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roL. XXXIII.?NO 48.
CLARKSBURG.
/largest circulation
\ Central West Virginia
(telegram
and the Development of \fQest Virginia's Resources
m OCTOBER 12. 1894.
ROLLING
From Shore to Shore
The Great Wave of Popular
Indignation
That is Sweeping the Demo
cratic Party from Power,
The following editorial appear
ed last Saturday in that able
Democratic journal, the New
York Sun. It gives such a bright
picture of the future of the Re
publican party we are sure it
will be perused with interest by
the readers of the Telegram :
??The anti-Democratic, anti
Administration -wave of public
sentiment that started in Rhode
Island last April has reached
Georgia. It has swept over every
State in which the citizens have
had a chance to get at the bal
lot box, with results hereinafter
noted.
State elections have been held
in eight States, in the order men
tioned. namely. Rhode Island,
Oregon, Tennessee, Alabama.
Arkansas. Vermont, Maine and
Georgia. These Commonwealths
are widely separated, both
geographically and by political
conditions. There is nothing uni
form save the Democratic re
I sameness wherever the votes are
counted. |
Rhode Island having given a
Democratic plurality of 185 in
1893, goes Republican in 1S94 by
more 6,000. Oregon which elect
ed its present Governor, as a
Democrat, by 5,000 plurality,
goes Republican by about 7,000.
Tennessee. Democratic for Gov
ernor in 1S92 by 27,000 plurality
in spite of an Independent-Demo
cratic movement which drew off
30.000 votes from the regular
candidate, is Democratic yet,
but with the plurality of two
years ago cut just in half. Ala
bama, the home of Democratic
majorities of from 50,000 to more
than 100,000, is saved this year
with hardly more than 20,000 to
spare. Arkansas, 40,000 Demo
cratic for Cleveland in 1S92, goes
down to 25,000 or thereabouts.
Vermont Republican by 14,000
at the last election of a Gover
nor, doubles her Republican ma
jority this year. Maine falls in
line with the heaviest Republi
can majority within the memory
of the present generation, majori
ty greater even than Grant's over
Greeley, twenty-two years ago,
and more than double Harrison's
over Cleveland in 1892. And
now comes Georgia, which went
Democratic in 1S92 by 81,000 and
in 1S90 by 105,000, with a vote so
close that the party managsrs
would be happy this morning to
claim with certainty a beggarly
-O.i too in that former stronghold
of Democracy.
^ hat does it all mean ? It
means that the drift is all one
WaJ'- It means that the people
of the United States are getting
their first opportunity to record
their verdict of Good or Bad on
the second Administration of
trover Cleveland. It means that
Bad is having it by a large ma
jority.
^ et in the face of this tremend
ous wave of adverse popular
sentiment rearing its crest per
haps for a crushing descent in
November, the fact remains that
democracy is still alive ; God
preserve it from its enemies
within and without !"
^ ?u will find on eighth page
of this issue "changes in the
*'pction lawalso the names of
Election officers'' in the county.
A VOICE FROM FARMM.
Editor Telegram.
We are on tbe eve of a great
political struggle, one of impor
tanee to all the people and to the
workingman more tnan any one
else
Less than two years of Demo
cratic mis-rule and incompetency
have brought us to the most de
plorable industrial and financial
condition in our country's his
tory. Mills have been closed,
factories shut down, working
men idle, the channels of com
merce filled with the wrecks of
financial depression, individual
suffering increased and misery
and want staring our working
men in the face where once ithe
wheels of industry were turning.
All who nave been interested in
our country's walfare are fully
accfuaited with the change which
has come over the industrial
world. It is needless to repeat
the story to intelligent readers.
