Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-10-05
PENCIL POINTERS.

One saloonist in this place kept open
during the Fair, saying that he knew he
was violating the law, and that he would
pay his fine. The saloonist evidently
thought that the profits from the sales
would more than pay whatever fine
might be assessed. This principle is a
bad one 1t may not indicate any unu-
sual viciousness on the part of the sa-
loonist that he openly violates the law,
but laws are laws and not licenses. If a
man may violate a law knowingly, and
then pay nominal fine. the law is not a
law, but only license. Certainly the
intent of the law of the State is not that
it may be openly broken, and the offend
er pay over part of what he makes by
breaking it, and really come out some
hundreds of dollars ahead. A more cor
rupt conception of laws and their effect
could not be imagined. A law is made
to prevent crime entirely-not partly. So
this saloonist, if the law is enforced. will
excess of the profits resulting from
breaking the law-or the law is a farce.
The parliament of religions at Chicago
did nothing officially, but its influence
will be felt in every part of the earth in
widening thought on religious questions,
and in increasing knowledge of the vari-
Gus systems under which the people of
the world live. One point cannot fail to
be apparent to Christians as well as to
the representatives of the other relig-
ions, namely, that the highest civiilza-
ton by which may be meant the farthest
progress in material comforts in scienti-
fic research and discovery, and in art
that this prevails among those nations
of the world which embrace Christianity.
Seeing this the other nations may take to
themselves the obvious lesson.
Governor McCorkle, of West Virginia,
has made himself particularly odious to
the Democratic press of his State and of
the South generally, because he wished
the tariff kept on the products of his
State. The editors who attack this Gov
ernor for selfshness forget that they
themselves are enjoying the fruits of
protection in using protected paper, pro-
tected ink, protected type and protected
presses-all of which they have been
able to buy under Protection, cheaper
than they could in the old free trade
times. Why should not the coal miners
of West Virginia be protected as well as
the free trade editors?
Facts always refute Democratic claims,
That the wool product is greatly infu
enced by the tariff, is certain. We had
no high tariff duty upon wool until 1867.
In 1868 American sheep numbered 49,,
OOOOOO Under protection these increased
to 100000 in 1884. Then the duties
were decreased and the number of sheep
Immediately decreased until in 1891 there
were 100000 AS soon as the McKin-
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enlarge, but with CleYeland's election the
slaughter of sheep began, the price of
sheep fell, and the price of wool went to
pieces.
There are good many protection
Democrats but it is clear that they have
no place in the Democratic party now.
Most of them will leave it this fall. They
have been voting with the Democratic
party because they always voted that
way, but now with the ultra free trade
wing on top, protection Democrats must
either change their principles or change
their party. The reasoning ones, the
ones that care most for principle, will
change their party. All such are well
come in the Republican fold. "Come
thou with US and we will do thee good"
Many Democrats are experiencing a
change of heart, and will vote the Repub-
lican ticket this fall, but on this account
Republicans must not become over con-
fident and relax vigilance. While the
Democrats are fighting against odds, yet
they are making fight of the still hunt
order. Because it cannot be seen what
the Democrats are doing, it will not do
for Republican to assume that they are
doing nothing. Keep up the fight and
make the victory as big as possible.
No Republican can have any reasona-
BILE cause for scratching the county tick
ct this fall. No more competent men
were ever presented for the suffrages of
the people. BY voting for any Demo
cratic candidate Republicans are only
helping the party which would tear down
everything our party would build up. A
Republican vote for Democratic candi-
date is a vote for man who would use
his position against all Republicans after
he is elected.
One reason the Democrats want the |
Federal Election laws repealed is that
good many Democrats have been sent to |
the penitentiary by these same laws.
"After the hard times are over" would !
be popular song just now, did it hold
out certain promise of the speedy termi
nation of business depression,