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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
WILL THERE BE A DEFICIT :?

Democrats are proverbial deficit
producers. No sooner did they get con-
troll of the National Government than
a deficit appeared which they prompt
" attributed to vicious laws enacted
by Republicans.
The city of Martinsburg, which has
been ruled over by Democrats for
many years, will soon, in all proba
bility, be compelled to face deficit,
It is unpleasant to make the state
ment, but the logic of events compels
us to do so.
On the first of June, the beginning
Of the municipal year, there was
balance of about S, 900 to the credit of
the city. 1t was estimated that the
revenues for the current year would
amount to $40, 900, making a total of
$4,000. At that time the council
resolved to purchase and cancel city
bonds to the amount of s., 600. No
bonds were offered until recently when
a party proposed disposing of city Sc
curities 10 the amount of S, 600 at
par Those in authority at once cast
up their accounts and made the dis
covery that the surplus and about
SIP, 900 of the current revenues ST.
ooo) in all, had been expended leaving
but s., 900 i'll the treasury which will
necessitatc very considerable retrench-
ment i'll order to make both ends meet
during the next five months
OF course the question al once arises
Where has the money gomez There
have been no extraordinary eXpendi-
lures during the year if we except
the burying of the street railway and
the immense amount Of stone put up
on the streets and roads of the Fifth
Ward Councilmen and citizens Of the
other wards complain that they have
Oeen unable 10 gel what lheN really
need, while numbered citizens Of the
Fifth have told us that in their opin-
ion considerable amount of stone has
been placed where il is not needed.
We wish it to be distinctly under
stood that we do not charge anyone
with peculation, but merely state facts
as they are presented to us. Neither
do we fol- moment harbor the thought
that there has been any intention on
the part Of officers to squander the
money, but it is evident that the
strong box does not contain much
else some bonds would have been
taken up
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
FREE TRADE FOR ALL.
West Virginia's Governor DenOunces
Protection Afforded New England.

Baltimore, Jan. Hon. w. \. Mac
Corkle, Governor of West Virginia, and
Senator Henry G.. Davis, President
of the West Virginia Central and Pitts
burg Railroad Company, have given
the Manufacturers Record their views
at length on the Wilson Tariff bill.
Mr.. MacCorkle says that the Demo
cratic doctrine for 100 years has been
in favor of retaining the tariff on coal
and that it is in direct opposition to
Democratic principles to remove the
duty. He quotes the tariff of I7S9- 90
1912, and the Walker tariff of 1916 in
support of his argument, and says
IF the spirit of Democracy is for
Free Trade, then treat all alike Place
OH the free list the woolens, the
cutlery, the thousands of articles man
ulactured in New England for which
we have had to pay double all these
years. If, on the other hand, the par
ty must formulate a revenue tariff,
then bring highly protected New
England down to a revenue basis.
When that is done then in all fairness
YOU can touch coal
al am for the whole Union, but my
patriotism does not tell me to hand
over the South, bound hand and loot,
to the chariot wheels of the manufac-
turers.
M Davis gives history of the
New England soft coal trade and
proves by statistics, showing prices,
tonnage. etc, that free coal would
throw that entire market open to
foreign producers and shut ont
Southern shippers of coal almost en-
tirely-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
Fight 1t as d WhO.el

The path of honor and of duty fol
Republicans with respect to the Will
! son bill is so plain that it cannot be
mistaken. Fidelity to Republican prin-
ciples demands that the iniquitous
measure of destruction shall be reso-
lutely, uncompromisingly assailed in
every schedule and at every point
The plan of Republican alliance with
disconnected Democrats in opposi-
ton to features of the bill is unwise
and inconsistent Republican at
tempts to help the Democratic party
out of the dilemma it has brought upon
itself by its malignant hostility to
American interests will only weaken
the cause of protection and stregthen
the hands OF his enemies. Republican
unity and energy will only be fritter-
ed away if efforts are made to form
deals with dissatisfied Democrats
against single items such as the odious
income tax, the admission Of free raw
materials, or the insufficient protection
afforded to various industries in which
these Democrats happen to be interest
ed.
The Wilson bill is vicious, destruc-
tive, and un-American from the first
word to the last. 1t is declaration
of war upon American industry and
and direct attack upon American
wages, American manhood, and Amer
lean homes. The theory on which it
is based is radically antagonistic to
the fundamental principles of Repub-
licanism. 1t cannot be made harm
less by patching it up in spots the
only way to amend it is to strike out
its enacting clause.
No surrender of American princi-
pies! No compromise with the Bour-
bon enemies of American labor! Fight
the Wilson bill as whole.-N. Y.
Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