Bringing the nation under the
shadow of free trade and so
called ?'tariff reform" is the well
known cause, yet we will be told
by Democratic demagogues that
industries are reviving. Never
once will they mention the fact
that men are receiving from
to 50 per cent, less for their ser
vices than under the protective
system. We need but to con
trast the present condition of our
country with what it was under
our glorious system of protection
to see the advantages of the
latter. In the coming campaign
we will be called upon to cuntin
that the work of tariff reform
which has begun by an infamous
onslaught on our industrial and
and agricultural interest and
which in the worda of their high
handed leader is clothed in "per
fidy and dishoner" may be carried
on until every vestige of the
"iniquious and unconstitutional
system of protection is wiped
out." As citizens of a great and
growing country we are called
upon in this hour of peril atd
night to vote for the sacred altai s
of our homes and firesides and
come out) squarely against a
theory which divests us of an
opportunity of earning an hon
est and honorable living. Vote
for the system which has given
over a quarter of a century of
unexampled prosperity and given
to the world the greatest nation
of all times, and to civilization
the most happy, prosperous and
industrious people the world has
ever seen. We should come
squarely to the front and by our
ballots bury the iniquitous sys
tem forever and save our coun
try from sueh calamities in the
future. Our ticket is already
headed by an able and eloquent
defender of our country's pros
perity. Vote for B. B. Dovener.
Enter bravely into the fight
to once more rescue our homes
andtto ratify the actions of our
fathers that this governmen "of
the people, for the people and
by the people" shall continue
great and prosperous. We have
got our best men as leaders who
are not afraid to carry out the
principles they represent; let our
efforts be for harmony and strug
gle for victory. The greatest
danger is in our apathy and over
confidence. Let us not be slow
in our labors but consider we are
in a State where we must make
the most important fight of the
nation Arouse and enter into
the fight with our forces well
mustered and labor earnestly and
constantly for victory and suc
cess will crown our efforts.
LiA BORER.
U- S. Marshal Samuel Vinson
was removed from office by Presi
dent Cleveland tbis week. and
Deputy A. D. Garden of
Wheeling, appointed to fill the
vacancy.
MOTTO.
Johnny Howard, Esq., is arou
trying to defend the action of t
Democratic party in regard ;
sugar. He says the McKir
law gave 12 millions itf dollar
year to 500 or 000 sugar produ
era in the South thereby assist ii
this small class of producers
the expense of our entire.popiil:
ticn of 70,000,000 of people. Nri
what are the facts ? We use, i
nually, intheUnitedStates abi
?I,000,000,000 pounds of suj:
We only produce about (>00.C
000 pounds and only produce thi
quantity by giving-the fount
above referred fo. This bounty
averages about 15 cents for evci
individual and it was gradually
DEMOCRACY'!
(akin^ us a sugar producing
ntry. Now the Democrats,
cy|imust acknowledge, liave
tvert 40 millions of dollars a year
|n single trust and the pried of
for 70,000,000 of people
ill advance two cents per pound,
average amount of sugar
by one person annually is
Kpminds at two cents more per
bund |d pays an increase of
! instead of 15 cents. It does
ok as if the Democrats had sold
emselves, body and soul to the
r trust. The Tklegkam's lat
1 information is to the' effect
at President Cleveland has
I the motto in the White
as shown below by our
:il 'artist.
GROVER CLEVELAND?Tons Tuat'i Bittib, Aid Mom n? Hjlbiioxt
With Oub Pabtt Pbistciplis.
THE SHEEP'S LAMENT.
Oh, listeh to my tale of woe.
And let the tender-hearted weep;
For strong and cruel la my foe,
And 1 am only just a sheep.
A useful sheep, a patient sheep,
A quiet. Inoffensive sheep.
These reckless champions of ??reform."
Who how the Ills that all must reap,
Have "nursed their wrath to keep It warm,"
And now wreak vengcance on tho sheep,
The friendless sheep, tbo helpless sheep,
Tho meek and unresisting sheep.
For. swearing by the grea?t horn spoon.
That "raw material" must be cheap.
