Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-16

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| shall stand upon the purpling heights
of victory won and success achieved.
/ We will not be content 10 stand upon
| tina mountain and look Into the prom
ised land. but will enter IL to take full
! posssssion and leave it as blessed her
/ itaee 10 our children and they who
may come after them. Every point
| gained is an advance, not alone Tor to-
| day, but for the future OF the country
! There must be no backward step.
THE CRY Is FORWARD!
: We may not in the present measure
and through the present Congress secure
/ all that may be desired, but ii is just so
sure as night shall follow the day, all
| legislation that NAV give relief In the d.
| rection OF true tariff reform is to remain
upon the Statutes fixed aud secure. IL
/ may be added 10 and advanced, out IL
! will neyermore be taken from or moved
! backward, II matters not whether the
/ ReDublican or the Democratic party
/ NAV be 10 the asCendancy. True tarlH
reform. broad commercial freedom,
I revenue taxation based upon economic
expenditure has come 10 set It's seal
mon all future legislation OF the
I Government. No grander opportunity
I was ever presented TO political
party than that placed within the reach
/ Of the Democratic party. we shaH
/ earnestly oppose and bravely meet an
/ omen. honest Zoe, who, by Inheritance
/ ana teachings, may never have oeen
with, OF, or for us. But those, VINO,
marching uRder the banner OF Democ-
racy. abandoning Democratic principles
and forgetting the sacred cause or the
Deople. would place obstacles in the
way by lOcalizing great national truths
of government, let them beware OF that
indignation OF Gu aroused and out
RACED party. Where President Cieve-
land, trusted leader, will be true TO lead
wa shall be brave enough To follow.
The Democratic party has suffered de-
feat In the past and may meet tempo
rary defeat 10 the future, but IL never
surrenders Surrender only will come
when the cause OF the people, In which
IL has ever been true, when representa-
tive government which il has faithfully
defended and the great principles 1t has
advocated shall have been etsrnaliy
lost. The line
MARKED OUT BY PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
in his message Of 1857, his recent letter
20 Congressman Wilson, the platform
in 1892, will be strictly adhered to ana
followed until a complete revision ana
reform In national taxation Is attained
The masses Of the Democratic party are
honest and demand that their leaders
shall be honest aud faithful TO trusts
imposed upon them. They believe that
pq-ty platforms and declarations OF
principles, when in convention assem-
bIed. are made with honest purposes,
and demand that public promises must
be as faithfully observed as individual
obligations.
Through storm and through sunshine
the Democratic party has been the per-
slstent friend, able advocate and brave
defender OF silver. / do not believe the
day has come when we propose or can
afford, in the interests OF the people, 10
turn our backs upon this metal IL is
an important product OF the country,
and from the days OF our fathers down
through all the wondrOus and amazing
growth OF our country we have found
il useful, safe and valuable medium OF
circulation.
AT the conclusion of Gov. Matthews
speech
THE PLATFORM WAS READ
and adopted. II endorsed the record OF
the Democratic party in Indiana, and
continues:
we affirm our opposition TO the
vicious system Of class legislation mis-
called protection. and pledge ourselves
to continue the battle against II until
every species OF extortlon and robbery
fostered bv the Mckinley act shall be
obliterated from our revenue system
and the people enjoy all the blessings
OF commercial liberty.
we denounce tariff protection OF
every kind as fraud aud robbery OF
the great majority Of the American
people for the benefit of the few.
I'VE maintain that no tariff taxes
should be levied except for purposes OF
revenue only, and that such taxes
should be limited to the necessities OF
the government, honestly and ecouom-
lcally adm niStered.
ave approve the efforts Of President
Cleveland and his administration ana OF
the Democratic House OF Representa-
tives and OF a large majority OF the
Democratic Senators, and particularly
our distinguished Senators from In
diana, Hoo. ID. w. Voorhees, and Hon.
David Turpie, aud our entire Demo
cratic delegation In Congress 10 redeem
the pledges made 10 the country by the
last Democratic convention, and 10 exc
cute the will OF the American people Is
expressed so emphatically at the ballot
box in November, 1892"
1t continues condemning the course
OF the Republican party and especially
conforming "a cOterie OF Senators,
who, masquerading as Democrats, by
threats to defeat all tariff legislation,
have temporarily prevented the Demo
cratic party from carrying cut all OF It's
pledges to the people for tariff reform
as announced In the Democratic plat
form OF 1892"
II proceeded in congratulatiOn that
3 substantial measure Of reform has
been effected, and approved the action
OF the House OF Representatives In Iol-
lowing the enactment Of this law with
the passage of separate acts, placing
sugar, coal, iron ore aud barbed wire on
the free list. Il
ESPECIALLY ENDORSES THE INCOME TAX
as wise aud equitable measure de-
signed To place a fair share Of the bur-
denS of the government on the property
OF the couutrH; also the law passed
authorizing the taxation OF green
backs. and favors the prompt enactment
OF law by our next Legislature for
the taxation of that class of money;
also most heartily endorses the repeal
OF the Odious election law; declares in
favor OF a constitutional amendment
prov idiug for the election Of United
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