iii a recent issue Of the Wheeling Reg
lister which for rank and barefaced
demagogy would take first prize at
any donkey show ever held.
After stating that the Democrats
must .be held chiefly responsible for
the acts of omission or commission by
Congress, we are blandly and with
childlike simplicity informed that
''the Republicans are not blameless
by any means for the delay in the con-
sideration of the tariff bill through the
lack OF quorum Not blanche SIS!
Why bless your soul, dear Register,
there is not Republican in theUnited
States who 'oes not indorse the action
of the Republican members Of Con-
gress and not only SO. but we Pat on
the back of those Democrats who are
assisting the Republicans and urge
them to stand fast. So far as Repub-
licans are concerned, sheol will become
skating rink before there is any let
up in the fight against the pernicious
Wilson bill. 1t will be antagonized
in the House, opposed in the Senate,
and, should it become a law, the war
will be waged with renewed energy
on the hastings, and there will be no
r ST, day nor night, until the sum of
all villainies is erased from the stat
ute books.
Again, read; "The Wilson bill is
designed TO promote the revival OF
business, to place American industry
on a sound foundation, to relieve the
distress now prevalent among the la
boring classes, and to increase the
wages and comforts of labor" Had
the writer assured the readers OF the
Register that all Republicans and
many, many Democrats honestly be-
lieve that the Wilson bill is designed
to PROSTATE business, destroy Amer
lean industry, increase the distress
now so prevalent among the laboring
classes, and to reduce the wages and
annihilate the comforts of labor lie
would have been much nearer thu
truth.
Its trainers have never claimed
that the measure is perfect as i
stands, is the next sentence. Tha
is one reason why the Republican
members OF Congress, backed by al
those who earn their bread by thu
sweat of their brows, propose to EN-
ploy every means in their power t.
prevent its enactment into law.
1t is safe to say that no more unpop
ular bill was ever presented to thu
American Congress. 1t is illogical
sectional, chimerical, visionary; i
does not supply revenue nor provide
for free tIade, or protection; it is un
fair to producer, and consumer; i
will cripple manufactures, destroy ag
riculture, check the wheels of prog
ress, and bring poverty to the PEG
pie. 1t appears to be framed for the
express purpose of fostering foreign
industries and is, therefore, un-Amer
lean; it is devoid of patriotism anl
should be defeated at all hazards. n,
man, be he Democrat or Republican
who loves his country, his home, o
his fellow man can OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
for such a monstrosity
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
A Loyal Representative.

Troy Press (Dem.).
Representatives of other manuiac-
turing districts were as faithful a:
Charles d. Haines, Democrat, is to
his constituents, the destructive Viii
son bill would be speedily killed.
There is a vast difference between
pothouse politicians pottering about
patronage and an honest Congressman
working hard to protect and further
the joint interests of capital and la
Dor, upon which or common pros
perity depends.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
A Book to Buy.

Websters International Dictionary.
This new book is the authentic, copy.
rghted unabridged thoroughly re-
vised and enlarged under the super
vision of Noah Porter, d. D., IL. d..
of Yale University. Editorial work
on the revision has been in active prog
ress for over ten years, and more than
hundred paid literary workers have
been engaged upon it The sum ex-
pended in its preparation before the
first copy was printed exceeded $500,
600. This work, well used in family
will be of more value to the members
thereof than many times its cost laid
up in money.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
H,A!:,!,!!! B BsM's'!
ABSOLUTELY PURE
DEMOCRATS REPUDIATE 1T.
Five ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS News
papers Against the Wilson Bill.

