The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-11-19
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They passed the Mckinley bill just
in time.
If they had had the reckless au-
dacity to pass the Force bill also
they would probably have been en-
tirely wiped out in this election.
In the political history Of this
country no party ever received a
greater rebuke at the polls. 5se's
The people never before so fully
vindicated their claim to practical
common sense or their ability to
pass Judgment on the greatest num-
Der. is 'sies III -, Rst 's -aH
Thirty-nine States expressed an
opinion, and their vote is a thunder
GUS protest against Mckinley prices
for the necessaries OF life, against
starvation wages for the laboring
classes. -
When the Fifty-firsts Congress
convened it was composed of one
hundred and sixty-one Democrats
and one hundred and sixty nine Re-
publicans. sps1i ga.os sas
This majority of eight was after
ward increased to twenty -four by
the trick and device of unseating
Democrats in closely contested dis
tricts. llfir sig ae ca Ia5aa f
The patent fact that aman was
honestly elected counted for nothing.
Without ceremony. or decent re-
gard for evidence, lie was summariiy
ousted and his place given to- a
claimant whose vote would be serv-
iceable in u pinch. 4tfa l,.a iit y.as
The surplus quickly vanished into
thin air. Frye, of Maine, promised
that if his party got whack at it
nothing would DO left but u hole in
the ground The promise has been
faithfully kept, the only promise by
the way, which the party has not
broken. b.. hi.
But Congress reached the climax
of effrontery when it passed the in
famous Mckinley bill. 1t bears
cruelty and oppressively on a hard
working, thrifty and industrious
nation. 1t is impossible for the poor
man to live under it. He is unable
to purchase medicine for, his sick
children, must submit to be taxed
for the window glass through which
the sun shines into his lowly dwell
ing and for the coffin in which his
dear ones are buried.
Bending under their burdens, the
people went to the polls and with
multitudinous tongue protested
against high taxes and sustained the
tariff reform policy of the last Dem
cratic administration.
As consequence the Fifty second
Congress will have a Democratic
of about one hundred and
ifty-one.
Mckinley himself has been repu-
dated. AS DR.. Guillotine, accord
ing to popular tradition, suffered
death by tho instrument which he
invented, SO Mckinley is one OF the
first victims of the oppressive meas,
ure which bears his name. 1t is
another instance of the irony of fate
and that of retribution which in
heres in the very nature of great
wrong.
But the most imposing spectacle
is presented by Pennsylvania. The
Democratic victory in that State is
the impressive event of the canvass,
and the result is as startling as an
unexpected bugle blast.
Delamater is the wealthy repre-
sentative of interests which have
reaped enormous profits from the
protective policy. They fried out
generously to put the Mckinley bill
through Congress and scattered
greenbacks freely to carry the cleo
ton. Not stone was left unturned
to insure success.
But the people refused to be ruled
by bosses. No eloqnence could per-
shade, no promises or threats could
deceive them. They know by
practical experience in the pur.
chase of food and clothing that the
tariff tax comes from the pocket of
the wage Garner. They want the,
chance to earn an honest living
steady work and -fair-wages. The
protective' policy 'Ihas had sase fair
trial, and has brought them to the
verge of starvation. Citizens of a
commonwealth whose natural re-.
sources are inexhaustibIs, conscious
that their labor is the source of
boundless riches, they find them
selves ground down by oppressive
laws, living in present in which
they may have none at all. 's3a
They went to the polls and said
their saw. II was n yfrorous. yir;ta