The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-01-20
Pnblic Credit VS.. cash.


The Gold Democrats and Repub=
Leans talk a great deal about pub
lie credit. The silver Democrats
want public cash In the foreground.
If public cash is ever ready there
win be no trouble about public
credit. Herein is where the gold
Democrats and gold Republ
are mistaken. They aim to estabz
lish credit Their whole argument
is credit, credit, credit. while it is
a well known fact that credit has
ruined its thousands.
Let the people get the credit
idea out of their minds and let the
government set the example of do
ing cash business and put enough
money in circulation to do it with,
and these reports of bank failures,
assignments, mortgagee's sales, etc,
viii become few and far between.
Away with this public credit
talk and let us all talk more of pub
lie cash and our country viii be-
come what it should be. The more
credit some men have the more
they will run in debt till they final
ly can't get out no matter how hon
est they are. 1t the same with
a government. What this country
needs is a cash business and it
should begin at the head-the gov
eminent. This is what the Silver
ties are aiming at and what the
Goldites are fighting.
Ask a gold standard man about
business and he will invariably tell
you it is good, but you notice he
fails to give you any figures or es-
Inmates as to what amount of bust
ness he is transacting. The fact is
he is simply living on confidence
and is expecting better times to
come under the single standard.
Will the system that makes the
poor poorer, the rich richer, bring
prosperity to the masses of the
people? That depends entirely
who the masses are, whether they
are the poor people or the rich
people. The question is SO simple
that it does not require an answer.
The railroads that loved you so
well last fall and hauled their en-
ployes free to political meetings
all over the country provided they
were of the single standard variety,
have taken measures to recover
their cost. This they do by cut
ting their mems wages and raising
freight rates, which they are doing
with vengeance.
Govener-elect George w. At
kinson's latest appointments are:
Arnold G. Scherr, of Grant county,
to the Penitentiary Board of Di-
rectors,and the followingasC Colonies
ON the Governors's staff: George
w. Curtis, of Braxton county.
John d. Hewitt, of Mercer, and
T. B Gould, of Tucker.
The Legislature adjourned yes
terday until this morning. The
body has not yet gotten down to
business, but on Monday, no doubt
both Houses will be flooded with
bills and resolutions. In the Sc
lection of the minor offices of the
two Houses, Mason county, seems
to have been left out entirely.
The only sign of Improvement
in business since the election that
we have been able to note is the
increasing activity of patent medi-
cine advertisers, comments an ex-
change. No doubt this great de-
mand for medicines comes from
the millions of laborers who have
been Frustrated by over work since
the restoration of confidence.
Politics in the state of Ohio are
ON the eve of an eruption over the
determined effort being made to
get John Sherman out of the Sem
ate SO that Mark Hanna may get
in.
The Cabinet situation has be-
come as complicated as Chinese
puzzle, and as full of contradictions
as a Cuban war report.
Mr.. Mckinley is said to be look
ing for "big men, for his Cabinet,
but the really big men of his party
appear to be avoiding him. The
fellows who are seeking the Cabi-
net places are all several sizes too
small for them.