Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-02

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The platform is the same old monologue
that erianates from all DEMOCRATIC oooleS
denouncing the abuse OF power oF the
Republican party Tor the past .ous Nc. a,' =
undvinr hatred OF the Mckinley OIL anu
fulsome praise for the beauties OF free trace,
It is the same old party, no matter WHAT
skin il get .-latcNigsneer
Il is the same old party-the party
that preserved government by the peo-
pie in the United States before the Re
publican party was born-the party that
has made this country the greatest on
earth. 1t never appears in any skin but
its own-that Of the party of the people,
This is what the Syracuse convention
had to say about the abuse OF power by
the Republican party for the past four
years-and this "same old monologue
is Just as true and pertinent to-day as it
was when Republican class legislation,
extravagance aud corruption first called
it forth:
We denounce the Republican party for
its abuse of power during the past IoOr
wears Obtaining, in 1889, control OF the
executive and both brances OF congress,
that party Immediately entered upon q
course of extravaganza, tyranny and fraud
10 found the treasury in receipt OF large
and increasing surplus. But, dlsregaruIhS
the duty thus imposed upon IL, 10 relleVe
the people from the oppressive tarlI TAXA
ton so long endured, the Republican party
through its "billiOn dollar congress en-
acted appropriations amounting to $5OO,-
100000 annually 10 made most OF those
appropriations permanent, so that tney
cannot be reduced by the
present Democratic house OF rep
resentatives without the concurrence
of the Republican Senate. 1t turned mag
nifcent surplus into an imminent dehclen-
CIV. Ii went 20 lengths of class Legislation
before unheard of by enacting It's McAln-
lev bill 10 deprived the state OF New
York of its Just representation IN Congress
and in the Electoral College by trauuu-
lent census. It displayed an utter CON
tempt for economy and honesty by us
fraudulent administration of the pension
Office. It reached climax or partisan OPP
precision in its strenuous endeavor to enact
into law the infamous Force bill.
Here is the "undying hatred of the
Mckinley bill and tulsome praise for the
beauties Of free trade, " which the SYRIA
cuse platform expressed:
We denounce the Mckinley tariff; we
declare that a tariff is a tax; THAT all the
taxation is a BURDEN" that it should never
exceed the necessities Of a government
wisely and economically administered.
We condemn the present tariff, not only be-
cause il is excessive and restrictive of the
commercial OeyelOpmentOf the country but
because it has been enacted in the interests
of the few at the expense and for the OPP
preston of the mass of the people. 10 IS
class legislauOn. 10 does not increase the
receipts of wage earnerS, but IL turns over
90 the protected manufacturers, ever be-
coming more and more rapaciouS,
the federal treasury and the taxing power
of the Federal Government 20 use Tor their
own benefit and leaves 10 them
TO decide whether or not the wage
earners they employ shall receive
any part of this enormous bounty. IL IS
an ineXbaustible source Of corruption, a
constant menace 20 free government. 1t
has sapped the independence Of industry
and induces men TO seek 10 grow rich by
official favOritism rather than by their own
exertions. An inevitable consequence is
that the class in receipt of these vast pc
cuuiarv favOrs should seek 10 perpetuate
their grasp upon the government by sup
plviug, In practically unlimited amounts,
the money with which an electorate may
be corrupted and popular government de-
srOved
''The recent change in the policy of the
Republican party from general system
of nigh tariff taxes TO the reciprocity syS-
tenn is an admission Of the vast benefits to
Oe derived from the extension Of our for
eigu trade and Of the justice Of the tariff
reform principle.
We reproduce these planks not only
for the benefit Of the Intelligencer, but
because they are worth reading twice.
THERE is a suspicion that Uncle
JERRY RUsK is stealing away the atfec-
tions Of some Of HAREIsoN's Southern
delegates by sending them watermelon
seeds.