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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17
How It AReets the Farmers.

The fact that wool has already
increased in price since the passage
of the Wilson bill is sumner TO
Capt Dovener and his followers,
who thought the wool question one
of the prominent features of the
campaign. Sure enough it is, but
it is all on the Democratic side. a
Harrison county man was here this
week with a drove of sheep which
he was selling ont to the farmers
at the price of 500 per head. The
price of sheep has advanced won
derfully since the passage of the
Wilson bill which put wool on the
free list. The price of live stock is
coming right up, and there prom
ises to be boom along this line
soon. And all too. under the "ruin-
ous Wilson bill" Isn't it a pity
that the Republicans have failed to
keep prices down until after the
election2-W Weston Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

Senator Allison, of Iowa, one of
the leaders of the Republican party
is known to favor a large reduc-
ton of Tariff duties. and repudiates
the Mckinley imposition. Yet he
is now being doomed by many lead
ing Republicans for the Presidency.
Is the g. o. p. sick of its own doc
trine2 or is it simply accepting tho
inevitable? The fetch of McKin-
leyism has been tumbled in the dust
and the god of high protection has
ceased to be worshipped by tho
American people.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17
Senator Voorhees,, In opening the
campaign at Terre Haute, Indiana,

Senator Voorhees,, IN opening the
campaign at Terre Haute, Indiana,
says:
"Wbat vision rises to our view
as we look backward for the causes
which have led up to the present
condition of the country. A solid
mass of Republican legislation from
1861 to 1893 confronts us. In all
that space of American history, en-
bracing the average period of life
time, every enactment, every law,
whether by bill or joint resolution,
is of unquestionable Republican ori-
gin, pedigree and adoption"
How true; and yet how few of us
can realize the great evils which the
Republican party has brought upon
the country. Demonstration of
silver, with its accompanying evils
of scarcity of money, cheap labor,
low wages, low prices for the pro-
ducts of labor, mortgaged homes,
finishing up with the great panic
from which, by the blessings of
Democratic legislation we are just
now emerging.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17
Take All in Sight.

Farmers Advocate.
Suppose you had a family in a
burning building and ladder was
at hand by which you could reach
and save them, what kind oflunacy
would it be to chop the ladder into
kindling wood, simply because ii
was not an elevator. You cannot
jump from the bottom round of a
ladder to the top, but have to GO
step at time. So it is in politics
Would you throw away ladder for
a rope attached to nothing. The
above are apt SMILES in the case OF
the three parties. The Democratic
ladder will save the nation from
Republican incendiary confagra-
ton. Take the ladder and round
by round reach safety, prosperity
and happiness.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17
In The Potter,s Field.

III lu6 EOtlGf y ElGkua
Both of the Republican panic
breeders are dead, says the the st.
Louis Republic. One session of the
democratic congress has put into
the potters field of unmourned leg
islative criminals the Mckinley
tariff and the Sherman bullion pur-
chase law. The Federal election
laws lie with them.
The Mckinley tariff was the
climax of monopoly legislation. 10
its preparation the protection party
frst made open admission of a pur-
pose to decrease revenue by increas-
ing taxation. Under various skulk
ing pretenses bad tariff laws had
been passed before; but in 1890
manufacturers in Pennsylvania
were fatuous and shameless enough
to say: This is our tariff: we
bought it and paid for it; we have
d right to malse t what We please.
Mckinley recognized their right,
handed over to them the taxing
power of tho Government and let
them have what they bought.
Over that tariff the battle of 1892
was fought. The people saw the
Immortality of the Mckinley sys
TEN aud ordered the change. The
monopolistic price maker had over
shot the mark. When the insult of
unconstitutional purpose was added
to the injury ofoppressive exactions,
the campaign funds of the Manu-
facturcr, League and the Home
Market Club were impotent TO pre-
vent the election of reform candi-
dates.
The Mckinley law is repealed
and tae people will never suffer an
other to be enacted.
Tariff for protection with Incl
dental revenue, a platform upon
which Mckinley boldly stood four
years ago, has been knocked into
old junk.
For 80 years we had progress
from tariff for revenue only to Nc
Kinleyism. Hereafter we shall
have progress from prohibitive pro-
lection to free trade; until the cx,
ports of this country move unre-
strictedly to purchasing markets
and the people reap the natural
profits of their industry. McKin-
leyism is dead. The Democratic
party came back to power that the
people might be freed from the
oligarchic combinations. 1t has
nobly redeemed its pledges; has
been held back from complete full
fillment only by the incompletness
of the majority given to it in the
Senate by the States.
To have replaced the Mckinley
law with measure better than the
Morrison bill or the Mills bill is a
glory which will brighten as the
voters comprehend the desperate
counter exertion of privileges in,
trenched and made lusty by long
years of Republican favor.
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17
The Friend Orthe Farmer.