Richmond. VA, Times (Dem.l.
Enterprises in coal and iron ore are
far from beingthe onlyVirginia indus
tries that will be injured by theWilson
protective tariff free trade bill
Lime is manufactured in twenty-five
States, and its manufacture employs
hundreds of thousands OF hands in
quarring, cutting wood, etc We
have number lime manufactures
in Virginia that are and have been do
ing a prosperous business. TheWilson
bill reduces the duty on lime to 10 pei
cent al valoren, which makes the tax
about three cents on the barrel. This
will kill all the American trade
in lime along the Atlantic coast, and
will transfer the benefit Oft to New
Brunswick, where the people can
manufacture lime for but little more
than half what it costs here
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
4 huye ttuml)ug.
New York sun Dem y.

New Y Ofk sun Dtm.l.
Taking revenue and antirevenue
together the vii son bill is fantastic
and personal bill 1t is a tumble Of
constitntionalities and favoritisms,
compounded to crafty the more pow
erful applicants for license to rob,
and to vindicate the hobbies of Grover
Cleveland put on record previous to
the Chicago platform. 1t is the
greatest humbug of the age.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
The Senate VIII Doctor Ii.

Washington dispatch to the Cincinnati En-
quirer (Dem.).
One thing now seems certain. 1t is
that the Wilson bill cannot become a
law. Thisdoes not mean it may not pass
the House as it now is. Indeed, the
chances are it will, for the President
is master in the lower branch.
The Senate, however, will rip it to
pieces. Its first nauling will be in
the Finance Committee and after that
the gamut of the body. The Senate
will exercise a deliberation upon it
which White House influence cannot
intercept.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
A New Bill Demanded.

Cleveland Plnindealer de NJ.
1t is to be hoped thattheFinanceCorl-
mittee of the Senate will comprehend
in its fullest degree the necessity of
amending the Wilson bill, or Of pro-
viding a new one that will be fair to ali
industries of the country; that will
have line of logic running through
it SO strong for revenue and inciden-
tai protection that many fairnunded
men, both Democrats and Republicans
will come forward and support it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Say, you Democrats who are con-
tinually wanting to find 1.-THE markets
OF the world, don't You know that
they are guarded by protection laws9
That being true, how i'll the name of
all that is wonderful are you going to
reach those markets? Not by reci-
procity, as the Wilson monstrosity
destroys that We ask the above
questions in all candor and defy any
living Democrat to give lucid an
swer
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Iegislatnfes having failed to elect and
the Senate having decided that gov
ernor cannot appoint when regular
session of legislature fails to elect.
In view of the fact that the Wilson
bill puts number Of the industries of
those States in jeopardy, movement
is on foot to fill the vacancies.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Congress met on the sd. No quo
rum. Adjourned. Assembled next
day at noon. No quorum although
more than 200 members were present
Adjourned. The next day and the
next the same farce was enacted. Re.
publicans stood up and asked to be
counted, but Speaker Crisp does moi
get quorum that way. He issued
warrants for the absent members and
Monday succeeded in corralling about
forty of the truants, when the mil
started and is now grinding the vii
son grist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

There are six Democratic contest
ants for the position recently held by
Governor O'Ferrall While the race
will be a hopeless one, we trust the
Republicans will put up good man
and give the Bourbons a fight. If
such course did nothing more, it
would help reorganize the Republi-
cans of the Valley and be an incentive
to action throughout the State in the
fall campaign. The only way to crush
Bourbonism is to fight it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

