Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-22
TOR CONGRESS
hon. ]. Y. Blair.
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our opposition to a large stand
ing army and navy as a perma-
nent establishment in time of
peace, or for the purpose of put
ting in subsection conquered terri
tory, and recall to tie attention
of the people the warning given
by the Father Of His Country to
his countrymen in his farewell ed
dress, to "av~id the necessity Of
those overgrown military establish
ments which, under any form of
government, are inauspicious to
liberty, and which are to be re-
garded as particularly hostile to
republican liberty"
We reaflirm our faith in what is
known as the Monroe Doctrine"
and earnestly oppose any departure
rom or the setting aside of the
same as obsolete and outgrown,
UelioFluS, as we GO, LHdI
OUR SAFETY LIES
In adherence to the traditional pol
Icy Of the government as founded
upon that doctrine.
/, We denounce the Republican par
ty for it's extravaganza and waste
full expenditure from the public
treasury; for the increased burden
of taxation it has laid upon the
people under what is known as the
'Dingley tariff law: for the en-
couragement it has lent to every
species of jobbery in connection
with the administration of the
government; for the corruption in
Selling and annexing Hawaii; for
its increase Of the public bonded
Indebtedness Of the country; for
its failure t. pass such needful
financial legislation as would re-
1ieve the people of the country
from the evils imposed upon them
by the single gold Standard" and
for it's policy looking to the estab-
lishment of Imperialism, and con-
quest as the future of the govern
ment under Republican rule. We
hold it's further continuance in
power, imbued with these ideas and
purposes, to be dangerous to repub-
lican government in this country,
and call upon all lovers of liberty
to unite with us in the effort to
overthrow it at the polls.
Resolved, That we are opposed to
legislation that has for it's object
the restriction Of the freedom of
trade and the shackeling of COM
srce. ahd demand that in the ex-
Itcise Of taxing power, delegated
to the federal government, the
same shall not be perverted and
abused to the building up of spe-
cial and favored interests and
classes, and that all taxation shall
be for public purposes only.
We express our admiration for
and gratitude to our brave
SOLDIERS AND SEAMEN
for their heroism and courage,
displayed upon land and sea at
Manila and at Santiago, and for the
splendid examples of American
valor in the persons of Admiral
Dewey and Commodores Schley
and Sampson and the brave sail
Ors under their command, and in
Shafter and his generals and SOL
diers in the capture of Santiago.
They should be held in grateful re-
membrance by their countrymen
for their heroic defence of its flag.
We declare that we are able to
protect American interests wher-
ever American interests are or
ought to be extended, and we are
therefore opposed to an alliance
with any foreign country.
! AS citizens of the Mountain State
we condemn the State government
as badly mismanaged and incom-
petent and we deplore the humilia-
ton of the people resulting there
from.
Ring rule and government by
cliques appears to be the
MOTTO AT THE CAPITOL.
We hold that the chief executive of
the State is largely responsible for
these deplorable conditions. He
has been willing and has sacrificed
every public interest to promote
his own political preferment and
that of the rings and cliques which
will do his bidding. His favorit-
ism and disregard of ordinary fair
ness came near disrupting the State
Guard and uniting that grand
body Of men for executing the i'm
portant duties devolving upon
them, while ridicule from without
and dissatisfaction from within the
State were general.
4 We solemnly declare our firm AID
abiding faith in the declaration of
our organic law that no religious
test shall ever be required as a