Judge Harvey shows a determi-
nation to make his Congressional
fight on the issue of tho free coinage
of silver in any and all quantities
that maybe presented at ratio of
16 to 1. There's where he is right
and where he has the people with
him. We have no doubt but his
opponent, Mr.. Miller, would like to
come out for the Same thing if he
dared, but he don't. The men he
represents are, those who have
ground the people into the dust for
the last thirty years, and who will
never consent to anything which
will relieve their condition as long
as dollar can be made by squeez-
ing them. On the contrary, Judge
Harvey is the friend of the farmer
and the laborer and will do what he
can for their interests, and is not
afraid to say so. Hurrah for Har-
vey!-lS. Marys Otdcle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

According to Republican theory
and prophecy, the new tariff bill
was to have destroyed the manu-
facture of pottery in this country.
News comes from East Liverpool,
Ohio, however, that the twenty-five
potteries there have recently start
ed up and are being operated with
greater activity than at any time
in their history.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

"But L do know that owe my
life to being an Odd Fellow, and
that now, in my dependent and
helpless old age, that order has not
deserted me, and that
"when friendship, love and truth abound
Among band of brothers,
The cup of joy goes gayly round,
Each shares the bliss of others.
From these delightful fountains flow.
Celestial riIls of pleasure;
Can man desire, can Heaven bestow
a more respIendent treasurer
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

Chairman Wilson says that only
twice in twenty years, namely, in
1881 and in 1889, have the people
entrusted themselves to a Republi-
can House and in each instance they
have quickly and overwhelmingly
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

We propose to fight high
prices as energetically as
ever, and anybody antici-
pating the purchase of
goods in our line, would
do best to come to us di-
rectly. We always guar
antee lower prices, better
qualities and later styles
than any other house in
the city
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

could not comprehend why he had
so suddenly changed his intention
of getting away from the scene of
trouble and rushing back in def
ance of danger to my assistance.
But it was explained to his satisfae-
ton, and he swore he would join
the order at the first opportunity, if
acceptable.
al concluded to get ont of such a
country as soon as possible, and, Sc
curing largo canoe, in company
with an old sailor, we started for
the coast, down an unnavigable, and
to us, unknown river. All our per-
sonal property was in the canoe, in
Guiding our mining tools. for we
expected to do some prospecting for
gold as we journeyed to the sea. 1
was not long in finding out that,
while my partner was a good ocean
sailor, he understood but little about
navigation in canoe. and the
evening of our second days trip, We
were caught in current that swept
us into deep ripples, where our
canoc capsized, turning everything
into the water. l clung to the old
canoe that was tossing bottom side
upward, until carried over the falls,
my hold broke loose, but managing
to keep my head above water, was
borne down the river several miles
before 1 could effect a landing, and
then completely exhausted from my
efforts, crawled on shore, unable
to stand.
All night ] lay shivering on the
cold bank, and when morning came,
weak and feverish, 1 started to seek
a human habitation, but could dis
cover no signs in any direction
All through the day L wandered
amid tangled vines and unbroken
woods, with nothing to relieve my
hunger and unable to produce fire
to warm my body from the chilling
winds of the coming night. Dis
couraged and despairing L dropped
down at the roots of big tree and
lay unconscious until awakened by
the blaze OF the morning sun, that
told me another day had come.
1 rose, and staggered along for
several hours, when the welcome
sound of wood chopping reached
my ears. / ran as fast as 1 could in
the direction of the echoing ax, and
soon came TO an open space, where
l saw man cutting down tree.
Stimulated by the cheering sight,
| ran shouting toward him. My
strange actions and haggard ap-
pearance startled the man, and he
raised his AK as if to strike. Uncon-
sciously l made the mystic sign of
distress, when the man instantly
dropped his ak and recognized me
with the answering sign of our or
der. No greater joy ever thrilled
my heart than the delight that at
that moment possessed it. Away
out in the wilds of California, in a
place where / least expected it, and
at a time when L sorely needed its
aid, Odd Fellowship had found me
a brother. L was taken to his cab
in home near by and given the best
the family could afford. He COM
PEELED me, in a spirit of kindness,
to continue the enjoyment of his
hospitality until fully recovered
from the effects of my terrible ex;
perience. / never heard of my un-
fortunate companion after our sep
aration in the river, and do not
know what fate befel him.
"But L do know that 1 owe my
life to being an Odd Fellow, and
that now, in my dependent and
helpless old age, that order has not
deserted me, and that
HWhen friendship. love and truth abound
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17
THE TIDE OF TIME.

