Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-18

Robt. NJ. Armstrong, of Mason county
and Samuel H. Mcguire, Of Jackson
county. all Of whom were present at the
meeting of the Board at which the In
dependent claims to have been sus-
tanned in the charges, can say posi-
lively that its assertions to that effect
are lies IN every particular
This is a sufficiently strong condem-
nation Of these charges, and is not the
less strong because it comes from
prominent Republican source. Editor
Floyd goes on 10 say:
When the Independent makes its charges
against the management OF me iOsPl'
it makes the charges against tLe boaLu
whom we have named, Tor tne Po "a re- l
Board who live NJ a distance from eS.u .I
have visited the Hospital once every lAi Se
months AND have held meetings each VISIT
OF a weeks duration. These ineLle men.
have used every possible means 70 80.
the truth Of the workings or the l's ~.
ton in their absence. lneTe dIc -
members III the Board. Mr.. Sweeuahu'
~, -,,e+-orS and me editor of this pa
Ter Who have never spent a night IN the
Hospital at any or the Inee.,us5 ~ in
T,0arl They remained I'm the Ho'Ct al
-f. -ov-r M Weston in order that they
,-i,-ht get the outside news about tl5 NJ ~
pital These directors made no So -
cover.es as the luuepenlen- f,,a 1,ear-
have made The directors VINO i!Ne 10 10
e.s+ 20 he institution are Mr. Ecmistol anu
7r- Griffin gTr Edmist0n lNes IN w
town with the Independent anu NJ vi, I "a "a
Jim is OBJ the town nearly eN-.5 ~ ,veell
sometimes many times ouIlur '-,,,5 NJ
1r~ Elrrfsron is q Democrat di.t -.
Griffin is q Republican. lhtse So I,-bof
have more opportunities 81 H41It,,tItS1 than
is going on iu ana ABOUT si'e - ~ hove any
the independent has. II Nuys e Tr,de-
Knowledge OF the misdoine INA. LIV ut
PENDENT preteudS 20 expose l.'es 10 60 rf
made -rat knowledge known 20 lIle i,~, -, ~
~ f,I.~5 II thev had any such KNOW
ed0a fhav would not keen u sJCtY'' ~
least this IS the opinion Oh '"e
D1S,,rITE IN TARIFF CHANGES.
The ST. Louis Globe-Democrat ne
,rb,,esn warns the calamity bowler
Of The East that there is dynamite IN
r,dscsl tarif changes" But in spite
NJ sucb aJmoniuons the calamity howl
ers insist that the next Republican
r4,,se of Representatives shall pass a
b;p5 tariff bin for revenue) as an
assav in protective legislation in antic-
nation Of the good time when the Re
Drbl,c,ns will be in control of the
government. The Globe-Democrat
.cbesrfully observes that it will be two
Years and two months before the Re
Dsblican Congress elected in 1896 will
start out to frame a tariff bill 70 send
TO the Republican President, and no
body can tell now what will be the
proper policy at that time
Tt is quite probable that before that
time the manufacturers and working
men of the country VII have complete
lv cut the table cloth between them and
the Republican party. The fury with
which the calamity organs in the East
are demanding restoration of Mckinley
duties cannot fail to increase the ap-
prehensions Of the industrial interests
as the time for the election of a new
Congress- draws on. Il would be well,
then not TO indulge in pleasing illusions
concerning the election of q Republican
Congress and a Republican President in
1896 on a platform promising what the
G1obe-Democrat calls "a cautious and
conservative revision of the tariff"
Tho country knows TO its sorrow what
such phrases mean in Republican
ante-election manifesto. Nothing less
VIII satisfy American producers and
consumers than a pledge in 1896 to let
the tariff alone. But if the Republicans
in next Congress agitate the tariff in
mere partisan wantonness by bringing
in bills they have no power to pass,
what assurance can the country have
of the sincerity Of any pledges they
may make in 1896 in behalf of indus
trial peace? SIN, if the Republican
representatives choose to indulge in
that kind of sport for the amusement
of the calamity howlers, the Democracy
will have no cause to complain. A
Republican President and a Republican
Congress IN 1896 viii thus be numbered
among the lost illusions of political
dreamers.
An esteemed Republican COntempor-