Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-20

HalleIuiah. Victory is minei Tariff re-
form, free raw material, tariff for
revenue only and q tax upon incomes.
This all means Justice between man
| and man and this is the source Of pure
Democracy. Cheap goods, better wages,
more work. more industry, factories
running, mines opened up, commerce
revived, agriculture reinstated and busi-
ness booming. Taxation eQualized and
the rich and the poor made 10 bear
their just share Of taxation. The over
throw OF protection and the downfall
of a feudal system that has worked
thirty years TO chain every laborer,
every poor man, to trusts and protected
capital. Down comes this giant mon
ster and the fall means its death. The
| building in which 1t was reared Is
shaken from comb to foundation and
the carcass will soon be exposed TO
view in all its hideous iorms-light will
Lenetrats its innermost recesses and
| the stencil emitted Will enter the nos
trils of the Dopulace and they will rise
| 10 their might from Indignation and
blot the mass Of corruption from this
fair land.
We are thankful VIM. L. Wilson
stood at the head Of the Ways and
Means Committee at this session OF
Congress. Suppose someone with petty
sectional views had been there,
someone who believed protection right
ia his Congressional district or in his
! State, but wanted tariff reform or free
trade everywhere outside his locality,
or outside of some particular industry
bis people participated in in his State,
as coal in West Virginia or iron ore in
Alabama? II such q man had been
chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee the Democratic party would TO-
day be wriggling at the feet of the trusts
and monopolies Of the country and
mere scape goat carrying out the IDEAS
of the Republican party. Take those
Democrats who oppose free coal ana
free iron ore, and there is not one OF
them tut were advocates OF this very
doctrine during the campaign OF 1892,
and every speech they made conveyed
that doctrine-a tariff for revenue
only. Give us cheap coal, and make
the poor consumer as comfortable as
you can by making his fire as cheap
as possible Clap legislation is in the
interest OF monopoly, and we say
down with that system, no man can say
otherwise and be Democrat Our
candidates proclaimed in 1892, person
ally, 81 will suffer. my throat cut from
ear to ear and my head shaved before l
will vote for any measure that tends TO
create monopoly" eyes, you can trust
me on that score" No man ever heard
a Democratic candidate for Congress-,
in any speech he made during the cam
paign of 92, advocate protection for
coal: no, nor did you hear him say he
would vote to maintain tariff on coal.
They all avoWed they would vote for
free coal, free iron ore, free wool and
free raw material. Gen. Golf made
hobby OF protected coal, and he was
met on every hand with the argument,
1--WE want free coal, it needs no pretec-
ton. Did you ever hear tell of any OF
our Democrats shaking hands with Cot
and cOngratulating him on his theories
and acknowledging his doctrines as the
true principal. Yet that is what they
do when they vote for protected coal.
If such a speech had been made
in any nominating convention in
this State, can assure you
the party making it would have found
other pastures in which to craze
There is not one single reason yet ad-
duced, outside Of one, why duty on
coal should be retained. That one rea-
son is, if trusts and monopolies are to
be fostered and built up by Democratic
legislation then retain the duty on coal.
More poor people use coal for fuel than
any other commodity, or perha ps all
other fuel combined. Why, then, i'm
pose a tax that will increase its value at
their expense, and which will create
monopoly and enhances the wealth of
the few? We were well aware during
the last few years we had some Demo
Gratis who favored tariff for revenue,
leaving of the wool only; this we al
ways thought bad enough, but when it
comes to a Democratic congressman
promulgating monopoly and seeking
out plans TO maintain protection ia
some home industry, to- the detri-
ment of the industry of all
others, or seeking to maintain
the tariff on some article made or pro-
duced In his State, or In the locality be
halls from, in order to foster and pro-
tect few wealthy individuals, who
are engaged in the business, that they
may still gain more wealth by reason of
said protection, and then cry free trade,
and vote that much shall be imposed
upon every industry similar to the one
they wish to maintain for their con-
stituency, is not consistent and does
not show very broad view of states
manship, Another matter we like and
that is that no reciprocity enters tho
Wilson bill. We have nothing 10 do
with running the government of Canada,
Russia, France or any other nation,
separate and apart from ours. Let us
sweep our own dooryard Of all filth and
clean our Augean stables and
we will have all we can
that was Blaine's idea, and he forced
the Republican party to accept 1t. II
was failure, and we do not wish TO
get down to such a low partisan view.
Canada knows good thing when she
sees it, and will open her doors to our
commerce when she finds the barriers
broken down that prevents her trading
with US. Reciprocity is kiss nv ell
bow game-when the kissing quits the
reel procity ceases, and all Is mum. Our
government needs no driveling arrange
ments like that. The world is our mar
ket, and we need not fear when the
Wilson bill is a law, that our trade will
be limited. Mr.. Editor, our grand old
ship OF State is now sailing in clear
water. Her flag is uufurled to the
breeze. At her helm is Grover Cleve-
laud, and his first mate is
pillows. that oeset his course