The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-11-30

It's cost, there would DE Scheral pun
lie approval.
The people of Virginia are not dis
posed to be niggardly in the matter
of salaries to their officials; but our
finances for many years past have not
warranted us in paying more than
we have been paying. Now, howcv-
cr, there is prospect that we shall be
able to be more liberal, especially if.
as there is every reason to believe,
the expenses Of the administration Of
criminal justice can be largely rednc-
cd amt at the same time the certainty
of punishment of criminals greatly
increased by revising our laws and
practice im the light of our own cX-
pcrience, and in that Of nciShboring
States which have population SIM
liar to Ollrs.
An effort to raise the pay Of judges
if set on foot Independently of the
effort to improve our criminal laws,
might fail; but if made along with
reform measures we believe, would
be sure to go through.
Now, while the public mind is
awake to the desirability of lcgisla
ton on the general subject is the
golden opportunity to secure the
changes which we need, and which
have been recommended by some OF
the most eminent and disintcrcstcd
members of the bar Of Virginia.
Rirhmond Dispotch.
Fact. Fancy end the Tariff
Gov. Mckinley attributes all ia"
ills VIC have or have had or think we
have had and Il great many
more that he thinks we are going to
have to the expectation Of tariff re-
form by the incoming Congress.
The Governor, in his Boston speech
last night, drew a fearful picture of
the rain aud despair of the country
if his sacred tariff is "tinilerol with.
Then lie turned to another picture
and dramatically asked the people to
GAZE on that. Here is the Governor 5
gorgeous panorama OF prosperity ''h'
der the undisturbe'l Mckinley regime:
"NNhat would be more welcome to
the business interest of the country,
TO the wage workers Of the country
and cNr+y trHr American interest
than the assurance thai fhiS Congress-
would adjourn without medd1ing with
or Industrial Legislation? What a
sight Of relief would l,a felt in every
part of the country. W'as conf
dcnce would be created, what vital
ling force would be infused in every
department ofiuman activity, what
cheer would enter the homes Of labor,
Such an assurance would bring glad
tilings of great JOY to the millions of
American homes whose occupants see
the winier coming, the savings OF
yesterday going OF Sohe, and no work
or wages in sight
This il very beautiful, but nnior-
tunatcIy it lacks 1hc essential clement
-lact. One would scarcely hn.e
given the author Of Il tariff bill credit
for such a poetic fancy as evolved
that glowing spectacle Of peace and
JOY.
The trouble with the Governor is
that he fables on one side and fancleS
on the other. He attributes all the
distress Of the country to the fear OF
tariff legislation, and prcsumcs that il
fear were le,povnl all the cmbarrasS-
mcnt Of industry Woni@ L4@t. 1t
must be admitted that this alleged
fear only came into play with the
Democratic victory Of 1882 b. which
tariff reform was made possible. eft
the financial troubles, which cuini-
mated last summer, had begun to be
felt more than two years before, or
when the Mckinley tariff law was
Just beginning to exercise It's bcncfi-
gent influence
'fhe frs, s44cl, to the financial
world was the failure q II? Daring
Bros, fLondou. Everybody should
know Il, causes Of that collapse.
They went to South .A,nefioa, wllnrc
millions of British capital had been
sunk in wildcat enterprises. \ great
wave of European speculation had
swept over this country during the
same period. Vast amounts of mon
ey were invested in North American
as well ae sonthh american securi-
ties. Domestic enterprise st,MNlq1 lqqtcd
by foreign competition overreached
itself. When the South American
collapse came, precipitating the
downfall of the Earrings, the whole
financial world was shaken. There
Was a great scanning of the surface.
Fortunes disappeared like the bub-
bes, which too often they &ers
Then there was a settling, clos
ing up Of gaps. The Europeans
needed gold. They sent our sccur-
ties back to us. They demanded
gald, gold, gold until this country
became alarmed There seemed to
be no on4 to this outward flow of the
basis Of ouf currency: The PERM
cious influence Of the silver pqic4la3e
law was felt in dis Development Of