
very pillars of the temple.
When Senators urge upon
the people the wisdom of establish
ing warehouse for silver, and
issuing legal tender notes upon the
deposit of silver bullion, farmers are
unable to see why this is good
thing for the silver miners that IL
would not be good thing for the
Government TO establish an agri-
cultural warehouse for their pro-
ducts and issue notes to the extent
of so per cent. of these products.
This is logical position. What
is ssauee for the goose is clearly
sauce for the gander, but it is
bad sauce either way. According
to the Democratic theory of govern
ment, it has no power, no patronage,
no money that is not taken from
the people, and the only safety to
the people is in confiding it striotly
to governmental functions, and sep
arating it from the money market
and every other market of the coun-
try.
1t is only natural when the far
mers see the benefeiaries of the
Government subsidies, bonuses and
special privileges growing rich and
growing reckless in their riches,
they should seek to have the same
legislation extended to them in their
affairs. This is one remedy, but it
is not the proper remedy. The
wise and safe mothod is not to con-
time this wrong doing, but to undo
the evil of the past; not to attempt
to right an injury by committing
another, but by repeating the first.
A letter was addressed by the
Farmers Alliance, of Milan county,
Texas, asking Mr.. Roger Q. Mills
to support their plan for a govern
ment warehouse. Mr.. Mills in his
response stated: "The only way in
which the farmers can be helped is
by the success of tariff reform for
which Cleveland fought and fell, "
and in closing he says:
81 am too old to change the con-
victions of lifetime. / am Dem
ocrat because l believe the great
sum of woes which humanity suf-
fers comes from disregard of Dem
ocratic principles. l can afford to
retire to private life, but L cannot
afford to share the guilt of partici-
pating in an act that will bring dis
tress and suffering to millions of my
fellow citizens"
This is manly utterance: The
principles of the Democratic party
are those of non-interEerence by the
Government with the affairs of the
people. They were expressed by
Mr.. Cleveland in his message in
which he declared that "the Govern
ment should be supported, not the
people by the Government"
There is great gulf fixed be-
tween the doctrines of the theorists,
mischiefmakers, public plunderers
and pension shriekers. Wherever
there is government, there is vii
iainy, an evil essential at certain
times under certain circumstances,
but one that should be limited to
the very narrowest lines consistent
with the preservation of society.
The oil interests of the State seem
to be confined, just now, almost en-
tirely to the Pleasant county field.
Marion county wells are producing
to some extent, but there is no long
er any excitement in that region
Thousands upon thousands of acres
of land have been leased in various
sections of the State, and wells are
going down in many counties, but
all of the rest of the State is but a
drop in the bucket, when compared
with the present productiveness of
the Eureka and Belmont fields.-
But just wait until our field is de-
veloped, and Eureka will be forgot
ten.-Moundsuille Sun.
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