The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30
The Gazette is such nice, clean

The Gazetteis such nice, clean
poDer. 1t never indulges in mud
Singing" SO it says. The Regis
ter does all of that kind of nasti-
ness, according to the Gazette. LII
there ever was dirtier, viler, ma
licious and more untruthful paper
published than the State Gazette,
we would like some one to point it
out or send us a copy, 1t is un-
scrupulous in it's dealings with
men opposed to it politically, ma
licious in its attacks upon people, a
misrepresenter of facts, and is
guilty of all denominations, until its
editorials have become stencil in
even the nostrils of the decent Re-
publicans of the county. thas
not the respect or confidence of a
genteel Republican in all of Mason
county.
The Gazette crawls out of its
attack upon the character of Mr..
w. r. Ries, by pleading the "baby
act" in saying it copied the article
from another paper, without COM
ment. The editor claims to be n
very fair lawyer, and he knows, or
ought to know, that if he gives
publicity to an untruth about a
gentleman, he is equally guilty
with the man who originated the
falsehood. He know the arcticle
was false and lie when he re-
produced it, because it had already
been publicly proven n lie. He
should have been man enough to
set Mr.. Ries right before his few
readers.
Every once in while one
horse Republican gold advocate is
heard to say that the only differ
ence between the Democratic and
Republican platforms is that the
Republicans demand silver dol
lar worth as much as gold dollar,
while tho Democrats favor silver
dollar worth only SO cents. Every
body who knows anything about it
knows this is not true.
Hon. Jas. H. Couch, Jr., of Kan
awha county, is making an active
canvass for Judge of this circuit.
Mr.. Couch will mOke an honest and
conscientious Judge, and he should
receive the support and votes of
every Democrat and free silver
man in this judicial Circuit, which
is composed of the counties of Ma
son, Putnam and Kanawha.
Our opponents say that unless
we shape our financial policy to
suit the pleasure of foreign nations,
they will not loan us any money.
We reply that as long as we shape
our financial policy according to
their pleasure, we will always be bor-
rowers and can never be money
lenders ourselves.
"With free and unlimited coin
age of gold and silver, we will clear
away our public debt before the
close of the century u. S. Grant
in 1878.
These words would have been
prophetic had not the millionaires
forced the Republican party to do
their bidding to demonetize silver.
Some men talk about the bless
ings of high tariff as if tariff
made money. A tariff is tax and
taxes takes money away from the
people. If there is no money in
the country until it is brought in
by increasing taxes, it will be a
long time before any comes.
If the gold standard is the thing,
why does the Republican party
want to change it if England will
consent? If bimetallism is good,
why should the United States
await the decision of her old-time
enemy?
1t is sad indeed to be called a
demagogue, because we quoted
from Lincoln, Grant, Garfield and
Blaine, all illustrious men. That
is what the Gazette styled us yes
terday. Shame on an editor who
would intimate that the sayings of
these men were demagogery.
There are some men who still
continue to argue that the way to