Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-24

mill Of the Illinois Steel Company. which
EMPLOYS 200 men. To had been idle for
months. Wby2 Our Republican friends
would probably say because it had no
orders. That would be a very satisiac-
tory reason IL is were true. But on re-
suming work the company gives out
this statement;
"In resuming operations, the company
has enough orders on band 70 keep the
mill running night and day for two years
without lntermissiOn II not another order
should come iu.h
That is what the company has TO say
about it. Yet the men who have been
idle for months have been told that the
reason they had no employment was
that the Democrats were about 70 ruin
the Industries Of the country. Does
any one believe that in the light Of the
statement just officially given out?
Does any one suppose that all these
orders. sufficient to keep the mill at
work day and night for two years, were
received the day before work was re-
sumed? All business men will reject
such an hypothesis Whatever the
the cause then Of the idleneSs Of those
workingmen, 20 was not tariff agitation
Those who have told them that such
was the case have been, consciously or
unconsciOusIE playing a confidence
game.
This Is only a specimen. There are
many more such cases. The whole
strength and influence Of the trusts
have been exerted to head Oft tariff re-
form. When suspensions of work were
made, whatever the reason, they have
been held up as the frightful result Of
attempting 90 legislate in the interests
Of the people instead Of the interests Of
the trusts. lis political buuco game
from beginning TO end.
mIsREPKEsENTINa DEMOCRATS.
There are certain papers Of large cir
culation who profess to hold Demo-
cratic views aud who preach Demo
cratic doctrine who are doing more
harm 20 the cause OF Democracy than
all the Republican party organs COM
bIned, through their iuordinate desire
to get sensational news and make a
olive" paper at any cost This, Of
course, can be- accomplished only with
live topics, and Congress and it's
work furnish the livest topics Of
the day and an unlimited field for
the INSCRIPTIONS sensational CORES
pon1ent. That Congress has been dere-
uct and duatoIy and has duIy-daIied
with grave interests aud has deserved
severe criticism is true. 10 is equally
true that for every just criticism o
dozen lies have been given circulation.
This, Of course. is to be expected Of Re-
publican organs, but a Democratic Con-
gress has a right to look for better
treatment and only honest criticism
from Democratic journals. An indie
pendent exchange says on this subject:
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Uarf discovers new mare
nest almost every dgv. In his kilograms
of Monday he charges that eight Demo
cratic Senators hope 20 bee able To- retain
the Mckinley law on the statute books.
They are H,M Murphy, smith, German.
White, OF California, Cafrey Blanchard
and Brice.
If this statement be true, the Senate
might as well lay the Wilson bill ou the
table. and engage in legiS'at,ug ON some
other subject than the tariff The state
meu1. however is founded upon the report
THAI tue two New YORK Senators traded
votes with the Republicans when the queS-
ton of the confirmation OF 'ecSaam's
nomination was mp for consideration. But
tho large majority against confirmation Is
proof positive chat there was no necessity
for trading votes with three or four Re
pubhcaus