Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-06


who has the opportunities which beget
intelligence, but has evidently failed to
profit by them, the other day ascribed the
low price of wool to conspiracy among
dealers, all of whom, he said. are Rupnb
cans. If the assertion is true, and the
conditions warrant the payment of
higher price for wool, would it not be
promising speculation for some of our
Democratic capitalists acting in the in
terest of the oppressed wool grower, to
pitch in and buy up the wool at price
which will insure both reasonable profit
on the operation. By that means such
conspiracy could be thwarted, and the
operation would afford mutual profit to
both the capitalist and the wool grower,
and inure to the credit of the Democrat
ic party, which is now sadly in need of
credit.
1t is bad enough to be compelled to en-
dure the ear-splitting noise of exploding
fire. crackers on the Fourth of July, es-
pecially since it is always carried on far
into the night, but the man, boy or idiot
who cannot wait until the Fourth comes,
but feels impelled to begin the noise the
night before, justlydeseryesa all the punish
ments introduced by the Spanish Inquisi-
ton. Nothing jars the nerves more or
drives sleep farther from weary brain
than to have big cannon crackers ex-
plode almost under window at in
tervals of two minutes, just at the time
one wants everything quiet. If ever
man was justified in committing delib-
crate murder it is on occasions when
every fiber of ones being feels outraged
by the deafening noise.
The plan of having two conventions
in this Joint Senatorial district raises a
question in the minds of many as to the
validity of such procedure. This end
of the district, Belmont and Harrison
counties by themselves, has no legal
standing, and for a part of district to
nominate a candidate for the whole
of the district is not represented at all
would seem to be a method of doubtful
legality, even though the whole district
is agreed to the plan. However, if the
persons most directly interested are
willing to let it go we are not going to
object, although we fail to see how it
could be held legal if the question should
be raised.
The New York Evening Post thus puts
the business situation under Grover
Cleveland, the man it helped to elect:
at would be difficult to exaggerate the
distress and anxiety which to-day per-
wade the business world and are hourly
becoming more acute. 1t has become
almost impossible to borrow money on
any security whatever, and this means,
of course, that the crisis will soon reach
the working classes through all the great
agencies of production" What a con-
trast between the prosperity of last year
and the distress this year.
AS will be observed a call has been
issued for the election of County Central
Committeeman at the time the delegates
to the Senatorial Convention are chosen.
In view of the late date of the county
convention this seemed advisable, in
order that an organization might the
sooner be effected. Due notice of this
fact should be taken by all Republicans.
AS the summer advances the danger of
cholera reaching US seems to grow less.
The disease, instead Of making progress,
is either at a standstill or dying out in
Europe. Precaution is all that is needed
to insure an entire escape from the |
scourge.
SEPTEMBER IA will be Ohio day at the |
Worlds Fair.