The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-12-08

A Little History, Little Warning and
tireat Deal OF Sound Sense from
Correspondent.
To the Editor Of the NEw DoMISIox.


Quoted and controlled solely by the Re
publican party, although more Demo-
Gratis had entered and fought in the I'm
ion army than Republicans, the Repab-
iican leaders had manipulated and shap-
ed things as TO place their iron heels Of
despotism on sthe necks Of Democrats
10 render the Democratic party helpless,
and the reconstruction whieh followed,
about crushed the life out of it as the re-
publican party hoped for all time They
first freed aud then enfFanchised the
negro slave population OF the South
thereby making such negroes their will
ling slaves at the ballot box, and carpet
baggers were scattered all over the South
to see TO 1t that the negroes delivered
their votes accordingly.
They next by vicious registration laws
DISTINGUISHED white Democrats Of the
whole Union; they falsely assuming
that all Democrats who had not entered
and served in the Union army were
rebels, If not in fact, traitors to the coun-
try; and 10 cap the climax, they took
care to send what they called United
States Marshals, but in fact hired ruff
fans TO the polls on election DAYS TO see
that mono should vote except such as
they saw fit to let vote, and to after
wards manipulate the count at such
polls and By these means made free
elections and fair counts an impossible
ty, and now, this party seemed TO think
they had completely hedged themselves
in power by a wall too high to scale, OF
tear down; and the Democratic party
who felt itself innocent OF intentional
wrong and greatly oppressed by such
wicked oppression felt that il had not
much left worth living for, but the as
surance that truth crushed to earth
will rise again !" and that God would in
due time come to their relief, and ev-
cry day encouraged them in that belief,
and at the same time confused and con.
founded the Republican plotters. Final
ly clear spots in the northern sky APP
peared at first small, but constantly
growing larger, and ere long spread ali
over the heavens and covered the earth.
And the negroes OF the south seeing
that they had been lied to and deceived
by those lying carpet baggers, and that
about all the Republican party wanted
OF, or with them was their votes to help
keep Republicans IN office the negroes
drove the raseally carpet haggers from
among them, and made peace with their
old friends and late masters.
Next, the rascally registration and dis.
franchising laws were repealed and
now the Democratic star again arose as
bright and gladstone over this portion OF
Gods beaHtif al earth as the star of the
East once did over the manager, when
Democrats sang songs OF praise to God
for his mercy and goodness and soon
large part Of the State government again
became Democratic; and Democratic
congressman and senators were again
elected by happy and prosperous peo-
pie until in 1876 the Democrats elected
by the people their first President, Til
den, but whose election was afterward
nullified by illegal counting boards,
made final by that iniquitous seven by
eight commission, and President HAYES,
afterwards known as Henry Hayes
declared elected. And we hazard moth
ing in saying that the blackness OF that
infamy will never be wiped out.
But in 1884 we elected the honest and
respected Grover Cleveland by vote so
strong that his election could not be
shaken. During the latter part OF his
Administration he v rete and issued that
ever famous proclamation Of tariff re-
form and reduction of taxation, and it
became an issue in the next Presidential
election which came off in 1888 before
the people could have full discussion
and explanation OF the scope and pur-
port, and through the sophistry OF the
protection lordsCleveand was defeated
but not dismayed or driven from his po-
sition so that at the end OF the next two
years the people becoming better ac-
quainted with the provisions OF that
message, they on that issue elected
very large majority Of the congressman
to the next succeeding congress and
much larger majority than the Republi-
cans elected at the late election by which
they seem to be so much elated and in
flated, for the Republicans only then got
a little over eighty congressman; while
at the late election the Democrats got
between $50 and lao congressman. Our
great majority Of 1890 was procured al
most wholly on the issue Of tariff re.
form, while the late Republican maieri-
ty was not procured on that issue as we
will show hereafter. In fact the tariff
question was not discussed by any Of the
leading Republicans in that contest any
further than to declare that it would not
be raised in that election and when
their greatest Senator, John Sherman,
was asked since said election whether
VI HOI tlt tb1lHtiltftu tilt tdtt tlttliOD
should be construed to favor the Me
Kinley tariff bill, emphatically an
swered mo"
Soon after Harrison's election hard
times began to dawn upon this and 9TH
err countries, the people clearly perceiv-
ed that it cost them too much to live
because Of the high tariff taxes they
were compelled to pay to the rich man
41fa fhaf fl,axf hrt,,., -
by reducing their taxes but instead of
Harrisou's Administration reducing
them it largely increased them by the
enactment of the Mckinley tariff bill, so
that in the election OF 1892 the people
relegated him to private life by electing
the great Grover, president of the Uni
ted States who again at the earliest
practical opportunity urged and renew
ed his effort at tariff reform by message
and otherwise. The result was that the
renowned VIM. L. Wilson, chairman of
the Ways and Means committee, with
others formulated fit bill for the pur-
pose; and he early in the session intro
duced it in the House of Representa-
tives and did everything in his power to
procure its speedy passage, and it was
passed by that body early in the sum
mer about as proposed and then sent
to the Senate to be there acted upon
as speedily as possible. But
there over 800 mostly dilatory amend |
ments were offered to it by and with the
aid or procurement of three or four So
called Democratic Senators, but in fact
traitors to the party, and the constitu- |
ency they so misrepresented, but in their |
behalf let us say that we have no doubt |
but that they each received greatly more |
than thirty pieces OF silver for their |
conduct
Ultimately the bill greatly amended, |
or rather mutilated, was passed by that |
body late in the summer of 1894, and too |
late to even get the good effects OF the |
bill as passed (for it is much better than |
the Mckinley bill) before the American
people. By this time the people who |
had pledged these law makers to the |
speedy passage Of tariff relief bill, see
ing business almost wholly Frustrated, |
and their wives and children crying for |
bread became exasperated and madden |
ed at the hardness and great neglect of |
their public servants in the premises, |
resolved in their distress il not madness |
TO even up with them at the polls and to |
so chastise them as to render it improb- |
able that such great neglect will soon |
occur again.
The people in such cases always move
too slow and sometimes too |
last, but woe be to the public servants
who fall into the hands of an outraged |
Soon the election came and by the aid |
81 an army of sore heads" whom |
Cleveland failed to give office, and bv |
many who thus enraged sold their birth
right to Republican ballot boxes, a few |
traitors to the party, and a very large |