Great Grover blow his loud bassoon. \;M
And harked his pack upon the sheep,
The docile sheep, the feeble sheep. ^ 1
The peaceful, uncombative sheep.
There are some things that can rely
On friends that never fall asleep;
But, winking with his southern eye.
Eoch sly reformor belts tho sheep,
The gentle sheep, the harmless sheep,
The northern farmer's hapless sheep
Tbe sugar trust must have Its pull.
But all the tariff tinkers leap
Like howling wolves into my wool.
And vent tbolr malico on the sheep,
The harried sheep, tho worried sheep,
The weak and unprotected sheep
The whisky trust has Daniel V?
The wild and windy one. to keep
Its Interests solid; but. oh. me!
Who aots as counsel for tho sheep?
The cheated sheep, the buncoed sheep,
The poor, forlorn, abandoned sheep.
And if to crown our woes, alas!
Already burdensome and deep.
Should William Bynum bum the grass,
Oh, what could then preserve tho sheep?
The luckless sheep, the foodless sheep.
The helpless, hapless, hopeless sheep.
?Indianapolis Journal
A SERIOUS MISTAKE.
Business and Wages Seriously Injured by
the Tariff Reduction.
It is often said by those who are
specially desirous of encouraging a
prompt revival of business, and who
have more zeal than knowledge, that
the new tariff makes only little change
from the McKinley law. Yet what are
the facta? On many of the moBt im
portant products the duties are re
duced more than one-half, and on
man}' others as much as a third, and
these are products, moreover, which
were so largely imported in 1891 and
1892 under the McKinley duties as to
prove that those duties were by no
means prohibitory.
It is essential to remember that a
duty which is not high enough to pro
tect is like a dam which Is not strong
enough to resist a flood. Only a little
difference in the.dam or the duty may
bring tremendous disaster In place of
pease and prosperity. The question is
whether the duty is high enough to
keep domestic establishments at work
with fair wages. Cutting off wages
necessarily cuts off what the people
can buy. and thus necessarily reduces
business. Now the one fact which
everybody can see la that wages are at
present very much lower than they
were two years ago, before the people
?oted for a change of tariff, and the
definite settlement which the new
taMff has brought does not anywhere
permit any recovery of wages as yet,
but in many important branches it has
compelled a decline. Thus the win
dow'glass workers recently accepted a
reduction of twenty per cent and the
! Hint-glass and tin plate workers are
also expected to accept a reduction.
it is impossible to state with accu
racy what the aggregate reduction in
all kinds of wages has been, but it is
unquestionably enough to account for
a materia) shrinkage in the purchases
of the people, and consequently in the
volume of business. This alone would
be a very serious change, should it
continue, even though none of the
American works should be directly
closed by foreign competition. For if
the people can only spend $4,000,000,
000 where they formerly spent $5,000,
000,000 yearly, a great many establish
ments will have to stop because of a
lack of demand for their products.
Some theorists imagine that, with
prices down 20 or 80 per cent, the
smaller wages will go as far and buy
as manj* boots or clothes as the larger
wages previously received, But the
trouble is that while prices of some
goods which are liable to be imported
have been much reduced, other prices
have been reduced very little or not at
all. It is capable of demonstration
that the cost of living, even at the
lowest point this year, has at no time
been as much as 10 per cent lower
than it was in 1892, but wages are
probably at least 20 per cent lower.
What American works will be forced
to stop operations, when the full force
of foreign competition under the new
duties is felt is at present a matter of
conjecture. But there is strong reason
for believing that many works will
thus be suppressed, and that a multi
tude of workers will thus be compelled
to crowd into other employments, in
which there is not too much.room al
ready.? N. Y. Tribune.
COMMENT AND OPINION.
C3T Democrats in the west will doubt
less still insist on ronntng. just as they
did in Maine and Vermont It will
make it more Interesting.?Chicago
Inter Ocean
tSTOhlo democrats are repudiating
t4ieir own candidates and platforms,
and in November the people will
a^ain repudiate the rotten old party.
