Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-01

have talked to him during the psst year. L
think bis conduct, If he is seriously THINK
ing of taking the nomination. dishonoraole
in the extreme. He ought TO have WITH
drawn from the Cabinet the moment ne
even contemplated being disloyal 20 the
Presidents fortunes, and II l were IN
President Harrison'S place, notwlthstano-
ing Blaine's greatness and his popularity,
/ would flip him as quick as wink and put
some honorable man on whom could rely
at the head of the State Department"
The Blaine people, on the other hand,
say that HARRISON has been constantly
snubbing BLAINE and treating him with
shameful dlsrespect; that BLAINE's
proud spirit will no longer endure this
snubbing and this disreSpect; that he is
tired Of the entire Harrison outfit, and
is in thorough sympathy with the
movement TO defeat the Presidents re-
nomination. These are the two sides
of the picture. 1t is very engaging
bit of animated scenery.
PROTECTION" IN WEST VIRGINIA.
West Virginia Republicans are more
firmly convinced than ever that upon the
maintenance Of the Republican protective
tariff and financial policies depend the tu-
ture industrial development and growth OF
the State Under these policies the great
work of development now In progress mas
been possible, aud they are not prepared TO
risk the results that would enSue oy the
adoption of Democratic free trade theories.
No State in the Union is more directly in
terested in this question; no people would
feel the disastrous effects of repeal OF the
tariff more l1eenly than West Virginia.
Hltslligenecr.
Nav be the IntelligencCr can point out
where there are more opportunities
for development in West Virginia at
present than there were before the pas
sage of the Mckinley bill. Any one
with common sense and understanding
can poins out wherein those opportuni-
ties have been lessened by the Republi-
can tariff policy. The Mckinley bill
has not started one wheel turning, nor
has It increased the speed Of any wheel
that was already turning before its pas
sage-with the possible exception OF the
one in the head of the IpteLLigencer. 1t
has done nothing but increase the cost
of living, propOrtionately contracting
consumption and hampering industry
by restricting its markets.
Here in our own county the majority
of the mills have had nothing but dis
aster since the passage Of the new tariff
and are trying the effect Of combination
to make both ends meet. The majority
have not paid their stockholders
q cent for year, and have been shut
down or running on half time ever since
the passage Of the Mckinley iniquity
This is but a sample Of the condition OF
Industry all over the country. The iron
trade, which is a business barometer,
was never in worse condition than it
is at present, and in that highly protect
ed industry, as in most other highly pro-
tected industries, wholesale reductions
in wages and stagnation are the order Of
the day.
Has the increase in the cost OF the
necessarles of life benefited the work
ingman, the farmer, or the minerP Has
il not lessened their wages by decreas-
ing their purchasing power? What in
dustry has it encouraged? What devel-
opment has it effected, or aided? What
Industry or scheme of development has
had greater success since the passage
of the Mckinley bill? What one of
them has had as great success as it en-
joyed before? There are few indeed that
have not suffered increasing depression
during the past two years. How, then,
has the Republican policy of tariff tax
alton benefited West Virginia, or
helped develop our resources?
Our neighbor speaks Of the Republi-
can financial policy. What has been
the result Of Republican financial legiS-
lation but to put the value of the silver
dollar down to about 20 cents and in
vite a financial panic?
If the Republican policy is the
friend Of development in West Virginia
the State may we'll pray to be delivered
from its friends at the National Capital.