No effort will be spared by the de
Tense to blacken the character of Miss
Pollard, plaintiff i'll the Pollard Breck-
inridge suit Miss Pollard's charac-
ter seemed all right when Breckin-
ridge was having her chaperoned by
Mrs. Senator Blackburn Farmers
Advocate
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Mr.. Cleveland has not paid all of
his political debts He should have
remembered the most distinguished
of all Mugwumps, Carl Schurz. There
was Van Allen, who contributed $780,
600 to the late campaign. He got the
Italian mission, but did not keep it,
giving Grover a chance to exalt Vain
McWeagh Gresham is another one
whose mouth watered for Office and he
got it, but how His Fatness wishes he
had not
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Mr.. Wilson says it is better to give
a workingman untaxed materials to
exercise his industry upon than UNI
taxed recessaries of life. " In other
words, he would have the working
men toll and starve, the expression
bearing no other construction.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
The Advertising.

of Hoods Sarsaparilla is always with.
in the bounds of reason because it is
true; it always appeals TO the sober,
common sense of thinking people be.
cause it is true; and it is always fully
substantiated by Endorsements which
in the financial world would be accept
ed without a moments hesitation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Referring to the proposed income
tax, Gen. Isaac J. Wistar, of Philadel-
phia, a Democratic free trader, got
off the following epigrammatic sen
tence. descriptive of the Democratic
party when he said; ANY donkey can
chop down tree, but foresight, care,
and long continued watchfulness are
required to replace it," 1t is evident
that at least one free trader is begin
ming to realize something of the mag
nitude of the hole into which the party
has gotten
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

\ fire broke out Monday evening
in the Casino, one of the World Fair
buildings, and rapidly spread, con
Stunning the beautiful Peristyle, Music
Hall Manufacturers Building and Lib
eral ArtsBuilding. Great quantities Of
exhibits stored in the buildings were
destroyed. The loss is estimated at
ten millions The supposition is that
a couple of tramps started the FIRE.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

MrWilson's speech on his hernaph-
rodite bill is said to have been the effort
of his life. We have no doubt about
the effort, but have very serious doubts
as to the logic of the position occupied
by him
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Prof Wilson puts a specific duty Of
81 per cent on rice. The wages paid
in the Southern rice fields average S.
to s. per month. The farmers in Mr..
Wilson's own district pay from SIS to
SIS per month, yet their wheat and
corn must 90 on the free list.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

c The death rate i'll New York leo ~
per thousand OF population) is higher
than any other city in this country or
Europe of more than 100 600, except
New Orleans (28.72) and Rheims,
France (7S 671
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

William Mckinley was a second
time inaugurated Governor Of Ohio
Monday. On the fourth Of March,
1907, he will deliver his inaugural ad
dress from the East Front Of the Cap
itol at Washington.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

If the British flag is once hoisted in
Honolulu, and there is every indica-
ton that it will be, it will never come
down. Great Britain never sends out
Paramount Commissioners to pull
down the British flag.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

c. A. Snow & Co, Solicitors OF
Patents, Washington, d. c.. whose
card is published in the Herald, have
bought the two houses 7oS and 7Io
Eighth street, near the Patent Office,
and use all the rooms for their bust
ness, employing twenty-five skilled
assistants The firm is strictly relia-
bic and can be fully trusted with any
work. We most cheerfully recon-
mend them TO ali persons requiring
the services of patent attorneys.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
Wants No Free Wool in His Panta.
looms

