Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-23

dangers ccAftci1 lNoo
than would result from reVoiu-
ton practically establishing mon
archy on the ruins Of the Republic. IL
strikes al the North as we'll as the
South, and injuries the colored citizen
even more than the white, it means
horde OF deputy marshals at every poll
ing place armed with Federal power, re-
turning boards appointed and controlled
by Federal authority, the outrage OF the
electoral rights OF the people
i'm the several States, the suojuga-
ton of the colored people to the control
of tho party in power and the reyivlng
of race antagniSmS now happily aoated,
10 the utmost peril TO the safety and
happiness Of all; measure deliberately
and Justly described by leading Re-
publican Senator as "the most infamous
bin that ever crossed the threshold or
the Senate" Such policy, II sane
toned by law, would turn the
dominance OF Selt-perpetuating
aligarchy Of Office hOlders,and the party
first entrusted with its machinery could
be diSlodged from power only by an APP
peal 10 the right OF the people 70 resist
oppression which is inherent IN all SELF
goyerniuk communities. Two years ago
this revolutionary policy was emphati-
cally condemned by the people at the
polls; but in contempt Of that verdict the
Republican party has declared In its
latest authoritative utterance that It's
success in the coming election will mean
the enactment OF the force Dill
and the usurpatiOn of despotic
control over elections in all the States.
Believing thai the preservation or Re
publican Government In the United
States is dependent upon the defeat OF
this policy Of legalized force and fraud,
we invite the support OF all citizens who
desire 10 see the constitution maintain
ed in its integrity with the laws pur-
suant thereto which have given our
country a hundred years Of unexampled
prosperity: and we pledge the Demo-
cratic party if 10 be entrusted with pow
er, not only TO defeat of the force bill,
but also to relentless opposition to the
Republican policy Of prOdgate eXpendl-
ture which, in the short space Of two
wears, has SQuandered an enormous sur
plus and emptied an overlooking treas
ury, after piling new burdens OF taxa
tlon upon the already overtaxed labor OF
the country.
Section 3-We reiterate the oft re-
peated doctrines of the Democratic
party that the necessity OF the govern
ment is the only Justification for taxa
ton, and whenever tax is unnecessary
it is uujustitable; that when custom
house taxation Is levied upon
articles of any kind produced in
this country, the difference be-
tween the cost Of labor here and labor
abroad, when such a difference exists,
fully measures any possible BENEFITS to
labor and the enormous additional I'M
positions of the existing tariff, fall with
crushing force upon our farmers and
workingmCn, and, for the mere advant-
age of the few whom il enricheS, eXacts
from labor a grossly unjust share OF
the expenses of the Government,
and owe demand such a revision
of the tariff as Will remove these iniqui-
touS inequalities, tighten their Oppres-
sionS and put them on constitutional
and equitable basis. But in making re-
duction in taxes it Is not proposed to in
lure any domestic industries, but
rather TO promote their healthy
growth. From the foundation OF
the Government taxes collected at the
custom house have been the chief source
OF Federal revenue. Such they must
continue TO be. Moreover, many indus
tries have come to reply upon legislature
for successful continuance, so that any
change Of law must be at every step re-
gardful of the labor and capital thus IN
vOlved The process Of reform must be
subject in the execution of this plain
dictate of justice. We denOunce the Nc
Kinley tariff law enacted in the Fifty
first Congress as the eliminating atocl-
ty OF class legislation. We appreciate
the efforts OF the present Congress
10 abate some of its most perniciOus el-
fects i'm the direction Of free raw mater
ialS and cheaper manufactured goods
that enter into general consumption;
and we promise their repeal as one OF
the bene6cent results that will follow
the action Of the people in entruSting
power 20 the Democratic party Since
the Mckinley tariff went into operation
there have been ten reductions OF the
wages of labOring men to one increase.
We deny that there has been any in
crease of prosperity 10 the country
since that tariff went into operation,
and we point 20 the dullneSS and dis
treSs: 10 the wage reductions and
strikes i'm the iron trade as to the best
possible evidence that no such prosper
ity has resulted from the
Mckinley act. We call the
attention OF thoughtful Americans to
the fact that after thirty years of re-
strictive taxes against the importation
Of foreign wealth, In exchange for our
agricultural surplus, the homes and
farms OF the country have become bur-
dened with a real estate mortgage debt
OF over two thousand five hundred
million dollars exclusive OF all other
forms Of Indebtedness: that in one of
the chief agricultural States Of the
west there appears a real estate mort
gage debt averaging l65 per capita OF
the total population; and that similar
conditions and tendencies are shown to
exist in the other agricultural export
ing States. We denounce a policy
which fosters no industry so much as it
does that of the sheriff.
Section Trade interchange on the
basis Of reciprocal advantages to the
countries participating is a time hon
ored doctrine OF the Democratic faith,
but we denouuCe the sham reciprocity
which juggIeS with the peoples desire
for enlarged foreign markets and freer
exchange by pretending to establish
closer trade relations for a country
whose articles of export are almost eX-
clusiyely agricultural products with
other countries that are also agricultur-
al. while erecting a custom house bar
rier Of prohibi;ive tariff taxes against
the countries OF the world that stand
ready to take our entire surplus of pro-