?Toledo Blade.
QTThe beet-sugar industry of Ne
braska la killed outright by the new
tariff law. And yet Wilson is calling
for more of the same sort of reform.?
Y. Recorder.
Eff-The democratic orator* who at
tempt to defend the pew tariff law
are confronted by the ugly fact that a
democratic president refuted to. aign
It.?St, Louis Ulobe-Demoarat.
QTThc consumption of sugar to aalt
In the United States la aa seventy-five
pounds to one. So the democratic
congress taxes Hutrur and placea aalt
on the tree llat. The people thua pay
tribute to the trusts.? Boston Trav
eller.
QTSpeakcr Crisp Imparts the Impor
tant Information that the new tariff
bill "will add to the comfort of mil
lions of our fellow-citizens." Mr.
Crisp's assumption Is of the ssmo
cheerful sort that persuades a man on
a cold winter night to pnll the blankets
off hla slumbering' bed-fellow, Insist
ing that the latter has too much cover
ing. -N. Y. Tribune.
nrAboat the only Industrial revival
so far discoverable In this country is
the desperate activity of democratlo
congressmen in explaining tbelr eon
duct and seeking reelection. Theirs
is the liveliness of men trying to get
out of the way of a laudelide.? N. Y]
Tribune.
LV'The people of the United Statea
consume sixty-two pounds of sugar
per capita, which means that on the
total amount consumed In a year
under the preaent tariff law, they will
pay forty million dollars more than
they paid for the aame amount under
the McKlnley law. Thla la one of
those plain and practical North Amer
ican political facta whloh the average
cltlien can readily comprehend.?St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
W Democrats in 1899 wore crape on
their arms and roosters In their hata
and actually seemed to believe they
were the most oppressed people on the
continent. They have had several ob
ject lessons since that time. A careful
study of the statistics for 1803 shows
that the entire amount of duty col
lected under the McKlnley law in that
grievous year amounted to just 12.00
per capita.?Chicago Inter Ocean.
WUrsdstrect's and Dun's reports
show a loss o? $i,oM,000,066 to trade
since the inauguration of President
Cleveland. To this mnat be added
about 850,000,000 of a deficit in the na
tional finances and g.VI.000,000 of bonds
isiucd to curry on ttic iriiv?rnroent. "
hare to earn one
thousand millions each year for
ren- 'der of President Cleveland's
tcri .11 order to place the government
and the people In as good condition
financially as they wcro on the 8th day
of November, 1892, when Grover Cleve
land was elocted.?N. V Recorder.
HFTbere is a democratic tariff law
in force sow. It is the Intension of
the democrats If tliey win ai the ap
proaching election to paaa a still more
democratic one by cutting off gome
more protection. If tnls ts done there
will be a repetition of the melancholy
scenes of the laat eighteen months and
a further lowering of wages. It
prophesies also that in the' event
of republlsan success In 1800 and a re
publican revlalon of the present law
raising ail the dntles which do not
give adequate protection there will be
no panic, but an advance in wages and
increased employment. The Junior
organ should cut out these prophecies
and paste them In Its hat. ?Chicago
Tribune.
"Uncle" Jacob Kern, a citizen
of Clinton district, is rather a
remarkable man. He is in his
94th year and is quite active yet.
He is the father of 17 children,
all of one mother, has 150 grand
children, 85 great grand child
ren, 11 great great grand child
ren, 253 all of whom are still'
living. Of the several genera
tions 18 are. dead, but the 263
enumerated above are all living.
We regard Uncle Jacob's as a
very remarkable record, resemb
ling that of Jacob of old.?yew
Dominion.
The report o'f the condition of
the Tracers National Bank for
Octobor 2d, was excellent.' The
following are some of the items:
Capital $85,000,000; surplus, 822,
354,55; Deposits. 1825,997,22;
Resources-Loans, 1285,975.71;
cash 832,104.41.
