Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-15

JNO. THUS. NlbcUNt
LEE H. MOLER.
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The cry Of returning Republican Con-
gressmeu eve have spent the surplus, and
increased taxation now send Us back again
The tariff has been revised by its friends, -
aud million lead-pencils are now busy in
marking up the prices Of the peoples every
day necessaries.
In making a speech in the United States
Senate man like John G.. Carlisle neces-
sarily scatters pearls where shelled cora
would do equally as we'll
Chauucey Depew, in his brilliant intro
duction of Mr.. Cleveland at dinner last
week, turned away his chances for Repub-
hcan nomination for the Presidency.
A tree one hundred and twenty-nine feet
in circumference four feet from the ground,
has been discovered in Fresno county, Cal
ifornia-so reported. A big tree or big
lie. Which?
The increase in the prices Of goods as the
result of the tariff bin suggests the idea that
female shoppers viii give practical turn to
their indignation by influencing votes
against the high tariG party.
The colored people cast about eight-tenths
of the Republican vote of Jefferson. But
they are ignored every time when 1t comes
to make up a ticket to put in the field. They
are "hewers of wood and drawers o! wa
ter truly.
The Democrat that scratches his ticket
this Fall may be able to do so without the
knowledge Of anybody, but his own con-
science will condemn him-aud if he does
not go out and hang himself he will feel
like doing so.
Fifcen-dollar silver uttles for arlstocrat-
ic babies are now in the market The Car
negies and other rich and protected manu-
facturers can afford them-the masses pay
ing for them under the order of q so-ealled
paternal government
Mr.. A. II. Malone, Of the Charleston
STR, has been appointed a commissioner Of
Indian affairs. We rather reckon he pre-
fers scalping by the Indians than the hair
pulling he has recently received at the hands
of the editor of the Go.cfie
Fud McGinuiss thought about five thous-
and Of the North Carolina negroes could be
accommodated IN his district the thirdl.-
Don't the dear people in that section, ire
spective Of paaty, wish Fud was a candi-
date again So they could indorse this pro-
iect by their votes
Candidate Hartman i, carrying water on
both shoulders lie expects the farmers to
vote for him because he is farmer and the
protected manufacturers and monopolists to
support him with their money and iudu-
ence because he is q high-tariF Republican.
The interests of the two classes are some
what divergent, and it is hardly probable
that they win unite upon one candidate.
The Republicans have saddled the couu-
try with their ubiquitous tariff and it must
of necessity be some time before a Demo
cratic Senate can be obtained To- relieve the
country, even though the House shall be
Democratic heuceforth. Il Is Of the ut
most Importance that everything be done to
hasten that time Hence, not a seat must
be lost in our legislature. State Senators
elected this year viii vote for a United
States Senator in 1898.
Do the Republicans of West Virginia
we mean the honest, patriotic Republicans
think the party advantage to result from
the scheme of negro colonization proposed
by their party leaders would compensate
them for the Injury to the prosperity and
progress Of the State that would follow such
an addition to our population? Viii they
indorse by their votes the party organiza-
ton and the men who propose 20 iuhict
such curse upon the State?
The plot by the Republican party TO AZ
ricauize West Virginia aud dispIacc honest,
white laborers by coloniziug Southern Me-
groes in their midst, simply for the purpose
of increasing the Republican vote and with
out regard 20 the displaced or the imported,
is an outrageous conception that deserves
condigu condemnation White Democrats
and white Republicans, and our colored
population, too, ought to rise in their might
and put down such a uefarious scheme
The course Of the majority in Congress
throughout the session just ended has shown
that the Republicans regard the contest now
being waged between the two great parties
as a hfe-and-dea,h struggle. II they fail
at the coming elections they must fail if
Democrats DO their duty-the days of the
z. O. p. are numbered If they succeed they
will put In operation the machinery they
have devised to thvart the viii Of the peo-
pie and so perfect their arrangements for
perpetuating their control of the govern
ment that little less than a revolution will
be sufficient to overthrow them. They will
leave nothing undone 20 win this fight and
we ought to be equally alert and energetic.