Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-28
DID NOT REPRE;>kNT THEIR con
STITUENTS.


STITUENTS.
The action OF the Senate ia shelving
the Force bill 10 make way for the APP
portionmeut bin. ia all probability was
meant 10 be the death-blow Of that in-
famous scheme To keep the Republican
party in power by main force and fraud
This probability was rendered prac-
tical certainty by the action yesterday
OF the Republican caucus on the order
Of business, which resolved 20 take up
several other measures after the AppOr-
tionment bin shall have been disposed
Of. This knocks the Force bill ia the
head. The senate has left but five
weeks ia which 10 DO practically all the
work 90 the session. which has been
blocked 10y the Force bill. The appro-
priation bills have yet 10 be taken up
and these alone il properly considered,
would require all that time
-, then, the Force bin is practically
dead and there is no necessity for fur
ther action by the West Virginia Legls-
Iature on the subject As regards the
Worlds Fair But the REGIsTEE wishes
10 take TO task those Democratic State
Senators who voted with the Republi-
cans against the Joint Resolution in
troduced Ia the House 10 take no action
Ca the matter OF appropriating money
for display of West Virgiuia's pro-
ducts al the exhibition until the Force
bill was disposed Of
The vote Of Senator ST CLAIR, of
Fayctte, against the resolution may be-
excuscd ou the ground Of his holding
the position OF Commission. r from West
Virginia To- the Columbian Exposition,
whose interests he was, consequently,
bound TO support, but the same excuse
cannot be- made for Senators MCCREERY,
Of Raleigh, Knott, Of jefferson, MAR
Gun, Of Cabell. SnErrARp, of LOGAN.
and Wiley. OF Mason, Democrats, who
voted with the Republicans. Let these
gentlemen canvass their districts and
they will find that at least seven out Of
every ten Of their constituents are not
On harmony with their action.
The Worlds Fair may have no con
uection with the Force bill, although
already the accusation Is publicly made
that the original plan has been distorted
by the INSCRIPTIONS Republican major
ity 10 This Congress into q Republican
scheme But whether there is any
connection between the TWO or not
has nothing Co do with the
matter. So far as the South
IS concerned. We're the Force bill to
become "a law. what Incentive would that
struggling section have 20 display her
products and resources aud give eX-
ampleS oi her development and prosper
IT'S 10 the world. AN attained since the
withdrawal Of bayouet> from Southern
polls? The passage OF the Force bill
would cause an immediate >toppage OF
Southern enterprise, would put an end
90 business confidence, causing ruin and
bankruptcy. and in all probability pre-
cipitat, disastrous race war and social
revolution throughout what is probably
now the most happy and coutented and
prosperous section OF our common coun-
try.
lu the face Of these facts, will the
Democratic State Senators above named
hold that they represented their con-
stitueut> iu voting % table the reSolu-
ton 20 take no action toward displaying
our products at the Worlds Fair while
this damnable measure was before the
United states senate with prospect OF
It's becoming a law?