One of the places that shows a
busy scene at this season is the
nursery farm of Messrs. Geo. W.
Southern & Sons. They are tak
ing up and packinglarge consign
ments of their famous fruit trees.
Elsewhere appears the financial
statement of the Merchants Na
tional Bank. Ckrksburg should
be proud of her banks, they are
doing much to build up the town
and they are always on safe
ground.
i^l# ' ' J
The Dispensary law of Gov.
Tilman was declared constitution
al by the Supreme Court of South
Carolina this week.
Fire.
Buokhannon has Over Twen
ty Business Plaoes Burned.
Great Loss or Property.
At 12:80 p. tn. lost Thursday
night when all was quiet the ter
rible alai ra of fire was heard and
in two hours, over twenty busi
ness places and one residence
was burned to tho ground.
The fire was discovered in the
rear of A. G. Kiddy's furniture
store, and spread rapidly that it
was Impossible for tho owners of
the stores adjoining to remove
but a small portion of their goods.
By tearing down Ferrell's meal
shop and Lewis' barber shop, the
ffre was checked at 0, I. Farns
worth's brick building, it was
fast gaining headway in the other
direction, however, and it soon
reached tho corner of Locust
street where it leveled all the
buildings on that side of the
street between the corner and
the vacant lot; it jumped across
the street taking F. C. Pifer's
building, John L. Smith's build
ing and W. D. Talbot's law of
fice, and only by the most hercu
lean efforts was the residence of
G. M. Fleming saved; down West
Main street, it took the building
owned by A. B. Clark, nnd by
tearing down Jas. L. Smith's
building and a small building
owned by Solomoi* Dean;
most energetic efforts that that
residence was saved. As well as
could be obtained while the fire
was consuming their possessions,
the following is a list of the losers
and their losses, as stated by
them .
Dr. Mathers. $4,000, no insur
ance ; Gilbins lestaurant $1,000
no insurance;^. O. Pifer $4,800,
insurance $8,000; Mrs, Oowles,
$1,000, no insurance; Stockert
Bros. $1,500, insurance $500; N.
B. McCarty, $1,500, no insurance;
T. J. Farnsworth, $5,000, insur
ance $1,000; Solomon Dean, $500,
no insurance.
Jas. L. Smith $200, insurance
$100; A. G. Kiddy $1,400, no in
surance; Thos. McCreary $8,500.
no Insurance; A.B. Clark, $1,000,
no'insurance; U. Q. Young, trus
tee; $100, no insurance; White
scarver and Brake, $7,500. insur
ance $1,500; Cyrus Lewis, $50o,
no insurance; W. D.Talbott, $x00,
insurance, $600; J. W. Walden,
$1,200, no insurance; James Ray,
$800, insurance$500; J. A. Davis.
$6,500, insurance not known :
City Band, $100, no insurance ;
John L. Smith, $600, no insur
ance; Dr. B. L. Brown, loss on
house $500, on personal effects.
$200; C. J. Poe, trustee, and
Harmon Ferrel. bad their stock
destroyed but losses could not be
ascertained. By heroic work the
remainder of the town was saved.
There was no serious accidents.
Weston sent a special train with
a bucket corps of 100 men. but
the fire was under control when
they arrived. Buckhannon is
very grateful to them. As this
article goes to press to catch the
mail, the appearance of Main
street is very pitiful in its smok
ing ruin. Both of the newspapers
had their offices burned. A full
report of the calamity will be
given in our next issue. The
fire is supposed to be of incenaia
ry origin. A rough estimate
places the loss at <40,000.?Delta.
Olives Wesdell Holmes pass
ed painlessly and peacefully a\\ av
last Monday.
Miss Lillie Wheatly has remov
ed to Pike street near the Deison
House where she invites all her
friends and customers to'a milli
nery opening's Oct. 18.