Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-22

tract larger audiences or nOlu tnelI az
tention with greater persistency. The
great mass OF the people have learned
that TO vote for Mr.. Wilson is not only
IN vote for a statesman OF the first mag
nitude, for q great refOrmer, and for
man whose present public career IS glV-
ing rich promise of infinitely
GREATER THINGS TO COME;
but that they are also voting for the
supremacy Of a great economic truth
and for the perpetuity Of new dispen-
sation which has already given ana
which will continue TO 6estow popular
benefits and wide spread relief from
grieVous burdens, long endured by the |
people through q blind belief in plausl-
Bile but erroneous Republican teachings, |
and for these reasons there has oeen an |
upprecedented awakening OF the Demo |
cracV throughout this immense district |
and a determination TO achieve VIC
tory which all the oratory and all the
arguments of Republican speakers ana
leaders cannot shake. No one recog-
nizes this more fully than the Repuoh-
can managers themselves, and hence
they have already practically given up
all hope OF eQualling or even OF ap-
proacnipg the great demonstrations
which have everywhere greeted Mr..
Wilson, and their energies and their
influence and cash will be turned INTO
other and they trust more enectlVe
channels. "Quiet work" OF
A PECULIAR SORT
Is henceforth 10 be relied upon by the
Reoublicans more than fight In the
open, and ia no portion OF the district
will this be carried on to a greater ex-
tent or with more hope OF making he
pubIican gains, than along the West
Virginia Central railroad from Bellng-
ton to Piedmont, and in the mining re-
Rion ABOUT Montana and Monongah,
During my present trip have TAXED
with reDresen tatiye, intelligent ana In
fuential miners and lumber men from
widely-sep parated points, and they all
tell the same tale OF Influence
brought TO bear upon them,
OF 1.-The bosses talking great DEAL
and Of the workmen "having very Ut
lie to saw" In other words, lntlmlua-
ton, coming from a high source, ls oe-
ing resorted TO in q covert and well
guarded way, and in 8 systematic man
ner the men are being given TO under
stand that they can vote as they please,
so long as they please TO vote a certain
way. Within the past few days the
democrats have taken open notice OF
this Republican method, and voters are
| being advised OF their rights from the
pIatform. and are reminded that the
Australian ballot will permit them to
vote as they please, and put 1t out OF
the power OF any ons 10 know Wnat
candidate they preferred. The fact tnst
THE LARGE MONIED INTERESTS
Of this region have come out squarely
/ in favor CT the Republican candidate
h,s oF Itsslt onn vincad manT-fJ.. The
/ other side, for they know that the
mining and lumber magnates are not
/ often found acting In harmony with
/ their employees. The sudden shifting Of
ground by certain gentlemen OF great
/ wealth is regarded with very grave sus-
/ picion by many workmen who formerly
voted the Republican ticket These
workmen are saying little but are think
| ing great deal, and it is not improbA-
! BILE that when the votes are counted the
Republicans will find they have lost
ground az points where they expected
TO gain.
The present attitude Of the men who
own and control the big enterprises in
this part of the State shows on
its face that il arises solely from hope
Of regaining the great benefits accruing
to corporate interests under the Repuh.
lican policy in national affairs. They
have had a good thing, and want to
hang on 10 il. Take the big mines at
Thomas as an example. The present
owners purchased tens OF thousands OF
acres of coal and timber land at prices
varying from so cents up TO 81. so an
acre. ! am told they are mining at that
point alone 3. zoo tons of coal per day,
the duty upOR which under the hchin-
ley bill amounts TO the snug sun OF
50, 500 per day, aud which sum, II the
Republican claim that protection 10
coal is necessary is true, represents
very handsome profit over and above
what they would receive il the barriers
were thrown down, for protected corpO-
rations are notorious for keeping the
prices OF their product to the people
we'll uD to the limit allowed by the
tariff The duty on lumber under the
old law also, under Republican claims,
must have netted these folks very
handsome profit in the same way, and
they very naturally don't want to give,
up any Of this ''cake," Hence these sud-
den 'hOps" aud this
TURNING OF THUyB-SCREws
on the workmen as election day draws
near. They refuse TO recognize the
fact that their own coal is better than
foreign coal, and that it must, there
fore, remain the preference Of msnufac-
turers, steamship companies, aud other
consumers, even II the imported fuel
should be a little cheaper, for to do this
would be 10 cOncede that not a cent OF
protection is necessary TO the running
OF their mines, and they are fighting
solely in the hope Of getting the old
Mckinley duty back sgaiu, that they
may keep prices pretty much where
thew please.
find the farmers in the
southern and eastern counties OF
the district in 3 very cheerful mood.
Beef cattle, for which there has been a
very restricted demand for year or
two, are again sought after, and the
market has advanced TO 4a4 5 c per 10.
on the hoof, in the South Branch
country. One case was reported
10 me Yesterday where a cattle raiser
was offered 3 &c sixty days ago for !
seven hundred head, but refused II, aud |
who has just sold for 4l4c, the differ
enee being upwards OF So, 600. Others |
have done as we'll in proportion during
that period, and they consequently have |
A VERY KINDLY FEELING
for William L. Wilson and his bill. |