The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-11-26
The Democratic triumph.

, natural that Democrats should, for
the time being, devote days and
nights to joyful celebration Of tile
great victory which they won at the
polls on the 4th Of November, yet
they will do well to concentrate
their minds as soon as possible TO
the lessons of this year event. As
practical minded men they should
study carefully the facts which the
National Democrat presents to them
in its complete expositions of the
results of the great contest. . !
How and why We have triumphed
so gIoriously should be clearly un-
derstood by every Democrat Our
prospectsof securing the Presidency
and the Senate in the contest Of
1892 will be increased by accurately
informing ourselves just What We
have already accomplished, how we
have accomplished it, and what IN
strumentaIities have proved most
potent in producing the great change
of public opinion which is now SO
strikingly apparent throughout the
country. .'. 20 '''tFs' =
At the outset the situation reveals
remarkable proof of the power Of
the press and of the vast advantage
which the Democratic party eiij6ys
rover the enemies of the public wei
fare in this respect. Thirty FIVE
hundred weekly newspapers adj
dressing each week more than 25,;
600, 900 Of the American ponpie have
for two years and half laid beiofo
them constantly and with over
whelming power the truth about
the tariff Add TO this tremendous
engine of popular enlightenmeiit
our daily newspapers whose total
issues amount To more than 10000
900 of copies a week and We are
made aware that never Since. the
world began did any popular cause
have such a mass of printed Inform
alton aud argument to, sustain it.
We believe that It can be shown
that two-thirds OF the mon aud
women in this country who read at
all haze had tariff reform Literature
spread before them every week DUR.
ing the past two years. 1--WE are
certain that taking the press of the
country as aawhole two4thirds. of it,
is on our side. This is an enormous
rn dt ae 4es
The great preponderance ofnews-.
papers on the Democratic side, and
the greatly increased power of the
Democratic press which has been
developed since tariff reform became |
the great political issue, should be
along with anotherlm mo
mentous political fact to which the
National Democrat is always glad to-
draw the attention of It's readeps.
Take out of our twelve millions OF
the blacks, who if left to
themselves would relapse into bar
barism in d few decades, andlthere
is majority OF more than a million
of American citizens on ouP sidssl
Will any one suppose for moment
that if the public opinion of the
were really IN favor Of
tariff policy prehibitory Of trade
two-thirds of the editorial pages OF
the newspapers of the country would |
be opposed to it? Newspapers are re
conducted for the purpose.
of making money-they cannot ex-
list very long unless they are sup
ported by their readers, and they
must be conducted so as to constant.
ly add to the number of their read
Ors. Tho attitude of the press of
the country is q sure indication. that
the Democratic ideas are bound to
prevail in every department OF its
government and in every feature of
governmental policy.
The influence of the press of the
country sustaining the Democratic
leadership of the past DECADE has
done much to make possible the great
influx Of Northern young men of
Republican parentage into the Dem
ocratic party, which is annother
important fact made fully apparent
by the elections that have Just oc-
CURED. In some of the older States
nearly oil Of the young men ofabili-
ty and sterling character are COM
ing to us. This has been going. on
for years in Massachusetts to such
an extent that the organized work
of the party has fallen almost en-
tifely into their. hands, Every,
bright young man sces that theo only
chance for an honorable and repHta.
BILE public eareer is to become al
Democrat. The Republican party