Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-22

modified and the integrity Of our inStl- /
tutiOns successfully threatened. The |
great Issue Is the record OF the Republi |
can party iu its brief control OF Con- |
grcsS. No party has more reckleSSly |
deted prccedents, more ilagrantly dis
regarded principles, more bOaSttully |
overturned traditions more seriously in |
vadcd. Private rights, more arbitrar- |
ily crcroachcd upon prerogativeS of |
states. or more tyrannically used the |
power of partisan majority. The ami |
mating motive OF It's acts seems TO have |
been only the pcrpetuation OF its own
power. 10 has cared nothing for the
constitution; nothing for the treasury,
nothing for the people. It's chief desire
has been 10 get such a firm grip or con-
troll 0f government that for generations
90 come its politicians may feed upon
the power To accomplish this, the
party has Increased the majority
in the House of RepreScn-
tatiycs by arbitrarily ejecting
Democrats from their seats; has stolen
the representation of one State in the
Senate; has admitted to the Union
States whose only claim TO admission is
that they will swell Republican major
tiles; has denied representation to DEM
0cratic territories much better qualified
for Statehood in point of population and
resources; has ignored the rights Of
majority by the tyrannical methods and
rulings of the Speaker of the House;
has sQuandered the treasury surplus by
eXtrayagant appropriations TO conciliate
particular interests; has enacted tariff
bill which will supply corruption funds
for elections; has conducted a census
denounced everywhere rs worthless and
manipulated for counting the Republi-
can populations up and the Democratic
populations down, and has threatened
the enactment of q force bill which will
put an end TO State authority in the
certiicatiOn of Federal elections and
make Congress not representative Of
the people, but the creator of whatever
men Federal officials may choose to
count In.
This is the record that confronts poo-
pie. and upon which they are asked to
pass Judgment. This is the record for
an endorsement of which the leaders OF
1.-the Republicans party are now Stumping
| the country. Long practice in hypO-
criSy has enabled them TO disguise
partiSanShip i'm patriotic language, but
their appeal after all is one To cupidity
land Sel6ShneSS. Frightened by diSap-
prOval. which their headStrong and rev
| IOlutiouary course has aroused in their
own party. they are endeavOring to
bolster up their shaky position by APP
pcals To- scctionaliSm and party pride.
Z Y, mil hn Fhu N
tain their political control. If
our institutions are to be preserved
pure and intact, every patriotic citizen
must do his duty in rcbuking this grasp
ing and tyrannical political oligarcy.
When the present Congress convened in
December last the Republicans had
majority of three in the House of Re-
prcscutativeS, which was soon increased
TO eight by the admission OF repreSen-
tatives of the new States. Notwth-
standing this majority, il was difficult
for the party in control TO retain quo
rum present. aud the leaders immedi-
ately took arbitrary measures to
carry out policy previously
agreed upon, namely TO ouSt
enough Democrats and seat enough Re
publicans TO give good working ma
iority. Eighteen contested election
cases were submitted 10 the Committee
on Elections. all bat one brought by
Republicans, and that one by man
who afterwards acted with the Rapub-
licans as on condition of his being
seated. In order TO facilitate the pro-
cess of counting Democrats out and Re
publicauS i'm, no rules were adopted for
a space of three months, and
then only when the loud protest
OF the country made it impolitic
/ to outrage public sentiment longer. The
House proceedings were conducted on
what the Speaker called general parlia-
mentarv law but what in fact was his
own arbitrary will. Sacred parliamen-
tary rights guaranteed TO the minority
during a century of government were ig-
nored With the brute force of major
ity and without show of reason, nine
Democratic congressman, bearing |
official credentials from their States
that they were legally and properly |
elected, were turned out to make room |
for Republicans. Here is the list |
of martyrs to Republican tyranny: |
Pendleton, OF West Virginia, elected |
by a plurality of 10; Jackson, OF West
Virginia, elected by a plurality OF 23; /
Compton. of Virginia, elected by plu-
rality OF Isl; Wise, of Virginia, elected |
by plurality of 3Gl; Breckenridge, Of |
Arkansas, elected by plurality OF SIG;
Nenabe, of Virginia, elected by plu-
rality of G42; Cate, of Arkansas, elected
By plurality of l,34S; Elliott, OF South
Carolina, elected by plurality OF 1855;
Turpin, of Alabama, elected by PIN
rality of 1888. Other Demo-
cratic members who have good plurali
ties are awaiting decapitation by these
political aSSasSins at the next
session OF Congress. Is it any
wonder that having accomplished
this Czar-like purpose, Speaker Reed |
eXclaimS, Thank God, the House OF /
Representatives is no longer a delibera-
tive body
After discussing the tariff so far as it /
relates to the interests of the farmers, /
the Governor continued as follows: But |
not only has the Republican Congress |
stopped TO Il sharper trick to hoOdwink /
the American farmer in the matter of |
tariffs on his products, but it has made /
his IN luA NNfAA NlNAN ~ Al'UNANt lulll ~ /
has hitherto been. 1t has heav- /
uy taxed nearly every article OF /
wear, many OF his agricultural |
implements, his building materials, and /
his household furniture. Protection of |
the Mckinley sort means the taxation |
OF the great body of consumers to en-
rich a few manufacturers. Its burdens /
will fall regularly upon the poor. His |
woolens are made TO pay 30 per cent. |
more duty, while the rich mans broad
cloth will pay only 10 per cent. more. /
The duty on SealSkin SacqueS is reduced /
10 per cent, while that on silk plush /
sacques. what poor women wear, is in
creased 60 per cent. The duty on /
worsted, what the farmers wife wears, (
is raised from - to so per cent, aud I
ON WOODEN shawls the increase varies /
from Is per cent to 80. On women'S
and children'S cheap dress goods the |
increase is nearly Il hundred per cent, /