n DER the world with quiet waves
|e tide OF time creeps on,
mighty shore and silver strand,
zach new day Is done;
y sunsets red and amber starr'd
Fe faded in the west,
Fou remember aught, dear love,
1ne who loved you best2
spring and summer softly pass
golden autumn wanes,;
d storm and shine alike drift by,
Light and fearful rains.
F0u think sometimes still of me,
ander words hushid long,
10 your heart sweet lne1n,ry brings
ms from our old, old song?
love. ti.c tide of time may roll
.icr aiid for aye
less waves on yon still shore
even crowns life,s day,
hether light or darkness reignA
I1sls,s-s sweep above
Lat strong as time itself
i've and last your love.
New York ledger.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

Business is improving, the world
over. Let the republican calamity
hoWlers still insist that the demo-
Gratis are responsible for the busi-
ness condition of the country.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

s'clIRNRes ISDs Sept. 2ss "a.
Such at least has been the exper-
ience of Uncle" Mat Miller, as he
is familiarIy called by nearly the en-
tire population of Lawrenceburg,
Ind, where, in the closing days of
an eventful career, he is lingering
in the shadows of waning life.
Past so years of age, over so of
which has been spent as a member
of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, his "reminiscences of scenes
relating to the fraternity are in
many respects exceedingly interest.
ing. Tne writer called at his resi-
dence, yesterday, and found the old
veteran bright and vivacious, but
unable to leave his chair without
help, because of paralysis of his low
er limbs
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

Voters of Mason county, what
kind of profession did you have
under the Mckinley bill2 What
did it do for the countryP wehard-
ly need tell you what you-alrcady
know.
1t threw millions out of work.
1t induced the bIoodiest strikes of
our history.
Itincited labor and capital to des-
perate warfare.
1t ruined many a bank, factory,
enterprise and industry.
1t set back the hands on the dial
ofprogress.
It depressed wages and oppressed
the poor.
1t marched with ruin before it
and famine behind it.
1t collected the taxes from the
poor with one hand and gave it to
the rich with the other.
1t built castles for the monopo-
lists and huts for the producer.
1t was on the road to turn the
farmer from his farm and the farms
into deserts.
It dragged the whole country to
the verge of ruin.
But what need to further recapit-
ulate2 The whole tragic history of
those Mckinley times will go down
in our history as the darkest since
the war.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

a secret is thing which yon
communicate TO one whom you can
trust; he in turn tells it to some
body that he can trust, and that
somebody reveals it to another
somebody whom he can trust. And
SO it goes the rounds; but it isstill
secret, although everybody knows
q
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

The Gar of Russia is seriously
sick and his recovery doubtful.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17
Revival in the Iron NILS.

Already reports come from the
iron mills of a large increase of ac-
tiyity upon the ending of the period
of doubt and uncertainty concern
ing the tariff. People all over the
country, who have been withhold
ing purchases in order that they
may act with knowledge of the fu-
ture, are now Fastening to get their
orders filed. One statement is that
the orders received during the first
twenty four hours after the passage
of the Senate bill by the House
were equal to the ordinary business
of an entire month.-Pittsburg Dis
patch, Republican.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

Republicans have made a howl
for "honost" money. II is no moro
dishonerable to pay less than dol
lars worth than it is 10 take moro
than q dollars worth for q dollar.
Whenever you Increase the pnrehas-
ing of gold-our only standard you
decrease the value of all property
outside of the standard. Farms
and houses tho products of labor
and labor itself drops to the value
fixed by the holders of the one
standard. "Honest' money In
deed!
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

a simple way to remember the diff
ference between the Virginia creep
er and the poison ivy is this: If
the vine has FIVE leaves, correspond
ing to the FIVE fingers of your hand,
you may handle it; if it has only
three leaves, you may not handle it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

Justice Harlan of the Supreme
Court of the United States, has re-
versed the decision of Judge Jen-
kins to the effect that employees
have no right to strike. Justice
Harlan decides that they have
right to strike but not to destroy
the property of their employer nor
to interfere with other employees.
This is justice and common sense.
Don't seal or wrap paroles in such
manner that their contents may not
be easily examined.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17
ICE! ICE!
G. f. HESS.

desires to inform his friends and pat
rons that ne has arranged to engage in
the ice business next Summer, and that
he would be pleased to have their ord
ers for the delivery of ice to their homes
and places of business, for next season.
janlo-em.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

