Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-03
WHEELING DAILY REGISTER, SATURDAY, MAY B. 1890.

must be overcome by the practical
teachings of an educational campaign.
1--we should not fear TO carry the edu-
cational campaign TO its fullest extent.
! Democracy has every thing 10 gain.
When truth and error are held up fairly
for study, mankind can be trusted TO
choose the former. There is victory in
education. The great masses of the
people who are the producers and con-
stitutc the very Sinews, not only of war,
but also of the comtry'S wealth, are
stirred TO the depths by a sense Of the
wrongs they suffer, and they are cast
| ing to windward for methods to amelio-
rate their unhappy condition. Their
efforts, if properly continued, will bring
the deserved relief"
Among what class Of voters do you
think the league work will be most etfec-
tive?
The tilers and owners Of the soil
have resolved to work for themselves in
politics. They rightly refuse 10 be BAN
/ boozled any longer by mere political
power. We are not going 10 remain In
the darkness of the appalling condition
now confronting the agricultural inter-
eStS (even near the rank protection
citieS); the daybreak of promise is flush
/ before MS in the earnest uprising among
those who trade honest labor for an
honest penny. The farmers realize,
perhaps more fully than other classes,
! the ruinOuS results of the war tariff tax.
and aroused as they are now in
organized cooperation, they can
sweep away the baneful fruits
of the enSlaving system which has been
fast multiplying the order OF trusts and
monopOleS, and fostering the servitude
of labor TO plutocracy. The most re-
assuring sign of relief from the oppreS-
sionS Of present governmental politics, is
/ this unmistakable demand of the farm
erS for equal opportunities, equal priyl-
! lodges and equal protection in the eX-
change, transportation and profits Of
| the various products OF the soil. They
are busy in the most searching inquiries
as 10 the working of the laws. But I'M
less they are made acquainted with the
merits, true designs and purposes Of
Democracy, they cannot be expected 10
become imbued with the spirit OF its
doctrines.
Is there any general question besides
the tariff which should be particularly
discussed?
political education will promote Dem
ocracy. Democracy meets the demand
for enlightmcnt on the political issues OF
the day, and furnishes an antidote for
the inflamcd dissatisfaction prevailing
everywhere, in every class; and if the
people are to build up in any permanent
cy their equality and influence in the
rights and privileges under the laws,
Democracy alone offers TO impart the ne
cessary knowledge of the form and pow
ers Of the government under which we
live, and the principles upon which it
rests. Such knowledge will awake the
masses to full power. But schools do
not teach it; and our opponents seek TO
pervert il. Democrats should therefore
with especial care teach the true princi-
pies of the American system Of govern
ment, by a general recurrence TO the
! fundamental plan; and if possible, the
tide of false teachings should be stem
med by presenting to the voters the
views OF the friends of the Constitution
who modelled it and gave TO it the spirit
of peoples self-government.
What other issues will figure in the
campaign?
with campaign of such organiza-
tiOn and education, as l have outlined,
| think we should feel very hopeful for
the chances of the State Democracy.
OF course it will be shown that the Re
publican party did not make West Vir-
ginia what she is in grand material en-
richmcnt, and that their control is not
needed to perfect the monumental de-
velopmentS that challenges the admira-
ton of the world. Then with peace
and harmony in our party lines, and
every Ratchet duly buried, we can CON
fdently purSne a course that predestin-
ates a Democratic victory