The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-05-16
who s the Most Available Candidate for

Who is the Most Available Candidate for
Congressl
The question of most vital im-
portance to the democratic party OF
this congressional district is, who OF
EalI tie candidates spoken of, is the
most available and most emInently
fitted and qualified to lead the dem
ocratic hosts in the coming con-
gressional contest. That the com
ing contest, will be fierce and that
every foot of ground will be stub.
bornly contested by the enemy adj
mits b no denial Personal prefer
.enee md sectional pride should be
forge ten, when the great principles
of The party are at stake; and party
success above everything else
Eshoul be the sincere desire of every
true lolIower of the party. The
great issues of Tariff Reform and
:. F'reiS Silver upon which the dem-
ocratic party of this district wonits
victory two years ago, a victory un-
paralleled in it's history, are the is
sues of to-day and will be in the
coming contest. And no man is so
eminently fitted or SO well qualified,
to lead the democratic party in the
coming contest, than that honest,
brave and fearless democratic pa
triot and farmers friend, Hon. Jas.
Capehart our present capable and
efficient Representatives. in Congress.
In the fierce and bitter contest now
in Congress, this brave and loyal
democrat has steadfastly adhered to
the true principles of his party and
battled nobIy for the reforms prom
ised in that platform upon which he
was elected. To depose him as our
leader, before the issues, "Tariff Re-
form" and "Free Silver" are fought
and won for all time to come, is a
confession that the principles for
which we have battled for so long,
are unjust and no longer worthy of
our support. Is the Democratic
party of this congressional district
ready to make that confession? If
it is, it can do SO by refusing to re-
nominate Hon. Jas. Capehart for
Congress- = TFirt NelcS.
The protectionist of the McKin-
ley school are entirley responsible
for the Coxey movement.
For nearly generation the ad-
vocates of protective tariff have
besieged congress for class legisla-
tion in their favor. They have
taught their followers that congress
has the power to make either good
times or hard times, and that when
our comfnercfal and industrial con-
ditions are out of joint the remedy
is to be found IN federal legislation.
These protection crusaders did
not march across the country to
presenta petition with boots on, but
they did practically the same thing
when they went to Washington in
squads and delegations and persuad-
ed the various congressional COM
mittees to hear their appeal for
relief and additional protection.
They rode in special cars because
they were able to pay for such lux
uries.
The armies led by Coxey, Kelly
and Frye are not able to travel at
their case. But the fact that they
are tramping through the country
does not make them any worse
than their predecessors, the lordly
protectionists, who have been max
ing raids on Washington every
year for the past quarter of a
century.
These delegations from the classes
and the masses are animated by
the same motive. They want con
gress to restore prosperity by a
statutory enactment. They want
to build up their own interests un-
der the favoritism of the govern
ment. They want paternal social
ism that will take care of them and
make them less dependent upon
their inividual efforts and tho nat
ural laws of trade and industry.
The sharpers and swindlers-
men who live luxuriously at the ex-
pense ofthe credulous and unwary
have withdrawn from their winter
seclusion, and will be soon be max
ing things lively for unsuspecting
farmers. The man thas has gold
or silver mine to give away free Of
charge is also on the move-so let
farmers beware. Sign no contract