Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-07
REAFFIEMArIoN or PRINCIPLES.


SECTION /. The representatives. Of the Demo
cratic party Of the United States, in national
convention assembled, do reatiirm their ale
glance 90 the principles OF the party as fOrmu-
lated by Jefferson aud exemplihed by the long
and lNustrious Inc or his successors IN Demo
cratic leadership from Madison TO Cleveland;
Ne believe the public welfare demands that
these principles be applied 90 the conduct or
the Federal government through accession TO
power Of the party that votes them; and we sol
EMMY declare that the need OF a return 70 these
fundamental principles II free popular govern
ment based on home uie and individual Hber-
~, WAS never more urgent than now, when the
tendency 70 couLraliza AL power at the Federal
Capital has become a menScs 10 the reseryeA
rights OF the States that strikes It the very
roots OF our government under the Constitution
as framed by the fathers Of the republic.
FEDERAL CONTROL OF ELECTIONS.
"SEC 3 We warn tho people OF our common
country, Jealous for the preservation OF their
free institutions that The policy OF Federal con-
troll Of elections 70 which the Republican party
has com mitted itself, is Taught " ID the gravest
dangers scarcely less mOmentOuS than would
result from revolution practically establish
ing monarchy on the ruins OF Tie repuouc;
10 strikes a. the North as we'll rs the South, and
Injuries the cO.ored citizen even more than the
white; 10 means a horde Il deputy marshals ~
every polling place, armed with Federal power;
returning boards appointed ana controlled Oy
Fedora. authority; the outrage OF the electoral
rights OF tho people in the several States; the
subjugation or the colored people to the control
OF the party in power; the revival OF race ansGg-
Cnisms now happily abated and the utmost
peril o. tho safety and happiness or alli meas
ure deliberately and justly described by lead
ing Republican senator as the most infamous
bin that ever CROSSED thc threshold OF the SEN
at-. Such a pol Oy, as sanctioned by law,
would mean the dominance OF seuperpetu-
aUng olgArchy OF ofice-holder5 and the party
drsL entrusted with its machinery could be dis
lodged from power only by an appeal to the re-
served right0 or the people TO resist oppression,
which Is inherent In ali elfgOverutng cOmmu-
mites. Two wears ago this revolutionary policy
was en- ghatiCally condemned by the people AZ
the polls; but, In contemp- o. that verdict the
Republican party has dedantly declared IN It's
latest authoritative utlerance that It's success
in tha coming elections Will mean the enact
ment o. the Force bin and the usurpatlon OF
despotic control over elections in ali the States.
TIE FORCE BILL.
believing that the preservation OF Republi-
can government in the UntSed states Is de-
pendent upon tho defeat Of this policy o legal.
ICED force aud fraud, We invite the support OF
oil citizens who desire TO see tho Constitution
in It's integrity, with the laws pur-
suaut thereto, which have given our country
hundred years Of uneIampled prosperity, aud
We pledge the Democratic party, II II be en-.
trusted with power. not only to tho defeat OF
the Force bill, but also 10 relentless opposition
TO the Republican policy OF prohigate eXpendl-
ture which, in the short space OF two years, has
an overlooking treasury, after plling new bur
dsus OF taxation upon the already oYerta1ed
labor OF the country.
TIKI TARIFF.
"SEc 8. We denounce Republican protection
"a a fraud; a robbery OF the great majority or
the American people for the benent OF tho Tow.
We declare 10 to Os . fundamental principle or
Toe Democrats party that the Federal govern
ment has no constitutional power 20 impose
and collect tariff duties except for the purpose
OF revenue only, and We demand that the col
lection OF such taxes hall be limited 70 the
necessities OF the government when honestly
and economically Administered.
