The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-11-08
NOVEMBER 8, 1899.
Isepublicans Against one Boers.


Strictly, it is not the province of
the common council of Chicago to
cast it's official eye beyond it's i'm
mediate charge and fall to express
ing sympathy with peoples more or
less removed. Not technically
regular, the incident of the resolu-
ton of sympathy with the Beers of
fered in the council has special po-
litioal Significance. Time and
again the city has, though without
particular written warrant, made
some exhibition of it's feeling as
regards matters not at all of imme-
diate corporate concern. A res
olution of sympathy with the re-
publicans. of South Africa, who are
now in conflict with Great Britain,
was defeated. Note that nearly
every vote given in favor of the
resolution was democratic vote
and that practically every vote cast
against it was republican vote.
Sympathy with the Boer is not
permitted by the administration at
Washington. Time has been in
this country when with popular APP
prevail the sympathy of the great
republic of tho new world was ex-
tended to the Greeks struggling
for their liberty. We fought q
war with decaying power be-
cause our sympathy with Cubans
struggling for independence Both
of the great parties of the United
States time and again have ex-
pressed sympathy with the strug-
Cling of Ireland for home rule
But there is new order of things
at Washington. We have NO
written offensive and defensive
treaty of alliance with Great Brit
ain, but there is a tacit under
standing between the Republicans
who administer affairs at Wash.
ington and the tories of Downing
street that the aggression of either
country shall not be animadverted
upon, officially at least, by the
other.
And so the word has been passed
through royal administrative cir
Giles throughout the United States
that to express sympathy with the
beers is to embarrass the admins
tration and possibly to offend oul
ally. With scarce an exception
the republican press of the country
is hostile to the beers and sympa
thetic with the British aggression
upon them. So, when harmless
resolution of sympathy is presented
in the common council of Chicago
every republican therein hastens t.
prevent it's passage, lest the admin
istration at Washington be embar
rassed.
The policy of the republican
party has been nightly changed
since Mckinley took hold of it
Nowjthat we are in so-called "worlc
politics" we must take our cue
from Great Britain. Whenever
and wherever she chooses to enter
upon criminal aggression against {
peaceful people we must bid hel
godspeed-o profoundly offend
Major McKinley.-Ch Chicago Chron,
icle,
We suppose now, the Register
will have respite from the venom
of the Gazette, as that paper will
have all it can do to attend to the
bright Republican "Observer," that
has made it's appearance in this
place. 1t is a neat, we'll printed
and we'll edited Republican paper
and from it's advertising columns,
it looks as if it had como to stay
The rule of the Republican boss is
now ended.
Tho Pullman and Wagner palace
car companies have formed COM
bination, the Wagner being alb.
sorbed by the Pullman. This is a
union of two evil corporations, and
backed by capital stock of $74,.
100000 they will squeeze the PEG.
pie to the utmost.
From reading the editorials in
the State Gazette of Friday, we
conclude that the editor of the Ga.
zette will not mention the name OF
any Republican who is spoken OF
for office, unless the candidate Oh
his friends plank down tho cash
The Register will, however, put
their names before the public