Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-15
o. mnAr A pIFFERENCE.


Toward the close Of the campaign OF
1890 the REGISTER published a political
supplement, printed on the REGISTERS
press, which was in type, makeup and
form exactly like the remainder OF the
paper. and, In fact, was as much part
OF the paper as any supplement ever
published by any newspaper.
But 70 happened that it was Demo
cratic supplement-, and the pOstofice
authorities excluded the paper from the
mails. The postofice department. at
Washington was appealed TO, but we
have yet 10 receive a decision on the
question, whether, or rot, the REGIS
rGs's supplement was not perfectly
legitimate and in conformity with the
postal law.
The law iu brief is that the supple
meut shall bear the word supplement"
ETC., and conform to the general style
and makeup of the paper issuing it.
The RzGsrEG, in issuing the supple
ment referred TO, strictly observed this
law, but the Harrison-Wanamaker
postoGice people would not handle it.
Now mark the different treatment
received By a Republican political sup
plemeat. Within The past week score
or so OF Republican county exchanges
have arrived 40 this Office containing q
tariff sheet issued by the Republican
National Committee. This sheet is
neither I'm conformity to the style or
makeup of any Of the papers contain
ing it, norris it labelled supplement-
except in the case Of one paper, which
stamped the word supplement" on it
with a little hand stamp. Yet these
Republican county papers with this po-
HticaI document folded i'm them are al
lowed 90 go through the mails in plain
violation OF the law, while Democratic
newspapers publishing legitimate and
regular supplements are excluded from
the mails. Here Is the experience OF
the Parkersburg Sentinel In this matter:
For several DAYS the Sentinel has been re-
ce.viug more or less Republican exchanges
in which a New York paper called Pro
lection and Reciprocity" had been folded
and in this way distributed through the
mails 20 the subscribers 10 the local papers
This Protection and Reciprocity pre-
tends 20 be regular newspaper, pretends
20 have been entered as second class mat
ter az the New York pOsrOthce, and pre-
tends 20 have a regular subscription price.
To is made up Of Republican political mat
ter with two or three advertisements.
Receiving these supplementary papers
folded iu some OF our Republican eN-
CHANGES we applied 90 Postmaster Hazen
Tor the privilege of sending out the New
York World supplements folded In with
the sentinel Capt Hazen refused the per-
mission. and after examining the World
supplement and the Protection and Reel
pr0c.ty. declared that neither one could
De lawfully sent ont as part OF any other
paper 40 pound rates.
One OF the Republican papers in which
the n. * r. supplement was folded IS
owned, edited, and published by a Repub-
liCau postmaster, holding Office by the
grace of Wauauasor and Harrison.
Here's the issue: Republican papers
can circulate through the mails, d political
document iu an unlawful manner, Demo
craft. papers are refused the same prlvi-
: le-e.
According TO the proper authority the
post Offices aud the machinery Of govern
meut are being prostituted and the law
violated in the political interest Of the Re
publican party. The machinery Of the
/ FeIera. courts being iu tine hands of Har-
risou's a0p1.1teas. it IS not expected that
any violation of the postal laws IN the in-
terest of the Republican party will be in-
torfer-5 with, I'm fact they viii De enc
Outraged and the vi0llt9rs Of tue law pro-
/ tecJel.
It seems that there is one kind Of postal
laws for the Republicans and another
/ kind for Democrats.