Mr.. EDITOR: Ofcourse YOU are not
IN it, but we want to say TO Our friend
Mr.. Wilson, and also to the Demo
cratic administration, that we don't
want any free wool i'll our pants, be-
cause we have not lived nearly fifty
years to learn nothing lis true we
Cont know very much yet, but still
we have learned which side of the
bread has the butter on it. We have
some little knowledge Of how low
tariff worked when this country was
ruled by Free Trade ideas, and that is
why we say we don't want any free
wool in our pantaicons.
No, no, Mr.. Wilson, just lay that
little reform bill of yours away The
people of the United States will not
need it for some time yet 1t may
come in, after the country has exhaust
ed all its mighty resources of hidden
wealth that row lie blried in its hills
and mountains. No. the time has not
yet come that the American people
/ have use for your little bill. /" Our
mountains are full of iron and coal
and we want to see them dotted with
enterprising, busy, industrious men
digging out the precious gifts Of a
benevolent Creator. We want to see
our hillsides and waste places covered
with sheep; this will enable our fac
tories to turn ont clothing cheap
enough for any honest man. Don
understand us to say that the Demo
cratic party is not honest, for heaven
knows they are an honest party;
of course they are, for some of their
stumpers told US last fall that we would
get, under Democratic administra-
ton, 81. so for three bushels of wheat
At least that's the way the thing is pan
: ming out about now They also TOLD
us that domestic wool would bring
so cents a pound, or about so cents for
three pounds, as the case stands now.
f OF course the Democratic party is hon
+ est and Democrats aim to tell the
truth, too, but we have known tht
, party for over forty years, and whel
u-a Laya baa-, Fa1 OlOtbaJ o.,J cctCo1
ed under Democratic arrangement
we know whereof we speak, and thai
is why we say to them we don't care
, about any free wool in our pants.
this don't suityo can't help it. go
) enough of Democracy when | was
little boy do do me whole life tine.
. STEEL SQUARE.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

President Cleveland has had Fri
day" notify the Belgian Minister of
Foreign Affairs that he does not feel
called upon, under the present cir
cumstances, to ask that monetary
conference be couvoked.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

rs an indication of the manner in
which the people are pining for
free trade, it is interesting to note
that the Democrats had to arrest
about fifty Democratic members Of
Congress before they could secure a
Quorum
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
Little Mountain, Va.

The Democratic Cincinnati Enquir-
err referring to Dun's review of the
business situation and his statement
that the year 1895 has proved, in sud
den shrinkage of trade, depression of
industries, etc, the worst for fifty
years, is moved to say that the fact is
particularly commended to the atten-
ton of those public men who think
that there hasn't been much of storm
after all, and who, under the inappro-
pirate name Of tariff reform, want to
make more trouble by making the tar
if a wreck with everything else
There are some Democratic papers
that appreciate the condition which
confronts us and the Enquirer is one
Observation-Disclosures.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

The regular Democrats, temperance
people, and reform elements generally
made an effort at the recent munici-
pal election in Memphis Tenn, to
upset the corrupt ring that has made
the town the wickedest in the country
but signally failed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Let us have free coal by all means.
Everybody knows that our farmers
can sell the products Of their farms to
the Nova Scotia miners, while the
West Virginia miners can starve or
90 to some other country. And the
WestVirginia railroads can run or not
II trade falls off what is to prevent the
roads from advancing rates.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Judge Hornblower, of New York,
nominated by the President to fill the
vacancy in the Supreme Court, has
been rejected by the Judiciary Com
mittee of the Senate.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

When a farmer starts to market
with load of potatoes he need not
bother about putting the large ones
on top. Small potatoes always go to
the bottom.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

AT a recent election Salt Lake City
went Republican, which will possibly
give pause to the Democracy in the
making of new States.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Typographical Union No. 8 ("Big
Six'D, of New York, and No, 2, of
Philadelphia, have passed resolutions
protesting against the Wilson bill.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13
lotd l--s-.-..--.....'..., ........
STATE OF WEST Va

STATE OF WEST VA.
BcTkeieY County, vs.
!, F. +. WILSON, Cashier of the above-nam.
ed bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best Of my knowledge
and belief FRANK y. WILSON, Cashier
Subscribed and sW orn to before me this 25th,
day of Dee. 1888, 1T. YOUNG n T..
Correct-Attest:
+ G. WILLIAMS, JR.,
A. j. THOMAS, Directors
W. W. HOUSEWO ORTIZ.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

Anent the lack of a quorum i'll the
House, the Washington Post, Of Mon.
day, has a cartoon in which Cleve
land is represented as modern BE
Peep with the Congressional sheep in
the distance, and adds
Little 30 Peep has lost his sheep,
And don't know where to lind them;
Let them alone and they viii come home
bringing their tails behind them
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-13

The grip is making war on the Will
son mongrel, having good hold on
several members of the House.