Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-18

ter of a century. Our ONO hepuO-
lican friends lose sight OF the fact
that no party but the Repuo-
lican has lately been opposing
4 fair ballot. III every Legislature where
the Australian ballot system has come
I'D the only opposition to it has been Re
nublican. The system is intended to
nrevent bulldozing, intimidation and
corruption at the polls and to give US In
reality free ballot and our virtuous
Republican friends were the only ones
to oppose its adoption.
They oppose the entrance at our ports
of undesirable immigrants and contract
labor, land earnestly approve the rigid
enforcement of existing laws by the
present National administration" This
is ludicrous in view of the fact the i'm
migration laws have scarce
w been enforced at all by
the present national administration
and that immigration has never been so
large, undesirable and indiscriminate as
at present.
The platform continues:
Seventh-We favor economy in the adj
ministration of National and State affairs
prompt and effective restraint of combina-
lions of capitalists for purposes unlawful
or at variance with sound public policy
These are fine and high-Sounding
words, but they come with poor grace
from convention that in the same
breath indorSeS REED & Co.'s BILLION
DOLLAR Congress, whose reckless ex-
travagance has practically bankrupted
the Treasury and made way with
the enormous surplus left by
the Democrats, The above remarks
regarding combination of capital, also,
comes with bad grace from a convention
representing a party that is almost
solely responsible for thier existence,
and which owes its success to the tinan-
cial aid of this same "unlawful COM
bination OF capital"
Liberal pensions" Of course, also
come in for a share of approval, but
there is no word of condemnation for
the corrupt conducto of the pension office
under the present administration.
Restoration to the United States OF I'M
earned railroad grants is demanded; but
no mention is made of the fact that the
Republican party is responsible for these
unearned railroad grants.
HARRISoN's administration is endorsed
in such wholesale manner as to give
one the impression it was entirely per-
functory.
The convention then enthusiastically
endorsed Mr. BLAINE's free trade Recip-
rocity scheme right on top OF its en-
dorsement of Mr.. MCKINLEY'S prOhib-
tory protective tariff. That is Repub-
lican logic. In fact the convention was
for anything and everything and on
each side of every question where it saw
a vote.
After disposing of the natianal situa-
ton in this manner, the platform dives
into the State affairs to the extent of a
paragraph, in which the convention has
the effrontery to charge the Democrats
and Gov. CAMPBELL with working
against home rule. This iSin the face of
the fact that Gov. CAMPBELL gained
the i'll will Of many politicians
in his own party by carrying
out to the letter in Cincinnati
his idea of home rule by abolishing a
corrupt State board called the Cincin-
natl Board of Public Improvement. 1t
was brave act, and, alone, should win
Gov. CAMPBELL the confidence of good
citizens of all parties, and entitle him
to reelection.
To sum up there is nothing in the
Ohio Republican platform but wind.