Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-24
1n.ultInC 10 pubIIc InteIIIgenee.

To the Editor OF the Register.
Sui:-Readers OF the public press have
i'm the last few years felt dumbfounded
M the audacity OF the Republican press
throughout the country, led by their
hell wether. the New York Tribune, in
the shout that the Mckinley tariff bill
does not raise the price of anything.
/ copy herewith the notice published
upon the title page Of the catalogue OF
the largest importing house in the
United StateS-a notice similar to those
served by all such houses in the coun-
try.
The following is the text Of this one:
'434 EDITION FALL AND WINTER lS9l-9l.
CATALOGUE NO. IS.
''MontgomerB Ward IL Co., III, ne, 49,,
ia. rs Gnd if6 Michigan Areluc,
Chicago, III.
The original wholesale supply house.
Note tariff changes.
"All prices quoted in this catalogue
are subject TO change and advance with
out notice. II the tariff bill now before
Congress becomes law very large
number of articles sold by US will be adj
vanced in price from 10 to 80 per cent,
and we shall be compelled to fill orders
ut the advanced price without notice,
unless otherwise instructed.
AT this date, September 9th, the bill
/ is being considered by the Senate ana
we sincerely hope it will not pass, as IL
will mean a large addition TO the eX-
penses Of the producing classes. D."
This catalogue contains 552 pages,
- goods =
thing that enters into general family
and public consumption. THIS cata-
logue, as is well known, is almost SINH
lar TO such catalogues as issued by all
dealers in large way.
Why then insult peoples intelligence
bv irving to buster and swagger such
stubborn facts down?
I append an extract from speech oil
I Daniel Webster in connection with a
proposition similar TO that engineered
I nv the ..big headed, big bodied" Tom
Reed. and so ardently supported by the
Iclacquers following the bell-wether be-
fore mentioned.
"Important as l deem it to. discuss on
all proper occasions the policy OF the
measures at present pursued, 1t Is stu
more important to maintain the right OF
such discussion. Sentiments lately
snrupp ND and now growing faShiona-
bic make it necessary to be explicit on
these points. The more l perceive Il
disposition to check the inquiry OF Tree
dom bv extravagant and unconstltu-
tional pretenceS, the tirmer shan De the
tone i'm which assert and the ireer the
manner i'm which exercise it,
1t is the ancient and undouoted pre-
rogative Of this people to canvass pup
lie measures and the merits OF pu0hc
men. II iSa ''home-bred right, hre-
side privilege 1t has ever been en-
loved in every house, cabin and cottage
i'm the nation. 1t is not to be drawn
into controversy. 1t is rs undouoted
as breathing the air or walking on the
earth. Belonging to private lie as II
right, il belongs to public life as duty
and il is the last duty which those,
whose representative l am, shall ma
me TO abandon.
aiming. at all times, to be courteous
and temperate in its use, except wheh
the right itself shall be questioned, l
shall place myself on the extreme
boundary of my right, and bid defiance
10 any one that would move me from my
rround. This high constitutional priv
ilege shall defend and exercise within
this house, and without this house. and
IN AN places, in time of peace and at all
times. Living. l shall assert it; and
should l leave no other INHERITANCE to
nv children. by the blessing OF GOD, l
will leave them the inheritance OF free
principles and the example of a manly
independent and constitutional defense
Of them" ~
Wcfzel ColnltL October 20.