Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-01

7oths EdVo- Of ne Rsgs,s-.

I0ds EQN0r or ne Esgtste-:
SIR:-The political editor OF the IT,.
teIJiqcncsr is at his old tricks again,
winning victories for the Republicans
10 this State before the votes are cast
or counted.
G. A. ID. is q young man, not old
enough 10 remember. / want TO tell
him.
Thirty-four years ago there was an
election at which a sectional ticket was
elected and 4 change Of policy Of the
government inaugurated. That result
was unsatisfactory 20 a very large ma
jority of the voters and people OF the
country. BUTT was leg al The peculiar
machinery OF the Election Law
made 10 so, and the result had TO be
submitted 20, no matter how objection
able and obnoxious 10 was 20 the masses.
a portion Of the people said they would
rebel, and rebeI they did. We all know
the result. IF q. A. ID. is not old
enough 70 remember, he has no doubt
read uD, like other young people, and
knows OF these matters. I would call
his attention 70 the situation now. We
have another rebellion on our hands
The election of 1892 resulted in the
election Of a President, and declared for
a change Of policy. The majority given
for the President, and the change, was
such as we have had az no other cleo
tion but one, held In this country 10 the
past forty years.
The moustrous and Ubiquitous policy
Of the Republican party Is 10 force yet,
consequently 10 eau not be the effect
aud result OF the election that is pro-
ducing the troubles OF the country.
They are the result Of another rebellion
worse than the rebellion OF 1861, which
will and must be put down, l hope not
as that rebellion was, by force Of arms,
but by more peaceful methods, through
and by the ballot box. The Republic
cans may fatter themselves that they
are punishiug the wage workers and
bread winners Of the country into sub
mission 20 the demands Of the rapaciOuS
plutOCraCy mouOpOlists, coal 6arOns,
and protectionists by their mode OF
winning votes, but they will be wide Of
the mark when the test comes, as IL will,
men with starving and helpless families
may submit tam5ly aud quietly for
awhile, but human nature is human ma
ture and will assert itself when pushed
30 the brink Of destruction. IL O.. A.
ID. and bis party, the z. o. D., think,
because OF the quiet now, that these
working people have yielded and are
broodinZ over their.situatiOu and laying
the trouble az the Democracy, they are
reckoning on false premises. They will
find they are thoroughly educated, uu-
derStaad the base and ground work Of
81 frHI hIr,l,
does. We have had several campaigns
Of education 10 the past five years, and
the great question with the wage earn
ers and bread winners iu Them all has
been: why does this party of high tariff
keep increasing the duties on every
thing we eat, and drink aud wear al
almost every session OF Congress, and
vet our wages are being reduced
All the time? This is the way
these people viewed the situation
before the election OF lSJ2, and that is
why they voted as they did, aud there
by brought about the result Of the
election OF 1892 They knew full well
what thew were doing; they meant all
they said and did; they wanted change;
voted for 10, and now demand 10 at the
hands of Congress and the Senate.
They will vote the same way again and
until they obtain IL, Notwithstanding
the rebellion. The prOtcc-ioniSts may
ask that the peoples voice be Stiied or
suppressed, and they may secure the
aid OF German, Brice and others TO as
sIst them In their demands, but 10 wont
do. The people are 10 earnest aud in
sist upon change. IL these gentlemen
are In the way they will be compelled
70 stand aside, and others put in their
places who will hear, heed and respect
the instructions OF the people.
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