Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-06
SOME OBSERVATIONS
Through Pennsylvania and the South BY a

Through Pennsylvania and the South BY a
Gentleman resb From Those sections.
The Register has had a very interest.
ing talk with Mr.. a. V. Mcdonnell, who
has arrived in the city from the South
by way of the great mining and coking
fields OF Western Pennsylvania.
The talk manly consis,eG OF his gen.
eral observations as TO business and
politics, the latter subject being at the
present time Of vast interest TO the pCo-
pl ewhO were met by him.
As 10 the Southern States, Mr.. Nc
DonneH passes them by as being con-
coded by all candid observers TO free
silver, with the single exception OF the
Safe Of Maryland, which few consider
doubtful, owing to the influence OF the
manipulatOrS of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, It's hangers on, and some hith-
er,O party leaders whose sense of pa
Jr.Otism st3ggers and halts at the an
archy" of paying their equitable share
OF the taxes. He said:
The third party in the field having
no electoral ticket in Maryland, Major
Mckinley must not count on the De-
mOcraCy Of Maryland. At the last cleo
ton in that State it became necessary
for the Democracy, n its self-puriica-
ton. TO allow the other side TO have a
whirl at state management, ana as
usual the most incOmpejen. OF the other
party stole in, and last winter the hood
lums which made up the Legislature OF
the State brought about such a miser-
able condition OF state affairs, that all
hands are itching to get a sWipe at 1t.
Hence Maryland, if for no other reason,
wi. return TO her first love- Through
out rural Maryland the cause Of free
silver. with all is benefits Tor the peo-
pie. is as we'll understood as in any sec
lion Of the country, and, by the way,
it is truly astounding how thoroughly
the agricultural people or all parts OF
the na-On understand the question.
And. don't forget it, there is not one OF
them that is not sufficiently fortified
with information 70 knock out in min
ute The argument or any bimeJallist on
The Republican platform. And you, OF
course, have observed that the gold
press and the speakers for the gold
cause have improved on The Republican
platform bv never once holding out any
hope for bimetallism. This general in
formation on the issue is traceable
mainly TO the vast circulation OF agrl-
cultural magazines and papers, which,
ever since the decentralization of silver,
have made finance the leading subject or
discussion. Baltimore. upon which the
gold party depends for success in the
coming election N that State, IS in no
sense more lacking in information than
the rural parts Of the State, and careful
estimates made there and throughout
the State. show that at no tSne was 1t
in doubt for the Chicago ticket, al
though it and the rest Of the State were
falsely represented at that convention.
The treason Of the Democrat press Of
Baltimore does not cut more OF a hgure
in the State than has the treason OF
other papers in other sections or the
country. The people know the cause OF
their treason. cloak 1t as they may, ana
if ANYBODY is fooled it is those papers
themselves. and not the people. Just
the same conditions prevail as 10 those
natr.ots who fear everything in the Chi
cago Platform, but there are things IN 1t
which they do not mention when de-
nOuncing il.
Mr. Mcdonnell has quietly observed
the new and practical methods OF cleo
ci0neering as introduced IN TINS cam
paign by Mr. Hanna, and as pracuceu
from him down TO the railroad ana pro-
,ec-ei monopoly circles.
Mr.. Mcdonnell said: The very latest
sample of which was witnessed IN ms
city and will serve as a parallel for
many cases. An excursion CD passed
through Wheeling Saturday last, COM
posed mainly Of men engaged IN the re-
pairs Of track between this city and
Grafton. These men earn In their en-
plovment-nO, We will not put II so.
They are paid under dollar day, and
q blackmail was levied on them TO 60 TO
Canton TO worship at the feet Of thai
great defender Of the labOring man, the
deDutv candidate of Mark Hanna.
Friends here in the city met and guyed
these knights Of the pick and shovel
upon the nature of their trip, knowing
them TO be Democrats. One reply TO the
euying was in a stage whisper, 'D-n II,
I had to 20 to-day. but The fellow I'm
going to see will have to go on election
day
Mr.. McDonnelTs observations in Penn
svlvap.1 do not at all agree with the
Republican State Executive Committee
which met a day or so ago in Philadel-
phia. and INDUCED their fancy in bou-
ouet throwing, one wagering a hat that
the State would so for Mckinley by half
a million. He said: In the coal and
coke sections through which l travelled
the silver people are exceedingly hope
full indeed. cheerful. In the great
steel and iron making towns OF Brad
dock. Homestead and DuQuezne. many
business people hitherto Republicans are
out and out free silver men. Indmi-