81 had an experience of another
character in Sacramento. One night
late I had eaten at a restaurant,
where, in paying for my meal, 1 in.
advertently disclosed a considerable
sum of money 1 had in my possess
ion. On leaving the place was fol :
lowed some distance by couple of
covetous fellows, who had resolved
to get my gold. 1 was unarmed,
and while suspicious, was not GER
tain of the intentions of the men,
who persistently shadowed me,
had started to cross a dark COM
mons to shorten my route, when the
two williams suddenly assaulted me,
| was knocked down and partially
stunned. but managed to seize the
larger of the ruffians by the arm as
he raised his hand to plunge huge
knife into my breast, and thus pre-
vented him from doing me further
harm. But his companion attacked
me with savage ferocity, and L
would have been killed and robbed
on the spot if 1 had not shouted at
the top of my voice those mystic
words, that are heard only to be
obeycd, by those comprehendipg
their meaning. Almost immedi-
ateIy thereafter the sound of hurry
ing footsteps greeted my ears, and
my assailant was prostrated by a
blow that would have felled an OK.
l released my hold of the fellow
struggling in my grasp, and drop
ping his knife he darted away in
the darkness
sAre you hurt, brother" exclaime
my preserver, as he assisted me to
rise, and then 1 knew 1 owed my
life to Odd Fellowship. The stran-
ger had been standing and talking
to friend some distance away when
/ was attacked and heard the noise
of my scuffie with the robbers. But
those were dangerous times in Sac
ramento, and he and his friends did
not propose to interfere in a fight
the purpose of which they knew
nothing, and were Fastening from
the spot when the mystic words 1
spoke halted him and summoned
him to nay rescue. His companion
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17

Andy Moss, an ancient member
of the Order, and several other
VIII ite. haired veterans of the Broth
erhood were present, striving in the
spirit of fraternal friendship, to COM
fort and cheer the weary hours of
their helpless brother.
"I became an Odd Fellow in 1910,
and it has been the means of saving
my life several times" said the old
devotee, as his eyes frightened with
the recollections of other days.
sAnd l saw it save the lives of
thousands of people on the Pacific
cost in 1849, when 1 was mining in
California
Fever had broke out in the camps,
and death and destitution were
present in accumulated horrors, un-
ill Odd Fellowship sent its minis
tering angels to succor and relieve.
The order put up big tents for hos
pitfalls, sent physicians, medical sup
plies and nurses, and no man who
was entitled to wear the triple
links, although a stranger in a
strange land, was without friends.
They cared for the sick, buried the
dead, and relieved the distress of
the suffering, in that spirit of sama-
ritan kindness that must have been
pleasing to Him, who, when upon
earth, went about doing good.
Other fraternities did the same, and
thousands of persons were rescued
from falling victims to the destroy
ing scourge.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17
ANGER MANY TINES,

Tstie Words Calling for Help
an Odd Fellow to Ills Side.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-12

After successfully running the
gauntlet Of the house. o bill to grant
municipal suffrage to women has been
defeated in the Massachusetts, senate
by a vote Of 90 to 10. Upon what
ground was this action taken2 Is it
wiser Ought women to vote? These
questions arise in logical sequence and
form al interesting problem for public
discussion. The fact that women al.
ready vote at municipal elections with
success in several states seems, at first
glance, to render easy the answer to
questions n and two, namely, that
the Massachusetts, senate had no good
ground for its defeat of the municipal
suffrage bill, and that its action was
unwise
But upon moro careful reflection and
more studious inquiry is it not appar.
emit that this refusal was an act Of jus.
tice to the women themselves; all act
preserving them from a participation
in politics before politics has been quite
prepared for their active presence? Are
we at this point asked question third?
Then our reply is frankly in the affirm
alive. Women ought to vote. They
ought to be permitted to vote, not only
at municipal elections but at all cleo.
tions; such Of them rs are fit to vote.
fit, that is, to vote intelligently. with
real knowledge of issues at stake and a
clear comprehension Of political princi-
pies. But ought women to vote nowH
We say 10. Not now nor at any time
until the American suffrage is modified
in it's gravsst defect; that defect 10
which we can trace every public politi-
cal evil at present confronting us; the
defect Of an electoral qualification that
classes ignorance on u parity with
knowledge; ~venality on a level with
virtue and raw stupidity upon an equal
footing with trained intelligence, work.
ing with measured weapons to ward q
comprshended result.
What, in these civilizsd days, 10 the
measure Of political value? Is it ssxS
Obviously not. Is 1t brute strength
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-12
Where Coxey Has the Laugh.

1t is not altogether clear to the pub
lie, and perhaps it is by no means clear
to the commonweal promoters them.
selves, just what the Coxey movement
is supposed to signify. II 1t has any
one definite aim further than the indi.
cation Of popular discomfort with De-
mocracy's present redemption of its
past promises of prosperity. that aim is
embodied in a prospective demand upon
congress for a national system OF road
improvement. to be paid for by the
issue of $500. 900. 900 in fiat money.
The idea of General" Coxsy is to
put idle men at work repairing the
highways and then pay them for their
labor with a rag-baby currency worth
nothing to its possessor. Only ignor-
ant workmsn would care for such in.
considerable treatment; but in this era
of turbulence and depression many
seem to have accepted the Coxey plan
with entire cordially. as being at least