Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-29
REEDS KEY NOTE.

REED is the embodiment of all that Is
ultra and bad in the Republican party
ANY thing or measure 90 keep the Re-
publican party i'm power" is his MOTTO
which hc proclaimed in speech before
the Americus Club i'm PittSbury Satur-
day night. Commenting ON that speech
the Pittsburg Post makes the following
mcisiyo remarks:
Continuous victory we ma't have. is
the way Speaker Reed put the aim ana me-
cessitics of his party Ina the opening SEN
teuce of his Saturday night speech III mas
has the merit of brute-force irauknesS al
least Honestly aud consutuuonauy II we
can. but continuous victory we must nave,
If necessary. by all the desperate eNpedl-
euts of desperate and corrupt sp0lsnen'
The speaker has achieved the miual VIC
tory bv OvcrthrOwiug to-day what ne
claimed as a sacred constitutional right
only Yesterday by the usurpauoh OF
powers one day that he had, when partisan
interest reinforced his morality, declared
foreign To- the American system of repre-
sentative government When am aole'
reckless and INSCRIPTIONS imam, with TINS
record. declares continuous victory we
must have we AN know what IS implied.
One road to 'the continuous victory we
must have" the speaker blazed out in ms
declaration. The only wise course is 20
take into Federal hands the Federal cleo
tiOus Let us cit loose from state elections,
do oar oirH registrations. oJ ROWS COZ MING
and oar oirH ccrtifcUfi0u- mat Is the way
CD .'the continuous victory we must nave.
~Our0 own counting and our own ceruhca-
HrH. De-. mil n.NH .s|IF 81
Hoar bin takiug entire control of Congress
ional elections from the State authority,
with whom 10 has reSted-even i'm the throes
Ofthe great civil war-ever since the GOV
eminent was established, and vesting IL m
Republican partisaus appointed 10y the Re
publican Judges of the Federal courts, con
trarv alike 10 our traditions and 20 the
spirit of our Institutions For Speaker
Reed declares eve must do our own count
ing and our own ccrtihcatiOn.' Ihat u.s.
10 must be- done as the Reeds, Quays, bud
levs and ClarksOus command.
This proposed law. SO Objectionable m
principle. is contrary alike 10 all our lradl-
lions and 10 the spirit of our institutions,
and the longest step toward the centIaliIa
ton of AN power i'm the hands of the FEEDER
al government that has vet been proposed
We DO not believe Senator Pugh, of Ala
bama moderate and prudent legislator
exaggerated I'm the least when, protesting
against the report of the bill. he declared
.If the bin becomes a law. its execution
will insure the shedding of blood and the
destruction of the peace and good order OF
This country" But what does that matter
Damn the South and annihilate ITS pros
peritv and progress. for, as Speaker Reet
/ declares. Continuous victory we mas
I have"-'',ye must do our own counting ant
/ our own certhcauon.'
/ Congressman Bayne followed this key
note off revolution and brute force with his
own particular little keynote ou the way
and means" 90 make il a success. THE
WAYS. he said. "are 20 choose the best met
90 lead us Quay is now i'm the lead and The
means are 10 raise ne money t0 pat then
Nrpugh. And this was greeted with APP
pause from saint and sinner at the Amer
icus b0arl
Here we have from Reed and his Lieu
tenant. Bayne. the Republican pro
gramme of the future. 10 is one Of VIC
ience bloodshed and the continued cowup
ton and bribery that made Harrison Pres
ident Continuous victory we must have.
And 10 that end we must do our owl
counting and our own certiication
/ ForewaImed is fOrearmcd.