Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-20
ought to carry The STATE, and will do
Why should any Democrat
VOTE AGAINST HIS PARTY

VOTE AGAINST HIS PARTY
in West Virginia? The Democratic
party has given the people a conserva-
tive. honest. economical and business
administration ever since it came into
power. Z, has built school houses,
maintained a splendid system OF free
schools. KEPT all the charitable and
public institutions of the State in
splendid condition, and not a word OF
scandal has ever been successfully
shown. There have been no defalca-
,iCCs. no fraudulent deals, no pilfering
Of the public crib. Taxes have bsen
kept reasonably low for State purposes
and the great business and industrial
institutions OF the State and she farm
er. mschanic and laborer all agree that
his money paid for public uses is no.
diverted to any other purpose. The
Republican Legislature Of 1895 could
find 10 f3ul, Every committee Ssnt
10 investigate came back with only
crds of commentator. Let us say
so their credit ,hac 1hey told the Sruth.
But the truth confirms the Democratic
contention that no change is needed.
What Safe in the Union under DEM
Ccratic or Republican rule, can shaw
,ha, within il a party has been in
power since 1870 and not one cent Of
public funds mas been misapprOpriated,
and no faul, can be found with its
management OF the peoples business?
Under Democratic rule the State has
prCSpersd and grown. Railroads have
been builc into nearly every county
ana the coal and timber gotten 10 mar
ke-. We do not, as our Republican
friends once did under their national
administration. claim that the Dem
CCrats make rain. stay wastes and keep
OFT grasShoPpers; but We do claim that
capital likes 60 invest in 4 State where
the government is
HONEST AND CONSERVATIVE.
It Shuns extreme changes and unrea-
sCnable inovatiOns. And this year the
farmer laborer. mechanic, business
man and inventor Will ask. Why should
party which has done 50 much for
the SAFE be deposed? Can We afford
TO cake The risk? Even conservative
Republicans Will think many times be-
fore they will be willing TO take the
chances OF trading certainty for un-
/ certainty. There are many reasons
which we can show the people why
the Republicans do no. deserve TO car
ry this State. Bu- il is TOO soon to
go into details now. Their school
book record is not right and their new
/ school book law is not popular. They
made many mistakes in 1895, and our
people know all about it, and will not
| forget when the time comes 10 talk
AT present this Committee is get
! ting ready 10 work. The. party has
never been thoroughly organized. for
! the reason that organization has been
put off heretofore till after the State
convention has been held. This year
we will all be marching before the
6.ats convention meets. The party
machinery will all be in good trim be-
! fore August 1st, so that when the con-
VentiOn meets and dominates we will
| hand over 20 the new committee
\ PERFECT ORGANIZATION,
the hardest part Of the work Of the
! campaign.
81 do not expect to be in the cam
paigu myself. l am no. candidate
/ for any office, and will ncS be. The
! party has been kind 10 me. and | ap-
precia;e all it has done for me. But
| / expect to take an active interest and
| do whatever the organization may re-
Guire at my hands. This is the way
all of the boys are talking now. Many
of us have been disappointed; many
have been treated badly. no doubt. and
gre9c many feel than the national
| administration is not what it should
be. but we are all certain that if We
are for silver. we can't look TO the Re-
publicans. If We are opposed 20 free
silver. we can't trust the Republicans
because they have always lodged, and
always will dodge that question. We
are however all afraid Of the Force
Bill. opposed TO Republican eXtrava-
gance. opposed 20 the Mckinley bill,
and we want TO see the country settle
down again to business. We can't
stand the long and tedious wait which
a change in the tariff policy will bring.
And then. we all love West Virginia.
We must save this State and keep it
Democratic. If We can get our vote
out. we can carry the State. and l
have no doubt that we will do So"