Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-25
MKINLEYs FALsIFIoATION OF HIS.


challenged MCKINLEY, who was 20
speak that evening in this city aud at
Beuwood aud Bridgeport, to quote TO
his audiences certain we'll known facts
Of history which il produced in very
brief space.
MCKINLEY read the REGISTERS chal-
leuge carefully as he came 10 on the
railroad aud referred to the REGISTER
al length 10 his remarks as being ignor-
ant Of history, but not once In any OF
his three speeches in this vicinity did
! MCKINLEY accept the REGISTERS chal-
lenge and quote the few pointed facts
OF that history Of which he so buster
ingly accused she REGISTER Of being
ignorant. They were right before him
10 the copy OF that mornings REGISTER,
which he had in mis- possession, but not
single fact from the array presented
did MCKINLEY mention to his
audiences either at Benwood or
at the Mcclure House or at
Bridgeport BE dared not do so, else
he could not have gone on with his
! speech, every word and sentiment OF
which was plainly proven false by
the indisputable facts OF the in
dustrial history Of the country in
the Democratic free trade" tariff
times from 1916 to 1860. in which we
gave the names and dates Of the
industries established in and about
Wheeling and Pittsburg. In those won
deriully prosperous aud growing times
nearly all the great railroads OF the
| United States were built and nearly
all Of the present great industries OF the
country were established. But not even
the few sample facts relating to the
local industries of this immediate yicin-
ity, which the REGISTER put under his
nose, did Mckinney dare allude to in
even the remotsst manner, for it would
have rendered him ridiculous, as he GER
taiGlY appeared 10 the ewes Of intelligent
mlddle-aged men who have lived
through the times the history Of
which MCKINLEY deliberately garbled
and distorted 20 deceive the ignorant
and prejudiced. He did not even dare
TO publicly garble the messages of Fill
MORE and BUCHANAN, to which be re-
ferred the REGISTER, being careful TO
Gull out those portions OF his speech,
leaving the RarbIed, meaningless and
absolutely untruthiul paragraphs which
be probably uses on more ignorant au-
disnces for the foolish Intc'ItIsncer to
print after he had left town. 10 putting a
brief quotation from fillmore in 1851
into MCKNLEY's mouth the witless m
telIigenccr quotes the Wing President,
not on the industrial situation OF the
country, but merely as predicting an
lnconsequentisl falling of OF exports
for the fiscal year ls5l-2 from those Of
the previous fiscal year, which he claim
ed had been exceptionally large because
OF "the high price Of cotton which pre-
vailed in the lest half OF that year,
which price has since declined about
The figures which the In.
puts into President FrLMoREs !
mouth are aburd. For lnsteu0e' -
quotes him as SAYING:
The values Of our domestic exports for |
a. g. ID ua ~
of the previous year, exhibit an increase OF /
Sl4S, G46,32
The utter nonsense Of this Is shown
in the facts from the treasury record, !
showing that the total domestic exports
for 1851 were but Sis, $40, 13S, which,
however, was large for that time. The
increase from the previous year was
over SIS. 1000, OOO fillmore, however,
was right in his prediction that the
value of exports would fall of for the
then current fiscal year. They did take
a slight drop in 1852 from the year
previous OF something over $4,000, 900,
but the Iuteli1Cnccr, or MCKINLEY,
carefully neglecis to state that exports
Immediately rose after that aud that the
figures for the year following show an
increase Of over S34OOO,OOO. The value
Of our exports from 1916 to 1860 varied
naturally, but their tendency was a.
ways upward aud they increased from
$50. 5-4,S44 in 1917 TO S3l6,242,42 10
1860. These facts MCKINLEY deIioer-
atelv garbles 0y quoting FILLMORE for
only one year and when there was
slight temporary decrease. 1t is dis
honest trick and a most foolish one, OF
which we did not believe MCKINLEY
could be guilty. We knew the Gov
ernor would ignore the facts OF the
country's history from 1916 TO 1860 for
be had done so twice before when the
REGISTER bad similarly challenged
him with the same solid array Of
incontrovertible facts but We did
not believe he was sufficiently dis
honest or sufficiently foolish to deliber-
ateIv earbls aud mlsQuots a President Of
the United States TO further his amoi-
ton. IL NAV, however, be said to Nc
/ KINIEY'S possible credit that he did not
say these things In his speech here,
though he has evidently said them else
where, aud he eft them for the IutelH-
| ccl.csr TO print as part Of his remarks.
His quotation FROM fillmore was not
less a lagrant Misrepresentation Of the
times than his quotation from PresI-
dent BUCHANAN on the brief specula-
tive panic Of 1857, as Hon. Will