We denounCa the Mckinley tarlu Jaw en-
acted by the Fifty-drst Congress as the cuImln-
aung atrocity OF class legis alton; we endorse
the Ell rts made by the Democrats or the pres
ent Congress 70 modify its most oppressive
feat res ia the direction OF free raw materials
and cheaper manufactured goods that enter
into nome consumption, and we propose us re-
peal As one OF the benencent results that VIII
follow the action OF the people IN en'rusLng
power 10 she Democratic party. since the NC
Kinley tarih went into operation there have
been ten reductions OF wages or la0orlng men
TO one increase. We deny shat there has been
aay increase OF prosperity to the country since
that tariff went into operation, and we point 20
the duliness AID distress, the wage reductlons
And striScs in the iron trade IS the best posi-
bic evidences that no such prosperity mas re-
tultsd from the Mckinley act
eve cal the At ontl0n OF thoughtful Ameri'
cans 10 the fact that after thirty years or re-
strictive taxation against tmportatlons OF Ior,
eign products in exchange Tor our Agricultural
surplus the homes aud farms OF the country
have become burdened with rea! estate mort,
gsEe debt OF over two thousand i've hundred
million dollars exclusive OF al other forms OF
indebtedness. that in one or the cnleI aSrlcul-
tural States OF tho West there appearS real
estate mortEaEe debt averaging tl0o per captSa
OF the total population, and that similar cohul-
tious sle shown TO exist In other aErlcuItnraI
evportinR states We denounce policy whlcn
fosters no industry 50 much as II does that OF
the sheriff.
RECIPROCITY.
$50. A. Trade in erchange on the basis OF
reciprocal advantages 10 the countries paEuol-
pating is a time hOnOred doctilne OF the Detuo-
cratic faith. but we denounce the sham rscl-
Drocitv which iuggles with the peoples desire
Tor ENLARGED forei gu markets ana IreeE e 3A
changes nv prstecding 70 establish closer taue
relations for country whose articles Oh eA PoL'
are almost exclusively sgrleuItulat
with other countries that are also sgrlcuIs utA''
while erecting q cuStom-house barrier OF pro-
hibitiva tariff taxes against the rlchest cO un-
tries OF the world that stand ready 20 $40 our
entire surplus OF products ana 20 eAo.SL -, -
therefor commodities which are necessSEieS
and are comforts OF life among our own people,
TRUSTS
t,Src. & We recognize IN trusts and monopo-
lies which are designed By capital 20 secure
mors than Their Just share OF the Joint pFoouo
OF capital and labor a natural consequence o.
prohibitiye taxes, which prevent that free com :
petition which is the life OF honest tra1e, anu
We believe their worst evils can pa aoateu ~
law. and we demand the rigid endorsements q
the laws made to prevent and control them, W
gether with such further legislation IN res lraluI
OF their abuses as experience may Sho" 70 Oe
necessary.
PUBLIC LANDS.
"SEc. Q. The Republican party, while pro
fessing policy OF roservlng the pu0llc ANUS
for small holdings BY &C ual settlers, has given
awa7 the peoples heritage until nov lev
railroads snd non-re 'ident aliens, lndlVlauai
and corDorate. possess larger area than mat
OF an cur farms between the Two seas. tSe
last Democratic Administration reversed she
imDfovident aud unwlse policy or the KEEP
can party touching the public domain, snu TO
claimed from corporations and synulcAtes,
alien and domestic and restored 20 me peopit ~
nearly one hundred million acres OF ValuAoIe
land 10 be sacrodly held as homesteads Tor our
citizens, and We Pledgc ourselves 70 continue
this policy until every acre or lana 50 uhiAW-
fully hsld shall be reclaimed and restored 20
the people.
"SEc. 4. We denounce the Republican legs
lstiou f7ow as she sherman act OF 1890 as q
coward makeshiit. Taught with possibilities
81 iauM ia the futu,e which should make al
81 its ortsrs. as well as its author, anxious
Tor ia . adv repeal We hold % the Use Of
both >. and silver a. the standard money Q.
.fhe cou ~ and 70 tho coinage Of Dotn 500
Md sii Without dA<cfimlAatiVn $500. ~,
t.bcr IA Al or charge foemlntage, but tbe dol.
8-,1rff Aeoinaro 81 both metals must % o.
~ 7l.i,. ,.f.. afd frehanatfbo value OF 1a